Salesforce Consultant Contract Job Trends

Salesforce Consultant
UK

The median Salesforce Consultant daily rate in the UK is £450, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 1 October 2026.

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

6 months to
1 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 659 533 542
Rank change year-on-year -126 +9 +65
Contract jobs requiring a Salesforce Consultant 26 24 20
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.047% 0.073% 0.053%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.051% 0.080% 0.057%
Number of daily rates quoted 12 18 14
10th Percentile £334 £393 £463
25th Percentile £409 £425 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £488 £525
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% -7.14% -12.50%
75th Percentile £488 £525 £588
90th Percentile £626 £583 £600
UK excluding London median daily rate £467 £461 £563
% change year-on-year +1.14% -18.00% -6.25%

All Contract IT Job Roles
UK

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies. 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 with a recognized job title 50,623 30,078 35,169
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.20% 90.98% 92.96%
Number of daily rates quoted 29,851 19,013 21,316
10th Percentile £325 £276 £300
25th Percentile £425 £400 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -0.94%
75th Percentile £630 £623 £638
90th Percentile £734 £725 £749
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 3,956 1,609 1,552
10th Percentile £14.50 £13.75 £14.86
25th Percentile £19.91 £17.30 £20.94
Median hourly rate £41.74 £25.15 £43.00
Median % change year-on-year +65.94% -41.51% -2.82%
75th Percentile £67.50 £51.25 £65.00
90th Percentile £78.75 £68.31 £74.86
UK excluding London median hourly rate £41.87 £25.08 £43.00
% change year-on-year +66.97% -41.69% -2.05%

Salesforce Consultant
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Salesforce Consultant job vacancy trend in the UK

Salesforce Consultant
Daily Rate Trend

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Salesforce Consultant job vacancies in the UK.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Salesforce Consultant job vacancies in the UK

Salesforce Consultant
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Salesforce Consultant over the 6 months to 1 October 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Salesforce Consultant in the UK

Salesforce Consultant
Hourly Rate Trend

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Salesforce Consultant job vacancies in the UK.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Salesforce Consultant job vacancies in the UK

Salesforce Consultant
Top 11 Contract Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Salesforce Consultant within the UK over the 6 months to 1 October 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 -102 21 £450 -10.00% 58
Work from Home -64 13 £450 -10.00% 24
UK excluding London -94 12 £467 +1.14% 10
London -90 9 £450 -11.33% 50
North West - 7 £475 - 1
North of England - 7 £475 - 2
Midlands -48 2 £593 +31.83% 4
South East -59 2 £450 +3.15% 2
East of England -26 1 - - 2
West Midlands -38 1 £720 +60.00% 1
East Midlands - 1 £467 - 3

Salesforce Consultant Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities

For the 6 months to 1 October 2026, Salesforce Consultant 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 featuring Salesforce Consultant in the job title.

1 26 (100.00%) Salesforce
2 11 (42.31%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
3 10 (38.46%) Salesforce Service Cloud
4 8 (30.77%) CRM
4 8 (30.77%) Stakeholder Management
5 7 (26.92%) Agile
5 7 (26.92%) User Stories
6 6 (23.08%) Problem-Solving
6 6 (23.08%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 5 (19.23%) Change Management
7 5 (19.23%) Requirements Gathering
7 5 (19.23%) SAP
7 5 (19.23%) Translating Business Requirements
7 5 (19.23%) User Acceptance Testing
7 5 (19.23%) Workshop Facilitation
8 4 (15.38%) QA
8 4 (15.38%) Test Automation
9 3 (11.54%) Acceptance Criteria
9 3 (11.54%) Azure
9 3 (11.54%) Azure DevOps
9 3 (11.54%) CI/CD
9 3 (11.54%) Data Modelling
9 3 (11.54%) Decision-Making
9 3 (11.54%) DevOps
9 3 (11.54%) GitHub
9 3 (11.54%) GitHub Actions
9 3 (11.54%) Jenkins
9 3 (11.54%) JIRA
9 3 (11.54%) Playwright
9 3 (11.54%) Roadmaps

Salesforce Consultant Skill Set
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:

Business Applications
1 3 (11.54%) Salesforce CRM
1 3 (11.54%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 11 (42.31%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
2 10 (38.46%) Salesforce Service Cloud
3 3 (11.54%) Azure
3 3 (11.54%) Azure DevOps
3 3 (11.54%) GitHub
3 3 (11.54%) GitHub Actions
4 1 (3.85%) SaaS
4 1 (3.85%) Salesforce Einstein
4 1 (3.85%) WhatsApp
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (3.85%) Data Lake
1 1 (3.85%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 3 (11.54%) Jenkins
1 3 (11.54%) JIRA
1 3 (11.54%) Zephyr
2 2 (7.69%) Postman
2 2 (7.69%) TestRail
3 1 (3.85%) Selenium
General
1 12 (46.15%) Social Skills
2 5 (19.23%) Finance
2 5 (19.23%) Marketing
3 2 (7.69%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (7.69%) Banking
3 2 (7.69%) Billing
4 1 (3.85%) Documentation Skills
4 1 (3.85%) Influencing Skills
4 1 (3.85%) Legal
4 1 (3.85%) Organisational Skills
4 1 (3.85%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (11.54%) Playwright
2 2 (7.69%) Lightning Web Components
2 2 (7.69%) REST
3 1 (3.85%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 3 (11.54%) Product Ownership
2 2 (7.69%) Data Protection Act
3 1 (3.85%) Data Structures
3 1 (3.85%) e-Learning
3 1 (3.85%) Greenfield Project
3 1 (3.85%) Legacy Systems
3 1 (3.85%) Management Information System
3 1 (3.85%) Mobile App
3 1 (3.85%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (30.77%) CRM
1 8 (30.77%) Stakeholder Management
2 7 (26.92%) Agile
2 7 (26.92%) User Stories
3 6 (23.08%) Problem-Solving
3 6 (23.08%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 5 (19.23%) Change Management
4 5 (19.23%) Requirements Gathering
4 5 (19.23%) Translating Business Requirements
4 5 (19.23%) User Acceptance Testing
4 5 (19.23%) Workshop Facilitation
5 4 (15.38%) Test Automation
6 3 (11.54%) Acceptance Criteria
6 3 (11.54%) CI/CD
6 3 (11.54%) Data Modelling
6 3 (11.54%) Decision-Making
6 3 (11.54%) DevOps
6 3 (11.54%) Roadmaps
6 3 (11.54%) Scrum
6 3 (11.54%) Test Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (7.69%) JavaScript
1 2 (7.69%) TypeScript
2 1 (3.85%) Apex Code
2 1 (3.85%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (7.69%) Degree
1 2 (7.69%) Security Cleared
2 1 (3.85%) CSPO
2 1 (3.85%) DBS Check
2 1 (3.85%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (15.38%) QA
2 2 (7.69%) Data Quality
3 1 (3.85%) Accessibility
3 1 (3.85%) Software Quality Assurance
Vendors
1 26 (100.00%) Salesforce
2 5 (19.23%) SAP
3 1 (3.85%) MuleSoft
3 1 (3.85%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud