Presales Contract Job Trends in London

Presales
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in London requiring Presales skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 13 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 321 328 320
Rank change year-on-year +7 -8 +126
Contract jobs citing Presales 67 35 80
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.44% 0.26% 0.43%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.48% 0.28% 0.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 54 16 50
10th Percentile £413 £328 £396
25th Percentile £628 £390 £464
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £700 £500 £521
Median % change year-on-year +40.00% -3.94% +1.81%
75th Percentile £750 £600 £617
90th Percentile - £638 £838
England median daily rate £700 £500 £550
% change year-on-year +40.00% -9.09% +15.79%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 0 0
10th Percentile £82.00 - -
25th Percentile £83.13 - -
Median hourly rate £90.00 - -
75th Percentile £95.00 - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £90.00 - £67.56
% change year-on-year - - +1.02%

All Process & 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 13,833 12,324 16,296
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 90.73% 90.63% 88.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,202 7,872 11,677
10th Percentile £350 £350 £338
25th Percentile £425 £450 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - -8.33%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £675
90th Percentile £750 £800 £788
England median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 211 152 339
10th Percentile £18.25 £21.03 £16.02
25th Percentile £25.15 £25.56 £19.49
Median hourly rate £35.00 £37.25 £30.00
Median % change year-on-year -6.04% +24.17% -14.29%
75th Percentile £56.25 £55.38 £51.25
90th Percentile £70.00 £79.88 £72.50
England median hourly rate £25.77 £35.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year -26.37% - -

Presales
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Presales job vacancy trend in London

Presales
Daily Rate Trend in London

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing Presales

Presales
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Presales in London over the 6 months to 13 February 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Presales in London

Presales
Hourly Rate Trend in London

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing Presales

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 13 February 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
Central London -7 4 £675 +25.58% 28
South London - 2 £500 - 3
Presales
England

