Sales jobs · UK
Field sales jobs in the UK
A field sales representative visits customers in person across a territory — shops, offices, clinics, construction sites — to win new accounts and grow existing ones. Usually comes with a car or travel allowance and commission. Here is what the job looks like in the UK, where to find openings and how to land your first one — even without sales experience.
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What a Field sales does day to day
- Plan a weekly route across your territory
- Visit prospects and existing customers in person
- Present products, take orders and negotiate terms
- Keep the CRM updated from the road
- Hit monthly revenue and new-account targets
Skills employers look for
- Confidence knocking on doors and starting conversations
- Planning and time management on the road
- Relationship building with repeat customers
- Negotiation on price and volume
- A driving licence is often required
How to get your first Field sales job in the UK
- 1Check the requirements: driving licence, travel and territory are usually part of the job.
- 2Search “field sales”, “territory sales” and “sales representative” on LinkedIn Jobs and Indeed UK; territories often centre on London, Manchester and Birmingham.
- 3Highlight any face-to-face sales or customer service experience with numbers.
- 4Prepare to role-play a first visit to a busy shop owner.
- 5Ask how commission and expenses work before accepting.
Interview questions you should prepare
- How would you plan your first month in a new territory?
- A shop owner says they’re happy with their supplier. What do you say?
- How do you balance new accounts and existing customers?
- Tell me about a time you won a customer face to face.
Sales pay in the UK
- Sales executive, starting: £25,000 to £28,000 basic a year (Prospects (Jisc): Sales executive job profile)
- Sales executive, experienced: £28,000 to £45,000 basic a year (Prospects (Jisc): Sales executive job profile)
- Senior sales roles: Can exceed £100,000 with commission or bonus (Prospects (Jisc): Sales executive job profile)
Where to find Field sales jobs in the UK
- LinkedIn Jobs. Most SDR and business development roles in tech and B2B are posted here.
- Indeed UK. The largest volume of sales executive and telesales openings across the country.
- Reed. A long-standing UK job board with many sales and recruitment roles.
- Totaljobs. Good for field sales, account management and graduate schemes.
- CV-Library. Strong outside London, with many regional B2B sales roles.
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How Ventaka gets you ready
- Short game-style lessons: from zero to selling, 10 minutes a day
- Written role-plays with AI customers who push back with real objections
- The «sell me this pen» interview test with Cal, who scores you at the end
- A sales CV and a scam-offer detector
- A verifiable certificate to show recruiters