Presales Contracts in England

Presales
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England requiring Presales skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Presales over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 421 342 507
Rank change year-on-year -79 +165 +27
Contract jobs citing Presales 64 202 146
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.26% 0.54% 0.29%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.29% 0.63% 0.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 44 90 71
10th Percentile £363 £400 £400
25th Percentile £494 £486 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £542 £513
Median % change year-on-year +10.70% +5.76% -2.38%
75th Percentile £641 £625 £650
90th Percentile £750 £797 £813
UK median daily rate £600 £525 £525
% change year-on-year +14.29% - +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 2
10th Percentile - - £45.33
25th Percentile - £57.50 £48.81
Median hourly rate - £60.00 £55.25
Median % change year-on-year - +8.60% -37.37%
75th Percentile - £62.50 £62.31
90th Percentile - - £66.18
UK median hourly rate - £60.00 £43.00
% change year-on-year - +39.53% -51.26%

All Process and Methodology Skills
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 England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 22,202 32,193 45,529
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 91.16% 86.56% 90.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 14,534 21,105 31,969
10th Percentile £310 £300 £325
25th Percentile £413 £413 £445
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -4.55% +2.33%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £675
90th Percentile £750 £750 £765
UK median daily rate £520 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -0.95% -4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 921 2,246 1,592
10th Percentile £14.42 £12.92 £10.87
25th Percentile £18.20 £16.01 £16.25
Median hourly rate £29.07 £36.00 £37.50
Median % change year-on-year -19.25% -4.00% +53.06%
75th Percentile £63.75 £60.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £72.50 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £29.00 £35.65 £37.30
% change year-on-year -18.65% -4.42% +49.20%

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 1 May 2025.

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 1 May 2025. 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 -12 33 £563 +5.34% 878
South East -6 11 £600 -9.43% 316
North of England +21 6 - - 226
North West +20 6 - - 121
East of England +21 3 £500 - 131
Midlands +16 3 £400 -21.95% 205
West Midlands +8 2 £450 -8.86% 114
South West +27 1 £625 +4.17% 118
East Midlands +10 1 £375 -48.28% 82
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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (1.56%) SAS
Applications
1 9 (14.06%) Microsoft Excel
2 6 (9.38%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 9 (14.06%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (3.13%) Actimize
3 1 (1.56%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (1.56%) Salesforce CRM
3 1 (1.56%) SAP CO
3 1 (1.56%) SAP FI
3 1 (1.56%) SAP FI/CO
Cloud Services
1 9 (14.06%) Azure
2 6 (9.38%) AWS
3 3 (4.69%) Dynamics 365
3 3 (4.69%) GCP
4 2 (3.13%) Entra ID
5 1 (1.56%) Azure Logic Apps
5 1 (1.56%) Cloud Computing
5 1 (1.56%) GitHub
5 1 (1.56%) Microsoft 365
5 1 (1.56%) Microsoft Copilot
5 1 (1.56%) Power Automate
5 1 (1.56%) Power Platform
5 1 (1.56%) PowerApps
5 1 (1.56%) SaaS
5 1 (1.56%) Salesforce Service Cloud
5 1 (1.56%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 7 (10.94%) WAN
2 5 (7.81%) LAN
2 5 (7.81%) SD-WAN
3 4 (6.25%) Firewall
4 2 (3.13%) Wireless
5 1 (1.56%) Network Security
5 1 (1.56%) Unified Communications
5 1 (1.56%) VSAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (3.13%) Data Warehouse
1 2 (3.13%) SQL Server
2 1 (1.56%) Big Data
2 1 (1.56%) Data Hub
2 1 (1.56%) Data Lake
2 1 (1.56%) DB2
2 1 (1.56%) SAP HANA
2 1 (1.56%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 1 (1.56%) ERwin
1 1 (1.56%) GitLab
1 1 (1.56%) Postman
General
1 26 (40.63%) Social Skills
2 13 (20.31%) Finance
2 13 (20.31%) Marketing
3 9 (14.06%) Manufacturing
4 8 (12.50%) Public Sector
5 7 (10.94%) Analytical Skills
6 6 (9.38%) Automotive
7 4 (6.25%) Presentation Skills
8 3 (4.69%) Banking
8 3 (4.69%) Telecoms
9 2 (3.13%) Organisational Skills
10 1 (1.56%) Electronics
10 1 (1.56%) Games
10 1 (1.56%) Military
10 1 (1.56%) Pharmaceutical
10 1 (1.56%) Public Speaking
10 1 (1.56%) Retail
Job Titles
1 25 (39.06%) Architect
2 11 (17.19%) Lead
3 8 (12.50%) Consultant
4 7 (10.94%) Solutions Architect
5 6 (9.38%) Presales Engineer
6 5 (7.81%) Network Architect
7 4 (6.25%) Senior
7 4 (6.25%) Technical Architect
8 3 (4.69%) Cloud Specialist
8 3 (4.69%) Lead Consultant
8 3 (4.69%) Service Design Architect
9 2 (3.13%) Analyst
9 2 (3.13%) Business Analyst
9 2 (3.13%) Data Architect
9 2 (3.13%) Network Consultant
9 2 (3.13%) Network Engineer
9 2 (3.13%) Presales Consultant
9 2 (3.13%) Salesforce Architect
9 2 (3.13%) Security Architect
9 2 (3.13%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (3.13%) CSS
1 2 (3.13%) HTML
2 1 (1.56%) .NET
2 1 (1.56%) .NET Framework
2 1 (1.56%) ASP.NET Web API
2 1 (1.56%) Entity Framework
2 1 (1.56%) GraphQL
2 1 (1.56%) ISPF
2 1 (1.56%) jQuery
2 1 (1.56%) JSON
2 1 (1.56%) Microsoft Enterprise Library
2 1 (1.56%) REST
2 1 (1.56%) RESTful
2 1 (1.56%) SailPoint
2 1 (1.56%) SAP Fiori
2 1 (1.56%) SAPUI5
2 1 (1.56%) SOAP
2 1 (1.56%) Swagger
2 1 (1.56%) WCF
2 1 (1.56%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 8 (12.50%) Virtual Team
2 6 (9.38%) Industry 4.0
2 6 (9.38%) Manufacturing Execution System
3 3 (4.69%) Cloud Native
4 2 (3.13%) Enterprise Software
4 2 (3.13%) Onboarding
5 1 (1.56%) Algorithms
5 1 (1.56%) Cyber Defence
5 1 (1.56%) Data Centre
5 1 (1.56%) Data Protection Act
5 1 (1.56%) Data Structures
5 1 (1.56%) Digital Media
5 1 (1.56%) Distributed Systems
5 1 (1.56%) IBM Mainframe
5 1 (1.56%) IoT
5 1 (1.56%) Low-Code
5 1 (1.56%) Mainframe
5 1 (1.56%) Public Cloud
5 1 (1.56%) Self-Motivation
5 1 (1.56%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 1 (1.56%) Linux
1 1 (1.56%) Windows
1 1 (1.56%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (26.56%) Problem-Solving
2 13 (20.31%) Customer Requirements
2 13 (20.31%) Decision-Making
3 11 (17.19%) Agile
3 11 (17.19%) Roadmaps
3 11 (17.19%) Technical Leadership
4 10 (15.63%) Mentoring
4 10 (15.63%) Project Management
4 10 (15.63%) Workshop Facilitation
5 9 (14.06%) Analytics
5 9 (14.06%) ITIL
6 8 (12.50%) Data Modelling
6 8 (12.50%) Quality Management
6 8 (12.50%) Stakeholder Management
7 7 (10.94%) Project Delivery
8 6 (9.38%) Computer Science
8 6 (9.38%) Operations Management
8 6 (9.38%) PLM
8 6 (9.38%) Product Roadmap
8 6 (9.38%) Supply Chain Management
Programming Languages
1 3 (4.69%) SQL
2 2 (3.13%) JavaScript
3 1 (1.56%) Assembly Language
3 1 (1.56%) C#
3 1 (1.56%) JCL
3 1 (1.56%) REXX
3 1 (1.56%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 17 (26.56%) Security Cleared
2 15 (23.44%) SC Cleared
3 10 (15.63%) Degree
4 7 (10.94%) Master's Degree
5 6 (9.38%) Computer Science Degree
6 5 (7.81%) BPSS Clearance
6 5 (7.81%) Cisco Certification
7 4 (6.25%) CCNP
8 3 (4.69%) CCNA
8 3 (4.69%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
9 2 (3.13%) CCDA
9 2 (3.13%) CCDP
9 2 (3.13%) DV Cleared
10 1 (1.56%) ACCA
10 1 (1.56%) AWS Certification
10 1 (1.56%) CCIE
10 1 (1.56%) CISM
10 1 (1.56%) CISSP
10 1 (1.56%) MBA
10 1 (1.56%) NCSIE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (4.69%) GDPR
1 3 (4.69%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 3 (4.69%) NIST
2 1 (1.56%) Cyber Essentials
2 1 (1.56%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
2 1 (1.56%) GRC
2 1 (1.56%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
2 1 (1.56%) NIST 800
2 1 (1.56%) PCI DSS
2 1 (1.56%) PSD2
2 1 (1.56%) QA
System Software
1 1 (1.56%) Active Directory
1 1 (1.56%) Job Entry Subsystem
1 1 (1.56%) Time Sharing Option
1 1 (1.56%) VMware Infrastructure
1 1 (1.56%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 6 (9.38%) MOM
2 2 (3.13%) Terraform
3 1 (1.56%) Kubernetes
3 1 (1.56%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 18 (28.13%) Microsoft
2 11 (17.19%) Cisco
2 11 (17.19%) SAP
3 6 (9.38%) Rockwell
3 6 (9.38%) Siemens
4 5 (7.81%) Fortinet
5 4 (6.25%) Juniper
5 4 (6.25%) Palo Alto
6 3 (4.69%) ServiceNow
7 2 (3.13%) Databricks
7 2 (3.13%) IBM
7 2 (3.13%) Infoblox
7 2 (3.13%) Salesforce
8 1 (1.56%) CyberArk
8 1 (1.56%) Fujitsu
8 1 (1.56%) Google
8 1 (1.56%) IFS
8 1 (1.56%) NetApp
8 1 (1.56%) Oracle
8 1 (1.56%) VMware