Apex Code Contract Job Trends

Salesforce Apex
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs requiring Apex Code skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 488 445 501
Rank change year-on-year -43 +56 +98
Contract jobs citing Apex Code 117 84 99
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.29% 0.27% 0.22%
As % of the Programming Languages category 0.96% 0.81% 0.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 87 63 67
10th Percentile £389 £383 £413
25th Percentile £413 £413 £476
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -9.09% -8.33%
75th Percentile £588 £580 £669
90th Percentile £650 £675 £775
UK excluding London median daily rate £447 £450 £525
% change year-on-year -0.67% -14.29% -6.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 3 2
10th Percentile - £87.75 £47.25
25th Percentile £55.95 £93.09 £48.75
Median hourly rate £57.30 £102.00 £52.50
Median % change year-on-year -43.82% +94.29% -
75th Percentile £58.65 - £56.25
90th Percentile - - £57.75
UK excluding London median hourly rate - £102.00 -

All Programming Languages
UK

Apex Code 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.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 12,133 10,434 13,250
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 30.23% 33.70% 29.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,065 6,667 9,378
10th Percentile £350 £356 £350
25th Percentile £413 £422 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £535
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -1.87% -4.89%
75th Percentile £613 £638 £650
90th Percentile £720 £750 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £480 £488 £500
% change year-on-year -1.54% -2.50% -2.44%
Number of hourly rates quoted 468 233 506
10th Percentile £40.00 £21.40 £35.52
25th Percentile £52.50 £35.75 £46.25
Median hourly rate £65.00 £62.50 £60.00
Median % change year-on-year +4.00% +4.17% -7.69%
75th Percentile £70.00 £68.00 £70.00
90th Percentile £77.50 £85.00 £77.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £65.00 £63.75 £62.50
% change year-on-year +1.97% +1.99% -3.85%

Apex Code
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Apex Code relative to all contract IT jobs advertised.

Apex Code job vacancy trend in the UK

Apex Code
Daily Rate Trend

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Apex Code.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Apex Code

Apex Code
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Apex Code over the 6 months to 14 February 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Apex Code in the UK

Apex Code
Hourly Rate Trend

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Apex Code.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Apex Code

Apex Code
Top 14 Contract Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Apex Code within the UK over the 6 months to 14 February 2026. 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
England -45 104 £500 - 32
London -28 62 £525 +3.70% 20
Work from Home -2 55 £500 - 17
UK excluding London -61 30 £447 -0.67% 16
Midlands -42 12 £402 +4.62% 1
East Midlands -16 11 £402 +12.92%
North of England -56 8 £461 -29.08% 2
South East -26 5 £493 -21.20% 11
North West -29 4 £402 -38.15% 1
Yorkshire -57 4 £525 +75.00% 1
Scotland +3 2 £500 +17.65%
South West -14 2 £425 - 1
East of England -24 1 - - 1
West Midlands -47 1 £625 +51.52% 1

