SOSL Job Trends in England

Salesforce Object Search Language (SOSL)
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in England requiring SOSL skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 12 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 595 - 688
Rank change year-on-year - - +263
Permanent jobs citing SOSL 2 0 2
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.004% - 0.004%
As % of the Programming Languages category 0.020% - 0.011%
Number of salaries quoted 2 0 2
10th Percentile - - £60,750
25th Percentile £93,750 - £61,875
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £97,500 - £65,000
Median % change year-on-year - - +36.84%
75th Percentile £101,250 - £69,375
90th Percentile - - £71,250
UK median annual salary £97,500 - £70,000
% change year-on-year - - +47.37%

All Programming Languages
England

SOSL falls under the Programming Languages category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring coding skills in England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 10,129 16,276 19,034
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 19.39% 33.84% 38.33%
Number of salaries quoted 7,643 9,568 16,015
10th Percentile £32,500 £38,500 £38,084
25th Percentile £45,000 £48,750 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £65,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% +4.00% -3.85%
75th Percentile £83,000 £85,000 £85,000
90th Percentile £105,000 £110,000 £107,500
UK median annual salary £62,500 £65,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -3.85% +4.00% -3.85%

SOSL
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing SOSL relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in England.

SOSL job vacancy trend in England

SOSL
Salary Trend in England

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing SOSL.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing SOSL

SOSL
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing SOSL within the England region over the 6 months to 12 January 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
London - 2 £97,500 - 2
SOSL
UK

SOSL
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England 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:

General
1 2 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Lead
2 1 (50.00%) Developer
2 1 (50.00%) Lead Developer
2 1 (50.00%) Salesforce Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (100.00%) Lightning Web Components
1 2 (100.00%) Middleware
1 2 (100.00%) REST
1 2 (100.00%) SOAP
1 2 (100.00%) Visualforce
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Agile
1 2 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 2 (100.00%) Client Onboarding
1 2 (100.00%) Coaching
1 2 (100.00%) Data Governance
1 2 (100.00%) DevOps
1 2 (100.00%) Enterprise Architecture
1 2 (100.00%) Mentoring
1 2 (100.00%) Performance Management
1 2 (100.00%) Technical Leadership
1 2 (100.00%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 2 (100.00%) Apex Code
1 2 (100.00%) SOQL
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Salesforce