Slack
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for Slack skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Slack over the 6 months to 3 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
3 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 802 718 508
Rank change year-on-year -84 -210 +200
Permanent jobs citing Slack 102 278 1,050
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.10% 0.27% 0.67%
As % of the Cloud Services category 0.29% 0.63% 1.39%
Number of salaries quoted 72 73 155
10th Percentile £32,050 £32,500 £42,500
25th Percentile £36,888 £43,750 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £77,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% -22.58% +40.91%
75th Percentile £86,563 £77,500 £90,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £90,000 £96,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £42,500 £43,479 £52,500
% change year-on-year -2.25% -17.18% +5.00%

All Cloud Skills
UK

Slack is in the Cloud Services category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 35,382 44,396 75,527
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 35.88% 42.78% 48.26%
Number of salaries quoted 26,757 29,121 41,951
10th Percentile £30,000 £34,788 £33,750
25th Percentile £41,250 £46,250 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £65,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -11.54% +4.00% +8.70%
75th Percentile £77,500 £85,000 £82,500
90th Percentile £96,000 £102,500 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +5.00%

Slack
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Slack in the UK

Slack
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Slack in the UK

Slack
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Slack over the 6 months to 3 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Slack in the UK

Slack
Top 16 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Slack within the UK over the 6 months to 3 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
UK excluding London -53 71 £42,500 -2.25% 14
England -85 64 £62,783 +0.45% 30
Work from Home -53 57 £41,067 -36.82% 26
Scotland -43 27 £28,500 -55.81% 3
London +39 26 £77,500 +3.33% 17
North of England -4 15 £100,000 +81.82% 3
South West -17 13 £52,500 +32.15% 1
Yorkshire +65 9 £100,000 +81.82% 2
Wales +11 7 £41,067 -
South East +13 6 £42,500 - 1
North West -21 4 £37,500 -28.57% 1
North East -17 2 £62,783 -
Midlands -20 2 £38,750 -18.42% 5
East of England +1 1 £47,500 -13.64%
East Midlands -9 1 £35,000 - 3
West Midlands -13 1 £42,500 -10.53% 2