Apex Code
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities 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 9 (7.69%) Confluence
2 1 (0.85%) ArcGIS
Business Applications
1 3 (2.56%) Salesforce CRM
2 1 (0.85%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 40 (34.19%) Salesforce Service Cloud
2 27 (23.08%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
3 9 (7.69%) Apigee
4 5 (4.27%) Salesforce Einstein
5 4 (3.42%) GitHub
6 2 (1.71%) GitHub Actions
6 2 (1.71%) Power Platform
7 1 (0.85%) AWS
7 1 (0.85%) AWS Lambda
7 1 (0.85%) Azure
7 1 (0.85%) Azure DevOps
7 1 (0.85%) SaaS
7 1 (0.85%) Serverless
7 1 (0.85%) ServiceMax
7 1 (0.85%) Slack
Communications & Networking
1 1 (0.85%) DKIM
1 1 (0.85%) DNS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (3.42%) Metadata
1 4 (3.42%) Relational Database
2 3 (2.56%) GIS
3 2 (1.71%) Geospatial Data
3 2 (1.71%) MySQL
3 2 (1.71%) PostgreSQL
3 2 (1.71%) Power BI
3 2 (1.71%) SQL Server
3 2 (1.71%) SQLite
4 1 (0.85%) DBAmp
4 1 (0.85%) Spatial Data
Development Applications
1 15 (12.82%) Git
2 10 (8.55%) JIRA
3 9 (7.69%) Selenium
4 5 (4.27%) GitLab
5 3 (2.56%) JUnit
5 3 (2.56%) Mockito
5 3 (2.56%) Visual Studio Code
6 1 (0.85%) Oracle APEX
General
1 34 (29.06%) Public Sector
2 29 (24.79%) Social Skills
3 14 (11.97%) Finance
4 12 (10.26%) Analytical Skills
5 10 (8.55%) Marketing
6 7 (5.98%) Banking
6 7 (5.98%) Documentation Skills
7 5 (4.27%) Billing
8 3 (2.56%) Financial Institution
8 3 (2.56%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 1 (0.85%) Investment Banking
9 1 (0.85%) Law
9 1 (0.85%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 75 (64.10%) Developer
2 74 (63.25%) Salesforce Developer
3 18 (15.38%) Architect
3 18 (15.38%) Salesforce Architect
4 7 (5.98%) Consultant
4 7 (5.98%) Salesforce Consultant
5 6 (5.13%) Senior
6 4 (3.42%) Cloud Developer
6 4 (3.42%) Full-Stack Developer
6 4 (3.42%) Lead
7 3 (2.56%) Cloud Architect
7 3 (2.56%) Data Architect
7 3 (2.56%) Salesforce Technical Architect
7 3 (2.56%) Salesforce Technical Consultant
7 3 (2.56%) Salesforce Technical Leader
7 3 (2.56%) Senior Developer
7 3 (2.56%) Senior Salesforce Developer
7 3 (2.56%) Technical Architect
7 3 (2.56%) Technical Consultant
7 3 (2.56%) Technical Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 109 (93.16%) Lightning Web Components
2 51 (43.59%) Visualforce
3 33 (28.21%) REST
4 27 (23.08%) Middleware
5 25 (21.37%) SOAP
6 8 (6.84%) Web Services
7 7 (5.98%) CSS
7 7 (5.98%) HTML
8 5 (4.27%) RESTful
9 4 (3.42%) OpenAPI
9 4 (3.42%) Swagger
9 4 (3.42%) YAML
10 3 (2.56%) Node.js
11 2 (1.71%) OAuth
11 2 (1.71%) OAuth2
11 2 (1.71%) Vue
12 1 (0.85%) Flutter
12 1 (0.85%) Jest
12 1 (0.85%) React Native
12 1 (0.85%) Symfony
Miscellaneous
1 11 (9.40%) Product Ownership
2 5 (4.27%) Management Information System
3 1 (0.85%) AI Agents
3 1 (0.85%) Analytical Mindset
3 1 (0.85%) Data Structures
3 1 (0.85%) Enterprise Software
3 1 (0.85%) Greenfield Project
3 1 (0.85%) Legacy Systems
3 1 (0.85%) Mobile App
3 1 (0.85%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 2 (1.71%) Windows
2 1 (0.85%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 50 (42.74%) Agile
2 38 (32.48%) Data Modelling
3 33 (28.21%) Problem-Solving
4 29 (24.79%) CI/CD
5 25 (21.37%) Integration Patterns
6 18 (15.38%) DevOps
7 17 (14.53%) Mentoring
7 17 (14.53%) Migration
8 16 (13.68%) Data Migration
8 16 (13.68%) Test Automation
9 15 (12.82%) Technical Leadership
10 14 (11.97%) Translating Business Requirements
11 13 (11.11%) Configure, Price, Quote (CPQ)
12 12 (10.26%) Scrum
13 11 (9.40%) Data Management
13 11 (9.40%) Roadmaps
14 10 (8.55%) Continuous Improvement
15 9 (7.69%) Workshop Facilitation
16 8 (6.84%) Code Quality
16 8 (6.84%) Design Patterns
Programming Languages
1 21 (17.95%) SOQL
2 14 (11.97%) JavaScript
3 8 (6.84%) Java
4 4 (3.42%) SOSL
5 1 (0.85%) Bash
5 1 (0.85%) PHP
5 1 (0.85%) PowerShell
5 1 (0.85%) Python
5 1 (0.85%) SQL
5 1 (0.85%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 32 (27.35%) Security Cleared
2 25 (21.37%) SC Cleared
3 6 (5.13%) Degree
4 4 (3.42%) Computer Science Degree
4 4 (3.42%) Master's Degree
5 3 (2.56%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (6.84%) California Consumer Privacy Act
1 8 (6.84%) Data Quality
1 8 (6.84%) GDPR
2 5 (4.27%) QA
3 2 (1.71%) WCAG
4 1 (0.85%) HMG Security Policy Framework
4 1 (0.85%) SLA
System Software
1 1 (0.85%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (0.85%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 117 (100.00%) Salesforce
2 19 (16.24%) MuleSoft
3 5 (4.27%) Microsoft
4 3 (2.56%) Jitterbit
4 3 (2.56%) Pardot
4 3 (2.56%) Splunk
5 2 (1.71%) Informatica
6 1 (0.85%) ESRI
6 1 (0.85%) HubSpot
6 1 (0.85%) Oracle
6 1 (0.85%) SAP
6 1 (0.85%) Talend
6 1 (0.85%) Virgin Media