Apex Code Job Trends in the South East

Salesforce Apex
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the South East requiring Apex Code skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 21 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 291 252 389
Rank change year-on-year -39 +137 -35
Permanent jobs citing Apex Code 13 27 14
As % of all permanent jobs in the South East 0.087% 0.34% 0.075%
As % of the Programming Languages category 0.49% 1.42% 0.27%
Number of salaries quoted 8 2 12
10th Percentile £50,000 £43,375 -
25th Percentile £55,625 £46,563 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £53,750 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +11.63% +2.38% -25.00%
75th Percentile £68,750 £61,563 £77,563
90th Percentile £79,625 £65,125 £80,000
England median annual salary £75,000 £60,000 £60,500
% change year-on-year +25.00% -0.83% -19.33%

All Programming Languages
South East

Apex Code falls under the Programming Languages category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring coding skills in the South East.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 2,633 1,903 5,274
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 17.69% 24.13% 28.29%
Number of salaries quoted 2,023 1,288 4,225
10th Percentile £36,500 £31,250 £35,000
25th Percentile £47,500 £41,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% - -8.33%
75th Percentile £75,000 £71,250 £67,500
90th Percentile £90,000 £83,750 £82,500
England median annual salary £65,000 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year - +8.33% -7.69%

Apex Code
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Apex Code relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Apex Code job vacancy trend in the South East

Apex Code
Salary Trend in the South East

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Apex Code.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Apex Code

Apex Code
Salary Histogram in the South East

Salary distribution for jobs citing Apex Code in the South East over the 6 months to 21 June 2026.

Salary histogram for Apex Code in the South East

Apex Code
Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Apex Code within the South East region over the 6 months to 21 June 2026. 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Thames Valley +2 6 £60,000 -7.69% 4
Kent - 5 £70,000 -
Buckinghamshire - 4 £60,000 - 1
Berkshire -10 2 £55,000 -15.38% 3
Hampshire -35 1 - -
Surrey - 1 £92,500 -
Apex Code
England

Apex Code
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South East by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Cloud Services
1 5 (38.46%) Salesforce Service Cloud
2 4 (30.77%) AWS
2 4 (30.77%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
3 2 (15.38%) Azure
3 2 (15.38%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 1 (7.69%) Broadband
Development Applications
1 4 (30.77%) Git
2 1 (7.69%) GitLab
2 1 (7.69%) Jenkins
2 1 (7.69%) SonarQube
General
1 7 (53.85%) Social Skills
2 4 (30.77%) Analytical Skills
2 4 (30.77%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 4 (30.77%) Public Sector
3 3 (23.08%) Law
4 2 (15.38%) Marketing
5 1 (7.69%) Front Office
5 1 (7.69%) Games
Job Titles
1 7 (53.85%) Developer
2 5 (38.46%) Salesforce Developer
3 4 (30.77%) Software Engineer
4 2 (15.38%) Software Developer
5 1 (7.69%) Architect
5 1 (7.69%) Lead
5 1 (7.69%) Salesforce Architect
5 1 (7.69%) Salesforce Solution Architect
5 1 (7.69%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (100.00%) Lightning Web Components
2 9 (69.23%) Visualforce
3 8 (61.54%) REST
4 7 (53.85%) .NET
5 6 (46.15%) SOAP
6 3 (23.08%) Middleware
6 3 (23.08%) React
7 1 (7.69%) AngularJS
7 1 (7.69%) OAuth
Miscellaneous
1 1 (7.69%) Enterprise Software
1 1 (7.69%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (84.62%) Agile
2 10 (76.92%) CI/CD
2 10 (76.92%) DevOps
3 7 (53.85%) Problem-Solving
4 6 (46.15%) Clean Code
5 5 (38.46%) Continuous Integration
5 5 (38.46%) Data Modelling
5 5 (38.46%) Scrum
5 5 (38.46%) Static Code Analysis
5 5 (38.46%) Technical Debt
6 4 (30.77%) Community of Practice
6 4 (30.77%) Kanban
6 4 (30.77%) Regression Testing
6 4 (30.77%) Requirements Analysis
6 4 (30.77%) SDLC
6 4 (30.77%) Software Engineering
6 4 (30.77%) Software Testing
6 4 (30.77%) TDD
6 4 (30.77%) Test Automation
6 4 (30.77%) User Stories
Programming Languages
1 9 (69.23%) Python
2 7 (53.85%) Java
3 6 (46.15%) JavaScript
4 4 (30.77%) Ruby
5 2 (15.38%) C#
5 2 (15.38%) SOQL
5 2 (15.38%) SQL
5 2 (15.38%) TypeScript
6 1 (7.69%) SOSL
Qualifications
1 8 (61.54%) Degree
2 4 (30.77%) Security Cleared
3 3 (23.08%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (30.77%) QA
Vendors
1 13 (100.00%) Salesforce
2 4 (30.77%) MuleSoft
3 1 (7.69%) Okta
3 1 (7.69%) Sage
3 1 (7.69%) Splunk