The first table below looks at the demand for Force.com skills in IT jobs advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Force.com over the 3 months to 17 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 Application Platforms category.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Salesforce.com Force.com
Rank 672 657 755
Rank change year-on-year
-15 +98
Permanent jobs citing Force.com 187 247 116
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK 0.173% 0.204% 0.094%
As % of the Application Platforms category 0.810% 0.999% 0.491%
Number of salaries quoted 155 219 101
Average salary £60,000 £57,500 £45,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+4.34% +27.77%
90% offered a salary of more than £42,000 £40,000 £30,000
10% offered a salary of more than £71,500 £90,000 £55,000
UK excluding London average salary £65,000 £55,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
+18.18% +46.66%
All Application Platforms
UK
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Application Platforms category
23080 24715 23627
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK 21.41% 20.44% 19.14%
Number of salaries quoted 19591 21498 20341
Average salary £42,500 £42,500 £42,500
90% offered a salary of more than £27,500 £27,500 £27,500
10% offered a salary of more than £65,000 £65,000 £65,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,500 £37,500 £37,500
% change year-on-year
+2.66% -

Force.com
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing Force.com within the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Platforms category.

Force.com Jobs Demand Trend

Force.com
Salary Trend

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

Force.com Salary Trend

Force.com
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Force.com over the 3 months to 17 May 2013 within the UK.

Force.com Salary Histogram

Force.com
Top 25 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Force.com within the UK over the 3 months to 17 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 -52 148 £57,500 -
London -34 120 £60,000 -
City of London +41 63 £60,000 +17.07%
South East -9 19 £45,000 -16.27%
Hampshire +5 6 £45,000 +15.38%
Berkshire - 5 £40,000 -
East of England - 4 £45,000 -
Twickenham - 4 £35,000 -
Reading - 4 £57,500 -
Witham - 4 £45,000 -
Essex - 4 £45,000 -
East Midlands - 3 £42,000 -
Derby - 3 £42,000 -
Derbyshire - 3 £42,000 -
Northern Ireland - 2 £105,000 -
Winchester - 2 £45,000 -
Brighton - 2 £42,500 -
Belfast - 2 £105,000 -
County Antrim - 2 £105,000 -
East Sussex - 2 £42,500 -
West Sussex -10 1 £55,000 -38.88%
Crawley -14 1 £55,000 -38.88%
South West - 1 £45,000 -
Wiltshire - 1 £45,000 -
Kent - 1 £37,500 -

Force.com
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs within the UK citing Force.com 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 Force.com.

1 433 (90.78%) Salesforce.com
2 332 (69.60%) Apex Code
3 316 (66.25%) Visualforce
4 222 (46.54%) Java
5 164 (34.38%) CRM
6 125 (26.21%) SaaS
7 122 (25.58%) JavaScript
8 108 (22.64%) Web Services
8 108 (22.64%) Degree
8 108 (22.64%) Ruby
9 96 (20.13%) .NET
10 90 (18.87%) C#
11 88 (18.45%) Ruby on Rails
11 88 (18.45%) Mason
12 76 (15.93%) OO
13 71 (14.88%) HTML
14 69 (14.47%) TDD
15 66 (13.84%) CSS
16 62 (13.00%) PaaS
17 60 (12.58%) Banking
17 60 (12.58%) Continuous Integration
18 56 (11.74%) Investment Banking
19 55 (11.53%) Cloud Computing
20 52 (10.90%) J2EE
20 52 (10.90%) Project Management
21 51 (10.69%) Agile Software Development
22 49 (10.27%) jQuery
23 46 (9.644%) Finance
23 46 (9.644%) SOAP
23 46 (9.644%) Heroku

