auction house manager
Auction house managers are responsible for the staff and activities in an auction house. Moreover, they manage the finances and marketing aspects of the auction house.
auction house manager auction house managers are responsible for the staff and activities in an auction house. Moreover, they manage the finances and marketing aspects of the auction house. The role shows moderate AI exposure (0.50 on a 0-1 scale) — some tasks are being automated but the role adapts. The most in-demand skills for the role include financial management, corporate social responsibility, budgetary principles, auction characteristics, product comprehension.
Pay in the UK
UK: median £57,625 a year for Sales accounts and business development managers (ONS ASHE 2025, full-time)
Middle half of full-time jobs: £43,049 to £79,598 a year
UK jobs are grouped differently; this is the closest UK occupation group (ONS SOC 2020 3556). ONS rates this estimate precise. 2025 provisional figures; ONS revises them a year later. Source: ONS Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings (Open Government Licence)
Pay in India (occupation group)
Average monthly earnings of salaried employees in the occupation group “Managers” in India, from the Government of India's Periodic Labour Force Survey (January–December 2025). It covers everyone in this group, not only auction house manager, and it is not US pay converted to rupees.
Source: MoSPI (Government of India), Periodic Labour Force Survey Annual Report 2025, Table 51 — average wage/salary earnings of regular wage/salaried employees, NCO-2015 division 1. Official India data gives one average per occupation group: there are no official India figures for single careers, experience levels or cities. Read the report
Top skills
Knowledge you'll build
- Sales and Marketing
- Customer and Personal Service
- English Language
- Administration and Management
- Personnel and Human Resources
- Education and Training
- Computers and Electronics
- Economics and Accounting
What you'd actually do
- Oversee regional and local sales managers and their staffs.
- Resolve customer complaints regarding sales and service.
- Monitor customer preferences to determine focus of sales efforts.
- Confer with potential customers regarding equipment needs, and advise customers on types of equipment to purchase.
- Review operational records and reports to project sales and determine profitability.
- Plan and direct staffing, training, and performance evaluations to develop and control sales and service programs.
Tools & technology you'd use
Frequently asked questions
What does auction house manager do?
Auction house managers are responsible for the staff and activities in an auction house. Moreover, they manage the finances and marketing aspects of the auction house.
What skills does auction house manager need?
The most in-demand skills for this role include financial management, corporate social responsibility, budgetary principles, auction characteristics, product comprehension, manage supplies. These are the skills O*NET identifies as most important for competent performance.
Will AI replace auction house manager?
Our AI-durability model gives auction house manager a score of 0.50 on a 0-1 scale (higher = more exposure). That places it at moderate AI exposure — some tasks are being automated but the role adapts. Learning to work with AI tools rather than against them is the path forward.