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 5 March 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
5 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 135 151 194
Rank change year-on-year +16 +43 -16
Permanent jobs citing Salesforce 1,142 909 1,253
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 1.59% 1.99% 1.60%
As % of the Vendors category 5.55% 5.06% 4.21%
Number of salaries quoted 673 455 953
10th Percentile £31,250 £28,822 £32,100
25th Percentile £40,000 £43,750 £38,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £60,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.17% +33.33% -35.71%
75th Percentile £75,000 £80,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £97,500 £98,750 £88,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £50,000 £38,000
% change year-on-year - +31.58% -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 20,588 17,962 29,769
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 28.67% 39.29% 37.90%
Number of salaries quoted 11,211 9,761 22,807
10th Percentile £28,000 £31,250 £26,750
25th Percentile £35,000 £42,000 £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 £46,581
% change year-on-year -14.29% +12.71% -6.84%

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 5 March 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 5 March 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 +9 943 £57,500 -4.17% 638
UK excluding London +54 649 £50,000 - 458
London +12 383 £70,000 - 271
Work from Home +27 375 £55,000 -8.33% 324
North of England +57 188 £43,750 -23.91% 116
South East +35 137 £55,000 -15.38% 162
North West +29 117 £47,500 -18.45% 65
Midlands -22 110 £40,000 +30.80% 64
South West +8 70 £51,250 -14.58% 34
Yorkshire +9 64 £40,000 -27.27% 41
Scotland +41 61 £100,000 -9.09% 24
East Midlands +2 55 £40,000 -37.25% 28
West Midlands -40 55 £34,750 +20.57% 34
East of England -4 47 £55,000 -25.42% 48
Wales +14 27 £55,000 +10.00% 14
Northern Ireland -24 9 - - 3
North East -10 7 £46,250 +8.35% 12

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 (2.10%) SharePoint
2 23 (2.01%) CMS
3 21 (1.84%) Confluence
4 17 (1.49%) WordPress
5 8 (0.70%) IIS
6 7 (0.61%) Microsoft Exchange
6 7 (0.61%) Moodle
7 6 (0.53%) Apache
8 5 (0.44%) Anypoint
9 3 (0.26%) Appian
9 3 (0.26%) Oracle Coherence
9 3 (0.26%) Sitecore CMS
10 2 (0.18%) Apache Airflow
10 2 (0.18%) Palantir Foundry
11 1 (0.088%) Drupal
11 1 (0.088%) Strapi
Applications
1 48 (4.20%) Microsoft Excel
2 37 (3.24%) Microsoft Office
3 12 (1.05%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 9 (0.79%) Adobe Creative Suite
4 9 (0.79%) Maya
5 2 (0.18%) Microsoft Project
5 2 (0.18%) MS Visio
5 2 (0.18%) Photoshop
6 1 (0.088%) Acrobat
6 1 (0.088%) Adobe Illustrator
6 1 (0.088%) Adobe Premiere
6 1 (0.088%) InDesign
6 1 (0.088%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 100 (8.76%) Salesforce CRM
2 64 (5.60%) Dynamics CRM
3 29 (2.54%) 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 3 (0.26%) Payment Gateway
6 3 (0.26%) Shopify
7 2 (0.18%) IBM Planning Analytics
7 2 (0.18%) Integrated Workplace Management System
7 2 (0.18%) Oracle EBS
7 2 (0.18%) Oracle EBS R12
7 2 (0.18%) Oracle Financials
7 2 (0.18%) Oracle Receivables
7 2 (0.18%) Q-Pulse
7 2 (0.18%) Sage 200
7 2 (0.18%) SAP S/4HANA
8 1 (0.088%) Oracle CRM
8 1 (0.088%) Pegasus Opera
Cloud Services
1 124 (10.86%) SaaS
2 114 (9.98%) Azure
3 107 (9.37%) Salesforce Service Cloud
4 67 (5.87%) AWS
4 67 (5.87%) Power Platform
