Lightning Web Components Contracts

Salesforce Lightning Web Components (LWC)
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for Lightning Web Components skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Lightning Web Components over the 6 months to 28 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
28 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 511 547 625
Rank change year-on-year +36 +78 -164
Contract jobs citing Lightning Web Components 83 169 232
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.19% 0.28% 0.26%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 0.94% 1.22% 0.96%
Number of daily rates quoted 61 121 146
10th Percentile £363 £400 £394
25th Percentile £450 £469 £489
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £530 £575 £588
Median % change year-on-year -7.83% -2.13% +17.50%
75th Percentile £600 £644 £675
90th Percentile £700 £680 £803
UK excluding London median daily rate £540 £588 £538
% change year-on-year -8.09% +9.30% +12.10%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 4 0
10th Percentile - £37.69 -
25th Percentile £14.13 £48.09 -
Median hourly rate £14.25 £55.69 -
Median % change year-on-year -74.41% - -
75th Percentile £14.38 £61.25 -
90th Percentile - £65.75 -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £14.25 - -

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
UK

Lightning Web Components is in the Software Libraries and Frameworks category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 8,875 13,886 24,102
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 20.49% 23.26% 27.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,163 10,138 17,667
10th Percentile £338 £400 £400
25th Percentile £425 £463 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - +10.00%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £663
90th Percentile £767 £775 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £500
% change year-on-year - - +14.94%
Number of hourly rates quoted 226 153 241
10th Percentile £21.01 £31.60 £22.00
25th Percentile £40.00 £48.50 £35.00
Median hourly rate £46.18 £65.00 £49.00
Median % change year-on-year -28.95% +32.65% +8.89%
75th Percentile £65.00 £75.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £80.25 £75.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £46.84 £64.00 £49.00
% change year-on-year -26.81% +30.61% +8.89%

Lightning Web Components
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Lightning Web Components as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Lightning Web Components in the UK

Lightning Web Components
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Lightning Web Components.

Daily rate trend for Lightning Web Components in the UK

Lightning Web Components
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Lightning Web Components over the 6 months to 28 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Lightning Web Components in the UK

Lightning Web Components
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Lightning Web Components.

Hourly rate trend for Lightning Web Components in the UK

Lightning Web Components
Top 14 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Lightning Web Components within the UK over the 6 months to 28 April 2024. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England +45 71 £530 -11.67% 50
Work from Home +77 37 £525 - 23
UK excluding London +63 35 £540 -8.09% 13
London +43 33 £525 -12.50% 32
South East +23 11 £550 -11.29% 6
East of England - 10 £488 - 2
North of England +26 5 £550 +10.00% 2
South West +19 5 £500 -9.09% 2
North West +21 3 £550 -12.00% 1
West Midlands +20 3 £688 +14.58% 1
Midlands +16 3 £688 +14.58% 1
Yorkshire +17 1 £550 +15.79%
North East - 1 £450 - 1
Wales - 1 - -

