Occupation 3552 · Associate professional occupations
Business sales executives provide advice to existing and potential customers, and receive orders for specialist machinery, equipment, materials and other products or services that require technical knowledge.
There are no formal academic requirements, although entrants usually possess academic qualifications and/or relevant experience in a particular profession or speciality. Training is usually on-the-job. Professional and vocational qualifications at levels 2 and 3 are available.
Corporate account executive · Sales agent · Sales consultant · Sales executive · Technical representative
| Measure | Hours | Basis | Period | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3552 : Business sales executives | None | None | 2026-03 | 138,000.00 | ONS, Annual Population Survey - employment by occupation (SOC 2020) |
| 3552 : Business sales executives | None | None | 2026-03 | 143,700.00 | ONS, Annual Population Survey - employment by occupation (SOC 2020) |
| 3552 : Business sales executives | None | None | 2026-03 | 155,500.00 | ONS, Annual Population Survey - employment by occupation (SOC 2020) |
| 3552 : Business sales executives | None | None | 2026-03 | 5,500.00 | ONS, Annual Population Survey - employment by occupation (SOC 2020) |
| 3552 : Business sales executives | None | None | 2026-03 | 11,900.00 | ONS, Annual Population Survey - employment by occupation (SOC 2020) |
| 3552 : Business sales executives | None | None | 2026-03 | 161,000.00 | ONS, Annual Population Survey - employment by occupation (SOC 2020) |
| 3552 : Business sales executives | None | None | 2026-03 | 5,600.00 | ONS, Annual Population Survey - employment by occupation (SOC 2020) |
ONS does not publish occupational pay below region. Cells the survey could not support are shown as withheld, with its reason — adding a region split to a specific occupation leaves roughly a tenth of cells publishable.
| Region | Measure | Hours | Value | Period |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| East | 3552 : Business sales executives | None | 16,200.00 | 2026-03 |
| East Midlands | 3552 : Business sales executives | None | 14,700.00 | 2026-03 |
| London | 3552 : Business sales executives | None | 24,000.00 | 2026-03 |
| North East | 3552 : Business sales executives | None | 5,200.00 | 2026-03 |
| North West | 3552 : Business sales executives | None | 14,900.00 | 2026-03 |
| Northern Ireland | 3552 : Business sales executives | None | 5,500.00 | 2026-03 |
| Scotland | 3552 : Business sales executives | None | 11,900.00 | 2026-03 |
| South East | 3552 : Business sales executives | None | 28,000.00 | 2026-03 |
| South West | 3552 : Business sales executives | None | 12,100.00 | 2026-03 |
| Wales | 3552 : Business sales executives | None | 5,600.00 | 2026-03 |
| West Midlands | 3552 : Business sales executives | None | 15,500.00 | 2026-03 |
| Yorkshire and The Humber | 3552 : Business sales executives | None | 7,600.00 | 2026-03 |
ONS publishes regional pay for this occupation where the survey sample supports it — 12 of 12 cells on this page. The rest are withheld by ONS, and are shown as withheld with the reason, rather than left out.
The Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings, published by the Office for National Statistics. Figures are shown exactly as ONS publishes them — we do not adjust, model or fill them in, and every number on this page carries the series and period it came from.
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