Apex Code Jobs

Salesforce Apex
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies requiring Apex Code skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Apex Code over the 6 months leading up to 30 April 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Apr 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 586 764 767
Rank change year-on-year +178 +3 -6
Permanent jobs citing Apex Code 98 121 220
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.19% 0.12% 0.21%
As % of the Programming Languages category 0.63% 0.36% 0.49%
Number of salaries quoted 57 97 169
10th Percentile £45,100 £36,250 £51,000
25th Percentile £52,500 £51,250 £57,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £60,500 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.31% -13.57% -
75th Percentile £77,500 £68,750 £83,750
90th Percentile £96,000 £81,250 £87,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £59,500 £62,500 £70,000
% change year-on-year -4.80% -10.71% +16.67%

All Programming Languages
UK

Apex Code 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.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 15,664 33,221 45,157
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 30.03% 33.78% 43.42%
Number of salaries quoted 11,561 25,021 28,803
10th Percentile £37,500 £35,000 £38,750
25th Percentile £47,683 £45,000 £49,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year - -7.69% +4.00%
75th Percentile £82,500 £77,500 £86,250
90th Percentile £106,250 £100,000 £106,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £53,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +2.80% -2.73% +2.33%

Apex Code
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Apex Code as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Apex Code in the UK

Apex Code
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Apex Code.

Salary trend for Apex Code in the UK

Apex Code
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Apex Code over the 6 months to 30 April 2025.

Salary histogram for Apex Code in the UK

Apex Code
Top 13 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Apex Code within the UK over the 6 months to 30 April 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England +178 89 £60,000 +4.35% 102
UK excluding London +202 49 £59,500 -4.80% 55
London +88 40 £65,000 +8.33% 49
South East +129 28 £53,750 +7.50% 7
Work from Home +180 17 £60,000 +9.09% 84
South West +121 8 £53,000 -7.83% 6
North of England +81 5 £47,500 -13.64% 26
Midlands +59 4 £70,000 -27.27% 12
East Midlands +50 4 £70,000 -30.00% 5
Yorkshire +72 3 £47,500 - 10
Northern Ireland - 3 - -
North West +31 2 £59,000 -5.60% 16
East of England +50 1 £105,000 +228.13% 3

Apex Code
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 (7.14%) Confluence
2 2 (2.04%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (1.02%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (1.02%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 5 (5.10%) NetSuite
2 1 (1.02%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 38 (38.78%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
2 25 (25.51%) Salesforce Service Cloud
3 9 (9.18%) SaaS
4 6 (6.12%) Boomi
5 4 (4.08%) AWS
6 3 (3.06%) Azure
6 3 (3.06%) iPaaS
7 2 (2.04%) GitHub
7 2 (2.04%) GitHub Actions
7 2 (2.04%) PaaS
7 2 (2.04%) Salesforce Einstein
8 1 (1.02%) Amazon Bedrock
8 1 (1.02%) Azure DevOps
8 1 (1.02%) Azure Logic Apps
8 1 (1.02%) ChatGPT
8 1 (1.02%) Microsoft Copilot
8 1 (1.02%) OneDrive
8 1 (1.02%) Power Automate
8 1 (1.02%) Power Platform
8 1 (1.02%) PowerApps
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (6.12%) Relational Database
2 5 (5.10%) RDBMS
3 1 (1.02%) MySQL
3 1 (1.02%) Power BI
3 1 (1.02%) Power Query
3 1 (1.02%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 8 (8.16%) JIRA
2 7 (7.14%) Git
3 5 (5.10%) Bitbucket
4 2 (2.04%) Jenkins
4 2 (2.04%) Visual Studio Code
5 1 (1.02%) Ant
5 1 (1.02%) Postman
5 1 (1.02%) Visual Studio
General
1 43 (43.88%) Social Skills
2 31 (31.63%) Marketing
3 24 (24.49%) Law
4 18 (18.37%) Finance
5 12 (12.24%) Analytical Skills
6 8 (8.16%) Public Sector
7 4 (4.08%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 3 (3.06%) Telecoms
9 2 (2.04%) Advertising
9 2 (2.04%) Documentation Skills
9 2 (2.04%) Financial Institution
9 2 (2.04%) Organisational Skills
9 2 (2.04%) Pharmaceutical
10 1 (1.02%) Electronics
10 1 (1.02%) Influencing Skills
10 1 (1.02%) Legal
10 1 (1.02%) Manufacturing
10 1 (1.02%) Retail
Job Titles
1 50 (51.02%) Developer
2 47 (47.96%) Salesforce Developer
3 29 (29.59%) Architect
3 29 (29.59%) Salesforce Architect
4 21 (21.43%) Enterprise Architect
5 16 (16.33%) Senior
5 16 (16.33%) Senior Developer
5 16 (16.33%) Senior Salesforce Developer
6 8 (8.16%) Lead
7 5 (5.10%) Salesforce Expert
8 4 (4.08%) Lead Developer
8 4 (4.08%) Salesforce Solution Architect
8 4 (4.08%) Solutions Architect
9 2 (2.04%) Salesforce Software Engineer
9 2 (2.04%) Salesforce Technical Architect
9 2 (2.04%) Salesforce Technical Leader
9 2 (2.04%) Security Engineer
9 2 (2.04%) Software Engineer
9 2 (2.04%) Technical Architect
9 2 (2.04%) Technical Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 83 (84.69%) Lightning Web Components
2 35 (35.71%) SOAP
3 34 (34.69%) REST
4 31 (31.63%) Middleware
5 29 (29.59%) Visualforce
6 5 (5.10%) HTML
6 5 (5.10%) Web Services
7 4 (4.08%) CSS
8 3 (3.06%) JSON
8 3 (3.06%) JWT
9 2 (2.04%) HTML5
9 2 (2.04%) jQuery
9 2 (2.04%) OAuth
9 2 (2.04%) OAuth2
9 2 (2.04%) React
9 2 (2.04%) XML
10 1 (1.02%) AngularJS
10 1 (1.02%) Laravel
10 1 (1.02%) Node.js
10 1 (1.02%) Sass
Miscellaneous
1 21 (21.43%) Enterprise Software
2 4 (4.08%) Product Ownership
3 1 (1.02%) IoT
3 1 (1.02%) Legacy Systems
3 1 (1.02%) Management Information System
3 1 (1.02%) Self-Motivation
3 1 (1.02%) Team-Oriented Environment
Processes & Methodologies
1 45 (45.92%) Agile
2 36 (36.73%) DevOps
3 35 (35.71%) Data Modelling
4 31 (31.63%) Design Patterns
5 30 (30.61%) Data Management
6 27 (27.55%) Stakeholder Management
7 26 (26.53%) CI/CD
7 26 (26.53%) Computer Science
8 25 (25.51%) Continuous Improvement
8 25 (25.51%) Enterprise Architecture
9 24 (24.49%) Thought Leadership
10 23 (23.47%) Business Strategy
10 23 (23.47%) Technical Leadership
11 22 (22.45%) Microservices
12 21 (21.43%) Data Privacy
12 21 (21.43%) Information Security
12 21 (21.43%) Master Data Management
12 21 (21.43%) Release Management
12 21 (21.43%) Software Delivery
12 21 (21.43%) TOGAF
Programming Languages
1 21 (21.43%) JavaScript
2 10 (10.20%) SQL
3 8 (8.16%) SOQL
4 3 (3.06%) Python
5 2 (2.04%) Java
5 2 (2.04%) PHP
5 2 (2.04%) Ruby
6 1 (1.02%) C#
6 1 (1.02%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 1 (1.02%) Scala
6 1 (1.02%) TypeScript
6 1 (1.02%) VB
Qualifications
1 26 (26.53%) Computer Science Degree
1 26 (26.53%) Degree
2 21 (21.43%) Master's Degree
3 3 (3.06%) Security Cleared
4 1 (1.02%) DBS Check
4 1 (1.02%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 27 (27.55%) Data Quality
2 3 (3.06%) Accessibility
2 3 (3.06%) WCAG
3 1 (1.02%) Disclosure Scotland
System Software
1 1 (1.02%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (1.02%) Terraform
Vendors
1 98 (100.00%) Salesforce
2 22 (22.45%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
3 12 (12.24%) MuleSoft
4 6 (6.12%) Dell
5 5 (5.10%) Informatica
5 5 (5.10%) Pardot
6 4 (4.08%) Adobe
7 3 (3.06%) Microsoft
8 2 (2.04%) DocuSign
8 2 (2.04%) Jitterbit
9 1 (1.02%) Atlassian
9 1 (1.02%) Conga
9 1 (1.02%) OpenAI
9 1 (1.02%) SAP
9 1 (1.02%) Workday
9 1 (1.02%) Zuora