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 19 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
19 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 139 161 137
Rank change year-on-year +22 -24 +24
Permanent jobs citing Salesforce 1,022 1,022 1,176
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 1.74% 1.80% 2.41%
As % of the Vendors category 5.18% 4.91% 5.71%
Number of salaries quoted 584 512 930
10th Percentile £30,580 £28,822 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £41,250 £38,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £60,425 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.84% +0.71% -11.11%
75th Percentile £73,750 £78,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £97,500 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £54,605 £45,000
% change year-on-year -3.86% +21.35% -24.37%

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 19,715 20,830 20,579
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 33.47% 36.66% 42.18%
Number of salaries quoted 11,216 10,935 15,878
10th Percentile £27,250 £31,250 £29,000
25th Percentile £33,250 £41,250 £39,505
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 £77,250 £73,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £93,750 £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 19 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 19 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 +13 866 £57,500 -4.17% 337
UK excluding London +38 573 £52,500 -3.86% 261
London +26 360 £70,000 - 173
Work from Home +32 318 £52,500 -4.53% 161
North of England +22 166 £57,500 - 63
Midlands +11 127 £35,500 -13.94% 32
North West +27 102 £60,000 +4.35% 35
South East +38 98 £57,500 +6.05% 119
East Midlands +29 65 £40,000 -33.33% 13
West Midlands -7 60 £34,750 +20.57% 19
South West +13 58 £52,500 +23.53% 23
Yorkshire -2 56 £50,000 -25.93% 18
East of England +9 46 £50,000 -28.57% 7
Scotland +23 39 £35,000 -68.18% 10
Wales +31 33 £57,500 -5.51% 9
North East +3 8 £46,250 -23.35% 11
Northern Ireland -10 7 - - 1

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 22 (2.15%) WordPress
2 21 (2.05%) SharePoint
3 20 (1.96%) Confluence
4 16 (1.57%) CMS
4 16 (1.57%) Microsoft Exchange
5 11 (1.08%) IIS
6 6 (0.59%) Apache
7 5 (0.49%) Moodle
8 3 (0.29%) Anypoint
8 3 (0.29%) Appian
8 3 (0.29%) Oracle Coherence
8 3 (0.29%) Sitecore CMS
9 2 (0.20%) Jupyter
10 1 (0.098%) Apache Airflow
10 1 (0.098%) Apache Spark
10 1 (0.098%) BizTalk Server
10 1 (0.098%) Drupal
10 1 (0.098%) HCL Notes
10 1 (0.098%) Strapi
10 1 (0.098%) Tomcat
Applications
1 80 (7.83%) Microsoft Excel
2 53 (5.19%) Microsoft Office
3 14 (1.37%) Maya
4 11 (1.08%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 8 (0.78%) Photoshop
6 6 (0.59%) Adobe Premiere
7 5 (0.49%) Adobe Creative Suite
8 4 (0.39%) PlantUML
9 2 (0.20%) Spreadsheet
10 1 (0.098%) Acrobat
10 1 (0.098%) InDesign
10 1 (0.098%) Microsoft Project
10 1 (0.098%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 75 (7.34%) Dynamics CRM
2 70 (6.85%) Salesforce CRM
3 20 (1.96%) NetSuite
4 8 (0.78%) SAP S/4HANA
4 8 (0.78%) Shopify
5 4 (0.39%) Oracle Applications
5 4 (0.39%) SAP CX
6 3 (0.29%) Dynamics AX
6 3 (0.29%) Infor M3
6 3 (0.29%) Payment Gateway
6 3 (0.29%) Raiser’s Edge
6 3 (0.29%) Unit4 Business World
7 2 (0.20%) Exchequer
7 2 (0.20%) IBM Planning Analytics
7 2 (0.20%) Q-Pulse
7 2 (0.20%) Sage 200
8 1 (0.098%) FastStats
8 1 (0.098%) Magento
8 1 (0.098%) Oracle CRM
8 1 (0.098%) Pegasus Opera
Cloud Services
1 133 (13.01%) Azure
2 119 (11.64%) SaaS
3 100 (9.78%) Salesforce Service Cloud
4 75 (7.34%) Power Platform
5 54 (5.28%) Microsoft 365
6 44 (4.31%) AWS
7 43 (4.21%) Azure DevOps
8 41 (4.01%) GitHub
9 38 (3.72%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
10 26 (2.54%) Salesforce Commerce Cloud
11 24 (2.35%) GCP
12 23 (2.25%) Dynamics 365
13 20 (1.96%) Boomi
13 20 (1.96%) GitHub Copilot
14 17 (1.66%) Google Analytics
15 14 (1.37%) Snowflake
16 13 (1.27%) Salesforce Einstein
17 12 (1.17%) GitHub Actions
17 12 (1.17%) Zapier
18 11 (1.08%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 34 (3.33%) Broadband
2 32 (3.13%) SMS
3 19 (1.86%) VoIP
4 17 (1.66%) Wi-Fi
5 13 (1.27%) Internet
5 13 (1.27%) VPN
6 12 (1.17%) 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 (0.59%) HTTP
10 5 (0.49%) DMZ
10 5 (0.49%) STUN
10 5 (0.49%) VLAN
11 3 (0.29%) AMQP
11 3 (0.29%) SD-WAN
11 3 (0.29%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 63 (6.16%) Power BI
2 54 (5.28%) Tableau
3 47 (4.60%) SQL Server
4 26 (2.54%) Data Lake
5 17 (1.66%) Data Warehouse
6 13 (1.27%) MySQL
7 9 (0.88%) Looker
8 7 (0.68%) Relational Database
8 7 (0.68%) SAP Data Services
9 5 (0.49%) PostgreSQL
9 5 (0.49%) Power Query
10 4 (0.39%) Amazon Redshift
10 4 (0.39%) BigQuery
10 4 (0.39%) Geospatial Data
11 3 (0.29%) Big Data
11 3 (0.29%) QlikView
11 3 (0.29%) RDBMS
12 2 (0.20%) Crystal Reports
12 2 (0.20%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 2 (0.20%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 75 (7.34%) JIRA
2 24 (2.35%) Jenkins
3 22 (2.15%) Git
4 17 (1.66%) GitLab
5 16 (1.57%) SonarQube
6 7 (0.68%) ER Studio
7 6 (0.59%) Snyk
8 4 (0.39%) Browser DevTools
8 4 (0.39%) Postman
9 2 (0.20%) Bitbucket
9 2 (0.20%) Katalon Studio
9 2 (0.20%) LabVIEW
10 1 (0.098%) GCC
10 1 (0.098%) Octopus Deploy
10 1 (0.098%) Selenium
10 1 (0.098%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
10 1 (0.098%) TeamCity
General
1 379 (37.08%) Marketing
2 376 (36.79%) Social Skills
3 269 (26.32%) Finance
4 163 (15.95%) Analytical Skills
5 105 (10.27%) Retail
6 100 (9.78%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 73 (7.14%) Presentation Skills
8 52 (5.09%) Organisational Skills
9 49 (4.79%) Law
10 40 (3.91%) Legal
11 39 (3.82%) Public Sector
12 36 (3.52%) Banking
13 35 (3.42%) Games
14 34 (3.33%) Telecoms
15 24 (2.35%) Manufacturing
16 20 (1.96%) Influencing Skills
17 19 (1.86%) Advertising
18 10 (0.98%) Front Office
18 10 (0.98%) Investment Banking
19 9 (0.88%) German Language
Job Titles
1 178 (17.42%) Senior
2 126 (12.33%) Developer
3 100 (9.78%) Salesforce Developer
4 94 (9.20%) Architect
5 91 (8.90%) Analyst
6 73 (7.14%) Lead
7 56 (5.48%) Development Manager
8 55 (5.38%) Business Development Manager
8 55 (5.38%) Business Manager
9 47 (4.60%) Administrator
10 45 (4.40%) Salesforce Architect
11 39 (3.82%) Business Analyst
11 39 (3.82%) Senior Developer
12 38 (3.72%) Salesforce Administrator
13 35 (3.42%) Senior Salesforce Developer
13 35 (3.42%) Support Engineer
14 33 (3.23%) Solutions Architect
15 32 (3.13%) CRM Executive
16 31 (3.03%) Sales Executive
17 30 (2.94%) Marketing Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 96 (9.39%) Lightning Web Components
2 86 (8.41%) REST
3 71 (6.95%) SOAP
4 32 (3.13%) Visualforce
5 29 (2.84%) .NET
6 26 (2.54%) HTML
7 25 (2.45%) Middleware
8 24 (2.35%) CSS
9 14 (1.37%) Node.js
9 14 (1.37%) Web Services
10 11 (1.08%) EDI
11 10 (0.98%) LAMP
12 8 (0.78%) GraphQL
13 7 (0.68%) JSON
13 7 (0.68%) OAuth
14 6 (0.59%) OAuth2
15 5 (0.49%) FreeSWITCH
15 5 (0.49%) Kafka
15 5 (0.49%) React
16 4 (0.39%) NumPy
Miscellaneous
1 99 (9.69%) Onboarding
2 76 (7.44%) Product Ownership
3 56 (5.48%) Management Information System
4 44 (4.31%) Analytical Mindset
5 37 (3.62%) Cloud Native
6 32 (3.13%) Self-Motivation
6 32 (3.13%) Social Media
7 22 (2.15%) FMCG
8 19 (1.86%) Enterprise Software
9 18 (1.76%) Blog
10 16 (1.57%) Data Structures
11 14 (1.37%) Driving Licence
11 14 (1.37%) Legacy Systems
12 12 (1.17%) NHS
13 11 (1.08%) Greenfield Project
14 10 (0.98%) Linux Command Line
15 9 (0.88%) Podcast
15 9 (0.88%) Web Conferencing
16 8 (0.78%) Low-Code
16 8 (0.78%) Satnav
Operating Systems
1 31 (3.03%) Windows
2 26 (2.54%) Linux
3 13 (1.27%) Windows Server
4 11 (1.08%) Windows 10
5 5 (0.49%) Apple iOS
5 5 (0.49%) Debian
6 2 (0.20%) Android
7 1 (0.098%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 474 (46.38%) CRM
2 197 (19.28%) Analytics
3 175 (17.12%) Problem-Solving
4 174 (17.03%) Agile
5 162 (15.85%) Roadmaps
6 159 (15.56%) Continuous Improvement
7 131 (12.82%) DevOps
8 125 (12.23%) Mentoring
9 118 (11.55%) CI/CD
10 114 (11.15%) B2B
10 114 (11.15%) Decision-Making
11 110 (10.76%) Stakeholder Management
12 106 (10.37%) Business Development
13 105 (10.27%) Business Intelligence
14 94 (9.20%) Customer Experience
15 93 (9.10%) AI
15 93 (9.10%) Project Management
16 82 (8.02%) Stakeholder Engagement
17 79 (7.73%) Customer Engagement
18 78 (7.63%) ERP
Programming Languages
1 104 (10.18%) Apex Code
2 88 (8.61%) SQL
3 53 (5.19%) Python
4 45 (4.40%) JavaScript
5 22 (2.15%) SOQL
6 17 (1.66%) PowerShell
6 17 (1.66%) SOSL
7 14 (1.37%) Java
8 11 (1.08%) PHP
9 8 (0.78%) R
10 6 (0.59%) TypeScript
11 5 (0.49%) C#
11 5 (0.49%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 2 (0.20%) Ada
12 2 (0.20%) DataWeave
12 2 (0.20%) T-SQL
12 2 (0.20%) VB
13 1 (0.098%) Bash
13 1 (0.098%) Ruby
13 1 (0.098%) Scala
Qualifications
1 151 (14.77%) Degree
2 75 (7.34%) DBS Check
3 47 (4.60%) Security Cleared
4 40 (3.91%) SC Cleared
5 15 (1.47%) Master's Degree
6 8 (0.78%) HND
6 8 (0.78%) Numerate Degree
7 7 (0.68%) Azure Certification
7 7 (0.68%) Computer Science Degree
7 7 (0.68%) Microsoft Certification
8 6 (0.59%) 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 (0.20%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
11 2 (0.20%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
11 2 (0.20%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 75 (7.34%) GDPR
2 35 (3.42%) SLA
3 27 (2.64%) Data Quality
4 22 (2.15%) QA
5 11 (1.08%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 10 (0.98%) Accessibility
7 9 (0.88%) PMO
8 7 (0.68%) ISO 9001
9 6 (0.59%) Cyber Essentials
10 5 (0.49%) GRC
10 5 (0.49%) IFRS
11 4 (0.39%) PERC
12 2 (0.20%) GxP
12 2 (0.20%) ITGC
13 1 (0.098%) Actionable Recommendations
13 1 (0.098%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
13 1 (0.098%) Sarbanes-Oxley
13 1 (0.098%) SOC 2
System Software
1 25 (2.45%) Active Directory
2 8 (0.78%) VMware Infrastructure
3 6 (0.59%) Hyper-V
4 5 (0.49%) Kamailio
5 3 (0.29%) Docker
6 2 (0.20%) VMware ESXi
7 1 (0.098%) Virtual Desktop
7 1 (0.098%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 12 (1.17%) Terraform
2 7 (0.68%) Microsoft Intune
3 5 (0.49%) Autotask
4 4 (0.39%) SCCM
5 3 (0.29%) Ansible
5 3 (0.29%) Kubernetes
6 1 (0.098%) Backup Exec
6 1 (0.098%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 198 (19.37%) Microsoft
2 89 (8.71%) HubSpot
2 89 (8.71%) SAP
3 79 (7.73%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
4 54 (5.28%) Adobe
5 52 (5.09%) MuleSoft
6 48 (4.70%) Oracle
7 43 (4.21%) Cisco
7 43 (4.21%) Google
8 35 (3.42%) ServiceNow
9 24 (2.35%) Pardot
10 19 (1.86%) Dell
11 18 (1.76%) Zoho
12 15 (1.47%) Splunk
13 9 (0.88%) Alteryx
14 8 (0.78%) VMware
15 7 (0.68%) Avaya
15 7 (0.68%) Facebook
15 7 (0.68%) Genesys
16 6 (0.59%) BMC