Slack
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 24 (23.53%) Apache Spark
2 21 (20.59%) Confluence
3 16 (15.69%) Microsoft Exchange
4 12 (11.76%) SharePoint
5 2 (1.96%) CMS
5 2 (1.96%) WordPress
6 1 (0.98%) Apache
6 1 (0.98%) nginx
6 1 (0.98%) OpenStack
Applications
1 13 (12.75%) Microsoft Excel
2 12 (11.76%) Trello
3 6 (5.88%) Microsoft Office
3 6 (5.88%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 5 (4.90%) Microsoft Project
5 2 (1.96%) Notion
6 1 (0.98%) Adobe Creative Suite
Business Applications
1 4 (3.92%) Shopify
2 2 (1.96%) Eikon
3 1 (0.98%) Dynamics GP
Cloud Services
1 46 (45.10%) AWS
2 34 (33.33%) GCP
3 29 (28.43%) SaaS
4 27 (26.47%) Azure
5 24 (23.53%) Amazon S3
5 24 (23.53%) Miro
6 23 (22.55%) Amazon SQS
6 23 (22.55%) Google Docs
6 23 (22.55%) Lucidchart
7 18 (17.65%) Cloud Computing
8 17 (16.67%) Microsoft 365
9 13 (12.75%) WhatsApp
10 10 (9.80%) Entra ID
11 7 (6.86%) OneDrive
12 6 (5.88%) GitHub
13 4 (3.92%) Amazon EC2
13 4 (3.92%) AWS CloudFormation
13 4 (3.92%) Basecamp
14 3 (2.94%) Google Workspace
14 3 (2.94%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 8 (7.84%) Firewall
1 8 (7.84%) VPN
1 8 (7.84%) Wi-Fi
2 7 (6.86%) SAN
3 6 (5.88%) DNS
3 6 (5.88%) Telepresence
4 4 (3.92%) LAN
4 4 (3.92%) TCP/IP
4 4 (3.92%) VLAN
4 4 (3.92%) WAN
4 4 (3.92%) Wireless
5 3 (2.94%) HTTPS
5 3 (2.94%) SSL
6 2 (1.96%) VoIP
7 1 (0.98%) NAS
7 1 (0.98%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 26 (25.49%) Elasticsearch
2 25 (24.51%) Redis
3 24 (23.53%) Big Data
4 23 (22.55%) Hadoop
4 23 (22.55%) Scylla
5 9 (8.82%) NoSQL
6 8 (7.84%) Data Lake
6 8 (7.84%) Data Warehouse
7 3 (2.94%) MySQL
8 2 (1.96%) PostgreSQL
9 1 (0.98%) Amazon RDS
9 1 (0.98%) Apache Cassandra
9 1 (0.98%) Looker
9 1 (0.98%) Metadata
9 1 (0.98%) Power BI
9 1 (0.98%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 28 (27.45%) JIRA
2 13 (12.75%) Git
3 12 (11.76%) GitLab
4 11 (10.78%) Jenkins
5 8 (7.84%) CircleCI
5 8 (7.84%) Cucumber
5 8 (7.84%) JUnit
5 8 (7.84%) Selenium
6 1 (0.98%) Bitbucket
6 1 (0.98%) Gradle
6 1 (0.98%) Spinnaker
6 1 (0.98%) Vagrant
General
1 65 (63.73%) Social Skills
2 20 (19.61%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 16 (15.69%) Finance
4 10 (9.80%) Marketing
5 8 (7.84%) Banking
6 7 (6.86%) Organisational Skills
7 6 (5.88%) Public Sector
8 4 (3.92%) Analytical Skills
9 2 (1.96%) Legal
9 2 (1.96%) Presentation Skills
9 2 (1.96%) Retail
10 1 (0.98%) Games
10 1 (0.98%) Manufacturing
10 1 (0.98%) Pharmaceutical
10 1 (0.98%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 25 (24.51%) Software Engineer
2 23 (22.55%) Principal Engineer
2 23 (22.55%) Principal Software Engineer
3 18 (17.65%) Lead
4 16 (15.69%) Senior
5 12 (11.76%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 12 (11.76%) Project Manager
6 10 (9.80%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
7 7 (6.86%) Linux Engineer
7 7 (6.86%) Linux Infrastructure Engineer
7 7 (6.86%) Senior Linux Engineer
7 7 (6.86%) Senior Storage Engineer
7 7 (6.86%) Storage Engineer
8 6 (5.88%) Collaboration Engineer
8 6 (5.88%) Developer
8 6 (5.88%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
8 6 (5.88%) Microsoft Engineer
9 5 (4.90%) Administrator
9 5 (4.90%) IT Support
9 5 (4.90%) Support Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 26 (25.49%) GraphQL
2 25 (24.51%) Kafka
3 8 (7.84%) RESTful
4 4 (3.92%) CSS
5 3 (2.94%) HTML
5 3 (2.94%) React
6 2 (1.96%) JWT
