Salesforce Contract Job Trends

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 16 May 2026, 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
16 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 111 129 145
Rank change year-on-year +18 +16 -3
Contract jobs citing Salesforce 1,048 642 701
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 2.18% 2.20% 1.65%
As % of the Vendors category 5.29% 4.63% 3.89%
Number of daily rates quoted 706 410 431
10th Percentile £350 £313 £313
25th Percentile £425 £413 £418
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £515 £533
Median % change year-on-year +0.97% -3.29% -3.18%
75th Percentile £638 £622 £638
90th Percentile £725 £703 £725
UK excluding London median daily rate £513 £475 £525
% change year-on-year +7.89% -9.52% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 19 14 31
10th Percentile £16.36 - £15.00
25th Percentile £25.16 £16.50 £23.52
Median hourly rate £40.78 £28.58 £26.00
Median % change year-on-year +42.71% +9.90% -2.80%
75th Percentile £50.00 £40.38 £27.96
90th Percentile £51.73 £100.97 £36.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £18.00 £34.50 £26.00
% change year-on-year -47.83% +32.69% +16.44%

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 19,801 13,877 18,017
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 41.23% 47.63% 42.34%
Number of daily rates quoted 12,535 8,680 11,199
10th Percentile £313 £281 £263
25th Percentile £413 £406 £405
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £513 £515
Median % change year-on-year -2.44% -0.49% -1.90%
75th Percentile £601 £619 £630
90th Percentile £700 £713 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £492 £493 £500
% change year-on-year -0.10% -1.50% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,003 562 1,089
10th Percentile £15.25 £14.84 £12.00
25th Percentile £18.50 £17.37 £14.41
Median hourly rate £32.50 £25.50 £22.15
Median % change year-on-year +27.45% +15.12% -47.88%
75th Percentile £58.96 £56.00 £57.33
90th Percentile £78.34 £73.75 £70.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £29.04 £23.00 £21.46
% change year-on-year +26.24% +7.18% -44.26%

Salesforce
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Salesforce job vacancy trend in the UK

Salesforce
Daily Rate Trend

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

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

Salesforce
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Salesforce over the 6 months to 16 May 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Salesforce in the UK

Salesforce
Hourly Rate Trend

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

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

Salesforce
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Salesforce over the 6 months to 16 May 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for Salesforce in the UK

Salesforce
Top 17 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 within the UK over the 6 months to 16 May 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 +12 929 £513 +0.99% 543
London +16 633 £520 +0.48% 286
Work from Home +30 320 £500 - 275
UK excluding London 0 306 £513 +7.89% 298
South East -36 85 £463 -2.63% 122
Midlands -24 71 £545 +21.11% 35
North of England -43 61 £476 +2.81% 99
North West -10 44 £500 -4.76% 62
East Midlands +2 37 £525 +10.53% 11
East of England -9 34 £565 +25.56% 12
West Midlands -47 34 £616 +36.79% 24
Scotland +11 23 £675 +25.58% 8
South West -44 22 £500 -1.96% 17
Wales +4 16 £750 +66.67% 3
Yorkshire -54 15 £476 +58.50% 30
Northern Ireland +5 6 £650 +4.00% 6
North East -26 1 £363 +7.41% 8

