Salesforce Job Trends

Salesforce
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies requiring knowledge or experience of Salesforce products and/or services. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Salesforce over the 6 months leading up to 16 January 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

The figures below represent the IT labour market in general and are not representative of salaries within Salesforce.

6 months to
16 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 140 161 144
Rank change year-on-year +21 -17 0
Permanent jobs citing Salesforce 1,050 955 1,153
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 1.73% 1.79% 2.06%
As % of the Vendors category 5.54% 4.81% 5.23%
Number of salaries quoted 592 440 886
10th Percentile £30,580 £28,822 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £44,598 £38,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £63,750 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.80% +15.91% -18.52%
75th Percentile £75,000 £80,000 £73,563
90th Percentile £88,750 £97,500 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £57,500 £40,000
% change year-on-year -8.70% +43.75% -30.43%

All Vendors
UK

Salesforce falls under the Vendor Products and Services category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring knowledge or experience of all vendor products and services.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 18,966 19,866 22,057
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 31.26% 37.19% 39.33%
Number of salaries quoted 10,723 10,073 16,893
10th Percentile £27,500 £31,500 £28,500
25th Percentile £33,500 £42,000 £38,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,000 £57,443 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.22% +4.44% -4.35%
75th Percentile £73,750 £76,250 £72,500
90th Percentile £90,000 £93,772 £91,150
UK excluding London median annual salary £43,000 £50,000 £47,557
% change year-on-year -14.00% +5.14% -4.89%

Salesforce
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Salesforce job vacancy trend in the UK

Salesforce
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Salesforce.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Salesforce

Salesforce
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Salesforce over the 6 months to 16 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Salesforce in the UK

Salesforce
Top 17 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Salesforce within the UK over the 6 months to 16 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
England +28 893 £57,500 -8.00% 1,352
UK excluding London +49 598 £52,500 -8.70% 1,272
London +30 363 £70,000 - 220
Work from Home +52 327 £52,500 -12.50% 477
North of England +44 191 £53,750 -6.52% 247
North West +43 121 £55,000 -4.35% 97
Midlands +21 121 £39,000 -5.45% 187
South East +53 109 £55,000 -15.38% 396
Yorkshire +19 63 £50,000 -23.08% 116
East Midlands +29 60 £40,000 -38.46% 122
West Midlands -8 59 £39,000 +35.31% 61
South West +11 57 £52,500 -12.50% 160
East of England +16 43 £50,000 -28.57% 191
Scotland +13 41 £35,000 -68.18% 35
Wales +33 29 £56,250 -4.26% 63
Northern Ireland -17 8 - - 29
North East -2 7 £35,000 -18.00% 35

Salesforce
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:

