SOSL Contracts in the UK excluding London

Salesforce Object Search Language (SOSL)
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London requiring SOSL skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited SOSL over the 6 months leading up to 5 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 367 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing SOSL 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.007% - -
As % of the Programming Languages category 0.024% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 - -
UK median daily rate £475 £550 £625
% change year-on-year -13.64% -12.00% +25.00%

All Programming Languages
UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 4,197 4,409 6,029
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 27.54% 23.87% 26.90%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,768 2,949 4,131
10th Percentile £308 £325 £325
25th Percentile £393 £400 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £498 £500
Median % change year-on-year -4.52% -0.50% -
75th Percentile £550 £588 £594
90th Percentile £619 £650 £676
UK median daily rate £502 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -4.43% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 186 328 318
10th Percentile £29.29 £30.55 £30.88
25th Percentile £50.00 £52.50 £48.32
Median hourly rate £64.00 £65.00 £62.50
Median % change year-on-year -1.54% +4.00% +13.64%
75th Percentile £68.38 £70.00 £70.00
90th Percentile £79.35 £78.35 £78.00
UK median hourly rate £57.50 £65.00 £62.50
% change year-on-year -11.54% +4.00% +13.64%

SOSL
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Job vacancy trend for SOSL in the UK excluding London

SOSL
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Daily rate trend for SOSL in the UK excluding London

SOSL
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 SOSL within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 5 August 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
Wales - 1 £450 -
SOSL
UK

SOSL
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:

Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Git
General
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) Lightning Web Components
1 1 (100.00%) REST
1 1 (100.00%) SOAP
1 1 (100.00%) Visualforce
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 1 (100.00%) Code Quality
1 1 (100.00%) Computer Science
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Data Modelling
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) Apex Code
1 1 (100.00%) SOQL
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) Computer Science Degree
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Salesforce