Salesforce Job Trends in the West Midlands

Salesforce
England > West Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the West Midlands 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 4 September 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
4 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 124 74 92
Rank change year-on-year -50 +18 +17
Permanent jobs citing Salesforce 78 107 146
As % of all permanent jobs in the West Midlands 0.90% 3.21% 2.36%
As % of the Vendors category 4.04% 7.11% 7.35%
Number of salaries quoted 58 60 114
10th Percentile £31,711 - -
25th Percentile £36,250 - £28,119
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £30,580 £35,700
Median % change year-on-year +47.16% -14.34% -26.77%
75th Percentile £60,931 £43,750 £48,750
90th Percentile £64,825 £48,750 £62,200
England median annual salary £65,000 £52,500 £57,250
% change year-on-year +23.81% -8.30% -5.84%

All Vendors
West Midlands

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 in the West Midlands.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 1,930 1,505 1,987
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 22.36% 45.11% 32.09%
Number of salaries quoted 1,321 885 1,223
10th Percentile £30,250 £28,350 £28,119
25th Percentile £38,750 £31,250 £34,089
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £48,500 £49,000
Median % change year-on-year +13.40% -1.02% -2.00%
75th Percentile £70,000 £65,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £81,500 £77,500 £78,750
England median annual salary £57,500 £52,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +9.52% -4.55% -4.35%

Salesforce
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Salesforce relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands.

Salesforce job vacancy trend in the West Midlands

Salesforce
Salary Trend in the West Midlands

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the West Midlands citing Salesforce.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the West Midlands citing Salesforce

Salesforce
Salary Histogram in the West Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing Salesforce in the West Midlands over the 6 months to 4 September 2026.

Salary histogram for Salesforce in the West Midlands

Salesforce
Job Locations in the West Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Salesforce within the West Midlands region over the 6 months to 4 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
Birmingham -23 37 £55,000 +22.22% 14
Staffordshire -29 12 £31,711 +3.70% 2
Warwickshire -16 8 £37,500 +22.63% 2
Worcestershire -21 4 £46,250 - 2
Coventry - 3 - - 1
Wolverhampton - 2 - - 1
Shropshire - 2 £37,500 - 3
Solihull +7 1 - - 1
Salesforce
England

