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 6 December 2025, 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
6 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 139 163 138
Rank change year-on-year +24 -25 +24
Permanent jobs citing Salesforce 1,032 1,056 1,190
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 1.85% 1.68% 2.37%
As % of the Vendors category 5.13% 4.77% 5.66%
Number of salaries quoted 607 540 947
10th Percentile £30,548 £30,900 £32,500
25th Percentile £37,500 £41,500 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £60,250 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.56% +0.42% -7.69%
75th Percentile £73,125 £78,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £97,500 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £54,992 £46,000
% change year-on-year -9.08% +19.55% -21.37%

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 20,100 22,160 21,035
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 36.01% 35.28% 41.82%
Number of salaries quoted 11,327 11,602 16,373
10th Percentile £27,000 £31,250 £29,000
25th Percentile £32,851 £41,250 £39,800
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £57,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.28% +3.64% -4.35%
75th Percentile £72,500 £76,438 £73,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £93,778 £91,934
UK excluding London median annual salary £42,500 £50,000 £49,000
% change year-on-year -15.00% +2.04% -2.00%

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 6 December 2025.

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 6 December 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 +25 880 £57,500 -4.17% 1,608
UK excluding London +54 574 £50,000 -9.08% 1,480
London +37 370 £70,000 - 315
Work from Home +54 337 £52,500 -1.04% 774
North of England +33 165 £55,000 -4.35% 324
Midlands +41 136 £35,500 -1.39% 264
North West +27 97 £60,000 +4.35% 159
South East +25 96 £54,000 -1.12% 452
East Midlands +57 69 £37,750 -31.36% 115
West Midlands +3 65 £34,750 +20.57% 133
Yorkshire +17 59 £43,750 -35.19% 139
South West +12 52 £50,000 -4.76% 142
East of England +11 49 £50,000 -28.57% 194
Scotland +16 36 £35,000 -68.18% 65
Wales +34 34 £55,000 -9.61% 41
North East +5 9 £57,500 -4.71% 28
Northern Ireland -12 7 - - 15

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 (2.33%) SharePoint
2 23 (2.23%) WordPress
3 18 (1.74%) Confluence
4 17 (1.65%) CMS
5 16 (1.55%) Microsoft Exchange
6 11 (1.07%) IIS
7 6 (0.58%) 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 2 (0.19%) Jupyter
11 1 (0.097%) Apache Airflow
11 1 (0.097%) Apache Spark
11 1 (0.097%) BizTalk Server
11 1 (0.097%) Drupal
11 1 (0.097%) HCL Notes
11 1 (0.097%) Strapi
11 1 (0.097%) Tomcat
Applications
1 81 (7.85%) Microsoft Excel
2 60 (5.81%) Microsoft Office
3 14 (1.36%) Maya
4 11 (1.07%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 11 (1.07%) Photoshop
5 7 (0.68%) Adobe Premiere
6 5 (0.48%) Adobe Creative Suite
7 4 (0.39%) PlantUML
8 3 (0.29%) Microsoft Project
8 3 (0.29%) Spreadsheet
9 2 (0.19%) MS Visio
10 1 (0.097%) Acrobat
10 1 (0.097%) InDesign
10 1 (0.097%) Trello
Business Applications
1 76 (7.36%) Dynamics CRM
2 72 (6.98%) Salesforce CRM
3 20 (1.94%) NetSuite
4 8 (0.78%) SAP S/4HANA
4 8 (0.78%) Shopify
5 4 (0.39%) Exchequer
5 4 (0.39%) Oracle Applications
5 4 (0.39%) SAP CX
6 3 (0.29%) Infor M3
6 3 (0.29%) Payment Gateway
6 3 (0.29%) Raiser’s Edge
7 1 (0.097%) Adobe Campaign
7 1 (0.097%) Dynamics AX
7 1 (0.097%) NEC Housing
7 1 (0.097%) Oracle CRM
7 1 (0.097%) Pegasus Opera
7 1 (0.097%) Sage 1000
7 1 (0.097%) SAP Business One
7 1 (0.097%) Sprinklr
7 1 (0.097%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 130 (12.60%) Azure
2 115 (11.14%) SaaS
3 95 (9.21%) Salesforce Service Cloud
4 78 (7.56%) Power Platform
5 55 (5.33%) Microsoft 365
6 40 (3.88%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
7 39 (3.78%) Azure DevOps
8 36 (3.49%) AWS
9 35 (3.39%) GitHub
10 26 (2.52%) Salesforce Commerce Cloud
11 23 (2.23%) Dynamics 365
12 21 (2.03%) GCP
13 20 (1.94%) Boomi
14 18 (1.74%) GitHub Copilot
15 16 (1.55%) Google Analytics
16 14 (1.36%) Google Workspace
16 14 (1.36%) Snowflake
17 12 (1.16%) Zapier
18 11 (1.07%) Entra ID
18 11 (1.07%) MailChimp
Communications & Networking
1 33 (3.20%) Broadband
2 32 (3.10%) SMS
3 19 (1.84%) VoIP
4 16 (1.55%) Wi-Fi
5 13 (1.26%) Internet
5 13 (1.26%) VPN
6 12 (1.16%) Network Security
7 8 (0.78%) Ethernet
8 7 (0.68%) Firewall
8 7 (0.68%) IP Telephony
8 7 (0.68%) PSTN
8 7 (0.68%) TCP/IP
8 7 (0.68%) WPA
9 6 (0.58%) HTTP
10 5 (0.48%) DMZ
10 5 (0.48%) STUN
10 5 (0.48%) VLAN
11 3 (0.29%) AMQP
11 3 (0.29%) PBX
11 3 (0.29%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 66 (6.40%) Power BI
2 55 (5.33%) Tableau
3 50 (4.84%) SQL Server
4 25 (2.42%) Data Lake
5 16 (1.55%) Data Warehouse
6 14 (1.36%) MySQL
7 10 (0.97%) Looker
7 10 (0.97%) Relational Database
8 7 (0.68%) SAP Data Services
9 6 (0.58%) PostgreSQL
10 5 (0.48%) BigQuery
10 5 (0.48%) Power Query
10 5 (0.48%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 4 (0.39%) Amazon Redshift
11 4 (0.39%) BusinessObjects
11 4 (0.39%) Crystal Reports
11 4 (0.39%) Geospatial Data
11 4 (0.39%) GIS
11 4 (0.39%) Metadata
11 4 (0.39%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 75 (7.27%) JIRA
2 22 (2.13%) Git
3 21 (2.03%) Jenkins
4 16 (1.55%) GitLab
4 16 (1.55%) SonarQube
5 7 (0.68%) ER Studio
6 6 (0.58%) Snyk
7 4 (0.39%) Browser DevTools
7 4 (0.39%) Postman
8 2 (0.19%) Bitbucket
8 2 (0.19%) Katalon Studio
8 2 (0.19%) LabVIEW
9 1 (0.097%) GCC
9 1 (0.097%) Octopus Deploy
9 1 (0.097%) Oracle APEX
9 1 (0.097%) RStudio
9 1 (0.097%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
9 1 (0.097%) TeamCity
General
1 394 (38.18%) Social Skills
2 384 (37.21%) Marketing
3 271 (26.26%) Finance
4 168 (16.28%) Analytical Skills
5 109 (10.56%) Retail
6 99 (9.59%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 70 (6.78%) Presentation Skills
8 59 (5.72%) Organisational Skills
9 52 (5.04%) Law
10 42 (4.07%) Legal
11 38 (3.68%) Banking
11 38 (3.68%) Public Sector
12 35 (3.39%) Games
13 33 (3.20%) Telecoms
14 24 (2.33%) Manufacturing
15 22 (2.13%) Advertising
15 22 (2.13%) Influencing Skills
16 10 (0.97%) Investment Banking
16 10 (0.97%) Publishing
17 9 (0.87%) Front Office
Job Titles
1 182 (17.64%) Senior
2 115 (11.14%) Developer
3 99 (9.59%) Analyst
4 94 (9.11%) Architect
5 93 (9.01%) Salesforce Developer
6 74 (7.17%) Lead
7 61 (5.91%) Business Manager
8 60 (5.81%) Development Manager
9 59 (5.72%) Business Development Manager
10 52 (5.04%) Administrator
11 46 (4.46%) Salesforce Architect
12 43 (4.17%) Senior Developer
13 40 (3.88%) Business Analyst
14 39 (3.78%) Salesforce Administrator
14 39 (3.78%) Senior Salesforce Developer
15 37 (3.59%) Support Engineer
16 33 (3.20%) Solutions Architect
17 30 (2.91%) CRM Executive
18 28 (2.71%) Sales Executive
19 27 (2.62%) Support Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 99 (9.59%) Lightning Web Components
2 88 (8.53%) REST
3 73 (7.07%) SOAP
4 35 (3.39%) Visualforce
5 31 (3.00%) .NET
6 29 (2.81%) HTML
7 25 (2.42%) CSS
7 25 (2.42%) Middleware
8 12 (1.16%) Web Services
9 10 (0.97%) LAMP
9 10 (0.97%) Node.js
9 10 (0.97%) OAuth
10 8 (0.78%) EDI
10 8 (0.78%) GraphQL
11 6 (0.58%) JSON
11 6 (0.58%) OAuth2
12 5 (0.48%) FreeSWITCH
12 5 (0.48%) React
13 4 (0.39%) Pandas
13 4 (0.39%) scikit-learn
Miscellaneous
1 99 (9.59%) Onboarding
2 82 (7.95%) Product Ownership
3 57 (5.52%) Management Information System
4 46 (4.46%) Analytical Mindset
5 39 (3.78%) Social Media
6 37 (3.59%) Cloud Native
7 31 (3.00%) Self-Motivation
8 22 (2.13%) FMCG
9 20 (1.94%) Blog
10 19 (1.84%) Enterprise Software
11 15 (1.45%) Data Structures
12 14 (1.36%) Driving Licence
12 14 (1.36%) Legacy Systems
13 12 (1.16%) Greenfield Project
14 10 (0.97%) Linux Command Line
14 10 (0.97%) NHS
15 9 (0.87%) Podcast
16 8 (0.78%) Low-Code
16 8 (0.78%) Marketing Technology
16 8 (0.78%) Satnav
Operating Systems
1 33 (3.20%) Windows
2 26 (2.52%) Linux
3 14 (1.36%) Windows Server
4 11 (1.07%) Windows 10
5 5 (0.48%) Apple iOS
5 5 (0.48%) Debian
6 2 (0.19%) Android
7 1 (0.097%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 487 (47.19%) CRM
2 191 (18.51%) Analytics
3 177 (17.15%) Agile
3 177 (17.15%) Problem-Solving
4 163 (15.79%) Roadmaps
5 161 (15.60%) Continuous Improvement
6 127 (12.31%) DevOps
7 125 (12.11%) Mentoring
8 121 (11.72%) Decision-Making
9 118 (11.43%) B2B
10 114 (11.05%) Business Development
11 111 (10.76%) CI/CD
12 107 (10.37%) Stakeholder Management
13 105 (10.17%) Business Intelligence
14 98 (9.50%) Project Management
15 91 (8.82%) Customer Experience
16 87 (8.43%) AI
16 87 (8.43%) Customer Engagement
17 81 (7.85%) ERP
17 81 (7.85%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 104 (10.08%) Apex Code
2 94 (9.11%) SQL
3 52 (5.04%) Python
4 41 (3.97%) JavaScript
5 26 (2.52%) SOQL
6 18 (1.74%) SOSL
7 17 (1.65%) PowerShell
8 12 (1.16%) Java
9 11 (1.07%) PHP
10 9 (0.87%) R
11 7 (0.68%) C#
12 5 (0.48%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 3 (0.29%) T-SQL
14 2 (0.19%) Ada
14 2 (0.19%) DataWeave
14 2 (0.19%) TypeScript
14 2 (0.19%) VB
15 1 (0.097%) Bash
15 1 (0.097%) VB.NET
15 1 (0.097%) VBA
Qualifications
1 158 (15.31%) Degree
2 71 (6.88%) DBS Check
3 40 (3.88%) Security Cleared
4 34 (3.29%) SC Cleared
5 14 (1.36%) Master's Degree
6 8 (0.78%) Computer Science Degree
6 8 (0.78%) HND
6 8 (0.78%) Numerate Degree
7 7 (0.68%) Microsoft Certification
8 6 (0.58%) Azure Certification
8 6 (0.58%) MBA
9 4 (0.39%) A+ Certification
9 4 (0.39%) CIMA
9 4 (0.39%) ISEB
10 3 (0.29%) ACCA
10 3 (0.29%) BPSS Clearance
10 3 (0.29%) ISTQB
11 2 (0.19%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
11 2 (0.19%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
11 2 (0.19%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 77 (7.46%) GDPR
2 36 (3.49%) SLA
3 28 (2.71%) Data Quality
4 21 (2.03%) QA
5 10 (0.97%) Accessibility
5 10 (0.97%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 9 (0.87%) PMO
7 7 (0.68%) ISO 9001
8 6 (0.58%) Cyber Essentials
9 5 (0.48%) GRC
9 5 (0.48%) IFRS
10 4 (0.39%) PERC
11 2 (0.19%) GxP
11 2 (0.19%) ITGC
12 1 (0.097%) Actionable Recommendations
12 1 (0.097%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
12 1 (0.097%) HIPAA
12 1 (0.097%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 26 (2.52%) Active Directory
2 8 (0.78%) VMware Infrastructure
3 6 (0.58%) Hyper-V
4 5 (0.48%) Kamailio
5 2 (0.19%) VMware ESXi
6 1 (0.097%) Docker
6 1 (0.097%) Virtual Desktop
6 1 (0.097%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 7 (0.68%) Microsoft Intune
1 7 (0.68%) Terraform
2 5 (0.48%) Autotask
3 4 (0.39%) SCCM
3 4 (0.39%) Single Sign-On
4 2 (0.19%) Ansible
4 2 (0.19%) Kubernetes
5 1 (0.097%) Backup Exec
Vendors
1 202 (19.57%) Microsoft
2 96 (9.30%) SAP
3 86 (8.33%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
4 84 (8.14%) HubSpot
5 56 (5.43%) Adobe
6 52 (5.04%) MuleSoft
7 50 (4.84%) Google
8 49 (4.75%) Oracle
9 38 (3.68%) Cisco
10 33 (3.20%) ServiceNow
11 27 (2.62%) Pardot
12 19 (1.84%) Dell
13 18 (1.74%) Zoho
14 15 (1.45%) Splunk
15 9 (0.87%) Alteryx
16 8 (0.78%) Facebook
16 8 (0.78%) Genesys
16 8 (0.78%) VMware
17 7 (0.68%) Avaya
17 7 (0.68%) Instagram