Salesforce Contracts

Salesforce
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for knowledge and experience of Salesforce products and/or services. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Salesforce over the 6 months to 29 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

The figures below represent the IT contractor job market in general and are not representative of contractor rates within Salesforce.

6 months to
29 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 150 141 147
Rank change year-on-year -9 +6 -58
Contract jobs citing Salesforce 715 1,137 1,697
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 1.64% 1.90% 1.91%
As % of the Vendors category 3.85% 4.44% 4.80%
Number of daily rates quoted 433 689 1,091
10th Percentile £313 £381 £375
25th Percentile £418 £463 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - +10.00%
75th Percentile £638 £638 £663
90th Percentile £725 £725 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £525 £550 £536
% change year-on-year -4.55% +2.56% +12.89%
Number of hourly rates quoted 33 28 7
10th Percentile £15.00 £11.25 £16.56
25th Percentile £25.50 £18.75 £20.30
Median hourly rate £26.00 £27.88 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -6.73% -20.36% +70.73%
75th Percentile £30.50 £46.00 -
90th Percentile £46.20 £63.75 £50.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £26.00 £24.50 £21.00
% change year-on-year +6.12% +16.67% +61.54%

All Vendors
UK

Salesforce is in the Vendor Products and Services category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 18,582 25,595 35,375
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 42.62% 42.88% 39.86%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,513 17,161 23,519
10th Percentile £263 £273 £290
25th Percentile £404 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £517 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -1.52% - +10.53%
75th Percentile £627 £650 £631
90th Percentile £738 £743 £725
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £465
% change year-on-year - +7.64% +9.29%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,102 690 889
10th Percentile £12.13 £15.25 £11.50
25th Percentile £14.48 £19.06 £15.00
Median hourly rate £22.15 £43.81 £21.00
Median % change year-on-year -49.43% +108.60% -6.33%
75th Percentile £57.33 £65.00 £46.71
90th Percentile £70.00 £75.08 £60.92
UK excluding London median hourly rate £21.46 £38.50 £18.55
% change year-on-year -44.26% +107.55% +0.27%

Salesforce
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Salesforce as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Salesforce in the UK

Salesforce
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Salesforce.

Daily rate trend for Salesforce in the UK

Salesforce
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Salesforce over the 6 months to 29 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Salesforce in the UK

Salesforce
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Salesforce.

Hourly rate trend for Salesforce in the UK

Salesforce
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Salesforce over the 6 months to 29 April 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Salesforce in the UK

Salesforce
Top 16 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Salesforce within the UK over the 6 months to 29 April 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England +4 608 £525 -4.55% 524
London -12 351 £538 -2.27% 261
Work from Home -14 264 £520 -1.89% 231
UK excluding London +39 239 £525 -4.55% 252
South East -4 76 £525 -4.55% 70
North of England +30 60 £500 -9.09% 68
Midlands +32 46 £600 +9.09% 49
North West +46 40 £475 -22.45% 34
West Midlands +25 36 £650 +18.18% 24
South West +20 27 £475 -19.15% 34
East of England +17 25 £500 -33.33% 19
Yorkshire -2 11 £538 -2.27% 28
North East +24 9 £533 - 6
East Midlands +26 7 £515 +37.33% 25
Scotland +16 5 £400 -23.81% 8
Wales +10 1 - - 6

Salesforce
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:

Application Platforms
1 16 (2.24%) WordPress
2 15 (2.10%) Anypoint
3 14 (1.96%) CMS
3 14 (1.96%) Drupal
4 10 (1.40%) Confluence
5 9 (1.26%) SharePoint
6 5 (0.70%) Adobe Experience Manager
6 5 (0.70%) Mule
6 5 (0.70%) Mule ESB
7 4 (0.56%) Appian
7 4 (0.56%) SAS
8 3 (0.42%) Apache
8 3 (0.42%) Apache Solr
9 2 (0.28%) ArcGIS
9 2 (0.28%) MQSeries
9 2 (0.28%) Oracle SOA Suite
10 1 (0.14%) IIS
10 1 (0.14%) Red Hat Fuse
Applications
1 35 (4.90%) Microsoft Excel
2 27 (3.78%) Microsoft Office
3 14 (1.96%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 8 (1.12%) MS Visio
5 4 (0.56%) Chatbot
5 4 (0.56%) Photoshop
6 3 (0.42%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 3 (0.42%) Spreadsheet
7 2 (0.28%) Trello
8 1 (0.14%) Adobe After Effects
8 1 (0.14%) Adobe Illustrator
8 1 (0.14%) Final Cut Pro
8 1 (0.14%) InVision
8 1 (0.14%) Microsoft Project
8 1 (0.14%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 49 (6.85%) Salesforce CRM
2 27 (3.78%) Shopify
3 17 (2.38%) NetSuite
4 16 (2.24%) Dynamics CRM
5 7 (0.98%) Magento
6 5 (0.70%) Maximo
6 5 (0.70%) SAP Hybris
6 5 (0.70%) SAP S/4HANA
7 4 (0.56%) Adobe Campaign
7 4 (0.56%) SAP GTS
7 4 (0.56%) SAP HR
8 3 (0.42%) Eloqua
8 3 (0.42%) Endur
8 3 (0.42%) SAP MDG
8 3 (0.42%) SAP SD
9 2 (0.28%) IntelliMatch
9 2 (0.28%) WebTrends
10 1 (0.14%) Aligne
10 1 (0.14%) BigMachines
10 1 (0.14%) Oracle Receivables
Cloud Services
1 65 (9.09%) Salesforce Service Cloud
2 62 (8.67%) Azure
3 53 (7.41%) AWS
4 44 (6.15%) Power Platform
5 42 (5.87%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
6 38 (5.31%) SaaS
7 26 (3.64%) BigCommerce
8 23 (3.22%) GitHub
9 22 (3.08%) Azure DevOps
10 19 (2.66%) IaaS
10 19 (2.66%) PaaS
11 17 (2.38%) Dynamics 365
11 17 (2.38%) GCP
11 17 (2.38%) Salesforce Commerce Cloud
12 16 (2.24%) Google Workspace
12 16 (2.24%) Serverless
13 14 (1.96%) Amazon CloudWatch
13 14 (1.96%) Microsoft 365
14 13 (1.82%) AWS Lambda
15 12 (1.68%) Google Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 7 (0.98%) DNS
1 7 (0.98%) Firewall
2 4 (0.56%) Internet
2 4 (0.56%) VoIP
2 4 (0.56%) Wi-Fi
3 3 (0.42%) Broadband
3 3 (0.42%) DHCP
3 3 (0.42%) SSL
4 2 (0.28%) FTP
5 1 (0.14%) FIX Connectivity
5 1 (0.14%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 43 (6.01%) Power BI
2 25 (3.50%) Tableau
3 19 (2.66%) MySQL
4 18 (2.52%) NoSQL
5 17 (2.38%) SQL Server
6 13 (1.82%) Data Warehouse
7 12 (1.68%) PostgreSQL
8 8 (1.12%) Data Lake
9 7 (0.98%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 6 (0.84%) DynamoDB
11 5 (0.70%) Big Data
11 5 (0.70%) Metadata
11 5 (0.70%) Relational Database
12 4 (0.56%) Data Mart
12 4 (0.56%) Data Mining
12 4 (0.56%) PowerPivot
12 4 (0.56%) Redis
13 3 (0.42%) BigQuery
13 3 (0.42%) Oracle Database
13 3 (0.42%) SAS Enterprise Guide
Development Applications
1 41 (5.73%) JIRA
2 37 (5.17%) Git
3 30 (4.20%) Jenkins
4 13 (1.82%) GitLab
5 12 (1.68%) Maven
5 12 (1.68%) Visual Studio Code
6 10 (1.40%) TeamCity
7 9 (1.26%) Selenium
8 8 (1.12%) Bitbucket
9 7 (0.98%) Cucumber
9 7 (0.98%) ERwin
9 7 (0.98%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
10 5 (0.70%) Atlassian Bamboo
11 4 (0.56%) REST Assured
11 4 (0.56%) TestNG
12 3 (0.42%) Artifactory
12 3 (0.42%) SonarQube
12 3 (0.42%) Subversion
13 2 (0.28%) JMeter
13 2 (0.28%) Oracle APEX
General
1 208 (29.09%) Social Skills
2 118 (16.50%) Marketing
3 97 (13.57%) Finance
4 61 (8.53%) Analytical Skills
5 47 (6.57%) Retail
6 21 (2.94%) Public Sector
7 19 (2.66%) Presentation Skills
8 18 (2.52%) Banking
9 17 (2.38%) Telecoms
10 14 (1.96%) Legal
11 11 (1.54%) Organisational Skills
12 9 (1.26%) Back Office
12 9 (1.26%) Front Office
13 7 (0.98%) Billing
13 7 (0.98%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 7 (0.98%) Law
13 7 (0.98%) Manufacturing
14 6 (0.84%) Influencing Skills
15 5 (0.70%) Games
16 4 (0.56%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 153 (21.40%) Developer
2 125 (17.48%) Architect
3 97 (13.57%) Salesforce Developer
4 95 (13.29%) Analyst
5 84 (11.75%) Salesforce Architect
6 48 (6.71%) Business Analyst
7 40 (5.59%) Consultant
7 40 (5.59%) Solutions Architect
8 38 (5.31%) Project Manager
9 37 (5.17%) Lead
10 35 (4.90%) Administrator
11 33 (4.62%) Salesforce Analyst
11 33 (4.62%) Salesforce Solution Architect
11 33 (4.62%) Senior
12 27 (3.78%) Salesforce Administrator
13 22 (3.08%) Salesforce Business Analyst
14 21 (2.94%) Cloud Developer
14 21 (2.94%) Salesforce Project Manager
15 20 (2.80%) Salesforce Consultant
16 19 (2.66%) Data Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 83 (11.61%) Lightning Web Components
2 47 (6.57%) REST
3 43 (6.01%) Visualforce
4 30 (4.20%) HTML
4 30 (4.20%) SOAP
5 27 (3.78%) XML
6 25 (3.50%) CSS
7 24 (3.36%) JSON
8 20 (2.80%) Web Services
9 19 (2.66%) VML
10 17 (2.38%) Spring
11 16 (2.24%) .NET
12 14 (1.96%) jQuery
13 11 (1.54%) Middleware
13 11 (1.54%) Node.js
13 11 (1.54%) React
14 9 (1.26%) RabbitMQ
14 9 (1.26%) Swagger
15 8 (1.12%) RAML
16 7 (0.98%) OpenAPI
Miscellaneous
1 53 (7.41%) Product Ownership
2 21 (2.94%) Self-Motivation
3 14 (1.96%) Virtual Team
4 12 (1.68%) Cloud Native
4 12 (1.68%) Onboarding
5 11 (1.54%) Greenfield Project
5 11 (1.54%) Management Information System
6 10 (1.40%) Legacy Systems
6 10 (1.40%) Social Media
7 9 (1.26%) Data Protection Act
7 9 (1.26%) Public Cloud
8 8 (1.12%) Data Centre
8 8 (1.12%) Distributed Systems
8 8 (1.12%) Enterprise Software
9 6 (0.84%) Analytical Mindset
9 6 (0.84%) Life Science
10 5 (0.70%) Mobile App
11 4 (0.56%) Distributed Computing
11 4 (0.56%) Legacy Applications
11 4 (0.56%) Low-Code
Operating Systems
1 10 (1.40%) Windows
2 8 (1.12%) Unix
3 4 (0.56%) Linux
4 3 (0.42%) Windows 10
5 1 (0.14%) Windows 7
5 1 (0.14%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 156 (21.82%) CRM
2 155 (21.68%) Agile
3 101 (14.13%) Problem-Solving