Application Platforms
1 24 (2.29%) WordPress
2 18 (1.71%) SharePoint
3 17 (1.62%) CMS
4 16 (1.52%) Confluence
5 11 (1.05%) Microsoft Exchange
6 10 (0.95%) IIS
7 6 (0.57%) Apache
8 5 (0.48%) Moodle
9 3 (0.29%) Anypoint
9 3 (0.29%) Appian
9 3 (0.29%) Oracle Coherence
9 3 (0.29%) Sitecore CMS
10 1 (0.095%) Apache Airflow
10 1 (0.095%) Drupal
10 1 (0.095%) Strapi
Applications
1 75 (7.14%) Microsoft Excel
2 45 (4.29%) Microsoft Office
3 14 (1.33%) Maya
4 9 (0.86%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 6 (0.57%) Photoshop
6 5 (0.48%) Adobe Premiere
7 4 (0.38%) Adobe Creative Suite
7 4 (0.38%) PlantUML
8 2 (0.19%) Spreadsheet
9 1 (0.095%) Acrobat
9 1 (0.095%) InDesign
9 1 (0.095%) Microsoft Project
9 1 (0.095%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 85 (8.10%) Salesforce CRM
2 72 (6.86%) Dynamics CRM
3 24 (2.29%) NetSuite
4 5 (0.48%) Shopify
5 4 (0.38%) Dynamics AX
5 4 (0.38%) Oracle Applications
5 4 (0.38%) SAP CX
5 4 (0.38%) Unit4 Business World
6 3 (0.29%) Infor M3
6 3 (0.29%) Payment Gateway
7 2 (0.19%) IBM Planning Analytics
7 2 (0.19%) Q-Pulse
7 2 (0.19%) Sage 200
8 1 (0.095%) Integrated Workplace Management System
8 1 (0.095%) NEC Housing
8 1 (0.095%) Oracle CRM
8 1 (0.095%) Pegasus Opera
8 1 (0.095%) SAP Business ByDesign
8 1 (0.095%) SAP S/4HANA
8 1 (0.095%) Sprinklr
Cloud Services
1 128 (12.19%) Azure
2 122 (11.62%) SaaS
3 104 (9.90%) Salesforce Service Cloud
4 68 (6.48%) Power Platform
5 55 (5.24%) AWS
6 46 (4.38%) GitHub
6 46 (4.38%) Microsoft 365
6 46 (4.38%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
7 45 (4.29%) Azure DevOps
8 30 (2.86%) GCP
9 25 (2.38%) Dynamics 365
9 25 (2.38%) Salesforce Commerce Cloud
10 22 (2.10%) GitHub Copilot
10 22 (2.10%) Google Analytics
11 20 (1.90%) Boomi
12 15 (1.43%) Salesforce Einstein
13 14 (1.33%) Snowflake
14 12 (1.14%) Zapier
15 11 (1.05%) GitHub Actions
15 11 (1.05%) Google Workspace
Communications & Networking
1 34 (3.24%) Broadband
2 31 (2.95%) SMS
3 20 (1.90%) Wi-Fi
4 16 (1.52%) Internet
5 15 (1.43%) VPN
6 12 (1.14%) VoIP
7 7 (0.67%) Ethernet
7 7 (0.67%) IP Telephony
7 7 (0.67%) PSTN
7 7 (0.67%) WPA
8 5 (0.48%) HTTP
8 5 (0.48%) TCP/IP
9 4 (0.38%) DMZ
9 4 (0.38%) Firewall
9 4 (0.38%) LAN
9 4 (0.38%) Network Security
9 4 (0.38%) STUN
9 4 (0.38%) VLAN
10 3 (0.29%) AMQP
10 3 (0.29%) SCCP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 59 (5.62%) Tableau
2 58 (5.52%) Power BI
3 38 (3.62%) SQL Server
4 22 (2.10%) Data Lake
5 13 (1.24%) Data Warehouse
5 13 (1.24%) MySQL
6 11 (1.05%) Relational Database
7 8 (0.76%) Looker
8 5 (0.48%) BigQuery
8 5 (0.48%) Power Query
9 4 (0.38%) Amazon Redshift
9 4 (0.38%) Geospatial Data
9 4 (0.38%) Metadata
9 4 (0.38%) PostgreSQL
10 3 (0.29%) QlikView
10 3 (0.29%) RDBMS
11 2 (0.19%) Big Data
11 2 (0.19%) KNIME
12 1 (0.095%) Electronic Patient Records
12 1 (0.095%) Qlik Sense
Development Applications
1 75 (7.14%) JIRA
2 24 (2.29%) Jenkins
3 23 (2.19%) Git
4 16 (1.52%) GitLab
4 16 (1.52%) SonarQube
5 5 (0.48%) Snyk
6 4 (0.38%) Browser DevTools
6 4 (0.38%) Postman
7 2 (0.19%) Katalon Studio
7 2 (0.19%) LabVIEW
8 1 (0.095%) Bitbucket
8 1 (0.095%) GCC
8 1 (0.095%) Selenium
General
1 400 (38.10%) Marketing
2 388 (36.95%) Social Skills
3 277 (26.38%) Finance
4 177 (16.86%) Analytical Skills
5 129 (12.29%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 102 (9.71%) Retail
7 81 (7.71%) Presentation Skills
8 49 (4.67%) Law
9 47 (4.48%) Organisational Skills
10 39 (3.71%) Legal
10 39 (3.71%) Public Sector
11 38 (3.62%) Banking
12 35 (3.33%) Games
13 33 (3.14%) Telecoms
14 25 (2.38%) Manufacturing
15 19 (1.81%) Advertising
16 12 (1.14%) Documentation Skills
16 12 (1.14%) Publishing
17 11 (1.05%) Front Office
17 11 (1.05%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 192 (18.29%) Senior
2 136 (12.95%) Developer
3 117 (11.14%) Analyst
4 111 (10.57%) Salesforce Developer
5 77 (7.33%) Architect
6 73 (6.95%) Lead
7 50 (4.76%) Administrator
8 48 (4.57%) CRM Executive
8 48 (4.57%) Development Manager
9 47 (4.48%) Business Analyst
9 47 (4.48%) Business Development Manager
9 47 (4.48%) Business Manager
10 44 (4.19%) Salesforce Architect
11 43 (4.10%) Senior Developer
12 41 (3.90%) Salesforce Administrator
13 40 (3.81%) Senior Salesforce Developer
14 36 (3.43%) Marketing Manager
14 36 (3.43%) Project Manager
14 36 (3.43%) Support Engineer
15 35 (3.33%) Sales Executive
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 102 (9.71%) Lightning Web Components
2 97 (9.24%) REST
3 81 (7.71%) SOAP
4 35 (3.33%) Visualforce
5 28 (2.67%) .NET
6 27 (2.57%) Middleware
7 24 (2.29%) CSS
7 24 (2.29%) HTML
8 15 (1.43%) EDI
9 14 (1.33%) Node.js
10 12 (1.14%) Web Services
11 10 (0.95%) LAMP
12 8 (0.76%) GraphQL
12 8 (0.76%) JSON
13 7 (0.67%) OAuth
14 6 (0.57%) OAuth2
14 6 (0.57%) React
15 4 (0.38%) Kafka
15 4 (0.38%) Pandas
15 4 (0.38%) scikit-learn
Miscellaneous
1 107 (10.19%) Onboarding
2 83 (7.90%) Product Ownership
3 59 (5.62%) Management Information System
4 44 (4.19%) Analytical Mindset
5 38 (3.62%) Cloud Native
6 32 (3.05%) Self-Motivation
7 28 (2.67%) FMCG
8 27 (2.57%) Social Media
9 20 (1.90%) Data Structures
10 18 (1.71%) Enterprise Software
11 14 (1.33%) Greenfield Project
12 13 (1.24%) NHS
13 12 (1.14%) Blog
14 11 (1.05%) Driving Licence
15 10 (0.95%) Legacy Systems
15 10 (0.95%) Linux Command Line
15 10 (0.95%) Podcast
16 9 (0.86%) Marketing Technology
16 9 (0.86%) Security Posture
16 9 (0.86%) Web Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 25 (2.38%) Linux
1 25 (2.38%) Windows
2 11 (1.05%) Windows 10
3 6 (0.57%) Windows Server
4 5 (0.48%) Apple iOS
5 4 (0.38%) Debian
6 2 (0.19%) Android
7 1 (0.095%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 482 (45.90%) CRM
2 214 (20.38%) Analytics
