Sales jobs in Manchester: learn to sell and get hired
How to land a sales job in Manchester with no experience: where the openings are, which job boards to use and how to practise before the interview. Ventaka is 100% online, so you train from Manchester whenever you like (United Kingdom).
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Sales in Manchester
Manchester is the main tech and digital hub outside London, with many SaaS, e-commerce and recruitment companies hiring sales executives and SDRs.
Many SDR and inside sales roles are hybrid or remote, so you can also apply from Manchester to companies based elsewhere.
Sales jobs in Manchester: what drives the local economy
Manchester is the North's business hub, with media at MediaCityUK, a strong digital and e-commerce scene, and lots of recruitment and telecoms sales teams.
Most sales hiring in Manchester happens around Spinningfields and the city centre, MediaCityUK in Salford Quays, the Northern Quarter.
Sales roles you will find in Manchester
The roles that hire most in Manchester, what you would sell and the objection you will hear most (the one you rehearse first with Ventaka's AI customer):
telecoms B2B sales
What you sell: business broadband and mobile contracts
The objection you will hear: "We're still in contract"
recruitment consultant
What you sell: staffing and hiring services
The objection you will hear: "We hire through LinkedIn ourselves"
digital agency account manager
What you sell: SEO, ads and web projects
The objection you will hear: "We tried an agency before and it didn't work"
When Manchester hires most
Hiring picks up in January and after the summer; recruitment teams hire all year.
Your 4-week plan to land a sales job in Manchester
- Week 1 · The basics: prospecting and closing lessons, then the objection you will hear most as telecoms B2B sales: "We're still in contract".
- Week 2 · Your résumé: aim it at telecoms B2B sales and recruitment consultant roles, with your Ventaka certificate and its verification code.
- Week 3 · Applications: sales job alerts for Manchester reach you in the app every day; start with employers around Spinningfields and the city centre and MediaCityUK in Salford Quays.
- Week 4 · Interviews: rehearse the "sell me this" with staffing and hiring services, and practise this objection: "We tried an agency before and it didn't work".
Where to find sales jobs in Manchester
- 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.
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