Salesforce Object Query Language (SOQL)
UK
The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for SOQL skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited SOQL 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 | 563 | 662 | 808 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +99 | +146 | -126 |
| Contract jobs citing SOQL | 12 | 20 | 30 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK | 0.028% | 0.036% | 0.034% |
| As % of the Programming Languages category | 0.093% | 0.10% | 0.095% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 6 | 11 | 21 |
| 10th Percentile | £369 | - | - |
| 25th Percentile | £425 | £525 | £363 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £500 | £600 | £450 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -16.67% | +33.33% | +28.57% |
| 75th Percentile | £650 | £613 | £600 |
| 90th Percentile | £675 | £638 | £813 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £550 | £575 | £375 |
| % change year-on-year | -4.35% | +53.33% | -13.04% |
All Programming Languages
UK
SOQL 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 | 12,939 | 19,124 | 31,582 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK | 30.05% | 34.12% | 36.06% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 9,176 | 13,793 | 23,095 |
| 10th Percentile | £350 | £388 | £388 |
| 25th Percentile | £425 | £461 | £456 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £525 | £550 | £550 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -4.55% | - | +10.00% |
| 75th Percentile | £650 | £680 | £660 |
| 90th Percentile | £763 | £788 | £750 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £488 | £500 | £500 |
| % change year-on-year | -2.50% | - | +14.94% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 522 | 433 | 488 |
| 10th Percentile | £31.25 | £26.60 | £19.52 |
| 25th Percentile | £46.25 | £50.00 | £35.00 |
| Median hourly rate | £62.00 | £62.50 | £51.75 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -0.80% | +20.77% | +17.21% |
| 75th Percentile | £70.00 | £70.00 | £61.56 |
| 90th Percentile | £77.50 | £78.95 | £71.98 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £62.50 | £62.50 | £52.50 |
| % change year-on-year | - | +19.05% | +28.05% |
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Job Vacancy Trend
Job postings citing SOQL as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.
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Contractor Daily Rate Trend
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing SOQL.
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Daily Rate Histogram
Daily rate distribution for jobs citing SOQL over the 6 months to 1 June 2024.
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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend
3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing SOQL.
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Top 8 Contract Locations
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing SOQL within the UK over the 6 months to 1 June 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 | +83 | 9 | £500 | -16.67% | 8 |
| Work from Home | +106 | 5 | £450 | -18.18% | 4 |
| UK excluding London | +36 | 5 | £550 | -4.35% | 4 |
| Midlands | +21 | 4 | £600 | - | 3 |
| West Midlands | +12 | 4 | £600 | - | 3 |
| London | +91 | 2 | £450 | -26.53% | 3 |
| North East | - | 1 | £450 | - | |
| North of England | - | 1 | £450 | - | 1 |
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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: