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 26 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
26 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 132 152 189
Rank change year-on-year +20 +37 -12
Permanent jobs citing Salesforce 1,128 911 1,230
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 1.62% 1.91% 1.64%
As % of the Vendors category 5.57% 4.92% 4.28%
Number of salaries quoted 662 463 940
10th Percentile £31,250 £28,822 £32,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £43,750 £38,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £59,527 £60,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -0.79% +33.33% -35.71%
75th Percentile £75,000 £80,000 £71,183
90th Percentile £93,750 £98,750 £90,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £48,000 £38,000
% change year-on-year +9.38% +26.32% -36.67%

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 20,259 18,533 28,723
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 29.08% 38.93% 38.29%
Number of salaries quoted 11,132 9,802 22,133
10th Percentile £28,000 £31,250 £26,750
25th Percentile £34,750 £42,500 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £57,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.70% +15.00% -13.04%
75th Percentile £75,000 £76,250 £70,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £93,778 £87,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £45,000 £52,500 £47,000
% change year-on-year -14.29% +11.70% -6.00%

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 26 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 26 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 +14 934 £57,500 -4.17% 398
UK excluding London +58 647 £52,500 +9.38% 238
Work from Home +44 378 £55,000 -8.33% 175
London +16 376 £70,000 - 202
North of England +65 189 £50,000 -13.04% 68
South East +42 134 £55,000 -15.38% 90
North West +32 119 £52,500 -9.87% 35
Midlands -17 109 £39,000 +27.53% 39
South West +17 73 £52,500 -12.50% 20
Yorkshire +3 63 £50,000 -11.11% 26
Scotland +39 61 £67,500 -38.64% 6
West Midlands -28 56 £33,125 +14.93% 24
East Midlands +6 53 £40,000 -37.25% 15
East of England -8 45 £55,000 -46.34% 11
Wales +22 27 £55,000 +10.00% 2
Northern Ireland - 9 - - 2
North East +2 7 £46,250 +8.35% 10

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 23 (2.04%) SharePoint
2 21 (1.86%) CMS
3 19 (1.68%) Confluence
4 18 (1.60%) WordPress
5 9 (0.80%) IIS
6 7 (0.62%) Microsoft Exchange
6 7 (0.62%) Moodle
7 6 (0.53%) Apache
8 5 (0.44%) Anypoint
9 3 (0.27%) Appian
9 3 (0.27%) Oracle Coherence
9 3 (0.27%) Sitecore CMS
10 2 (0.18%) Apache Airflow
10 2 (0.18%) Palantir Foundry
11 1 (0.089%) Drupal
11 1 (0.089%) Strapi
Applications
1 49 (4.34%) Microsoft Excel
2 38 (3.37%) Microsoft Office
3 12 (1.06%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 10 (0.89%) Maya
5 8 (0.71%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 3 (0.27%) Photoshop
7 2 (0.18%) Adobe Premiere
7 2 (0.18%) Microsoft Project
7 2 (0.18%) MS Visio
8 1 (0.089%) Acrobat
8 1 (0.089%) Adobe Illustrator
8 1 (0.089%) InDesign
8 1 (0.089%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 98 (8.69%) Salesforce CRM
2 64 (5.67%) Dynamics CRM
3 29 (2.57%) NetSuite
4 6 (0.53%) Unit4 Business World
5 4 (0.35%) Dynamics AX
5 4 (0.35%) Oracle Applications
5 4 (0.35%) SAP CX
6 2 (0.18%) IBM Planning Analytics
6 2 (0.18%) Integrated Workplace Management System
6 2 (0.18%) Oracle EBS
6 2 (0.18%) Oracle EBS R12
6 2 (0.18%) Oracle Financials
6 2 (0.18%) Oracle Receivables
6 2 (0.18%) Payment Gateway
6 2 (0.18%) Q-Pulse
6 2 (0.18%) Sage 200
6 2 (0.18%) SAP S/4HANA
6 2 (0.18%) Shopify
7 1 (0.089%) Oracle CRM
7 1 (0.089%) Pegasus Opera
Cloud Services
1 129 (11.44%) SaaS
2 114 (10.11%) Azure
3 105 (9.31%) Salesforce Service Cloud
4 70 (6.21%) Power Platform
5 65 (5.76%) AWS
6 63 (5.59%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
7 50 (4.43%) Microsoft 365
8 48 (4.26%) GitHub
9 43 (3.81%) Azure DevOps
10 29 (2.57%) GCP
10 29 (2.57%) Google Analytics
11 24 (2.13%) Dynamics 365
12 22 (1.95%) GitHub Copilot
13 17 (1.51%) Snowflake
14 16 (1.42%) Salesforce Commerce Cloud
15 15 (1.33%) Salesforce Einstein
16 14 (1.24%) Google Workspace
17 13 (1.15%) Boomi
18 12 (1.06%) Zapier
19 10 (0.89%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 56 (4.96%) Broadband
2 22 (1.95%) Wi-Fi
3 19 (1.68%) Internet
4 11 (0.98%) VPN
5 8 (0.71%) VoIP
6 7 (0.62%) IP Telephony
6 7 (0.62%) PSTN
7 6 (0.53%) Ethernet
7 6 (0.53%) LAN
8 5 (0.44%) WPA
9 4 (0.35%) Firewall
9 4 (0.35%) TCP/IP
9 4 (0.35%) Wireless
10 3 (0.27%) HTTP
10 3 (0.27%) Network Security
10 3 (0.27%) PBX
10 3 (0.27%) SCCP
10 3 (0.27%) SD-WAN
11 2 (0.18%) AMQP
11 2 (0.18%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 56 (4.96%) Power BI
2 51 (4.52%) Tableau
3 25 (2.22%) SQL Server
4 19 (1.68%) Data Lake
5 11 (0.98%) MySQL
6 10 (0.89%) Relational Database
7 8 (0.71%) Data Warehouse
8 6 (0.53%) Metadata
9 5 (0.44%) Power Query
10 4 (0.35%) Geospatial Data
11 3 (0.27%) Looker
11 3 (0.27%) NoSQL
11 3 (0.27%) PostgreSQL
11 3 (0.27%) QlikView
12 2 (0.18%) BigQuery
12 2 (0.18%) KNIME
12 2 (0.18%) Oracle BI Publisher
12 2 (0.18%) RDBMS
13 1 (0.089%) Electronic Patient Records
13 1 (0.089%) Qlik Sense
Development Applications
1 81 (7.18%) JIRA
2 45 (3.99%) Jenkins
3 35 (3.10%) GitLab
4 34 (3.01%) SonarQube
5 27 (2.39%) Git
6 4 (0.35%) Postman
7 3 (0.27%) Browser DevTools
7 3 (0.27%) Snyk
8 2 (0.18%) LabVIEW
9 1 (0.089%) Bitbucket
9 1 (0.089%) GCC
9 1 (0.089%) JUnit
9 1 (0.089%) Mockito
9 1 (0.089%) Selenium
General
1 411 (36.44%) Marketing
1 411 (36.44%) Social Skills
2 265 (23.49%) Finance
3 169 (14.98%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 157 (13.92%) Analytical Skills
5 84 (7.45%) Presentation Skills
6 80 (7.09%) Retail
7 64 (5.67%) Public Sector
8 58 (5.14%) Organisational Skills
9 56 (4.96%) Law
10 46 (4.08%) Games
11 43 (3.81%) Legal
12 30 (2.66%) Banking
12 30 (2.66%) Telecoms
13 23 (2.04%) Manufacturing
14 18 (1.60%) Influencing Skills
15 14 (1.24%) Publishing
16 13 (1.15%) Advertising
17 10 (0.89%) Billing
17 10 (0.89%) Front Office
Job Titles
1 168 (14.89%) Senior
2 153 (13.56%) Developer
3 126 (11.17%) Salesforce Developer
4 121 (10.73%) Analyst
5 104 (9.22%) Architect
6 82 (7.27%) Lead
7 71 (6.29%) Salesforce Architect
8 58 (5.14%) Administrator
9 49 (4.34%) Business Analyst
10 46 (4.08%) Sales Executive
11 44 (3.90%) Marketing Manager
12 42 (3.72%) Salesforce Administrator
13 40 (3.55%) Senior Developer
14 39 (3.46%) Business Manager
14 39 (3.46%) Development Manager
15 38 (3.37%) Project Manager
16 37 (3.28%) Senior Salesforce Developer
17 36 (3.19%) Business Development Manager
17 36 (3.19%) Data Analyst
18 33 (2.93%) Account Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 142 (12.59%) Lightning Web Components
2 130 (11.52%) REST
3 117 (10.37%) SOAP
4 66 (5.85%) Visualforce
5 36 (3.19%) Middleware
6 33 (2.93%) .NET
7 26 (2.30%) HTML
8 24 (2.13%) CSS
9 20 (1.77%) EDI
10 13 (1.15%) Node.js
11 12 (1.06%) Web Services
12 11 (0.98%) OAuth
13 9 (0.80%) LAMP
14 8 (0.71%) JSON
14 8 (0.71%) OAuth2
15 7 (0.62%) React
16 5 (0.44%) Kafka
16 5 (0.44%) SAML
17 4 (0.35%) JMS
17 4 (0.35%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 109 (9.66%) Product Ownership
2 96 (8.51%) Onboarding
3 65 (5.76%) Management Information System
4 48 (4.26%) Self-Motivation
5 33 (2.93%) Analytical Mindset
6 26 (2.30%) FMCG
7 25 (2.22%) Cloud Native
7 25 (2.22%) Social Media
8 23 (2.04%) Data Structures
9 18 (1.60%) Low-Code
10 16 (1.42%) Greenfield Project
11 15 (1.33%) Enterprise Software
12 14 (1.24%) Blog
12 14 (1.24%) Web Conferencing
13 12 (1.06%) Driving Licence
13 12 (1.06%) NHS
14 10 (0.89%) Podcast
15 9 (0.80%) Linux Command Line
15 9 (0.80%) Marketing Technology
16 8 (0.71%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 23 (2.04%) Windows
2 16 (1.42%) Linux
3 8 (0.71%) Apple iOS
3 8 (0.71%) Windows 10
4 2 (0.18%) Android
5 1 (0.089%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 484 (42.91%) CRM
2 199 (17.64%) Continuous Improvement
3 197 (17.46%) Agile
4 185 (16.40%) Analytics
4 185 (16.40%) Problem-Solving
5 163 (14.45%) CI/CD
6 159 (14.10%) DevOps
7 150 (13.30%) Mentoring
8 133 (11.79%) Roadmaps
9 128 (11.35%) B2B
10 127 (11.26%) Decision-Making
11 110 (9.75%) Business Development
12 107 (9.49%) Coaching
13 99 (8.78%) AI
14 97 (8.60%) Business Intelligence
15 93 (8.24%) Stakeholder Management
16 92 (8.16%) Customer Experience
17 90 (7.98%) Lead Generation
17 90 (7.98%) Project Management
18 85 (7.54%) Data Modelling
Programming Languages
1 150 (13.30%) Apex Code
2 82 (7.27%) SQL
3 71 (6.29%) Python
4 60 (5.32%) JavaScript
5 52 (4.61%) SOQL
6 40 (3.55%) SOSL
7 29 (2.57%) Java
8 12 (1.06%) PowerShell
9 10 (0.89%) PHP
10 7 (0.62%) TypeScript
11 6 (0.53%) C#
12 5 (0.44%) Google Apps Script
13 4 (0.35%) DataWeave
13 4 (0.35%) T-SQL
14 3 (0.27%) R
14 3 (0.27%) Ruby
14 3 (0.27%) Scala
15 1 (0.089%) Bicep
15 1 (0.089%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 164 (14.54%) Degree
2 78 (6.91%) Security Cleared
3 64 (5.67%) SC Cleared
4 34 (3.01%) DBS Check
5 17 (1.51%) Master's Degree
6 11 (0.98%) CIMA
6 11 (0.98%) Computer Science Degree
7 10 (0.89%) ACCA
8 8 (0.71%) Numerate Degree
9 7 (0.62%) BPSS Clearance
9 7 (0.62%) Microsoft Certification
10 6 (0.53%) HND
10 6 (0.53%) PMI Certification
11 5 (0.44%) CITP
11 5 (0.44%) PMP
12 4 (0.35%) A+ Certification
12 4 (0.35%) MBA
13 3 (0.27%) Azure Certification
13 3 (0.27%) CBAP
13 3 (0.27%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 51 (4.52%) GDPR
2 46 (4.08%) Data Quality
3 34 (3.01%) QA
4 20 (1.77%) SLA
5 11 (0.98%) Accessibility
6 10 (0.89%) Actionable Recommendations
7 8 (0.71%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 7 (0.62%) IFRS
8 7 (0.62%) PMO
9 4 (0.35%) NIST
10 3 (0.27%) GRC
10 3 (0.27%) PCI DSS
10 3 (0.27%) WCAG
11 2 (0.18%) GxP
11 2 (0.18%) ISO 9001
11 2 (0.18%) ITGC
11 2 (0.18%) PERC
12 1 (0.089%) NIST 800
12 1 (0.089%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 1 (0.089%) SOC 2
System Software
1 15 (1.33%) Active Directory
2 7 (0.62%) Docker
3 1 (0.089%) Firmware
3 1 (0.089%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 13 (1.15%) Terraform
2 11 (0.98%) Single Sign-On
3 5 (0.44%) Kubernetes
4 4 (0.35%) Ansible
4 4 (0.35%) SCCM
5 3 (0.27%) Microsoft Intune
6 1 (0.089%) CASB
Vendors
1 206 (18.26%) Microsoft
2 91 (8.07%) HubSpot
3 77 (6.83%) SAP
4 69 (6.12%) Cisco
5 65 (5.76%) MuleSoft
6 52 (4.61%) Google
7 45 (3.99%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
8 43 (3.81%) Oracle
8 43 (3.81%) ServiceNow
9 41 (3.63%) Adobe
10 35 (3.10%) Splunk
11 31 (2.75%) Pardot
12 18 (1.60%) BMC
13 15 (1.33%) Dell
14 9 (0.80%) Zoho
15 8 (0.71%) Genesys
15 8 (0.71%) Informatica
16 7 (0.62%) Avaya
16 7 (0.62%) NEC
16 7 (0.62%) Pega