Presales Contracts in London

Presales
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in London 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 320 308 421
Rank change year-on-year -12 +113 +58
Contract jobs citing Presales 33 83 72
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 0.26% 0.47% 0.27%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.29% 0.53% 0.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 24 57 31
10th Percentile £359 £400 £425
25th Percentile £488 £485 £457
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £563 £534 £550
Median % change year-on-year +5.34% -2.91% -8.33%
75th Percentile £728 £615 £784
90th Percentile £899 £950 £945
England median daily rate £600 £542 £513
% change year-on-year +10.70% +5.76% -2.38%
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% -
75th Percentile - £62.50 £62.31
90th Percentile - - £66.18
England median hourly rate - £60.00 £55.25
% change year-on-year - +8.60% -37.37%

All Process and Methodology Skills
London

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 London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 11,564 15,790 24,631
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 92.16% 88.55% 91.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,847 11,316 17,711
10th Percentile £350 £338 £375
25th Percentile £440 £450 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £590
Median % change year-on-year - -6.78% +2.61%
75th Percentile £688 £675 £700
90th Percentile £813 £800 £800
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +2.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 166 324 278
10th Percentile £16.17 £16.00 £18.59
25th Percentile £22.68 £20.00 £22.53
Median hourly rate £31.67 £29.50 £38.13
Median % change year-on-year +7.36% -22.62% +5.90%
75th Percentile £50.75 £47.56 £62.64
90th Percentile £63.75 £65.93 £76.78
England median hourly rate £29.07 £36.00 £37.50
% change year-on-year -19.25% -4.00% +53.06%

Presales
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Job vacancy trend for Presales in London

Presales
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in London

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

Daily rate trend for Presales in London

Presales
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Presales in London over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Presales in London

Presales
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in London

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

Hourly rate trend for Presales in London

Presales
Contract Job Locations in 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 London 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
Central London +3 8 £600 +26.32% 32
Presales
England

Presales
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (3.03%) SAS
Applications
1 6 (18.18%) Microsoft Excel
1 6 (18.18%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 2 (6.06%) Actimize
2 1 (3.03%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 7 (21.21%) Azure
2 4 (12.12%) AWS
3 3 (9.09%) Dynamics 365
3 3 (9.09%) GCP
4 1 (3.03%) Azure Logic Apps
4 1 (3.03%) Cloud Computing
4 1 (3.03%) Entra ID
4 1 (3.03%) GitHub
4 1 (3.03%) Microsoft Copilot
4 1 (3.03%) Power Automate
4 1 (3.03%) Power Platform
4 1 (3.03%) PowerApps
4 1 (3.03%) SaaS
4 1 (3.03%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 3 (9.09%) WAN
2 2 (6.06%) SD-WAN
3 1 (3.03%) Firewall
3 1 (3.03%) LAN
3 1 (3.03%) Network Security
3 1 (3.03%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (3.03%) Data Warehouse
1 1 (3.03%) DB2
1 1 (3.03%) SQL Server
1 1 (3.03%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 1 (3.03%) GitLab
1 1 (3.03%) Postman
General
1 13 (39.39%) Marketing
2 8 (24.24%) Finance
2 8 (24.24%) Social Skills
3 6 (18.18%) Public Sector
4 5 (15.15%) Analytical Skills
5 3 (9.09%) Banking
6 2 (6.06%) Manufacturing
6 2 (6.06%) Telecoms
7 1 (3.03%) Electronics
7 1 (3.03%) Pharmaceutical
7 1 (3.03%) Presentation Skills
7 1 (3.03%) Public Speaking
7 1 (3.03%) Retail
Job Titles
1 9 (27.27%) Architect
1 9 (27.27%) Lead
2 6 (18.18%) Consultant
2 6 (18.18%) Presales Engineer
3 5 (15.15%) Solutions Architect
4 3 (9.09%) Cloud Specialist
5 2 (6.06%) Analyst
5 2 (6.06%) Business Analyst
5 2 (6.06%) Lead Consultant
5 2 (6.06%) Network Consultant
5 2 (6.06%) Security Architect
5 2 (6.06%) Senior
6 1 (3.03%) Chief Architect
6 1 (3.03%) Chief Security Architect
6 1 (3.03%) Cisco Consultant
6 1 (3.03%) Sales Engineer
6 1 (3.03%) Senior Consultant
6 1 (3.03%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
6 1 (3.03%) Technical Architect
6 1 (3.03%) Technical Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (6.06%) CSS
1 2 (6.06%) HTML
2 1 (3.03%) .NET
2 1 (3.03%) .NET Framework
2 1 (3.03%) ASP.NET Web API
2 1 (3.03%) Entity Framework
2 1 (3.03%) GraphQL
2 1 (3.03%) ISPF
2 1 (3.03%) jQuery
2 1 (3.03%) JSON
2 1 (3.03%) Microsoft Enterprise Library
2 1 (3.03%) OpenAPI
2 1 (3.03%) REST
2 1 (3.03%) SailPoint
2 1 (3.03%) SOAP
2 1 (3.03%) Swagger
2 1 (3.03%) WCF
2 1 (3.03%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 4 (12.12%) Virtual Team
2 1 (3.03%) Algorithms
2 1 (3.03%) Blog
2 1 (3.03%) Cloud Native
2 1 (3.03%) Data Centre
2 1 (3.03%) Data Structures
2 1 (3.03%) Digital Media
2 1 (3.03%) Distributed Systems
2 1 (3.03%) Enterprise Software
2 1 (3.03%) IBM Mainframe
2 1 (3.03%) IoT
2 1 (3.03%) Low-Code
2 1 (3.03%) Mainframe
2 1 (3.03%) Onboarding
2 1 (3.03%) Self-Motivation
2 1 (3.03%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 1 (3.03%) Linux
1 1 (3.03%) Windows
1 1 (3.03%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (18.18%) Decision-Making
1 6 (18.18%) Problem-Solving
2 5 (15.15%) Customer Engagement
2 5 (15.15%) Customer Requirements
2 5 (15.15%) Integration Testing
2 5 (15.15%) Product Management
3 4 (12.12%) Business Development
3 4 (12.12%) Customer Experience
3 4 (12.12%) Roadmaps
4 3 (9.09%) Agile
4 3 (9.09%) B2B Sales
4 3 (9.09%) Business Analysis
4 3 (9.09%) Business Transformation
4 3 (9.09%) CRM
4 3 (9.09%) Cybersecurity
4 3 (9.09%) Product Marketing
4 3 (9.09%) Project Delivery
4 3 (9.09%) Thought Leadership
4 3 (9.09%) Value Proposition
4 3 (9.09%) Workshop Facilitation
Programming Languages
1 3 (9.09%) SQL
2 2 (6.06%) JavaScript
3 1 (3.03%) Assembly Language
3 1 (3.03%) C#
3 1 (3.03%) JCL
3 1 (3.03%) REXX
3 1 (3.03%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 3 (9.09%) Cisco Certification
2 2 (6.06%) CCNP
2 2 (6.06%) SC Cleared
2 2 (6.06%) Security Cleared
3 1 (3.03%) CCDA
3 1 (3.03%) CCDP
3 1 (3.03%) CCIE
3 1 (3.03%) CCNA
3 1 (3.03%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (6.06%) GDPR
1 2 (6.06%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 2 (6.06%) NIST
2 1 (3.03%) GRC
2 1 (3.03%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
2 1 (3.03%) NIST 800
2 1 (3.03%) PCI DSS
2 1 (3.03%) PSD2
System Software
1 1 (3.03%) Job Entry Subsystem
1 1 (3.03%) Time Sharing Option
Systems Management
1 2 (6.06%) Terraform
2 1 (3.03%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 13 (39.39%) Microsoft
2 4 (12.12%) Cisco
3 3 (9.09%) Fortinet
3 3 (9.09%) Palo Alto
4 1 (3.03%) Blue Prism
4 1 (3.03%) CyberArk
4 1 (3.03%) Databricks
4 1 (3.03%) ForgeRock
4 1 (3.03%) Fujitsu
4 1 (3.03%) IBM
4 1 (3.03%) IFS
4 1 (3.03%) Okta
4 1 (3.03%) OpenAI
4 1 (3.03%) OutSystems
4 1 (3.03%) ScienceLogic
4 1 (3.03%) ServiceNow
4 1 (3.03%) Splunk
4 1 (3.03%) Syncsort
4 1 (3.03%) UiPath
4 1 (3.03%) Zscaler