• Salespeople more focused on salaries and benefits than any other profession, with 69% saying this is a top consideration when moving jobs
• Despite lower average salaries, sales professionals value monetary rewards more highly than those working in the lucrative financial services sector
• Workers in sales also place more importance on opportunities for career progression than the typical UK employee
• But salespeople disregard “fluffier” aspects of the workplace – including CSR & workplace diversity

Sales people are more single-minded when it comes to achieving their goals than any other profession, according to research

In a survey of 10,728 working Brits – including 630 sales professionals – conducted as part of the annual research, almost seven in ten sales professionals (69%) say that it is important that the company they work for offers competitive salaries and employee benefits; placing this in their top five factors when deciding on job roles. This is more than any other profession across the country, and a higher proportion than finance workers (68%), business consultants (64 %) and legal professionals (61%).