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2010 Salary Survey Guide
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Published below is the 2010 SalesJobs.ie Salary Guide for the latest rates offered across all industry sectors and detailing various sales roles.

 

Results are compiled from the complete database of live jobs advertised over the past 12 months throughout 2009. The salaries listed within the guide are for reference purposes only, and do vary in accordance with company size, industry, turnover etc. The salaries listed cover the minimum and maximum base salaries offered.

 

The Medical sector registered the highest level of sales roles advertised in any one sector. Overtaking IT roles on the site for the first time in 5 years. Here is the order of industries showing the most activity in 2009 advertising sales roles in the Irish jobs market.

 

Medical/Pharmaceutical Sales Jobs

Engineering/Electrical Sales Jobs

IT Sales Jobs

FMCG Sales Jobs

Media/Print Sales Jobs

Finance Sales Jobs

Hotels/Leisure Sales Jobs

 

The top 10 roles in demand in 2009, based on qty of roles advertised differ greatly to those advertised in 2008 were;

 

2008

 

2009

  • Business Development Executive – B2B Sales
  • Field Sales Rep – Medical / Pharma Sales
  • Field Sales Rep – B2B Sales
  • Business Development Executive – B2B Sales
  • Account Manager – B2B Sales
  • Field Sales Rep – Engineering/Electrical Sales
  • Business Development Manager – B2B Sales
  • Technical Sales

Engineering/Electrical Sales

  • Business Development Executive – Medical / Pharma Sales
  • Business Development Executive – Medical / Pharma Sales
  • Business Development Executive – IT Sales
  • Field Sales Rep – B2B Sales
  • Business Development Manager – IT Sales
  • Area Sales Manager – B2B Sales
  • Account Manager – IT Sales
  • Field Sales Rep – FMCG

 

  • Sales Representative – IT Sales
  • Technical Sales – Medical / Pharma Sales
  • Business Development Executive – Media / Print Sales
  • Area Sales Manager – Medical / Pharma Sales

 

 

There has been a rise in demand for technical sales based roles due largely to the number of new sustainable energy start ups requiring sales staff. The rise in demand for sales professionals in the medical sector indicates this sector has been least impacted by the recession.

 

 

 

 

Salary Sector Guides

 

Business to Business                                  2008                                       2009

Sales Director

€76,000 - €111,000

  €71,000 - €97,500

Sales Manager

€58,000 - €80,000

  €54,000 - €84,000

Area Sales Manager

€50,000 - €67,000

  €42,000 - €53,000

Business Development Manager

€43,000 - €59,000

  €43,000 - €59,000

Field Sales Representative

€37,000 - €55,000

  €34,000 - €52,000

Business Development Executive

€36,000 - €52,000

  €32,000 - €49,000

Telesales Executive

€25,000 - €34,000

  €27,000 - €38,000

Junior Sales Executive

€23,000 - €30,000

  €20,000 - €30,000

Sales Administrator

€28,000 - €42,000

         -

Marketing Manager

€54,000 - €80,000

  €67,000 - €143,000

Sales & Marketing Executive

€36,500 - €49,000

  €28,000 - €43,000

Recruitment Consultant

€43,000 - €60,000

       -

 

IT /Telecoms                                               2008                                       2009

Sales Director

€76,000 - €112,000

      -

Sales Manager

€58,000 - €80,000

 €45,000 - €67,000

Account Manager/Executive

€40,000 - €52,000

 €33,000 - €51,000

Technical Sales

€48,000 - €59,000

 €28,000 - €46,000

Area Sales Manager

€39,000 - €52,000

 €47,000 - €63,000

Sales Representative

€38,000 - €47,000

 €27,000 - €43,000

Software Sales

€41,000 - €51,000

 €32,000 - €46,000

Telesales Executive

€25,000 - €35,000

 €26,000 - €32,000

Marketing Manager

€48,000 - €64,000

 €55,000 - €69,000

Marketing Executive

€36,500 - €50,000

    -

Sales & Marketing Executive

€43,000 - €53,000

 €28,000 - €45,000

 

FMCG                                                              2008                                       2009

Sales Director

€66,000 - €86,000

    - 

Sales Manager

€54,000 - €60,000

 €50,000 - €64,000

Area Sales Manager

€50,000 - €56,000

 €37,000 - €47,000

Business Development Manager

€48,000 - €61,000

 €43,000 - €56,000

Field Sales Representative

€31,000 - €45,000

 €27,000 - €44,000

Account Manager/Executive

€44,000 - €54,000

 €40,000 - €53,000

Sales Executive

€39,000 - €52,000

 €34,000 - €54,000

Marketing Manager

€52,000 - €66,000

    -

Marketing Executive

€44,000 - €59,000

    -

Sales & Marketing Executive

€41,000 - €56,000

    -

 