4 73 (10.21%) DevOps
5 72 (10.07%) Scrum
6 62 (8.67%) Migration
7 59 (8.25%) Stakeholder Management
8 58 (8.11%) Project Management
9 57 (7.97%) Data Modelling
10 55 (7.69%) B2B
11 48 (6.71%) Analytics
12 47 (6.57%) Business Intelligence
13 45 (6.29%) E-Commerce
14 44 (6.15%) CI/CD
15 41 (5.73%) Requirements Gathering
16 39 (5.45%) Workflow
17 38 (5.31%) Customer Experience
18 37 (5.17%) Configure, Price, Quote (CPQ)
19 36 (5.03%) Data Migration
19 36 (5.03%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 86 (12.03%) SQL
2 74 (10.35%) Apex Code
3 56 (7.83%) JavaScript
4 45 (6.29%) Python
5 40 (5.59%) Java
6 23 (3.22%) C#
7 17 (2.38%) SOQL
8 11 (1.54%) Go
9 8 (1.12%) PowerShell
10 7 (0.98%) Shell Script
11 4 (0.56%) ABAP
11 4 (0.56%) Ruby
11 4 (0.56%) TypeScript
12 3 (0.42%) Bash
12 3 (0.42%) R
13 2 (0.28%) Bicep
13 2 (0.28%) C
13 2 (0.28%) MATLAB
13 2 (0.28%) SOSL
14 1 (0.14%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 57 (7.97%) Degree
2 32 (4.48%) Security Cleared
3 28 (3.92%) SC Cleared
4 22 (3.08%) PMP
5 19 (2.66%) PMI Certification
6 16 (2.24%) Computer Science Degree
7 12 (1.68%) APMP
8 9 (1.26%) Master's Degree
9 4 (0.56%) DBS Check
9 4 (0.56%) MBA
10 3 (0.42%) TOGAF Certification
11 2 (0.28%) AWS Certification
11 2 (0.28%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 2 (0.28%) Tableau Certification
12 1 (0.14%) CEH
12 1 (0.14%) CompTIA Security+
12 1 (0.14%) CREST Certified
12 1 (0.14%) CTC Cleared
12 1 (0.14%) ECSA
12 1 (0.14%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 39 (5.45%) QA
2 30 (4.20%) Data Quality
3 19 (2.66%) GDPR
4 10 (1.40%) PMO
5 6 (0.84%) Accessibility
6 4 (0.56%) SLA
7 3 (0.42%) ISO 22301
7 3 (0.42%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 2 (0.28%) IFRS
9 1 (0.14%) Actionable Recommendations
9 1 (0.14%) California Consumer Privacy Act
9 1 (0.14%) GAMP
9 1 (0.14%) GxP
System Software
1 13 (1.82%) Docker
2 4 (0.56%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.14%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 19 (2.66%) Terraform
2 15 (2.10%) Ansible
3 11 (1.54%) Kubernetes
3 11 (1.54%) Single Sign-On
4 5 (0.70%) CloudHub
5 4 (0.56%) Opsgenie
6 3 (0.42%) HP Fortify
6 3 (0.42%) Progress Chef
6 3 (0.42%) Puppet
7 2 (0.28%) Control-M
7 2 (0.28%) Grafana
7 2 (0.28%) HP ALM
8 1 (0.14%) MOM
8 1 (0.14%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
8 1 (0.14%) WhatsUp Gold
Vendors
1 134 (18.74%) Microsoft
2 129 (18.04%) SAP
3 92 (12.87%) Oracle
4 53 (7.41%) Google
5 42 (5.87%) MuleSoft
6 39 (5.45%) Adobe
6 39 (5.45%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
7 26 (3.64%) Sitecore
8 20 (2.80%) Pardot
9 16 (2.24%) ServiceNow
10 15 (2.10%) Marketo
11 14 (1.96%) Dell
12 12 (1.68%) Intel
12 12 (1.68%) Murex
13 10 (1.40%) IBM
14 9 (1.26%) Informatica
15 8 (1.12%) DocuSign
16 7 (0.98%) Splunk
16 7 (0.98%) Virgin Media
17 6 (0.84%) WSO2