Salesforce Contracts

Salesforce
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies requiring knowledge or experience of Salesforce products and/or services. It includes a benchmarking guide to contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Salesforce over the 6 months leading up to 30 April 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

The figures below represent the IT contractor job market in general and are not representative of contractor rates within Salesforce.

6 months to
30 Apr 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 138 150 141
Rank change year-on-year +12 -9 +6
Contract jobs citing Salesforce 616 715 1,137
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 2.11% 1.64% 1.90%
As % of the Vendors category 4.44% 3.86% 4.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 400 433 689
10th Percentile £313 £313 £381
25th Percentile £413 £418 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -4.55% -
75th Percentile £610 £638 £638
90th Percentile £700 £725 £725
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -4.76% -4.55% +2.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 14 33 28
10th Percentile £13.76 £15.00 £11.25
25th Percentile £17.35 £25.50 £18.75
Median hourly rate £29.00 £26.00 £27.88
Median % change year-on-year +11.54% -6.73% -20.36%
75th Percentile £82.92 £30.50 £46.00
90th Percentile £100.97 £46.20 £63.75
UK excluding London median hourly rate £34.50 £26.00 £24.50
% change year-on-year +32.69% +6.12% +16.67%

All Vendors
UK

Salesforce falls under the Vendor Products and Services category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring knowledge or experience of all vendor products and services.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 13,870 18,503 25,530
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 47.44% 42.44% 42.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,703 11,477 17,115
10th Percentile £288 £263 £273
25th Percentile £406 £405 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £515 £518 £525
Median % change year-on-year -0.48% -1.43% -
75th Percentile £619 £627 £650
90th Percentile £713 £738 £743
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £500
% change year-on-year - - +7.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 569 1,097 689
10th Percentile £14.84 £12.08 £15.25
25th Percentile £18.13 £14.48 £19.06
Median hourly rate £27.13 £22.15 £43.75
Median % change year-on-year +22.46% -49.37% +108.33%
75th Percentile £57.50 £57.33 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £70.00 £75.15
UK excluding London median hourly rate £24.18 £21.46 £38.50
% change year-on-year +12.67% -44.26% +107.55%

Salesforce
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Salesforce as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Salesforce in the UK

Salesforce
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Salesforce.

Daily rate trend for Salesforce in the UK

Salesforce
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Salesforce over the 6 months to 30 April 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Salesforce in the UK

Salesforce
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Salesforce.

Hourly rate trend for Salesforce in the UK

Salesforce
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Salesforce over the 6 months to 30 April 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Salesforce in the UK

Salesforce
Top 17 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Salesforce within the UK over the 6 months to 30 April 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 +20 532 £515 -1.90% 1,106
London +27 347 £525 -2.33% 722
Work from Home +9 213 £500 -3.85% 556
UK excluding London +5 164 £500 -4.76% 402
South East +20 52 £485 -7.62% 117
North of England +6 37 £450 -10.00% 127
South West +45 27 £510 +7.37% 32
Midlands +1 23 £508 -15.42% 71
North West -12 17 £550 +15.79% 75
East of England +22 14 £475 -5.00% 31
Yorkshire +18 14 £300 -44.19% 44
West Midlands -7 13 £550 -15.38% 47
East Midlands +13 10 £475 -7.77% 22
Scotland +11 7 £538 +34.38% 11
North East -3 6 £338 -36.62% 12
Northern Ireland - 3 £625 - 7
Wales +5 1 £450 - 12

Salesforce
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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:

