Salesforce Architect Contract Job Trends in the Thames Valley

Salesforce Architect
South East > Thames Valley

The median Salesforce Architect daily rate in the Thames Valley is £525, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 28 September 2025.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 108 125 137
Rank change year-on-year +17 +12 +39
Contract jobs requiring a Salesforce Architect 10 4 9
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 0.59% 0.18% 0.33%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.65% 0.20% 0.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 3 8
10th Percentile £505 £605 £485
25th Percentile £513 £613 £538
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £650 £575
Median % change year-on-year -19.23% +13.04% -11.54%
75th Percentile £550 £675 £633
90th Percentile £595 - £679
South East median daily rate £538 £650 £575
% change year-on-year -17.31% +13.04% -23.33%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Thames Valley

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the Thames Valley. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in the Thames Valley with a recognized job title 1,530 2,017 2,590
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 90.86% 91.35% 94.53%
Number of daily rates quoted 969 1,132 1,749
10th Percentile £250 £278 £246
25th Percentile £380 £406 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £501 £500
Median % change year-on-year -0.15% +0.15% -
75th Percentile £588 £608 £615
90th Percentile £650 £686 £700
South East median daily rate £500 £505 £500
% change year-on-year -0.99% +1.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 88 95 91
10th Percentile £14.47 £17.19 £16.25
25th Percentile £15.13 £26.00 £21.00
Median hourly rate £25.15 £58.49 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year -57.00% +16.98% +166.67%
75th Percentile £55.00 £69.93 £66.00
90th Percentile £87.50 £92.25 £75.00
South East median hourly rate £25.15 £58.34 £50.00
% change year-on-year -56.89% +16.68% +105.00%

Salesforce Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

Job postings that featured Salesforce Architect in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley.

Job vacancy trend for Salesforce Architect in the Thames Valley

Salesforce Architect
Daily Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Salesforce Architect job vacancies in the Thames Valley.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Salesforce Architect job vacancies in the Thames Valley

Salesforce Architect
Contract Job Locations in the Thames Valley

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Salesforce Architect within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 28 September 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
Berkshire +20 7 £538 -10.42%
Buckinghamshire +5 3 £500 -23.08% 3
Salesforce Architect
South East

Salesforce Architect Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley

For the 6 months to 28 September 2025, Salesforce Architect contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Thames Valley region featuring Salesforce Architect in the job title.

1 10 (100.00%) Salesforce
2 7 (70.00%) Social Skills
3 5 (50.00%) Migration
4 4 (40.00%) Virgin Media
4 4 (40.00%) Onboarding
5 3 (30.00%) Lightning Web Components
5 3 (30.00%) Salesforce Service Cloud
5 3 (30.00%) Scrum
5 3 (30.00%) SAP PM
5 3 (30.00%) Agile
5 3 (30.00%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 3 (30.00%) SAP
5 3 (30.00%) Data Modelling
5 3 (30.00%) JIRA
5 3 (30.00%) Visualforce
5 3 (30.00%) Apex Code
5 3 (30.00%) Azure
5 3 (30.00%) Configure, Price, Quote (CPQ)
6 2 (20.00%) SAP HR
6 2 (20.00%) Microservices
6 2 (20.00%) Big Data
6 2 (20.00%) ArchiMate
6 2 (20.00%) AWS
6 2 (20.00%) Data Migration
6 2 (20.00%) SAP PI
6 2 (20.00%) TOGAF
6 2 (20.00%) General Ledger
6 2 (20.00%) ETL
6 2 (20.00%) Financial Institution
6 2 (20.00%) Finance

Salesforce Architect Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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:

Business Applications
1 3 (30.00%) SAP PM
2 2 (20.00%) Avolution ABACUS
2 2 (20.00%) SAP HR
3 1 (10.00%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 3 (30.00%) Azure
1 3 (30.00%) Salesforce Service Cloud
2 2 (20.00%) AWS
3 1 (10.00%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (30.00%) SQL Server Integration Services
2 2 (20.00%) Big Data
Development Applications
1 3 (30.00%) JIRA
General
1 7 (70.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (20.00%) Finance
2 2 (20.00%) Financial Institution
2 2 (20.00%) General Ledger
3 1 (10.00%) Marketing
3 1 (10.00%) Public Sector
3 1 (10.00%) Retail
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (30.00%) Lightning Web Components
1 3 (30.00%) Visualforce
2 2 (20.00%) SAP PI
Miscellaneous
1 4 (40.00%) Onboarding
2 1 (10.00%) Greenfield Project
2 1 (10.00%) IoT
2 1 (10.00%) Legacy Systems
2 1 (10.00%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (50.00%) Migration
2 3 (30.00%) Agile
2 3 (30.00%) Configure, Price, Quote (CPQ)
2 3 (30.00%) Data Modelling
2 3 (30.00%) Scrum
3 2 (20.00%) ArchiMate
3 2 (20.00%) Data Migration
3 2 (20.00%) ETL
3 2 (20.00%) Integration Patterns
3 2 (20.00%) IT Strategy
3 2 (20.00%) Microservices
3 2 (20.00%) Roadmaps
3 2 (20.00%) Strategic Roadmap
3 2 (20.00%) TOGAF
4 1 (10.00%) Continuous Improvement
4 1 (10.00%) CRM
4 1 (10.00%) Enterprise Architecture
4 1 (10.00%) IT Governance
4 1 (10.00%) Mentoring
4 1 (10.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 3 (30.00%) Apex Code
Qualifications
1 1 (10.00%) Degree
Vendors
1 10 (100.00%) Salesforce
2 4 (40.00%) Virgin Media
3 3 (30.00%) SAP