Presales Contracts with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

Presales
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for remote or hybrid contract work 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 285 282 373
Rank change year-on-year -3 +91 +54
Contract jobs citing Presales 19 63 104
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.19% 0.41% 0.40%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.21% 0.47% 0.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 40 45
10th Percentile £404 £423 £413
25th Percentile £463 £459 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £500 £550
Median % change year-on-year +7.50% -9.09% +10.00%
75th Percentile £625 £575 £638
90th Percentile £689 £600 £718
UK median daily rate £600 £525 £525
% change year-on-year +14.29% - +5.00%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Work from Home

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 with remote or hybrid options requiring process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 9,021 13,483 23,229
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 91.08% 87.87% 89.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,191 8,996 16,418
10th Percentile £340 £325 £363
25th Percentile £419 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £540
Median % change year-on-year - -2.78% +2.86%
75th Percentile £638 £638 £650
90th Percentile £763 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £520 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -0.95% -4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 224 579 532
10th Percentile £14.20 £15.17 £19.00
25th Percentile £19.56 £25.25 £30.54
Median hourly rate £39.52 £43.00 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year -8.09% -21.82% +57.14%
75th Percentile £66.13 £60.00 £68.75
90th Percentile £75.00 £75.25 £80.23
UK median hourly rate £29.00 £35.65 £37.30
% change year-on-year -18.65% -4.42% +49.20%

Presales
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with remote working options citing Presales as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Presales trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

Presales
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing Presales.

Presales daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

Presales
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with remote working options citing Presales over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Presales daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Presales
Hourly Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average hourly rate quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing Presales.

Presales hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

Presales
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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:

Business Applications
1 6 (31.58%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (10.53%) Actimize
2 2 (10.53%) SAP FI
3 1 (5.26%) Salesforce CRM
3 1 (5.26%) SAP CO
3 1 (5.26%) SAP FI/CO
Cloud Services
1 4 (21.05%) Azure
2 3 (15.79%) AWS
3 1 (5.26%) Cloud Computing
3 1 (5.26%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (5.26%) Microsoft Copilot
3 1 (5.26%) SaaS
3 1 (5.26%) Salesforce Service Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 1 (5.26%) LAN
1 1 (5.26%) VSAN
1 1 (5.26%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (5.26%) Big Data
1 1 (5.26%) Data Lake
1 1 (5.26%) Data Warehouse
1 1 (5.26%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (5.26%) ERwin
1 1 (5.26%) Postman
General
1 8 (42.11%) Social Skills
2 6 (31.58%) Finance
2 6 (31.58%) Manufacturing
3 4 (21.05%) Automotive
4 3 (15.79%) Public Sector
5 2 (10.53%) Banking
5 2 (10.53%) Marketing
6 1 (5.26%) Analytical Skills
6 1 (5.26%) Electronics
6 1 (5.26%) Organisational Skills
6 1 (5.26%) Presentation Skills
6 1 (5.26%) Retail
6 1 (5.26%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 6 (31.58%) Architect
2 3 (15.79%) Lead
2 3 (15.79%) Solutions Architect
3 2 (10.53%) Analyst
3 2 (10.53%) Business Analyst
3 2 (10.53%) Consultant
3 2 (10.53%) SAP Consultant
4 1 (5.26%) Azure Engineer
4 1 (5.26%) Cisco Engineer
4 1 (5.26%) Data Architect
4 1 (5.26%) Enterprise Architect
4 1 (5.26%) Principal Architect
4 1 (5.26%) Principal Technical Architect
4 1 (5.26%) Sales Engineer
4 1 (5.26%) SAP CO Consultant
4 1 (5.26%) SAP FI Consultant
4 1 (5.26%) SAP FI/CO Consultant
4 1 (5.26%) SAP S/4HANA Consultant
4 1 (5.26%) Senior Manager
4 1 (5.26%) Technical Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (5.26%) GraphQL
1 1 (5.26%) OpenAPI
1 1 (5.26%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 4 (21.05%) Manufacturing Execution System
2 3 (15.79%) Industry 4.0
3 2 (10.53%) Public Cloud
4 1 (5.26%) Cloud Native
4 1 (5.26%) Cyber Defence
4 1 (5.26%) Enterprise Software
4 1 (5.26%) Onboarding
4 1 (5.26%) Self-Motivation
4 1 (5.26%) Virtual Team
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (36.84%) Problem-Solving
2 6 (31.58%) Decision-Making
3 5 (26.32%) Mentoring
3 5 (26.32%) Quality Management
3 5 (26.32%) Technical Leadership
3 5 (26.32%) Workshop Facilitation
4 4 (21.05%) Agile
4 4 (21.05%) Analytics
4 4 (21.05%) Business Development
4 4 (21.05%) Data Modelling
4 4 (21.05%) ERP
4 4 (21.05%) Operations Management
4 4 (21.05%) PLM
4 4 (21.05%) Product Roadmap
4 4 (21.05%) Project Management
4 4 (21.05%) Roadmaps
5 3 (15.79%) Agile Project Management
5 3 (15.79%) API Integration
5 3 (15.79%) Computer Science
5 3 (15.79%) Lean Manufacturing
Qualifications
1 6 (31.58%) Degree
2 4 (21.05%) Master's Degree
2 4 (21.05%) SC Cleared
2 4 (21.05%) Security Cleared
3 3 (15.79%) BPSS Clearance
3 3 (15.79%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (5.26%) ACCA
4 1 (5.26%) AWS Certification
4 1 (5.26%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
4 1 (5.26%) CCDA
4 1 (5.26%) CCDP
4 1 (5.26%) CCNA
4 1 (5.26%) CCNP
4 1 (5.26%) Cisco Certification
4 1 (5.26%) SAP Certification
System Software
1 1 (5.26%) VMware Infrastructure
1 1 (5.26%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 4 (21.05%) MOM
Vendors
1 9 (47.37%) SAP
2 3 (15.79%) Microsoft
2 3 (15.79%) Rockwell
2 3 (15.79%) Siemens
3 2 (10.53%) Cisco
4 1 (5.26%) Databricks
4 1 (5.26%) Fortinet
4 1 (5.26%) Google
4 1 (5.26%) IBM
4 1 (5.26%) Oracle
4 1 (5.26%) Palo Alto
4 1 (5.26%) Salesforce
4 1 (5.26%) VMware