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Sign UpSenior Bid Manager (Public Tender Exp) - FTC PERM Role
Posted 2 days ago by Endeavour Recruitment
The Senior Bid Manager will lead the end-to-end bid process for a complex UK government programme, ensuring high-quality...
- Rate £80,000 per year
- Category Outside
- Work type Hybrid
- Location Milton Keynes, UK
Senior Digital Transformation Lead - Remote - Enterprise Planning, Supply Chain
Posted 3 days ago by TrinIT Talent Ltd
The Senior Digital Transformation Lead will oversee a large-scale Enterprise Planning transformation program, focusing o...
- Rate £675 per day
- Category Outside
- Work type Hybrid
- Location London, UK
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SAP SD/MM Solution Architect - £650/day Outside IR35 - 12 Months - London Hybrid
Posted 4 days ago by bluewaveSELECT
The SAP SD/MM Solution Architect role involves designing scalable solutions for SAP Sales and Distribution (SD) and Mate...
- Rate £640 per day
- Category Outside
- Work type Hybrid
- Location London, UK
SAP SD/MM Solution Architect - £650/day Outside IR35 - 12 Months - London Hybrid
Posted 4 days ago by Jobserve
The SAP SD/MM Solution Architect role involves designing scalable solutions for SAP Sales and Distribution and Materials...
- Rate £640 per day
- Category Outside
- Work type Hybrid
- Location London
Interim Senior Finance Manager/Senior Commercial Finance Manager
Posted 5 days ago by Mentmore Recruitment
The role of Interim Senior Finance Manager/Senior Commercial Finance Manager involves leading a finance transformation p...
- Rate £400 per day
- Category Outside
- Work type Undetermined
- Location Shropshire, UK
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About Our Outside IR35 Sales Executive Contract Roles
What does a sales executive contractor do?
As a contract Sales Executive, you are hired to generate and close new business opportunities, managing prospects through the sales process from initial identification and qualification through to signed contract. The Sales Executive role sits at the front line of commercial activity, responsible for building a pipeline of qualified opportunities, developing relationships with prospective customers, presenting the value proposition of the organisation's products or services, handling objections, negotiating commercial terms, and securing the commitment needed to convert prospects into customers. Contract Sales Executive engagements are most common in technology, professional services, and financial services, where organisations need proven commercial resource to drive revenue during growth phases, product launches, or market expansion.
Sales Executive contractors are expected to bring a combination of prospecting skills, commercial judgment, and relationship management ability alongside a demonstrable track record of meeting or exceeding revenue targets in comparable commercial environments. Experience with the specific sales methodology relevant to the client's market, whether a structured enterprise sales approach, a high-velocity inside sales model, or a consultative solution-selling framework, is expected alongside general sales discipline. CRM proficiency, particularly Salesforce or HubSpot, is widely assumed for sales roles with pipeline management responsibility. The ability to quickly develop credibility with prospective buyers, to articulate a value proposition clearly and persuasively, and to manage a pipeline of concurrent opportunities without losing focus on the highest-priority deals is consistently expected across professional Sales Executive contractor roles.
What is the market like for sales executive contractors?
Contract Sales Executive work sits within an active and commercially driven market, most concentrated in technology, SaaS, and financial services. Demand tends to track closely with the growth ambitions of the organisations in these sectors, expanding during periods of significant investment in commercial capability and contracting when budgets tighten. The market is genuinely performance-oriented, with sales contractor selection driven primarily by demonstrable past performance in comparable commercial environments rather than credentials or methodology knowledge. For technology sales specifically, experience selling to enterprise buyers in relevant verticals such as financial services, healthcare, or public sector is a meaningful differentiator. Variable compensation components alongside the day rate are common at this level.
What does Outside IR35 mean?
IR35 is UK tax legislation that determines whether a contractor is genuinely self-employed or working in a manner that resembles employment. When a contract is classified as outside IR35, the engagement is treated as a business-to-business arrangement. The contractor operates through their own limited company, invoices for services, and manages their own tax affairs including corporation tax, self-assessment, and VAT where applicable.
Outside IR35 engagements are assessed against three key factors: the degree of control the client exercises over how the work is delivered, whether the contractor has a genuine right to provide a substitute, and whether there is a mutuality of obligation between the parties. Contracts that demonstrate contractor autonomy, project-based delivery, and the absence of ongoing employment obligations are more likely to sit outside IR35. Since April 2021, responsibility for making this determination sits with the end client for medium and large private sector organisations.
On QualityContracts.co.uk, approximately 28% of roles with a stated IR35 status are classified as outside IR35. The proportion varies by sector and role type, with some disciplines seeing a significantly higher or lower share of outside IR35 opportunities. Each listing on this page displays its IR35 status where provided by the hiring organisation.
What sales executive roles are usually Outside IR35?
Sales executive contracts frequently sit outside IR35. The role is typically structured around generating revenue in a defined territory or market segment, with performance measured against specific targets. When the engagement has clear commercial objectives and a variable compensation component, outside IR35 treatment is straightforward. Technology vendors, SaaS companies, and business services firms hiring contract sales executives to penetrate new markets or accounts are the standard clients.
How much do sales executive contractors usually earn when working Outside IR35?
Contract rates for sales executive roles typically range from £200 to £450 per day, depending on the scope of the role, required expertise, and the delivery expectations of the engagement. Rates shown are for outside IR35 engagements and reflect the gross day rate paid to the contractor's limited company before any personal tax obligations.
How many Outside IR35 sales executive vacancies are there on Quality Contracts?
Over the past twelve months, we have tracked over 200 sales executive contract roles across the site. Of the roles currently listed on our site, around one in four are Outside IR35. Data reviewed up to June 2026.