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Proposal Director / Head of Proposals salary, United Kingdom, 10+ years
Advertised base salaries from Proposal Director / Head of Proposals adverts in United Kingdom.
Bid & Proposal Salary Index
Advertised base salaries from Proposal Director / Head of Proposals adverts in United Kingdom.
Proposal Director / Head of Proposals salary, United Kingdom, 10+ years
£90,000
advertised base salary, 10+ years · from 1 advert
1 advert1 employerLow dataUpdated 24 Oct 2026Adverts posted 1 Aug 2026 – 24 Oct 2026
Adverts stating pay
7%
1 of 15 adverts · Low data
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View BidMaster™The 1 advert we hold sits in £90,000–£95,000.
Advertised base salary £90,000
Adverts per £5,000 band
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Pay by sector. We do not know the sector of the one advert here: neither the employer's LinkedIn industry nor the advert says, so there is no figure by sector yet.
United Kingdom ranks 2nd of the 7 countries with salary figures for this role, based on 1 advert. 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 is named most often, in 63% of the 8 adverts that discuss benefits.
Based on 8 adverts that discuss benefits, from 15 permanent-role adverts for Proposal Director / Head of Proposals in United Kingdom at 10+ years. AI groups the benefit wording and can miss or misclassify it. How AI reads benefits →
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Day rates. No Proposal Director / Head of Proposals advert in United Kingdom, at any experience level, stated a day rate during this period. Why we never annualise one →
How many adverts say what they pay. 1 of the 15 permanent adverts behind the figures on this page state a usable salary (7%, Low data): 0 in a structured field and 1 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 →
Estimated posting dates. The one advert behind the figures above reached us with no posting date on it, so we recorded the day we collected it instead. It counts in every window on this page and is left out of the monthly series. How we date an advert →
| 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 | £90,000 | £90,000 | £90,000 | 1 | Low data | No step |
| Not stated | No figure | No figure | No figure | 0 | No figure | No step |
| Band | Adverts | Share |
|---|---|---|
| £90,000–£95,000 | 1 | 100% |
| Country | Median | Local | Adverts |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | £125,000 | $165,770 | 65 |
| United Kingdom | £90,000 | £90,000 | 1 |
| Germany | £80,300 | €94,000 | 4 |
| France | £74,800 | €87,500 | 2 |
| Canada | £69,000 | C$130,000 | 2 |
| Italy | £56,600 | €66,250 | 2 |
| China | £23,600 | CN¥210,000 | 2 |
| Benefit | Share | Denominator |
|---|---|---|
| Flexible working | 63% | 8 |
| Paid leave | 50% | 8 |
| Wellbeing & lifestyle | 50% | 8 |
| Bonus & incentive | 38% | 8 |
| Learning & development | 38% | 8 |
| Health & medical | 25% | 8 |
| Retirement & pension | 25% | 8 |
| Vehicle & commuting | 25% | 8 |
| Allowances & stipends | 13% | 8 |
| Equity & ownership | 13% | 8 |
| Family & care leave | 13% | 8 |
| Life & disability insurance | 13% | 8 |
| Market | Rate | Likely range (95%) | In salary field | From text | Adverts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Proposal Director / Head of Proposals in United Kingdom, 10+ years | 7% | 1%–30% | 0 | 1 | 15 |
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