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 7 June 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
7 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 177 164 225
Rank change year-on-year -13 +61 -18
Contract jobs citing Salesforce 191 260 221
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 1.45% 1.24% 0.97%
As % of the Vendors category 2.95% 2.94% 2.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 126 181 148
10th Percentile £269 £320 £320
25th Percentile £375 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £480 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -8.57% -4.55% +1.38%
75th Percentile £600 £625 £620
90th Percentile £681 £725 £700
UK median daily rate £515 £538 £550
% change year-on-year -4.19% -2.27% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 20 5
10th Percentile £21.96 £14.93 £15.08
25th Percentile £25.04 £15.00 £15.21
Median hourly rate £31.50 £25.22 £22.50
Median % change year-on-year +24.93% +12.07% -44.44%
75th Percentile £51.83 £26.50 £27.25
90th Percentile £79.86 - £27.93
UK median hourly rate £18.46 £26.00 £27.00
% change year-on-year -29.02% -3.70% -28.48%

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 6,484 8,858 10,188
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 49.24% 42.08% 44.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,017 5,320 6,947
10th Percentile £220 £208 £205
25th Percentile £363 £371 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £481 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -3.90% - +5.26%
75th Percentile £581 £600 £600
90th Percentile £650 £688 £688
UK median daily rate £501 £515 £525
% change year-on-year -2.72% -2.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 469 993 431
10th Percentile £14.20 £12.00 £14.25
25th Percentile £16.95 £14.27 £17.60
Median hourly rate £22.88 £21.50 £37.50
Median % change year-on-year +6.40% -42.67% +93.57%
75th Percentile £50.00 £59.50 £60.00
90th Percentile £70.00 £70.00 £70.00
UK median hourly rate £26.48 £22.50 £42.50
% change year-on-year +17.67% -47.06% +97.67%

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 7 June 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 7 June 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 7 June 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 +35 63 £475 -5.00% 608
North of England -9 41 £475 -5.00% 285
Midlands -25 32 £450 -25.00% 156
South West +45 31 £525 +7.69% 60
North West -8 23 £513 +5.13% 161
West Midlands -11 23 £400 -36.00% 69
Scotland +21 13 £425 - 48
Yorkshire +10 11 £488 -7.14% 101
East of England +7 9 £500 - 73
East Midlands +8 8 £475 -13.64% 80
North East -4 7 £450 -15.49% 26
Northern Ireland -6 3 £625 +525.00% 14
Wales +5 1 £450 - 15
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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 7 (3.66%) SharePoint
2 5 (2.62%) Anypoint
3 3 (1.57%) Mule
4 1 (0.52%) Adobe Experience Manager
4 1 (0.52%) CMS
4 1 (0.52%) Confluence
4 1 (0.52%) Microsoft Exchange
4 1 (0.52%) Sitecore CMS
4 1 (0.52%) WordPress
Applications
1 13 (6.81%) Microsoft Office
2 7 (3.66%) Microsoft Excel
3 5 (2.62%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 5 (2.62%) MS Visio
4 2 (1.05%) Trello
5 1 (0.52%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 11 (5.76%) Salesforce CRM
2 3 (1.57%) Oracle ERP