Salesforce
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the West Midlands 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 4 (5.13%) IIS
2 1 (1.28%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (1.28%) WordPress
Applications
1 8 (10.26%) MS Visio
2 2 (2.56%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (1.28%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 10 (12.82%) Salesforce CRM
2 5 (6.41%) Dynamics CRM
3 2 (2.56%) Integrated Workplace Management System
4 1 (1.28%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 15 (19.23%) Azure
1 15 (19.23%) SaaS
2 9 (11.54%) Boomi
2 9 (11.54%) iPaaS
2 9 (11.54%) Workato
3 8 (10.26%) Lucidchart
4 5 (6.41%) Entra ID
4 5 (6.41%) Google Sheets
5 4 (5.13%) Microsoft 365
6 2 (2.56%) AWS
6 2 (2.56%) Dynamics 365
6 2 (2.56%) Salesforce Einstein
6 2 (2.56%) Salesforce Service Cloud
7 1 (1.28%) Azure Logic Apps
7 1 (1.28%) Google Docs
7 1 (1.28%) IaaS
7 1 (1.28%) OCI
7 1 (1.28%) PaaS
7 1 (1.28%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 4 (5.13%) Firewall
1 4 (5.13%) TCP/IP
2 2 (2.56%) Internet
2 2 (2.56%) SMS
3 1 (1.28%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (5.13%) SQL Server
2 2 (2.56%) Data Lake
2 2 (2.56%) Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 5 (6.41%) JIRA
2 1 (1.28%) Git
General
1 34 (43.59%) Social Skills
2 13 (16.67%) Finance
3 10 (12.82%) Marketing
4 8 (10.26%) Analytical Skills
4 8 (10.26%) Organisational Skills
5 6 (7.69%) Documentation Skills
5 6 (7.69%) Legal
5 6 (7.69%) Public Sector
6 5 (6.41%) Billing
7 4 (5.13%) Telecoms
8 2 (2.56%) Banking
8 2 (2.56%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 2 (2.56%) Influencing Skills
8 2 (2.56%) Manufacturing
9 1 (1.28%) Arabic Language
9 1 (1.28%) Dutch Language
9 1 (1.28%) French Language
9 1 (1.28%) German Language
9 1 (1.28%) Mandarin Language
9 1 (1.28%) Retail
Job Titles
1 15 (19.23%) Business Manager
2 9 (11.54%) Architect
2 9 (11.54%) Business Development Manager
2 9 (11.54%) Development Manager
3 8 (10.26%) Solutions Architect
4 7 (8.97%) Developer
5 6 (7.69%) Administrator
5 6 (7.69%) IT Manager
5 6 (7.69%) Junior
5 6 (7.69%) Salesforce Developer
6 5 (6.41%) Head of IT
6 5 (6.41%) Junior Architect
6 5 (6.41%) Junior Solutions Architect
7 4 (5.13%) Account Manager
7 4 (5.13%) Contracts Manager
7 4 (5.13%) CRM Manager
7 4 (5.13%) Sales Manager
7 4 (5.13%) Technical Engineer
7 4 (5.13%) Technical Support
7 4 (5.13%) Technical Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (15.38%) REST
2 10 (12.82%) SOAP
3 4 (5.13%) COM
3 4 (5.13%) DCOM
3 4 (5.13%) LDAP
3 4 (5.13%) Middleware
4 3 (3.85%) Visualforce
5 2 (2.56%) EDI
5 2 (2.56%) HTML
5 2 (2.56%) Lightning Web Components
5 2 (2.56%) OAuth
6 1 (1.28%) JSON
6 1 (1.28%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 13 (16.67%) Management Information System
2 6 (7.69%) IoT
2 6 (7.69%) Onboarding
3 4 (5.13%) Mobile App
3 4 (5.13%) PKI
3 4 (5.13%) Self-Motivation
3 4 (5.13%) Smartcard
4 2 (2.56%) CMDB
4 2 (2.56%) Educational Technology
4 2 (2.56%) Enterprise Software
4 2 (2.56%) Marketing Technology
4 2 (2.56%) Product Ownership
5 1 (1.28%) SystemC
5 1 (1.28%) Web Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 4 (5.13%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 42 (53.85%) CRM
2 20 (25.64%) Stakeholder Management
3 18 (23.08%) Agile
4 15 (19.23%) B2B
4 15 (19.23%) Process Improvement
5 13 (16.67%) Business Development
5 13 (16.67%) Data Governance
6 12 (15.38%) Problem-Solving
6 12 (15.38%) Requirements Gathering
7 11 (14.10%) Business Analysis
7 11 (14.10%) Customer Service
7 11 (14.10%) Data Transformation
8 9 (11.54%) Active Listening
8 9 (11.54%) Continuous Improvement
8 9 (11.54%) Deadline-Driven
8 9 (11.54%) Integration Patterns
8 9 (11.54%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 9 (11.54%) Value Proposition
9 8 (10.26%) Event-Driven Architecture
9 8 (10.26%) Presales
Programming Languages
1 7 (8.97%) SQL
2 4 (5.13%) Apex Code
3 1 (1.28%) Bash
3 1 (1.28%) JavaScript
3 1 (1.28%) Python
3 1 (1.28%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 10 (12.82%) Degree
2 6 (7.69%) Security Cleared
3 2 (2.56%) ACCA
3 2 (2.56%) CIMA
3 2 (2.56%) CITP
3 2 (2.56%) Computer Science Degree
3 2 (2.56%) ITIL Certification
3 2 (2.56%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
3 2 (2.56%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (11.54%) SLA
2 3 (3.85%) Data Quality
2 3 (3.85%) GDPR
3 2 (2.56%) NCSC
4 1 (1.28%) Cyber Essentials
System Software
1 4 (5.13%) Active Directory
1 4 (5.13%) Virtual Machines
Vendors
1 20 (25.64%) SAP
2 12 (15.38%) ServiceNow
3 11 (14.10%) MuleSoft
4 9 (11.54%) HubSpot
5 8 (10.26%) Microsoft
6 5 (6.41%) Google
7 4 (5.13%) dotdigital
7 4 (5.13%) IFS
7 4 (5.13%) Planon
8 2 (2.56%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
8 2 (2.56%) Zoho
9 1 (1.28%) Freshdesk
9 1 (1.28%) Informatica
9 1 (1.28%) Oracle
9 1 (1.28%) Workday