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 9 November 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
9 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 146 179 137
Rank change year-on-year +33 -42 +26
Permanent jobs citing Salesforce 1,021 1,040 1,273
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 2.00% 1.54% 2.37%
As % of the Vendors category 4.87% 4.66% 5.66%
Number of salaries quoted 621 540 1,031
10th Percentile £30,500 £31,250 £33,750
25th Percentile £37,500 £42,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,000 £60,250 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.37% +0.42% -7.69%
75th Percentile £72,500 £78,750 £77,500
90th Percentile £90,000 £98,875 £97,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £54,992 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.08% +4.75% -11.76%

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 20,950 22,300 22,478
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 41.13% 33.12% 41.94%
Number of salaries quoted 11,466 11,413 17,365
10th Percentile £26,750 £31,250 £29,000
25th Percentile £32,500 £41,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -13.04% +4.55% -3.93%
75th Percentile £71,250 £77,250 £73,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £95,000 £91,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £42,500 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -15.00% - -

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 9 November 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 9 November 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 +32 878 £54,000 -10.00% 1,706
UK excluding London +55 565 £50,000 -9.08% 1,222
London +32 364 £70,000 - 871
Work from Home +48 343 £50,000 -9.08% 789
North of England +18 164 £52,500 -7.08% 191
Midlands +64 140 £38,500 +33.58% 82
South East +38 101 £52,500 -1.04% 768
North West +12 92 £60,000 +7.62% 114
East Midlands +69 73 £40,000 -27.27% 45
West Midlands +17 65 £34,750 +20.57% 34
Yorkshire +28 63 £42,500 -27.65% 75
South West +14 50 £52,500 -4.55% 55
East of England +17 47 £50,000 -28.57% 63
Wales +33 33 £53,750 -12.49% 14
Scotland +4 28 £33,750 -69.32% 32
North East +2 9 £57,500 -17.86% 2
Northern Ireland -8 7 - - 21

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 30 (2.94%) WordPress
2 26 (2.55%) SharePoint
3 20 (1.96%) Confluence
4 16 (1.57%) CMS
5 13 (1.27%) Microsoft Exchange
6 12 (1.18%) IIS
7 6 (0.59%) Apache
8 3 (0.29%) Appian
8 3 (0.29%) Moodle
8 3 (0.29%) Oracle Coherence
9 2 (0.20%) BizTalk Server
9 2 (0.20%) Jupyter
9 2 (0.20%) Sitecore CMS
10 1 (0.098%) Anypoint
10 1 (0.098%) Apache Airflow
10 1 (0.098%) Apache Spark
10 1 (0.098%) ArcGIS
10 1 (0.098%) Drupal
10 1 (0.098%) HCL Notes
10 1 (0.098%) Tomcat
Applications
1 92 (9.01%) Microsoft Excel
2 71 (6.95%) Microsoft Office
3 13 (1.27%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 13 (1.27%) Photoshop
4 12 (1.18%) Maya
5 8 (0.78%) Adobe Premiere
6 5 (0.49%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 5 (0.49%) Microsoft Project
6 5 (0.49%) MS Visio
7 4 (0.39%) PlantUML
8 3 (0.29%) Spreadsheet
9 2 (0.20%) Trello
10 1 (0.098%) Acrobat
10 1 (0.098%) InDesign
Business Applications
1 81 (7.93%) Salesforce CRM
2 75 (7.35%) Dynamics CRM
3 24 (2.35%) NetSuite
4 8 (0.78%) SAP S/4HANA
4 8 (0.78%) Shopify
5 5 (0.49%) Exchequer
6 4 (0.39%) Oracle Applications
6 4 (0.39%) Sage 1000
6 4 (0.39%) SAP Business One
7 3 (0.29%) Infor M3
7 3 (0.29%) Payment Gateway
7 3 (0.29%) Raiser’s Edge
7 3 (0.29%) SAP CX
8 2 (0.20%) Magento
9 1 (0.098%) Changepoint
9 1 (0.098%) FastStats
9 1 (0.098%) Maximo
9 1 (0.098%) Oracle EBS
9 1 (0.098%) Pegasus Opera
9 1 (0.098%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 121 (11.85%) Azure
2 107 (10.48%) SaaS
3 85 (8.33%) Salesforce Service Cloud
4 83 (8.13%) Power Platform
5 55 (5.39%) Microsoft 365
6 33 (3.23%) Azure DevOps
7 31 (3.04%) AWS
7 31 (3.04%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
8 24 (2.35%) Dynamics 365
8 24 (2.35%) GitHub
8 24 (2.35%) Salesforce Commerce Cloud
9 21 (2.06%) Boomi
10 18 (1.76%) GCP
10 18 (1.76%) Google Workspace
11 15 (1.47%) Google Analytics
12 14 (1.37%) Snowflake
13 13 (1.27%) Power Automate
14 11 (1.08%) Entra ID
14 11 (1.08%) Zapier
15 10 (0.98%) Google Ads
Communications & Networking
1 36 (3.53%) Broadband
2 32 (3.13%) SMS
3 18 (1.76%) VoIP
4 13 (1.27%) VPN
4 13 (1.27%) Wi-Fi
5 12 (1.18%) Internet
5 12 (1.18%) Network Security
6 8 (0.78%) Ethernet
6 8 (0.78%) WPA
7 7 (0.69%) Firewall
7 7 (0.69%) TCP/IP
8 6 (0.59%) HTTP
8 6 (0.59%) IP Telephony
8 6 (0.59%) PSTN
9 5 (0.49%) DMZ
9 5 (0.49%) STUN
9 5 (0.49%) VLAN
10 3 (0.29%) AMQP
10 3 (0.29%) Unified Communications
11 2 (0.20%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 71 (6.95%) Power BI
2 60 (5.88%) SQL Server
3 54 (5.29%) Tableau
4 24 (2.35%) Data Lake
5 19 (1.86%) Data Warehouse
6 16 (1.57%) MySQL
7 12 (1.18%) Relational Database
8 10 (0.98%) Looker
9 9 (0.88%) PostgreSQL
9 9 (0.88%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 7 (0.69%) SAP Data Services
11 6 (0.59%) Metadata
11 6 (0.59%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 5 (0.49%) BusinessObjects
12 5 (0.49%) Crystal Reports
12 5 (0.49%) EDRMS
12 5 (0.49%) Geospatial Data
12 5 (0.49%) GIS
12 5 (0.49%) Power Query
12 5 (0.49%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 75 (7.35%) JIRA
2 18 (1.76%) Git
3 17 (1.67%) Jenkins
3 17 (1.67%) SonarQube
4 16 (1.57%) GitLab
5 7 (0.69%) ER Studio
6 6 (0.59%) Snyk
7 4 (0.39%) Browser DevTools
7 4 (0.39%) Postman
8 2 (0.20%) Bitbucket
8 2 (0.20%) Katalon Studio
8 2 (0.20%) LabVIEW
8 2 (0.20%) Octopus Deploy
8 2 (0.20%) Oracle APEX
8 2 (0.20%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
8 2 (0.20%) TeamCity
9 1 (0.098%) Ant
9 1 (0.098%) Atlassian Bamboo
9 1 (0.098%) GCC
9 1 (0.098%) RStudio
General
1 403 (39.47%) Social Skills
2 379 (37.12%) Marketing
3 268 (26.25%) Finance
4 167 (16.36%) Analytical Skills
5 107 (10.48%) Retail
6 84 (8.23%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 63 (6.17%) Organisational Skills
8 61 (5.97%) Presentation Skills
9 55 (5.39%) Law
10 41 (4.02%) Legal
11 36 (3.53%) Public Sector
12 35 (3.43%) Banking
13 34 (3.33%) Manufacturing
14 33 (3.23%) Games
15 32 (3.13%) Telecoms
16 29 (2.84%) Influencing Skills
17 24 (2.35%) Advertising
18 10 (0.98%) Investment Banking
19 8 (0.78%) Documentation Skills
19 8 (0.78%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 184 (18.02%) Senior
2 114 (11.17%) Developer
3 112 (10.97%) Analyst
4 97 (9.50%) Architect
5 79 (7.74%) Salesforce Developer
6 68 (6.66%) Administrator
7 67 (6.56%) Lead
8 57 (5.58%) Development Manager
9 56 (5.48%) Business Manager
10 54 (5.29%) Business Development Manager
11 49 (4.80%) Salesforce Architect
12 48 (4.70%) Senior Developer
13 47 (4.60%) Salesforce Administrator
14 38 (3.72%) Business Analyst
14 38 (3.72%) Senior Salesforce Developer
15 35 (3.43%) Support Engineer
16 33 (3.23%) Solutions Architect
17 31 (3.04%) CRM Executive
18 27 (2.64%) Support Specialist
19 26 (2.55%) Salesforce Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 101 (9.89%) Lightning Web Components
2 81 (7.93%) REST
3 60 (5.88%) SOAP
4 38 (3.72%) Visualforce
5 37 (3.62%) .NET
6 33 (3.23%) HTML
7 28 (2.74%) CSS
8 23 (2.25%) Middleware
9 11 (1.08%) Web Services
10 10 (0.98%) LAMP
11 9 (0.88%) GraphQL
11 9 (0.88%) Node.js
12 8 (0.78%) OAuth
13 7 (0.69%) EDI
13 7 (0.69%) JSON
14 5 (0.49%) ADO
14 5 (0.49%) ASP.NET
14 5 (0.49%) FreeSWITCH
14 5 (0.49%) React
14 5 (0.49%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 90 (8.81%) Onboarding
2 78 (7.64%) Product Ownership
3 58 (5.68%) Management Information System
4 47 (4.60%) Analytical Mindset
5 40 (3.92%) Social Media
6 38 (3.72%) Self-Motivation
7 36 (3.53%) Cloud Native
8 20 (1.96%) FMCG
9 17 (1.67%) Enterprise Software
10 15 (1.47%) Legacy Systems
11 14 (1.37%) Blog
12 13 (1.27%) Data Structures
13 11 (1.08%) NHS
14 10 (0.98%) Linux Command Line
15 9 (0.88%) Driving Licence
15 9 (0.88%) Greenfield Project
16 8 (0.78%) Satnav
16 8 (0.78%) Video Editing
16 8 (0.78%) Web Conferencing
17 7 (0.69%) Educational Technology
Operating Systems
1 34 (3.33%) Windows
2 24 (2.35%) Linux
3 17 (1.67%) Windows Server
4 6 (0.59%) Apple iOS
4 6 (0.59%) Windows 10
5 5 (0.49%) Debian
6 3 (0.29%) Android
7 1 (0.098%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 513 (50.24%) CRM
2 189 (18.51%) Problem-Solving
3 184 (18.02%) Analytics
4 183 (17.92%) Agile
5 162 (15.87%) Roadmaps
6 154 (15.08%) Continuous Improvement
7 134 (13.12%) Decision-Making
8 119 (11.66%) DevOps
9 114 (11.17%) Stakeholder Management
10 113 (11.07%) B2B
11 108 (10.58%) Business Intelligence
12 106 (10.38%) Business Development
13 102 (9.99%) Mentoring
14 99 (9.70%) Project Management
15 96 (9.40%) CI/CD
16 90 (8.81%) ERP
17 86 (8.42%) Customer Engagement
18 84 (8.23%) Digital Marketing
19 82 (8.03%) AI
20 79 (7.74%) Customer Experience
Programming Languages
1 99 (9.70%) Apex Code
2 98 (9.60%) SQL
3 48 (4.70%) Python
4 40 (3.92%) JavaScript
5 28 (2.74%) SOQL
6 19 (1.86%) SOSL
7 18 (1.76%) PowerShell
8 13 (1.27%) PHP
9 12 (1.18%) C#
10 9 (0.88%) Java
10 9 (0.88%) R
11 8 (0.78%) T-SQL
12 6 (0.59%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 4 (0.39%) VB.NET
13 4 (0.39%) VBA
14 2 (0.20%) Ada
14 2 (0.20%) VB
15 1 (0.098%) PL/SQL
15 1 (0.098%) Ruby
15 1 (0.098%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 166 (16.26%) Degree
2 70 (6.86%) DBS Check
3 32 (3.13%) Security Cleared
4 28 (2.74%) SC Cleared
5 15 (1.47%) Master's Degree
6 12 (1.18%) Computer Science Degree
7 11 (1.08%) Numerate Degree
8 8 (0.78%) HND
9 7 (0.69%) MBA
10 6 (0.59%) Azure Certification
11 4 (0.39%) ISEB
12 3 (0.29%) BPSS Clearance
12 3 (0.29%) ISTQB
12 3 (0.29%) Microsoft Certification
12 3 (0.29%) TOGAF Certification
13 2 (0.20%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
13 2 (0.20%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
14 1 (0.098%) APMG
14 1 (0.098%) AWS Certification
14 1 (0.098%) CBAP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 80 (7.84%) GDPR
2 33 (3.23%) SLA
3 30 (2.94%) Data Quality
4 22 (2.15%) QA
5 10 (0.98%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 9 (0.88%) Accessibility
6 9 (0.88%) PMO
7 6 (0.59%) Cyber Essentials
7 6 (0.59%) ISO 9001
8 5 (0.49%) GRC
8 5 (0.49%) IFRS
9 4 (0.39%) PERC
10 2 (0.20%) HIPAA
11 1 (0.098%) Actionable Recommendations
11 1 (0.098%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 1 (0.098%) GxP
11 1 (0.098%) ITGC
11 1 (0.098%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 23 (2.25%) Active Directory
2 8 (0.78%) VMware Infrastructure
3 6 (0.59%) Hyper-V
4 5 (0.49%) Kamailio
5 2 (0.20%) Docker
5 2 (0.20%) VMware ESXi
6 1 (0.098%) Virtual Desktop
6 1 (0.098%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 9 (0.88%) Terraform
2 7 (0.69%) Microsoft Intune
3 5 (0.49%) Autotask
4 4 (0.39%) Single Sign-On
5 3 (0.29%) Ansible
5 3 (0.29%) Kubernetes
6 1 (0.098%) Backup Exec
6 1 (0.098%) SCCM
Vendors
1 190 (18.61%) Microsoft
2 102 (9.99%) SAP
3 84 (8.23%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
4 81 (7.93%) HubSpot
5 57 (5.58%) Google
6 52 (5.09%) Oracle
7 51 (5.00%) Adobe
8 46 (4.51%) MuleSoft
9 28 (2.74%) Pardot
10 25 (2.45%) ServiceNow
11 21 (2.06%) Cisco
12 17 (1.67%) Zoho
13 15 (1.47%) Splunk
14 14 (1.37%) Dell
15 9 (0.88%) Alteryx
15 9 (0.88%) Facebook
16 8 (0.78%) VMware
17 7 (0.69%) Capita
17 7 (0.69%) Civica
17 7 (0.69%) NEC