Salesforce Contracts in the UK excluding London

Salesforce
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London 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 30 April 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
30 Apr 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 181 186 223
Rank change year-on-year +5 +37 -21
Contract jobs citing Salesforce 164 239 266
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 1.29% 1.15% 1.11%
As % of the Vendors category 2.64% 2.69% 2.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 107 174 176
10th Percentile £300 £363 £375
25th Percentile £382 £414 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -4.55% +2.56%
75th Percentile £625 £625 £621
90th Percentile £680 £725 £703
UK median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 19 4
10th Percentile £12.59 £15.00 £21.52
25th Percentile £19.91 £18.80 £21.93
Median hourly rate £34.50 £26.00 £24.50
Median % change year-on-year +32.69% +6.12% +16.67%
75th Percentile £98.56 £26.50 £27.53
90th Percentile £102.00 £30.95 £28.04
UK median hourly rate £29.00 £26.00 £27.88
% change year-on-year +11.54% -6.73% -20.36%

All Vendors
UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 6,204 8,873 10,679
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 48.70% 42.68% 44.37%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,958 5,348 7,360
10th Percentile £217 £206 £205
25th Percentile £368 £363 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year - - +7.53%
75th Percentile £588 £600 £600
90th Percentile £663 £688 £688
UK median daily rate £515 £518 £525
% change year-on-year -0.48% -1.43% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 427 937 476
10th Percentile £14.26 £11.79 £14.31
25th Percentile £17.30 £14.16 £17.74
Median hourly rate £24.18 £21.46 £38.50
Median % change year-on-year +12.67% -44.26% +107.55%
75th Percentile £58.75 £58.48 £63.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £70.00 £70.00
UK median hourly rate £27.13 £22.15 £43.75
% change year-on-year +22.46% -49.37% +108.33%

Salesforce
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing Salesforce as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Salesforce in the UK excluding London

Salesforce
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Salesforce in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for Salesforce in the UK excluding London

Salesforce
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Salesforce in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 30 April 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Salesforce in the UK excluding London

Salesforce
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Salesforce in the UK excluding London.

Hourly rate trend for Salesforce in the UK excluding London

Salesforce
Hourly Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Salesforce in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 30 April 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Salesforce in the UK excluding London

Salesforce
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 within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 30 April 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 +20 52 £485 -7.62% 117
North of England +6 37 £450 -10.00% 127
South West +45 27 £510 +7.37% 33
Midlands +1 23 £508 -15.42% 72
North West -12 17 £550 +15.79% 75
East of England +22 14 £475 -5.00% 31
Yorkshire +18 14 £300 -44.19% 44
West Midlands -7 13 £550 -15.38% 48
East Midlands +13 10 £475 -7.77% 22
Scotland +11 7 £538 +34.38% 11
North East -3 6 £338 -36.62% 12
Northern Ireland - 3 £625 - 7
Wales +5 1 £450 - 12
Salesforce
UK

Salesforce
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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:

Application Platforms
1 3 (1.83%) Anypoint
2 2 (1.22%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.61%) CMS
3 1 (0.61%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (0.61%) Mule
3 1 (0.61%) Sitecore CMS
3 1 (0.61%) WordPress
Applications
1 11 (6.71%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (3.05%) MS Visio
3 4 (2.44%) Microsoft Excel
4 2 (1.22%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 10 (6.10%) Salesforce CRM
2 3 (1.83%) Oracle ERP
3 2 (1.22%) Dynamics CRM
3 2 (1.22%) Eloqua
3 2 (1.22%) Movex
3 2 (1.22%) SAP S/4HANA
3 2 (1.22%) SAP SD
4 1 (0.61%) Avolution ABACUS
4 1 (0.61%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 25 (15.24%) Salesforce Service Cloud
2 17 (10.37%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
3 15 (9.15%) Azure
4 9 (5.49%) SaaS
5 7 (4.27%) AWS
6 4 (2.44%) GitHub
6 4 (2.44%) Microsoft 365
6 4 (2.44%) Power Platform
7 3 (1.83%) Figma
7 3 (1.83%) GitHub Actions
7 3 (1.83%) Oracle CX
8 2 (1.22%) Amazon CloudWatch
8 2 (1.22%) Amazon EventBridge
8 2 (1.22%) Apple Pay
8 2 (1.22%) Azure Synapse Analytics
8 2 (1.22%) Datadog
8 2 (1.22%) Google Pay
8 2 (1.22%) iPaaS
8 2 (1.22%) Matillion
8 2 (1.22%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 5 (3.05%) PSTN
2 4 (2.44%) ADSL
2 4 (2.44%) Broadband
3 1 (0.61%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (3.66%) Data Warehouse
2 4 (2.44%) Big Data
2 4 (2.44%) Power BI
3 3 (1.83%) Tableau
4 2 (1.22%) Amazon Athena
4 2 (1.22%) Data Lake
4 2 (1.22%) Metadata
4 2 (1.22%) NewSQL
4 2 (1.22%) NoSQL
4 2 (1.22%) Oracle Reports
4 2 (1.22%) PostgreSQL
4 2 (1.22%) SQL Server
5 1 (0.61%) Amazon QuickSight
5 1 (0.61%) Amazon RDS
5 1 (0.61%) Azure SQL Database
5 1 (0.61%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 9 (5.49%) JIRA
2 2 (1.22%) Jenkins
3 1 (0.61%) Ant
3 1 (0.61%) Bitbucket
3 1 (0.61%) Cypress.io
3 1 (0.61%) Git
3 1 (0.61%) GitLab
3 1 (0.61%) Maven
3 1 (0.61%) Selenium
General
1 42 (25.61%) Social Skills
2 28 (17.07%) Finance
3 24 (14.63%) Marketing
4 19 (11.59%) Billing
5 14 (8.54%) Analytical Skills
6 13 (7.93%) Legal
7 9 (5.49%) Telecoms
8 8 (4.88%) Public Sector
9 7 (4.27%) Manufacturing
9 7 (4.27%) Organisational Skills
10 5 (3.05%) Automotive
10 5 (3.05%) Banking
10 5 (3.05%) Retail
11 4 (2.44%) Presentation Skills
12 3 (1.83%) Dutch Language
13 1 (0.61%) Electronics
13 1 (0.61%) Financial Institution
13 1 (0.61%) General Ledger
13 1 (0.61%) Military
13 1 (0.61%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 34 (20.73%) Architect
2 28 (17.07%) Developer
3 21 (12.80%) Salesforce Developer
4 16 (9.76%) Analyst
5 15 (9.15%) Salesforce Architect
6 14 (8.54%) Solutions Architect
7 13 (7.93%) Administrator
7 13 (7.93%) Lead
8 10 (6.10%) Business Analyst
8 10 (6.10%) Salesforce Administrator
9 9 (5.49%) Consultant
10 8 (4.88%) Customer Executive
11 7 (4.27%) Project Manager
12 6 (3.66%) Designer
12 6 (3.66%) Enterprise Architect
13 5 (3.05%) Lead Developer
13 5 (3.05%) Programme Manager
13 5 (3.05%) Salesforce Business Analyst
13 5 (3.05%) Salesforce Consultant
13 5 (3.05%) Solutions Designer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 23 (14.02%) Lightning Web Components
2 12 (7.32%) REST
2 12 (7.32%) Visualforce
3 6 (3.66%) CSS
3 6 (3.66%) HTML
