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salesforce administrator

Learned from 18 real résumés for this role.

Across 18 real U.S. résumés for a salesforce administrator, the most distinctive skills are Permission Sets, Fields and Flows — each far more common in this role than across all résumés. This is the real skill fingerprint, learned from résumés, not a job description.

Permission Sets
33% have it · 5405.3× vs average
Fields
17% have it · 5405.3× vs average
Flows
17% have it · 5405.3× vs average

Based on Futureful's analysis of 102,822 U.S. résumés (2026).

Skill fingerprint

ranked by distinctiveness

The skills that most define this role, more common here than across all résumés. The bar shows how distinctive; the % is how many people in the role have it.

permission sets
5405.3×
33% · N=6
fields
5405.3×
17% · N=3
flows
5405.3×
17% · N=3
list views
5405.3×
17% · N=3
visualforce components
5405.3×
17% · N=3
formula fields
3603.5×
33% · N=6
cybersource
2702.6×
17% · N=3
field level security
2702.6×
17% · N=3
salesforce admin
1801.8×
17% · N=3
workflow rules
1801.8×
17% · N=3
apex data loader
982.8×
33% · N=6
custom fields
1158.3×
17% · N=3
user defined functions
1081.1×
17% · N=3
sql server 7.0
1081.1×
17% · N=3
fda regulations
1013.5×
17% · N=3

Where people go next

Real onward moves from dated work history.

Where people come from

The roles that feed into this one.

Common questions

Straight answers, every one backed by the real counts on this page.

What skills does a Salesforce Administrator need?

In 18 real résumés for this role, the most defining skills are Permission Sets (33% have it), Fields (17% have it), Flows (17% have it), List Views (17% have it), Visualforce Components (17% have it). These are the skills that separate this role from the rest of the workforce.

What do people in Salesforce Administrator roles move on to next?

From real dated work history, the most common next roles are Salesforce Developer (50% of moves, N=24), Specialist Ii E-Business Database Administrator (6% of moves, N=3), Senior Systems Analyst - Salesforce Administrator (6% of moves, N=3).

What roles lead into Salesforce Administrator?

The roles that most often feed into this one are Salesforce Developer (10% of arrivals, N=15), Office Manager (4% of arrivals, N=3), Salesforce Database Administrator (25% of arrivals, N=3).

Does this page show Salesforce Administrator salary?

No. Résumés do not carry pay, so Futureful holds no compensation data for this role and never invents a dollar figure. Every statistic here is a skill or career-move count backed by real résumés.

Where does this data come from?

The Futureful Career Atlas is built from 102,822 real US résumés, aggregated with no personal data. 18 of them are Salesforce Administrator résumés. Every number on this page is a count of real people, and thin pages are kept out of search. Full method: futureful.app/careers/methodology.

Every figure on this page is a real count over real résumés (N = résumés behind it). No salary is shown, we hold no compensation data, so every claim is a skill or frequency truth, never a dollar promise. How we count · Explore more roles →

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