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 30 January 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
30 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 136 150 186
Rank change year-on-year +14 +36 -29
Permanent jobs citing Salesforce 1,072 995 1,169
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 1.69% 1.91% 1.68%
As % of the Vendors category 5.53% 5.05% 4.37%
Number of salaries quoted 618 444 878
10th Percentile £30,580 £28,822 £31,250
25th Percentile £38,500 £45,000 £38,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £62,500 £48,250
Median % change year-on-year -8.00% +29.53% -28.52%
75th Percentile £75,000 £80,000 £74,500
90th Percentile £90,000 £97,500 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £57,500 £38,000
% change year-on-year -8.70% +51.32% -33.91%

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 19,392 19,711 26,753
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 30.56% 37.76% 38.49%
Number of salaries quoted 10,850 9,952 20,851
10th Percentile £27,500 £31,750 £27,000
25th Percentile £33,750 £42,500 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £57,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.70% +9.52% -8.70%
75th Percentile £74,440 £76,250 £70,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £93,778 £89,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £45,000 £51,376 £47,500
% change year-on-year -12.41% +8.16% -5.00%

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 30 January 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 30 January 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 +18 902 £57,500 -8.00% 991
UK excluding London +46 610 £52,500 -8.70% 954
London +14 370 £70,000 - 193
Work from Home +56 341 £52,500 -12.50% 316
North of England +32 190 £51,250 -10.87% 184
North West +46 123 £52,500 -8.70% 72
Midlands +9 117 £39,000 -8.24% 150
South East +50 109 £55,000 -15.38% 301
South West +12 66 £50,000 -16.67% 111
Yorkshire +3 60 £50,000 -20.00% 89
West Midlands -17 58 £34,750 +20.57% 47
East Midlands +24 57 £40,000 -38.46% 100
Scotland +12 48 £35,000 -68.18% 42
East of England +11 42 £52,500 -47.50% 122
Wales +29 29 £55,000 -6.38% 46
Northern Ireland -18 9 - - 19
North East -6 7 £46,250 +8.35% 25

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 20 (1.87%) SharePoint
2 19 (1.77%) CMS
2 19 (1.77%) WordPress
3 18 (1.68%) Confluence
4 10 (0.93%) IIS
4 10 (0.93%) Microsoft Exchange
5 6 (0.56%) Apache
6 5 (0.47%) Moodle
7 3 (0.28%) Anypoint
7 3 (0.28%) Appian
7 3 (0.28%) Oracle Coherence
7 3 (0.28%) Sitecore CMS
8 1 (0.093%) Apache Airflow
8 1 (0.093%) Drupal
8 1 (0.093%) Palantir Foundry
8 1 (0.093%) Strapi
Applications
1 47 (4.38%) Microsoft Excel
2 44 (4.10%) Microsoft Office
3 14 (1.31%) Maya
4 12 (1.12%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 6 (0.56%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 5 (0.47%) Adobe Premiere
6 5 (0.47%) Photoshop
7 4 (0.37%) PlantUML
8 3 (0.28%) Spreadsheet
9 2 (0.19%) MS Visio
10 1 (0.093%) Acrobat
10 1 (0.093%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 97 (9.05%) Salesforce CRM
2 71 (6.62%) Dynamics CRM
3 26 (2.43%) NetSuite
4 5 (0.47%) Shopify
4 5 (0.47%) Unit4 Business World
5 4 (0.37%) Dynamics AX
5 4 (0.37%) Oracle Applications
5 4 (0.37%) SAP CX
6 3 (0.28%) Infor M3
6 3 (0.28%) Payment Gateway
7 2 (0.19%) IBM Planning Analytics
7 2 (0.19%) Integrated Workplace Management System
7 2 (0.19%) Q-Pulse
7 2 (0.19%) Sage 200
7 2 (0.19%) SAP S/4HANA
8 1 (0.093%) Oracle CRM
8 1 (0.093%) Pegasus Opera
8 1 (0.093%) Raiser’s Edge
8 1 (0.093%) SAP Business ByDesign
8 1 (0.093%) Sprinklr
Cloud Services
1 124 (11.57%) Azure
1 124 (11.57%) SaaS
2 107 (9.98%) Salesforce Service Cloud
3 68 (6.34%) Power Platform
4 55 (5.13%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
5 54 (5.04%) AWS
6 49 (4.57%) Microsoft 365
7 46 (4.29%) GitHub
8 44 (4.10%) Azure DevOps
9 28 (2.61%) GCP
10 25 (2.33%) Salesforce Commerce Cloud
11 22 (2.05%) GitHub Copilot
12 21 (1.96%) Dynamics 365
12 21 (1.96%) Google Analytics
13 19 (1.77%) Boomi
14 15 (1.40%) Salesforce Einstein
15 12 (1.12%) Google Workspace
15 12 (1.12%) Zapier
16 11 (1.03%) Snowflake
17 10 (0.93%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 42 (3.92%) Broadband
2 19 (1.77%) Wi-Fi
3 18 (1.68%) Internet
4 14 (1.31%) VPN
5 9 (0.84%) VoIP
6 7 (0.65%) IP Telephony
6 7 (0.65%) PSTN
6 7 (0.65%) WPA
7 6 (0.56%) Ethernet
7 6 (0.56%) TCP/IP
8 5 (0.47%) HTTP
9 4 (0.37%) LAN
10 3 (0.28%) AMQP
10 3 (0.28%) Firewall
10 3 (0.28%) Network Security
10 3 (0.28%) PBX
10 3 (0.28%) SCCP
10 3 (0.28%) SD-WAN
11 2 (0.19%) DMZ
11 2 (0.19%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 57 (5.32%) Power BI
2 56 (5.22%) Tableau
3 30 (2.80%) SQL Server
4 22 (2.05%) Data Lake
5 14 (1.31%) MySQL
6 12 (1.12%) Relational Database
7 9 (0.84%) Data Warehouse
8 5 (0.47%) Metadata
8 5 (0.47%) Power Query
9 4 (0.37%) Geospatial Data
9 4 (0.37%) Looker
9 4 (0.37%) PostgreSQL
10 3 (0.28%) QlikView
10 3 (0.28%) RDBMS
11 2 (0.19%) BigQuery
11 2 (0.19%) KNIME
11 2 (0.19%) MariaDB
12 1 (0.093%) Electronic Patient Records
12 1 (0.093%) Qlik Sense
12 1 (0.093%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 79 (7.37%) JIRA
2 32 (2.99%) Jenkins
3 24 (2.24%) Git
3 24 (2.24%) GitLab
3 24 (2.24%) SonarQube
4 5 (0.47%) Snyk
5 4 (0.37%) Browser DevTools
5 4 (0.37%) Postman
6 2 (0.19%) Katalon Studio
6 2 (0.19%) LabVIEW
7 1 (0.093%) Bitbucket
7 1 (0.093%) GCC
7 1 (0.093%) Selenium
General
1 401 (37.41%) Social Skills
2 385 (35.91%) Marketing
3 278 (25.93%) Finance
4 151 (14.09%) Analytical Skills
5 146 (13.62%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 98 (9.14%) Retail
7 84 (7.84%) Presentation Skills
8 52 (4.85%) Law
9 51 (4.76%) Organisational Skills
10 49 (4.57%) Public Sector
11 44 (4.10%) Legal
12 43 (4.01%) Games
13 35 (3.26%) Banking
14 30 (2.80%) Telecoms
15 27 (2.52%) Manufacturing
16 19 (1.77%) Advertising
17 14 (1.31%) Publishing
18 12 (1.12%) Front Office
19 11 (1.03%) Documentation Skills
20 10 (0.93%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 172 (16.04%) Senior
2 147 (13.71%) Developer
3 123 (11.47%) Salesforce Developer
4 116 (10.82%) Analyst
5 88 (8.21%) Architect
6 79 (7.37%) Lead
7 57 (5.32%) Administrator
8 56 (5.22%) Salesforce Architect
9 48 (4.48%) Business Analyst
10 47 (4.38%) Business Manager
10 47 (4.38%) Development Manager
11 45 (4.20%) Business Development Manager
12 44 (4.10%) Salesforce Administrator
13 42 (3.92%) Senior Developer
14 39 (3.64%) Sales Executive
14 39 (3.64%) Senior Salesforce Developer
15 38 (3.54%) Project Manager
16 37 (3.45%) Marketing Manager
17 34 (3.17%) Data Analyst
18 33 (3.08%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 121 (11.29%) Lightning Web Components
2 116 (10.82%) REST
3 98 (9.14%) SOAP
4 48 (4.48%) Visualforce
5 32 (2.99%) Middleware
6 31 (2.89%) .NET
7 27 (2.52%) CSS
7 27 (2.52%) HTML
8 16 (1.49%) EDI
9 15 (1.40%) Node.js
10 11 (1.03%) Web Services
11 10 (0.93%) LAMP
11 10 (0.93%) OAuth
12 9 (0.84%) JSON
13 8 (0.75%) GraphQL
13 8 (0.75%) React
14 6 (0.56%) OAuth2
15 4 (0.37%) Kafka
15 4 (0.37%) RESTful
16 3 (0.28%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 96 (8.96%) Product Ownership
2 86 (8.02%) Onboarding
3 61 (5.69%) Management Information System
4 44 (4.10%) Analytical Mindset
5 39 (3.64%) Cloud Native
5 39 (3.64%) Self-Motivation
6 30 (2.80%) FMCG
7 25 (2.33%) Social Media
8 23 (2.15%) Data Structures
9 18 (1.68%) Enterprise Software
10 15 (1.40%) Greenfield Project
11 13 (1.21%) NHS
12 12 (1.12%) Low-Code
13 11 (1.03%) Blog
14 10 (0.93%) Driving Licence
14 10 (0.93%) Linux Command Line
14 10 (0.93%) Podcast
14 10 (0.93%) Security Posture
15 9 (0.84%) Marketing Technology
16 8 (0.75%) Web Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 23 (2.15%) Linux
2 21 (1.96%) Windows
3 10 (0.93%) Windows 10
4 5 (0.47%) Apple iOS
5 3 (0.28%) Windows Server
6 2 (0.19%) Android
6 2 (0.19%) Debian
7 1 (0.093%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 473 (44.12%) CRM
2 191 (17.82%) Problem-Solving
3 182 (16.98%) Agile
4 180 (16.79%) Analytics
5 179 (16.70%) Continuous Improvement
6 148 (13.81%) Mentoring
7 146 (13.62%) CI/CD
7 146 (13.62%) DevOps
8 127 (11.85%) Decision-Making
9 125 (11.66%) Roadmaps
10 113 (10.54%) B2B
11 107 (9.98%) Business Development
12 102 (9.51%) Stakeholder Management
13 101 (9.42%) Coaching
14 99 (9.24%) Customer Experience
15 98 (9.14%) Business Intelligence
16 97 (9.05%) AI
17 96 (8.96%) Project Management
18 85 (7.93%) Stakeholder Engagement
19 84 (7.84%) Data Modelling
Programming Languages
1 129 (12.03%) Apex Code
2 87 (8.12%) SQL
3 60 (5.60%) Python
4 56 (5.22%) JavaScript
5 38 (3.54%) SOQL
6 28 (2.61%) SOSL
7 19 (1.77%) Java
8 15 (1.40%) PowerShell
9 12 (1.12%) PHP
10 8 (0.75%) TypeScript
11 6 (0.56%) C#
12 5 (0.47%) T-SQL
13 4 (0.37%) Google Apps Script
14 3 (0.28%) Scala
15 2 (0.19%) Ada
15 2 (0.19%) DataWeave
15 2 (0.19%) R
16 1 (0.093%) Bash
16 1 (0.093%) Bicep
16 1 (0.093%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 162 (15.11%) Degree
2 67 (6.25%) Security Cleared
3 55 (5.13%) SC Cleared
4 36 (3.36%) DBS Check
5 17 (1.59%) Master's Degree
6 13 (1.21%) Computer Science Degree
7 10 (0.93%) CIMA
8 9 (0.84%) ACCA
9 8 (0.75%) HND
9 8 (0.75%) Numerate Degree
10 7 (0.65%) BPSS Clearance
11 6 (0.56%) MBA
11 6 (0.56%) Microsoft Certification
12 5 (0.47%) CITP
13 4 (0.37%) A+ Certification
14 3 (0.28%) PMI Certification
15 2 (0.19%) CISSP
15 2 (0.19%) ISEB
15 2 (0.19%) ISTQB
15 2 (0.19%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 52 (4.85%) GDPR
2 40 (3.73%) Data Quality
3 27 (2.52%) SLA
4 25 (2.33%) QA
5 10 (0.93%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 9 (0.84%) Accessibility
6 9 (0.84%) PMO
7 7 (0.65%) Actionable Recommendations
8 5 (0.47%) GRC
8 5 (0.47%) IFRS
9 4 (0.37%) ISO 9001
10 3 (0.28%) NIST
10 3 (0.28%) PCI DSS
10 3 (0.28%) PERC
11 2 (0.19%) Cyber Essentials
11 2 (0.19%) GxP
11 2 (0.19%) ITGC
12 1 (0.093%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 1 (0.093%) SOC 2
12 1 (0.093%) WCAG
System Software
1 19 (1.77%) Active Directory
2 5 (0.47%) Docker
3 2 (0.19%) Kamailio
4 1 (0.093%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 15 (1.40%) Terraform
2 8 (0.75%) Single Sign-On
3 5 (0.47%) Ansible
3 5 (0.47%) Kubernetes
4 4 (0.37%) Microsoft Intune
4 4 (0.37%) SCCM
5 1 (0.093%) CASB
Vendors
1 219 (20.43%) Microsoft
2 87 (8.12%) HubSpot
3 81 (7.56%) SAP
4 68 (6.34%) Cisco
5 61 (5.69%) MuleSoft
6 50 (4.66%) Adobe
7 45 (4.20%) Google
8 44 (4.10%) Oracle
8 44 (4.10%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
9 35 (3.26%) ServiceNow
10 29 (2.71%) Pardot
11 24 (2.24%) Splunk
12 19 (1.77%) Dell
13 13 (1.21%) BMC
14 11 (1.03%) Zoho
15 9 (0.84%) Informatica
16 8 (0.75%) Genesys
17 7 (0.65%) Avaya
17 7 (0.65%) Facebook
17 7 (0.65%) Planon