Salesforce
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 52 (4.96%) Confluence
2 14 (1.34%) SharePoint
3 6 (0.57%) ArcGIS
4 5 (0.48%) Anypoint
5 4 (0.38%) Adobe Experience Manager
5 4 (0.38%) Apache Spark
5 4 (0.38%) CMS
6 3 (0.29%) OpenStack
7 2 (0.19%) Apache
7 2 (0.19%) Apache Airflow
8 1 (0.095%) Camunda
8 1 (0.095%) Drupal
8 1 (0.095%) Headless CMS
8 1 (0.095%) Oracle SOA Suite
8 1 (0.095%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 28 (2.67%) Microsoft Excel
2 16 (1.53%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 15 (1.43%) MS Visio
4 10 (0.95%) Microsoft Office
5 3 (0.29%) Adobe Illustrator
5 3 (0.29%) AutoCAD
5 3 (0.29%) Revit
5 3 (0.29%) Spreadsheet
6 2 (0.19%) Chatbot
6 2 (0.19%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 46 (4.39%) Salesforce CRM
2 35 (3.34%) Dynamics CRM
3 27 (2.58%) NetSuite
4 15 (1.43%) SAP S/4HANA
4 15 (1.43%) Shopify
5 11 (1.05%) Payment Gateway
6 6 (0.57%) Oracle EBS
7 5 (0.48%) Adobe Campaign
7 5 (0.48%) Eloqua
7 5 (0.48%) SAP CRM
8 4 (0.38%) SAP SD
9 3 (0.29%) SAP ERP
10 2 (0.19%) Magento
10 2 (0.19%) Oracle Payables
10 2 (0.19%) SAP Oil and Gas
10 2 (0.19%) SAP PP
10 2 (0.19%) SAP QM
10 2 (0.19%) Workfront
11 1 (0.095%) Raiser’s Edge
11 1 (0.095%) SAP Hybris
Cloud Services
1 150 (14.31%) Salesforce Service Cloud
2 113 (10.78%) Azure
3 98 (9.35%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
4 91 (8.68%) AWS
5 83 (7.92%) SaaS
6 43 (4.10%) Azure DevOps
7 39 (3.72%) GCP
8 34 (3.24%) Power Platform
9 30 (2.86%) Salesforce Commerce Cloud
10 20 (1.91%) GitHub
10 20 (1.91%) Microsoft 365
11 15 (1.43%) Apigee
12 14 (1.34%) Slack
12 14 (1.34%) Snowflake
13 13 (1.24%) BigCommerce
13 13 (1.24%) Dynamics 365
14 12 (1.15%) GitHub Actions
15 10 (0.95%) BrowserStack
15 10 (0.95%) Google Workspace
15 10 (0.95%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 5 (0.48%) HTTP
2 4 (0.38%) SMS
3 3 (0.29%) 5G
3 3 (0.29%) Internet
4 2 (0.19%) Broadband
4 2 (0.19%) NaaS
4 2 (0.19%) WAN
4 2 (0.19%) Wireless
5 1 (0.095%) CTI
5 1 (0.095%) FTP
5 1 (0.095%) PSTN
5 1 (0.095%) RTP
5 1 (0.095%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 31 (2.96%) Tableau
2 29 (2.77%) Power BI
3 23 (2.19%) Metadata
4 13 (1.24%) Data Warehouse
5 12 (1.15%) PostgreSQL
6 10 (0.95%) GIS
6 10 (0.95%) Relational Database
7 9 (0.86%) BigQuery
8 6 (0.57%) Big Data
8 6 (0.57%) Data Lake
9 4 (0.38%) QGIS
10 3 (0.29%) SQL Server
11 2 (0.19%) Amazon Redshift
11 2 (0.19%) Data Mining
11 2 (0.19%) InfluxDB
11 2 (0.19%) Looker
11 2 (0.19%) MySQL
11 2 (0.19%) OLAP
11 2 (0.19%) Oracle OLAP
11 2 (0.19%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 108 (10.31%) JIRA
2 50 (4.77%) Git
3 25 (2.39%) Selenium
4 20 (1.91%) GitLab
5 19 (1.81%) Jenkins
6 12 (1.15%) Postman
7 10 (0.95%) REST Assured
8 8 (0.76%) Cucumber
9 7 (0.67%) SonarQube
10 5 (0.48%) Robot Framework
11 4 (0.38%) Visual Studio Code
11 4 (0.38%) Zephyr
12 3 (0.29%) Ant
12 3 (0.29%) Bitbucket
12 3 (0.29%) Eclipse
12 3 (0.29%) git-flow
12 3 (0.29%) JUnit
12 3 (0.29%) Mockito
12 3 (0.29%) TestRail
13 2 (0.19%) Oracle APEX
General
1 277 (26.43%) Social Skills
2 184 (17.56%) Finance
3 163 (15.55%) Marketing
4 154 (14.69%) Public Sector
5 115 (10.97%) Analytical Skills
6 53 (5.06%) Retail
7 33 (3.15%) Billing
8 31 (2.96%) Documentation Skills
9 25 (2.39%) Banking
9 25 (2.39%) Telecoms
10 24 (2.29%) Presentation Skills
11 20 (1.91%) Legal
12 18 (1.72%) Organisational Skills
13 14 (1.34%) Influencing Skills
14 13 (1.24%) Automotive
14 13 (1.24%) Inclusion and Diversity
15 8 (0.76%) Advertising
16 6 (0.57%) Back Office
16 6 (0.57%) French Language
16 6 (0.57%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 185 (17.65%) Architect
2 179 (17.08%) Analyst
3 174 (16.60%) Developer
4 161 (15.36%) Salesforce Developer
5 120 (11.45%) Business Analyst
6 111 (10.59%) Salesforce Architect
7 102 (9.73%) Senior
8 95 (9.06%) Lead
8 95 (9.06%) Salesforce Analyst
9 71 (6.77%) Salesforce Business Analyst
10 54 (5.15%) Consultant
10 54 (5.15%) Solutions Architect
11 51 (4.87%) Salesforce Engineer
12 47 (4.48%) Project Manager
13 42 (4.01%) Senior Analyst
14 35 (3.34%) Technical Architect
15 33 (3.15%) Administrator
16 32 (3.05%) Salesforce Consultant
17 31 (2.96%) Senior Business Analyst
18 29 (2.77%) DevOps Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 137 (13.07%) Lightning Web Components
2 68 (6.49%) REST
3 49 (4.68%) Middleware
4 41 (3.91%) SOAP
5 36 (3.44%) Visualforce
6 24 (2.29%) Playwright
7 23 (2.19%) HTML
8 20 (1.91%) CSS
9 18 (1.72%) React
10 16 (1.53%) VML
11 15 (1.43%) OpenAPI
11 15 (1.43%) Swagger
12 14 (1.34%) Node.js
13 13 (1.24%) Web Services
14 12 (1.15%) Kafka
14 12 (1.15%) RESTful
15 11 (1.05%) React Native
15 11 (1.05%) YAML
16 8 (0.76%) .NET
16 8 (0.76%) ADO
Miscellaneous
1 82 (7.82%) Product Ownership
2 44 (4.20%) Legacy Systems
3 34 (3.24%) Onboarding
4 24 (2.29%) Marketing Technology
5 21 (2.00%) Enterprise Software
6 19 (1.81%) AI Agents
6 19 (1.81%) Analytical Mindset
7 16 (1.53%) Data Structures
8 15 (1.43%) Cloud Native
9 14 (1.34%) Data Protection Act
9 14 (1.34%) e-Learning
10 13 (1.24%) Self-Motivation
11 12 (1.15%) Greenfield Project
11 12 (1.15%) Web Conferencing
12 11 (1.05%) Mobile App
12 11 (1.05%) Virtual Team
13 10 (0.95%) FMCG
14 8 (0.76%) Management Information System
15 7 (0.67%) Learning Management System
15 7 (0.67%) Low-Code
Operating Systems
1 6 (0.57%) Windows
2 2 (0.19%) Mac OS
2 2 (0.19%) Windows 10
3 1 (0.095%) Android
3 1 (0.095%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 258 (24.62%) Agile
2 249 (23.76%) CRM
3 178 (16.98%) Stakeholder Management
4 160 (15.27%) DevOps
5 152 (14.50%) CI/CD
6 139 (13.26%) Data Modelling
7 117 (11.16%) Continuous Improvement
8 110 (10.50%) Migration
8 110 (10.50%) Problem-Solving
8 110 (10.50%) Roadmaps
9 100 (9.54%) User Stories
10 91 (8.68%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 86 (8.21%) User Acceptance Testing
12 83 (7.92%) Test Automation
13 82 (7.82%) AI
14 73 (6.97%) Change Management
14 73 (6.97%) ERP
14 73 (6.97%) Scrum
15 71 (6.77%) Validation
16 70 (6.68%) Analytics
Programming Languages
1 148 (14.12%) Apex Code
2 59 (5.63%) SQL
3 49 (4.68%) JavaScript
4 36 (3.44%) Java
5 33 (3.15%) Python
6 31 (2.96%) SOQL
7 11 (1.05%) SOSL
8 9 (0.86%) TypeScript
9 5 (0.48%) C#
10 4 (0.38%) DataWeave
10 4 (0.38%) VBA
11 3 (0.29%) PL/SQL
12 2 (0.19%) Bicep
12 2 (0.19%) C++
12 2 (0.19%) Korn
12 2 (0.19%) VB
13 1 (0.095%) Bash
13 1 (0.095%) C
13 1 (0.095%) Go
13 1 (0.095%) R
Qualifications
1 148 (14.12%) Security Cleared
2 110 (10.50%) SC Cleared
3 47 (4.48%) Degree
4 15 (1.43%) Computer Science Degree
5 13 (1.24%) ACCA
6 11 (1.05%) BPSS Clearance
7 9 (0.86%) CSPO
7 9 (0.86%) PMI Certification
8 8 (0.76%) DV Cleared
8 8 (0.76%) Master's Degree
8 8 (0.76%) PMP
9 7 (0.67%) ISTQB
10 6 (0.57%) MBA
11 5 (0.48%) CBAP
11 5 (0.48%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
12 3 (0.29%) IIBA
12 3 (0.29%) Microsoft Certification
12 3 (0.29%) Microsoft Certified Professional
13 2 (0.19%) CFA
13 2 (0.19%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 86 (8.21%) QA
2 73 (6.97%) Data Quality
3 47 (4.48%) GDPR
4 14 (1.34%) Accessibility
4 14 (1.34%) IFRS
5 12 (1.15%) PMO
6 6 (0.57%) Actionable Recommendations
6 6 (0.57%) SLA
7 5 (0.48%) WCAG
8 4 (0.38%) BS7666
8 4 (0.38%) PCI DSS
8 4 (0.38%) PERC
9 3 (0.29%) GxP
9 3 (0.29%) ITGC
10 2 (0.19%) GRC
11 1 (0.095%) California Consumer Privacy Act
11 1 (0.095%) EMIR
11 1 (0.095%) ISO/IEC 27001
11 1 (0.095%) MiFID
11 1 (0.095%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 8 (0.76%) Docker
Systems Management
1 12 (1.15%) Terraform
2 9 (0.86%) Kubernetes
3 5 (0.48%) Grafana
4 2 (0.19%) Amdocs OSS
4 2 (0.19%) Microsoft Intune
4 2 (0.19%) Prometheus
4 2 (0.19%) Single Sign-On
5 1 (0.095%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
Vendors
1 98 (9.35%) Microsoft
2 97 (9.26%) SAP
3 66 (6.30%) MuleSoft
4 54 (5.15%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
5 53 (5.06%) Oracle
6 43 (4.10%) Adobe
7 38 (3.63%) ServiceNow
8 23 (2.19%) Databricks
8 23 (2.19%) Google
9 18 (1.72%) Sitecore
10 17 (1.62%) Conga
11 8 (0.76%) ESRI
11 8 (0.76%) GoCardless
11 8 (0.76%) HubSpot
12 6 (0.57%) Atlassian
12 6 (0.57%) BT
12 6 (0.57%) Siebel
12 6 (0.57%) Talend
12 6 (0.57%) Veracode
12 6 (0.57%) Workday