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 1 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
1 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 145 171 138
Rank change year-on-year +26 -33 +29
Permanent jobs citing Salesforce 1,020 1,056 1,189
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 1.88% 1.63% 2.34%
As % of the Vendors category 5.13% 4.71% 5.60%
Number of salaries quoted 605 543 945
10th Percentile £30,500 £31,000 £32,500
25th Percentile £37,500 £41,500 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,850 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.61% +1.42% -7.69%
75th Percentile £72,500 £78,000 £76,250
90th Percentile £90,000 £98,750 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +15.79% -19.49%

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 19,886 22,429 21,229
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 36.72% 34.58% 41.85%
Number of salaries quoted 11,227 11,689 16,534
10th Percentile £27,000 £31,250 £29,000
25th Percentile £32,838 £41,250 £40,000
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 £76,250 £73,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £95,000 £91,934
UK excluding London median annual salary £42,500 £50,000 £49,500
% change year-on-year -15.00% +1.01% -1.00%

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 1 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 1 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 +33 874 £55,000 -8.33% 490
UK excluding London +56 572 £50,000 -9.09% 409
London +37 364 £70,000 - 252
Work from Home +58 334 £52,500 -1.04% 227
North of England +29 164 £55,000 -4.35% 72
Midlands +53 137 £35,500 -1.39% 50
South East +45 99 £54,000 -1.12% 225
North West +31 97 £60,000 +9.09% 40
East Midlands +63 69 £37,750 -24.50% 20
West Midlands +22 66 £34,750 +20.57% 30
Yorkshire +18 58 £42,500 -37.04% 26
East of England +9 49 £50,000 -28.57% 11
South West +2 49 £52,500 -4.55% 26
Wales +40 34 £55,000 -12.59% 8
Scotland +17 34 £35,000 -68.18% 19
North East +9 9 £57,500 -26.28% 6
Northern Ireland -11 7 - - 2

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 26 (2.55%) SharePoint
2 23 (2.25%) WordPress
3 18 (1.76%) Confluence
4 16 (1.57%) CMS
4 16 (1.57%) Microsoft Exchange
5 12 (1.18%) IIS
6 6 (0.59%) Apache
7 4 (0.39%) Moodle
8 3 (0.29%) Appian
8 3 (0.29%) Oracle Coherence
8 3 (0.29%) Sitecore CMS
9 2 (0.20%) Anypoint
9 2 (0.20%) BizTalk Server
9 2 (0.20%) Jupyter
10 1 (0.098%) Apache Airflow
10 1 (0.098%) Apache Spark
10 1 (0.098%) Drupal
10 1 (0.098%) HCL Notes
10 1 (0.098%) Strapi
10 1 (0.098%) Tomcat
Applications
1 86 (8.43%) Microsoft Excel
2 60 (5.88%) Microsoft Office
3 14 (1.37%) Maya
4 12 (1.18%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 11 (1.08%) Photoshop
6 7 (0.69%) Adobe Premiere
7 5 (0.49%) Adobe Creative Suite
7 5 (0.49%) MS Visio
8 4 (0.39%) PlantUML
9 3 (0.29%) Microsoft Project
9 3 (0.29%) Spreadsheet
10 1 (0.098%) Acrobat
10 1 (0.098%) InDesign
10 1 (0.098%) Trello
Business Applications
1 75 (7.35%) Dynamics CRM
2 73 (7.16%) Salesforce CRM
3 19 (1.86%) NetSuite
4 8 (0.78%) Shopify
5 7 (0.69%) SAP S/4HANA
6 4 (0.39%) Exchequer
6 4 (0.39%) Oracle Applications
6 4 (0.39%) SAP CX
7 3 (0.29%) Infor M3
7 3 (0.29%) Payment Gateway
7 3 (0.29%) Raiser’s Edge
8 2 (0.20%) Sage 1000
8 2 (0.20%) SAP Business One
9 1 (0.098%) Dynamics AX
9 1 (0.098%) FastStats
9 1 (0.098%) Magento
9 1 (0.098%) NEC Housing
9 1 (0.098%) Oracle CRM
9 1 (0.098%) Pegasus Opera
9 1 (0.098%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 131 (12.84%) Azure
2 112 (10.98%) SaaS
3 92 (9.02%) Salesforce Service Cloud
4 79 (7.75%) Power Platform
5 58 (5.69%) Microsoft 365
6 38 (3.73%) Azure DevOps
6 38 (3.73%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
7 36 (3.53%) AWS
8 32 (3.14%) GitHub
9 26 (2.55%) Salesforce Commerce Cloud
10 23 (2.25%) Dynamics 365
11 21 (2.06%) GCP
12 20 (1.96%) Boomi
13 16 (1.57%) GitHub Copilot
14 15 (1.47%) Google Analytics
14 15 (1.47%) Google Workspace
15 14 (1.37%) Snowflake
16 11 (1.08%) Entra ID
16 11 (1.08%) MailChimp
16 11 (1.08%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 33 (3.24%) Broadband
2 32 (3.14%) SMS
3 18 (1.76%) VoIP
4 16 (1.57%) Wi-Fi
5 13 (1.27%) Internet
5 13 (1.27%) VPN
6 12 (1.18%) Network Security
7 8 (0.78%) Ethernet
8 7 (0.69%) Firewall
8 7 (0.69%) TCP/IP
8 7 (0.69%) WPA
9 6 (0.59%) HTTP
9 6 (0.59%) IP Telephony
9 6 (0.59%) PSTN
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 67 (6.57%) Power BI
2 55 (5.39%) Tableau
3 54 (5.29%) SQL Server
4 25 (2.45%) Data Lake
5 17 (1.67%) Data Warehouse
6 14 (1.37%) MySQL
7 11 (1.08%) Relational Database
8 9 (0.88%) Looker
9 7 (0.69%) PostgreSQL
9 7 (0.69%) SAP Data Services
10 6 (0.59%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 5 (0.49%) BigQuery
11 5 (0.49%) Power Query
11 5 (0.49%) RDBMS
12 4 (0.39%) Amazon Redshift
12 4 (0.39%) Big Data
12 4 (0.39%) BusinessObjects
12 4 (0.39%) EDRMS
12 4 (0.39%) Geospatial Data
12 4 (0.39%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 75 (7.35%) JIRA
2 21 (2.06%) Git
3 19 (1.86%) Jenkins
4 16 (1.57%) GitLab
4 16 (1.57%) SonarQube
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%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
8 2 (0.20%) TeamCity
9 1 (0.098%) GCC
9 1 (0.098%) Oracle APEX
9 1 (0.098%) RStudio
General
1 391 (38.33%) Social Skills
2 375 (36.76%) Marketing
3 263 (25.78%) Finance
4 166 (16.27%) Analytical Skills
5 109 (10.69%) Retail
6 96 (9.41%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 69 (6.76%) Presentation Skills
8 58 (5.69%) Organisational Skills
9 54 (5.29%) Law
10 40 (3.92%) Legal
11 38 (3.73%) Banking
11 38 (3.73%) Public Sector
12 35 (3.43%) Games
13 32 (3.14%) Telecoms
14 25 (2.45%) Manufacturing
15 22 (2.16%) Advertising
15 22 (2.16%) Influencing Skills
16 10 (0.98%) Investment Banking
17 9 (0.88%) Front Office
17 9 (0.88%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 181 (17.75%) Senior
2 110 (10.78%) Developer
3 102 (10.00%) Analyst
4 96 (9.41%) Architect
5 89 (8.73%) Salesforce Developer
6 74 (7.25%) Lead
7 61 (5.98%) Business Manager
8 60 (5.88%) Development Manager
9 59 (5.78%) Business Development Manager
10 54 (5.29%) Administrator
11 46 (4.51%) Salesforce Architect
12 43 (4.22%) Senior Developer
13 41 (4.02%) Business Analyst
13 41 (4.02%) Salesforce Administrator
14 39 (3.82%) Senior Salesforce Developer
15 37 (3.63%) Support Engineer
16 34 (3.33%) Solutions Architect
17 30 (2.94%) CRM Executive
18 27 (2.65%) Sales Executive
18 27 (2.65%) Support Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 98 (9.61%) Lightning Web Components
2 86 (8.43%) REST
3 70 (6.86%) SOAP
4 35 (3.43%) Visualforce
5 34 (3.33%) .NET
6 30 (2.94%) HTML
7 26 (2.55%) CSS
8 25 (2.45%) Middleware
9 11 (1.08%) Web Services
10 10 (0.98%) LAMP
11 9 (0.88%) Node.js
11 9 (0.88%) OAuth
12 8 (0.78%) GraphQL
13 7 (0.69%) EDI
14 6 (0.59%) JSON
15 5 (0.49%) ADO
15 5 (0.49%) FreeSWITCH
15 5 (0.49%) OAuth2
15 5 (0.49%) React
16 4 (0.39%) scikit-learn
Miscellaneous
1 97 (9.51%) Onboarding
2 83 (8.14%) Product Ownership
3 59 (5.78%) Management Information System
4 46 (4.51%) Analytical Mindset
5 38 (3.73%) Social Media
6 37 (3.63%) Cloud Native
7 31 (3.04%) Self-Motivation
8 21 (2.06%) FMCG
9 20 (1.96%) Blog
10 19 (1.86%) Enterprise Software
11 14 (1.37%) Data Structures
11 14 (1.37%) Driving Licence
11 14 (1.37%) Legacy Systems
12 11 (1.08%) Greenfield Project
13 10 (0.98%) Linux Command Line
13 10 (0.98%) NHS
14 9 (0.88%) Podcast
15 8 (0.78%) Low-Code
15 8 (0.78%) Marketing Technology
15 8 (0.78%) Satnav
Operating Systems
1 36 (3.53%) Windows
2 26 (2.55%) Linux
3 16 (1.57%) 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
1 483 (47.35%) CRM
2 186 (18.24%) Analytics
3 180 (17.65%) Problem-Solving
4 175 (17.16%) Agile
5 162 (15.88%) Continuous Improvement
6 159 (15.59%) Roadmaps
7 124 (12.16%) Decision-Making
7 124 (12.16%) DevOps
8 118 (11.57%) Mentoring
9 117 (11.47%) B2B
10 112 (10.98%) Business Development
11 110 (10.78%) CI/CD
12 108 (10.59%) Stakeholder Management
13 105 (10.29%) Business Intelligence
14 98 (9.61%) Project Management
15 90 (8.82%) Customer Experience
16 87 (8.53%) AI
17 86 (8.43%) Customer Engagement
18 82 (8.04%) ERP
19 80 (7.84%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 101 (9.90%) Apex Code
2 96 (9.41%) SQL
3 52 (5.10%) Python
4 40 (3.92%) JavaScript
5 26 (2.55%) SOQL
6 18 (1.76%) PowerShell
6 18 (1.76%) SOSL
7 11 (1.08%) Java
7 11 (1.08%) PHP
8 9 (0.88%) R
9 8 (0.78%) C#
10 5 (0.49%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 4 (0.39%) T-SQL
12 2 (0.20%) Ada
12 2 (0.20%) VB
12 2 (0.20%) VB.NET
12 2 (0.20%) VBA
13 1 (0.098%) PL/SQL
13 1 (0.098%) Scala
13 1 (0.098%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 158 (15.49%) Degree
2 71 (6.96%) DBS Check
3 39 (3.82%) Security Cleared
4 33 (3.24%) SC Cleared
5 13 (1.27%) Master's Degree
6 9 (0.88%) Numerate Degree
7 8 (0.78%) Computer Science Degree
7 8 (0.78%) HND
8 7 (0.69%) Microsoft Certification
9 6 (0.59%) Azure Certification
9 6 (0.59%) MBA
10 4 (0.39%) A+ Certification
10 4 (0.39%) ISEB
11 3 (0.29%) BPSS Clearance
11 3 (0.29%) CIMA
11 3 (0.29%) ISTQB
12 2 (0.20%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
12 2 (0.20%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
12 2 (0.20%) PMP
12 2 (0.20%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 77 (7.55%) GDPR
2 36 (3.53%) SLA
3 27 (2.65%) Data Quality
4 21 (2.06%) QA
5 10 (0.98%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 9 (0.88%) Accessibility
6 9 (0.88%) PMO
7 7 (0.69%) ISO 9001
8 6 (0.59%) Cyber Essentials
9 5 (0.49%) GRC
9 5 (0.49%) IFRS
10 4 (0.39%) PERC
11 2 (0.20%) GxP
11 2 (0.20%) ITGC
12 1 (0.098%) Actionable Recommendations
12 1 (0.098%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
12 1 (0.098%) HIPAA
12 1 (0.098%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 27 (2.65%) 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 8 (0.78%) Terraform
2 7 (0.69%) Microsoft Intune
3 5 (0.49%) Autotask
4 4 (0.39%) SCCM
4 4 (0.39%) Single Sign-On
5 3 (0.29%) Kubernetes
6 2 (0.20%) Ansible
7 1 (0.098%) Backup Exec
Vendors
1 199 (19.51%) Microsoft
2 97 (9.51%) SAP
3 86 (8.43%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
4 83 (8.14%) HubSpot
5 56 (5.49%) Adobe
6 51 (5.00%) MuleSoft
7 50 (4.90%) Google
7 50 (4.90%) Oracle
8 33 (3.24%) Cisco
8 33 (3.24%) ServiceNow
9 26 (2.55%) 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%) Facebook
14 8 (0.78%) VMware
15 7 (0.69%) Genesys
16 6 (0.59%) Avaya
16 6 (0.59%) Informatica