Salesforce Contract Job Trends in the West Midlands

Salesforce
England > West Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the West Midlands 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 18 December 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
18 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 107 81 99
Rank change year-on-year -26 +18 +27
Contract jobs citing Salesforce 30 24 18
As % of all contract jobs in the West Midlands 1.34% 1.44% 0.98%
As % of the Vendors category 2.52% 3.08% 1.93%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 20 11
10th Percentile £396 £305 £400
25th Percentile £434 £381 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £503 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.29% -4.55% +10.00%
75th Percentile £613 £752 £638
90th Percentile £803 £756 £688
England median daily rate £508 £538 £525
% change year-on-year -5.58% +2.38% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 0 0
Median hourly rate £27.21 - -
England median hourly rate £26.30 £28.00 £30.00
% change year-on-year -6.07% -6.67% -5.51%

All Vendors
West Midlands

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 in the West Midlands.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 1,189 778 932
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands 53.08% 46.78% 50.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 763 518 591
10th Percentile £263 £209 £220
25th Percentile £400 £375 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year - +5.26% -4.04%
75th Percentile £584 £600 £600
90th Percentile £650 £713 £675
England median daily rate £510 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -2.86% - -2.78%
Number of hourly rates quoted 27 18 22
10th Percentile £15.05 £12.18 £17.50
25th Percentile £17.79 £16.42 £17.75
Median hourly rate £25.15 £29.50 £22.75
Median % change year-on-year -14.75% +29.67% +32.96%
75th Percentile £31.00 £34.31 £26.94
90th Percentile £58.00 £39.13 £41.48
England median hourly rate £23.83 £31.00 £45.00
% change year-on-year -23.15% -31.11% +73.08%

Salesforce
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

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

Salesforce job vacancy trend in the West Midlands

Salesforce
Daily Rate Trend in the West Midlands

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the West Midlands citing Salesforce

Salesforce
Daily Rate Histogram in the West Midlands

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Salesforce in the West Midlands over the 6 months to 18 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Salesforce in the West Midlands

Salesforce
Hourly Rate Trend in the West Midlands

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the West Midlands citing Salesforce

Salesforce
Contract Job Locations in the West Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Salesforce within the West Midlands region 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
Coventry - 12 £450 -
Warwickshire -2 7 £800 +39.13% 5
Staffordshire - 5 - - 3
Birmingham -16 2 £500 -20.00% 9
Salesforce
England

Salesforce
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the West Midlands 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 3 (10.00%) CMS
1 3 (10.00%) Confluence
1 3 (10.00%) SharePoint
Business Applications
1 4 (13.33%) SAP HR
1 4 (13.33%) SAP PM
2 2 (6.67%) Oracle EBS
3 1 (3.33%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 11 (36.67%) Salesforce Service Cloud
2 4 (13.33%) Azure
2 4 (13.33%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
3 3 (10.00%) Google Workspace
4 2 (6.67%) GitHub
4 2 (6.67%) SaaS
5 1 (3.33%) Azure DevOps
5 1 (3.33%) Salesforce Einstein
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (13.33%) SQL Server Integration Services
2 1 (3.33%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 10 (33.33%) JIRA
2 2 (6.67%) Git
3 1 (3.33%) Bitbucket
3 1 (3.33%) Jenkins
3 1 (3.33%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 11 (36.67%) Social Skills
2 5 (16.67%) Analytical Skills
2 5 (16.67%) Public Sector
3 4 (13.33%) Organisational Skills
4 3 (10.00%) Aerospace
4 3 (10.00%) Automotive
4 3 (10.00%) Publishing
5 2 (6.67%) Marketing
6 1 (3.33%) Finance
6 1 (3.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 1 (3.33%) Military
Job Titles
1 10 (33.33%) Architect
2 9 (30.00%) Salesforce Architect
3 5 (16.67%) Salesforce Technical Architect
3 5 (16.67%) Technical Architect
4 4 (13.33%) Solutions Architect
5 3 (10.00%) Content Editor
5 3 (10.00%) Salesforce Solution Architect
6 2 (6.67%) Applications Manager
6 2 (6.67%) Azure Architect
6 2 (6.67%) Consultant
6 2 (6.67%) DevOps Engineer
6 2 (6.67%) Infrastructure Solutions Architect
6 2 (6.67%) Lead
6 2 (6.67%) Lead Architect
6 2 (6.67%) Lead Solutions Architect
6 2 (6.67%) Project Manager
6 2 (6.67%) Salesforce Consultant
7 1 (3.33%) Developer
7 1 (3.33%) Programme Manager
7 1 (3.33%) Test Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (16.67%) GraphQL
1 5 (16.67%) Lightning Web Components
2 4 (13.33%) SAP PI
2 4 (13.33%) Visualforce
3 3 (10.00%) HTML
4 2 (6.67%) WebCenter
5 1 (3.33%) Middleware
5 1 (3.33%) REST
5 1 (3.33%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 8 (26.67%) Self-Motivation
2 7 (23.33%) Product Ownership
3 2 (6.67%) Enterprise Software
3 2 (6.67%) Onboarding
4 1 (3.33%) AI Agents
4 1 (3.33%) Cyber Threat
4 1 (3.33%) Greenfield Project
4 1 (3.33%) Mobile App
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (40.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 11 (36.67%) Problem-Solving
3 10 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management
4 9 (30.00%) Service Management
5 8 (26.67%) Mentoring
5 8 (26.67%) Time Management
6 7 (23.33%) CRM
7 6 (20.00%) Agile
7 6 (20.00%) Project Management
7 6 (20.00%) Release Management
8 5 (16.67%) Active Listening
8 5 (16.67%) Coaching
8 5 (16.67%) Conflict Resolution
8 5 (16.67%) Data Migration
8 5 (16.67%) Decision-Making
8 5 (16.67%) ITIL
8 5 (16.67%) Migration
8 5 (16.67%) Performance Optimisation
8 5 (16.67%) Project Planning
8 5 (16.67%) Risk Assessment
Programming Languages
1 6 (20.00%) Apex Code
Qualifications
1 6 (20.00%) Security Cleared
2 3 (10.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (6.67%) ITGC
2 1 (3.33%) Data Quality
Vendors
1 6 (20.00%) SAP
2 5 (16.67%) ServiceNow
3 4 (13.33%) Oracle
4 3 (10.00%) Google
5 2 (6.67%) Palantir
5 2 (6.67%) Virgin Media