Technical Sales Jobs in the United Kingdom

Technical Sales Board currently lists 38 open positions for technical sales professionals in industry in the United Kingdom, posted by 32 employers. 50% of these roles are field-based with regular customer visits, 8% are hybrid, 21% on-site and 21% fully remote. 19 of these positions are hunter roles with a clear focus on winning new business.

Technical Sales Board lists technical and industrial sales jobs only – no retail, no call centre, no software subscriptions. Every ad is classified by role, industry, country and city, by sales style from hunter to key account, by territory, travel share and required languages, and ads that have expired disappear the same day. What you see here is what is open right now.

The roles advertised most often here are Business Development Manager (6), Key Account Manager (5), Sales Director (4), Area Sales Manager (3), Technical Sales Engineer (3), and Technical Sales Representative (3).

Business development managers open what does not exist yet: new applications, new industries, new regions. It is hunting in its purest form.

By industry, most of these jobs come from Machinery (9), Industrial Technology (7), Building Technology (4), Energy (3), Electronics (3), and Industrial Software (3).

Machinery and plant engineering is the home of capital equipment sales: machine tools, packaging and process lines, special-purpose machines. Sales cycles are long, deals are large and technical credibility decides.

Few of these ads state a salary. Industrial employers often discuss pay in the first interview – our salary benchmarks show what to expect: Technical sales salaries in the United Kingdom – all roles compared.

A company car is mentioned in 21% of the ads, variable pay in 32%.

Most positions are based in or around Leeds (2), London (2), Milton Keynes (2), Cannock (1), and Corby (1).

Looking beyond one country? The same search for the whole region: Technical Sales Jobs in the UK & Ireland.

Among the employers with the most open positions are Endress+Hauser, Agilent Technologies, ESAB, GEA, and Johnson Controls. 89% of the ads come from manufacturers, 3% from distributors and trading companies and 8% from service providers.

The languages employers ask for most are English and Swedish. 79% of the positions are aimed at experienced professionals, 18% carry leadership responsibility and 3% are open to career starters. Travel is part of the job: 16% of the roles involve a high share of travel, 5% a moderate one.

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