Salesforce Object Search Language (SOSL)
UK
The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for SOSL skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited SOSL over the 6 months to 7 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.
| 6 months to 7 May 2024 |
Same period 2023 | Same period 2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | - | 988 | 1210 |
| Rank change year-on-year | - | +222 | -314 |
| Permanent jobs citing SOSL | 0 | 7 | 25 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK | - | 0.007% | 0.016% |
| As % of the Programming Languages category | - | 0.016% | 0.029% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 0 | 4 | 13 |
| 10th Percentile | - | £38,163 | - |
| 25th Percentile | - | £46,656 | £48,750 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | - | £51,750 | £60,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | -13.75% | +14.29% |
| 75th Percentile | - | £56,281 | £62,500 |
| 90th Percentile | - | £63,763 | - |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | - | £35,000 | £60,000 |
| % change year-on-year | - | -41.67% | - |
All Programming Languages
UK
SOSL 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 | 33,037 | 43,949 | 85,007 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK | 33.55% | 43.27% | 54.00% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 24,871 | 28,012 | 43,733 |
| 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 | £53,325 |
| % change year-on-year | -1.82% | +3.14% | +6.65% |
SOSL
Job Vacancy Trend
Job postings citing SOSL as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.
SOSL
Salary Trend
3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing SOSL.