Hybrid/Remote SOSL Job Trends

Salesforce Object Search Language (SOSL)
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for remote or hybrid work requiring SOSL skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 17 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 351 - 491
Rank change year-on-year - - +206
Permanent jobs citing SOSL 16 0 1
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.10% - 0.004%
As % of the Programming Languages category 0.38% - 0.009%
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 1
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 - £75,000
Median % change year-on-year - - +30.43%
UK median annual salary £97,500 - £70,000
% change year-on-year - - +47.37%

All Programming Languages
Work from Home

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

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 4,192 7,116 10,527
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 27.34% 43.35% 46.14%
Number of salaries quoted 3,159 4,459 8,996
10th Percentile £37,500 £38,750 £40,000
25th Percentile £47,500 £48,750 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% +8.33% -7.69%
75th Percentile £82,500 £83,750 £81,250
90th Percentile £102,750 £108,750 £100,000
UK median annual salary £62,500 £65,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -3.85% +4.00% -3.85%

SOSL
Job Vacancy Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing SOSL and offering remote or hybrid work options relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

SOSL job vacancy trend for remote/hybrid jobs

SOSL
Salary Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing SOSL.

Salary distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing SOSL

SOSL
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Remote/Hybrid Jobs 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 1 (6.25%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
1 1 (6.25%) Salesforce Service Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 15 (93.75%) Broadband
Development Applications
1 15 (93.75%) GitLab
1 15 (93.75%) Jenkins
1 15 (93.75%) SonarQube
2 1 (6.25%) Git
General
1 16 (100.00%) Marketing
2 15 (93.75%) Games
2 15 (93.75%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 1 (6.25%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 15 (93.75%) Architect
2 14 (87.50%) Salesforce Architect
3 8 (50.00%) Salesforce Technical Architect
3 8 (50.00%) Technical Architect
4 4 (25.00%) Salesforce Solution Architect
4 4 (25.00%) Solutions Architect
5 2 (12.50%) Systems Architect
6 1 (6.25%) Cloud Architect
6 1 (6.25%) CRM Architect
6 1 (6.25%) Developer
6 1 (6.25%) Salesforce Developer
6 1 (6.25%) Senior
6 1 (6.25%) Senior Developer
6 1 (6.25%) Senior Salesforce Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (100.00%) Lightning Web Components
1 16 (100.00%) REST
1 16 (100.00%) SOAP
1 16 (100.00%) Visualforce
2 1 (6.25%) CSS
2 1 (6.25%) HTML
2 1 (6.25%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 16 (100.00%) Product Ownership
2 1 (6.25%) Management Information System
2 1 (6.25%) Onboarding
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 16 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 16 (100.00%) DevOps
2 15 (93.75%) Agile
2 15 (93.75%) Community of Practice
2 15 (93.75%) Configure, Price, Quote (CPQ)
2 15 (93.75%) Continuous Delivery
2 15 (93.75%) Continuous Integration
2 15 (93.75%) Design Patterns
2 15 (93.75%) Event-Driven
2 15 (93.75%) OO
2 15 (93.75%) PLM
2 15 (93.75%) Roadmaps
2 15 (93.75%) Scrum
2 15 (93.75%) Static Code Analysis
2 15 (93.75%) Technical Analysis
2 15 (93.75%) Technology Roadmap
2 15 (93.75%) TOGAF
3 1 (6.25%) Computer Science
3 1 (6.25%) Knowledge Management
Programming Languages
1 16 (100.00%) Apex Code
1 16 (100.00%) SOQL
2 1 (6.25%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 1 (6.25%) BPSS Clearance
1 1 (6.25%) Computer Science Degree
1 1 (6.25%) Degree
1 1 (6.25%) SC Cleared
1 1 (6.25%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 16 (100.00%) Salesforce
2 15 (93.75%) Splunk