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 12 February 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
12 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 142 151 188
Rank change year-on-year +9 +37 -24
Permanent jobs citing Salesforce 1,100 1,010 1,225
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 1.65% 2.03% 1.66%
As % of the Vendors category 5.51% 5.24% 4.33%
Number of salaries quoted 645 443 928
10th Percentile £30,580 £28,822 £32,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £38,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £58,500 £61,250 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.49% +28.95% -32.14%
75th Percentile £75,000 £80,375 £72,500
90th Percentile £90,000 £98,750 £91,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £55,000 £38,000
% change year-on-year -4.55% +44.74% -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 19,953 19,268 28,278
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 29.99% 38.66% 38.32%
Number of salaries quoted 10,948 9,865 21,991
10th Percentile £27,750 £31,250 £26,700
25th Percentile £34,000 £42,500 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £57,500 £51,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.70% +12.75% -11.30%
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 £47,500
% change year-on-year -14.29% +10.53% -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 12 February 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 12 February 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 +9 917 £57,500 -4.17% 494
UK excluding London +40 629 £52,500 -4.55% 340
London +9 371 £70,000 - 227
Work from Home +41 361 £54,000 -10.00% 257
North of England +20 191 £51,250 -10.87% 78
South East +54 120 £55,000 -8.33% 138
North West +35 120 £55,000 -4.35% 38
Midlands -15 117 £39,000 -8.24% 66
South West -2 66 £50,000 -16.67% 23
Yorkshire -7 64 £46,250 -22.92% 35
West Midlands -25 58 £34,750 +20.57% 36
East Midlands +17 57 £40,000 -37.25% 30
Scotland +16 53 £35,000 -68.18% 6
East of England -2 43 £55,000 -45.00% 27
Wales +28 30 £55,000 +10.00% 6
Northern Ireland -21 9 - - 2
North East -10 7 £46,250 +8.35% 9

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 (2.18%) SharePoint
2 21 (1.91%) CMS
3 19 (1.73%) WordPress
4 18 (1.64%) Confluence
5 10 (0.91%) IIS
6 9 (0.82%) Microsoft Exchange
7 6 (0.55%) Apache
8 5 (0.45%) Moodle
9 3 (0.27%) Anypoint
9 3 (0.27%) Appian
9 3 (0.27%) Oracle Coherence
9 3 (0.27%) Sitecore CMS
10 2 (0.18%) Palantir Foundry
11 1 (0.091%) Apache Airflow
11 1 (0.091%) Drupal
11 1 (0.091%) Strapi
Applications
1 50 (4.55%) Microsoft Excel
2 42 (3.82%) Microsoft Office
3 13 (1.18%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 12 (1.09%) Maya
5 7 (0.64%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 4 (0.36%) Adobe Premiere
6 4 (0.36%) Photoshop
7 3 (0.27%) Spreadsheet
8 2 (0.18%) MS Visio
8 2 (0.18%) PlantUML
9 1 (0.091%) Acrobat
9 1 (0.091%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 99 (9.00%) Salesforce CRM
2 70 (6.36%) Dynamics CRM
3 27 (2.45%) NetSuite
4 5 (0.45%) Shopify
4 5 (0.45%) Unit4 Business World
5 4 (0.36%) Dynamics AX
5 4 (0.36%) Oracle Applications
5 4 (0.36%) SAP CX
6 2 (0.18%) IBM Planning Analytics
6 2 (0.18%) Integrated Workplace Management System
6 2 (0.18%) Payment Gateway
6 2 (0.18%) Q-Pulse
6 2 (0.18%) Sage 200
6 2 (0.18%) SAP S/4HANA
7 1 (0.091%) Infor M3
7 1 (0.091%) NEC Housing
7 1 (0.091%) Oracle EBS
7 1 (0.091%) Oracle EBS R12
7 1 (0.091%) Oracle Receivables
7 1 (0.091%) SAP Business ByDesign
Cloud Services
1 131 (11.91%) SaaS
2 119 (10.82%) Azure
3 104 (9.45%) Salesforce Service Cloud
4 72 (6.55%) Power Platform
5 56 (5.09%) AWS
5 56 (5.09%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
6 51 (4.64%) Microsoft 365
7 46 (4.18%) GitHub
8 44 (4.00%) Azure DevOps
9 29 (2.64%) GCP
10 26 (2.36%) Google Analytics
11 24 (2.18%) Dynamics 365
12 22 (2.00%) GitHub Copilot
12 22 (2.00%) Salesforce Commerce Cloud
13 15 (1.36%) Boomi
13 15 (1.36%) Salesforce Einstein
14 13 (1.18%) Google Workspace
15 12 (1.09%) Zapier
16 11 (1.00%) Snowflake
17 10 (0.91%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 49 (4.45%) Broadband
2 20 (1.82%) Wi-Fi
3 19 (1.73%) Internet
4 12 (1.09%) VPN
5 8 (0.73%) VoIP
6 7 (0.64%) IP Telephony
6 7 (0.64%) PSTN
6 7 (0.64%) WPA
7 6 (0.55%) Ethernet
7 6 (0.55%) TCP/IP
8 5 (0.45%) HTTP
8 5 (0.45%) LAN
9 4 (0.36%) Firewall
10 3 (0.27%) AMQP
10 3 (0.27%) Network Security
10 3 (0.27%) PBX
10 3 (0.27%) SCCP
10 3 (0.27%) SD-WAN
11 2 (0.18%) Unified Communications
11 2 (0.18%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 58 (5.27%) Power BI
2 55 (5.00%) Tableau
3 29 (2.64%) SQL Server
4 20 (1.82%) Data Lake
5 14 (1.27%) MySQL
6 12 (1.09%) Relational Database
7 8 (0.73%) Data Warehouse
8 5 (0.45%) Metadata
8 5 (0.45%) Power Query
9 4 (0.36%) Geospatial Data
9 4 (0.36%) Looker
9 4 (0.36%) PostgreSQL
10 3 (0.27%) QlikView
10 3 (0.27%) RDBMS
11 2 (0.18%) BigQuery
11 2 (0.18%) KNIME
11 2 (0.18%) MariaDB
12 1 (0.091%) Electronic Patient Records
12 1 (0.091%) Oracle BI Publisher
12 1 (0.091%) Qlik Sense
Development Applications
1 79 (7.18%) JIRA
2 37 (3.36%) Jenkins
3 29 (2.64%) GitLab
4 28 (2.55%) SonarQube
5 25 (2.27%) Git
6 5 (0.45%) Snyk
7 4 (0.36%) Browser DevTools
7 4 (0.36%) Postman
8 2 (0.18%) Katalon Studio
8 2 (0.18%) LabVIEW
9 1 (0.091%) Bitbucket
9 1 (0.091%) GCC
9 1 (0.091%) Selenium
General
1 406 (36.91%) Social Skills
2 400 (36.36%) Marketing
3 279 (25.36%) Finance
4 161 (14.64%) Analytical Skills
5 156 (14.18%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 97 (8.82%) Retail
7 87 (7.91%) Presentation Skills
8 58 (5.27%) Public Sector
9 57 (5.18%) Organisational Skills
10 54 (4.91%) Law
11 46 (4.18%) Legal
12 43 (3.91%) Games
13 32 (2.91%) Banking
14 29 (2.64%) Telecoms
15 27 (2.45%) Manufacturing
16 16 (1.45%) Advertising
17 14 (1.27%) Publishing
18 11 (1.00%) Front Office
18 11 (1.00%) Influencing Skills
19 10 (0.91%) Brand Awareness
Job Titles
1 169 (15.36%) Senior
2 148 (13.45%) Developer
3 123 (11.18%) Salesforce Developer
4 120 (10.91%) Analyst
5 92 (8.36%) Architect
6 82 (7.45%) Lead
7 61 (5.55%) Salesforce Architect
8 59 (5.36%) Administrator
9 47 (4.27%) Business Analyst
10 44 (4.00%) Salesforce Administrator
11 43 (3.91%) Sales Executive
12 42 (3.82%) Development Manager
12 42 (3.82%) Marketing Manager
13 40 (3.64%) Business Manager
14 39 (3.55%) Senior Developer
15 38 (3.45%) Business Development Manager
16 37 (3.36%) Project Manager
17 36 (3.27%) Data Analyst
17 36 (3.27%) Senior Salesforce Developer
18 33 (3.00%) Account Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 132 (12.00%) Lightning Web Components
2 121 (11.00%) REST
3 105 (9.55%) SOAP
4 56 (5.09%) Visualforce
5 35 (3.18%) Middleware
6 34 (3.09%) .NET
7 27 (2.45%) HTML
8 26 (2.36%) CSS
9 18 (1.64%) EDI
10 14 (1.27%) Node.js
11 11 (1.00%) OAuth
11 11 (1.00%) Web Services
12 10 (0.91%) LAMP
13 9 (0.82%) JSON
14 7 (0.64%) OAuth2
14 7 (0.64%) React
15 5 (0.45%) GraphQL
16 4 (0.36%) Kafka
17 3 (0.27%) RESTful
17 3 (0.27%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 103 (9.36%) Product Ownership
2 92 (8.36%) Onboarding
3 66 (6.00%) Management Information System
4 46 (4.18%) Self-Motivation
5 41 (3.73%) Analytical Mindset
6 35 (3.18%) Cloud Native
7 30 (2.73%) FMCG
8 25 (2.27%) Social Media
9 23 (2.09%) Data Structures
10 17 (1.55%) Enterprise Software
11 16 (1.45%) Low-Code
12 15 (1.36%) Greenfield Project
13 12 (1.09%) Blog
13 12 (1.09%) NHS
14 10 (0.91%) Driving Licence
14 10 (0.91%) Linux Command Line
14 10 (0.91%) Podcast
14 10 (0.91%) Security Posture
14 10 (0.91%) Web Conferencing
15 8 (0.73%) Marketing Technology
Operating Systems
1 22 (2.00%) Windows
2 19 (1.73%) Linux
3 9 (0.82%) Windows 10
4 6 (0.55%) Apple iOS
5 2 (0.18%) Android
6 1 (0.091%) Mac OS
6 1 (0.091%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 484 (44.00%) CRM
2 194 (17.64%) Agile
2 194 (17.64%) Problem-Solving
3 189 (17.18%) Continuous Improvement
4 185 (16.82%) Analytics
5 153 (13.91%) DevOps
6 151 (13.73%) CI/CD
7 149 (13.55%) Mentoring
8 134 (12.18%) Decision-Making
9 131 (11.91%) Roadmaps
10 123 (11.18%) B2B
11 106 (9.64%) Business Development
12 104 (9.45%) Coaching
13 102 (9.27%) AI
14 101 (9.18%) Business Intelligence
15 98 (8.91%) Project Management
16 95 (8.64%) Customer Experience
16 95 (8.64%) Stakeholder Management
17 83 (7.55%) Data Modelling
18 81 (7.36%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 139 (12.64%) Apex Code
2 88 (8.00%) SQL
3 65 (5.91%) Python
4 56 (5.09%) JavaScript
5 42 (3.82%) SOQL
6 33 (3.00%) SOSL
7 22 (2.00%) Java
8 14 (1.27%) PowerShell
9 12 (1.09%) PHP
10 7 (0.64%) TypeScript
11 6 (0.55%) C#
11 6 (0.55%) T-SQL
12 4 (0.36%) Google Apps Script
13 3 (0.27%) Scala
14 2 (0.18%) Ada
14 2 (0.18%) DataWeave
14 2 (0.18%) R
14 2 (0.18%) Ruby
15 1 (0.091%) Bicep
15 1 (0.091%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 167 (15.18%) Degree
2 72 (6.55%) Security Cleared
3 58 (5.27%) SC Cleared
4 37 (3.36%) DBS Check
5 18 (1.64%) Master's Degree
6 12 (1.09%) Computer Science Degree
7 11 (1.00%) CIMA
8 10 (0.91%) ACCA
9 8 (0.73%) Numerate Degree
10 7 (0.64%) BPSS Clearance
10 7 (0.64%) Microsoft Certification
11 6 (0.55%) HND
12 5 (0.45%) CITP
12 5 (0.45%) MBA
12 5 (0.45%) PMI Certification
13 4 (0.36%) A+ Certification
13 4 (0.36%) PMP
14 2 (0.18%) ISEB
14 2 (0.18%) ISTQB
14 2 (0.18%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 53 (4.82%) GDPR
2 42 (3.82%) Data Quality
3 30 (2.73%) QA
4 25 (2.27%) SLA
5 10 (0.91%) Accessibility
6 9 (0.82%) Actionable Recommendations
7 8 (0.73%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 7 (0.64%) PMO
9 6 (0.55%) IFRS
10 5 (0.45%) GRC
11 3 (0.27%) NIST
11 3 (0.27%) PCI DSS
11 3 (0.27%) PERC
12 2 (0.18%) GxP
12 2 (0.18%) ISO 9001
12 2 (0.18%) ITGC
12 2 (0.18%) WCAG
13 1 (0.091%) Sarbanes-Oxley
13 1 (0.091%) SOC 2
System Software
1 18 (1.64%) Active Directory
2 5 (0.45%) Docker
3 1 (0.091%) Firmware
3 1 (0.091%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 14 (1.27%) Terraform
2 10 (0.91%) Single Sign-On
3 5 (0.45%) Ansible
4 4 (0.36%) Kubernetes
4 4 (0.36%) Microsoft Intune
4 4 (0.36%) SCCM
5 1 (0.091%) CASB
Vendors
1 219 (19.91%) Microsoft
2 88 (8.00%) HubSpot
3 81 (7.36%) SAP
4 69 (6.27%) Cisco
5 62 (5.64%) MuleSoft
6 51 (4.64%) Google
7 48 (4.36%) Adobe
8 45 (4.09%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
9 43 (3.91%) Oracle
10 41 (3.73%) ServiceNow
11 33 (3.00%) Pardot
12 29 (2.64%) Splunk
13 17 (1.55%) Dell
14 16 (1.45%) BMC
15 10 (0.91%) Zoho
16 8 (0.73%) Genesys
17 7 (0.64%) Avaya
17 7 (0.64%) Facebook
17 7 (0.64%) Informatica
17 7 (0.64%) Planon