Apex Code Contract Job Trends in England

Salesforce Apex
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in England requiring Apex Code skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 18 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 458 403 471
Rank change year-on-year -55 +68 +56
Contract jobs citing Apex Code 127 84 66
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.31% 0.34% 0.18%
As % of the Programming Languages category 1.17% 1.02% 0.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 87 65 55
10th Percentile £360 £376 £333
25th Percentile £404 £425 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £513 £525
Median % change year-on-year +2.44% -2.38% -15.32%
75th Percentile £650 £575 £619
90th Percentile £675 £625 £675
UK median daily rate £525 £513 £525
% change year-on-year +2.44% -2.38% -12.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 3 0
10th Percentile - £88.26 -
25th Percentile £55.95 £93.41 -
Median hourly rate £57.30 £102.00 -
Median % change year-on-year -43.82% - -
75th Percentile £58.65 - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate £57.30 £102.00 -
% change year-on-year -43.82% - -

All Programming Languages
England

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

Contract vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 10,873 8,259 10,884
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 26.54% 33.75% 29.86%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,179 5,731 7,900
10th Percentile £355 £363 £350
25th Percentile £415 £419 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.86% -4.55% -2.65%
75th Percentile £613 £650 £656
90th Percentile £720 £775 £775
UK median daily rate £500 £520 £530
% change year-on-year -3.85% -1.89% -3.64%
Number of hourly rates quoted 526 211 446
10th Percentile £41.42 £26.32 £37.59
25th Percentile £55.00 £37.81 £50.00
Median hourly rate £65.00 £62.50 £62.50
Median % change year-on-year +4.00% - -
75th Percentile £70.00 £68.75 £70.00
90th Percentile £77.50 £85.00 £80.00
UK median hourly rate £65.00 £62.50 £62.50
% change year-on-year +4.00% - -

Apex Code
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Apex Code relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in England.

Apex Code job vacancy trend in England

Apex Code
Daily Rate Trend in England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Apex Code.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Apex Code

Apex Code
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Apex Code in England over the 6 months to 18 May 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Apex Code in England

Apex Code
Hourly Rate Trend in England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Apex Code.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Apex Code

Apex Code
Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Apex Code within the England region over the 6 months to 18 May 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
London -21 91 £575 +11.92% 23
Midlands -58 10 £434 -6.22% 3
East Midlands -22 8 £407 -14.26% 2
North West -33 6 £425 -34.69% 3
South East -61 6 £305 -38.85% 9
North of England -74 6 £425 -10.63% 5
South West -22 5 £525 +16.67% 2
East of England -29 2 £650 +15.56%
West Midlands -57 2 £675 +50.00% 1
Apex Code
UK

Apex Code
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England 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:

