Salesforce Developer
UK

The median Salesforce Developer salary in the UK is £62,500 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 9 May 2024.

The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
9 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 773 762 842
Rank change year-on-year -11 +80 -256
Permanent jobs requiring a Salesforce Developer 129 212 401
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.13% 0.21% 0.26%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.14% 0.23% 0.27%
Number of salaries quoted 114 146 202
10th Percentile £47,500 £51,750 £48,525
25th Percentile £52,500 £57,500 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £70,000 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year -10.71% +3.70% +12.50%
75th Percentile £68,750 £78,750 £78,438
90th Percentile £77,500 £85,000 £85,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £62,500 £70,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year -10.71% +7.69% +18.18%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in the UK with a recognized job title 93,776 92,678 150,788
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.62% 91.45% 96.10%
Number of salaries quoted 67,209 58,362 84,200
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £71,250 £81,250 £78,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £53,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -5.66% +6.00% +5.26%

Salesforce Developer
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings that featured Salesforce Developer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Salesforce Developer in the UK

Salesforce Developer
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Salesforce Developer.

Salary trend for Salesforce Developer in the UK

Salesforce Developer
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Salesforce Developer over the 6 months to 9 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Salesforce Developer in the UK

Salesforce Developer
Top 15 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Salesforce Developer within the UK over the 6 months to 9 May 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England +14 111 £62,500 -10.71% 36
London +67 66 £65,000 -13.33% 19
UK excluding London -29 57 £62,500 -10.71% 13
Work from Home -9 19 £65,000 -7.14% 12
Wales +20 17 £62,500 -10.71%
South East -3 16 £49,250 -29.64% 7
North of England +16 13 £55,000 -16.67% 4
North West +6 7 £62,500 -3.85% 2
Midlands -7 6 £65,000 -18.75% 1
West Midlands +15 5 £65,000 -11.86%
South West -22 4 £50,000 +25.00%
Yorkshire +57 3 £55,000 -16.67% 2
North East - 3 £55,000 -
East of England +13 1 £65,000 +35.42% 1
East Midlands - 1 £65,000 - 1

Salesforce Developer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 9 May 2024, Salesforce Developer job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads featuring Salesforce Developer in the job title.

1 129 (100.00%) Salesforce
2 85 (65.89%) Apex Code
3 68 (52.71%) Lightning Web Components
4 50 (38.76%) Visualforce
5 39 (30.23%) REST
6 37 (28.68%) Agile
7 35 (27.13%) Finance
8 33 (25.58%) Social Skills
9 30 (23.26%) JavaScript
10 24 (18.60%) CRM
10 24 (18.60%) Git
11 23 (17.83%) Scrum
12 22 (17.05%) SOAP
12 22 (17.05%) Configure, Price, Quote (CPQ)
13 21 (16.28%) Problem-Solving
13 21 (16.28%) GitHub
14 20 (15.50%) Migration
15 19 (14.73%) Python
15 19 (14.73%) Data Modelling
15 19 (14.73%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
16 18 (13.95%) HTML
16 18 (13.95%) JIRA
17 17 (13.18%) Refactoring
17 17 (13.18%) Data Migration
17 17 (13.18%) Heroku
18 16 (12.40%) SDLC
19 15 (11.63%) MuleSoft
19 15 (11.63%) GitLab
20 14 (10.85%) Product Strategy
21 13 (10.08%) Marketing

Salesforce Developer Skill Set
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:

Application Platforms
1 6 (4.65%) Confluence
1 6 (4.65%) Oracle Workflow
2 2 (1.55%) SAS
Business Applications
1 4 (3.10%) Salesforce CRM
2 1 (0.78%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 21 (16.28%) GitHub
2 19 (14.73%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
3 17 (13.18%) Heroku
4 9 (6.98%) Salesforce Service Cloud
5 6 (4.65%) Boomi
6 5 (3.88%) Azure
7 3 (2.33%) Azure DevOps
7 3 (2.33%) SaaS
8 2 (1.55%) Adobe Analytics
8 2 (1.55%) FinancialForce
8 2 (1.55%) Google Analytics
8 2 (1.55%) IBM Cloud
9 1 (0.78%) AWS
9 1 (0.78%) Power Platform
9 1 (0.78%) Salesforce Commerce Cloud
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (3.10%) MySQL
1 4 (3.10%) Relational Database
1 4 (3.10%) SQL Server Integration Services
2 2 (1.55%) Metadata
3 1 (0.78%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 24 (18.60%) Git
2 18 (13.95%) JIRA
3 15 (11.63%) GitLab
4 12 (9.30%) Oracle APEX
5 6 (4.65%) Eclipse
6 4 (3.10%) Ant
6 4 (3.10%) Jenkins
7 2 (1.55%) Bitbucket
7 2 (1.55%) Visual Studio Code
8 1 (0.78%) Visual Studio
General
1 35 (27.13%) Finance
2 33 (25.58%) Social Skills
3 13 (10.08%) Marketing
4 8 (6.20%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 6 (4.65%) Analytical Skills
6 3 (2.33%) Public Sector
7 2 (1.55%) Law
7 2 (1.55%) Manufacturing
8 1 (0.78%) Electronics
8 1 (0.78%) Influencing Skills
8 1 (0.78%) Retail
8 1 (0.78%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 68 (52.71%) Lightning Web Components
2 50 (38.76%) Visualforce
3 39 (30.23%) REST
4 22 (17.05%) SOAP
5 18 (13.95%) HTML
6 12 (9.30%) CSS
7 11 (8.53%) .NET
8 9 (6.98%) Middleware
8 9 (6.98%) Web Services
9 6 (4.65%) Ajax
9 6 (4.65%) ASP.NET
9 6 (4.65%) OAuth
9 6 (4.65%) React
9 6 (4.65%) XHTML
9 6 (4.65%) XML
10 4 (3.10%) RESTful
11 2 (1.55%) ASP.NET MVC
12 1 (0.78%) Lambda Expressions
Miscellaneous
1 7 (5.43%) Reinsurance
2 6 (4.65%) Mobile Payment
3 5 (3.88%) Product Ownership
4 2 (1.55%) Blockchain
4 2 (1.55%) Clustering
4 2 (1.55%) Hybrid Cloud
5 1 (0.78%) Fixed Income
5 1 (0.78%) Renewable Energy
Operating Systems
1 1 (0.78%) Android
1 1 (0.78%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 37 (28.68%) Agile
2 24 (18.60%) CRM
3 23 (17.83%) Scrum
4 22 (17.05%) Configure, Price, Quote (CPQ)
5 21 (16.28%) Problem-Solving
6 20 (15.50%) Migration
7 19 (14.73%) Data Modelling
8 17 (13.18%) Data Migration
8 17 (13.18%) Refactoring
9 16 (12.40%) SDLC
10 14 (10.85%) Product Strategy
11 12 (9.30%) API Integration
12 11 (8.53%) Artificial Intelligence
13 9 (6.98%) Customer Engagement
14 8 (6.20%) B2B
14 8 (6.20%) DevOps
14 8 (6.20%) Investment Management
14 8 (6.20%) Translating Business Requirements
15 7 (5.43%) OO
15 7 (5.43%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 85 (65.89%) Apex Code
2 30 (23.26%) JavaScript
3 19 (14.73%) Python
4 12 (9.30%) SOQL
5 10 (7.75%) SQL
6 8 (6.20%) Java
7 7 (5.43%) C#
8 2 (1.55%) R
Qualifications
1 8 (6.20%) Degree
2 1 (0.78%) Computer Science Degree
2 1 (0.78%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (1.55%) QA
Systems Management
1 6 (4.65%) CloudHub
1 6 (4.65%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 129 (100.00%) Salesforce
2 15 (11.63%) MuleSoft
3 12 (9.30%) Oracle
4 8 (6.20%) Adobe
5 6 (4.65%) Apttus
5 6 (4.65%) Atlassian
5 6 (4.65%) DocuSign
5 6 (4.65%) Sybase
5 6 (4.65%) Zuora
6 2 (1.55%) Coremetrics
6 2 (1.55%) Dell
6 2 (1.55%) Google
6 2 (1.55%) IBM
6 2 (1.55%) Red Hat
6 2 (1.55%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
7 1 (0.78%) Pardot
7 1 (0.78%) Remedy
7 1 (0.78%) SAP