Sales manager: salary in the UK
ONS occupation: Sales accounts and business development managers (SOC 3556)
About £44,628 a year after tax (England, Wales and Northern Ireland, 2026/27)
median salary a year, full-time, +2.3% on last year
£4,895 a month About £3,719 a month after tax 374 thousand full-time jobs
Gross pay before tax, including bonuses, commission and overtime. Not included: benefits in kind such as a company car. About the data
Pay range
The dark part is the middle half of full-time employees (25% to 75%); the light bar runs from 10% to 90%. ONS doesn't publish the highest or lowest salary, and x means a figure wasn't published.
Pay by year
The median went from £45,826 in 2021 to £58,743 in 2026 (+28%); for all full-time employees in the UK it changed by +31% over the same years.
Figures by year
| P10 | P25 | Median | P75 | P90 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | £26,080 | £34,475 | £45,826 | £63,086 | £86,359 |
| 2022 | £26,822 | £35,969 | £47,781 | £67,287 | £86,692 |
| 2023 | £28,715 | £39,025 | £52,295 | £70,995 | £91,217 |
| 2024 | £30,326 | £40,507 | £55,210 | £74,763 | £101,002 |
| 2025 | £32,386 | £42,894 | £57,420 | £79,209 | £106,409 |
| 2026 | £33,369 | £44,139 | £58,743 | £80,982 | £108,390 |
ONS figures for each year, not adjusted for inflation. Years before 2021 used a different occupation classification, so they can't be compared. Earlier years are ONS's revised figures; the latest is provisional.
Half of full-time employees in this occupation earn less than £58,743 a year and half earn more. That is 44% more than the median for all full-time employees in the UK (£40,911).
The middle half earn between £44,139 and £80,982; the middle 80% between £33,369 and £108,390.
Ranked by median, it is number 33 of the 362 occupations with a published figure.
The mean (£67,844) is well above the median: a minority in this job earn much more than most.
At the median salary, take-home pay after Income Tax and National Insurance is about £3,719 a month in England, Wales or Northern Ireland and £3,575 in Scotland.
The median for men is £61,081 and for women £54,854, a gap of 10% in men's favour. This compares full-time salaries only and doesn't account for seniority or hours.
Percentiles
| Percentile | Annual | Monthly |
|---|---|---|
| 10th (P10) | £33,369 | £2,781 |
| 20th | £40,169 | £3,347 |
| 25th (P25) | £44,139 | £3,678 |
| 30th | £47,414 | £3,951 |
| 40th | £53,005 | £4,417 |
| Median (50th) | £58,743 | £4,895 |
| 60th | £65,628 | £5,469 |
| 70th | £75,000 | £6,250 |
| 75th (P75) | £80,982 | £6,749 |
| 80th | £86,749 | £7,229 |
| 90th (P90) | £108,390 | £9,032 |
Men and women
| Median | Mean | Jobs (thousands) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Men | £61,081 | £71,003 | 233 |
| Women | £54,854 | £62,634 | 141 |
Take-home pay at the median
| Where you live | Per year | Per month |
|---|---|---|
| England, Wales, NI | £44,628 | £3,719 |
| Scotland | £42,903 | £3,575 |
After Income Tax and National Insurance for 2026 to 2027, with the standard tax code and no pension or student loan. Work out your own take-home pay · Take-home pay on £59,000
Job titles in this occupation
ONS codes these 80 job titles to SOC 3556 Sales accounts and business development managers. Pay figures are for the whole occupation, not for each title.
- Account development manager
- Account manager
- Accounts manager
- Advertisement sales manager
- Advertising sales manager
- Area manager
- Area sales manager
- BDM
- Bid manager
- Brand manager
- Business development manager
- Business strategy manager
- Channel manager
- Circulation manager
- Client services manager
- Commercial operations manager
- Commission agents manager
- Communications manager
- Corporate development manager
- Customer account manager
- Digital account manager
- District manager
- District sales manager
- E-commerce manager
- Export manager
- Export sales manager
- Field manager
- Field sales manager
- Global sales manager
- Head of product development
- Import manager
- Inside sales manager
- Internal sales manager
- International business development manager
- International sales manager
- Key account manager
- Label manager
- Licensing manager
- Manager
- Market development manager
- Merchandise manager
- Merchandising manager
- Music promotion manager
- National account controller
- National account manager
- National sales manager
- New business manager
- Onboard revenue manager
- Pricing manager
- Product development manager
- Product manager
- Production manager
- Products manager
- Regional manager
- Regional sales manager
- Residential sales manager
- Rights manager
- Sales account manager
- Sales and accounts manager
- Sales and advertising manager
Show all 80 titles
- Sales and commercial manager
- Sales and logistics manager
- Sales and marketing manager
- Sales and service manager
- Sales area manager
- Sales development manager
- Sales force manager
- Sales manager
- Sales promotion manager
- Sales support manager
- Strategic development manager
- Strategy manager
- Team manager
- Technical sales manager
- Tele-marketing manager
- Telemarketing manager
- Telephone sales manager
- Telesales account manager
- Telesales manager
- Territory sales manager
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Source: ONS, Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings 2026 provisional, Table 14.7a (full-time employees, gross annual pay, UK, tax year ending 5 April 2026). Provisional figures may be revised.