Senior Salesforce Developer Job Trends

Senior Salesforce Developer
UK

The median Senior Salesforce Developer salary in the UK is £82,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 12 July 2026.

The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 698 657 854
Rank change year-on-year -41 +197 -15
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Salesforce Developer 63 27 30
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.064% 0.055% 0.030%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.068% 0.061% 0.031%
Number of salaries quoted 51 23 22
10th Percentile £66,250 - £56,250
25th Percentile £70,000 - £59,063
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £82,500 £60,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +37.50% -7.69% -
75th Percentile £90,625 £93,750 £77,500
90th Percentile £91,250 £102,500 £81,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £70,000 £60,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year +16.67% -7.69% -

All Permanent IT Job Roles
UK

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in the UK with a recognized job title 92,938 44,220 95,860
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.19% 89.85% 94.73%
Number of salaries quoted 63,745 26,085 68,515
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,750 £29,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £38,000 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year - +4.76% -12.50%
75th Percentile £75,000 £75,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £97,500 £90,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +5.00% - -5.66%

Senior Salesforce Developer
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Senior Salesforce Developer' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

Senior Salesforce Developer job vacancy trend in the UK

Senior Salesforce Developer
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for Senior Salesforce Developer job vacancies in the UK.

Salary distribution trend for Senior Salesforce Developer job vacancies in the UK

Senior Salesforce Developer
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Senior Salesforce Developer over the 6 months to 12 July 2026.

Salary histogram for Senior Salesforce Developer in the UK

Senior Salesforce Developer
Top 10 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Senior Salesforce Developer within the UK over the 6 months to 12 July 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 -28 56 £82,500 +37.50% 1
London +3 33 £85,000 +13.33% 1
UK excluding London -59 21 £70,000 +16.67% 1
North of England -7 15 £70,000 +17.65%
Work from Home -1 13 £70,000 +18.64% 2
Yorkshire - 8 £70,000 -
North West -10 7 £70,000 +17.65%
South West -56 4 - -
West Midlands - 2 £62,500 -
Midlands - 2 £62,500 -

Senior Salesforce Developer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities

For the 6 months to 12 July 2026, Senior Salesforce Developer job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads featuring Senior Salesforce Developer in the job title.

1 63 (100.00%) Salesforce
2 39 (61.90%) Apex Code
3 37 (58.73%) Salesforce Service Cloud
4 36 (57.14%) CI/CD
4 36 (57.14%) Lightning Web Components
5 34 (53.97%) REST
6 33 (52.38%) Agile
6 33 (52.38%) SOQL
7 32 (50.79%) SOAP
8 31 (49.21%) Git
8 31 (49.21%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
9 30 (47.62%) Continuous Improvement
10 27 (42.86%) Unit Testing
11 22 (34.92%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 21 (33.33%) Clean Code
12 21 (33.33%) Data Architecture
12 21 (33.33%) GitHub
12 21 (33.33%) Sprint Planning
12 21 (33.33%) System Testing
13 18 (28.57%) DevOps
14 16 (25.40%) Visualforce
15 15 (23.81%) Data Modelling
15 15 (23.81%) Mentoring
16 14 (22.22%) Technical Leadership
17 11 (17.46%) SOSL
18 10 (15.87%) Azure
18 10 (15.87%) Middleware
18 10 (15.87%) Release Management
19 8 (12.70%) Problem-Solving
19 8 (12.70%) Security Cleared

Senior Salesforce Developer Skill Set
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:

Business Applications
1 1 (1.59%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 37 (58.73%) Salesforce Service Cloud
2 31 (49.21%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
3 21 (33.33%) GitHub
4 10 (15.87%) Azure
5 6 (9.52%) Azure DevOps
6 4 (6.35%) AWS
6 4 (6.35%) GCP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.59%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 31 (49.21%) Git
2 4 (6.35%) JIRA
General
1 29 (46.03%) Marketing
2 17 (26.98%) Social Skills
3 7 (11.11%) Finance
4 4 (6.35%) Analytical Skills
5 1 (1.59%) Social Science
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 36 (57.14%) Lightning Web Components
2 34 (53.97%) REST
3 32 (50.79%) SOAP
4 16 (25.40%) Visualforce
5 10 (15.87%) Middleware
6 4 (6.35%) CSS
6 4 (6.35%) HTML
7 2 (3.17%) OAuth
Miscellaneous
1 31 (49.21%) Product Ownership
2 4 (6.35%) Management Information System
3 2 (3.17%) Educational Technology
3 2 (3.17%) Enterprise Software
3 2 (3.17%) Onboarding
Processes & Methodologies
1 36 (57.14%) CI/CD
2 33 (52.38%) Agile
3 30 (47.62%) Continuous Improvement
4 27 (42.86%) Unit Testing
5 22 (34.92%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 21 (33.33%) Clean Code
6 21 (33.33%) Data Architecture
6 21 (33.33%) Sprint Planning
6 21 (33.33%) System Testing
7 18 (28.57%) DevOps
8 15 (23.81%) Data Modelling
8 15 (23.81%) Mentoring
9 14 (22.22%) Technical Leadership
10 10 (15.87%) Release Management
11 8 (12.70%) Problem-Solving
12 7 (11.11%) Business Transformation
13 6 (9.52%) Integration Patterns
13 6 (9.52%) Translating Business Requirements
14 5 (7.94%) User Experience
15 4 (6.35%) API Integration
Programming Languages
1 39 (61.90%) Apex Code
2 33 (52.38%) SOQL
3 11 (17.46%) SOSL
4 4 (6.35%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 8 (12.70%) Security Cleared
2 4 (6.35%) Computer Science Degree
2 4 (6.35%) Degree
2 4 (6.35%) SC Cleared
3 2 (3.17%) BPSS Clearance
4 1 (1.59%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (9.52%) Data Quality
2 4 (6.35%) QA
Vendors
1 63 (100.00%) Salesforce
2 2 (3.17%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud