Salesforce Engineer Job Trends

Salesforce Engineer
UK

The median Salesforce Engineer salary in the UK is £88,750 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 27 May 2026.

The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
27 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 697 642 874
Rank change year-on-year -55 +232 -37
Permanent jobs requiring a Salesforce Engineer 39 6 16
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.042% 0.014% 0.016%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.045% 0.016% 0.017%
Number of salaries quoted 2 5 10
10th Percentile £86,625 £50,750 £33,250
25th Percentile £87,188 £57,500 £35,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £88,750 £60,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +47.92% +14.29% -29.13%
75th Percentile £89,688 £63,750 £58,750
90th Percentile £89,875 £67,500 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary - £60,000 £34,500
% change year-on-year - +73.91% -53.43%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
UK

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in the UK with a recognized job title 86,844 37,958 93,943
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.41% 89.30% 94.71%
Number of salaries quoted 57,790 21,252 68,852
10th Percentile £30,000 £29,750 £28,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £40,500 £38,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £57,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% +9.52% -12.50%
75th Percentile £75,000 £77,500 £70,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £90,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £51,058 £50,000
% change year-on-year -2.07% +2.12% -6.54%

Salesforce Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Salesforce Engineer' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

Salesforce Engineer job vacancy trend in the UK

Salesforce Engineer
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for Salesforce Engineer job vacancies in the UK.

Salary distribution trend for Salesforce Engineer job vacancies in the UK

Salesforce Engineer
Top 6 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Salesforce Engineer within the UK over the 6 months to 27 May 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
UK excluding London -39 20 - - 13
England -51 14 £88,750 +47.92% 14
Work from Home - 11 - - 4
Scotland - 10 - -
South East - 10 - - 5
London -20 4 £88,750 +44.90% 2

Salesforce Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities

For the 6 months to 27 May 2026, Salesforce Engineer job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads featuring Salesforce Engineer in the job title.

1 39 (100.00%) Salesforce
2 27 (69.23%) Mentoring
3 24 (61.54%) Apex Code
3 24 (61.54%) Lightning Web Components
4 23 (58.97%) CRM
5 20 (51.28%) AI
6 19 (48.72%) Salesforce Service Cloud
7 14 (35.90%) CI/CD
7 14 (35.90%) DBS Check
7 14 (35.90%) Roadmaps
8 13 (33.33%) Agile
9 12 (30.77%) Data Modelling
9 12 (30.77%) DevOps
9 12 (30.77%) REST
9 12 (30.77%) SOAP
9 12 (30.77%) Technical Leadership
9 12 (30.77%) Test Automation
10 11 (28.21%) Customer Engagement
10 11 (28.21%) GitHub
10 11 (28.21%) Observability
10 11 (28.21%) Personalization
11 10 (25.64%) Architectural Design
11 10 (25.64%) Architectural Patterns
11 10 (25.64%) Asset Management
11 10 (25.64%) Azure
11 10 (25.64%) Azure DevOps
11 10 (25.64%) Clean Code
11 10 (25.64%) Coaching
11 10 (25.64%) Customer Experience
11 10 (25.64%) Data Strategy

Salesforce Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities 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:

Cloud Services
1 19 (48.72%) Salesforce Service Cloud
2 11 (28.21%) GitHub
3 10 (25.64%) Azure
3 10 (25.64%) Azure DevOps
3 10 (25.64%) GitHub Copilot
4 5 (12.82%) Salesforce Einstein
4 5 (12.82%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (2.56%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 1 (2.56%) Cucumber
1 1 (2.56%) git-flow
1 1 (2.56%) Postman
1 1 (2.56%) REST Assured
General
1 17 (43.59%) Marketing
2 14 (35.90%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 13 (33.33%) Finance
4 11 (28.21%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 24 (61.54%) Lightning Web Components
2 12 (30.77%) REST
2 12 (30.77%) SOAP
3 1 (2.56%) Playwright
3 1 (2.56%) React
Miscellaneous
1 11 (28.21%) Product Ownership
2 10 (25.64%) Marketing Technology
3 1 (2.56%) Onboarding
Processes & Methodologies
1 27 (69.23%) Mentoring
2 23 (58.97%) CRM
3 20 (51.28%) AI
4 14 (35.90%) CI/CD
4 14 (35.90%) Roadmaps
5 13 (33.33%) Agile
6 12 (30.77%) Data Modelling
6 12 (30.77%) DevOps
6 12 (30.77%) Technical Leadership
6 12 (30.77%) Test Automation
7 11 (28.21%) Customer Engagement
7 11 (28.21%) Observability
7 11 (28.21%) Personalization
8 10 (25.64%) Architectural Patterns
8 10 (25.64%) Asset Management
8 10 (25.64%) Coaching
8 10 (25.64%) Customer Experience
8 10 (25.64%) Data Strategy
8 10 (25.64%) Sprint Planning
8 10 (25.64%) Sprint Retrospective
Programming Languages
1 24 (61.54%) Apex Code
2 2 (5.13%) SOQL
2 2 (5.13%) SOSL
3 1 (2.56%) Java
3 1 (2.56%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 14 (35.90%) DBS Check
2 1 (2.56%) BPSS Clearance
2 1 (2.56%) Degree
2 1 (2.56%) ISTQB
2 1 (2.56%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (2.56%) Data Quality
Systems Management
1 1 (2.56%) Grafana
Vendors
1 39 (100.00%) Salesforce
2 1 (2.56%) Conga
2 1 (2.56%) GoCardless
2 1 (2.56%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud