Presales Job Trends in England

Presales
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in England requiring Presales skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 17 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 185 258 207
Rank change year-on-year +73 -51 -11
Permanent jobs citing Presales 887 476 1,253
As % of all permanent jobs in England 1.07% 1.20% 1.32%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.46% 1.30% 1.61%
Number of salaries quoted 591 307 917
10th Percentile £40,000 £31,400 £24,750
25th Percentile £53,750 £50,000 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £67,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +7.41% +12.50% -21.31%
75th Percentile £90,000 £93,750 £82,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £108,750 £97,500
UK median annual salary £72,500 £67,500 £61,500
% change year-on-year +7.41% +9.76% -20.65%

All Process & Methodology Skills
England

Presales falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 60,775 36,652 77,733
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 73.04% 92.67% 81.96%
Number of salaries quoted 42,765 20,021 56,403
10th Percentile £30,750 £29,000 £29,288
25th Percentile £41,250 £40,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% -12.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £78,750 £72,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £92,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% -9.54%

Presales
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Presales job vacancy trend in England

Presales
Salary Trend in England

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing Presales.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing Presales

Presales
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Presales in England over the 6 months to 17 June 2026.

Salary histogram for Presales in England

Presales
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Presales within the England region over the 6 months to 17 June 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
London +82 372 £82,500 -8.33% 398
North of England +60 145 £65,000 +13.04% 173
Midlands +43 115 £70,000 +7.69% 90
North West +59 105 £65,000 +13.04% 87
South East -35 102 £57,500 -4.17% 176
West Midlands +30 77 £65,000 -3.70% 51
East of England +37 68 £67,500 +3.85% 82
East Midlands -8 38 £70,000 +12.00% 39
South West -46 36 £75,000 +100.00% 50
Yorkshire -19 34 £70,000 -6.67% 60
North East - 6 £45,000 - 27
Presales
UK

