Salesforce Sales Cloud Contract Job Trends

Salesforce Sales Cloud
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs requiring Salesforce Sales Cloud skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 18 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 499 483 523
Rank change year-on-year -16 +40 +128
Contract jobs citing Salesforce Sales Cloud 96 61 82
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.26% 0.18% 0.19%
As % of the Cloud Services category 0.69% 0.49% 0.53%
Number of daily rates quoted 74 39 55
10th Percentile £361 £400 £413
25th Percentile £416 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -13.64% +4.76% -
75th Percentile £569 £650 £606
90th Percentile £674 £756 £715
UK excluding London median daily rate £450 £550 £500
% change year-on-year -18.18% +10.00% -4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 3 3
10th Percentile - £87.75 -
25th Percentile £55.95 £93.09 £46.25
Median hourly rate £57.30 £102.00 £47.50
Median % change year-on-year -43.82% +114.74% -
75th Percentile £58.65 - £53.75
90th Percentile - - £56.75
UK excluding London median hourly rate - £102.00 £47.50
% change year-on-year - +114.74% -

All Cloud Skills
UK

Salesforce Sales Cloud falls under the Cloud Services category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring cloud computing skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 13,933 12,403 15,413
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 38.08% 36.28% 34.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,519 8,250 11,053
10th Percentile £307 £313 £300
25th Percentile £406 £415 £419
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £604 £638 £638
90th Percentile £700 £732 £725
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.00% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 324 172 273
10th Percentile £14.83 £18.19 £14.39
25th Percentile £18.87 £21.46 £17.72
Median hourly rate £26.50 £27.75 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year -4.50% +11.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £55.00 £46.18 £58.00
90th Percentile £77.08 £68.75 £78.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £25.00 £26.50 £21.00
% change year-on-year -5.66% +26.19% +7.69%

Salesforce Sales Cloud
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Salesforce Sales Cloud relative to all contract IT jobs advertised.

Salesforce Sales Cloud job vacancy trend in the UK

Salesforce Sales Cloud
Daily Rate Trend

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Salesforce Sales Cloud.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Salesforce Sales Cloud

Salesforce Sales Cloud
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Salesforce Sales Cloud over the 6 months to 18 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Salesforce Sales Cloud in the UK

Salesforce Sales Cloud
Hourly Rate Trend

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Salesforce Sales Cloud.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Salesforce Sales Cloud

Salesforce Sales Cloud
Top 13 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 Sales Cloud within the UK over the 6 months to 18 December 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
England -3 89 £481 -12.50% 186
London +33 56 £500 -9.09% 30
Work from Home -4 35 £450 -10.00% 106
UK excluding London -43 32 £450 -18.18% 175
Midlands -26 20 £447 -39.39% 33
East Midlands - 16 £447 - 13
South East -24 5 £500 -13.04% 53
West Midlands -35 4 £463 -37.29% 20
South West -4 3 £463 +2.78% 19
Scotland - 2 £538 - 6
North West -19 1 - - 18
East of England -21 1 - - 20
North of England -54 1 - - 39