Presales
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London 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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (2.99%) Apache Spark
1 2 (2.99%) Confluence
2 1 (1.49%) SharePoint
Applications
1 4 (5.97%) Chatbot
2 1 (1.49%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (1.49%) Microsoft Project
2 1 (1.49%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (1.49%) Dynamics CRM
1 1 (1.49%) Remedy ITSM
1 1 (1.49%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 46 (68.66%) Azure
2 44 (65.67%) AWS
3 41 (61.19%) GCP
4 5 (7.46%) Google Workspace
5 4 (5.97%) Miro
5 4 (5.97%) SaaS
5 4 (5.97%) WhatsApp
6 3 (4.48%) Power Platform
7 2 (2.99%) AWS CloudFormation
7 2 (2.99%) Dynamics 365
7 2 (2.99%) Power Automate
7 2 (2.99%) PowerApps
8 1 (1.49%) Amazon ECS
8 1 (1.49%) Azure DevOps
8 1 (1.49%) Azure Synapse Analytics
8 1 (1.49%) Cloud Computing
8 1 (1.49%) Entra ID
8 1 (1.49%) PaaS
8 1 (1.49%) Salesforce Service Cloud
8 1 (1.49%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 3 (4.48%) Firewall
1 3 (4.48%) Network Security
2 2 (2.99%) MPLS
3 1 (1.49%) DNS
3 1 (1.49%) LAN
3 1 (1.49%) VPN
3 1 (1.49%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (4.48%) Power BI
2 2 (2.99%) Data Lake
2 2 (2.99%) Qlik Sense
2 2 (2.99%) QlikView
3 1 (1.49%) Amazon Redshift
3 1 (1.49%) Metadata
3 1 (1.49%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 2 (2.99%) JIRA
General
1 51 (76.12%) Social Skills
2 6 (8.96%) Finance
2 6 (8.96%) Presentation Skills
3 5 (7.46%) Analytical Skills
4 4 (5.97%) Retail
5 3 (4.48%) Public Sector
6 2 (2.99%) Back Office
6 2 (2.99%) Marketing
7 1 (1.49%) Documentation Skills
7 1 (1.49%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 1 (1.49%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 45 (67.16%) Architect
2 34 (50.75%) CyberArk Architect
3 9 (13.43%) Consultant
4 6 (8.96%) Solutions Architect
5 5 (7.46%) Lead
6 3 (4.48%) Presales Consultant
7 2 (2.99%) Artificial Intelligence Architect
7 2 (2.99%) Cybersecurity Architect
7 2 (2.99%) Implementation Specialist
7 2 (2.99%) Integration Architect
7 2 (2.99%) Operations Engineer
7 2 (2.99%) Principal Consultant
7 2 (2.99%) Qlik Consultant
7 2 (2.99%) Security Architect
7 2 (2.99%) Security Engineer
7 2 (2.99%) Security Solutions Architect
7 2 (2.99%) Senior
7 2 (2.99%) Technical Consultant
8 1 (1.49%) Product Engineer
8 1 (1.49%) Senior ServiceNow Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 34 (50.75%) LDAP
1 34 (50.75%) REST
1 34 (50.75%) SOAP
2 2 (2.99%) PyTorch
2 2 (2.99%) scikit-learn
2 2 (2.99%) TensorFlow
3 1 (1.49%) ARM Templates
3 1 (1.49%) AWS CDK
Miscellaneous
1 34 (50.75%) Enterprise Software
1 34 (50.75%) Security Posture
2 4 (5.97%) Virtual Team
3 2 (2.99%) Data Fabric
3 2 (2.99%) Distributed Systems
3 2 (2.99%) Public Cloud
4 1 (1.49%) Analytical Mindset
4 1 (1.49%) Data Centre
4 1 (1.49%) Data Protection Act
4 1 (1.49%) IoT
4 1 (1.49%) Onboarding
4 1 (1.49%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 44 (65.67%) Problem-Solving
2 39 (58.21%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 38 (56.72%) Technical Leadership
4 37 (55.22%) Integration Patterns
5 36 (53.73%) ITSM
6 35 (52.24%) SIEM
7 34 (50.75%) Privileged Access Management
7 34 (50.75%) Task Automation
8 9 (13.43%) Customer Engagement
9 8 (11.94%) Use Case
10 7 (10.45%) AI
10 7 (10.45%) Workshop Facilitation
11 6 (8.96%) Analytics
11 6 (8.96%) Customer Experience
11 6 (8.96%) TOGAF
12 5 (7.46%) Agile
12 5 (7.46%) Business Intelligence
12 5 (7.46%) Continuous Improvement
12 5 (7.46%) E-Commerce
12 5 (7.46%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 37 (55.22%) Python
2 34 (50.75%) PowerShell
3 2 (2.99%) JavaScript
3 2 (2.99%) SQL
Qualifications
1 42 (62.69%) SC Cleared
1 42 (62.69%) Security Cleared
2 6 (8.96%) Degree
3 5 (7.46%) CISM
3 5 (7.46%) CISSP
4 3 (4.48%) AWS Certification
5 2 (2.99%) (ISC)2 CCSP
5 2 (2.99%) Cisco Certification
5 2 (2.99%) Computer Science Degree
5 2 (2.99%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
5 2 (2.99%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
5 2 (2.99%) Master's Degree
6 1 (1.49%) Azure Certification
6 1 (1.49%) BPSS Clearance
6 1 (1.49%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (8.96%) GDPR
2 5 (7.46%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 3 (4.48%) NIST
3 3 (4.48%) PCI DSS
4 2 (2.99%) Cyber Essentials
4 2 (2.99%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 1 (1.49%) COBIT
5 1 (1.49%) Government Security Classifications
System Software
1 34 (50.75%) Active Directory
2 2 (2.99%) Docker
Systems Management
1 4 (5.97%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
2 3 (4.48%) Terraform
3 2 (2.99%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 34 (50.75%) BeyondTrust
1 34 (50.75%) Centrify
1 34 (50.75%) CyberArk
2 6 (8.96%) Google
3 4 (5.97%) Microsoft
3 4 (5.97%) ServiceNow
4 3 (4.48%) Cisco
4 3 (4.48%) Palo Alto
5 2 (2.99%) NVIDIA
5 2 (2.99%) Salesforce
5 2 (2.99%) SAP
5 2 (2.99%) Splunk
6 1 (1.49%) Avaya
6 1 (1.49%) BMC
6 1 (1.49%) F5
6 1 (1.49%) Genesys
6 1 (1.49%) Okta
6 1 (1.49%) OpenAI
6 1 (1.49%) Pega
6 1 (1.49%) Remedy