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Sales accounts and business development managers salary in London

Full-time average annual pay in London

£66,116

Based on ~98,000 employees · 2025 · moderate suppression

Median

£66,116

Mean

£79,824

Region-level range withheld by ONS — UK-wide, the middle half of sales accounts and business development managers earn £40,920£78,507. See full methodology →

Skilled Worker visa minimum

£55,200

Employment patterns

  • 93% of Sales accounts work full-time
  • 3.0% are self-employed
  • 98.1% of employees have permanent contracts

Understanding Sales accounts and business development managers pay in London

The typical sales accounts and business development managers in London earns a median salary of £66,116 in 2025/26, based on around 98,000 employees 18.0% (£10,095) above the UK-wide median of £56,021. These figures come from the ONS Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings (ASHE), so they reflect actual reported pay rather than self-reported estimates or job-advert ranges.

Across the UK, London ranks 1st of 11 regions for sales accounts and business development managers pay. Regional medians run from £48,877 in Yorkshire and the Humber up to £66,116 in London, a spread of £17,239 (35%).

The mean (average) salary is higher, at £79,824. When the mean sits above the median like this, a smaller group of high earners pulls the average up, which is why the median is the better guide to what a typical sales accounts and business development managers in London actually earns.

To see what £66,116 means after income tax and National Insurance, use the take-home pay calculator below — it also factors in student loan repayments.

Take-home pay estimate

Tax year 2025/26
£
Annual
Gross salary£66,116
Income tax£13,878
National Insurance£3,333
Take-home pay£48,905

Estimate only · 2025/26 HMRC rates · Standard tax code · No pension contribution · Not financial or tax advice

How Sales accounts and business development managers pay varies by region

London is the highest-paying region for sales accounts and business development managers at £66,116 — 18% above the UK median. Yorkshire and the Humber is lowest at £48,877.

UK median £56,021

Sales accounts and business development managers median and mean salary by UK region, sorted highest to lowest.
RegionMedianvs UK
London (current region)
£66,116
£66,116Mean £79,824
+18%
South East
£60,881
£60,881Mean £72,078
+9%
North East
£57,895
£57,895Mean £56,611
+3%
South West
£55,579
£55,579Mean £56,529
-1%
Scotland
£54,813
£54,813Mean £59,981
-2%
West Midlands
£54,240
£54,240Mean £58,584
-3%
East of England
£52,437
£52,437Mean £61,462
-6%
Wales
£52,223
£52,223Mean £55,623
-7%
North West
£52,074
£52,074Mean £58,741
-7%
East Midlands
£49,330
£49,330Mean £53,241
-12%
Yorkshire and the Humber
£48,877
£48,877Mean £53,828
-13%

Sorted highest median to lowest. The vertical line marks the UK median (£56,021); ‘Vs UK median’ compares each region’s median to it. Suppressed values mean ONS withheld this figure because the sample was too small to publish.

How sales accounts and business development managers pay in London has changed over time

Median annual pay for sales accounts and business development managers in London by year, shown against the UK-wide median (Source: ONS ASHE). The shaded band is the UK-wide 25th–75th percentile range — ONS does not publish percentile ranges at region level.

London median

UK median

UK-wide 25th–75th percentile range

Pre-2021 figures mapped from SOC 2010 via ONS concordance table

How the figures are sourced

Data sources: Official UK earnings data (2025 provisional)(opens in new tab)

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