3 2 (1.05%) Avolution ABACUS
3 2 (1.05%) Eloqua
3 2 (1.05%) SAP S/4HANA
3 2 (1.05%) SAP SD
4 1 (0.52%) Dynamics CRM
4 1 (0.52%) Magento
4 1 (0.52%) SAP ERP
4 1 (0.52%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 29 (15.18%) Azure
2 21 (10.99%) Salesforce Service Cloud
3 17 (8.90%) AWS
4 11 (5.76%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
5 10 (5.24%) GCP
6 9 (4.71%) SaaS
7 7 (3.66%) Microsoft 365
8 6 (3.14%) GitHub
9 5 (2.62%) Figma
9 5 (2.62%) Power Platform
10 4 (2.09%) Azure DevOps
11 3 (1.57%) Azure Synapse Analytics
11 3 (1.57%) GitHub Actions
11 3 (1.57%) Oracle CX
12 2 (1.05%) Amazon EventBridge
12 2 (1.05%) AWS Lambda
12 2 (1.05%) iPaaS
12 2 (1.05%) Matillion
12 2 (1.05%) npm
12 2 (1.05%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 4 (2.09%) Firewall
1 4 (2.09%) HTTP
2 2 (1.05%) ADSL
2 2 (1.05%) BGP
2 2 (1.05%) Broadband
2 2 (1.05%) Cisco Nexus
2 2 (1.05%) DHCP
2 2 (1.05%) DNS
2 2 (1.05%) EIGRP
2 2 (1.05%) IPsec
2 2 (1.05%) Network Security
2 2 (1.05%) OSPF
2 2 (1.05%) PSTN
2 2 (1.05%) Software-Defined Networking
2 2 (1.05%) SSL
2 2 (1.05%) TACACS
2 2 (1.05%) VLAN
2 2 (1.05%) VPN
2 2 (1.05%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (3.14%) Data Warehouse
2 5 (2.62%) Big Data
2 5 (2.62%) Power BI
3 4 (2.09%) SQL Server
4 3 (1.57%) Data Lake
4 3 (1.57%) Tableau
5 2 (1.05%) Amazon Athena
5 2 (1.05%) Metadata
5 2 (1.05%) NewSQL
5 2 (1.05%) NoSQL
5 2 (1.05%) Oracle Reports
5 2 (1.05%) PostgreSQL
5 2 (1.05%) Relational Database
6 1 (0.52%) Amazon QuickSight
6 1 (0.52%) Amazon RDS
6 1 (0.52%) Azure SQL Database
6 1 (0.52%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 11 (5.76%) JIRA
2 5 (2.62%) Git
3 4 (2.09%) Jenkins
4 3 (1.57%) GitLab
5 2 (1.05%) Bitbucket
5 2 (1.05%) Browser DevTools
5 2 (1.05%) Cypress.io
5 2 (1.05%) SonarQube
5 2 (1.05%) Sonatype Nexus
5 2 (1.05%) UI Automator
5 2 (1.05%) Visual Studio Code
5 2 (1.05%) webpack
6 1 (0.52%) Ant
6 1 (0.52%) Maven
6 1 (0.52%) Zephyr
General
1 71 (37.17%) Social Skills
2 44 (23.04%) Finance
3 28 (14.66%) Marketing
4 23 (12.04%) Analytical Skills
5 17 (8.90%) Billing
6 15 (7.85%) Legal
6 15 (7.85%) Public Sector
7 13 (6.81%) Banking
8 11 (5.76%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 10 (5.24%) Organisational Skills
10 9 (4.71%) Telecoms
11 8 (4.19%) Automotive
12 7 (3.66%) Manufacturing
12 7 (3.66%) Retail
13 3 (1.57%) Presentation Skills
14 2 (1.05%) Financial Institution
14 2 (1.05%) General Ledger
14 2 (1.05%) Pharmaceutical
15 1 (0.52%) Electronics
15 1 (0.52%) Military
Job Titles
1 39 (20.42%) Developer
2 34 (17.80%) Architect
3 32 (16.75%) Salesforce Developer
4 17 (8.90%) Salesforce Architect
5 14 (7.33%) Analyst
5 14 (7.33%) Solutions Architect
6 13 (6.81%) Administrator
7 11 (5.76%) Consultant
7 11 (5.76%) Lead
8 9 (4.71%) Salesforce Administrator
9 8 (4.19%) Business Analyst
9 8 (4.19%) Customer Executive
9 8 (4.19%) Senior
10 7 (3.66%) Enterprise Architect
10 7 (3.66%) Project Manager
11 6 (3.14%) Designer
12 5 (2.62%) Delivery Manager
12 5 (2.62%) Salesforce Solution Architect
12 5 (2.62%) Solutions Designer
13 4 (2.09%) Applications Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 31 (16.23%) Lightning Web Components
2 17 (8.90%) REST
3 16 (8.38%) Visualforce
4 13 (6.81%) HTML
5 12 (6.28%) SOAP
6 11 (5.76%) CSS
7 10 (5.24%) JSON
