Hybrid/Remote SOQL Contract Job Trends

Salesforce Object Query Language (SOQL)
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for remote or hybrid contract work requiring SOQL skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 13 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 309 309 363
Rank change year-on-year 0 +54 +192
Contract jobs citing SOQL 9 7 28
As % of all contract jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.088% 0.058% 0.16%
As % of the Programming Languages category 0.25% 0.16% 0.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 7 9
10th Percentile £418 £400 £400
25th Percentile £425 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £550
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% -9.09% +15.79%
75th Percentile £538 £531 £600
90th Percentile £620 £538 £740
UK median daily rate £475 £500 £550
% change year-on-year -5.00% -9.09% +10.00%

All Programming Languages
Work from Home

SOQL falls under the Programming Languages category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with remote or hybrid options requiring coding skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 3,567 4,295 5,715
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 35.03% 35.40% 32.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,369 2,852 4,196
10th Percentile £350 £330 £350
25th Percentile £413 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £520 £525
Median % change year-on-year -1.44% -0.95% -4.55%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £738 £787 £750
UK median daily rate £508 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -3.33% -4.55% -3.08%
Number of hourly rates quoted 104 60 147
10th Percentile £35.48 £21.25 £34.70
25th Percentile £52.94 £26.50 £51.75
Median hourly rate £65.00 £59.70 £62.50
Median % change year-on-year +8.88% -4.48% -3.85%
75th Percentile £67.06 £66.63 £77.50
90th Percentile £70.00 £86.00 £90.00
UK median hourly rate £64.50 £62.50 £60.50
% change year-on-year +3.20% +3.31% -3.20%

SOQL
Job Vacancy Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing SOQL and offering remote or hybrid work options relative to all contract IT jobs advertised.

SOQL job vacancy trend for remote/hybrid jobs

SOQL
Daily Rate Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing SOQL.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing SOQL

SOQL
Daily Rate Histogram for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Daily rate distribution for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing SOQL over the 6 months to 13 December 2025.

SOQL daily rate histogram for jobs with remote/hybrid work options

SOQL
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Remote/Hybrid Jobs 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:

Business Applications
1 1 (11.11%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 2 (22.22%) Salesforce Service Cloud
2 1 (11.11%) AWS
2 1 (11.11%) AWS Lambda
2 1 (11.11%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
2 1 (11.11%) Serverless
2 1 (11.11%) Slack
Communications & Networking
1 1 (11.11%) DKIM
1 1 (11.11%) DNS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (11.11%) Geospatial Data
1 1 (11.11%) GIS
1 1 (11.11%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 4 (44.44%) Git
2 2 (22.22%) Visual Studio Code
3 1 (11.11%) GitLab
3 1 (11.11%) JIRA
General
1 5 (55.56%) Social Skills
2 2 (22.22%) Public Sector
3 1 (11.11%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (11.11%) Billing
Job Titles
1 5 (55.56%) Developer
1 5 (55.56%) Salesforce Developer
2 2 (22.22%) Senior
3 1 (11.11%) Architect
3 1 (11.11%) Cloud Developer
3 1 (11.11%) Salesforce Architect
3 1 (11.11%) Salesforce Technical Architect
3 1 (11.11%) Technical Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (88.89%) Lightning Web Components
2 6 (66.67%) Visualforce
3 4 (44.44%) Middleware
4 1 (11.11%) CSS
4 1 (11.11%) HTML
4 1 (11.11%) Node.js
4 1 (11.11%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 1 (11.11%) Legacy Systems
1 1 (11.11%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (66.67%) Agile
2 3 (33.33%) Code Quality
2 3 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
3 2 (22.22%) Collaborative Culture
3 2 (22.22%) Data Management
3 2 (22.22%) DevOps
3 2 (22.22%) Migration
3 2 (22.22%) Platform Engineering
4 1 (11.11%) AI
4 1 (11.11%) Change Management
4 1 (11.11%) CRM
4 1 (11.11%) Data Architecture
4 1 (11.11%) Data Governance
4 1 (11.11%) Data Migration
4 1 (11.11%) Data Modelling
4 1 (11.11%) Master Data Management
4 1 (11.11%) Process Improvement
4 1 (11.11%) Release Management
4 1 (11.11%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 1 (11.11%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 8 (88.89%) Apex Code
2 2 (22.22%) Java
3 1 (11.11%) Bash
3 1 (11.11%) JavaScript
3 1 (11.11%) Python
3 1 (11.11%) SOSL
Qualifications
1 2 (22.22%) SC Cleared
1 2 (22.22%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (11.11%) Data Quality
1 1 (11.11%) HMG Security Policy Framework
1 1 (11.11%) QA
Vendors
1 9 (100.00%) Salesforce
2 1 (11.11%) MuleSoft