Entry-level sales jobs · United Kingdom
Graduate and entry-level sales jobs in the UK
You don't need sales experience to get your first job in UK sales. These are the roles that hire beginners and a simple plan to land one.
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Entry-level sales roles
SDR / BDR
Books meetings for Account Executives by phone, email and LinkedIn. The usual entry point in software and B2B services.
Trainee sales executive
Sells a product or service to businesses or consumers, with training and a clear target.
Trainee recruitment consultant
Recruitment in the UK is sales: you win clients and place candidates, with commission on every placement.
Telesales / inside sales
Sells by phone from an office or from home. Hard, but it builds the skills every other role asks for.
Your plan
- 1Learn how a sales call works: opening, questions, objections and close.
- 2Practise out loud until a cold call stops feeling scary.
- 3Put numbers on your CV: targets, customers served, anything you sold or raised.
- 4Apply to SDR, trainee sales and recruitment roles every week and prepare the role-play.
Where to look for sales jobs
- 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.