3 6 (3.66%) JSON
4 5 (3.05%) SOAP
4 5 (3.05%) Web Services
5 4 (2.44%) Middleware
6 3 (1.83%) OAuth
6 3 (1.83%) RAML
7 2 (1.22%) JWT
7 2 (1.22%) Node.js
7 2 (1.22%) OpenAPI
7 2 (1.22%) Oracle Fusion
7 2 (1.22%) SAML
7 2 (1.22%) Swagger
8 1 (0.61%) .NET
8 1 (0.61%) ADO
8 1 (0.61%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 5 (3.05%) Frameworx
1 5 (3.05%) Legacy Systems
1 5 (3.05%) Onboarding
1 5 (3.05%) Product Ownership
1 5 (3.05%) TM Forum
2 4 (2.44%) Data Protection Act
2 4 (2.44%) Management Information System
3 3 (1.83%) CCTV
3 3 (1.83%) IoT
3 3 (1.83%) Virtual Team
4 2 (1.22%) Digital Wallet
4 2 (1.22%) Enterprise Software
4 2 (1.22%) Greenfield Project
4 2 (1.22%) Replication
4 2 (1.22%) Team-Oriented Environment
5 1 (0.61%) Cloud Native
5 1 (0.61%) Marketing Technology
5 1 (0.61%) PMI
5 1 (0.61%) Smart Meter
5 1 (0.61%) Smartphone
Operating Systems
1 2 (1.22%) Windows
2 1 (0.61%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 37 (22.56%) CRM
2 35 (21.34%) Agile
3 17 (10.37%) Problem-Solving
4 16 (9.76%) Decision-Making
5 15 (9.15%) CI/CD
5 15 (9.15%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 14 (8.54%) Stakeholder Management
7 13 (7.93%) Customer Experience
7 13 (7.93%) Process Improvement
7 13 (7.93%) Roadmaps
8 12 (7.32%) Data Modelling
8 12 (7.32%) DevOps
9 11 (6.71%) ETL
9 11 (6.71%) Project Management
10 10 (6.10%) Business Development
10 10 (6.10%) Business Intelligence
10 10 (6.10%) Continuous Improvement
10 10 (6.10%) Migration
11 9 (5.49%) Customer Service
11 9 (5.49%) Data-Driven Decision Making
Programming Languages
1 28 (17.07%) Apex Code
2 8 (4.88%) SQL
3 7 (4.27%) JavaScript
4 6 (3.66%) Python
5 3 (1.83%) C#
6 2 (1.22%) Java
6 2 (1.22%) Scala
7 1 (0.61%) DataWeave
7 1 (0.61%) Rust
7 1 (0.61%) SOQL
Qualifications
1 20 (12.20%) Degree
2 9 (5.49%) Security Cleared
3 6 (3.66%) Computer Science Degree
4 5 (3.05%) PMI Certification
4 5 (3.05%) PMP
4 5 (3.05%) SC Cleared
5 3 (1.83%) BPSS Clearance
5 3 (1.83%) IIBA
5 3 (1.83%) Master's Degree
6 2 (1.22%) DV Cleared
6 2 (1.22%) OCP
6 2 (1.22%) Oracle Certification
7 1 (0.61%) CISM
7 1 (0.61%) CISSP
7 1 (0.61%) MBA
7 1 (0.61%) PhD
7 1 (0.61%) PRINCE2 Certification
7 1 (0.61%) Six Sigma Black Belt
7 1 (0.61%) Six Sigma Green Belt
7 1 (0.61%) Six Sigma Master Black Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (3.05%) GDPR
2 3 (1.83%) QA
3 2 (1.22%) HIPAA
4 1 (0.61%) Accessibility
4 1 (0.61%) California Consumer Privacy Act
4 1 (0.61%) Data Quality
4 1 (0.61%) Disclosure Scotland
4 1 (0.61%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (0.61%) PMO
4 1 (0.61%) SLA
System Software
1 1 (0.61%) Active Directory
1 1 (0.61%) Docker
Systems Management
1 2 (1.22%) Terraform
2 1 (0.61%) Kubernetes
2 1 (0.61%) Single Sign-On
2 1 (0.61%) WhatsUp Gold
Vendors
1 23 (14.02%) SAP
2 17 (10.37%) Microsoft
3 13 (7.93%) ServiceNow
4 12 (7.32%) Oracle
5 8 (4.88%) MuleSoft
6 6 (3.66%) OpenAI
7 4 (2.44%) Atlassian
7 4 (2.44%) Google
7 4 (2.44%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
8 3 (1.83%) SnapLogic
9 2 (1.22%) Adobe
9 2 (1.22%) Apple
9 2 (1.22%) Concur
10 1 (0.61%) Epicor
10 1 (0.61%) Infor
10 1 (0.61%) JD Edwards
10 1 (0.61%) Marketo
10 1 (0.61%) Pardot
10 1 (0.61%) SendGrid
10 1 (0.61%) Sitecore