Salesforce Object Query Language (SOQL)
UK
The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for SOQL skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited SOQL over the 6 months to 6 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.
| 6 months to 6 May 2024 |
Same period 2023 | Same period 2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 896 | 947 | 1127 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +51 | +180 | -299 |
| Permanent jobs citing SOQL | 14 | 32 | 110 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK | 0.014% | 0.031% | 0.070% |
| As % of the Programming Languages category | 0.042% | 0.072% | 0.13% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 14 | 16 | 58 |
| 10th Percentile | - | £48,188 | £54,000 |
| 25th Percentile | £50,000 | £52,219 | £57,500 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £60,500 | £57,500 | £70,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +5.22% | -17.86% | +16.67% |
| 75th Percentile | £65,465 | £72,188 | £75,000 |
| 90th Percentile | £66,250 | £85,000 | £85,000 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £92,500 | £56,250 | £60,000 |
| % change year-on-year | +64.44% | -6.25% | -7.69% |
All Programming Languages
UK
SOQL is in the Programming Languages category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for coding skills.
| Permanent vacancies with a requirement for coding skills | 33,299 | 44,724 | 84,755 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK | 33.71% | 43.25% | 53.85% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 25,064 | 28,554 | 44,071 |
| 10th Percentile | £35,000 | £38,750 | £37,000 |
| 25th Percentile | £45,000 | £49,500 | £46,250 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £60,000 | £65,000 | £62,500 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -7.69% | +4.00% | +13.64% |
| 75th Percentile | £77,500 | £86,250 | £82,500 |
| 90th Percentile | £100,000 | £106,250 | £100,000 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £54,000 | £55,000 | £53,500 |
| % change year-on-year | -1.82% | +2.80% | +7.00% |
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Job Vacancy Trend
Job postings citing SOQL as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.
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Salary Trend
3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing SOQL.
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Salary Histogram
Salary distribution for jobs citing SOQL over the 6 months to 6 May 2024.
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Top 6 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 6 May 2024. 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 | +85 | 14 | £60,500 | +5.22% | 6 |
| London | +109 | 11 | £55,000 | -8.33% | 5 |
| Work from Home | +68 | 1 | £63,195 | +5.32% | 2 |
| UK excluding London | -13 | 1 | £92,500 | +64.44% | 1 |
| Midlands | - | 1 | £92,500 | - | |
| West Midlands | - | 1 | £92,500 | - |
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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities by Category
The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories: