Sales Jobs in the UK: Who's Hiring Right Now (Oct 2026)

You're hunting for a sales role in the UK and you need to know who's actually posting jobs this week, not vague market talk. Here's the picture from the JobRise live jobs feed as of 14 October 2026: Sales jobs in United Kingdom show 360 open listings, with 289 posted in the last 30 days and 186 in the last 7 days. That's a live feed count, not a market survey, so treat it as a dated snapshot of what's open right now.

Who's hiring right now#

Ten companies carry a big chunk of the volume. Risco Group has 18 open listings, Kurt Geiger 17, Stripe 16, Charity Link 12, Figma 11, Anthropic 9, Red Bull 9, Lanes Group 9, Samsara 8, and Vercel 8. Names on listings can be recruiters or staffing firms, so a count doesn't always mean direct employment.

The roles tell you what each one is buying. Charity Link is hiring a "Door to Door Sales Executive", which is field fundraising work, not corporate account management. Kurt Geiger is filling shop-floor roles like "8hr Part Time Sales Assistant, Kurt Geiger, Harrods Mens- Temporary" and "6hr Part Time Sales Assistant, Kurt Geiger Men's, Bentalls Kingston Temporary", so retail footfall is clearly busy enough to staff up.

Stripe is recruiting closers: "Account Executive, Funded Startups" and "Account Executive Product - Fraud & Risk". Figma, Samsara, Vercel and Anthropic sit in the same tech-sales lane, and that cluster is where the strongest salaries tend to sit even when the listing hides the number. Outside the big names you'll also see LEAP Legal Software hiring a "Customer Success Manager (Legal Tech)", Fastly after a "Senior Enterprise Customer Success Manager - UK", Giorgio Armani with a "Sales Associate", and SeedLegals with a "Graduate Sales Account Manager".

Where the jobs are#

London takes 188 of the 360 listings. That's just over half, which tells you the capital is still the centre of gravity for tech and luxury retail sales. If you're outside the M25 you've got a thinner but real market: Manchester 10, Birmingham 7, Leeds 5, Glasgow 5.

My read: if you're London-based you can afford to be picky and wait for the right base salary. If you're in Manchester or Leeds, widen the radius and consider hybrid roles that only need you in an office two days a week, because the local volume won't carry a long search on its own.

What the job-type mix says#

Full-time roles are 348 of 360. Part-time is just 12. That split is unusual for a sales market, and it points to employers wanting permanent revenue heads rather than casual cover.

Look at the mix by employer type and a pattern shows up. Big tech (Stripe, Figma, Samsara, Vercel, Anthropic, Fastly) is hiring full-cycle and enterprise sellers. Retail brands (Kurt Geiger, Giorgio Armani, Red Bull) are hiring store and field staff, often on temporary contracts. Agencies and service firms (Corecruitment International, Kensa Creative, Echo Promotions, Centum Engineering Ltd) are hiring marketing-plus-business-development hybrids. Charity Link covers the not-for-profit end with door-to-door fundraising.

Public sector sales roles barely register in this slice. If you want public sector, look at the wider feed rather than the sales category.

What the pay actually looks like#

Only 4 of the 360 listings show a salary. Read that again: four. Employers in this market are hiding pay far more often than showing it, which shifts the negotiation to you.

The four posted figures are "Sales & Marketing Director" at Corecruitment International at £80K-80K, "Marketing and Business Development Executive" at Centum Engineering Ltd at £35K-35K, "Junior Sales & Marketing Assistant" at Echo Promotions at £25K-25K, and "Marketing Account Manager" at Kensa Creative at £38K-35K... correction, £38K-38K as posted. Those are single-point bands, not ranges, so ask what the on-target earnings look like before you accept anything.

Entry-level openings are scarce#

Nine of 360 listings are entry-level by title, around intern, graduate, junior or trainee level. Red Bull alone has three graduate programmes open: "On Premise Sales & Trade Marketing Graduate - 18 Month Program", "Sales & Trade Marketing Graduate - 18 Month Program", and "Partnerships & Event Marketing Graduate - 18 Month Program". All three are fixed 18-month programmes, which is worth knowing before you plan around them.

Elsewhere there's "Graduate Sales Account Manager" at SeedLegals, "Junior Sales & Marketing Assistant" at Echo Promotions, and "Graduate Account Executive - London - German or Dutch Speaker" at Suade. That last one wants a language, so if you speak German or Dutch you've got a genuine edge in a crowded graduate pool.

How to apply this week#

Apply direct where you can. When a listing names the employer clearly, go to the employer's own careers page and apply there as well as through the feed, because internal referrals move faster than a queue of external CVs.

Mirror the listing's keywords in your CV. If the job says "Account Executive Product - Fraud & Risk", your CV should say fraud, risk, product, and account executive in the same phrasing, not a rewrite with fancier words. Run it past a free ATS resume checker before you send, because keyword mismatches are the fastest way to get filtered out by the software that screens you before a human does.

A worked example. This bullet is weak: "Responsible for selling software to a range of clients across multiple sectors". Rewrite it to match a Stripe-style listing: "Closed new business as an Account Executive selling fraud and risk product to funded startups, hitting 112% of quota across 2025". The second version carries the exact nouns the listing uses and a number the recruiter can grab.

Your 7-step plan#

• Pick your lane first: tech closing, retail floor, field fundraising, or marketing-plus-BD hybrid. One CV per lane, not one CV for everything.
• Open the Sales jobs in United Kingdom feed and shortlist by city, then by employer, so you're not scrolling 360 listings at random.
• Check the JobRise Hiring Report: the UK for the wider picture: 2,742 open listings across all categories in United Kingdom, with 2,245 posted in the last 30 days.
• Rewrite your top three bullets to mirror the exact wording of the three listings you want most, then run the CV through the free ATS checker.
• Apply to 5 roles on Monday, 5 on Wednesday, 5 on Friday. Volume beats one perfect application.
• For every application, find one person at the employer on LinkedIn and send a two-line note naming the role title exactly as posted.
• Track responses in a spreadsheet with dates, because 186 of these listings went up in the last 7 days and speed matters more than polish.

FAQ#

How current are these numbers?

They're a snapshot of the JobRise live jobs feed taken on 14 October 2026, counting open listings in the sales category for the United Kingdom. Listings change daily, so re-check the feed before you plan your week around any single count.

Should I apply to roles posted by recruiters?

Yes, but know what you're getting. Some of the names with the most listings are recruiters or staffing firms rather than the end employer, so ask who the end client is before you invest in a long application.

Is it worth applying if the salary isn't shown?

Apply anyway and ask for the range early. Only 4 of 360 listings showed pay in this snapshot, so waiting for a posted number means waiting a long time.

Are the temporary retail roles worth taking?

They can be, especially if you need income now. Just go in clear that "temporary" in the Kurt Geiger listings means exactly that, and keep applying for permanent roles while you work.

Do I need a language for the graduate roles?

Only for specific listings like the Suade role asking for German or Dutch. The Red Bull and SeedLegals graduate openings don't list a language requirement in their titles.