3 179 (17.05%) Problem-Solving
4 172 (16.38%) Agile
5 164 (15.62%) Continuous Improvement
6 150 (14.29%) Roadmaps
7 143 (13.62%) Mentoring
8 137 (13.05%) DevOps
9 127 (12.10%) CI/CD
10 124 (11.81%) Decision-Making
11 109 (10.38%) B2B
12 102 (9.71%) Stakeholder Management
13 99 (9.43%) Business Development
14 98 (9.33%) AI
15 96 (9.14%) Business Intelligence
15 96 (9.14%) Project Management
16 95 (9.05%) Customer Experience
17 93 (8.86%) Coaching
18 88 (8.38%) Stakeholder Engagement
19 82 (7.81%) Customer Engagement
Programming Languages
1 114 (10.86%) Apex Code
2 90 (8.57%) SQL
3 62 (5.90%) Python
4 48 (4.57%) JavaScript
5 25 (2.38%) SOQL
6 18 (1.71%) SOSL
7 16 (1.52%) Java
8 15 (1.43%) PowerShell
9 11 (1.05%) PHP
10 7 (0.67%) R
10 7 (0.67%) TypeScript
11 5 (0.48%) C#
12 4 (0.38%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 4 (0.38%) Google Apps Script
13 2 (0.19%) Ada
13 2 (0.19%) DataWeave
13 2 (0.19%) Scala
13 2 (0.19%) T-SQL
13 2 (0.19%) VB
14 1 (0.095%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 152 (14.48%) Degree
2 70 (6.67%) DBS Check
3 56 (5.33%) Security Cleared
4 45 (4.29%) SC Cleared
5 16 (1.52%) Master's Degree
6 10 (0.95%) Computer Science Degree
7 8 (0.76%) CIMA
7 8 (0.76%) HND
7 8 (0.76%) MBA
7 8 (0.76%) Numerate Degree
8 7 (0.67%) ACCA
9 6 (0.57%) Microsoft Certification
10 5 (0.48%) BPSS Clearance
10 5 (0.48%) CITP
11 4 (0.38%) A+ Certification
12 3 (0.29%) Azure Certification
12 3 (0.29%) ISEB
12 3 (0.29%) ISTQB
12 3 (0.29%) PMI Certification
13 2 (0.19%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 76 (7.24%) GDPR
2 36 (3.43%) Data Quality
3 27 (2.57%) SLA
4 22 (2.10%) QA
5 11 (1.05%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 8 (0.76%) Accessibility
6 8 (0.76%) PMO
7 6 (0.57%) ISO 9001
8 5 (0.48%) IFRS
9 4 (0.38%) Actionable Recommendations
9 4 (0.38%) Cyber Essentials
9 4 (0.38%) GRC
10 3 (0.29%) NIST
10 3 (0.29%) PCI DSS
10 3 (0.29%) PERC
11 2 (0.19%) GxP
11 2 (0.19%) ITGC
12 1 (0.095%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 1 (0.095%) SOC 2
System Software
1 21 (2.00%) Active Directory
2 5 (0.48%) Docker
3 4 (0.38%) Kamailio
4 1 (0.095%) Hyper-V
4 1 (0.095%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 14 (1.33%) Terraform
2 5 (0.48%) Ansible
2 5 (0.48%) Kubernetes
2 5 (0.48%) Single Sign-On
3 4 (0.38%) Microsoft Intune
3 4 (0.38%) SCCM
4 1 (0.095%) Autotask
Vendors
1 215 (20.48%) Microsoft
2 90 (8.57%) HubSpot
3 77 (7.33%) SAP
4 75 (7.14%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
5 64 (6.10%) Cisco
6 58 (5.52%) MuleSoft
7 51 (4.86%) Adobe
8 50 (4.76%) Google
9 45 (4.29%) Oracle
10 31 (2.95%) ServiceNow
11 27 (2.57%) Pardot
12 19 (1.81%) Dell
13 16 (1.52%) Zoho
14 15 (1.43%) Splunk
15 10 (0.95%) BMC
16 9 (0.86%) Alteryx
17 8 (0.76%) Genesys
17 8 (0.76%) Informatica
18 7 (0.67%) Avaya
18 7 (0.67%) Facebook