Presales Contract Job Trends in the East of England

Presales
England > East of England

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the East of England requiring Presales skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 7 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 109 79 103
Rank change year-on-year -30 +24 +10
Contract jobs citing Presales 8 3 13
As % of all contract jobs in the East of England 0.39% 0.32% 0.69%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.50% 0.36% 0.80%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 1 7
10th Percentile - - £438
25th Percentile £788 £475 £481
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £825 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year +65.00% - -
75th Percentile £863 £525 -
90th Percentile - - -
England median daily rate £700 £575 £534
% change year-on-year +21.74% +7.68% +10.10%

All Process & Methodology Skills
East of England

Presales falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in the East of England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,615 831 1,619
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the East of England 78.06% 87.66% 86.03%
Number of daily rates quoted 773 435 759
10th Percentile £201 £236 £235
25th Percentile £363 £400 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% +5.26% -
75th Percentile £588 £600 £563
90th Percentile £675 £695 £675
England median daily rate £505 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -3.81% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 422 167 544
10th Percentile £14.38 £15.00 £14.16
25th Percentile £16.77 £20.26 £15.00
Median hourly rate £22.29 £53.00 £38.12
Median % change year-on-year -57.94% +39.03% +18.55%
75th Percentile £65.00 £73.13 £63.75
90th Percentile £70.00 £85.00 £75.25
England median hourly rate £38.25 £32.50 £33.00
% change year-on-year +17.69% -1.52% -12.00%

Presales
Job Vacancy Trend in the East of England

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Presales relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the East of England.

Presales job vacancy trend in the East of England

Presales
Daily Rate Trend in the East of England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing Presales.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing Presales

Presales
Hourly Rate Trend in the East of England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing Presales.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing Presales

Presales
Contract Job Locations in the East of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Presales within the East of England region over the 6 months to 7 April 2026. 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
Hertfordshire -20 8 £825 +65.00% 20
Presales
England

Presales
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the East of England by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Applications
1 1 (12.50%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 5 (62.50%) SaaS
2 3 (37.50%) AWS
2 3 (37.50%) Azure
3 2 (25.00%) GCP
Development Applications
1 1 (12.50%) JIRA
General
1 7 (87.50%) Social Skills
2 4 (50.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 3 (37.50%) Law
4 1 (12.50%) Finance
4 1 (12.50%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 4 (50.00%) Product Specialist
2 2 (25.00%) Consultant
2 2 (25.00%) Solutions Consultant
3 1 (12.50%) IT Consultant
3 1 (12.50%) Knowledge Manager
3 1 (12.50%) Programme Manager
3 1 (12.50%) Technical Manager
3 1 (12.50%) Technical Writer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (50.00%) EDI
Miscellaneous
1 4 (50.00%) Learning Management System
2 1 (12.50%) Enterprise Software
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (62.50%) Continuous Improvement
2 4 (50.00%) Coaching
2 4 (50.00%) Customer Insight
2 4 (50.00%) Fintech
2 4 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
3 3 (37.50%) Stakeholder Management
4 2 (25.00%) Computer Science
4 2 (25.00%) Digital Transformation Programme
4 2 (25.00%) ITIL
5 1 (12.50%) Business Case
5 1 (12.50%) Business Strategy
5 1 (12.50%) Cloud Operations
5 1 (12.50%) Cost Management
5 1 (12.50%) Cost Optimisation
5 1 (12.50%) Data-Driven Decision Making
5 1 (12.50%) Decision-Making
5 1 (12.50%) Emotional Intelligence
5 1 (12.50%) Proactive Management
5 1 (12.50%) Programme Delivery
5 1 (12.50%) Project Delivery
Qualifications
1 4 (50.00%) Degree
2 2 (25.00%) Computer Science Degree
2 2 (25.00%) SC Cleared
2 2 (25.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (50.00%) Accessibility
2 1 (12.50%) GDPR
2 1 (12.50%) QA
Vendors
1 2 (25.00%) ServiceNow