Salesforce Developer Contract Job Trends in the UK excluding London

Salesforce Developer
UK > UK excluding London

The median Salesforce Developer daily rate in the UK excluding London is £500, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 16 December 2025.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 375 328 382
Rank change year-on-year -47 +54 +89
Contract jobs requiring a Salesforce Developer 35 26 26
As % of all contract jobs in the UK excluding London 0.19% 0.17% 0.13%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.21% 0.19% 0.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 26 20 23
10th Percentile £438 £379 £454
25th Percentile £475 £381 £488
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £388 £550
Median % change year-on-year +29.03% -29.55% -11.29%
75th Percentile £525 £484 £650
90th Percentile £531 £553 £698
UK median daily rate £500 £463 £550
% change year-on-year +8.11% -15.91% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 3 0
Median hourly rate - £102.00 -
UK median hourly rate - £102.00 £52.50
% change year-on-year - +94.29% -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK excluding London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the UK excluding London. 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 UK excluding London with a recognized job title 16,299 13,814 18,428
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 90.08% 92.35% 93.53%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,032 8,227 12,042
10th Percentile £210 £213 £213
25th Percentile £366 £363 £381
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £490 £500
Median % change year-on-year -3.06% -2.00% -
75th Percentile £575 £594 £600
90th Percentile £675 £676 £688
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,636 815 1,205
10th Percentile £13.85 £15.28 £14.38
25th Percentile £17.48 £20.24 £18.50
Median hourly rate £25.15 £32.50 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -22.62% -27.78% +80.00%
75th Percentile £57.50 £64.50 £65.00
90th Percentile £70.44 £71.25 £77.50
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £34.00 £45.00
% change year-on-year -26.03% -24.44% +50.00%

Salesforce Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Salesforce Developer' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Salesforce Developer job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

Salesforce Developer
Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Salesforce Developer job vacancies in the UK excluding London.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Salesforce Developer job vacancies in the UK excluding London

Salesforce Developer
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Salesforce Developer in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 16 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Salesforce Developer in the UK excluding London

Salesforce Developer
Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Salesforce Developer job vacancies in the UK excluding London.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Salesforce Developer job vacancies in the UK excluding London

Salesforce Developer
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Salesforce Developer within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 16 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
South East -10 11 £500 -9.09% 4
North of England -43 8 £500 +29.03% 5
Midlands -34 5 £500 +34.50%
South West -9 4 £450 -5.26%
East Midlands -12 4 £500 +40.45%
North West -30 4 £500 +29.03% 5
Yorkshire -45 4 £500 +29.03%
Scotland +7 3 £500 +29.03% 2
Wales +3 3 £500 +29.03% 2
Northern Ireland -5 1 £500 +29.03%
West Midlands -30 1 £500 +29.03%
Salesforce Developer
UK

Salesforce Developer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 16 December 2025, Salesforce Developer contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the UK excluding London region featuring Salesforce Developer in the job title.

1 35 (100.00%) Salesforce
2 19 (54.29%) Lightning Web Components
3 18 (51.43%) Apex Code
4 14 (40.00%) Agile
5 13 (37.14%) Security Cleared
6 12 (34.29%) Visualforce
7 10 (28.57%) Data Modelling
7 10 (28.57%) REST
7 10 (28.57%) SOAP
8 7 (20.00%) DevOps
8 7 (20.00%) Salesforce Service Cloud
8 7 (20.00%) Scrum
9 6 (17.14%) Configure, Price, Quote (CPQ)
10 5 (14.29%) CRM
10 5 (14.29%) Problem-Solving
11 4 (11.43%) CI/CD
11 4 (11.43%) Git
11 4 (11.43%) Java
11 4 (11.43%) MuleSoft
11 4 (11.43%) Product Requirements
11 4 (11.43%) SOQL
12 3 (8.57%) HTML
12 3 (8.57%) JavaScript
12 3 (8.57%) Middleware
12 3 (8.57%) React
12 3 (8.57%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
12 3 (8.57%) Translating Business Requirements
13 2 (5.71%) .NET
13 2 (5.71%) API Integration
13 2 (5.71%) AtomSphere

Salesforce Developer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 (2.86%) Anypoint
Cloud Services
1 7 (20.00%) Salesforce Service Cloud
2 3 (8.57%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
3 2 (5.71%) AtomSphere
3 2 (5.71%) Boomi
4 1 (2.86%) Azure
4 1 (2.86%) Azure DevOps
4 1 (2.86%) GitHub
Development Applications
1 4 (11.43%) Git
2 2 (5.71%) JIRA
3 1 (2.86%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 6 (17.14%) Public Sector
1 6 (17.14%) Social Skills
2 5 (14.29%) Finance
3 2 (5.71%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (5.71%) Dutch Language
3 2 (5.71%) French Language
4 1 (2.86%) Banking
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 19 (54.29%) Lightning Web Components
2 12 (34.29%) Visualforce
3 10 (28.57%) REST
3 10 (28.57%) SOAP
4 3 (8.57%) HTML
4 3 (8.57%) Middleware
4 3 (8.57%) React
5 2 (5.71%) .NET
5 2 (5.71%) CSS
5 2 (5.71%) OpenAPI
5 2 (5.71%) Swagger
6 1 (2.86%) AngularJS
6 1 (2.86%) jQuery
6 1 (2.86%) JSON
6 1 (2.86%) Web Services
6 1 (2.86%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 1 (2.86%) Enterprise Software
1 1 (2.86%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (40.00%) Agile
2 10 (28.57%) Data Modelling
3 7 (20.00%) DevOps
3 7 (20.00%) Scrum
4 6 (17.14%) Configure, Price, Quote (CPQ)
5 5 (14.29%) CRM
5 5 (14.29%) Problem-Solving
6 4 (11.43%) CI/CD
6 4 (11.43%) Product Requirements
7 3 (8.57%) Translating Business Requirements
8 2 (5.71%) API Integration
8 2 (5.71%) Computer Science
8 2 (5.71%) Continuous Improvement
8 2 (5.71%) Design Patterns
8 2 (5.71%) ITIL
8 2 (5.71%) Migration
8 2 (5.71%) OOP
8 2 (5.71%) Security Patching
8 2 (5.71%) System Testing
8 2 (5.71%) User Stories
Programming Languages
1 18 (51.43%) Apex Code
2 4 (11.43%) Java
2 4 (11.43%) SOQL
3 3 (8.57%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 13 (37.14%) Security Cleared
2 2 (5.71%) Computer Science Degree
2 2 (5.71%) Degree
3 1 (2.86%) BPSS Clearance
3 1 (2.86%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (5.71%) QA
Vendors
1 35 (100.00%) Salesforce
2 4 (11.43%) MuleSoft
3 1 (2.86%) Informatica
3 1 (2.86%) Microsoft
3 1 (2.86%) Pardot
3 1 (2.86%) Talend