Account Executive
UK

The median Account Executive salary in the UK is £80,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 20 May 2024.

The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
20 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 838 920 1212
Rank change year-on-year +82 +292 -300
Permanent jobs requiring an Account Executive 46 55 30
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.046% 0.055% 0.018%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.049% 0.060% 0.019%
Number of salaries quoted 44 27 24
10th Percentile £30,000 £24,900 £60,300
25th Percentile £51,250 £33,125 £77,813
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 £72,500 £110,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.34% -34.09% +69.23%
75th Percentile £111,563 £95,000 £161,375
90th Percentile £115,000 £99,000 £233,650
UK excluding London median annual salary £90,000 £35,000 £73,250
% change year-on-year +157.14% -52.22% +8.52%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in the UK with a recognized job title 94,627 91,047 156,403
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.71% 91.54% 96.08%
Number of salaries quoted 67,562 57,571 85,106
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £70,750 £80,000 £78,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £53,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -5.66% +6.00% +5.26%

Account Executive
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings that featured Account Executive in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Account Executive in the UK

Account Executive
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Account Executive.

Salary trend for Account Executive in the UK

Account Executive
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Account Executive over the 6 months to 20 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Account Executive in the UK

Account Executive
Top 11 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Account Executive within the UK over the 6 months to 20 May 2024. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England +69 36 £80,000 +18.52% 150
UK excluding London 0 25 £90,000 +157.14% 60
Work from Home +83 21 £70,000 -22.22% 61
London +104 15 £80,000 +10.34% 100
South East +7 8 £112,500 +87.50% 30
South West -16 7 £42,500 +63.46% 6
Scotland - 5 £100,000 - 3
West Midlands +15 4 £82,500 +164.00% 4
Midlands -6 4 £82,500 +153.85% 6
North East - 1 £57,500 - 2
North of England - 1 £57,500 - 13

Account Executive Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 20 May 2024, Account Executive job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads featuring Account Executive in the job title.

1 29 (63.04%) SaaS
2 20 (43.48%) Business Development
3 17 (36.96%) Marketing
4 11 (23.91%) Channel Management
5 10 (21.74%) Lead Generation
6 8 (17.39%) Social Skills
6 8 (17.39%) Degree
6 8 (17.39%) Finance
6 8 (17.39%) B2B
7 7 (15.22%) Problem-Solving
8 6 (13.04%) Salesforce
8 6 (13.04%) CRM
8 6 (13.04%) Presales
8 6 (13.04%) Social Media
9 5 (10.87%) Data Entry
9 5 (10.87%) Logistics
9 5 (10.87%) Presentation Skills
10 4 (8.70%) Industry 4.0
10 4 (8.70%) B2B Sales
10 4 (8.70%) Local Government
10 4 (8.70%) Asset Management
10 4 (8.70%) Automotive
10 4 (8.70%) Manufacturing
10 4 (8.70%) Service Management
10 4 (8.70%) Salesforce CRM
10 4 (8.70%) HubSpot
10 4 (8.70%) IoT
11 3 (6.52%) Blog
11 3 (6.52%) Microsoft Office
11 3 (6.52%) Microsoft Excel

Account Executive Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 2 (4.35%) CMS
1 2 (4.35%) WordPress
Applications
1 3 (6.52%) Microsoft Excel
1 3 (6.52%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (4.35%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 4 (8.70%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 29 (63.04%) SaaS
2 2 (4.35%) Adobe Creative Cloud
2 2 (4.35%) Canva
2 2 (4.35%) MailChimp
2 2 (4.35%) Squarespace
Communications & Networking
1 2 (4.35%) Internet
2 1 (2.17%) LTE
2 1 (2.17%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (2.17%) Big Data
General
1 17 (36.96%) Marketing
2 8 (17.39%) Finance
2 8 (17.39%) Social Skills
3 5 (10.87%) Presentation Skills
4 4 (8.70%) Automotive
4 4 (8.70%) Local Government
4 4 (8.70%) Manufacturing
5 2 (4.35%) Analytical Skills
6 1 (2.17%) Brand Awareness
6 1 (2.17%) Financial Institution
6 1 (2.17%) Games
6 1 (2.17%) Pharmaceutical
Miscellaneous
1 6 (13.04%) Social Media
2 4 (8.70%) Industry 4.0
2 4 (8.70%) IoT
3 3 (6.52%) Blog
4 2 (4.35%) Graphic Design
5 1 (2.17%) Onboarding
5 1 (2.17%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 20 (43.48%) Business Development
2 11 (23.91%) Channel Management
3 10 (21.74%) Lead Generation
4 8 (17.39%) B2B
5 7 (15.22%) Problem-Solving
6 6 (13.04%) CRM
6 6 (13.04%) Presales
7 5 (10.87%) Data Entry
7 5 (10.87%) Logistics
8 4 (8.70%) Asset Management
8 4 (8.70%) B2B Sales
8 4 (8.70%) Service Management
9 3 (6.52%) Artificial Intelligence
9 3 (6.52%) Decision-Making
9 3 (6.52%) Technology Transformation
10 2 (4.35%) Collaborative Culture
10 2 (4.35%) Commercial Awareness
10 2 (4.35%) Content Management
10 2 (4.35%) Document Management
10 2 (4.35%) Value Proposition
Qualifications
1 8 (17.39%) Degree
Vendors
1 6 (13.04%) Salesforce
2 4 (8.70%) HubSpot
3 2 (4.35%) Adobe
4 1 (2.17%) Microsoft