Salesforce Object Search Language (SOSL)
UK
The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for SOSL skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited SOSL over the 6 months to 28 March 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.
6 months to 28 Mar 2024 |
Same period 2023 | Same period 2022 | |
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Rank | 585 | 723 | 856 |
Rank change year-on-year | +138 | +133 | -196 |
Contract jobs citing SOSL | 5 | 5 | 8 |
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK | 0.011% | 0.008% | 0.009% |
As % of the Programming Languages category | 0.039% | 0.022% | 0.024% |
Number of daily rates quoted | 2 | 5 | 5 |
10th Percentile | £376 | - | £497 |
25th Percentile | £416 | - | £504 |
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £513 | £500 | £550 |
Median % change year-on-year | +2.50% | -9.09% | +10.00% |
75th Percentile | £591 | £638 | £575 |
90th Percentile | £619 | - | - |
UK excluding London median daily rate | £625 | £500 | £504 |
% change year-on-year | +25.00% | -0.79% | +22.93% |
All Programming Languages
UK
SOSL is in the Programming Languages category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with a requirement for coding skills.
Contract vacancies with a requirement for coding skills | 12,914 | 22,547 | 32,809 |
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK | 29.19% | 35.84% | 36.82% |
Number of daily rates quoted | 9,128 | 16,264 | 23,947 |
10th Percentile | £350 | £400 | £380 |
25th Percentile | £425 | £463 | £450 |
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £525 | £550 | £550 |
Median % change year-on-year | -4.55% | - | +12.82% |
75th Percentile | £650 | £676 | £650 |
90th Percentile | £750 | £775 | £750 |
UK excluding London median daily rate | £488 | £500 | £475 |
% change year-on-year | -2.50% | +5.26% | +11.76% |
Number of hourly rates quoted | 486 | 505 | 485 |
10th Percentile | £30.63 | £26.18 | £20.00 |
25th Percentile | £46.20 | £50.00 | £35.00 |
Median hourly rate | £60.00 | £62.50 | £50.00 |
Median % change year-on-year | -4.00% | +25.00% | +14.29% |
75th Percentile | £67.38 | £69.50 | £60.00 |
90th Percentile | £75.00 | £75.00 | £70.00 |
UK excluding London median hourly rate | £61.60 | £64.00 | £49.65 |
% change year-on-year | -3.75% | +28.92% | +16.81% |
SOSL
Job Vacancy Trend
Job postings citing SOSL as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.
SOSL
Contractor Daily Rate Trend
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing SOSL.
SOSL
Daily Rate Histogram
Daily rate distribution for jobs citing SOSL over the 6 months to 28 March 2024.
SOSL
Top 5 Contract Locations
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing SOSL within the UK over the 6 months to 28 March 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 |
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England | +125 | 5 | £513 | +2.50% | |
London | +118 | 4 | £400 | -36.00% | |
Work from Home | - | 3 | - | - | |
UK excluding London | +57 | 1 | £625 | +25.00% | |
South East | - | 1 | £625 | - |
SOSL
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: