Presales Contracts in the UK excluding London

Presales
UK > UK excluding London

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for Presales skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Presales over the 6 months to 8 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
8 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 283 396 406
Rank change year-on-year +113 +10 -88
Contract jobs citing Presales 102 60 99
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.50% 0.26% 0.32%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.59% 0.28% 0.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 28 32 61
10th Percentile £389 £333 £363
25th Percentile £491 £425 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £488 £463
Median % change year-on-year +23.08% +5.41% -2.63%
75th Percentile £625 £612 £538
90th Percentile £789 £650 £625
UK median daily rate £534 £525 £506
% change year-on-year +1.71% +3.70% +1.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 2
10th Percentile - - £80.82
25th Percentile - £12.75 £82.06
Median hourly rate - £13.50 £84.11
Median % change year-on-year - -83.95% -
75th Percentile - £14.25 £86.17
90th Percentile - - £87.40
UK median hourly rate £60.00 £40.50 £84.11
% change year-on-year +48.15% -51.85% +40.18%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK excluding London

Presales is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 17,341 21,054 27,253
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 84.49% 89.57% 88.94%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,323 14,598 19,040
10th Percentile £250 £256 £232
25th Percentile £375 £400 £386
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year - +5.26% +8.57%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £575
90th Percentile £688 £688 £650
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £530
% change year-on-year -4.55% +3.77% +8.72%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,053 1,291 1,337
10th Percentile £12.31 £11.00 £12.23
25th Percentile £15.17 £15.50 £14.00
Median hourly rate £38.00 £35.00 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year +8.57% +75.00% -6.98%
75th Percentile £60.75 £65.00 £46.12
90th Percentile £72.82 £73.75 £60.00
UK median hourly rate £36.50 £36.00 £25.00
% change year-on-year +1.39% +44.00% +2.04%

Presales
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing Presales as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Presales in the UK excluding London

Presales
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Presales in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for Presales in the UK excluding London

Presales
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Presales in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 8 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Presales in the UK excluding London

Presales
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Presales in the UK excluding London.

Hourly rate trend for Presales in the UK excluding London

Presales
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Presales within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 8 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
South East +30 56 £688 +20.73% 73
South West +35 20 £600 +20.00% 32
East of England +12 10 £488 +21.88% 15
Midlands +29 9 £513 +7.89% 55
West Midlands +26 8 £494 +3.95% 35
North of England +29 4 £550 +33.33% 49
North West +24 3 £550 +57.14% 25
Wales - 2 - - 4
Scotland +41 1 £225 - 22
Yorkshire +27 1 - - 17
East Midlands +17 1 £725 +18.37% 20
Presales
UK

Presales
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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:

Applications
1 2 (1.96%) Chatbot
1 2 (1.96%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 2 (1.96%) MS Visio
2 1 (0.98%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.98%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (0.98%) SAP EHS
1 1 (0.98%) SAP Oil and Gas
Cloud Services
1 6 (5.88%) AWS
2 5 (4.90%) SaaS
3 4 (3.92%) PaaS
4 2 (1.96%) Azure Logic Apps
4 2 (1.96%) Dynamics 365
4 2 (1.96%) GCP
4 2 (1.96%) Power Platform
5 1 (0.98%) AWS CloudFormation
5 1 (0.98%) AWS Lambda
5 1 (0.98%) Azure
5 1 (0.98%) Entra ID
5 1 (0.98%) IaaS
5 1 (0.98%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 18 (17.65%) PBX
2 17 (16.67%) VoIP
3 15 (14.71%) WAN
4 13 (12.75%) SD-WAN
5 8 (7.84%) LAN
6 6 (5.88%) SDH
7 4 (3.92%) Firewall
8 3 (2.94%) WLAN
9 2 (1.96%) MPLS
9 2 (1.96%) Software-Defined Networking
10 1 (0.98%) DMZ
10 1 (0.98%) DNS
10 1 (0.98%) VPLS
10 1 (0.98%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (1.96%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 4 (3.92%) Rational DOORS
2 1 (0.98%) Rational Software Modeler
General
1 25 (24.51%) Telecoms
2 22 (21.57%) Presentation Skills
3 14 (13.73%) Social Skills
4 10 (9.80%) Public Sector
5 8 (7.84%) Finance
5 8 (7.84%) Marketing
6 4 (3.92%) Influencing Skills
6 4 (3.92%) Mandarin Language
7 3 (2.94%) Aeronautics
7 3 (2.94%) Aerospace
7 3 (2.94%) Electronics
8 2 (1.96%) Legal
8 2 (1.96%) Retail
9 1 (0.98%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 75 (73.53%) Architect
2 25 (24.51%) Solutions Architect
3 23 (22.55%) Network Architect
4 21 (20.59%) Security Architect
5 12 (11.76%) Consultant
5 12 (11.76%) Senior
5 12 (11.76%) Senior Architect
6 10 (9.80%) Lead
7 9 (8.82%) Senior Security Architect
8 7 (6.86%) Technical Consultant
9 6 (5.88%) Lead Architect
10 5 (4.90%) Cloud Architect
10 5 (4.90%) Cloud Solutions Architect
10 5 (4.90%) Infrastructure Architect
11 4 (3.92%) Presales Consultant
12 3 (2.94%) Genesys Consultant
12 3 (2.94%) Lead Infrastructure Architect
12 3 (2.94%) Senior Network Architect
12 3 (2.94%) Site Manager
12 3 (2.94%) Technical Presales Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (2.94%) RESTful
2 1 (0.98%) AWS CDK
2 1 (0.98%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 16 (15.69%) Data Protection Act
2 4 (3.92%) Operational Technology
2 4 (3.92%) Self-Motivation
2 4 (3.92%) Video Conferencing
3 3 (2.94%) Cloud Native
3 3 (2.94%) Management Information System
3 3 (2.94%) Private Cloud
3 3 (2.94%) Renewable Energy
3 3 (2.94%) Solar Power
4 2 (1.96%) IVR
5 1 (0.98%) Blackberry
5 1 (0.98%) Data Centre
5 1 (0.98%) Industry 4.0
5 1 (0.98%) IoT
5 1 (0.98%) Public Cloud
5 1 (0.98%) Security Posture
5 1 (0.98%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 2 (1.96%) Windows
2 1 (0.98%) Linux
2 1 (0.98%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 22 (21.57%) Security Architecture
2 16 (15.69%) Data Protection
3 15 (14.71%) Roadmaps
4 14 (13.73%) Network Management
4 14 (13.73%) Requirements Management
4 14 (13.73%) SIEM
5 13 (12.75%) Value Proposition
6 8 (7.84%) Customer Requirements
7 7 (6.86%) Risk Management
7 7 (6.86%) Stakeholder Management
8 6 (5.88%) Agile
8 6 (5.88%) ITIL
9 5 (4.90%) Product Management
10 4 (3.92%) ArchiMate
10 4 (3.92%) Artificial Intelligence
10 4 (3.92%) BPMN
10 4 (3.92%) Business Analysis
10 4 (3.92%) Enterprise Architecture
10 4 (3.92%) Infrastructure Management
10 4 (3.92%) TOGAF
Programming Languages
1 1 (0.98%) JavaScript
1 1 (0.98%) PowerShell
1 1 (0.98%) Python
Qualifications
1 67 (65.69%) Security Cleared
2 29 (28.43%) DV Cleared
3 15 (14.71%) SC Cleared
4 6 (5.88%) Degree
5 3 (2.94%) Cisco Certification
6 2 (1.96%) CCNA
7 1 (0.98%) (ISC)2 CCSP
7 1 (0.98%) AWS Certification
7 1 (0.98%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
7 1 (0.98%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
7 1 (0.98%) CCSK
7 1 (0.98%) CCSP
7 1 (0.98%) CEH
7 1 (0.98%) CISA
7 1 (0.98%) CISM
7 1 (0.98%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (2.94%) SLA
2 1 (0.98%) NIST
2 1 (0.98%) NIST 800
System Software
1 1 (0.98%) Active Directory
1 1 (0.98%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 1 (0.98%) Ansible
1 1 (0.98%) Terraform
Vendors
1 10 (9.80%) Cisco
2 5 (4.90%) Microsoft
3 4 (3.92%) IBM
3 4 (3.92%) Juniper
3 4 (3.92%) Nokia
4 3 (2.94%) Fortinet
4 3 (2.94%) Genesys
4 3 (2.94%) Palo Alto
5 2 (1.96%) Avaya
5 2 (1.96%) Meraki
5 2 (1.96%) VMware
6 1 (0.98%) Ericsson
6 1 (0.98%) Fujitsu
6 1 (0.98%) Google
6 1 (0.98%) Radianz
6 1 (0.98%) Ribbon
6 1 (0.98%) SAP