Salesforce Contract Job Trends in Reading

Salesforce
Berkshire > Reading

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Reading 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 51 83 48
Rank change year-on-year +32 -35 +22
Contract jobs citing Salesforce 28 8 40
As % of all contract jobs in Reading 3.86% 0.77% 3.89%
As % of the Vendors category 5.80% 1.53% 7.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 15 5 17
10th Percentile £363 £204 £155
25th Percentile £413 £209 £240
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £305 £500
Median % change year-on-year +55.74% -39.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £538 £500 £600
90th Percentile £545 £542 £621
Berkshire median daily rate £500 £450 £525
% change year-on-year +11.11% -14.29% -15.32%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 2 0
10th Percentile - £30.35 -
25th Percentile £14.75 £32.38 -
Median hourly rate £15.50 £35.75 -
Median % change year-on-year -56.64% - -
75th Percentile £17.47 £39.13 -
90th Percentile £23.11 £41.15 -
Berkshire median hourly rate £15.50 £35.75 -
% change year-on-year -56.64% - -

All Vendors
Reading

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 Reading.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 483 523 537
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Reading 66.62% 50.39% 52.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 351 335 371
10th Percentile £313 £384 £213
25th Percentile £459 £509 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £600 £525
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +14.29% -3.05%
75th Percentile £625 £660 £623
90th Percentile £663 £719 £688
Berkshire median daily rate £513 £575 £500
% change year-on-year -10.87% +15.00% -4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 32 5 14
10th Percentile £14.53 £27.35 £59.09
25th Percentile £14.75 £29.00 £60.88
Median hourly rate £62.25 £42.50 £63.29
Median % change year-on-year +46.47% -32.85% +19.42%
75th Percentile £83.00 £74.87 £65.19
90th Percentile £97.25 £82.45 £67.36
Berkshire median hourly rate £21.40 £56.75 £61.79
% change year-on-year -62.30% -8.16% +97.73%

Salesforce
Job Vacancy Trend in Reading

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

Salesforce job vacancy trend in Reading

Salesforce
Daily Rate Trend in Reading

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Reading citing Salesforce.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Reading citing Salesforce

Salesforce
Daily Rate Histogram in Reading

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

Daily rate histogram for Salesforce in Reading

Salesforce
Hourly Rate Trend in Reading

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Reading citing Salesforce.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Reading citing Salesforce

Salesforce
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Reading 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 1 (3.57%) SharePoint
Business Applications
1 3 (10.71%) Maximo
1 3 (10.71%) SAP PM
2 2 (7.14%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (7.14%) SAP HR
3 1 (3.57%) MIS ActiveH
Cloud Services
1 7 (25.00%) SaaS
2 3 (10.71%) Salesforce Service Cloud
3 2 (7.14%) Dynamics 365
4 1 (3.57%) Microsoft Copilot
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (10.71%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 3 (10.71%) JIRA
2 1 (3.57%) Bitbucket
2 1 (3.57%) Git
General
1 13 (46.43%) Social Skills
2 6 (21.43%) Telecoms
3 5 (17.86%) French Language
4 3 (10.71%) Marketing
5 1 (3.57%) Analytical Skills
5 1 (3.57%) Billing
5 1 (3.57%) Documentation Skills
5 1 (3.57%) Finance
5 1 (3.57%) Presentation Skills
5 1 (3.57%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 7 (25.00%) Architect
2 6 (21.43%) Customer Service Advisor
2 6 (21.43%) Salesforce Architect
2 6 (21.43%) Salesforce Solution Architect
2 6 (21.43%) Solutions Architect
3 3 (10.71%) Developer
4 2 (7.14%) Consultant
4 2 (7.14%) Designer
4 2 (7.14%) Maximo Developer
4 2 (7.14%) Product Owner
4 2 (7.14%) Salesforce Consultant
5 1 (3.57%) CRM Manager
5 1 (3.57%) Customer Support Representative
5 1 (3.57%) ERP Trainer
5 1 (3.57%) Field Service Engineer
5 1 (3.57%) IT Support
5 1 (3.57%) Marketing Manager
5 1 (3.57%) Salesforce Developer
5 1 (3.57%) Senior
5 1 (3.57%) UX Designer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (14.29%) Lightning Web Components
1 4 (14.29%) REST
1 4 (14.29%) Visualforce
2 2 (7.14%) JSON
2 2 (7.14%) SAP PI
3 1 (3.57%) Middleware
3 1 (3.57%) SOAP
3 1 (3.57%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 5 (17.86%) Onboarding
2 3 (10.71%) Product Ownership
3 1 (3.57%) e-Learning
3 1 (3.57%) IoT
3 1 (3.57%) Social Media
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (35.71%) CRM
2 8 (28.57%) Agile
2 8 (28.57%) ERP
3 6 (21.43%) Customer Service
4 5 (17.86%) Scrum
5 4 (14.29%) Migration
6 3 (10.71%) Change Management
6 3 (10.71%) Configure, Price, Quote (CPQ)
6 3 (10.71%) Data Modelling
6 3 (10.71%) Roadmaps
6 3 (10.71%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 3 (10.71%) User Stories
7 2 (7.14%) Backlog Refinement
7 2 (7.14%) Business Strategy
7 2 (7.14%) Business Transformation
7 2 (7.14%) Customer Journey Map
7 2 (7.14%) Integration Patterns
7 2 (7.14%) Journey Map
7 2 (7.14%) Sprint Planning
7 2 (7.14%) Sprint Review
Programming Languages
1 4 (14.29%) Apex Code
2 3 (10.71%) Java
2 3 (10.71%) JavaScript
2 3 (10.71%) Jython
2 3 (10.71%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (3.57%) Degree
Vendors
1 10 (35.71%) SAP
2 5 (17.86%) Virgin Media
3 3 (10.71%) HubSpot
4 2 (7.14%) Microsoft
5 1 (3.57%) IBM