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 1 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
1 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank - 940 1244
Rank change year-on-year - +304 -324
Permanent jobs citing SOSL 0 7 17
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK - 0.007% 0.010%
As % of the Programming Languages category - 0.017% 0.019%
Number of salaries quoted 0 5 4
10th Percentile - £38,500 £51,375
25th Percentile - £47,500 £55,313
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) - £51,750 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - -13.75% +14.29%
75th Percentile - £52,500 £62,500
90th Percentile - £62,250 -
UK excluding London median annual salary - £42,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year - -29.17% -

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 33,900 40,052 91,692
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 32.30% 42.32% 54.34%
Number of salaries quoted 25,257 26,577 43,330
10th Percentile £35,000 £38,750 £37,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £48,750 £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 £85,000 £82,500
90th Percentile £98,750 £107,500 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £54,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -1.82% +4.76% +5.00%

SOSL
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for SOSL in the UK

SOSL
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing SOSL.

Salary trend for SOSL in the UK