Slack
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for Slack skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Slack over the 6 months to 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 795 694 521
Rank change year-on-year -101 -173 +185
Permanent jobs citing Slack 101 283 1,011
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.10% 0.27% 0.66%
As % of the Cloud Services category 0.29% 0.63% 1.36%
Number of salaries quoted 71 72 157
10th Percentile £32,000 £32,500 £36,500
25th Percentile £36,675 £43,438 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £58,750 £77,500
Median % change year-on-year -6.38% -24.19% +40.91%
75th Percentile £83,750 £77,500 £90,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £90,000 £96,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £42,500 £43,479 £52,500
% change year-on-year -2.25% -17.18% +5.00%

All Cloud Skills
UK

Slack is in the Cloud Services category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 35,208 45,118 74,069
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 35.91% 43.11% 48.06%
Number of salaries quoted 26,662 29,500 41,930
10th Percentile £30,000 £35,000 £33,750
25th Percentile £41,250 £46,250 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £65,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -11.54% +4.00% +8.70%
75th Percentile £77,500 £85,000 £82,500
90th Percentile £95,000 £102,500 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +5.00%

Slack
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Slack as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Slack in the UK

Slack
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Slack.

Salary trend for Slack in the UK

Slack
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Slack over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Slack in the UK

Slack
Top 16 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Slack within the UK over the 6 months to 27 April 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
UK excluding London -58 71 £42,500 -2.25% 12
England -67 63 £62,783 +0.45% 36
Work from Home -53 57 £41,067 -36.58% 30
Scotland -43 27 £28,500 -55.81% 1
London +46 25 £75,000 - 23
North of England -4 15 £100,000 +81.82% 2
South West +4 13 £52,500 +32.15% 1
Yorkshire +79 9 £100,000 +81.82% 1
Wales +17 7 £41,067 -
South East +34 6 £42,500 - 2
North West -16 4 £37,500 -28.57%
North East -15 2 £62,783 - 1
Midlands -28 2 £38,750 -18.42% 5
East of England -2 1 £47,500 -13.64% 1
West Midlands -6 1 £42,500 -10.53% 2
East Midlands -18 1 £35,000 - 3

Slack
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 24 (23.76%) Apache Spark
2 21 (20.79%) Confluence
3 16 (15.84%) Microsoft Exchange
4 12 (11.88%) SharePoint
5 2 (1.98%) CMS
5 2 (1.98%) WordPress
6 1 (0.99%) Apache
6 1 (0.99%) nginx
6 1 (0.99%) OpenStack
Applications
1 13 (12.87%) Microsoft Excel
2 12 (11.88%) Trello
3 6 (5.94%) Microsoft Office
3 6 (5.94%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 5 (4.95%) Microsoft Project
5 2 (1.98%) Notion
6 1 (0.99%) Adobe Creative Suite
Business Applications
1 4 (3.96%) Shopify
2 2 (1.98%) Eikon
3 1 (0.99%) Dynamics GP
Cloud Services
1 45 (44.55%) AWS
2 33 (32.67%) GCP
3 29 (28.71%) SaaS
4 26 (25.74%) Azure
5 24 (23.76%) Amazon S3
5 24 (23.76%) Miro
6 23 (22.77%) Amazon SQS
6 23 (22.77%) Google Docs
6 23 (22.77%) Lucidchart
7 18 (17.82%) Cloud Computing
8 17 (16.83%) Microsoft 365
9 13 (12.87%) WhatsApp
10 10 (9.90%) Entra ID
11 7 (6.93%) OneDrive
12 5 (4.95%) GitHub
13 4 (3.96%) Amazon EC2
13 4 (3.96%) Basecamp
14 3 (2.97%) AWS CloudFormation
14 3 (2.97%) Google Workspace
14 3 (2.97%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 8 (7.92%) Firewall
1 8 (7.92%) VPN
1 8 (7.92%) Wi-Fi
2 7 (6.93%) SAN
3 6 (5.94%) DNS
3 6 (5.94%) Telepresence
4 4 (3.96%) LAN
4 4 (3.96%) TCP/IP
4 4 (3.96%) VLAN
4 4 (3.96%) WAN
4 4 (3.96%) Wireless
5 3 (2.97%) HTTPS
5 3 (2.97%) SSL
6 2 (1.98%) VoIP
7 1 (0.99%) NAS
7 1 (0.99%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 26 (25.74%) Elasticsearch
2 25 (24.75%) Redis
3 24 (23.76%) Big Data
4 23 (22.77%) Hadoop
4 23 (22.77%) Scylla
5 9 (8.91%) NoSQL
6 8 (7.92%) Data Lake
6 8 (7.92%) Data Warehouse
7 3 (2.97%) MySQL
8 2 (1.98%) PostgreSQL
9 1 (0.99%) Amazon RDS
9 1 (0.99%) Apache Cassandra
9 1 (0.99%) Looker
9 1 (0.99%) Metadata
9 1 (0.99%) Power BI
9 1 (0.99%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 27 (26.73%) JIRA
2 13 (12.87%) Git
3 12 (11.88%) GitLab
4 11 (10.89%) Jenkins
5 8 (7.92%) CircleCI
5 8 (7.92%) Cucumber
5 8 (7.92%) JUnit
5 8 (7.92%) Selenium
6 1 (0.99%) Bitbucket
6 1 (0.99%) Gradle
6 1 (0.99%) Spinnaker
6 1 (0.99%) Vagrant
General
1 65 (64.36%) Social Skills
2 20 (19.80%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 16 (15.84%) Finance
4 10 (9.90%) Marketing
5 8 (7.92%) Banking
6 7 (6.93%) Organisational Skills
7 6 (5.94%) Public Sector
8 4 (3.96%) Analytical Skills
9 2 (1.98%) Legal
9 2 (1.98%) Retail
10 1 (0.99%) Games
10 1 (0.99%) Manufacturing
10 1 (0.99%) Pharmaceutical
10 1 (0.99%) Presentation Skills
10 1 (0.99%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 25 (24.75%) Software Engineer
2 23 (22.77%) Principal Engineer
2 23 (22.77%) Principal Software Engineer
3 18 (17.82%) Lead
4 16 (15.84%) Senior
5 12 (11.88%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 12 (11.88%) Project Manager
6 10 (9.90%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
7 7 (6.93%) Linux Engineer
7 7 (6.93%) Linux Infrastructure Engineer
7 7 (6.93%) Senior Linux Engineer
7 7 (6.93%) Senior Storage Engineer
7 7 (6.93%) Storage Engineer
8 6 (5.94%) Collaboration Engineer
8 6 (5.94%) Developer
8 6 (5.94%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
8 6 (5.94%) Microsoft Engineer
9 5 (4.95%) Administrator
9 5 (4.95%) IT Support
9 5 (4.95%) Support Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 26 (25.74%) GraphQL
2 25 (24.75%) Kafka
3 8 (7.92%) RESTful
4 4 (3.96%) CSS
5 3 (2.97%) HTML
5 3 (2.97%) React
6 2 (1.98%) JWT
