Bid & Proposal Salary Index
Proposal Director / Head of Proposals salary, France
Advertised base salaries from Proposal Director / Head of Proposals adverts in France.
Bid & Proposal Salary Index
Advertised base salaries from Proposal Director / Head of Proposals adverts in France.
Proposal Director / Head of Proposals salary, France
€87,500
advertised base salary · from 2 adverts
2 adverts2 employersLow dataUpdated 24 Oct 2026Adverts posted 1 Aug 2026 – 24 Oct 2026
Adverts stating pay
29%
2 of 7 adverts · Low data
The median for every role, emailed to you.
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View BidMaster™All 2 adverts we hold sit in €85,000–€90,000.
Advertised base salary €87,500
Adverts per €5,000 band
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Every sector figure here is marked Low data, with too few adverts or employers to compare sectors, so they are listed by number of adverts.
Based on both adverts, whose sectors we know, from the employer's LinkedIn industry or the advert itself. Converted using exchange rates from 1 October 2026. Not adjusted for cost of living or tax. How conversion works →
France ranks 4th of the 7 countries with salary figures for this role, based on 2 adverts. United States has the highest available advertised median, based on 65 adverts.
Converted using exchange rates from 1 October 2026. Not adjusted for cost of living or tax. How conversion works →
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International RecruitmentFlexible working and Learning & development are named equally often, each in 100% of the 2 adverts that discuss benefits.
Based on 2 adverts that discuss benefits, from 7 permanent-role adverts for Proposal Director / Head of Proposals in France. AI groups the benefit wording and can miss or misclassify it. How AI reads benefits →
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No complete month yet, so there is no trend to measure.
Oct 2026 so far: €87,500 from 2 adverts. The month is not complete, so it is not used in the trend. Low data.
1 month so far
Day rates. No Proposal Director / Head of Proposals advert in France stated a day rate during this period. Why we never annualise one →
How many adverts say what they pay. 2 of the 7 permanent adverts behind the figures on this page state a usable salary (29%, Low data): 2 in a structured field and 0 found only in the advert text. Contract and part-time adverts are not counted here; contract day rates have their own line. AI reads salaries found only in advert text and can misread them. How we read and count salaries →
| Band | Lower quarter | Median | Upper quarter | Adverts | Confidence | Change to next group |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Entry level | No figure | No figure | No figure | 0 | No figure | No step |
| 2–5 years | No figure | No figure | No figure | 0 | No figure | No step |
| 5–10 years | No figure | No figure | No figure | 0 | No figure | No step |
| 10+ years | €87,500 | €87,500 | €87,500 | 2 | Low data | No step |
| Not stated | No figure | No figure | No figure | 0 | No figure | No step |
| Band | Adverts | Share |
|---|---|---|
| €85,000–€90,000 | 2 | 100% |
| Sector | Median | Local | 95% interval | Adverts | Employers | Confidence | Compared |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Business consulting | €87,500 | €87,500 | Not available | 1 | 1 | Low data | No, Low data |
| Manufacturing & industrial | €87,500 | €87,500 | Not available | 1 | 1 | Low data | No, Low data |
| Country | Median | Local | Adverts |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | €146,000 | $165,770 | 65 |
| United Kingdom | €105,000 | £90,000 | 1 |
| Germany | €94,000 | €94,000 | 4 |
| France | €87,500 | €87,500 | 2 |
| Canada | €80,700 | C$130,000 | 2 |
| Italy | €66,250 | €66,250 | 2 |
| China | €27,600 | CN¥210,000 | 2 |
| Benefit | Share | Denominator |
|---|---|---|
| Flexible working | 100% | 2 |
| Learning & development | 100% | 2 |
| Month | Median | Lower quarter | Upper quarter | Adverts | Low data | Used in trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 2026 | €87,500 | €87,500 | €87,500 | 2 | yes | no, month incomplete |
| Market | Rate | Likely range (95%) | In salary field | From text | Adverts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Proposal Director / Head of Proposals in France | 29% | 8%–64% | 2 | 0 | 7 |
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