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 2 February 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
2 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 139 156 185
Rank change year-on-year +17 +29 -28
Permanent jobs citing Salesforce 1,070 991 1,223
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 1.67% 1.92% 1.67%
As % of the Vendors category 5.52% 5.07% 4.33%
Number of salaries quoted 621 437 919
10th Percentile £30,580 £28,822 £31,000
25th Percentile £38,500 £45,000 £38,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £62,500 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.00% +31.58% -29.63%
75th Percentile £75,000 £80,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £90,000 £97,500 £91,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £57,500 £38,000
% change year-on-year -8.70% +51.32% -33.91%

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 19,400 19,548 28,217
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 30.36% 37.84% 38.63%
Number of salaries quoted 10,769 9,792 22,087
10th Percentile £27,500 £31,500 £26,750
25th Percentile £33,750 £42,500 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £57,500 £51,528
Median % change year-on-year -8.70% +11.59% -10.39%
75th Percentile £74,258 £76,250 £70,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £93,778 £88,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £45,000 £51,500 £47,500
% change year-on-year -12.62% +8.42% -5.00%

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 2 February 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 2 February 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 +17 898 £57,500 -8.00% 571
UK excluding London +48 608 £52,500 -8.70% 392
London +17 369 £70,000 - 269
Work from Home +57 346 £52,500 -12.50% 314
North of England +26 190 £50,000 -13.04% 98
North West +44 122 £52,500 -8.70% 54
Midlands 0 116 £39,000 -8.24% 72
South East +59 109 £55,000 -12.00% 149
South West -3 65 £50,000 -16.67% 17
Yorkshire +3 61 £50,000 -20.00% 37
East Midlands +28 57 £40,000 -38.46% 32
West Midlands -12 57 £34,750 +20.57% 40
Scotland +10 49 £35,000 -68.18% 23
East of England +4 41 £52,500 -47.50% 24
Wales +31 29 £55,000 -6.38% 12
Northern Ireland -16 9 - - 2
North East -8 7 £46,250 +8.35% 9

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 20 (1.87%) SharePoint
1 20 (1.87%) WordPress
2 19 (1.78%) CMS
3 18 (1.68%) Confluence
4 10 (0.93%) IIS
5 9 (0.84%) Microsoft Exchange
6 6 (0.56%) Apache
7 5 (0.47%) Moodle
8 3 (0.28%) Anypoint
8 3 (0.28%) Appian
8 3 (0.28%) Oracle Coherence
8 3 (0.28%) Sitecore CMS
9 1 (0.093%) Apache Airflow
9 1 (0.093%) Drupal
9 1 (0.093%) Palantir Foundry
9 1 (0.093%) Strapi
Applications
1 49 (4.58%) Microsoft Excel
2 41 (3.83%) Microsoft Office
3 13 (1.21%) Maya
3 13 (1.21%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 6 (0.56%) Adobe Creative Suite
5 5 (0.47%) Adobe Premiere
5 5 (0.47%) Photoshop
6 4 (0.37%) PlantUML
7 3 (0.28%) Spreadsheet
8 2 (0.19%) MS Visio
9 1 (0.093%) Acrobat
9 1 (0.093%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 94 (8.79%) Salesforce CRM
2 70 (6.54%) Dynamics CRM
3 27 (2.52%) NetSuite
4 5 (0.47%) Shopify
4 5 (0.47%) Unit4 Business World
5 4 (0.37%) Dynamics AX
5 4 (0.37%) Oracle Applications
5 4 (0.37%) SAP CX
6 2 (0.19%) IBM Planning Analytics
6 2 (0.19%) Infor M3
6 2 (0.19%) Integrated Workplace Management System
6 2 (0.19%) Payment Gateway
6 2 (0.19%) Q-Pulse
6 2 (0.19%) Sage 200
6 2 (0.19%) SAP S/4HANA
7 1 (0.093%) Oracle CRM
7 1 (0.093%) Pegasus Opera
7 1 (0.093%) Raiser’s Edge
7 1 (0.093%) SAP Business ByDesign
7 1 (0.093%) Sprinklr
Cloud Services
1 124 (11.59%) SaaS
2 122 (11.40%) Azure
3 107 (10.00%) Salesforce Service Cloud
4 68 (6.36%) Power Platform
5 55 (5.14%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
6 54 (5.05%) AWS
7 48 (4.49%) Microsoft 365
8 46 (4.30%) GitHub
9 44 (4.11%) Azure DevOps
10 28 (2.62%) GCP
11 23 (2.15%) Google Analytics
11 23 (2.15%) Salesforce Commerce Cloud
12 22 (2.06%) GitHub Copilot
13 21 (1.96%) Dynamics 365
14 16 (1.50%) Boomi
15 15 (1.40%) Salesforce Einstein
16 12 (1.12%) Google Workspace
16 12 (1.12%) Zapier
17 11 (1.03%) Snowflake
18 9 (0.84%) Slack
Communications & Networking
1 42 (3.93%) Broadband
2 19 (1.78%) Wi-Fi
3 18 (1.68%) Internet
4 14 (1.31%) VPN
5 9 (0.84%) VoIP
6 7 (0.65%) IP Telephony
6 7 (0.65%) PSTN
6 7 (0.65%) WPA
7 6 (0.56%) Ethernet
7 6 (0.56%) TCP/IP
8 5 (0.47%) HTTP
9 4 (0.37%) LAN
10 3 (0.28%) AMQP
10 3 (0.28%) Firewall
10 3 (0.28%) Network Security
10 3 (0.28%) PBX
10 3 (0.28%) SCCP
10 3 (0.28%) SD-WAN
11 2 (0.19%) STUN
11 2 (0.19%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 57 (5.33%) Power BI
2 56 (5.23%) Tableau
3 30 (2.80%) SQL Server
4 21 (1.96%) Data Lake
5 14 (1.31%) MySQL
6 12 (1.12%) Relational Database
7 9 (0.84%) Data Warehouse
8 5 (0.47%) Metadata
8 5 (0.47%) Power Query
9 4 (0.37%) Geospatial Data
9 4 (0.37%) Looker
9 4 (0.37%) PostgreSQL
10 3 (0.28%) QlikView
10 3 (0.28%) RDBMS
11 2 (0.19%) BigQuery
11 2 (0.19%) KNIME
11 2 (0.19%) MariaDB
12 1 (0.093%) Electronic Patient Records
12 1 (0.093%) Qlik Sense
12 1 (0.093%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 77 (7.20%) JIRA
2 32 (2.99%) Jenkins
3 24 (2.24%) Git
3 24 (2.24%) GitLab
4 23 (2.15%) SonarQube
5 5 (0.47%) Snyk
6 4 (0.37%) Browser DevTools
6 4 (0.37%) Postman
7 2 (0.19%) Katalon Studio
7 2 (0.19%) LabVIEW
8 1 (0.093%) Bitbucket
8 1 (0.093%) GCC
8 1 (0.093%) Selenium
General
1 399 (37.29%) Social Skills
2 386 (36.07%) Marketing
3 277 (25.89%) Finance
4 152 (14.21%) Analytical Skills
5 147 (13.74%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 98 (9.16%) Retail
7 84 (7.85%) Presentation Skills
8 54 (5.05%) Organisational Skills
9 52 (4.86%) Law
10 51 (4.77%) Public Sector
11 44 (4.11%) Legal
12 41 (3.83%) Games
13 33 (3.08%) Banking
14 30 (2.80%) Telecoms
15 27 (2.52%) Manufacturing
16 19 (1.78%) Advertising
17 15 (1.40%) Publishing
18 11 (1.03%) Documentation Skills
18 11 (1.03%) Front Office
19 10 (0.93%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 168 (15.70%) Senior
2 149 (13.93%) Developer
3 124 (11.59%) Salesforce Developer
4 116 (10.84%) Analyst
5 88 (8.22%) Architect
6 76 (7.10%) Lead
7 58 (5.42%) Administrator
8 56 (5.23%) Salesforce Architect
9 47 (4.39%) Business Analyst
10 46 (4.30%) Business Manager
10 46 (4.30%) Development Manager
11 45 (4.21%) Salesforce Administrator
12 44 (4.11%) Business Development Manager
13 42 (3.93%) Senior Developer
14 39 (3.64%) Marketing Manager
14 39 (3.64%) Sales Executive
14 39 (3.64%) Senior Salesforce Developer
15 38 (3.55%) Project Manager
16 35 (3.27%) Data Analyst
17 30 (2.80%) Account Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 123 (11.50%) Lightning Web Components
2 118 (11.03%) REST
3 100 (9.35%) SOAP
4 49 (4.58%) Visualforce
5 33 (3.08%) Middleware
6 32 (2.99%) .NET
7 26 (2.43%) CSS
7 26 (2.43%) HTML
8 17 (1.59%) EDI
9 14 (1.31%) Node.js
10 11 (1.03%) Web Services
11 10 (0.93%) LAMP
11 10 (0.93%) OAuth
12 9 (0.84%) JSON
13 7 (0.65%) GraphQL
13 7 (0.65%) React
14 6 (0.56%) OAuth2
15 4 (0.37%) Kafka
16 3 (0.28%) Apollo GraphQL
16 3 (0.28%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 97 (9.07%) Product Ownership
2 88 (8.22%) Onboarding
3 61 (5.70%) Management Information System
4 43 (4.02%) Analytical Mindset
5 39 (3.64%) Self-Motivation
6 38 (3.55%) Cloud Native
7 31 (2.90%) FMCG
8 25 (2.34%) Social Media
9 23 (2.15%) Data Structures
10 17 (1.59%) Enterprise Software
11 16 (1.50%) Greenfield Project
12 13 (1.21%) NHS
13 12 (1.12%) Low-Code
14 11 (1.03%) Blog
15 10 (0.93%) Driving Licence
15 10 (0.93%) Linux Command Line
15 10 (0.93%) Podcast
15 10 (0.93%) Security Posture
16 9 (0.84%) Marketing Technology
16 9 (0.84%) Web Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 22 (2.06%) Linux
2 21 (1.96%) Windows
3 9 (0.84%) Windows 10
4 6 (0.56%) Apple iOS
5 3 (0.28%) Windows Server
6 2 (0.19%) Android
6 2 (0.19%) Debian
7 1 (0.093%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 470 (43.93%) CRM
2 188 (17.57%) Problem-Solving
3 183 (17.10%) Agile
4 180 (16.82%) Analytics
5 178 (16.64%) Continuous Improvement
6 149 (13.93%) Mentoring
7 146 (13.64%) CI/CD
7 146 (13.64%) DevOps
8 125 (11.68%) Decision-Making
9 123 (11.50%) Roadmaps
10 112 (10.47%) B2B
11 105 (9.81%) Business Development
12 101 (9.44%) Coaching
12 101 (9.44%) Customer Experience
12 101 (9.44%) Project Management
13 98 (9.16%) Business Intelligence
13 98 (9.16%) Stakeholder Management
14 97 (9.07%) AI
15 84 (7.85%) Data Modelling
16 83 (7.76%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 131 (12.24%) Apex Code
2 88 (8.22%) SQL
3 62 (5.79%) Python
4 56 (5.23%) JavaScript
5 39 (3.64%) SOQL
6 28 (2.62%) SOSL
7 20 (1.87%) Java
8 14 (1.31%) PowerShell
9 12 (1.12%) PHP
10 7 (0.65%) TypeScript
11 6 (0.56%) C#
12 5 (0.47%) T-SQL
13 4 (0.37%) Google Apps Script
14 3 (0.28%) Scala
15 2 (0.19%) Ada
15 2 (0.19%) DataWeave
15 2 (0.19%) R
16 1 (0.093%) Bash
16 1 (0.093%) Bicep
16 1 (0.093%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 161 (15.05%) Degree
2 68 (6.36%) Security Cleared
3 56 (5.23%) SC Cleared
4 37 (3.46%) DBS Check
5 17 (1.59%) Master's Degree
6 13 (1.21%) Computer Science Degree
7 11 (1.03%) CIMA
8 10 (0.93%) ACCA
9 8 (0.75%) Numerate Degree
10 7 (0.65%) BPSS Clearance
10 7 (0.65%) HND
11 6 (0.56%) MBA
11 6 (0.56%) Microsoft Certification
12 5 (0.47%) CITP
13 4 (0.37%) A+ Certification
14 3 (0.28%) PMI Certification
15 2 (0.19%) APMG
15 2 (0.19%) ISTQB
15 2 (0.19%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
15 2 (0.19%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 53 (4.95%) GDPR
2 40 (3.74%) Data Quality
3 26 (2.43%) SLA
4 24 (2.24%) QA
5 10 (0.93%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 9 (0.84%) Accessibility
7 7 (0.65%) Actionable Recommendations
7 7 (0.65%) PMO
8 5 (0.47%) GRC
8 5 (0.47%) IFRS
9 4 (0.37%) ISO 9001
10 3 (0.28%) NIST
10 3 (0.28%) PCI DSS
10 3 (0.28%) PERC
11 2 (0.19%) Cyber Essentials
11 2 (0.19%) GxP
11 2 (0.19%) ITGC
12 1 (0.093%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 1 (0.093%) SOC 2
12 1 (0.093%) WCAG
System Software
1 17 (1.59%) Active Directory
2 5 (0.47%) Docker
3 2 (0.19%) Kamailio
4 1 (0.093%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 14 (1.31%) Terraform
2 8 (0.75%) Single Sign-On
3 5 (0.47%) Ansible
4 4 (0.37%) Kubernetes
4 4 (0.37%) SCCM
5 3 (0.28%) Microsoft Intune
6 1 (0.093%) CASB
Vendors
1 217 (20.28%) Microsoft
2 85 (7.94%) HubSpot
3 80 (7.48%) SAP
4 68 (6.36%) Cisco
5 60 (5.61%) MuleSoft
6 48 (4.49%) Adobe
7 47 (4.39%) Google
8 45 (4.21%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
9 43 (4.02%) Oracle
10 35 (3.27%) ServiceNow
11 31 (2.90%) Pardot
12 24 (2.24%) Splunk
13 18 (1.68%) Dell
14 13 (1.21%) BMC
15 11 (1.03%) Zoho
16 8 (0.75%) Genesys
17 7 (0.65%) Avaya
17 7 (0.65%) Facebook
17 7 (0.65%) Informatica
17 7 (0.65%) Instagram