Application Platforms
1 11 (8.66%) Confluence
2 1 (0.79%) ArcGIS
Business Applications
1 6 (4.72%) Payment Gateway
2 1 (0.79%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 45 (35.43%) Salesforce Service Cloud
2 25 (19.69%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
3 14 (11.02%) Apigee
4 6 (4.72%) Salesforce Einstein
5 5 (3.94%) Azure
5 5 (3.94%) Azure DevOps
5 5 (3.94%) GitHub
6 4 (3.15%) Salesforce Commerce Cloud
7 3 (2.36%) AWS
8 1 (0.79%) GitHub Actions
8 1 (0.79%) Heroku
8 1 (0.79%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 1 (0.79%) 5G
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (5.51%) Relational Database
2 5 (3.94%) Metadata
3 2 (1.57%) GIS
4 1 (0.79%) Geospatial Data
4 1 (0.79%) Spatial Data
Development Applications
1 27 (21.26%) Git
2 14 (11.02%) JIRA
3 10 (7.87%) Selenium
4 6 (4.72%) Cucumber
4 6 (4.72%) Postman
4 6 (4.72%) REST Assured
5 4 (3.15%) GitLab
5 4 (3.15%) Visual Studio Code
6 3 (2.36%) Ant
6 3 (2.36%) Eclipse
6 3 (2.36%) git-flow
6 3 (2.36%) Jenkins
6 3 (2.36%) JUnit
6 3 (2.36%) Mockito
7 2 (1.57%) Bitbucket
7 2 (1.57%) Oracle APEX
8 1 (0.79%) Tricentis qTest
General
1 47 (37.01%) Public Sector
2 31 (24.41%) Social Skills
3 25 (19.69%) Finance
4 15 (11.81%) Analytical Skills
5 9 (7.09%) Documentation Skills
6 5 (3.94%) Banking
7 3 (2.36%) Automotive
7 3 (2.36%) Billing
7 3 (2.36%) Marketing
7 3 (2.36%) Retail
8 2 (1.57%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 2 (1.57%) Presentation Skills
8 2 (1.57%) Telecoms
9 1 (0.79%) Law
9 1 (0.79%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 73 (57.48%) Developer
2 70 (55.12%) Salesforce Developer
3 19 (14.96%) Lead
4 16 (12.60%) Architect
4 16 (12.60%) Salesforce Architect
5 12 (9.45%) Salesforce Technical Leader
5 12 (9.45%) Technical Leader
6 11 (8.66%) Salesforce Engineer
7 6 (4.72%) Consultant
7 6 (4.72%) Salesforce Consultant
7 6 (4.72%) Salesforce Technical Architect
7 6 (4.72%) Technical Architect
7 6 (4.72%) Test Engineer
8 5 (3.94%) Senior
9 4 (3.15%) Cloud Architect
9 4 (3.15%) Full-Stack Developer
9 4 (3.15%) Lead Developer
9 4 (3.15%) Senior Developer
9 4 (3.15%) Senior Salesforce Developer
10 3 (2.36%) Data Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 104 (81.89%) Lightning Web Components
2 27 (21.26%) Visualforce
3 24 (18.90%) REST
4 20 (15.75%) SOAP
5 13 (10.24%) Middleware
6 12 (9.45%) Web Services
7 6 (4.72%) HTML
7 6 (4.72%) Playwright
7 6 (4.72%) React
8 5 (3.94%) YAML
9 4 (3.15%) OpenAPI
9 4 (3.15%) RESTful
9 4 (3.15%) Swagger
10 3 (2.36%) CSS
11 1 (0.79%) .NET
11 1 (0.79%) Jest
11 1 (0.79%) OAuth
11 1 (0.79%) OAuth2
11 1 (0.79%) React Native
Miscellaneous
1 16 (12.60%) Product Ownership
2 7 (5.51%) Enterprise Software
3 4 (3.15%) Analytical Mindset
3 4 (3.15%) Low-Code
4 3 (2.36%) Data Protection Act
4 3 (2.36%) Freedom of Information Act
4 3 (2.36%) Legacy Systems
4 3 (2.36%) Onboarding
5 2 (1.57%) Data Structures
5 2 (1.57%) Greenfield Project
5 2 (1.57%) Mobile App
5 2 (1.57%) Self-Motivation
6 1 (0.79%) AI Agents
6 1 (0.79%) Cloud Native
6 1 (0.79%) Management Information System
6 1 (0.79%) Reference Data
6 1 (0.79%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 1 (0.79%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 57 (44.88%) Agile
2 54 (42.52%) CI/CD
3 47 (37.01%) Data Modelling
4 41 (32.28%) DevOps
5 29 (22.83%) Test Automation
6 28 (22.05%) Problem-Solving
7 25 (19.69%) Integration Patterns
8 22 (17.32%) Continuous Improvement
9 20 (15.75%) Validation
10 19 (14.96%) Mentoring
10 19 (14.96%) Scrum
10 19 (14.96%) Technical Leadership
11 17 (13.39%) Translating Business Requirements
12 14 (11.02%) Release Management
12 14 (11.02%) User Acceptance Testing
13 13 (10.24%) ERP
14 12 (9.45%) Migration
15 11 (8.66%) AI
15 11 (8.66%) Code Quality
16 10 (7.87%) Code Coverage
Programming Languages
1 19 (14.96%) SOQL
2 18 (14.17%) JavaScript
3 16 (12.60%) Java
4 7 (5.51%) SOSL
5 1 (0.79%) Bicep
5 1 (0.79%) PL/SQL
5 1 (0.79%) Python
5 1 (0.79%) SQL
5 1 (0.79%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 41 (32.28%) Security Cleared
2 33 (25.98%) SC Cleared
3 7 (5.51%) Degree
4 4 (3.15%) BPSS Clearance
4 4 (3.15%) DV Cleared
4 4 (3.15%) ISTQB
4 4 (3.15%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
5 1 (0.79%) Computer Science Degree
5 1 (0.79%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (5.51%) QA
2 6 (4.72%) Data Quality
2 6 (4.72%) GDPR
3 1 (0.79%) California Consumer Privacy Act
3 1 (0.79%) SLA
3 1 (0.79%) WCAG
Systems Management
1 2 (1.57%) Grafana
2 1 (0.79%) Terraform
Vendors
1 127 (100.00%) Salesforce
2 25 (19.69%) MuleSoft
3 6 (4.72%) Conga
3 6 (4.72%) GoCardless
4 4 (3.15%) Talend
5 3 (2.36%) Jitterbit
5 3 (2.36%) SAP
6 2 (1.57%) Microsoft
6 2 (1.57%) Oracle
7 1 (0.79%) ESRI
7 1 (0.79%) IBM
7 1 (0.79%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
7 1 (0.79%) ServiceNow
7 1 (0.79%) Splunk
7 1 (0.79%) Virgin Media