Application Platforms
1 14 (2.27%) Confluence
2 8 (1.30%) SharePoint
3 7 (1.14%) Anypoint
4 4 (0.65%) CMS
5 3 (0.49%) WordPress
6 2 (0.32%) Adobe Experience Manager
6 2 (0.32%) Mule
6 2 (0.32%) SAS
6 2 (0.32%) Sitecore CMS
7 1 (0.16%) Drupal
7 1 (0.16%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 23 (3.73%) Microsoft Excel
1 23 (3.73%) Microsoft Office
2 11 (1.79%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 9 (1.46%) MS Visio
4 3 (0.49%) Microsoft Project
5 2 (0.32%) Adobe After Effects
5 2 (0.32%) Adobe Creative Suite
5 2 (0.32%) Blender
5 2 (0.32%) Chatbot
5 2 (0.32%) CINEMA 4D
5 2 (0.32%) Final Cut Pro
6 1 (0.16%) 1Password
Business Applications
1 35 (5.68%) Salesforce CRM
2 23 (3.73%) Shopify
3 16 (2.60%) Dynamics CRM
4 13 (2.11%) SAP S/4HANA
5 9 (1.46%) NetSuite
6 7 (1.14%) Oracle ERP
7 5 (0.81%) Magento
8 3 (0.49%) Eloqua
8 3 (0.49%) Oracle Payables
8 3 (0.49%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
9 2 (0.32%) Aladdin
9 2 (0.32%) Movex
9 2 (0.32%) NEC Housing
9 2 (0.32%) Oracle Retail
9 2 (0.32%) Payment Gateway
9 2 (0.32%) SAP CX
9 2 (0.32%) SAP ERP
9 2 (0.32%) SAP MDG
9 2 (0.32%) SAP PP
9 2 (0.32%) SAP SD
Cloud Services
1 84 (13.64%) Salesforce Service Cloud
2 67 (10.88%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
3 50 (8.12%) Azure
4 37 (6.01%) AWS
5 29 (4.71%) Power Platform
6 28 (4.55%) SaaS
7 19 (3.08%) BigCommerce
7 19 (3.08%) GitHub
8 17 (2.76%) Serverless
9 14 (2.27%) Microsoft 365
10 11 (1.79%) GCP
10 11 (1.79%) Salesforce Commerce Cloud
11 7 (1.14%) Azure Data Factory
11 7 (1.14%) Azure DevOps
11 7 (1.14%) Azure Functions
11 7 (1.14%) Azure Logic Apps
11 7 (1.14%) Boomi
12 6 (0.97%) GitHub Actions
12 6 (0.97%) PowerApps
12 6 (0.97%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 5 (0.81%) PSTN
2 4 (0.65%) ADSL
2 4 (0.65%) Broadband
2 4 (0.65%) Firewall
3 3 (0.49%) Cisco ISE
4 2 (0.32%) DSL
4 2 (0.32%) HTTP
4 2 (0.32%) Internet
4 2 (0.32%) SMS
4 2 (0.32%) Wireless
5 1 (0.16%) ATM
5 1 (0.16%) CTI
5 1 (0.16%) Intranet
5 1 (0.16%) VoIP
5 1 (0.16%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 29 (4.71%) Power BI
2 15 (2.44%) PostgreSQL
3 14 (2.27%) Tableau
4 13 (2.11%) NoSQL
5 11 (1.79%) SQL Server
6 10 (1.62%) MongoDB
7 7 (1.14%) Data Warehouse
8 5 (0.81%) Big Data
8 5 (0.81%) MySQL
8 5 (0.81%) Relational Database
9 4 (0.65%) Amazon Athena
9 4 (0.65%) Data Lake
9 4 (0.65%) Metadata
10 3 (0.49%) Oracle Reports
10 3 (0.49%) SAP Data Services
11 2 (0.32%) Amazon RDS
11 2 (0.32%) Crystal Reports
11 2 (0.32%) Data Mining
11 2 (0.32%) DynamoDB
11 2 (0.32%) NewSQL
Development Applications
1 37 (6.01%) JIRA
2 14 (2.27%) Jenkins
3 10 (1.62%) Git
4 5 (0.81%) Selenium
5 4 (0.65%) Bitbucket
5 4 (0.65%) Postman
6 3 (0.49%) CircleCI
6 3 (0.49%) Cypress.io
6 3 (0.49%) ERwin
6 3 (0.49%) JMeter
6 3 (0.49%) Maven
6 3 (0.49%) Zephyr
7 2 (0.32%) Appium
7 2 (0.32%) GitLab
7 2 (0.32%) Grunt
7 2 (0.32%) Terragrunt
7 2 (0.32%) TestNG
7 2 (0.32%) webpack
8 1 (0.16%) Gradle
8 1 (0.16%) SpecFlow
General
1 174 (28.25%) Social Skills
2 108 (17.53%) Finance
3 106 (17.21%) Marketing
4 82 (13.31%) Analytical Skills
5 44 (7.14%) Retail
6 35 (5.68%) Billing
7 28 (4.55%) Public Sector
8 27 (4.38%) Legal
9 20 (3.25%) Influencing Skills
9 20 (3.25%) Organisational Skills
10 19 (3.08%) Manufacturing
10 19 (3.08%) Presentation Skills
11 18 (2.92%) Telecoms
12 16 (2.60%) Banking
13 12 (1.95%) Documentation Skills
14 11 (1.79%) Advertising
15 9 (1.46%) Automotive
15 9 (1.46%) Law
16 8 (1.30%) Front Office
17 6 (0.97%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 122 (19.81%) Developer
2 120 (19.48%) Architect
3 84 (13.64%) Salesforce Developer
4 71 (11.53%) Analyst
5 70 (11.36%) Salesforce Architect
6 50 (8.12%) Solutions Architect
7 49 (7.95%) Business Analyst
8 44 (7.14%) Lead
9 42 (6.82%) Consultant
10 37 (6.01%) Project Manager
11 33 (5.36%) Senior
12 31 (5.03%) Administrator
13 25 (4.06%) Salesforce Administrator
14 24 (3.90%) Salesforce Solution Architect
15 22 (3.57%) Salesforce Business Analyst
16 21 (3.41%) Salesforce Consultant
17 20 (3.25%) Salesforce Analyst
18 19 (3.08%) Salesforce Project Manager
19 13 (2.11%) Designer
20 11 (1.79%) Programme Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 79 (12.82%) Lightning Web Components
2 47 (7.63%) Visualforce
3 44 (7.14%) REST
4 29 (4.71%) HTML
5 27 (4.38%) CSS
6 24 (3.90%) SOAP
7 21 (3.41%) Middleware
8 19 (3.08%) VML
9 15 (2.44%) JSON
9 15 (2.44%) Web Services
10 13 (2.11%) RESTful
11 12 (1.95%) .NET
11 12 (1.95%) React
11 12 (1.95%) XML
12 11 (1.79%) Kafka
13 10 (1.62%) Node.js
14 9 (1.46%) Spring
15 8 (1.30%) OpenAPI
15 8 (1.30%) RAML
15 8 (1.30%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 24 (3.90%) Legacy Systems
2 21 (3.41%) Onboarding
3 20 (3.25%) Product Ownership
4 18 (2.92%) Enterprise Software
5 15 (2.44%) Management Information System
6 12 (1.95%) Greenfield Project
7 11 (1.79%) Self-Motivation
8 10 (1.62%) Data Structures
9 9 (1.46%) Data Protection Act
10 8 (1.30%) Cloud Native
11 7 (1.14%) Mobile App
11 7 (1.14%) Social Media
12 6 (0.97%) Low-Code
13 5 (0.81%) Digital Media
13 5 (0.81%) Frameworx
13 5 (0.81%) TM Forum
14 4 (0.65%) IoT
14 4 (0.65%) Learning Management System
14 4 (0.65%) LIMS
14 4 (0.65%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 8 (1.30%) Windows
2 4 (0.65%) Apple iOS
3 3 (0.49%) Android
3 3 (0.49%) Linux
4 2 (0.32%) Unix
5 1 (0.16%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 149 (24.19%) Agile
2 127 (20.62%) CRM
3 110 (17.86%) Problem-Solving