Lightning Web Components
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Business Applications
1 22 (26.51%) Salesforce CRM
2 2 (2.41%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 22 (26.51%) Salesforce Service Cloud
2 17 (20.48%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
3 9 (10.84%) GitHub
4 5 (6.02%) SaaS
5 4 (4.82%) AWS
5 4 (4.82%) Azure
5 4 (4.82%) Azure DevOps
6 3 (3.61%) Salesforce Commerce Cloud
7 2 (2.41%) OCI
8 1 (1.20%) Boomi
8 1 (1.20%) Heroku
8 1 (1.20%) WhatsApp
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.20%) DBAmp
1 1 (1.20%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 12 (14.46%) Visual Studio Code
2 10 (12.05%) GitLab
3 4 (4.82%) Git
4 1 (1.20%) JIRA
4 1 (1.20%) Oracle APEX
4 1 (1.20%) Selenium
4 1 (1.20%) Visual Studio
General
1 19 (22.89%) Social Skills
2 17 (20.48%) Marketing
3 9 (10.84%) Analytical Skills
4 7 (8.43%) Finance
5 4 (4.82%) Games
5 4 (4.82%) Public Sector
6 2 (2.41%) Front Office
6 2 (2.41%) Manufacturing
6 2 (2.41%) Telecoms
7 1 (1.20%) Back Office
7 1 (1.20%) Billing
7 1 (1.20%) Electronics
7 1 (1.20%) Law
7 1 (1.20%) Tech for Good
Job Titles
1 53 (63.86%) Developer
1 53 (63.86%) Salesforce Developer
2 14 (16.87%) Architect
3 13 (15.66%) Salesforce Architect
4 7 (8.43%) Administrator
4 7 (8.43%) Consultant
4 7 (8.43%) Salesforce Administrator
4 7 (8.43%) Salesforce Consultant
5 6 (7.23%) Functional Consultant
5 6 (7.23%) Salesforce Functional Consultant
5 6 (7.23%) Senior
6 5 (6.02%) Cloud Developer
6 5 (6.02%) Lead
7 4 (4.82%) Cloud Architect
7 4 (4.82%) DevOps Architect
7 4 (4.82%) Senior Developer
7 4 (4.82%) Senior Salesforce Developer
8 3 (3.61%) Salesforce Solution Architect
8 3 (3.61%) Solutions Architect
9 2 (2.41%) Cloud Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 37 (44.58%) Visualforce
2 14 (16.87%) JSON
3 12 (14.46%) REST
4 11 (13.25%) jQuery
5 10 (12.05%) CSS
5 10 (12.05%) XML
6 7 (8.43%) HTML
7 5 (6.02%) SOAP
7 5 (6.02%) Web Services
8 3 (3.61%) Middleware
9 1 (1.20%) HTML5 Canvas
9 1 (1.20%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 14 (16.87%) Product Ownership
2 2 (2.41%) Self-Motivation
3 1 (1.20%) Legacy Systems
3 1 (1.20%) Low-Code
3 1 (1.20%) Management Information System
3 1 (1.20%) Marketing Technology
Processes & Methodologies
1 28 (33.73%) CRM
2 22 (26.51%) Agile
3 16 (19.28%) Configure, Price, Quote (CPQ)
4 15 (18.07%) Problem-Solving
5 13 (15.66%) User Experience
6 12 (14.46%) Workflow
7 10 (12.05%) Requirements Gathering
8 9 (10.84%) Change Management
8 9 (10.84%) CI/CD
8 9 (10.84%) DevOps
9 8 (9.64%) B2B
10 7 (8.43%) Scrum
10 7 (8.43%) Stakeholder Management
11 6 (7.23%) Data Modelling
11 6 (7.23%) Product Backlog
11 6 (7.23%) Web Development
12 5 (6.02%) API Integration
12 5 (6.02%) Design Patterns
12 5 (6.02%) Process Improvement
12 5 (6.02%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 60 (72.29%) Apex Code
2 25 (30.12%) JavaScript
3 13 (15.66%) SOQL
4 6 (7.23%) SQL
5 1 (1.20%) Java
5 1 (1.20%) Python
Qualifications
1 7 (8.43%) Security Cleared
2 6 (7.23%) SC Cleared
3 4 (4.82%) Degree
3 4 (4.82%) PMP
4 1 (1.20%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (1.20%) CTC Cleared
4 1 (1.20%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (6.02%) Data Quality
2 4 (4.82%) QA
Systems Management
1 1 (1.20%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 83 (100.00%) Salesforce
2 8 (9.64%) Pardot
3 5 (6.02%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
3 5 (6.02%) Virgin Media
4 4 (4.82%) MuleSoft
5 2 (2.41%) Conga
5 2 (2.41%) DocuSign
5 2 (2.41%) Microsoft
5 2 (2.41%) SAP
6 1 (1.20%) Dell
6 1 (1.20%) Informatica
6 1 (1.20%) Oracle
6 1 (1.20%) ServiceNow
6 1 (1.20%) Zuora