5 65 (5.69%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
6 50 (4.38%) GitHub
6 50 (4.38%) Microsoft 365
7 43 (3.77%) Azure DevOps
8 29 (2.54%) GCP
9 28 (2.45%) Google Analytics
10 25 (2.19%) Dynamics 365
11 22 (1.93%) GitHub Copilot
12 20 (1.75%) Snowflake
13 16 (1.40%) Salesforce Commerce Cloud
14 15 (1.31%) Salesforce Einstein
15 13 (1.14%) Google Workspace
16 12 (1.05%) Boomi
17 11 (0.96%) Zapier
18 10 (0.88%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 56 (4.90%) Broadband
2 22 (1.93%) Wi-Fi
3 20 (1.75%) Internet
4 11 (0.96%) VPN
5 8 (0.70%) VoIP
6 7 (0.61%) IP Telephony
6 7 (0.61%) PSTN
7 6 (0.53%) Ethernet
7 6 (0.53%) LAN
8 5 (0.44%) Wireless
8 5 (0.44%) WPA
9 4 (0.35%) Firewall
9 4 (0.35%) TCP/IP
10 3 (0.26%) HTTP
10 3 (0.26%) Network Security
10 3 (0.26%) PBX
10 3 (0.26%) SCCP
10 3 (0.26%) SD-WAN
11 2 (0.18%) AMQP
11 2 (0.18%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 53 (4.64%) Power BI
2 48 (4.20%) Tableau
3 24 (2.10%) SQL Server
4 17 (1.49%) Data Lake
5 11 (0.96%) MySQL
6 10 (0.88%) Relational Database
7 8 (0.70%) Data Warehouse
8 7 (0.61%) Metadata
9 5 (0.44%) Power Query
10 4 (0.35%) Geospatial Data
11 3 (0.26%) Looker
11 3 (0.26%) PostgreSQL
11 3 (0.26%) QlikView
12 2 (0.18%) BigQuery
12 2 (0.18%) KNIME
12 2 (0.18%) NoSQL
12 2 (0.18%) Oracle BI Publisher
12 2 (0.18%) RDBMS
13 1 (0.088%) MongoDB
13 1 (0.088%) Qlik Sense
Development Applications
1 83 (7.27%) JIRA
2 44 (3.85%) Jenkins
3 34 (2.98%) GitLab
4 33 (2.89%) SonarQube
5 30 (2.63%) Git
6 3 (0.26%) Postman
6 3 (0.26%) Snyk
7 2 (0.18%) Browser DevTools
7 2 (0.18%) LabVIEW
8 1 (0.088%) Bitbucket
8 1 (0.088%) git-flow
8 1 (0.088%) JUnit
8 1 (0.088%) Mockito
8 1 (0.088%) Selenium
General
1 409 (35.81%) Social Skills
2 405 (35.46%) Marketing
3 267 (23.38%) Finance
4 171 (14.97%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 151 (13.22%) Analytical Skills
6 82 (7.18%) Presentation Skills
7 76 (6.65%) Retail
8 68 (5.95%) Public Sector
9 56 (4.90%) Organisational Skills
10 55 (4.82%) Law
11 43 (3.77%) Games
12 42 (3.68%) Legal
13 29 (2.54%) Banking
13 29 (2.54%) Telecoms
14 24 (2.10%) Manufacturing
15 21 (1.84%) Influencing Skills
16 13 (1.14%) Advertising
16 13 (1.14%) Publishing
17 11 (0.96%) Billing
18 10 (0.88%) Front Office
Job Titles
1 167 (14.62%) Senior
2 156 (13.66%) Developer
3 129 (11.30%) Salesforce Developer
4 123 (10.77%) Analyst
5 106 (9.28%) Architect
6 80 (7.01%) Lead
7 71 (6.22%) Salesforce Architect
8 59 (5.17%) Administrator
9 53 (4.64%) Business Analyst
10 50 (4.38%) Sales Executive
11 43 (3.77%) Salesforce Administrator
12 42 (3.68%) Marketing Manager
13 40 (3.50%) Development Manager
13 40 (3.50%) Senior Developer
14 39 (3.42%) Business Manager
15 38 (3.33%) Project Manager
16 37 (3.24%) Senior Salesforce Developer
17 36 (3.15%) Business Development Manager
18 35 (3.06%) Data Analyst
19 34 (2.98%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 145 (12.70%) Lightning Web Components
2 130 (11.38%) REST
3 119 (10.42%) SOAP
4 69 (6.04%) Visualforce
5 39 (3.42%) Middleware
6 34 (2.98%) .NET
7 25 (2.19%) HTML
8 23 (2.01%) CSS
9 20 (1.75%) EDI
10 12 (1.05%) Node.js
10 12 (1.05%) Web Services
11 11 (0.96%) OAuth
12 8 (0.70%) LAMP
12 8 (0.70%) OAuth2
13 7 (0.61%) JSON
13 7 (0.61%) React
14 5 (0.44%) Kafka
14 5 (0.44%) SAML
15 4 (0.35%) JMS
15 4 (0.35%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 110 (9.63%) Product Ownership
2 101 (8.84%) Onboarding
3 65 (5.69%) Management Information System
4 49 (4.29%) Self-Motivation
5 32 (2.80%) Analytical Mindset
6 26 (2.28%) FMCG
7 24 (2.10%) Cloud Native
7 24 (2.10%) Social Media
8 23 (2.01%) Data Structures
9 18 (1.58%) Low-Code
10 15 (1.31%) Greenfield Project
10 15 (1.31%) Web Conferencing
11 14 (1.23%) Blog
12 13 (1.14%) Enterprise Software
12 13 (1.14%) NHS
13 11 (0.96%) Driving Licence
13 11 (0.96%) Marketing Technology
14 10 (0.88%) Podcast
15 8 (0.70%) Linux Command Line
15 8 (0.70%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 23 (2.01%) Windows
2 14 (1.23%) Linux
3 8 (0.70%) Apple iOS
3 8 (0.70%) Windows 10
4 2 (0.18%) Android
5 1 (0.088%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 487 (42.64%) CRM
2 201 (17.60%) Agile
3 200 (17.51%) Continuous Improvement
4 187 (16.37%) Analytics
5 183 (16.02%) Problem-Solving
6 164 (14.36%) CI/CD
7 159 (13.92%) DevOps
8 150 (13.13%) Mentoring
9 132 (11.56%) B2B
10 128 (11.21%) Decision-Making
11 127 (11.12%) Roadmaps
12 112 (9.81%) Business Development
13 110 (9.63%) Coaching
14 95 (8.32%) AI
15 94 (8.23%) Stakeholder Management
16 93 (8.14%) Business Intelligence
17 91 (7.97%) Customer Experience
18 89 (7.79%) Data Modelling
18 89 (7.79%) Lead Generation
19 88 (7.71%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 151 (13.22%) Apex Code
2 78 (6.83%) SQL
3 69 (6.04%) Python
4 57 (4.99%) JavaScript
5 54 (4.73%) SOQL
6 41 (3.59%) SOSL
7 29 (2.54%) Java
8 12 (1.05%) PowerShell
9 9 (0.79%) PHP
10 7 (0.61%) TypeScript
11 5 (0.44%) C#
11 5 (0.44%) Google Apps Script
12 4 (0.35%) DataWeave
12 4 (0.35%) T-SQL
13 3 (0.26%) R
13 3 (0.26%) Ruby
14 2 (0.18%) Scala
15 1 (0.088%) Bicep
15 1 (0.088%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 164 (14.36%) Degree
2 79 (6.92%) Security Cleared
3 65 (5.69%) SC Cleared
4 33 (2.89%) DBS Check
5 18 (1.58%) Master's Degree
6 11 (0.96%) CIMA
6 11 (0.96%) Computer Science Degree
7 10 (0.88%) ACCA
8 7 (0.61%) BPSS Clearance
8 7 (0.61%) HND
8 7 (0.61%) Microsoft Certification
8 7 (0.61%) Numerate Degree
9 6 (0.53%) PMI Certification
10 5 (0.44%) CITP
10 5 (0.44%) PMP
11 4 (0.35%) A+ Certification
11 4 (0.35%) HNC
11 4 (0.35%) MBA
12 3 (0.26%) CBAP
12 3 (0.26%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 51 (4.47%) GDPR
2 50 (4.38%) Data Quality
3 34 (2.98%) QA
4 20 (1.75%) SLA
5 11 (0.96%) Accessibility
5 11 (0.96%) Actionable Recommendations
6 8 (0.70%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 7 (0.61%) IFRS
7 7 (0.61%) PMO
8 4 (0.35%) NIST
9 3 (0.26%) GRC
9 3 (0.26%) PCI DSS
9 3 (0.26%) WCAG
10 2 (0.18%) GxP
10 2 (0.18%) ISO 9001
10 2 (0.18%) ITGC
10 2 (0.18%) PERC
11 1 (0.088%) NIST 800
11 1 (0.088%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 1 (0.088%) SOC 2
System Software
1 15 (1.31%) Active Directory
2 7 (0.61%) Docker
3 1 (0.088%) Firmware
3 1 (0.088%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 13 (1.14%) Terraform
2 11 (0.96%) Single Sign-On
3 5 (0.44%) Kubernetes
4 4 (0.35%) Ansible
4 4 (0.35%) SCCM
5 3 (0.26%) Microsoft Intune
6 1 (0.088%) CASB
6 1 (0.088%) Grafana
Vendors
1 203 (17.78%) Microsoft
2 90 (7.88%) HubSpot
3 76 (6.65%) SAP
4 69 (6.04%) Cisco
5 66 (5.78%) MuleSoft
6 50 (4.38%) Google
7 45 (3.94%) ServiceNow
8 42 (3.68%) Oracle
9 40 (3.50%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
10 36 (3.15%) Adobe
11 34 (2.98%) Splunk
12 24 (2.10%) Pardot
13 20 (1.75%) BMC
14 14 (1.23%) Dell
15 10 (0.88%) Zoho
16 8 (0.70%) Genesys
16 8 (0.70%) Informatica
17 7 (0.61%) Avaya
17 7 (0.61%) NEC
17 7 (0.61%) Pega