Salesforce Consultant Contract Job Trends

Salesforce Consultant
UK

The median Salesforce Consultant daily rate in the UK is £488, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 29 April 2026.

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

6 months to
29 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 587 507 574
Rank change year-on-year -80 +67 +89
Contract jobs requiring a Salesforce Consultant 33 22 20
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.070% 0.075% 0.046%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.076% 0.081% 0.050%
Number of daily rates quoted 26 10 16
10th Percentile £366 £395 £484
25th Percentile £413 £456 £511
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £520 £538
Median % change year-on-year -6.25% -3.26% -2.27%
75th Percentile £597 £594 £644
90th Percentile £778 £626 £722
UK excluding London median daily rate £625 £450 £530
% change year-on-year +38.89% -15.09% -11.67%

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 43,468 27,008 40,187
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.33% 92.57% 92.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 26,813 17,658 26,169
10th Percentile £315 £300 £275
25th Percentile £413 £407 £409
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £515 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.91% -1.90% -2.78%
75th Percentile £613 £625 £638
90th Percentile £725 £738 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £490 £475 £491
% change year-on-year +3.16% -3.27% -1.78%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,818 1,032 2,646
10th Percentile £15.00 £14.20 £12.86
25th Percentile £20.43 £18.51 £16.30
Median hourly rate £43.69 £29.15 £35.96
Median % change year-on-year +49.88% -18.93% -20.10%
75th Percentile £65.88 £62.50 £60.00
90th Percentile £78.75 £75.00 £72.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £45.23 £28.75 £37.75
% change year-on-year +57.32% -23.84% -11.18%

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 29 April 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 7 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 29 April 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 -78 30 £450 -14.29% 5
London -61 26 £450 -18.18% 3
Work from Home -27 16 £450 -13.46%
Midlands -62 3 £625 - 1
UK excluding London -91 3 £625 +38.89% 3
West Midlands -57 2 £673 - 1
East Midlands -38 1 £413 -

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

For the 6 months to 29 April 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 33 (100.00%) Salesforce
2 9 (27.27%) Salesforce Service Cloud
3 8 (24.24%) Stakeholder Management
4 7 (21.21%) Apex Code
4 7 (21.21%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
5 6 (18.18%) Lightning Web Components
6 5 (15.15%) Translating Business Requirements
7 4 (12.12%) Agile
7 4 (12.12%) Data Modelling
7 4 (12.12%) Migration
7 4 (12.12%) Requirements Gathering
7 4 (12.12%) Security Cleared
7 4 (12.12%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 4 (12.12%) Tableau
8 3 (9.09%) Batch Processing
8 3 (9.09%) Customer Experience
8 3 (9.09%) Problem-Solving
8 3 (9.09%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
8 3 (9.09%) Scrum
8 3 (9.09%) User Acceptance Testing
9 2 (6.06%) CRM
9 2 (6.06%) CSS
9 2 (6.06%) Customer Engagement
9 2 (6.06%) Data Integration
9 2 (6.06%) Data Migration
9 2 (6.06%) ERP
9 2 (6.06%) ETL
9 2 (6.06%) GIS
9 2 (6.06%) Git
9 2 (6.06%) HTML

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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (3.03%) ArcGIS
Cloud Services
1 9 (27.27%) Salesforce Service Cloud
2 7 (21.21%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
3 1 (3.03%) Salesforce Commerce Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 1 (3.03%) FTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (12.12%) Tableau
2 2 (6.06%) GIS
2 2 (6.06%) Tableau Server
3 1 (3.03%) Geospatial Data
3 1 (3.03%) Spatial Data
Development Applications
1 2 (6.06%) Git
2 1 (3.03%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 9 (27.27%) Social Skills
2 4 (12.12%) Finance
2 4 (12.12%) Marketing
2 4 (12.12%) Public Sector
3 3 (9.09%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (6.06%) Billing
4 2 (6.06%) Retail
5 1 (3.03%) Documentation Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (18.18%) Lightning Web Components
2 2 (6.06%) CSS
2 2 (6.06%) HTML
2 2 (6.06%) REST
2 2 (6.06%) SOAP
3 1 (3.03%) Visualforce
Miscellaneous
1 4 (12.12%) Legacy Systems
2 2 (6.06%) Data Structures
2 2 (6.06%) Mobile App
2 2 (6.06%) Onboarding
3 1 (3.03%) e-Learning
3 1 (3.03%) Greenfield Project
3 1 (3.03%) Product Ownership
3 1 (3.03%) Reference Data
Operating Systems
1 1 (3.03%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (24.24%) Stakeholder Management
2 5 (15.15%) Translating Business Requirements
3 4 (12.12%) Agile
3 4 (12.12%) Data Modelling
3 4 (12.12%) Migration
3 4 (12.12%) Requirements Gathering
3 4 (12.12%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 3 (9.09%) Batch Processing
4 3 (9.09%) Customer Experience
4 3 (9.09%) Problem-Solving
4 3 (9.09%) Scrum
4 3 (9.09%) User Acceptance Testing
5 2 (6.06%) ETL
5 2 (6.06%) Marketing Automation
5 2 (6.06%) Platform Engineering
5 2 (6.06%) Sprint Planning
5 2 (6.06%) Sprint Review
5 2 (6.06%) Task Automation
5 2 (6.06%) Wealth Management
5 2 (6.06%) Workshop Facilitation
Programming Languages
1 7 (21.21%) Apex Code
2 2 (6.06%) Python
3 1 (3.03%) SOQL
3 1 (3.03%) SOSL
3 1 (3.03%) SQL
Qualifications
1 4 (12.12%) Security Cleared
2 2 (6.06%) SC Cleared
3 1 (3.03%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (3.03%) Accessibility
1 1 (3.03%) Data Quality
1 1 (3.03%) GDPR
1 1 (3.03%) QA
1 1 (3.03%) SLA
Vendors
1 33 (100.00%) Salesforce
2 3 (9.09%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
3 1 (3.03%) ESRI
3 1 (3.03%) Pardot
3 1 (3.03%) SAP