Salesforce Object Query Language (SOQL)
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs requiring SOQL skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 19 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 734 660 779
Rank change year-on-year -74 +119 -16
Permanent jobs citing SOQL 58 15 12
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.050% 0.030% 0.015%
As % of the Programming Languages category 0.31% 0.11% 0.050%
Number of salaries quoted 39 6 10
10th Percentile £60,000 £51,250 £42,250
25th Percentile £65,625 - £50,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £87,500 £60,000 £61,250
Median % change year-on-year +45.83% -2.04% +11.36%
75th Percentile £91,250 - £69,250
90th Percentile £110,250 £71,250 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £75,000 £62,500 £64,250
% change year-on-year +20.00% -2.72% +22.38%

All Programming Languages
UK

SOQL falls under the Programming Languages category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring coding skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 18,840 13,102 24,138
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 16.23% 26.51% 30.89%
Number of salaries quoted 13,336 8,465 15,075
10th Percentile £38,772 £33,750 £37,500
25th Percentile £48,750 £46,250 £47,231
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £62,500 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.00% - -3.85%
75th Percentile £85,000 £83,750 £82,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £111,250 £107,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% - -

SOQL
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing SOQL relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

SOQL job vacancy trend in the UK

SOQL
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing SOQL.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing SOQL

SOQL
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing SOQL over the 6 months to 19 September 2026.

Salary histogram for SOQL in the UK

SOQL
Top 8 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing SOQL within the UK over the 6 months to 19 September 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 -88 50 £87,500 +45.83% 52
London -38 41 £87,500 +45.83% 41
Work from Home -28 21 £63,750 +2.00% 24
UK excluding London -126 16 £75,000 +20.00% 24
Scotland +11 7 - - 5
South East -45 5 - - 11
North of England -68 4 £75,000 - 2
North West - 4 £75,000 - 1

SOQL
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:

Cloud Services
1 29 (50.00%) Salesforce Service Cloud
2 28 (48.28%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
3 14 (24.14%) GitHub
4 5 (8.62%) Azure
5 4 (6.90%) Azure DevOps
5 4 (6.90%) SaaS
6 1 (1.72%) Boomi
6 1 (1.72%) Salesforce Einstein
Communications & Networking
1 7 (12.07%) Broadband
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (10.34%) Relational Database
2 3 (5.17%) MySQL
2 3 (5.17%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 19 (32.76%) Git
2 11 (18.97%) Jenkins
3 10 (17.24%) SonarQube
4 7 (12.07%) GitLab
5 4 (6.90%) IntelliJ
5 4 (6.90%) JIRA
6 3 (5.17%) Artifactory
6 3 (5.17%) Oracle APEX
General
1 37 (63.79%) Marketing
2 18 (31.03%) Finance
3 11 (18.97%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 11 (18.97%) Social Skills
4 7 (12.07%) Games
5 5 (8.62%) Analytical Skills
6 3 (5.17%) Law
7 1 (1.72%) Organisational Skills
7 1 (1.72%) Public Sector
7 1 (1.72%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 39 (67.24%) Developer
1 39 (67.24%) Salesforce Developer
2 25 (43.10%) Senior
3 20 (34.48%) Senior Developer
3 20 (34.48%) Senior Salesforce Developer
4 13 (22.41%) Cloud Developer
5 11 (18.97%) Architect
5 11 (18.97%) Salesforce Architect
6 9 (15.52%) Salesforce Engineer
7 5 (8.62%) Lead
8 4 (6.90%) Salesforce Software Engineer
8 4 (6.90%) Salesforce Technical Architect
8 4 (6.90%) Senior Salesforce Software Engineer
8 4 (6.90%) Senior Software Engineer
8 4 (6.90%) Software Engineer
8 4 (6.90%) Technical Architect
9 3 (5.17%) Associate Engineer
10 2 (3.45%) Cloud Engineer
10 2 (3.45%) Lead Architect
10 2 (3.45%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 51 (87.93%) Lightning Web Components
2 44 (75.86%) REST
3 37 (63.79%) SOAP
4 23 (39.66%) Visualforce
5 10 (17.24%) Middleware
6 3 (5.17%) AngularJS
7 1 (1.72%) CSS
7 1 (1.72%) HTML
7 1 (1.72%) JWT
7 1 (1.72%) OAuth
7 1 (1.72%) OAuth2
7 1 (1.72%) SAML
7 1 (1.72%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 25 (43.10%) Product Ownership
2 4 (6.90%) AI Agents
2 4 (6.90%) Enterprise Software
3 2 (3.45%) Housing Association
4 1 (1.72%) Onboarding
Processes & Methodologies
1 49 (84.48%) CI/CD
2 31 (53.45%) Agile
2 31 (53.45%) Continuous Improvement
3 17 (29.31%) Data Modelling
3 17 (29.31%) Scrum
4 15 (25.86%) Clean Code
4 15 (25.86%) DevOps
4 15 (25.86%) Unit Testing
5 14 (24.14%) Roadmaps
5 14 (24.14%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 12 (20.69%) Integration Patterns
6 12 (20.69%) Sprint Planning
7 11 (18.97%) Data Architecture
7 11 (18.97%) OO
7 11 (18.97%) System Testing
7 11 (18.97%) Translating Business Requirements
8 10 (17.24%) Technical Leadership
8 10 (17.24%) Technology Roadmap
9 9 (15.52%) Event-Driven
9 9 (15.52%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 54 (93.10%) Apex Code
2 35 (60.34%) SOSL
3 5 (8.62%) C#
3 5 (8.62%) Java
3 5 (8.62%) JavaScript
4 1 (1.72%) Python
4 1 (1.72%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 1 (1.72%) Degree
1 1 (1.72%) SC Cleared
1 1 (1.72%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (12.07%) Data Quality
2 2 (3.45%) Accessibility
3 1 (1.72%) GDPR
3 1 (1.72%) QA
Vendors
1 58 (100.00%) Salesforce
2 9 (15.52%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
3 7 (12.07%) Splunk
4 4 (6.90%) Sage
5 3 (5.17%) Oracle
6 2 (3.45%) SAP
7 1 (1.72%) Dell
7 1 (1.72%) Informatica
7 1 (1.72%) Jitterbit
7 1 (1.72%) MuleSoft