The first table below looks at the demand for Apex Code skills in IT jobs advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Apex Code over the 3 months to 20 May 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Programming Languages category.

Location
3 months to
20 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Force.com Apex Code
Rank 665 625 739
Rank change year-on-year
-40 +114
Permanent jobs citing Apex Code 195 301 125
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK 0.182% 0.249% 0.103%
As % of the Programming Languages category 0.341% 0.463% 0.195%
Number of salaries quoted 167 288 107
Average salary £60,000 £52,500 £47,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+14.28% +10.52%
90% offered a salary of more than £40,000 £34,000 £30,000
10% offered a salary of more than £65,000 £75,000 £60,000
UK excluding London average salary £55,000 £50,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year
+10.00% +11.11%
All Programming Languages
UK
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
57147 64943 64005
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK 53.23% 53.63% 52.58%
Number of salaries quoted 49146 57245 55476
Average salary £40,000 £40,000 £40,000
90% offered a salary of more than £27,500 £27,500 £27,500
10% offered a salary of more than £64,000 £70,000 £65,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%

Apex Code
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing Apex Code within the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Programming Languages category.

Apex Code Jobs Demand Trend

Apex Code
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Apex Code within the UK.

Apex Code Salary Trend

Apex Code
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Apex Code over the 3 months to 20 May 2013 within the UK.

Apex Code Salary Histogram

Apex Code
Top 30 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Apex Code within the UK over the 3 months to 20 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
England -81 174 £60,000 +14.28%
London -33 131 £60,000 +9.09%
City of London +39 88 £60,000 +20.00%
South East -13 27 £53,750 -
East of England +21 11 £45,000 -14.28%
Berkshire +6 8 £40,000 -11.11%
Surrey +16 7 £65,000 +20.93%
Hertfordshire +9 6 £47,500 -
Oxfordshire -21 5 £40,000 -15.78%
Reading - 5 £40,000 -
Essex +38 4 £45,000 -14.28%
Witham - 4 £45,000 -
Twickenham - 4 £35,000 -
Derbyshire - 3 £42,000 -
East Midlands - 3 £42,000 -
Oxford - 3 £40,000 -
Derby - 3 £42,000 -
Bracknell - 3 £35,000 -
South West - 3 £45,000 -
Belfast 0 2 £105,000 +223.07%
Northern Ireland -1 2 £105,000 +223.07%
County Antrim -6 2 £105,000 +223.07%
Brighton - 2 £42,500 -
Stevenage - 2 - -
Staines - 2 - -
Slough - 2 - -
Wiltshire - 2 £45,000 -
East Sussex - 2 £42,500 -
Kent - 2 £37,500 -
Gloucestershire - 1 £35,000 -

Apex Code
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT jobs within the UK citing Apex Code also mentioned the following IT skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled that cited Apex Code.

1 501 (97.09%) Salesforce.com
2 452 (87.60%) Visualforce
3 335 (64.92%) Force.com
4 232 (44.96%) Java
5 163 (31.59%) CRM
6 143 (27.71%) JavaScript
7 142 (27.52%) Web Services
8 126 (24.42%) Mason
9 106 (20.54%) Degree
10 86 (16.67%) OO
11 83 (16.09%) Ruby
12 82 (15.89%) C#
12 82 (15.89%) .NET
13 79 (15.31%) Agile Software Development
14 78 (15.12%) HTML
15 72 (13.95%) Finance
16 71 (13.76%) SaaS
17 68 (13.18%) Ruby on Rails
18 65 (12.60%) SOAP
19 64 (12.40%) XML
20 61 (11.82%) jQuery
21 57 (11.05%) CSS
22 49 (9.496%) TDD
23 48 (9.302%) Project Management
24 47 (9.109%) Ajax
25 46 (8.915%) Computer Science
25 46 (8.915%) SQL
26 45 (8.721%) Web Development
26 45 (8.721%) Spring
27 44 (8.527%) Continuous Integration

Apex Code
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT jobs within the UK citing Apex Code also mentioned the following IT skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled that cited Apex Code. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 452 (87.60%) Visualforce
2 142 (27.52%) Web Services
3 126 (24.42%) Mason
4 82 (15.89%) .NET
5 78 (15.12%) HTML
6 68 (13.18%) Ruby on Rails
7 65 (12.60%) SOAP
8 64 (12.40%) XML
9 61 (11.82%) jQuery
10 57 (11.05%) CSS
11 47 (9.109%) Ajax
12 45 (8.721%) Spring
13 44 (8.527%) REST
14 33 (6.395%) HTML5
15 32 (6.202%) J2EE
16 28 (5.426%) XSLT
17 27 (5.233%) JSP
18 26 (5.039%) Struts
18 26 (5.039%) JSF
19 17 (3.295%) RESTful
Application Platforms
1 335 (64.92%) Force.com
2 16 (3.101%) Amazon EC2
2 16 (3.101%) Amazon AWS
3 15 (2.907%) ESB
4 8 (1.550%) SharePoint
5 5 (0.969%) LiveLink
5 5 (0.969%) IIS
6 4 (0.775%) Google App Engine
7 1 (0.194%) Drupal
Applications
1 13 (2.519%) Google Apps
2 8 (1.550%) MS Office
3 5 (0.969%) MS Project
4 1 (0.194%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 8 (1.550%) Dynamics CRM
Communications & Networking
1 19 (3.682%) HTTP
2 9 (1.744%) SSL
2 9 (1.744%) Reverse Proxy
3 8 (1.550%) Internet
3 8 (1.550%) Firewall
4 1 (0.194%) HTTPS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 24 (4.651%) SQL Server
2 18 (3.488%) RDBMS
3 6 (1.163%) DB2
4 5 (0.969%) TOAD
5 4 (0.775%) SQL Server 2005
5 4 (0.775%) SQLite
5 4 (0.775%) SQL Server 2008
5 4 (0.775%) MySQL
5 4 (0.775%) Data Warehouse
6 3 (0.581%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 1 (0.194%) Informix
7 1 (0.194%) Oracle Reports
7 1 (0.194%) Oracle 8/8i
7 1 (0.194%) MS Access
7 1 (0.194%) Pentaho
7 1 (0.194%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 37 (7.171%) Eclipse
2 25 (4.845%) Oracle APEX
3 17 (3.295%) Appcelerator Titanium
4 13 (2.519%) Subversion
5 12 (2.326%) JUnit
6 10 (1.938%) Talend Open Studio
7 9 (1.744%) JIRA
8 6 (1.163%) Visual Studio
9 5 (0.969%) Maven
9 5 (0.969%) jMock
9 5 (0.969%) Rhino Mocks
9 5 (0.969%) Moq
9 5 (0.969%) Mockito
9 5 (0.969%) Spring Roo
10 3 (0.581%) Serena SBM
General
1 72 (13.95%) Finance
2 35 (6.783%) Banking
3 29 (5.620%) Marketing
4 27 (5.233%) Investment Banking
5 23 (4.457%) Billing
6 20 (3.876%) Retail
7 16 (3.101%) Publishing
8 6 (1.163%) Telecoms
9 3 (0.581%) Pharmaceutical
9 3 (0.581%) Manufacturing
9 3 (0.581%) Advertising
10 2 (0.388%) Retail Banking
11 1 (0.194%) Games
Job Titles
1 325 (62.98%) Developer
2 232 (44.96%) Salesforce.com Developer
3 74 (14.34%) Consultant
4 72 (13.95%) Salesforce.com Consultant
5 56 (10.85%) Senior Developer
6 47 (9.109%) Architect
7 29 (5.620%) Technical Consultant
8 25 (4.845%) Salesforce.com Administrator
9 23 (4.457%) Technical Architect
10 21 (4.070%) Software Developer
11 20 (3.876%) Java Developer
12 18 (3.488%) Analyst
13 17 (3.295%) Technical Developer
14 15 (2.907%) Solutions Architect
15 12 (2.326%) .NET Developer
16 11 (2.132%) Administrator
17 10 (1.938%) Business Analyst
18 9 (1.744%) Junior
18 9 (1.744%) Junior Developer
18 9 (1.744%) Senior Technical Architect
Miscellaneous
1 71 (13.76%) SaaS
2 46 (8.915%) Computer Science
3 29 (5.620%) Heroku
4 26 (5.039%) Mathematics
5 24 (4.651%) Cloud Computing
5 24 (4.651%) Mobile App
6 18 (3.488%) Web 2.0
7 16 (3.101%) PaaS
8 13 (2.519%) Digital Media
9 12 (2.326%) Enterprise Software
10 11 (2.132%) Open Source
11 10 (1.938%) Social Media
12 8 (1.550%) Derivative
12 8 (1.550%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
13 6 (1.163%) Kindle
14 5 (0.969%) Data Integration
15 4 (0.775%) Wiki
15 4 (0.775%) Management Information System
16 3 (0.581%) Spread Betting
16 3 (0.581%) Blog
Operating Systems
1 6 (1.163%) Apple iOS
2 4 (0.775%) Linux
3 3 (0.581%) Ubuntu
4 1 (0.194%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 163 (31.59%) CRM
2 86 (16.67%) OO
3 79 (15.31%) Agile Software Development
4 49 (9.496%) TDD
5 48 (9.302%) Project Management
6 45 (8.721%) Web Development
7 44 (8.527%) Continuous Integration
