Salesforce Contracts with Work from Home Options

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UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with an option to work from home (WFH) and a requirement for knowledge and experience of Salesforce products and/or services. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Salesforce over the 6 months to 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

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

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 123 116 111
Rank change year-on-year -7 -5 -31
Contract jobs citing Salesforce 262 545 1,019
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 1.71% 2.10% 2.29%
As % of the Vendors category 4.03% 4.87% 5.85%
Number of daily rates quoted 160 358 656
10th Percentile £363 £387 £363
25th Percentile £414 £450 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £538 £550
Median % change year-on-year -3.26% -2.27% +11.11%
75th Percentile £600 £642 £650
90th Percentile £712 £738 £750
UK median daily rate £528 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -4.09% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 16 11 5
10th Percentile £22.61 £11.50 £26.30
25th Percentile £25.50 £17.31 -
Median hourly rate £26.00 £28.50 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -8.77% -18.57% +100.00%
75th Percentile £26.50 £46.88 -
90th Percentile - £63.75 £58.25
UK median hourly rate £26.00 £27.88 £35.00
% change year-on-year -6.73% -20.36% +70.73%

All Vendors
Work from Home

Salesforce is in the Vendor Products and Services category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with a WFH option and a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 6,505 11,187 17,408
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 42.58% 43.14% 39.07%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,019 7,541 11,848
10th Percentile £325 £330 £343
25th Percentile £425 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year - - +10.53%
75th Percentile £625 £650 £625
90th Percentile £725 £750 £713
UK median daily rate £518 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -1.43% - +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 219 260 257
10th Percentile £13.85 £17.98 £13.49
25th Percentile £16.85 £32.44 £18.75
Median hourly rate £29.00 £55.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -47.27% +57.14% +2.94%
75th Percentile £60.00 £68.75 £52.50
90th Percentile £70.50 £80.25 £66.30
UK median hourly rate £22.00 £43.75 £21.00
% change year-on-year -49.71% +108.33% -6.67%

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Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option citing Salesforce as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Salesforce trend for jobs with a WFH option

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Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Salesforce.

Salesforce daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

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Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Salesforce over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Salesforce daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

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Hourly Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average hourly rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Salesforce.

Salesforce hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

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Hourly Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Hourly rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Salesforce over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Salesforce hourly rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 7 (2.67%) SharePoint
2 6 (2.29%) Anypoint
2 6 (2.29%) Confluence
3 5 (1.91%) Drupal
3 5 (1.91%) Mule
3 5 (1.91%) Mule ESB
3 5 (1.91%) WordPress
4 4 (1.53%) CMS
5 3 (1.15%) Appian
6 2 (0.76%) Adobe Experience Manager
6 2 (0.76%) ArcGIS
6 2 (0.76%) Oracle SOA Suite
6 2 (0.76%) SAS
Applications
1 19 (7.25%) Microsoft Excel
2 15 (5.73%) Microsoft Office
3 12 (4.58%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 3 (1.15%) Chatbot
5 2 (0.76%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 26 (9.92%) Salesforce CRM
2 6 (2.29%) Shopify
3 4 (1.53%) Dynamics CRM
3 4 (1.53%) NetSuite
3 4 (1.53%) SAP GTS
4 3 (1.15%) SAP S/4HANA
5 2 (0.76%) Adobe Campaign
5 2 (0.76%) Eloqua
5 2 (0.76%) Magento
5 2 (0.76%) SAP Hybris
5 2 (0.76%) SAP MDG
6 1 (0.38%) Aligne
6 1 (0.38%) Endur
6 1 (0.38%) Loan IQ
6 1 (0.38%) Oracle HRMS
6 1 (0.38%) Sage 200
6 1 (0.38%) SAP EWM
6 1 (0.38%) SAP WM
Cloud Services
1 31 (11.83%) Salesforce Service Cloud
2 25 (9.54%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
3 23 (8.78%) Azure
4 20 (7.63%) SaaS
5 17 (6.49%) AWS
6 16 (6.11%) IaaS
6 16 (6.11%) PaaS
7 13 (4.96%) Google Workspace
7 13 (4.96%) Power Platform
8 12 (4.58%) GitHub
8 12 (4.58%) Salesforce Commerce Cloud
9 10 (3.82%) Azure DevOps
10 6 (2.29%) Microsoft 365
10 6 (2.29%) WhatsApp
11 5 (1.91%) Amazon CloudWatch
11 5 (1.91%) BigCommerce
12 4 (1.53%) Dynamics 365
12 4 (1.53%) Serverless
13 3 (1.15%) AWS Lambda
13 3 (1.15%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 1 (0.38%) FIX Connectivity
1 1 (0.38%) FTP
1 1 (0.38%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (4.58%) Power BI
2 10 (3.82%) Tableau
3 9 (3.44%) SQL Server
4 5 (1.91%) Data Warehouse
5 4 (1.53%) MySQL
5 4 (1.53%) NoSQL
5 4 (1.53%) PostgreSQL
5 4 (1.53%) Relational Database
6 3 (1.15%) Data Mart
6 3 (1.15%) Oracle Database
7 2 (0.76%) BigQuery
7 2 (0.76%) Data Lake
7 2 (0.76%) DynamoDB
7 2 (0.76%) Geospatial Data
7 2 (0.76%) GIS
7 2 (0.76%) Looker
7 2 (0.76%) SAS Enterprise Guide
7 2 (0.76%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 1 (0.38%) Azure SQL Database
8 1 (0.38%) DBAmp
Development Applications
1 20 (7.63%) Git
2 19 (7.25%) JIRA
3 14 (5.34%) Jenkins
4 9 (3.44%) GitLab
4 9 (3.44%) Visual Studio Code
5 6 (2.29%) Maven
5 6 (2.29%) Selenium
6 5 (1.91%) Cucumber
7 4 (1.53%) Bitbucket
7 4 (1.53%) REST Assured
7 4 (1.53%) TeamCity
7 4 (1.53%) TestNG
8 2 (0.76%) Cypress.io
8 2 (0.76%) ERwin
8 2 (0.76%) Gradle
8 2 (0.76%) Mocha
8 2 (0.76%) Oracle APEX
8 2 (0.76%) SoapUI
8 2 (0.76%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
8 2 (0.76%) WebDriver
General
1 46 (17.56%) Social Skills
2 42 (16.03%) Marketing
3 29 (11.07%) Finance
4 14 (5.34%) Analytical Skills
5 13 (4.96%) Legal
6 10 (3.82%) Public Sector
6 10 (3.82%) Retail
7 7 (2.67%) Banking
8 5 (1.91%) Back Office
8 5 (1.91%) Telecoms
9 4 (1.53%) Financial Institution
9 4 (1.53%) Influencing Skills
10 3 (1.15%) Billing
10 3 (1.15%) Front Office
10 3 (1.15%) Presentation Skills
11 2 (0.76%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 2 (0.76%) Manufacturing
11 2 (0.76%) Pharmaceutical
12 1 (0.38%) Agriculture
12 1 (0.38%) Tech for Good
Job Titles
1 59 (22.52%) Developer
2 40 (15.27%) Architect
3 35 (13.36%) Salesforce Developer
4 30 (11.45%) Salesforce Architect
5 29 (11.07%) Analyst
6 19 (7.25%) Consultant
7 18 (6.87%) Business Analyst
8 16 (6.11%) Salesforce Analyst
9 15 (5.73%) Project Manager
9 15 (5.73%) Solutions Architect
