What will sales salaries be this year?
Well, according to our Jobs Index jobs in sales increased by 16% in the last 12 months.
Across sales and marketing positions companies rate direct sector exposure and market experience as critical. Companies can be risk averse to hiring outside of their sector or complementary sectors.
There has been an increased demand for experienced sales professionals, with field sales and business development roles in particular. B2B is another sector with significant growth, key skills required for B2B sales include presentation skills and experience with tender processes.
A revival of inside sales positions in the market, most notably in IT related companies, has brought a new key requirement with it – multilingual skills. As Dublin is the EMEA HQ for a number of leading companies the amount of multilingual opportunities in Dublin has almost doubled in the last 12 months with European languages particularly German, French and Spanish being the most sought after.
| Sales and Marketing | |
| Job title | € |
| Commercial Director | 90,000 – 145,000 |
| VP / Director / Head of sales | 85,000 – 130,000 |
| VP / Director / Head of marketing | 75,000 – 120,000 |
| Director / Head of Business Development | 80,000 – 120,000 |
| Account Director | 80,000 – 100,000 |
| Sales | ICT | ||||
| Job title | Dublin € Base | Dublin € OTE | Regional € Base | Regional € OTE |
| Sales Director | 85,000 – 160,000 | 115,000 – 250,000 | 75,000 – 150,000 | 100,000 – 200,000 |
| Sales manager | 60,000 – 80,000 | 80,000 – 110,000 | 55,000 – 80,000 | 80,000 – 100,000 |
| Channel manager | 60,000 – 80,000 | 70,000 – 90,000 | 55,000 – 70,000 | 65,000 – 85,000 |
| Business Development manager | 65,000 – 70,000 | 75,000 – 100,000 | 50,000 – 65,000 | 60,000 -80,000 |
| Key account manager | 55,000 – 60,000 | 65,000 – 70,000 | 50,000 – 60,000 | 60,000 – 70,000 |
| Technical sales executive | 40,000 – 50,000 | 50,000 – 65,000 | 35,000 – 48,000 | 45,000 – 60,000 |
| Inside sales / telesales team leader | 38,000 – 45,000 | 50,000 – 60,000 | 35,000 – 42,000 | 40,000 – 55,000 |
| Inside sales / telesales executive | 30,000 – 35,000 | 50,000 – 60,000 | 28,000 – 35,000 | 40,000 – 55,000 |
| Sales | FMCG | ||||
| Job title | Dublin € Base | Dublin € OTE | Regional € Base | Regional € OTE |
| Sales Director | 85,000 – 130,000 | 110,000 – 160,000 | 75,000 – 120,000 | 100,000 – 150,000 |
| Commercial manager | 80,000 – 110,000 | 90,000 – 125,000 | 65,000 – 100,000 | 80,000 – 115,000 |
| Business unit manager | 75,000 – 90,000 | 80,000 – 110,000 | 60,000 – 85,000 | 70,000 – 100,000 |
| National sales manager | 65,000 – 80,000 | 70,000 – 110,000 | 65,000 – 75,000 | 70,000 – 100,000 |
| National account controller | 65,000 – 80,000 | 70,000 – 100,000 | 60,000 – 80,000 | 70,000 – 85,000 |
| National account manager | 55,000 – 70,000 | 65,000 – 90,000 | 50,000 – 70,000 | 60,000 – 80,000 |
| Area sales manager | 55,000 – 70,000 | 55,000 – 85,000 | 50,000 – 75,000 | 50,000 – 75,000 |
| Key account manager | 45,000 – 55,000 | 55,000 – 70,000 | 40,000 – 55,000 | 50,000 – 65,000 |
| Customer account manager | 40,000 – 50,000 | 55,000 – 70,000 | 35,000 – 50,000 | 55,000 – 65,000 |
| Territory sales rep / account manager | 35,000 – 45,000 | 40,000 – 55,000 | 28,000 – 40,000 | 34,000 – 50,000 |
| Field sales rep | 30,000 – 40,000 | 35,000 – 45,000 | 25,000 – 35,000 | 30,000 – 40,000 |
| Van sales rep | 28,000 – 36,000 | 30,000 – 45,000 | 23,000 – 32,000 | 28,000 – 36,000 |
| Merchandiser | 22,000 – 28,000 | 24,000 – 30,000 | 18,000 – 24,000 | 20,000 – 26,000 |
| Sales | B2B | ||||
| Job title | Dublin € Base | Dublin € OTE | Regional € Base | Regional € OTE |
| Sales Director | 80,000 – 125,000 | 120,000 – 180,000 | 70,000 – 110,000 | 90,000 – 130,000 |
| National sales manager | 70,000 – 80,000 | 85,000 – 120,000 | 65,000 – 80,000 | 75,000 – 100,000 |
| Regional sales manager | 60,000 – 80,000 | 70,000 – 110,000 | 60,000 – 75,000 | 65,000 – 100,000 |
| Sales & marketing manager | 50,000 – 65,000 | 60,000 – 75,000 | 50,000 – 60,000 | 55,000 – 65,000 |
| Key account manager | 45,000 – 55,000 | 50,000 – 60,000 | 40,000 – 55,000 | 45,000 – 60,000 |
| Client services manager | 40,000 – 60,000 | 45,000 – 60,000 | 40,000 – 55,000 | 45,000 – 60,000 |
| Business Development manager | 40,000 – 55,000 | 45,000 – 65,000 | 40,000 – 55,000 | 45,000 – 60,000 |
| Business Development executive | 30,000 – 40,000 | 35,000 – 45,000 | 25,000 – 40,000 | 30,000 – 45,000 |
| Field sales executive | 30,000 – 40,000 | 35,000 – 50,000 | 26,000 – 35,000 | 30,000 – 45,000 |
| Inside sales / telesales team leader | 30,000 – 45,000 | 35,000 – 50,000 | 25,000 – 38,000 | 30,000 – 45,000 |
| Inside sales / telesales executive | 24,000 – 35,000 | 28,000 – 35,000 | 22,000 – 30,000 | 25,000 – 35,000 |
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