Salesforce Sales Cloud
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 2 (2.08%) Confluence
Applications
1 1 (1.04%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (1.04%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 1 (1.04%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 11 (11.46%) Salesforce CRM
2 1 (1.04%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 63 (65.63%) Salesforce Service Cloud
2 8 (8.33%) Salesforce Einstein
3 6 (6.25%) Azure
4 3 (3.13%) AWS
4 3 (3.13%) Azure DevOps
4 3 (3.13%) GitHub
4 3 (3.13%) SaaS
5 2 (2.08%) ServiceMax
6 1 (1.04%) Algolia
6 1 (1.04%) Amplience
6 1 (1.04%) Google Ads
6 1 (1.04%) Lucidchart
6 1 (1.04%) Microsoft Copilot
6 1 (1.04%) Power Platform
6 1 (1.04%) Salesforce Commerce Cloud
6 1 (1.04%) Slack
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.04%) Firewall
1 1 (1.04%) FTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (3.13%) Tableau
2 1 (1.04%) GIS
2 1 (1.04%) Metadata
2 1 (1.04%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 5 (5.21%) JIRA
2 4 (4.17%) Git
3 2 (2.08%) Bitbucket
3 2 (2.08%) Visual Studio Code
4 1 (1.04%) GitLab
4 1 (1.04%) TestRail
4 1 (1.04%) Visual Studio
General
1 43 (44.79%) Marketing
2 29 (30.21%) Social Skills
3 17 (17.71%) Finance
4 11 (11.46%) Public Sector
5 8 (8.33%) Analytical Skills
6 5 (5.21%) Billing
6 5 (5.21%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 4 (4.17%) Documentation Skills
8 2 (2.08%) Presentation Skills
9 1 (1.04%) Banking
9 1 (1.04%) Law
9 1 (1.04%) Legal
9 1 (1.04%) Organisational Skills
9 1 (1.04%) Retail
9 1 (1.04%) Retail Banking
9 1 (1.04%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 30 (31.25%) Architect
2 28 (29.17%) Salesforce Architect
3 14 (14.58%) Developer
3 14 (14.58%) Salesforce Developer
4 10 (10.42%) Business Analyst
4 10 (10.42%) Consultant
4 10 (10.42%) Lead
4 10 (10.42%) Salesforce Business Analyst
4 10 (10.42%) Salesforce Consultant
5 8 (8.33%) Analyst
6 7 (7.29%) Salesforce Analyst
7 5 (5.21%) Salesforce Solution Architect
7 5 (5.21%) Solutions Architect
8 4 (4.17%) Administrator
8 4 (4.17%) Salesforce Administrator
8 4 (4.17%) Technical Leader
9 3 (3.13%) E-Commerce Analyst
9 3 (3.13%) PMO Lead
9 3 (3.13%) Salesforce Project Manager
9 3 (3.13%) Salesforce Technical Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 36 (37.50%) Lightning Web Components
2 22 (22.92%) Visualforce
3 19 (19.79%) Middleware
3 19 (19.79%) REST
4 17 (17.71%) SOAP
5 2 (2.08%) ADO
5 2 (2.08%) HTML
5 2 (2.08%) OAuth
5 2 (2.08%) OAuth2
6 1 (1.04%) CSS
6 1 (1.04%) jQuery
6 1 (1.04%) JSON
6 1 (1.04%) RESTful
6 1 (1.04%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 16 (16.67%) Product Ownership
2 10 (10.42%) Management Information System
3 4 (4.17%) Greenfield Project
4 2 (2.08%) AI Agents
4 2 (2.08%) IoT
4 2 (2.08%) Legacy Systems
5 1 (1.04%) Marketing Technology
5 1 (1.04%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 1 (1.04%) Apple iOS
1 1 (1.04%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 42 (43.75%) Agile
2 25 (26.04%) Data Modelling
3 24 (25.00%) Migration
4 22 (22.92%) Data Migration
4 22 (22.92%) Roadmaps
5 19 (19.79%) Problem-Solving
6 18 (18.75%) Integration Patterns
6 18 (18.75%) Workshop Facilitation
7 17 (17.71%) Mentoring
8 16 (16.67%) CRM
8 16 (16.67%) Data Flow Diagram
8 16 (16.67%) Data Management
8 16 (16.67%) Technical Leadership
9 14 (14.58%) Data Governance
10 13 (13.54%) Architecture Roadmap
10 13 (13.54%) Data Security
11 12 (12.50%) Stakeholder Management
12 11 (11.46%) Configure, Price, Quote (CPQ)
12 11 (11.46%) Design Patterns
12 11 (11.46%) Translating Business Requirements
Programming Languages
1 34 (35.42%) Apex Code
2 4 (4.17%) SOQL
3 3 (3.13%) JavaScript
4 2 (2.08%) Korn
5 1 (1.04%) SOSL
5 1 (1.04%) SQL
Qualifications
1 13 (13.54%) Degree
2 12 (12.50%) Security Cleared
3 7 (7.29%) Computer Science Degree
3 7 (7.29%) Master's Degree
3 7 (7.29%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (15.63%) Data Quality
2 13 (13.54%) California Consumer Privacy Act
2 13 (13.54%) GDPR
3 4 (4.17%) PMO
3 4 (4.17%) QA
4 1 (1.04%) Accessibility
Vendors
1 96 (100.00%) Salesforce
2 6 (6.25%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
3 5 (5.21%) MuleSoft
4 4 (4.17%) SAP
5 2 (2.08%) HubSpot
5 2 (2.08%) Microsoft
5 2 (2.08%) Okta
5 2 (2.08%) Pardot
5 2 (2.08%) Siebel
6 1 (1.04%) Cvent
6 1 (1.04%) Genesys
6 1 (1.04%) Oracle