6 2 (1.98%) Laravel
6 2 (1.98%) Next.js
6 2 (1.98%) Spring
7 1 (0.99%) ASP.NET MVC
7 1 (0.99%) ASP.NET MVC 3
7 1 (0.99%) CSS3
7 1 (0.99%) Dapper ORM
7 1 (0.99%) Entity Framework
7 1 (0.99%) HTML5
7 1 (0.99%) JSON
7 1 (0.99%) Node.js
7 1 (0.99%) REST
7 1 (0.99%) Spring MVC
Miscellaneous
1 24 (23.76%) Algorithms
2 23 (22.77%) Data Structures
3 8 (7.92%) Mobile App
3 8 (7.92%) Onboarding
4 7 (6.93%) Cloud Native
4 7 (6.93%) CMDB
4 7 (6.93%) Self-Motivation
5 6 (5.94%) Blackberry
5 6 (5.94%) BYOD
5 6 (5.94%) Digital Signage
5 6 (5.94%) Video Conferencing
6 4 (3.96%) PMI
7 3 (2.97%) Robotics
8 2 (1.98%) Virtual Team
9 1 (0.99%) Cyberattack
9 1 (0.99%) Distributed Systems
9 1 (0.99%) Greenfield Project
9 1 (0.99%) Hybrid Cloud
9 1 (0.99%) Reinsurance
9 1 (0.99%) Renewable Energy
Operating Systems
1 32 (31.68%) Windows
2 16 (15.84%) Linux
3 15 (14.85%) Apple iOS
4 13 (12.87%) Android
5 10 (9.90%) Mac OS
5 10 (9.90%) Windows Server
6 5 (4.95%) Windows 10
7 3 (2.97%) Amazon Linux
7 3 (2.97%) Windows Server 2008
7 3 (2.97%) Windows Server 2016
8 1 (0.99%) CentOS
8 1 (0.99%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 44 (43.56%) Problem-Solving
2 31 (30.69%) User Experience
3 28 (27.72%) Software Engineering
4 25 (24.75%) Cybersecurity
5 24 (23.76%) Data Science
5 24 (23.76%) Project Management
6 23 (22.77%) Computer Security
6 23 (22.77%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
6 23 (22.77%) High Availability
6 23 (22.77%) Threat Intelligence
6 23 (22.77%) UX Research
7 20 (19.80%) Agile
8 19 (18.81%) DevOps
9 16 (15.84%) Migration
10 15 (14.85%) Mentoring
11 14 (13.86%) CI/CD
12 13 (12.87%) Infrastructure Engineering
13 12 (11.88%) Continuous Integration
14 11 (10.89%) Change Management
14 11 (10.89%) Coaching
Programming Languages
1 28 (27.72%) Java
2 26 (25.74%) Bash
2 26 (25.74%) Python
3 24 (23.76%) Go
4 23 (22.77%) Scala
5 8 (7.92%) SQL
6 7 (6.93%) PowerShell
7 3 (2.97%) JavaScript
8 2 (1.98%) PHP
8 2 (1.98%) TypeScript
9 1 (0.99%) Kotlin
9 1 (0.99%) Shell Script
9 1 (0.99%) VBA
Qualifications
1 21 (20.79%) Degree
2 9 (8.91%) Security Cleared
3 8 (7.92%) BPSS Clearance
4 5 (4.95%) PMI Certification
4 5 (4.95%) SC Cleared
5 4 (3.96%) PRINCE2 Certification
6 2 (1.98%) Computer Science Degree
7 1 (0.99%) APMP
7 1 (0.99%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (7.92%) GDPR
1 8 (7.92%) PSD2
2 4 (3.96%) Cyber Essentials
3 2 (1.98%) QA
4 1 (0.99%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (0.99%) SOC 2
System Software
1 7 (6.93%) Active Directory
2 4 (3.96%) Virtual Machines
3 3 (2.97%) Hyper-V
3 3 (2.97%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (1.98%) Docker
4 2 (1.98%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 25 (24.75%) Kubernetes
2 12 (11.88%) Terraform
3 9 (8.91%) Ansible
4 7 (6.93%) Jamf Pro
4 7 (6.93%) Microsoft Intune
5 6 (5.94%) ServiceCenter
6 4 (3.96%) Single Sign-On
7 1 (0.99%) Grafana
7 1 (0.99%) Kibana
7 1 (0.99%) logstash
7 1 (0.99%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 36 (35.64%) Google
2 35 (34.65%) Microsoft
3 23 (22.77%) Dell
4 8 (7.92%) Duck Creek
5 6 (5.94%) Apple
5 6 (5.94%) HP
6 4 (3.96%) Atlassian
6 4 (3.96%) Okta
7 3 (2.97%) Salesforce
7 3 (2.97%) VMware
8 2 (1.98%) Bloomberg
8 2 (1.98%) CrowdStrike
8 2 (1.98%) DocuSign
8 2 (1.98%) Ivanti
8 2 (1.98%) OneLogin
8 2 (1.98%) Trayport
9 1 (0.99%) FIS
9 1 (0.99%) Meraki
9 1 (0.99%) Spotify
9 1 (0.99%) WooCommerce