Force.com
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs within the UK citing Force.com 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 Force.com. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 316 (66.25%) Visualforce
2 108 (22.64%) Web Services
3 96 (20.13%) .NET
4 88 (18.45%) Mason
4 88 (18.45%) Ruby on Rails
5 71 (14.88%) HTML
6 66 (13.84%) CSS
7 52 (10.90%) J2EE
8 49 (10.27%) jQuery
9 46 (9.644%) SOAP
10 41 (8.595%) JSP
11 40 (8.386%) HTML5
12 38 (7.966%) Spring
13 34 (7.128%) Ajax
14 28 (5.870%) COM
15 27 (5.660%) REST
16 26 (5.451%) JSF
16 26 (5.451%) Struts
17 23 (4.822%) XML
18 15 (3.145%) Java EE
Application Platforms
1 26 (5.451%) Windows Azure
2 21 (4.403%) Amazon EC2
3 20 (4.193%) Amazon AWS
4 16 (3.354%) Google App Engine
5 14 (2.935%) IIS
6 13 (2.725%) SharePoint
7 8 (1.677%) Apache
7 8 (1.677%) Tomcat
8 6 (1.258%) WebLogic
9 5 (1.048%) CMS
9 5 (1.048%) LiveLink
10 3 (0.629%) ESB
10 3 (0.629%) SharePoint 2010
11 1 (0.210%) Drupal
11 1 (0.210%) SharePoint Server
11 1 (0.210%) ColdFusion
Applications
1 12 (2.516%) Google Apps
2 4 (0.839%) MS Office
2 4 (0.839%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 19 (3.983%) Oracle CRM
2 8 (1.677%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.210%) SAP R/3
Communications & Networking
1 12 (2.516%) Internet
2 9 (1.887%) HTTP
3 8 (1.677%) Firewall
4 4 (0.839%) Intranet
5 1 (0.210%) HTTPS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 26 (5.451%) SQL Server
2 18 (3.774%) SQL Server 2008
3 14 (2.935%) SQL Server 2005
4 12 (2.516%) RDBMS
5 11 (2.306%) MySQL
6 5 (1.048%) TOAD
7 4 (0.839%) SQLite
7 4 (0.839%) Data Warehouse
8 3 (0.629%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 1 (0.210%) Crystal Reports
9 1 (0.210%) Informix
9 1 (0.210%) MS Access
9 1 (0.210%) QlikView
9 1 (0.210%) Pentaho
Development Applications
1 32 (6.709%) Eclipse
2 17 (3.564%) Appcelerator Titanium
3 14 (2.935%) Subversion
4 12 (2.516%) Talend Open Studio
4 12 (2.516%) Spring Roo
5 10 (2.096%) Oracle APEX
6 5 (1.048%) jMock
6 5 (1.048%) Rhino Mocks
6 5 (1.048%) Moq
6 5 (1.048%) Mockito
6 5 (1.048%) Visual Studio
7 4 (0.839%) Team Foundation Server
8 3 (0.629%) Serena SBM
8 3 (0.629%) JIRA
9 1 (0.210%) Maven
9 1 (0.210%) Ant
9 1 (0.210%) JDeveloper
9 1 (0.210%) Hudson
9 1 (0.210%) Git (software)
9 1 (0.210%) Jenkins
General
1 60 (12.58%) Banking
2 56 (11.74%) Investment Banking
3 46 (9.644%) Finance
4 20 (4.193%) Billing
5 19 (3.983%) Marketing
6 12 (2.516%) Retail
7 10 (2.096%) Publishing
8 7 (1.468%) Law
9 3 (0.629%) Manufacturing
9 3 (0.629%) Telecoms
10 2 (0.419%) Front Office
11 1 (0.210%) Electronics
11 1 (0.210%) Aerospace
11 1 (0.210%) Military
11 1 (0.210%) Dutch Language
11 1 (0.210%) French Language
11 1 (0.210%) German Language
Job Titles
1 273 (57.23%) Developer
2 173 (36.27%) Salesforce.com Developer
3 83 (17.40%) Consultant
4 77 (16.14%) Senior Developer
5 59 (12.37%) Salesforce.com Consultant
6 47 (9.853%) Architect
7 27 (5.660%) Analyst
7 27 (5.660%) Technical Leader
8 25 (5.241%) SaaS Consultant
9 20 (4.193%) Technical Architect
9 20 (4.193%) Java Developer
10 18 (3.774%) Technical Consultant
11 17 (3.564%) Applications Developer
11 17 (3.564%) Software Consultant
12 16 (3.354%) Support Analyst
