Recruiting sales talent in Birmingham has changed. The old tactics — posting an ad and hoping for the best — just don't cut it any more.
At Coburg Banks, we've spent over two decades building relationships with sales professionals across Birmingham and the wider West Midlands. We know where the strong performers are, and more importantly, how to get them interested in your opportunity.
We've recruited across Birmingham since 2002. From SMEs in Solihull to corporates in the city centre, we understand what different businesses need from their sales hires — and what doesn't work.
The best salespeople in Birmingham aren't scrolling through job boards. They're already performing well somewhere else. We reach them through our network and proactive outreach.
Our average time to hire is 29 days. We move fast because empty desks cost money — but we never send you someone who isn't right just to fill a gap.
Every placement comes with a three-month replacement and rebate guarantee. If it doesn't work out, we fix it. Simple.
If you're hiring sales staff in Birmingham, let's have a conversation.
Yes. We have placed sales professionals across West Midlands since 2002, everyone from SDRs and telesales through to Sales Directors, for fast-growing SMEs and established firms alike. Whether you are hiring a single field sales rep or building out a whole Birmingham team, we can help, and we will know the local market you are hiring into.
As a 2026 guide for West Midlands: an SDR sits around £29k, a Sales Executive about £32k, an Account Manager £37k, a Business Development Manager £43k, a Sales Manager £53k and a Sales Director £91k. West Midlands pay is typically 3% below the UK average. The table above shows the full ranges, and we are happy to benchmark the exact role you are hiring.
Our fee is a percentage of the hire's basic salary, usually 15 to 25 percent depending on the role and how hard it is to fill. It is capped and agreed in writing before we start, so it never creeps. As a Birmingham example, a Business Development Manager around the West Midlands median of £43k would work out at roughly £6,400 to £10,800 at those rates. And you pay nothing at all unless you actually hire someone.
Everything from the people making first contact to the person running the whole function. That means SDRs and telesales, internal and field sales, account and key account managers, business development managers, sales and regional managers, and up to Head of Sales, Sales Director and Commercial Director. New business or account growth, office-based, hybrid or remote, permanent or interim. If the job is to win or grow revenue, it is one we fill.
Usually a vetted shortlist within 48 hours, and a hire inside a month, with 29 days our average across sales roles. We can move that fast because we already know the sales market rather than starting each search from a blank page. What you will not get is a pile of half-relevant CVs to sift, every person we send has been spoken to, screened and matched to your brief.
The strongest salespeople are usually busy hitting target somewhere else, not scrolling job boards. We reach them the slower way that actually works: relationships built over two decades, referrals, and direct, discreet approaches to named people. That is the difference between a shortlist of whoever happened to be looking this week and a shortlist of the people you would genuinely want to hire.
Every placement comes with a three-month rebate and replacement guarantee. If it does not work out in the first three months, we either find you a replacement or refund a share of the fee. We would far rather get it right first time, and our process is built to, but the guarantee means the risk sits with us, not with you.
When your new hire starts, and not before. Nothing to brief us, nothing for the shortlist, nothing for interviews. Our fee only falls due once the right person is in the seat and working. If we do not find someone you hire, it has not cost you a penny.