 

 

 

Medical / Pharma                                        2008                                       2009

Sales Director

€64,000 - €93,000

 €74,000 - €93,000

Sales Manager

€50,000 - €68,000

 €64,000 - €77,000

Field Sales Representative

€43,000 - €62,000

 €46,000 - €60,000

Business Development Executive

€43,000 - €62,000

 €38,000 - €56,000

Technical Sales

€39,000 - €57,000

 €47,000 - €58,000

Marketing Manager

€54,000 - €64,000

    -

Marketing Executive

€48,000 - €62,000

 €44,000 - €55,000

Sales & Marketing Executive

€33,000 - €44,000

    -

 

 

Media/Print                                                  2008                                       2009

Sales Director

€66,000 - €84,000

     -

Sales Manager

€54,000 - €67,000

 €36,000 - €58,000

Field Sales Representative

€37,000 - €67,000

 €27,000 - €47,000

Business Development Manager

€44,000 - €59,000

 €33,000 - €56,000

Sales Representative

€29,000 - €38,000

 €27,000 - €43,000

Business Development Executive

€30,000 - €45,000

 €28,000 - €42,000

Junior Sales Executive

€24,000 - €33,000

 €23,000 - €33,000

Telesales Executive

€25,000 - €36,000

 €27,000 - €39,000

Marketing Manager

€51,000 - €64,000

 €33,000 - €45,000

Marketing Executive

€30,000 - €41,000

     -

Sales & Marketing Executive

€31,000 - €43,000

 €28,000 - €45,000

 

 

Finance/Insurance                                     2008                                       2009

Sales Director

€110,000 - €138,000

 €122,000 - €280,000

Area Sales Manager

€62,000 - €87,000

 €35,000 - €48,000

Sales Manager

€59,000 - €78,000

 €53,000 - €82,000

Business Development Manager

€51,000 - €78,000

 €35,000 - €50,000

Business Development Executive

€40,000 - €65,000

 €32,000 - €40,000

Account Executive

 €30,000 - €44,000

Sales Representative

€42,000 - €57,000

 €28,000 - €40,000

Junior Sales Executive

€25,000 - €33,000

 €18,000 - €30,000

Sales Administrator

€28,000 - €34,000

   -

Marketing Manager

€56,000 - €64,000

   -

Marketing Executive

€38,000 - €52,000

   -

Sales & Marketing Executive

€40,000 - €53,000

   -

 

 

 

Auto/Engineering/Electrical      2008                                         2009

Sales Manager

€48,000 - €60,000

 €57,000 –  €70,000

Area Sales Manager

€42,000 - €54,000

 €50,000 -  €58,000

Business Development Manager

€41,000 - €54,000

 €45,000 -  €54,000

Technical Sales

€41,000 - €56,000

 €53,000 -  €62,000

Retail Sales

€39,000 - €57,000

    -

Field Sales Representative

€39,000 - €53,000

 €46,000 -  €62,000

Business Development Executive

€34,000 - €50,000

 €35,000 -  €48,000

Telesales Executive

€26,000 - €37,000

 €32,000 -  €43,000

Marketing Manager

€54,000 - €60,000

  -

Marketing Executive

€25,000 - €36,000

  -

Sales & Marketing Executive

€35,000 - €46,000

  -

 

 

Overview

Looking at salary levels advertised in 2009 we have seen on average between 5-10%  reductions across the majority of roles.  

 

The figures stated represent the basic salary min – max levels paid and do not include ancillary benefits such as bonus, car, car allowance, shares, pension as these may vary considerably according to company offers. Where there is no salary range input for 2009 it indicates that no roles were advertised by employers in a particular sector in 2009.

 

We saw the demise of some roles being advertised altogether as industries collapse and companies cut back. The Sales administrator role rarely seen advertised as companies’ budgets no longer allow the luxury of sales support.

 

Marketing professionals have been hit badly with many sectors dropping advertising for marketing roles altogether. Although we saw some slight increases in the number of companies looking to fill sales & marketing positions, it may also indicate company cut backs whereby they fuse the marketing executive role into that with a sales responsibility to cover costs.

 

Proving the laws of supply and demand still apply when we take a comparative look at both the medical/pharma & engineering sectors. Both these sectors have shown increases in the number of jobs advertised and salary levels throughout 2009. Salary increases by up to 20% seen advertised on senior roles. 

 

 

The role of Field Sales Representative in the medical sector was most in demand by employers in 2009 with average salary offerings of 53k.

 

 

Niall Kelly, Director, www.SalesJobs.ie Ph (01) 236 6636




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