4 70 (11.36%) Stakeholder Management
5 57 (9.25%) Project Management
6 55 (8.93%) DevOps
7 53 (8.60%) Data Modelling
8 51 (8.28%) Migration
9 48 (7.79%) Analytics
10 46 (7.47%) B2B
11 45 (7.31%) CI/CD
11 45 (7.31%) ERP
12 40 (6.49%) Decision-Making
12 40 (6.49%) Roadmaps
12 40 (6.49%) Scrum
12 40 (6.49%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 39 (6.33%) User Stories
14 37 (6.01%) User Experience
14 37 (6.01%) Validation
15 36 (5.84%) Customer Experience
Programming Languages
1 89 (14.45%) Apex Code
2 66 (10.71%) SQL
3 41 (6.66%) JavaScript
4 30 (4.87%) Java
5 26 (4.22%) Python
6 12 (1.95%) C#
7 9 (1.46%) SOQL
8 7 (1.14%) PowerShell
9 4 (0.65%) Ruby
9 4 (0.65%) TypeScript
10 3 (0.49%) BeanShell
10 3 (0.49%) Bicep
10 3 (0.49%) SOSL
11 2 (0.32%) ABAP
11 2 (0.32%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 2 (0.32%) DataWeave
11 2 (0.32%) Kotlin
11 2 (0.32%) PHP
11 2 (0.32%) PL/SQL
11 2 (0.32%) Scala
Qualifications
1 76 (12.34%) Degree
2 38 (6.17%) Security Cleared
3 32 (5.19%) SC Cleared
4 25 (4.06%) Computer Science Degree
5 10 (1.62%) Master's Degree
5 10 (1.62%) PMI Certification
6 9 (1.46%) PMP
7 8 (1.30%) AWS Certification
7 8 (1.30%) BPSS Clearance
8 4 (0.65%) Azure Certification
9 3 (0.49%) IIBA
9 3 (0.49%) ISTQB
9 3 (0.49%) ITIL Certification
9 3 (0.49%) TOGAF Certification
10 2 (0.32%) DV Cleared
10 2 (0.32%) OCP
10 2 (0.32%) Oracle Certification
10 2 (0.32%) Sun Certification
11 1 (0.16%) CISSP
11 1 (0.16%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 34 (5.52%) QA
2 18 (2.92%) Data Quality
3 13 (2.11%) GDPR
4 9 (1.46%) Accessibility
5 6 (0.97%) PMO
6 3 (0.49%) California Consumer Privacy Act
7 2 (0.32%) HIPAA
7 2 (0.32%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 2 (0.32%) PCI DSS
7 2 (0.32%) SLA
8 1 (0.16%) Disclosure Scotland
8 1 (0.16%) IFRS
8 1 (0.16%) ISO 8583
8 1 (0.16%) NIST
8 1 (0.16%) PSD2
8 1 (0.16%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 1 (0.16%) SOC 2
8 1 (0.16%) WCAG
System Software
1 9 (1.46%) Docker
2 5 (0.81%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 16 (2.60%) Kubernetes
2 11 (1.79%) Terraform
3 2 (0.32%) Ansible
3 2 (0.32%) Progress Chef
3 2 (0.32%) Puppet
3 2 (0.32%) Salt
3 2 (0.32%) Single Sign-On
4 1 (0.16%) CloudHub
4 1 (0.16%) WhatsUp Gold
Vendors
1 113 (18.34%) SAP
2 93 (15.10%) Microsoft
3 65 (10.55%) Oracle
4 49 (7.95%) ServiceNow
5 33 (5.36%) Adobe
6 29 (4.71%) MuleSoft
7 21 (3.41%) Sitecore
8 20 (3.25%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
9 19 (3.08%) Google
10 8 (1.30%) Atlassian
10 8 (1.30%) DocuSign
10 8 (1.30%) Pardot
11 6 (0.97%) Apple
11 6 (0.97%) Marketo
11 6 (0.97%) OpenAI
12 5 (0.81%) Dell
12 5 (0.81%) Workday
13 4 (0.65%) Concur
13 4 (0.65%) Databricks
13 4 (0.65%) LabVantage