Telesales executive: salary in the UK
ONS occupation: Telephone salespersons (SOC 7113)
About £26,062 a year after tax (England, Wales and Northern Ireland, 2026/27)
median salary a year, full-time, +2.7% on last year
£2,609 a month About £2,172 a month after tax 6 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 £21,431 in 2021 to £31,309 in 2026 (+46%); 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 | x | £17,404 | £21,431 | x | x |
| 2022 | x | x | £22,835 | x | x |
| 2023 | x | £20,374 | £23,090 | x | x |
| 2024 | x | £22,810 | £26,608 | x | x |
| 2025 | x | £24,885 | £30,483 | x | x |
| 2026 | x | £26,730 | £31,309 | x | x |
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 £31,309 a year and half earn more. That is 23% less than the median for all full-time employees in the UK (£40,911).
Ranked by median, it is number 267 of the 362 occupations with a published figure.
At the median salary, take-home pay after Income Tax and National Insurance is about £2,172 a month in England, Wales or Northern Ireland and £2,174 in Scotland.
The median for men is £31,801 and for women £30,282, a gap of 5% in men's favour. This compares full-time salaries only and doesn't account for seniority or hours.
Percentiles
| Percentile | Annual | Monthly |
|---|---|---|
| 10th (P10) | x | x |
| 20th | £26,494 | £2,208 |
| 25th (P25) | £26,730 | £2,228 |
| 30th | £27,468 | £2,289 |
| 40th | £29,312 | £2,443 |
| Median (50th) | £31,309 | £2,609 |
| 60th | £32,105 | £2,675 |
| 70th | £34,090 | £2,841 |
| 75th (P75) | x | x |
| 80th | x | x |
| 90th (P90) | x | x |
Men and women
| Median | Mean | Jobs (thousands) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Men | £31,801 | £33,367 | x |
| Women | £30,282 | £31,443 | x |
Take-home pay at the median
| Where you live | Per year | Per month |
|---|---|---|
| England, Wales, NI | £26,062 | £2,172 |
| Scotland | £26,084 | £2,174 |
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 £31,000
Job titles in this occupation
ONS codes these 47 job titles to SOC 7113 Telephone salespersons. Pay figures are for the whole occupation, not for each title.
- Commercial sales executive
- Inbound sales adviser
- Inbound sales agent
- Lead generation executive
- Lead generator
- Marketing telephonist
- Media sales adviser
- Order line operator
- Sales adviser
- Sales correspondent
- Sales executive
- Sales telephonist
- Tele sales consultant
- Tele-ad canvasser
- Tele-ad clerk
- Tele-ad girl
- Tele-ad representative
- Telecanvasser
- Telemarketer
- Telemarketing adviser
- Telemarketing agent
- Telemarketing assistant
- Telemarketing executive
- Telemarketing operator
- Telemarketing representative
- Telephone canvasser
- Telephone marketing assistant
- Telephone order clerk
- Telephone sales agent
- Telephone sales assistant
- Telephone sales clerk
- Telephone sales executive
- Telephone sales operator
- Telephone sales representative
- Telephone salesman
- Telesales
- Telesales adviser
- Telesales agent
- Telesales assistant
- Telesales business developer
- Telesales canvasser
- Telesales clerk
- Telesales consultant
- Telesales executive
- Telesales operative
- Telesales operator
- Telesales representative
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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.