8 9 (4.71%) Web Services
9 7 (3.66%) React
10 5 (2.62%) Middleware
10 5 (2.62%) OAuth
10 5 (2.62%) RESTful
10 5 (2.62%) XML
11 4 (2.09%) JWT
12 3 (1.57%) AngularJS
12 3 (1.57%) Kafka
12 3 (1.57%) Oracle Fusion
12 3 (1.57%) RAML
13 2 (1.05%) Spring Boot
13 2 (1.05%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 10 (5.24%) Product Ownership
2 7 (3.66%) Legacy Systems
3 5 (2.62%) Enterprise Software
3 5 (2.62%) Frameworx
3 5 (2.62%) Onboarding
3 5 (2.62%) TM Forum
4 4 (2.09%) Analytical Mindset
5 3 (1.57%) Data Protection Act
5 3 (1.57%) Greenfield Project
5 3 (1.57%) Hybrid Cloud
5 3 (1.57%) Life Science
5 3 (1.57%) Management Information System
5 3 (1.57%) Self-Motivation
5 3 (1.57%) Virtual Team
6 2 (1.05%) CCTV
6 2 (1.05%) Cloud Native
6 2 (1.05%) Digital Wallet
6 2 (1.05%) Public Cloud
6 2 (1.05%) Replication
6 2 (1.05%) Smart Meter
Operating Systems
1 1 (0.52%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 46 (24.08%) Agile
2 41 (21.47%) CRM
3 22 (11.52%) Problem-Solving
4 20 (10.47%) CI/CD
4 20 (10.47%) Continuous Improvement
4 20 (10.47%) DevOps
5 19 (9.95%) Decision-Making
5 19 (9.95%) Migration
6 17 (8.90%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 15 (7.85%) Stakeholder Management
8 14 (7.33%) Data Modelling
8 14 (7.33%) Roadmaps
9 13 (6.81%) Process Improvement
10 11 (5.76%) Business Intelligence
10 11 (5.76%) Change Management
10 11 (5.76%) Customer Experience
10 11 (5.76%) Data Migration
10 11 (5.76%) Data-Driven Decision Making
11 10 (5.24%) Data Analysis
11 10 (5.24%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 35 (18.32%) Apex Code
2 13 (6.81%) JavaScript
3 12 (6.28%) SQL
4 9 (4.71%) Java
5 7 (3.66%) Python
6 3 (1.57%) C#
6 3 (1.57%) DataWeave
6 3 (1.57%) SOQL
7 2 (1.05%) Scala
7 2 (1.05%) TypeScript
8 1 (0.52%) Rust
Qualifications
1 20 (10.47%) Degree
2 12 (6.28%) Security Cleared
3 6 (3.14%) Computer Science Degree
3 6 (3.14%) SC Cleared
4 4 (2.09%) BPSS Clearance
4 4 (2.09%) PMI Certification
4 4 (2.09%) PMP
5 3 (1.57%) IIBA
5 3 (1.57%) Master's Degree
6 2 (1.05%) DV Cleared
6 2 (1.05%) OCP
6 2 (1.05%) Oracle Certification
7 1 (0.52%) CIPD
7 1 (0.52%) CISSP
7 1 (0.52%) ISSAP
7 1 (0.52%) MBA
7 1 (0.52%) PhD
7 1 (0.52%) PRINCE2 Certification
7 1 (0.52%) Six Sigma Black Belt
7 1 (0.52%) Six Sigma Master Black Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (3.14%) GDPR
2 4 (2.09%) Data Quality
3 3 (1.57%) HIPAA
3 3 (1.57%) QA
4 2 (1.05%) Accessibility
4 2 (1.05%) Disclosure Scotland
4 2 (1.05%) PMO
4 2 (1.05%) WCAG
5 1 (0.52%) California Consumer Privacy Act
5 1 (0.52%) GxP
5 1 (0.52%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 3 (1.57%) Docker
2 1 (0.52%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 3 (1.57%) Kubernetes
2 2 (1.05%) CloudHub
2 2 (1.05%) Nagios
2 2 (1.05%) Terraform
3 1 (0.52%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 30 (15.71%) Microsoft
2 21 (10.99%) SAP
3 17 (8.90%) Oracle
4 15 (7.85%) MuleSoft
5 14 (7.33%) ServiceNow
6 10 (5.24%) Cisco
7 9 (4.71%) Google
8 6 (3.14%) Atlassian
8 6 (3.14%) OpenAI
8 6 (3.14%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
9 4 (2.09%) Adobe
10 3 (1.57%) SnapLogic
11 2 (1.05%) Apple
11 2 (1.05%) Arista
11 2 (1.05%) Concur
11 2 (1.05%) Hitachi
11 2 (1.05%) Juniper
11 2 (1.05%) SolarWinds
12 1 (0.52%) Infor
12 1 (0.52%) Sitecore