13 14 (2.935%) Solutions Architect
14 13 (2.725%) Applications Support
15 12 (2.516%) Applications Support Analyst
16 11 (2.306%) Business Analyst
16 11 (2.306%) Salesforce.com Business Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 125 (26.21%) SaaS
2 62 (13.00%) PaaS
3 55 (11.53%) Cloud Computing
4 46 (9.644%) Heroku
5 34 (7.128%) Computer Science
6 26 (5.451%) Mathematics
6 26 (5.451%) Open Source
7 24 (5.031%) Mobile App
8 12 (2.516%) Enterprise Software
8 12 (2.516%) Digital Media
8 12 (2.516%) Web 2.0
9 10 (2.096%) Social Media
10 6 (1.258%) Management Information System
11 4 (0.839%) Kindle
12 3 (0.629%) Spread Betting
12 3 (0.629%) Wiki
13 1 (0.210%) Blog
13 1 (0.210%) FMCG
13 1 (0.210%) Client/Server
13 1 (0.210%) iPad
Operating Systems
1 12 (2.516%) Windows
2 10 (2.096%) Linux
3 7 (1.468%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 6 (1.258%) Apple iOS
5 5 (1.048%) Windows Server 2008
6 3 (0.629%) Ubuntu
7 1 (0.210%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 164 (34.38%) CRM
2 76 (15.93%) OO
3 69 (14.47%) TDD
4 60 (12.58%) Continuous Integration
5 52 (10.90%) Project Management
6 51 (10.69%) Agile Software Development
7 41 (8.595%) Waterfall
8 38 (7.966%) Web Development
9 37 (7.757%) Migration
10 32 (6.709%) Data Modelling
11 27 (5.660%) Business Analysis
12 25 (5.241%) Technical Architecture
13 19 (3.983%) Change Management
13 19 (3.983%) Data Migration
14 18 (3.774%) System Testing
14 18 (3.774%) Mobile Application Development
14 18 (3.774%) Data Management
14 18 (3.774%) Workflow
14 18 (3.774%) Scrum
15 14 (2.935%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 332 (69.60%) Apex Code
2 222 (46.54%) Java
3 122 (25.58%) JavaScript
4 108 (22.64%) Ruby
5 90 (18.87%) C#
6 30 (6.289%) SQL
7 12 (2.516%) Groovy
8 8 (1.677%) Python
8 8 (1.677%) Perl
9 6 (1.258%) T-SQL
9 6 (1.258%) C
10 5 (1.048%) VB
10 5 (1.048%) PL/SQL
11 4 (0.839%) VB.NET
12 3 (0.629%) VBA
12 3 (0.629%) Tcl
12 3 (0.629%) PHP
13 1 (0.210%) VBScript
13 1 (0.210%) VB6
13 1 (0.210%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 108 (22.64%) Degree
2 12 (2.516%) Sun Certification
3 1 (0.210%) SC Cleared
3 1 (0.210%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (0.839%) ISO 9001
2 3 (0.629%) QA
3 1 (0.210%) SLA
System Software
1 1 (0.210%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 3 (0.629%) SCCM
2 1 (0.210%) SolarWinds Orion
Vendors
1 433 (90.78%) Salesforce.com
2 39 (8.176%) Oracle
3 37 (7.757%) Google
4 31 (6.499%) Informatica
5 28 (5.870%) Microsoft
6 27 (5.660%) NetSuite
7 19 (3.983%) SAP
8 17 (3.564%) Appcelerator
9 13 (2.725%) Eloqua
10 12 (2.516%) Talend
10 12 (2.516%) IBM
11 11 (2.306%) Siebel
12 7 (1.468%) Red Hat
13 5 (1.048%) JD Edwards
13 5 (1.048%) Cognizant
14 4 (0.839%) Open Text
14 4 (0.839%) Vignette
15 3 (0.629%) Chordiant
15 3 (0.629%) Serena
16 1 (0.210%) 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
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
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
Winchester, Hampshire
Here are some of the skills used in this division:- Java EE Web applications using Spring, Spring Roo and Oracle ADF Frameworks Oracle Webcentre , Weblogic and Apache with...
Colston Consulting
Salary: £45k per year
Posted: 13 May 2013