Salesforce Contract Job Trends in the North West

Salesforce
England > North West

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the North West requiring knowledge or experience of Salesforce products and/or services. It includes a benchmarking guide to contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Salesforce over the 6 months leading up to 14 December 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

The figures below represent the IT contractor job market in general and are not representative of contractor rates within Salesforce.

6 months to
14 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 105 103 114
Rank change year-on-year -2 +11 +13
Contract jobs citing Salesforce 36 18 23
As % of all contract jobs in the North West 1.47% 0.83% 0.87%
As % of the Vendors category 2.84% 1.79% 1.85%
Number of daily rates quoted 29 13 18
10th Percentile £391 £293 £461
25th Percentile £414 £300 £491
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £388 £538
Median % change year-on-year +29.03% -27.91% +7.50%
75th Percentile £638 £550 £641
90th Percentile £678 £650 £708
England median daily rate £513 £538 £525
% change year-on-year -4.65% +2.38% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Median hourly rate £23.00 - -
England median hourly rate £25.65 £28.00 £30.00
% change year-on-year -8.39% -6.67% -9.09%

All Vendors
North West

Salesforce falls under the Vendor Products and Services category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring knowledge or experience of all vendor products and services in the North West.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 1,267 1,006 1,245
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North West 51.57% 46.40% 47.02%
Number of daily rates quoted 833 550 817
10th Percentile £250 £302 £236
25th Percentile £360 £405 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £465 £500 £510
Median % change year-on-year -7.00% -1.96% +7.37%
75th Percentile £588 £577 £600
90th Percentile £688 £675 £688
England median daily rate £509 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -3.05% - -2.78%
Number of hourly rates quoted 90 50 85
10th Percentile £16.49 £16.00 £16.25
25th Percentile £19.52 £24.18 £17.72
Median hourly rate £25.15 £32.50 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -22.63% -7.14% +74.43%
75th Percentile £56.27 £46.18 £46.18
90th Percentile £74.26 £77.81 £52.60
England median hourly rate £23.83 £31.00 £45.00
% change year-on-year -23.15% -31.11% +73.08%

Salesforce
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Salesforce relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the North West.

Salesforce job vacancy trend in the North West

Salesforce
Daily Rate Trend in the North West

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the North West citing Salesforce.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the North West citing Salesforce

Salesforce
Daily Rate Histogram in the North West

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Salesforce in the North West over the 6 months to 14 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Salesforce in the North West

Salesforce
Hourly Rate Trend in the North West

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the North West citing Salesforce.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the North West citing Salesforce

Salesforce
Contract Job Locations in the North West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Salesforce within the North West region over the 6 months to 14 December 2025. 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
Manchester +6 21 £606 +56.45% 39
Cheshire -22 8 £414 -24.73% 14
Merseyside -1 2 £638 +64.52% 5
Salesforce
England

Salesforce
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North West 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 3 (8.33%) SharePoint
2 1 (2.78%) CMS
2 1 (2.78%) Confluence
Applications
1 1 (2.78%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 7 (19.44%) Salesforce CRM
2 2 (5.56%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 4 (11.11%) Power Platform
2 3 (8.33%) Power Automate
2 3 (8.33%) SaaS
3 2 (5.56%) AWS
3 2 (5.56%) Salesforce Service Cloud
4 1 (2.78%) ChatGPT
4 1 (2.78%) Google Analytics
4 1 (2.78%) OpenShift
4 1 (2.78%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (11.11%) Power BI
2 3 (8.33%) Tableau
3 2 (5.56%) Big Data
4 1 (2.78%) Looker
Development Applications
1 6 (16.67%) JIRA
General
1 8 (22.22%) Social Skills
2 6 (16.67%) Finance
3 4 (11.11%) Marketing
4 3 (8.33%) Analytical Skills
5 1 (2.78%) Banking
5 1 (2.78%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 14 (38.89%) Architect
2 9 (25.00%) Salesforce Architect
3 7 (19.44%) Analyst
4 6 (16.67%) Data Architect
4 6 (16.67%) Salesforce Analyst
5 5 (13.89%) Business Analyst
5 5 (13.89%) Developer
5 5 (13.89%) Solutions Architect
6 4 (11.11%) Salesforce Business Analyst
6 4 (11.11%) Salesforce Developer
6 4 (11.11%) Salesforce Solution Architect
7 3 (8.33%) Senior
8 2 (5.56%) Senior Developer
8 2 (5.56%) Service Design Architect
8 2 (5.56%) Tester
9 1 (2.78%) Business Systems Analyst
9 1 (2.78%) Consultant
9 1 (2.78%) Senior Business Analyst
9 1 (2.78%) Senior Marketing Analyst
9 1 (2.78%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (2.78%) CSS
1 1 (2.78%) HTML
1 1 (2.78%) Lightning Web Components
1 1 (2.78%) Spring
Miscellaneous
1 5 (13.89%) Data Structures
2 3 (8.33%) IVR
2 3 (8.33%) Onboarding
3 2 (5.56%) Self-Motivation
4 1 (2.78%) Enterprise Software
4 1 (2.78%) Legacy Systems
4 1 (2.78%) Marketing Technology
4 1 (2.78%) Product Ownership
4 1 (2.78%) Smart Energy
4 1 (2.78%) Smart Meter
4 1 (2.78%) Social Media
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (38.89%) CRM
2 9 (25.00%) Change Management
3 8 (22.22%) Agile
3 8 (22.22%) Analytics
4 7 (19.44%) TOGAF
5 6 (16.67%) Stakeholder Management
6 5 (13.89%) Continuous Improvement
6 5 (13.89%) Data Architecture
6 5 (13.89%) Data Modelling
6 5 (13.89%) ITIL
6 5 (13.89%) Migration
6 5 (13.89%) Requirements Gathering
6 5 (13.89%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 4 (11.11%) Architecture Governance
7 4 (11.11%) Business Intelligence
7 4 (11.11%) Customer Service
7 4 (11.11%) Decision-Making
7 4 (11.11%) WFM
7 4 (11.11%) Workshop Facilitation
8 3 (8.33%) Enterprise Architecture
Programming Languages
1 2 (5.56%) Java
2 1 (2.78%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (5.56%) Security Cleared
2 1 (2.78%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (11.11%) Data Quality
2 3 (8.33%) California Consumer Privacy Act
2 3 (8.33%) GDPR
3 2 (5.56%) QA
System Software
1 1 (2.78%) Firmware
Vendors
1 4 (11.11%) Genesys
2 3 (8.33%) Microsoft
2 3 (8.33%) ServiceNow
2 3 (8.33%) UiPath
3 2 (5.56%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
3 2 (5.56%) SAP
4 1 (2.78%) Avaya
4 1 (2.78%) Google
4 1 (2.78%) MuleSoft
4 1 (2.78%) Zoho