Salesforce Object Search Language (SOSL)
UK
The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for SOSL skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited SOSL over the 6 months to 16 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.
| 6 months to 16 May 2024 |
Same period 2023 | Same period 2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | - | 674 | 842 |
| Rank change year-on-year | - | +168 | -179 |
| Contract jobs citing SOSL | 0 | 10 | 7 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK | - | 0.018% | 0.008% |
| As % of the Programming Languages category | - | 0.051% | 0.022% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 0 | 6 | 4 |
| 10th Percentile | - | - | £405 |
| 25th Percentile | - | £500 | £469 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | - | £525 | £527 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | -0.38% | +2.83% |
| 75th Percentile | - | £622 | £575 |
| 90th Percentile | - | £638 | - |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | - | £500 | £440 |
| % change year-on-year | - | +13.77% | +7.20% |
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 contract job vacancies with a requirement for coding skills.
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for coding skills | 12,689 | 19,768 | 31,684 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK | 29.82% | 34.70% | 36.23% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 9,018 | 14,250 | 23,099 |
| 10th Percentile | £350 | £390 | £385 |
| 25th Percentile | £425 | £463 | £455 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £533 | £550 | £550 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -3.09% | - | +10.00% |
| 75th Percentile | £650 | £675 | £653 |
| 90th Percentile | £763 | £788 | £750 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £488 | £500 | £490 |
| % change year-on-year | -2.50% | +2.04% | +15.29% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 493 | 448 | 510 |
| 10th Percentile | £32.25 | £26.21 | £19.52 |
| 25th Percentile | £46.25 | £50.00 | £35.00 |
| Median hourly rate | £62.50 | £62.50 | £50.35 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | +24.13% | +18.47% |
| 75th Percentile | £70.00 | £70.00 | £60.38 |
| 90th Percentile | £78.75 | £78.00 | £75.00 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £62.50 | £62.50 | £50.00 |
| % change year-on-year | - | +25.00% | +25.00% |
SOSL
Job Vacancy Trend
Job postings citing SOSL as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.
SOSL
Contractor Daily Rate Trend
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing SOSL.