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 20 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 427 406 467
Rank change year-on-year -21 +61 +41
DemandTrendContract jobs citing Presales 70 111 140
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.25% 0.33% 0.32%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.28% 0.39% 0.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 58 55 79
10th Percentile £423 £374 £425
25th Percentile £469 £463 £494
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £588 £543 £575
Median % change year-on-year +8.29% -5.65% +4.55%
75th Percentile £675 £626 £735
90th Percentile £826 £738 £840
UK median daily rate £588 £546 £588
% change year-on-year +7.55% -7.02% +6.82%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £66.25
Median hourly rate - - £67.50
75th Percentile - - £68.75
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate - - £40.50
% change year-on-year - - -51.85%

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.

DemandTrendContract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 25,062 28,457 39,537
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 90.79% 85.79% 89.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 15,974 18,468 27,622
10th Percentile £300 £313 £325
25th Percentile £404 £425 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £530 £550
Median % change year-on-year -3.77% -3.64% -
75th Percentile £626 £650 £663
90th Percentile £738 £756 £760
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £545
% change year-on-year -4.76% -3.67% -0.91%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,446 1,582 1,376
10th Percentile £14.20 £14.05 £14.25
25th Percentile £17.87 £18.12 £18.93
Median hourly rate £25.15 £42.75 £40.85
Median % change year-on-year -41.17% +4.66% +51.39%
75th Percentile £50.75 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £70.00 £75.00 £77.50
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £40.94 £41.00
% change year-on-year -38.57% -0.15% +54.72%

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
Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Presales

Presales
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Presales in England over the 6 months to 20 August 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Presales in England

Presales
Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Presales

Presales
DemandTrendContract 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 20 August 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
DemandTrendContract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
South East +16 24 £600 +17.07% 215
London -10 24 £575 +2.68% 540
Midlands -5 7 £501 -2.72% 41
West Midlands -9 5 £638 +23.96% 34
North of England -23 4 £875 +58.80% 106
South West +23 3 £431 - 43
North West -5 3 £875 +45.35% 67
East of England -2 2 - - 28
East Midlands - 2 £450 - 7
Yorkshire -13 1 - - 28
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 3 (4.29%) Microsoft Exchange
2 2 (2.86%) SharePoint
3 1 (1.43%) Confluence
3 1 (1.43%) SAS
Applications
1 1 (1.43%) Adobe Illustrator
1 1 (1.43%) Chatbot
1 1 (1.43%) InDesign
1 1 (1.43%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (1.43%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 1 (1.43%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 3 (4.29%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (1.43%) Dynamics AX
2 1 (1.43%) Endur
2 1 (1.43%) OpenLink RightAngle
2 1 (1.43%) Salesforce CRM
2 1 (1.43%) SAP CO
2 1 (1.43%) SAP FI
2 1 (1.43%) SAP FI/CO
2 1 (1.43%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (1.43%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
2 1 (1.43%) Sprinklr
Cloud Services
1 23 (32.86%) Azure
2 11 (15.71%) Microsoft 365
3 9 (12.86%) AWS
4 4 (5.71%) Dynamics 365
4 4 (5.71%) GCP
4 4 (5.71%) Power Platform
5 3 (4.29%) Azure DevOps
5 3 (4.29%) Azure Monitor
5 3 (4.29%) Entra ID
5 3 (4.29%) Power Automate
5 3 (4.29%) PowerApps
5 3 (4.29%) SaaS
6 2 (2.86%) OneDrive
7 1 (1.43%) Azure Logic Apps
7 1 (1.43%) Azure Service Bus
7 1 (1.43%) Azure Synapse Analytics
7 1 (1.43%) Cloud Computing
7 1 (1.43%) GitHub
7 1 (1.43%) Google Workspace
7 1 (1.43%) Vercel
Communications & Networking
1 6 (8.57%) WAN
2 5 (7.14%) Firewall
2 5 (7.14%) LAN
3 3 (4.29%) Network Security
3 3 (4.29%) VPN
4 2 (2.86%) DNS
4 2 (2.86%) SAN
4 2 (2.86%) SD-WAN
4 2 (2.86%) TCP/IP
5 1 (1.43%) NAS
5 1 (1.43%) VLAN
5 1 (1.43%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (4.29%) Power BI
2 2 (2.86%) Data Warehouse
2 2 (2.86%) SQL Server
3 1 (1.43%) DB2
3 1 (1.43%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 4 (5.71%) JIRA
2 1 (1.43%) Dreamweaver
2 1 (1.43%) ERwin
2 1 (1.43%) GitLab
2 1 (1.43%) Postman
2 1 (1.43%) TestDirector
General
1 25 (35.71%) Social Skills
2 18 (25.71%) Finance
3 11 (15.71%) Public Sector
4 8 (11.43%) Analytical Skills
5 6 (8.57%) Telecoms
6 5 (7.14%) Presentation Skills
7 3 (4.29%) Documentation Skills
7 3 (4.29%) Manufacturing
7 3 (4.29%) Retail
8 2 (2.86%) Banking
8 2 (2.86%) Marketing
9 1 (1.43%) Automotive
9 1 (1.43%) Back Office
9 1 (1.43%) Billing
9 1 (1.43%) Front Office
9 1 (1.43%) Games
9 1 (1.43%) Influencing Skills
9 1 (1.43%) Organisational Skills
9 1 (1.43%) Pharmaceutical
9 1 (1.43%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 29 (41.43%) Consultant
2 17 (24.29%) Architect
3 12 (17.14%) Presales Consultant
4 8 (11.43%) Service Design Consultant
5 7 (10.00%) Technical Consultant
6 6 (8.57%) Network Architect
6 6 (8.57%) Technical Presales Consultant
7 5 (7.14%) Solutions Architect
8 4 (5.71%) Lead
9 3 (4.29%) Enterprise Architect
9 3 (4.29%) Senior
10 2 (2.86%) CyberArk Consultant
10 2 (2.86%) Data Architect
10 2 (2.86%) Integration Manager
10 2 (2.86%) IT Manager
10 2 (2.86%) IT Programme Manager
10 2 (2.86%) Programme Manager
10 2 (2.86%) Security Consultant
10 2 (2.86%) Senior Consultant
10 2 (2.86%) Technical Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (7.14%) CSS
1 5 (7.14%) HTML
2 2 (2.86%) jQuery
2 2 (2.86%) Next.js
2 2 (2.86%) Node.js
2 2 (2.86%) React
2 2 (2.86%) REST
2 2 (2.86%) SOAP
3 1 (1.43%) FastAPI
3 1 (1.43%) Flutter
3 1 (1.43%) Gradio
3 1 (1.43%) GraphQL
3 1 (1.43%) LangChain
3 1 (1.43%) Material-UI
3 1 (1.43%) OpenAPI
3 1 (1.43%) React Native
3 1 (1.43%) Streamlit
3 1 (1.43%) Swagger
3 1 (1.43%) Tailwind CSS
3 1 (1.43%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 6 (8.57%) Self-Motivation
1 6 (8.57%) Virtual Team
2 4 (5.71%) Cloud Native
3 3 (4.29%) Onboarding
4 2 (2.86%) Algorithms
4 2 (2.86%) Data Centre
4 2 (2.86%) Data Structures
4 2 (2.86%) Enterprise Software
4 2 (2.86%) EPoS
4 2 (2.86%) Low-Code
4 2 (2.86%) Product Ownership
4 2 (2.86%) Smart Meter
5 1 (1.43%) Blog
5 1 (1.43%) CCTV
5 1 (1.43%) Data Protection Act
5 1 (1.43%) IBM Mainframe
5 1 (1.43%) Life Science
5 1 (1.43%) Mobile App
5 1 (1.43%) Private Cloud
5 1 (1.43%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 3 (4.29%) Windows
2 2 (2.86%) Linux
3 1 (1.43%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (20.00%) Agile
1 14 (20.00%) Roadmaps
2 13 (18.57%) Project Delivery
3 11 (15.71%) Customer Requirements
4 10 (14.29%) ITIL
4 10 (14.29%) Service Design
5 8 (11.43%) Analytics
5 8 (11.43%) Data Modelling
5 8 (11.43%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 7 (10.00%) Artificial Intelligence
6 7 (10.00%) CRM
6 7 (10.00%) DevOps
6 7 (10.00%) Problem-Solving
6 7 (10.00%) Project Management
6 7 (10.00%) Stakeholder Management
7 6 (8.57%) Migration
7 6 (8.57%) Product Management
7 6 (8.57%) Technical Leadership
8 5 (7.14%) Collaborative Working
8 5 (7.14%) Cybersecurity
Programming Languages
1 10 (14.29%) SQL
2 5 (7.14%) JavaScript
3 3 (4.29%) PowerShell
3 3 (4.29%) Python
4 2 (2.86%) C#
4 2 (2.86%) TypeScript
5 1 (1.43%) Assembly Language
5 1 (1.43%) Google Apps Script
5 1 (1.43%) JCL
5 1 (1.43%) REXX
5 1 (1.43%) T-SQL
5 1 (1.43%) X++
Qualifications
1 27 (38.57%) Security Cleared
2 15 (21.43%) SC Cleared
3 9 (12.86%) DV Cleared
4 4 (5.71%) Degree
4 4 (5.71%) Microsoft Certification
5 2 (2.86%) CISM
5 2 (2.86%) CISSP
5 2 (2.86%) ITIL Certification
5 2 (2.86%) PMI Certification
5 2 (2.86%) PMP
5 2 (2.86%) PRINCE2 Certification
6 1 (1.43%) ACCA
6 1 (1.43%) BC Cleared
6 1 (1.43%) CCNA
6 1 (1.43%) CEH
6 1 (1.43%) Cisco Certification
6 1 (1.43%) CRISC
6 1 (1.43%) CSSLP
6 1 (1.43%) GCIH
6 1 (1.43%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (5.71%) Accessibility
2 3 (4.29%) NIST
3 2 (2.86%) GDPR
3 2 (2.86%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 2 (2.86%) SLA
4 1 (1.43%) Data Quality
4 1 (1.43%) GxP
4 1 (1.43%) PMO
4 1 (1.43%) QA
System Software
1 3 (4.29%) Active Directory
2 1 (1.43%) Job Entry Subsystem
2 1 (1.43%) Time Sharing Option
2 1 (1.43%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (1.43%) Kubernetes
1 1 (1.43%) Microsoft Intune
1 1 (1.43%) Terraform
Vendors
1 20 (28.57%) Microsoft
2 5 (7.14%) Cisco
3 4 (5.71%) ServiceNow
4 3 (4.29%) CyberArk
4 3 (4.29%) SAP
5 2 (2.86%) Broadcom
5 2 (2.86%) CrowdStrike
5 2 (2.86%) Databricks
5 2 (2.86%) NetApp
5 2 (2.86%) Okta
5 2 (2.86%) OpenAI
5 2 (2.86%) OutSystems
5 2 (2.86%) Splunk
5 2 (2.86%) Symantec
6 1 (1.43%) Blue Prism
6 1 (1.43%) Instagram
6 1 (1.43%) Netlify
6 1 (1.43%) Sparx
6 1 (1.43%) UiPath
6 1 (1.43%) YouTube