Presales Contracts in England

Presales
UK > England

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England 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 7 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
7 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 356 504 532
Rank change year-on-year +148 +28 -136
Contract jobs citing Presales 189 141 249
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.52% 0.29% 0.35%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.60% 0.32% 0.39%
Number of daily rates quoted 82 68 137
10th Percentile £400 £400 £400
25th Percentile £488 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £513 £525
Median % change year-on-year +7.32% -2.38% +5.00%
75th Percentile £625 £678 £625
90th Percentile £822 £914 £800
UK median daily rate £534 £525 £506
% change year-on-year +1.71% +3.70% +1.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 1 2
10th Percentile - - £80.82
25th Percentile £57.50 £66.25 £82.06
Median hourly rate £60.00 £67.50 £84.11
Median % change year-on-year -11.11% -19.75% +149.21%
75th Percentile £62.50 £68.75 £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
England

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 England with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 31,661 44,294 64,052
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 86.54% 90.18% 90.80%
Number of daily rates quoted 20,752 31,074 45,519
10th Percentile £300 £325 £331
25th Percentile £413 £444 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £538
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +7.50%
75th Percentile £650 £674 £650
90th Percentile £750 £763 £750
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £530
% change year-on-year -4.55% +3.77% +8.72%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,232 1,569 1,736
10th Percentile £12.87 £10.73 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.00 £16.25 £15.25
Median hourly rate £36.50 £37.34 £24.30
Median % change year-on-year -2.25% +53.69% +3.38%
75th Percentile £60.00 £65.00 £49.25
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £63.75
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 England

Job postings citing Presales as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Presales in England

Presales
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Presales in England.

Daily rate trend for Presales in England

Presales
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Presales in England over the 6 months to 7 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Presales in England

Presales
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Presales in England.

Hourly rate trend for Presales in England

Presales
Contract Job Locations in 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 England region over the 6 months to 7 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
London +99 81 £534 -2.91% 175
South East +39 55 £688 +20.73% 77
South West +32 20 £600 +20.00% 31
East of England +11 10 £488 +21.88% 13
Midlands +31 9 £513 +7.89% 52
West Midlands +25 8 £494 +3.95% 33
North of England +25 4 £550 +33.33% 54
North West +23 3 £550 +57.14% 28
Yorkshire +26 1 - - 20
East Midlands +18 1 £725 +18.37% 19
Presales
UK

