London is the toughest sales recruitment market in the UK. Every company is hiring, every recruiter is calling, and the best candidates have options. If you're relying on job ads and LinkedIn InMails, you're fighting a losing battle.
At Coburg Banks, we've been recruiting sales professionals across London since 2002. We know how to cut through the noise and find people who can genuinely deliver for your business.
In London, everybody can find candidates. The difference is finding the right ones, and getting them interested. Our relationships across the capital's commercial sectors give us that edge.
From SDRs in Shoreditch startups to Sales Directors in City enterprises, we recruit across every level and every industry in London.
29 days average time to hire. In London, an empty sales desk costs you more than anywhere else, we move fast.
Three-month replacement and rebate guarantee on every placement.
Hiring sales talent in London? Let's get started.
Yes. We have placed sales professionals across London 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 London team, we can help, and we will know the local market you are hiring into.
As a 2026 guide for London: an SDR sits around £32k, a Sales Executive about £35k, an Account Manager £42k, a Business Development Manager £49k, a Sales Manager £60k and a Sales Director £106k. London pay is typically 9% above the UK average. The table above shows the full ranges, and we are happy to benchmark the exact role you are hiring.
It depends on the role, mainly how senior the position is and how hard it is to fill, so we don't quote a one-size-fits-all number. We would rather talk it through with you on a quick call and agree a clear, fixed fee upfront before we start any work, with no surprises later. The one thing we can promise now: there is nothing to pay unless you actually hire someone we introduce. Give us a call and we will give you a straight answer for your specific role.
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.
