Presales Contracts in the South East

Presales
England > South East

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the South East with a requirement for Presales skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Presales over the 6 months to 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 139 187 229
Rank change year-on-year +48 +42 -74
Contract jobs citing Presales 61 39 32
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South East 1.10% 0.67% 0.41%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.30% 0.75% 0.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 14 20
10th Percentile £455 £425 £325
25th Percentile £557 £431 £402
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £725 £569 £525
Median % change year-on-year +27.32% +8.46% +10.53%
75th Percentile £791 £610 £577
90th Percentile £794 £646 £601
England median daily rate £534 £513 £525
% change year-on-year +4.20% -2.38% +5.00%

All Process and Methodology Skills
South East

Presales is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in the South East with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 4,689 5,214 6,955
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 84.87% 89.45% 89.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,728 3,619 4,703
10th Percentile £243 £250 £225
25th Percentile £400 £405 £390
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £501 £508 £500
Median % change year-on-year -1.38% +1.50% +11.11%
75th Percentile £623 £619 £588
90th Percentile £700 £700 £675
England median daily rate £525 £550 £538
% change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +9.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 431 218 287
10th Percentile £13.00 £18.37 £12.23
25th Percentile £18.20 £23.49 £16.06
Median hourly rate £47.50 £50.00 £22.50
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% +122.22% -13.46%
75th Percentile £62.50 £65.00 £48.67
90th Percentile £76.86 £74.85 £62.59
England median hourly rate £35.50 £37.50 £24.35
% change year-on-year -5.33% +54.00% +1.46%

Presales
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Job postings citing Presales as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Job vacancy trend for Presales in the South East

Presales
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Presales in the South East.

Daily rate trend for Presales in the South East

Presales
Daily Rate Histogram in the South East

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Presales in the South East over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Presales in the South East

Presales
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Presales in the South East.

Hourly rate trend for Presales in the South East

Presales
Contract Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Presales within the South East region over the 6 months to 27 April 2024. 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
Thames Valley +30 33 - - 37
Berkshire +18 32 - - 26
Hampshire +4 25 £750 +31.71% 14
Surrey - 3 £550 - 7
Oxfordshire - 1 - - 6
Presales
England

Presales
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (1.64%) AWS
1 1 (1.64%) Azure
1 1 (1.64%) Entra ID
1 1 (1.64%) IaaS
1 1 (1.64%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 13 (21.31%) SD-WAN
2 6 (9.84%) WAN
3 5 (8.20%) LAN
4 3 (4.92%) PBX
4 3 (4.92%) Software-Defined Networking
5 2 (3.28%) BGP
5 2 (3.28%) CATAPAN
5 2 (3.28%) DAB
5 2 (3.28%) Firewall
5 2 (3.28%) IPv4
5 2 (3.28%) IPv6
5 2 (3.28%) OSPF
5 2 (3.28%) VLAN
5 2 (3.28%) VoIP
5 2 (3.28%) VPN
6 1 (1.64%) DNS
6 1 (1.64%) MPLS
6 1 (1.64%) SDH
6 1 (1.64%) VPLS
Development Applications
1 1 (1.64%) Rational DOORS
General
1 10 (16.39%) Public Sector
2 5 (8.20%) Marketing
3 4 (6.56%) Presentation Skills
4 3 (4.92%) Retail
4 3 (4.92%) Social Skills
4 3 (4.92%) Telecoms
5 2 (3.28%) Electronics
5 2 (3.28%) Influencing Skills
5 2 (3.28%) Legal
5 2 (3.28%) Mandarin Language
6 1 (1.64%) Aeronautics
6 1 (1.64%) Aerospace
6 1 (1.64%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 51 (83.61%) Architect
2 26 (42.62%) Network Architect
3 21 (34.43%) Security Architect
4 12 (19.67%) Senior
4 12 (19.67%) Senior Architect
5 9 (14.75%) Senior Security Architect
6 6 (9.84%) Lead
7 5 (8.20%) Lead Architect
8 3 (4.92%) Cisco Specialist
8 3 (4.92%) Senior Network Architect
8 3 (4.92%) Solutions Architect
9 2 (3.28%) Site Manager
10 1 (1.64%) Azure Consultant
10 1 (1.64%) Business Engagement Leader
10 1 (1.64%) Cloud Consultant
10 1 (1.64%) Cloud Infrastructure Consultant
10 1 (1.64%) Juniper Architect
10 1 (1.64%) Lead Security Architect
10 1 (1.64%) Network Design Architect
10 1 (1.64%) Presales Manager
Miscellaneous
1 3 (4.92%) Data Protection Act
2 2 (3.28%) Management Information System
2 2 (3.28%) Renewable Energy
2 2 (3.28%) Self-Motivation
2 2 (3.28%) Solar Power
3 1 (1.64%) Data Centre
3 1 (1.64%) Industry 4.0
3 1 (1.64%) IoT
3 1 (1.64%) Operational Technology
3 1 (1.64%) Public Cloud
3 1 (1.64%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 1 (1.64%) Windows
1 1 (1.64%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 22 (36.07%) Security Architecture
2 19 (31.15%) Network Management
2 19 (31.15%) Requirements Management
2 19 (31.15%) SIEM
3 8 (13.11%) Risk Management
4 6 (9.84%) Customer Requirements
5 5 (8.20%) Product Management
6 4 (6.56%) Roadmaps
7 3 (4.92%) Data Protection
7 3 (4.92%) Product Marketing
8 2 (3.28%) Bill of Materials
8 2 (3.28%) ITIL
8 2 (3.28%) Logistics
8 2 (3.28%) Network Architecture
8 2 (3.28%) Problem-Solving
8 2 (3.28%) Product Roadmap
8 2 (3.28%) Project Delivery
8 2 (3.28%) Time Management
8 2 (3.28%) Traceability Matrix
8 2 (3.28%) Value Proposition
Qualifications
1 47 (77.05%) Security Cleared
2 7 (11.48%) DV Cleared
2 7 (11.48%) SC Cleared
3 6 (9.84%) Cisco Certification
4 3 (4.92%) CCNA
5 2 (3.28%) CCDP
5 2 (3.28%) CCNP
5 2 (3.28%) Degree
5 2 (3.28%) JNCIS
6 1 (1.64%) (ISC)2 CCSP
6 1 (1.64%) CCSK
6 1 (1.64%) CCSP
6 1 (1.64%) CEH
6 1 (1.64%) CISA
6 1 (1.64%) CISM
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (1.64%) NIST
1 1 (1.64%) NIST 800
1 1 (1.64%) SLA
System Software
1 1 (1.64%) Active Directory
1 1 (1.64%) Hyper-V
Vendors
1 6 (9.84%) Cisco
2 3 (4.92%) Juniper
2 3 (4.92%) Meraki
3 2 (3.28%) Fortinet
4 1 (1.64%) IBM
4 1 (1.64%) Microsoft
4 1 (1.64%) Nokia
4 1 (1.64%) VMware