Salesforce Apex
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for Apex Code skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Apex Code over the 6 months to 18 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
18 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 768 771 807
Rank change year-on-year +3 +36 -190
Permanent jobs citing Apex Code 122 206 466
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.12% 0.21% 0.29%
As % of the Programming Languages category 0.37% 0.48% 0.54%
Number of salaries quoted 98 163 231
10th Percentile £36,250 £51,450 £48,500
25th Percentile £51,250 £58,750 £56,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £61,500 £75,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -18.00% +7.14% +16.67%
75th Percentile £68,750 £85,000 £81,250
90th Percentile £81,250 £92,500 £88,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £62,500 £70,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -10.71% +16.67% +9.09%

All Programming Languages
UK

Apex Code 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 33,216 42,952 86,858
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 33.25% 43.31% 54.04%
Number of salaries quoted 24,896 27,477 43,381
10th Percentile £35,000 £38,750 £37,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £49,250 £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 £86,250 £82,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £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%

Apex Code
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Apex Code in the UK

Apex Code
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Apex Code.

Salary trend for Apex Code in the UK

Apex Code
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Apex Code over the 6 months to 18 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Apex Code in the UK

Apex Code
Top 15 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Apex Code within the UK over the 6 months to 18 May 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England -1 103 £59,000 -21.33% 51
London +48 57 £60,500 -19.33% 32
UK excluding London -39 56 £62,500 -10.71% 21
Wales +23 17 £62,500 -10.71% 2
Work from Home -9 16 £55,000 -26.67% 25
South East -4 14 £55,000 -21.43% 7
East of England +8 9 £32,000 -57.33% 2
North of England +23 7 £55,000 -24.14% 6
Midlands -3 7 £96,250 +20.31% 1
West Midlands +15 4 £92,500 +15.63% 1
North West -2 3 £62,500 -3.85% 2
North East - 3 £55,000 -
East Midlands - 3 £100,000 -
South West -26 2 £57,500 +25.00% 3
Yorkshire +58 1 - - 4

Apex Code
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 6 (4.92%) Confluence
1 6 (4.92%) Oracle Workflow
2 2 (1.64%) Anypoint
2 2 (1.64%) CMS
2 2 (1.64%) SAS
3 1 (0.82%) WordPress
Applications
1 9 (7.38%) Trello
2 2 (1.64%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 10 (8.20%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 20 (16.39%) GitHub
2 19 (15.57%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
3 17 (13.93%) Azure
3 17 (13.93%) Heroku
4 12 (9.84%) AWS
5 11 (9.02%) Salesforce Service Cloud
6 7 (5.74%) Boomi
7 6 (4.92%) Amazon S3
7 6 (4.92%) AWS Lambda
7 6 (4.92%) Serverless
8 3 (2.46%) SaaS
9 2 (1.64%) Adobe Analytics
9 2 (1.64%) Azure DevOps
9 2 (1.64%) Google Analytics
9 2 (1.64%) IBM Cloud
10 1 (0.82%) Entra ID
10 1 (0.82%) FinancialForce
10 1 (0.82%) Microsoft 365
10 1 (0.82%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 9 (7.38%) HTTP
2 1 (0.82%) DNS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (7.38%) GIS
2 6 (4.92%) Geospatial Data
3 4 (3.28%) Metadata
3 4 (3.28%) MySQL
3 4 (3.28%) Relational Database
3 4 (3.28%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 1 (0.82%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 24 (19.67%) Git
2 22 (18.03%) JIRA
3 14 (11.48%) GitLab
4 12 (9.84%) Oracle APEX
5 7 (5.74%) Eclipse
6 6 (4.92%) Ant
6 6 (4.92%) Jenkins
7 2 (1.64%) Subversion
7 2 (1.64%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 35 (28.69%) Social Skills
2 34 (27.87%) Finance
3 14 (11.48%) Public Sector
4 13 (10.66%) Marketing
5 8 (6.56%) Analytical Skills
6 3 (2.46%) Telecoms
7 2 (1.64%) Automotive
7 2 (1.64%) Banking
7 2 (1.64%) French Language
7 2 (1.64%) Portuguese Language
7 2 (1.64%) Retail
7 2 (1.64%) Spanish Language
8 1 (0.82%) Billing
8 1 (0.82%) Digital Economy
8 1 (0.82%) Electronics
8 1 (0.82%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 86 (70.49%) Developer
2 85 (69.67%) Salesforce Developer
3 20 (16.39%) Senior
4 19 (15.57%) Senior Developer
4 19 (15.57%) Senior Salesforce Developer
5 16 (13.11%) Architect
5 16 (13.11%) Salesforce Architect
6 10 (8.20%) Salesforce Solution Architect
6 10 (8.20%) Solutions Architect
7 8 (6.56%) Software Engineer
8 6 (4.92%) Integration Developer
8 6 (4.92%) Lead
9 5 (4.10%) Software Developer
10 3 (2.46%) Administrator
10 3 (2.46%) Lead Developer
10 3 (2.46%) Salesforce Support
10 3 (2.46%) Salesforce Technical Architect
10 3 (2.46%) Support Engineer
10 3 (2.46%) Technical Architect
10 3 (2.46%) Technical Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 87 (71.31%) Lightning Web Components
2 58 (47.54%) Visualforce
3 51 (41.80%) REST
4 27 (22.13%) SOAP
5 26 (21.31%) HTML
6 19 (15.57%) CSS
7 15 (12.30%) Web Services
8 12 (9.84%) .NET
9 11 (9.02%) JSON
9 11 (9.02%) Middleware
10 9 (7.38%) ASP.NET
10 9 (7.38%) OAuth
11 7 (5.74%) XML
12 6 (4.92%) Ajax
12 6 (4.92%) XHTML
13 5 (4.10%) ASP.NET MVC
14 4 (3.28%) RESTful
15 2 (1.64%) ASP.NET Web API
15 2 (1.64%) CSS3
15 2 (1.64%) HTML5
Miscellaneous
1 6 (4.92%) Management Information System
1 6 (4.92%) Mobile Payment
2 3 (2.46%) Product Ownership
3 2 (1.64%) Blockchain
3 2 (1.64%) Clustering
3 2 (1.64%) Distributed Architecture
3 2 (1.64%) Enterprise Software
3 2 (1.64%) Hybrid Cloud
3 2 (1.64%) Self-Motivation
3 2 (1.64%) Virtual Team
4 1 (0.82%) Data Structures
4 1 (0.82%) Renewable Energy
Operating Systems
1 1 (0.82%) Android
1 1 (0.82%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 42 (34.43%) CRM
2 38 (31.15%) Agile
3 28 (22.95%) Data Modelling
4 26 (21.31%) Migration
4 26 (21.31%) Problem-Solving
5 20 (16.39%) Computer Science
5 20 (16.39%) Scrum
6 17 (13.93%) Configure, Price, Quote (CPQ)
6 17 (13.93%) Refactoring
7 16 (13.11%) OO
7 16 (13.11%) Software Engineering
8 15 (12.30%) Data Migration
9 14 (11.48%) Product Strategy
9 14 (11.48%) Web Development
10 13 (10.66%) OOP
11 12 (9.84%) API Integration
12 10 (8.20%) Code Quality
13 9 (7.38%) Proactive Maintenance
13 9 (7.38%) Technical Leadership
13 9 (7.38%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 39 (31.97%) JavaScript
2 20 (16.39%) Python
3 13 (10.66%) SOQL
4 10 (8.20%) SQL
5 9 (7.38%) Java
6 5 (4.10%) C#
7 2 (1.64%) R
8 1 (0.82%) PHP
Qualifications
1 13 (10.66%) Degree
2 5 (4.10%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (0.82%) BPSS Clearance
3 1 (0.82%) SC Cleared
3 1 (0.82%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (2.46%) Accessibility
1 3 (2.46%) Data Quality
2 2 (1.64%) QA
Systems Management
1 10 (8.20%) Single Sign-On
2 6 (4.92%) CloudHub
3 2 (1.64%) WebSphere Cast Iron
Vendors
1 122 (100.00%) Salesforce
2 25 (20.49%) MuleSoft
3 12 (9.84%) Oracle
4 7 (5.74%) DocuSign
5 6 (4.92%) Apttus
5 6 (4.92%) Atlassian
5 6 (4.92%) Sybase
5 6 (4.92%) Zuora
6 2 (1.64%) Adobe
6 2 (1.64%) Coremetrics
6 2 (1.64%) Dell
6 2 (1.64%) Google
6 2 (1.64%) IBM
6 2 (1.64%) Microsoft
6 2 (1.64%) Pardot
6 2 (1.64%) Red Hat
7 1 (0.82%) Conga
7 1 (0.82%) SAP