10 13 (4.96%) Administrator
10 13 (4.96%) Salesforce Administrator
10 13 (4.96%) Salesforce Business Analyst
11 12 (4.58%) Salesforce Project Manager
11 12 (4.58%) Salesforce Solution Architect
12 11 (4.20%) Senior
13 10 (3.82%) Salesforce Consultant
14 9 (3.44%) Service Manager
15 8 (3.05%) Functional Consultant
16 7 (2.67%) MuleSoft Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 37 (14.12%) Lightning Web Components
2 19 (7.25%) REST
3 14 (5.34%) SOAP
4 10 (3.82%) JSON
4 10 (3.82%) Visualforce
5 9 (3.44%) CSS
5 9 (3.44%) jQuery
5 9 (3.44%) Web Services
5 9 (3.44%) XML
6 8 (3.05%) .NET
7 7 (2.67%) HTML
8 6 (2.29%) Middleware
8 6 (2.29%) React
9 5 (1.91%) Node.js
9 5 (1.91%) Spring
9 5 (1.91%) VML
10 4 (1.53%) GraphQL
10 4 (1.53%) RabbitMQ
11 3 (1.15%) Murex MxML
11 3 (1.15%) Twitter Bootstrap
Miscellaneous
1 16 (6.11%) Product Ownership
1 16 (6.11%) Self-Motivation
2 12 (4.58%) Virtual Team
3 10 (3.82%) Greenfield Project
4 7 (2.67%) Legacy Systems
5 5 (1.91%) Life Science
5 5 (1.91%) Management Information System
6 3 (1.15%) Analytical Mindset
6 3 (1.15%) Eurex
6 3 (1.15%) Low-Code
6 3 (1.15%) Onboarding
6 3 (1.15%) Social Media
7 2 (0.76%) Algorithms
7 2 (0.76%) Data Centre
7 2 (0.76%) Data Protection Act
7 2 (0.76%) DataPower
7 2 (0.76%) IVR
7 2 (0.76%) Market Risk
7 2 (0.76%) Replication
8 1 (0.38%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
Operating Systems
1 8 (3.05%) Windows
2 7 (2.67%) Unix
3 3 (1.15%) Windows 10
4 2 (0.76%) Linux
5 1 (0.38%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 70 (26.72%) CRM
2 60 (22.90%) Agile
3 30 (11.45%) Migration
4 24 (9.16%) Problem-Solving
4 24 (9.16%) Scrum
5 23 (8.78%) Data Modelling
5 23 (8.78%) DevOps
6 22 (8.40%) Stakeholder Management
7 20 (7.63%) Project Management
8 17 (6.49%) Analytics
8 17 (6.49%) User Experience
9 16 (6.11%) B2B
9 16 (6.11%) CI/CD
9 16 (6.11%) Configure, Price, Quote (CPQ)
10 15 (5.73%) Data Analysis
10 15 (5.73%) Data Migration
10 15 (5.73%) Requirements Gathering
10 15 (5.73%) Workflow
11 14 (5.34%) Test Automation
11 14 (5.34%) User Stories
Programming Languages
1 32 (12.21%) Apex Code
2 28 (10.69%) SQL
3 26 (9.92%) JavaScript
4 14 (5.34%) Python
5 12 (4.58%) SOQL
6 11 (4.20%) Java
7 8 (3.05%) C#
8 7 (2.67%) PowerShell
9 3 (1.15%) ABAP
9 3 (1.15%) R
9 3 (1.15%) Shell Script
10 2 (0.76%) C
10 2 (0.76%) MATLAB
10 2 (0.76%) SOSL
11 1 (0.38%) Bicep
11 1 (0.38%) PL/SQL
11 1 (0.38%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 25 (9.54%) Degree
2 15 (5.73%) PMI Certification
2 15 (5.73%) PMP
3 12 (4.58%) APMP
4 8 (3.05%) SC Cleared
4 8 (3.05%) Security Cleared
5 4 (1.53%) Computer Science Degree
5 4 (1.53%) Master's Degree
6 2 (0.76%) TOGAF Certification
7 1 (0.38%) AWS Certification
7 1 (0.38%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
7 1 (0.38%) CTC Cleared
7 1 (0.38%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
7 1 (0.38%) MBA
7 1 (0.38%) Tableau Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (4.58%) QA
2 10 (3.82%) Data Quality
3 6 (2.29%) GDPR
3 6 (2.29%) PMO
4 2 (0.76%) SLA
5 1 (0.38%) Accessibility
5 1 (0.38%) GAMP
5 1 (0.38%) GxP
System Software
1 3 (1.15%) Active Directory
1 3 (1.15%) Docker
2 1 (0.38%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 5 (1.91%) CloudHub
2 4 (1.53%) Terraform
3 3 (1.15%) Kubernetes
4 2 (0.76%) Single Sign-On
5 1 (0.38%) Ansible
Vendors
1 53 (20.23%) Microsoft
2 46 (17.56%) Oracle
3 37 (14.12%) SAP
4 22 (8.40%) Google
5 13 (4.96%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
6 12 (4.58%) MuleSoft
7 8 (3.05%) Murex
7 8 (3.05%) Pardot
8 7 (2.67%) Adobe
9 5 (1.91%) Conga
9 5 (1.91%) Marketo
9 5 (1.91%) Sitecore
10 4 (1.53%) DocuSign
10 4 (1.53%) ServiceNow
11 3 (1.15%) Bloomberg
11 3 (1.15%) Informatica
12 2 (0.76%) Apple
12 2 (0.76%) CheckPoint
12 2 (0.76%) Sage
12 2 (0.76%) Sophos