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 17 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 291 276 362
Rank change year-on-year -15 +86 +43
Contract jobs citing Presales 19 63 94
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.19% 0.44% 0.40%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.20% 0.51% 0.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 15 33 57
10th Percentile £403 £463 £400
25th Percentile £450 £500 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £543 £525
Median % change year-on-year -7.83% +3.33% -4.55%
75th Percentile £544 £594 £638
90th Percentile £655 £684 £845
UK median daily rate £575 £536 £550
% change year-on-year +7.33% -2.59% -

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 9,340 12,391 21,248
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 91.61% 87.37% 89.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,292 8,383 14,971
10th Percentile £325 £325 £353
25th Percentile £413 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £525 £538
Median % change year-on-year -2.86% -2.42% +0.09%
75th Percentile £630 £638 £650
90th Percentile £750 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -4.76% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 271 502 515
10th Percentile £12.62 £15.52 £18.05
25th Percentile £18.52 £25.50 £25.95
Median hourly rate £34.48 £43.00 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year -19.81% -14.00% +12.36%
75th Percentile £65.00 £62.38 £68.75
90th Percentile £72.50 £74.95 £80.25
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £38.12 £40.25
% change year-on-year -34.02% -5.29% +52.19%

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 17 July 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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (10.53%) Microsoft Exchange
1 2 (10.53%) SharePoint
Business Applications
1 1 (5.26%) Dynamics CRM
1 1 (5.26%) Salesforce CRM
1 1 (5.26%) SAP CO
1 1 (5.26%) SAP FI
1 1 (5.26%) SAP FI/CO
1 1 (5.26%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 9 (47.37%) Azure
2 8 (42.11%) Microsoft 365
3 3 (15.79%) AWS
4 2 (10.53%) Azure Monitor
4 2 (10.53%) OneDrive
5 1 (5.26%) Cloud Computing
5 1 (5.26%) Dynamics 365
5 1 (5.26%) Power Automate
5 1 (5.26%) Power Platform
5 1 (5.26%) PowerApps
5 1 (5.26%) SaaS
5 1 (5.26%) Salesforce Service Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 3 (15.79%) Firewall
2 2 (10.53%) DNS
2 2 (10.53%) Network Security
2 2 (10.53%) TCP/IP
2 2 (10.53%) VPN
3 1 (5.26%) LAN
3 1 (5.26%) SAN
3 1 (5.26%) WAN
3 1 (5.26%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (10.53%) SQL Server
2 1 (5.26%) Power BI
2 1 (5.26%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 1 (5.26%) Postman
General
1 7 (36.84%) Social Skills
2 6 (31.58%) Finance
3 5 (26.32%) Public Sector
4 3 (15.79%) Presentation Skills
5 1 (5.26%) Analytical Skills
5 1 (5.26%) Banking
5 1 (5.26%) Billing
5 1 (5.26%) Influencing Skills
5 1 (5.26%) Manufacturing
5 1 (5.26%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 8 (42.11%) Consultant
2 7 (36.84%) Presales Consultant
3 4 (21.05%) Technical Consultant
3 4 (21.05%) Technical Presales Consultant
4 3 (15.79%) Architect
5 2 (10.53%) CyberArk Consultant
5 2 (10.53%) Security Consultant
5 2 (10.53%) Security Presales Consultant
5 2 (10.53%) Senior
5 2 (10.53%) Senior Manager
5 2 (10.53%) Solutions Architect
6 1 (5.26%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
6 1 (5.26%) Azure Engineer
6 1 (5.26%) Dynamics 365 Consultant
6 1 (5.26%) Lead
6 1 (5.26%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
6 1 (5.26%) Sales Engineer
6 1 (5.26%) Salesforce Architect
6 1 (5.26%) Senior Project Manager
6 1 (5.26%) Technical Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (5.26%) .NET
1 1 (5.26%) ASP.NET
1 1 (5.26%) ASP.NET Web Forms
1 1 (5.26%) CSS
1 1 (5.26%) GraphQL
1 1 (5.26%) HTML
1 1 (5.26%) Next.js
1 1 (5.26%) Node.js
1 1 (5.26%) OpenAPI
1 1 (5.26%) React
1 1 (5.26%) Swagger
1 1 (5.26%) Vue
1 1 (5.26%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 2 (10.53%) Self-Motivation
2 1 (5.26%) CCTV
2 1 (5.26%) Cloud Native
2 1 (5.26%) Enterprise Software
2 1 (5.26%) Onboarding
2 1 (5.26%) Virtual Team
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (47.37%) Project Delivery
2 5 (26.32%) Artificial Intelligence
2 5 (26.32%) Roadmaps
3 4 (21.05%) IT Strategy
3 4 (21.05%) Project Management
3 4 (21.05%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 3 (15.79%) CRM
4 3 (15.79%) Migration
5 2 (10.53%) Agile
5 2 (10.53%) Collaborative Working
5 2 (10.53%) Customer Engagement
5 2 (10.53%) GAP Analysis
5 2 (10.53%) ITIL
5 2 (10.53%) Performance Management
5 2 (10.53%) PRINCE2
5 2 (10.53%) Problem-Solving
6 1 (5.26%) Sales Enablement
6 1 (5.26%) Technical Leadership
6 1 (5.26%) Technology Roadmap
6 1 (5.26%) Thought Leadership
Programming Languages
1 2 (10.53%) C#
1 2 (10.53%) PowerShell
1 2 (10.53%) SQL
2 1 (5.26%) JavaScript
2 1 (5.26%) Python
2 1 (5.26%) T-SQL
2 1 (5.26%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 6 (31.58%) Security Cleared
2 4 (21.05%) Microsoft Certification
3 3 (15.79%) Degree
4 2 (10.53%) CCNA
4 2 (10.53%) Cisco Certification
4 2 (10.53%) SC Cleared
5 1 (5.26%) ACCA
5 1 (5.26%) Azure Certification
5 1 (5.26%) CCDA
5 1 (5.26%) CCDP
5 1 (5.26%) CCNP
5 1 (5.26%) ITIL Certification
5 1 (5.26%) Master's Degree
5 1 (5.26%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (21.05%) Accessibility
Systems Management
1 1 (5.26%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 11 (57.89%) Microsoft
2 4 (21.05%) Cisco
3 2 (10.53%) Broadcom
3 2 (10.53%) CrowdStrike
3 2 (10.53%) CyberArk
3 2 (10.53%) SAP
3 2 (10.53%) Splunk
3 2 (10.53%) Symantec
4 1 (5.26%) Meraki
4 1 (5.26%) OpenAI
4 1 (5.26%) Salesforce