7 44 (8.527%) Migration
8 28 (5.426%) ETL
9 27 (5.233%) Workflow
10 26 (5.039%) Business Analysis
11 25 (4.845%) Technical Architecture
12 24 (4.651%) Scrum
13 23 (4.457%) Data Modelling
14 20 (3.876%) Data Management
15 19 (3.682%) Data Migration
16 18 (3.488%) Mobile Application Development
17 17 (3.295%) Change Management
18 15 (2.907%) System Testing
19 14 (2.713%) Web Application Development
Programming Languages
1 232 (44.96%) Java
2 143 (27.71%) JavaScript
3 83 (16.09%) Ruby
4 82 (15.89%) C#
5 46 (8.915%) SQL
6 14 (2.713%) Python
7 12 (2.326%) Perl
8 6 (1.163%) PHP
8 6 (1.163%) PL/SQL
8 6 (1.163%) T-SQL
8 6 (1.163%) C
9 5 (0.969%) Groovy
10 3 (0.581%) Tcl
10 3 (0.581%) VB.NET
10 3 (0.581%) VBA
11 1 (0.194%) PHP5
11 1 (0.194%) Shell Script
11 1 (0.194%) VB6
11 1 (0.194%) VB
Qualifications
1 106 (20.54%) Degree
2 12 (2.326%) Sun Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 19 (3.682%) QA
2 6 (1.163%) ISO 9001
Systems Management
1 3 (0.581%) SCCM
Vendors
1 501 (97.09%) Salesforce.com
2 28 (5.426%) Informatica
3 26 (5.039%) Google
4 25 (4.845%) Oracle
4 25 (4.845%) IBM
5 23 (4.457%) SAP
6 21 (4.070%) Microsoft
7 17 (3.295%) Appcelerator
8 10 (1.938%) Talend
9 8 (1.550%) Siebel
9 8 (1.550%) Cognizant
9 8 (1.550%) JD Edwards
10 4 (0.775%) Business Objects
11 3 (0.581%) Thunderhead
11 3 (0.581%) Serena
12 2 (0.388%) Fujitsu
12 2 (0.388%) Eloqua
13 1 (0.194%) Twitter
13 1 (0.194%) Zend
13 1 (0.194%) Symantec
City of London
Salesforce Developer / Perm / London / A top tier Asset Management company is looking for a Salesforce Developer with ideally other CRM experience to join their expanding team based inLondon.
Real Staffing
Salary: £50000 - £70000 per annum
Posted: 16 May 2013
City, London
You will be part of a company who prides themselves on a thriving internal culture, having a friendly, outgoing and sociable environment.
Mason Frank International
Salary: £40000 - £50000 per annum + Company Bonus and Benefits
Posted: 16 May 2013
City of London
This is an opportunity to grow with a company that is offering unparalleled career progression.
Mason Frank International
Salary: £60 - £100 per annum + Bonus + Benefits
Posted: 14 May 2013
South East
They will need to be competent in discussing technical issues and troubleshooting, working with all levels of staff and completing webcasts/working remotely for various aspects of projects.....
Lorien Resourcing
Salary: Excellent Salary Package
Posted: 15 May 2013
City of London
The Project Manager should have Extensive experience with the full life cycle of the SFDC Project Management to fulfill the business needs... This is a brilliant opportunity for...
Mason Frank International
Salary: £50 - £70 per annum + Bonus + Benefits
Posted: 14 May 2013
South East England
We have excellent relationships with all of the Top Salesforce partners, global End users and SFDC practices that are recruiting heavily for Salesforce Consultants.
Mason Frank International
Salary: £55000 - £65000 per annum + Healthy benefits!
Posted: 18 May 2013
South East
Significant funding has been pumped in to their fast growing SFDC Practice to ensure they build the most talented team of consultants possible so the opportunity to work...
Mason Frank International
Salary: £90000 - £100000 per annum + Bonus and Benefits!
Posted: 17 May 2013
London
We are currently recruiting Salesforce/Force Developer(s) for a leading consulting client in London... Solid knowledge of Visualforce and Apex.
FPSG Connect
Salary: £40000 - £80000 per annum
Posted: 14 May 2013
Wiltshire
This is a great opportunity to work within a fast paced, agile environment within a data focused team where they pride themselves on high standards within data migration.....
Personnel IT
Salary: £40000.00 - £50000.00 per annum
Posted: 14 May 2013
UK
Summary Cognizant’s Enterprise Application Services (EAS) is a newly formed Practice which prepares Cognizant for the future of packaged-based applications in BPM, CRM, MDM, and the...
Cognizant
Posted: 14 May 2013