Salesforce Object Search Language (SOSL)
England > South East
The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the South East requiring SOSL skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 10 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 10 Feb 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | - | - | 204 |
| Rank change year-on-year | - | - | - |
| Contract jobs citing SOSL | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| As % of all contract jobs in the South East | - | - | 0.036% |
| As % of the Programming Languages category | - | - | 0.17% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 10th Percentile | - | - | £511 |
| 25th Percentile | - | - | £528 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | - | - | £588 |
| 75th Percentile | - | - | £628 |
| 90th Percentile | - | - | £634 |
| England median daily rate | £447 | £550 | £550 |
| % change year-on-year | -18.73% | - | +10.00% |
All Programming Languages
South East
SOSL 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 the South East.
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for coding skills | 978 | 908 | 1,153 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East | 20.86% | 29.07% | 20.98% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 703 | 577 | 793 |
| 10th Percentile | £296 | £350 | £325 |
| 25th Percentile | £400 | £425 | £418 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £488 | £505 | £525 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -3.47% | -3.81% | -1.41% |
| 75th Percentile | £575 | £618 | £615 |
| 90th Percentile | £675 | £675 | £688 |
| England median daily rate | £512 | £526 | £550 |
| % change year-on-year | -2.66% | -4.45% | -4.35% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 48 | 25 | 86 |
| 10th Percentile | £36.36 | £43.50 | £45.42 |
| 25th Percentile | £46.25 | £55.38 | £46.25 |
| Median hourly rate | £55.00 | £62.50 | £58.30 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -12.00% | +7.20% | +4.35% |
| 75th Percentile | £57.50 | £65.00 | £67.50 |
| 90th Percentile | £70.63 | £73.42 | £76.53 |
| England median hourly rate | £65.00 | £63.00 | £60.00 |
| % change year-on-year | +3.17% | +5.00% | -7.69% |
SOSL
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East
Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing SOSL relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East.
SOSL
Daily Rate Trend in the South East
Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing SOSL.