6 2 (1.96%) Laravel
6 2 (1.96%) Next.js
6 2 (1.96%) Spring
7 1 (0.98%) Ajax
7 1 (0.98%) ASP.NET MVC
7 1 (0.98%) Entity Framework
7 1 (0.98%) HTML5
7 1 (0.98%) jQuery
7 1 (0.98%) JSON
7 1 (0.98%) LAMP
7 1 (0.98%) Spring MVC
7 1 (0.98%) Web Services
7 1 (0.98%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 24 (23.53%) Algorithms
2 23 (22.55%) Data Structures
3 8 (7.84%) Mobile App
3 8 (7.84%) Onboarding
4 7 (6.86%) Cloud Native
4 7 (6.86%) CMDB
4 7 (6.86%) Self-Motivation
5 6 (5.88%) Blackberry
5 6 (5.88%) BYOD
5 6 (5.88%) Digital Signage
5 6 (5.88%) Video Conferencing
6 4 (3.92%) PMI
7 3 (2.94%) Robotics
8 2 (1.96%) Virtual Team
9 1 (0.98%) Cyberattack
9 1 (0.98%) Enterprise Software
9 1 (0.98%) Hybrid Cloud
9 1 (0.98%) Reinsurance
9 1 (0.98%) Tandem
9 1 (0.98%) Taxonomies
Operating Systems
1 32 (31.37%) Windows
2 16 (15.69%) Linux
3 15 (14.71%) Apple iOS
4 13 (12.75%) Android
5 10 (9.80%) Mac OS
5 10 (9.80%) Windows Server
6 5 (4.90%) Windows 10
7 3 (2.94%) Amazon Linux
7 3 (2.94%) Windows Server 2008
7 3 (2.94%) Windows Server 2016
8 1 (0.98%) CentOS
8 1 (0.98%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 44 (43.14%) Problem-Solving
2 31 (30.39%) User Experience
3 28 (27.45%) Software Engineering
4 26 (25.49%) Cybersecurity
5 24 (23.53%) Data Science
5 24 (23.53%) Project Management
6 23 (22.55%) Computer Security
6 23 (22.55%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
6 23 (22.55%) High Availability
6 23 (22.55%) Threat Intelligence
6 23 (22.55%) UX Research
7 20 (19.61%) Agile
7 20 (19.61%) DevOps
8 16 (15.69%) Migration
9 15 (14.71%) Mentoring
10 14 (13.73%) CI/CD
11 13 (12.75%) Infrastructure Engineering
12 12 (11.76%) Continuous Integration
13 11 (10.78%) Change Management
13 11 (10.78%) Coaching
Programming Languages
1 28 (27.45%) Java
2 26 (25.49%) Bash
2 26 (25.49%) Python
3 24 (23.53%) Go
4 23 (22.55%) Scala
5 8 (7.84%) SQL
6 7 (6.86%) PowerShell
7 3 (2.94%) JavaScript
8 2 (1.96%) PHP
8 2 (1.96%) TypeScript
9 1 (0.98%) Kotlin
9 1 (0.98%) Shell Script
9 1 (0.98%) VBA
Qualifications
1 22 (21.57%) Degree
2 9 (8.82%) Security Cleared
3 8 (7.84%) BPSS Clearance
4 5 (4.90%) PMI Certification
4 5 (4.90%) SC Cleared
5 4 (3.92%) PRINCE2 Certification
6 2 (1.96%) Computer Science Degree
7 1 (0.98%) APMP
7 1 (0.98%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (7.84%) GDPR
1 8 (7.84%) PSD2
2 4 (3.92%) Cyber Essentials
3 2 (1.96%) QA
4 1 (0.98%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (0.98%) SOC 2
System Software
1 7 (6.86%) Active Directory
2 4 (3.92%) Virtual Machines
3 3 (2.94%) Hyper-V
3 3 (2.94%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (1.96%) Docker
4 2 (1.96%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 25 (24.51%) Kubernetes
2 13 (12.75%) Terraform
3 9 (8.82%) Ansible
4 7 (6.86%) Jamf Pro
4 7 (6.86%) Microsoft Intune
5 6 (5.88%) ServiceCenter
6 4 (3.92%) Single Sign-On
7 1 (0.98%) Grafana
7 1 (0.98%) Kibana
7 1 (0.98%) logstash
7 1 (0.98%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 36 (35.29%) Google
2 35 (34.31%) Microsoft
3 23 (22.55%) Dell
4 8 (7.84%) Duck Creek
5 6 (5.88%) Apple
5 6 (5.88%) HP
6 5 (4.90%) Okta
7 4 (3.92%) Atlassian
8 3 (2.94%) Salesforce
8 3 (2.94%) VMware
9 2 (1.96%) Bloomberg
9 2 (1.96%) CrowdStrike
9 2 (1.96%) DocuSign
9 2 (1.96%) Ivanti
9 2 (1.96%) OneLogin
9 2 (1.96%) Trayport
10 1 (0.98%) HubSpot
10 1 (0.98%) Meraki
10 1 (0.98%) Spotify
10 1 (0.98%) WooCommerce