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 15 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
15 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 135 158 142
Rank change year-on-year +23 -16 +5
Permanent jobs citing Salesforce 1,041 970 1,147
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 1.73% 1.81% 2.07%
As % of the Vendors category 5.50% 4.85% 5.26%
Number of salaries quoted 589 454 881
10th Percentile £30,580 £28,822 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £45,188 £38,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £65,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.54% +18.18% -18.52%
75th Percentile £73,750 £80,000 £73,000
90th Percentile £88,750 £97,500 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £57,500 £40,000
% change year-on-year -8.70% +43.75% -30.43%

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 18,917 19,991 21,817
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 31.38% 37.30% 39.34%
Number of salaries quoted 10,706 10,124 16,690
10th Percentile £27,500 £31,750 £28,500
25th Percentile £33,500 £42,000 £38,084
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,860 £57,471 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.50% +4.49% -4.35%
75th Percentile £73,750 £76,250 £72,500
90th Percentile £90,000 £93,778 £91,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £42,750 £50,055 £47,565
% change year-on-year -14.59% +5.23% -4.87%

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 15 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 15 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 +24 887 £57,500 -11.54% 1,155
UK excluding London +49 599 £52,500 -8.70% 1,065
London +18 357 £70,000 - 211
Work from Home +52 323 £52,500 -12.50% 426
North of England +41 193 £55,000 -6.78% 208
North West +45 122 £55,000 -5.58% 85
Midlands +17 120 £39,000 -8.24% 161
South East +43 107 £55,000 -21.43% 336
Yorkshire +14 64 £50,000 -25.93% 95
East Midlands +23 59 £40,000 -38.46% 101
West Midlands -13 59 £36,875 +27.94% 57
South West -2 57 £52,500 -12.50% 133
East of England +13 44 £50,000 -32.43% 153
Scotland +18 41 £35,000 -68.18% 29
Wales +33 30 £57,500 -14.81% 51
Northern Ireland -16 8 - - 23
North East +4 7 £35,000 -42.00% 29

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 (2.21%) WordPress
2 17 (1.63%) CMS
2 17 (1.63%) Confluence
2 17 (1.63%) SharePoint
3 11 (1.06%) Microsoft Exchange
4 10 (0.96%) IIS
5 6 (0.58%) Apache
6 5 (0.48%) Moodle
7 3 (0.29%) Anypoint
7 3 (0.29%) Appian
7 3 (0.29%) Oracle Coherence
7 3 (0.29%) Sitecore CMS
8 1 (0.096%) Apache Airflow
8 1 (0.096%) Drupal
8 1 (0.096%) Strapi
Applications
1 74 (7.11%) Microsoft Excel
2 45 (4.32%) Microsoft Office
3 14 (1.34%) Maya
4 9 (0.86%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 6 (0.58%) Photoshop
6 5 (0.48%) Adobe Premiere
7 4 (0.38%) Adobe Creative Suite
7 4 (0.38%) PlantUML
8 2 (0.19%) Spreadsheet
9 1 (0.096%) Acrobat
9 1 (0.096%) InDesign
9 1 (0.096%) Microsoft Project
9 1 (0.096%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 82 (7.88%) Salesforce CRM
2 72 (6.92%) Dynamics CRM
3 24 (2.31%) NetSuite
4 5 (0.48%) Shopify
5 4 (0.38%) Dynamics AX
5 4 (0.38%) Oracle Applications
5 4 (0.38%) SAP CX
5 4 (0.38%) Unit4 Business World
6 3 (0.29%) Infor M3
6 3 (0.29%) Payment Gateway
7 2 (0.19%) IBM Planning Analytics
7 2 (0.19%) Q-Pulse
7 2 (0.19%) Sage 200
8 1 (0.096%) Adobe Campaign
8 1 (0.096%) Integrated Workplace Management System
8 1 (0.096%) Oracle CRM
8 1 (0.096%) Pegasus Opera
8 1 (0.096%) Raiser’s Edge
8 1 (0.096%) SAP S/4HANA
8 1 (0.096%) Sprinklr
Cloud Services
1 128 (12.30%) Azure
2 121 (11.62%) SaaS
3 102 (9.80%) Salesforce Service Cloud
4 68 (6.53%) Power Platform
5 53 (5.09%) AWS
6 45 (4.32%) Azure DevOps
6 45 (4.32%) GitHub
6 45 (4.32%) Microsoft 365
6 45 (4.32%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
7 28 (2.69%) GCP
8 25 (2.40%) Dynamics 365
8 25 (2.40%) Salesforce Commerce Cloud
9 22 (2.11%) GitHub Copilot
10 21 (2.02%) Google Analytics
11 20 (1.92%) Boomi
12 15 (1.44%) Salesforce Einstein
13 14 (1.34%) Snowflake
14 12 (1.15%) Zapier
15 11 (1.06%) GitHub Actions
15 11 (1.06%) Google Workspace
Communications & Networking
1 34 (3.27%) Broadband
2 31 (2.98%) SMS
3 20 (1.92%) Wi-Fi
4 16 (1.54%) Internet
5 15 (1.44%) VPN
6 12 (1.15%) VoIP
7 7 (0.67%) Ethernet
7 7 (0.67%) IP Telephony
7 7 (0.67%) PSTN
7 7 (0.67%) WPA
8 5 (0.48%) HTTP
8 5 (0.48%) TCP/IP
9 4 (0.38%) DMZ
9 4 (0.38%) Firewall
9 4 (0.38%) LAN
9 4 (0.38%) Network Security
9 4 (0.38%) STUN
9 4 (0.38%) VLAN
10 3 (0.29%) AMQP
10 3 (0.29%) SCCP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 59 (5.67%) Tableau
2 58 (5.57%) Power BI
3 39 (3.75%) SQL Server
4 22 (2.11%) Data Lake
5 13 (1.25%) Data Warehouse
5 13 (1.25%) MySQL
6 10 (0.96%) Relational Database
7 8 (0.77%) Looker
8 5 (0.48%) Power Query
9 4 (0.38%) Amazon Redshift
9 4 (0.38%) BigQuery
9 4 (0.38%) Geospatial Data
9 4 (0.38%) PostgreSQL
10 3 (0.29%) Metadata
10 3 (0.29%) QlikView
10 3 (0.29%) RDBMS
11 2 (0.19%) Big Data
11 2 (0.19%) KNIME
12 1 (0.096%) NoSQL
12 1 (0.096%) Qlik Sense
Development Applications
1 74 (7.11%) JIRA
2 24 (2.31%) Git
2 24 (2.31%) Jenkins
3 17 (1.63%) GitLab
4 16 (1.54%) SonarQube
5 5 (0.48%) Snyk
6 4 (0.38%) Browser DevTools
6 4 (0.38%) Postman
7 2 (0.19%) Katalon Studio
7 2 (0.19%) LabVIEW
8 1 (0.096%) Bitbucket
8 1 (0.096%) GCC
8 1 (0.096%) Selenium
General
1 398 (38.23%) Marketing
2 384 (36.89%) Social Skills
3 269 (25.84%) Finance
4 176 (16.91%) Analytical Skills
5 129 (12.39%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 102 (9.80%) Retail
7 79 (7.59%) Presentation Skills
8 48 (4.61%) Law
9 46 (4.42%) Organisational Skills
10 40 (3.84%) Public Sector
11 38 (3.65%) Legal
12 36 (3.46%) Banking
13 35 (3.36%) Games
14 33 (3.17%) Telecoms
15 25 (2.40%) Manufacturing
16 17 (1.63%) Advertising
17 12 (1.15%) Publishing
18 11 (1.06%) Documentation Skills
18 11 (1.06%) Front Office
18 11 (1.06%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 188 (18.06%) Senior
2 135 (12.97%) Developer
3 116 (11.14%) Analyst
4 110 (10.57%) Salesforce Developer
5 76 (7.30%) Architect
6 72 (6.92%) Lead
7 49 (4.71%) Administrator
8 48 (4.61%) CRM Executive
8 48 (4.61%) Development Manager
9 47 (4.51%) Business Development Manager
9 47 (4.51%) Business Manager
10 46 (4.42%) Business Analyst
11 43 (4.13%) Salesforce Architect
12 41 (3.94%) Senior Developer
13 40 (3.84%) Salesforce Administrator
14 38 (3.65%) Senior Salesforce Developer
15 36 (3.46%) Support Engineer
16 35 (3.36%) Marketing Manager
16 35 (3.36%) Project Manager
17 34 (3.27%) Sales Executive
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 103 (9.89%) Lightning Web Components
2 97 (9.32%) REST
3 81 (7.78%) SOAP
4 36 (3.46%) Visualforce
5 28 (2.69%) .NET
6 27 (2.59%) Middleware
7 25 (2.40%) HTML
8 24 (2.31%) CSS
9 14 (1.34%) EDI
9 14 (1.34%) Node.js
10 13 (1.25%) Web Services
11 10 (0.96%) LAMP
12 8 (0.77%) GraphQL
12 8 (0.77%) JSON
13 7 (0.67%) OAuth
14 6 (0.58%) OAuth2
15 5 (0.48%) React
16 4 (0.38%) Hugging Face
16 4 (0.38%) Pandas
16 4 (0.38%) scikit-learn
Miscellaneous
1 106 (10.18%) Onboarding
2 81 (7.78%) Product Ownership
3 58 (5.57%) Management Information System
4 44 (4.23%) Analytical Mindset
5 38 (3.65%) Cloud Native
6 32 (3.07%) Self-Motivation
7 28 (2.69%) FMCG
8 27 (2.59%) Social Media
9 20 (1.92%) Data Structures
10 18 (1.73%) Enterprise Software
11 14 (1.34%) Greenfield Project
12 12 (1.15%) Blog
12 12 (1.15%) NHS
13 11 (1.06%) Driving Licence
14 10 (0.96%) Legacy Systems
14 10 (0.96%) Linux Command Line
14 10 (0.96%) Podcast
15 9 (0.86%) Low-Code
15 9 (0.86%) Marketing Technology
15 9 (0.86%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 25 (2.40%) Linux
2 24 (2.31%) Windows
3 11 (1.06%) Windows 10
4 6 (0.58%) Windows Server
5 4 (0.38%) Apple iOS
5 4 (0.38%) Debian
6 2 (0.19%) Android
7 1 (0.096%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 477 (45.82%) CRM
2 212 (20.37%) Analytics
3 177 (17.00%) Problem-Solving
4 171 (16.43%) Agile
5 163 (15.66%) Continuous Improvement
6 150 (14.41%) Roadmaps
7 142 (13.64%) Mentoring
8 138 (13.26%) DevOps
9 126 (12.10%) CI/CD
10 122 (11.72%) Decision-Making
11 108 (10.37%) B2B
12 100 (9.61%) Stakeholder Management
13 99 (9.51%) Business Development
14 97 (9.32%) Business Intelligence
15 95 (9.13%) AI
15 95 (9.13%) Customer Experience
16 94 (9.03%) Project Management
17 92 (8.84%) Coaching
18 87 (8.36%) Stakeholder Engagement
19 82 (7.88%) Customer Engagement
Programming Languages
1 113 (10.85%) Apex Code
2 90 (8.65%) SQL
3 62 (5.96%) Python
4 50 (4.80%) JavaScript
5 25 (2.40%) SOQL
6 18 (1.73%) SOSL
7 16 (1.54%) Java
8 15 (1.44%) PowerShell
9 11 (1.06%) PHP
10 7 (0.67%) R
11 6 (0.58%) TypeScript
12 5 (0.48%) C#
13 4 (0.38%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 4 (0.38%) Google Apps Script
14 2 (0.19%) Ada
14 2 (0.19%) DataWeave
14 2 (0.19%) T-SQL
14 2 (0.19%) VB
15 1 (0.096%) Ruby
15 1 (0.096%) Scala
Qualifications
1 152 (14.60%) Degree
2 70 (6.72%) DBS Check
3 55 (5.28%) Security Cleared
4 45 (4.32%) SC Cleared
5 15 (1.44%) Master's Degree
6 10 (0.96%) Computer Science Degree
7 8 (0.77%) CIMA
7 8 (0.77%) HND
7 8 (0.77%) Numerate Degree
8 7 (0.67%) ACCA
8 7 (0.67%) MBA
9 6 (0.58%) Microsoft Certification
10 5 (0.48%) BPSS Clearance
10 5 (0.48%) CITP
11 4 (0.38%) A+ Certification
12 3 (0.29%) Azure Certification
12 3 (0.29%) ISEB
12 3 (0.29%) ISTQB
12 3 (0.29%) PMI Certification
13 2 (0.19%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 75 (7.20%) GDPR
2 36 (3.46%) Data Quality
3 27 (2.59%) SLA
4 22 (2.11%) QA
5 11 (1.06%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 8 (0.77%) Accessibility
6 8 (0.77%) PMO
7 6 (0.58%) ISO 9001
8 5 (0.48%) IFRS
9 4 (0.38%) Actionable Recommendations
9 4 (0.38%) Cyber Essentials
9 4 (0.38%) GRC
10 3 (0.29%) NIST
10 3 (0.29%) PCI DSS
10 3 (0.29%) PERC
11 2 (0.19%) GxP
11 2 (0.19%) ITGC
12 1 (0.096%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 1 (0.096%) SOC 2
System Software
1 21 (2.02%) Active Directory
2 5 (0.48%) Docker
3 4 (0.38%) Kamailio
4 1 (0.096%) Hyper-V
4 1 (0.096%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 14 (1.34%) Terraform
2 5 (0.48%) Ansible
2 5 (0.48%) Kubernetes
2 5 (0.48%) Single Sign-On
3 4 (0.38%) Microsoft Intune
3 4 (0.38%) SCCM
4 1 (0.096%) Autotask
Vendors
1 215 (20.65%) Microsoft
2 89 (8.55%) HubSpot
3 77 (7.40%) SAP
4 76 (7.30%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
5 64 (6.15%) Cisco
6 59 (5.67%) MuleSoft
7 52 (5.00%) Adobe
8 50 (4.80%) Google
9 45 (4.32%) Oracle
10 30 (2.88%) ServiceNow
11 26 (2.50%) Pardot
12 19 (1.83%) Dell
13 16 (1.54%) Zoho
14 15 (1.44%) Splunk
15 10 (0.96%) BMC
16 9 (0.86%) Alteryx
17 8 (0.77%) Informatica
18 7 (0.67%) Avaya
18 7 (0.67%) Facebook
18 7 (0.67%) Genesys