Presales
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 8 (4.23%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (2.12%) Chatbot
2 4 (2.12%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 3 (1.59%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (1.59%) Photoshop
4 2 (1.06%) Microsoft Project
4 2 (1.06%) MS Visio
5 1 (0.53%) InVision
5 1 (0.53%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 7 (3.70%) Loan IQ
2 4 (2.12%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.53%) SAP EHS
3 1 (0.53%) SAP GRC
3 1 (0.53%) SAP Oil and Gas
Cloud Services
1 20 (10.58%) Azure
2 17 (8.99%) AWS
3 12 (6.35%) SaaS
4 7 (3.70%) Dynamics 365
4 7 (3.70%) GCP
5 5 (2.65%) Entra ID
5 5 (2.65%) Microsoft 365
5 5 (2.65%) Power Platform
6 4 (2.12%) PaaS
7 3 (1.59%) Azure DevOps
7 3 (1.59%) Azure Logic Apps
7 3 (1.59%) Cloud Computing
7 3 (1.59%) Salesforce Service Cloud
7 3 (1.59%) Serverless
8 2 (1.06%) AWS CloudFormation
8 2 (1.06%) AWS Lambda
8 2 (1.06%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
8 2 (1.06%) Snowflake
9 1 (0.53%) Amazon EventBridge
9 1 (0.53%) Azure Cosmos DB
Communications & Networking
1 20 (10.58%) WAN
2 17 (8.99%) SD-WAN
3 16 (8.47%) PBX
4 15 (7.94%) VoIP
5 11 (5.82%) LAN
6 6 (3.17%) SDH
6 6 (3.17%) WLAN
7 5 (2.65%) Wireless
8 4 (2.12%) Firewall
9 3 (1.59%) Software-Defined Networking
9 3 (1.59%) SSL
9 3 (1.59%) Unified Communications
10 2 (1.06%) Cisco ISE
10 2 (1.06%) MPLS
10 2 (1.06%) Network Security
11 1 (0.53%) DMZ
11 1 (0.53%) DNS
11 1 (0.53%) Kerberos
11 1 (0.53%) VPLS
11 1 (0.53%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (1.59%) Azure SQL Database
2 2 (1.06%) Big Data
2 2 (1.06%) Data Lake
2 2 (1.06%) NoSQL
2 2 (1.06%) Power BI
3 1 (0.53%) MySQL
3 1 (0.53%) RDBMS
3 1 (0.53%) Relational Database
3 1 (0.53%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 4 (2.12%) Rational DOORS
2 2 (1.06%) Visual Studio
3 1 (0.53%) Jenkins
3 1 (0.53%) Rational Software Modeler
3 1 (0.53%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 60 (31.75%) Social Skills
2 44 (23.28%) Presentation Skills
3 41 (21.69%) Finance
4 33 (17.46%) Telecoms
5 27 (14.29%) Marketing
6 25 (13.23%) Public Sector
7 8 (4.23%) Influencing Skills
8 7 (3.70%) Electronics
8 7 (3.70%) Financial Institution
9 6 (3.17%) Legal
10 5 (2.65%) Analytical Skills
10 5 (2.65%) Billing
10 5 (2.65%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 4 (2.12%) Manufacturing
12 3 (1.59%) Aeronautics
12 3 (1.59%) Aerospace
12 3 (1.59%) German Language
12 3 (1.59%) Mandarin Language
12 3 (1.59%) Retail
13 2 (1.06%) Front Office
Job Titles
1 116 (61.38%) Architect
2 50 (26.46%) Solutions Architect
3 27 (14.29%) Consultant
4 25 (13.23%) Senior
5 23 (12.17%) Network Architect
6 22 (11.64%) Lead
7 21 (11.11%) Security Architect
8 15 (7.94%) Lead Architect
9 13 (6.88%) Senior Architect
10 11 (5.82%) Technical Architect
11 9 (4.76%) Lead Solutions Architect
11 9 (4.76%) Senior Security Architect
11 9 (4.76%) Technical Consultant
12 8 (4.23%) Presales Solution Architect
13 7 (3.70%) Cloud Architect
13 7 (3.70%) Network Engineer
13 7 (3.70%) Presales Consultant
13 7 (3.70%) Project Manager
14 6 (3.17%) Cloud Solutions Architect
15 5 (2.65%) Salesforce Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (3.17%) RESTful
2 2 (1.06%) CSS
2 2 (1.06%) Node.js
2 2 (1.06%) Web Services
3 1 (0.53%) .NET
3 1 (0.53%) Framer.js
3 1 (0.53%) JDBC
3 1 (0.53%) jQuery
3 1 (0.53%) JSON
3 1 (0.53%) LDAP
3 1 (0.53%) OAuth
3 1 (0.53%) OpenID
3 1 (0.53%) REST
3 1 (0.53%) SAML
3 1 (0.53%) Servlets
3 1 (0.53%) SOAP
3 1 (0.53%) Spring
3 1 (0.53%) Spring Security
3 1 (0.53%) WebGL
3 1 (0.53%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 15 (7.94%) Data Protection Act
2 10 (5.29%) Self-Motivation
3 7 (3.70%) Augmented Reality
3 7 (3.70%) Data Centre
3 7 (3.70%) Public Cloud
3 7 (3.70%) Virtual Reality
4 6 (3.17%) Enterprise Software
5 5 (2.65%) Management Information System
5 5 (2.65%) Operational Technology
6 4 (2.12%) IVR
6 4 (2.12%) Video Conferencing
7 3 (1.59%) Cloud Native
7 3 (1.59%) Digital Media
7 3 (1.59%) IoT
7 3 (1.59%) Private Cloud
7 3 (1.59%) Renewable Energy
7 3 (1.59%) Solar Power
8 2 (1.06%) Greenfield Project
8 2 (1.06%) Industry 4.0
8 2 (1.06%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 2 (1.06%) Windows
2 1 (0.53%) Linux
2 1 (0.53%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 28 (14.81%) Agile
2 26 (13.76%) Problem-Solving
3 24 (12.70%) Value Proposition
4 23 (12.17%) Security Architecture
5 22 (11.64%) Roadmaps
6 19 (10.05%) Project Delivery
6 19 (10.05%) Stakeholder Management
7 18 (9.52%) Customer Requirements
8 17 (8.99%) DevOps
9 16 (8.47%) CI/CD
9 16 (8.47%) Data Protection
10 14 (7.41%) Network Management
10 14 (7.41%) Requirements Management
10 14 (7.41%) SIEM
11 12 (6.35%) Computer Science
12 11 (5.82%) Fintech
13 10 (5.29%) Artificial Intelligence
13 10 (5.29%) Business Case
13 10 (5.29%) Customer Experience
13 10 (5.29%) Product Management
Programming Languages
1 7 (3.70%) PowerShell
2 6 (3.17%) SQL
3 5 (2.65%) JavaScript
4 3 (1.59%) Python
4 3 (1.59%) TypeScript
5 2 (1.06%) C#
6 1 (0.53%) Bash
6 1 (0.53%) Java
Qualifications
1 77 (40.74%) Security Cleared
2 29 (15.34%) DV Cleared
3 23 (12.17%) Degree
3 23 (12.17%) SC Cleared
4 11 (5.82%) Cisco Certification
5 7 (3.70%) Computer Science Degree
6 6 (3.17%) CCNP
7 4 (2.12%) CCIE
7 4 (2.12%) CCNA
8 2 (1.06%) (ISC)2 CCSP
8 2 (1.06%) Azure Certification
8 2 (1.06%) CCSK
8 2 (1.06%) CCSP
8 2 (1.06%) CEH
8 2 (1.06%) CISA
8 2 (1.06%) CISM
9 1 (0.53%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
9 1 (0.53%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 1 (0.53%) Master's Degree
9 1 (0.53%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (6.88%) SLA
2 3 (1.59%) QA
3 2 (1.06%) Actionable Recommendations
3 2 (1.06%) NIST
3 2 (1.06%) NIST 800
4 1 (0.53%) Accessibility
4 1 (0.53%) GRC
4 1 (0.53%) PMO
System Software
1 4 (2.12%) vCloud
2 1 (0.53%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.53%) Docker
2 1 (0.53%) Hyper-V
2 1 (0.53%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 5 (2.65%) Microsoft Intune
2 3 (1.59%) Kubernetes
3 2 (1.06%) Ansible
3 2 (1.06%) Terraform
4 1 (0.53%) Active Directory Federation Services
4 1 (0.53%) PingFederate
4 1 (0.53%) RSA Archer
4 1 (0.53%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 20 (10.58%) Cisco
2 18 (9.52%) Microsoft
3 6 (3.17%) Juniper
3 6 (3.17%) Palo Alto
3 6 (3.17%) SAP
4 5 (2.65%) Genesys
4 5 (2.65%) Salesforce
4 5 (2.65%) ServiceNow
5 4 (2.12%) Fortinet
5 4 (2.12%) IBM
5 4 (2.12%) Nokia
6 3 (1.59%) CheckPoint
6 3 (1.59%) Meraki
6 3 (1.59%) VMware
7 2 (1.06%) Avaya
7 2 (1.06%) Conga
7 2 (1.06%) Databricks
7 2 (1.06%) DocuSign
7 2 (1.06%) Google
7 2 (1.06%) Riverbed