Presales Contract Job Trends in Northern Ireland

Presales
UK > Northern Ireland

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Northern Ireland requiring Presales skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 29 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 30 - 23
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Presales 1 0 1
As % of all contract jobs in Northern Ireland 0.50% - 0.66%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.62% - 0.87%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 - -
UK median daily rate £675 £600 £550
% change year-on-year +12.50% +9.09% +4.76%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Northern Ireland

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 Northern Ireland.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 161 163 115
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Northern Ireland 79.70% 92.09% 75.66%
Number of daily rates quoted 86 102 56
10th Percentile £213 £162 £241
25th Percentile £388 £308 £403
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £469 £425 £550
Median % change year-on-year +10.29% -22.73% +31.34%
75th Percentile £594 £575 £630
90th Percentile £675 £625 £675
UK median daily rate £512 £513 £525
% change year-on-year -0.10% -2.38% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 25 14 22
10th Percentile - £13.29 -
25th Percentile £14.50 £14.78 £12.25
Median hourly rate £17.72 £23.00 £15.51
Median % change year-on-year -22.96% +48.34% +0.03%
75th Percentile £53.75 £25.15 £23.54
90th Percentile - £66.03 £31.88
UK median hourly rate £42.30 £27.59 £36.50
% change year-on-year +53.34% -24.42% +1.04%

Presales
Job Vacancy Trend in Northern Ireland

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

Presales job vacancy trend in Northern Ireland

Presales
Daily Rate Trend in Northern Ireland

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Northern Ireland citing Presales.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Northern Ireland citing Presales

Presales
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Northern Ireland 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:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) LAN
1 1 (100.00%) WAN
1 1 (100.00%) WLAN
General
1 1 (100.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Network Engineer
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Customer Requirements
1 1 (100.00%) Network Architecture
1 1 (100.00%) Technical Leadership
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) CCIE
1 1 (100.00%) CCNP
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco Certification