Presales
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England 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 31 (3.49%) Apache Airflow
2 30 (3.38%) Apache Spark
3 25 (2.82%) SharePoint
4 20 (2.25%) Microsoft Exchange
5 5 (0.56%) Confluence
6 3 (0.34%) Apache
7 1 (0.11%) Appian
7 1 (0.11%) OpenStack
Applications
1 18 (2.03%) Microsoft Office
2 7 (0.79%) Microsoft Excel
3 6 (0.68%) MS Visio
4 4 (0.45%) AutoCAD
5 3 (0.34%) SOLIDWORKS
5 3 (0.34%) Spreadsheet
5 3 (0.34%) Windchill
6 2 (0.23%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 2 (0.23%) PTC Creo
7 1 (0.11%) Avid Media Composer
7 1 (0.11%) Chatbot
7 1 (0.11%) Pro Tools
7 1 (0.11%) Trello
Business Applications
1 15 (1.69%) SAP S/4HANA
2 7 (0.79%) NetSuite
3 5 (0.56%) Sage X3
4 4 (0.45%) Dynamics CRM
5 3 (0.34%) SAP Business One
6 2 (0.23%) SAP MDG
7 1 (0.11%) Dynamics NAV
7 1 (0.11%) HFM
7 1 (0.11%) Salesforce CRM
7 1 (0.11%) SAP CO
7 1 (0.11%) SAP FI
7 1 (0.11%) SAP FI/CO
7 1 (0.11%) SAP Oil and Gas
7 1 (0.11%) SAP PM
7 1 (0.11%) SAP PP
7 1 (0.11%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 174 (19.62%) Azure
2 113 (12.74%) AWS
3 67 (7.55%) Power Platform
4 64 (7.22%) GCP
5 60 (6.76%) SaaS
6 57 (6.43%) Microsoft 365
7 33 (3.72%) Azure Synapse Analytics
8 32 (3.61%) Snowflake
9 30 (3.38%) dbt
10 21 (2.37%) Entra ID
11 19 (2.14%) Cloud Computing
11 19 (2.14%) Serverless
12 18 (2.03%) Dynamics 365
13 14 (1.58%) IaaS
14 13 (1.47%) Microsoft Purview
15 12 (1.35%) Nutanix
15 12 (1.35%) OCI
15 12 (1.35%) Power Automate
16 10 (1.13%) Azure AI
16 10 (1.13%) Azure Data Factory
Communications & Networking
1 85 (9.58%) Firewall
2 65 (7.33%) WAN
3 58 (6.54%) LAN
4 37 (4.17%) Network Security
5 35 (3.95%) SD-WAN
6 33 (3.72%) VPN
7 26 (2.93%) Wireless
8 20 (2.25%) Wi-Fi
9 17 (1.92%) VLAN
9 17 (1.92%) VoIP
10 13 (1.47%) VSAN
11 12 (1.35%) MPLS
11 12 (1.35%) WLAN
12 11 (1.24%) DNS
12 11 (1.24%) Unified Communications
13 10 (1.13%) DECT
13 10 (1.13%) PBX
14 9 (1.01%) DHCP
14 9 (1.01%) Wireshark
15 7 (0.79%) Software-Defined Networking
Database & Business Intelligence
1 40 (4.51%) Data Lake
1 40 (4.51%) Power BI
2 34 (3.83%) Data Warehouse
3 27 (3.04%) Tableau
4 25 (2.82%) Amazon Redshift
4 25 (2.82%) Looker
5 24 (2.71%) BigQuery
6 23 (2.59%) Elasticsearch
6 23 (2.59%) Snowflake Schema
7 15 (1.69%) DTS
8 9 (1.01%) Metadata
9 7 (0.79%) Big Data
9 7 (0.79%) SQL Server
10 6 (0.68%) Delta Lake
11 3 (0.34%) Azure SQL Database
11 3 (0.34%) Data Vault
11 3 (0.34%) SAP HANA
12 2 (0.23%) MongoDB
12 2 (0.23%) SAP Data Services
12 2 (0.23%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 30 (3.38%) MLflow
2 6 (0.68%) JIRA
3 5 (0.56%) Git
4 4 (0.45%) JUnit
4 4 (0.45%) Maven
4 4 (0.45%) Mockito
5 3 (0.34%) Bitbucket
5 3 (0.34%) GitLab
5 3 (0.34%) Snyk
6 1 (0.11%) Appium
6 1 (0.11%) Burp Suite
6 1 (0.11%) Cypress.io
6 1 (0.11%) fastlane
6 1 (0.11%) Metasploit
6 1 (0.11%) Selenium
General
1 309 (34.84%) Social Skills
2 118 (13.30%) Finance
3 115 (12.97%) Marketing
4 69 (7.78%) Presentation Skills
5 63 (7.10%) Public Sector
6 57 (6.43%) Analytical Skills
7 50 (5.64%) Manufacturing
8 47 (5.30%) Retail
9 39 (4.40%) Telecoms
10 34 (3.83%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 22 (2.48%) Games
12 21 (2.37%) Law
13 18 (2.03%) Banking
14 17 (1.92%) Organisational Skills
15 15 (1.69%) Legal
16 14 (1.58%) Influencing Skills
17 12 (1.35%) Documentation Skills
18 11 (1.24%) Aerospace
19 7 (0.79%) Local Government
20 6 (0.68%) Military
Job Titles
1 237 (26.72%) Consultant
2 209 (23.56%) Architect
3 142 (16.01%) Solutions Architect
4 135 (15.22%) Senior
5 87 (9.81%) Presales Consultant
6 79 (8.91%) Presales Solution Architect
7 61 (6.88%) Lead
8 57 (6.43%) Solutions Consultant
9 43 (4.85%) Presales Engineer
10 33 (3.72%) Account Manager
11 32 (3.61%) Network Architect
11 32 (3.61%) Technical Consultant
12 26 (2.93%) Cloud Consultant
12 26 (2.93%) Senior Consultant
13 25 (2.82%) Principal Consultant
13 25 (2.82%) Senior Manager
13 25 (2.82%) Support Engineer
14 24 (2.71%) Network Consultant
15 23 (2.59%) Senior Systems Engineer
15 23 (2.59%) Systems Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 28 (3.16%) LangChain
1 28 (3.16%) PyTorch
1 28 (3.16%) TensorFlow
2 26 (2.93%) Kafka
3 24 (2.71%) scikit-learn
4 23 (2.59%) LlamaIndex
4 23 (2.59%) pgvector
5 18 (2.03%) REST
6 11 (1.24%) SOAP
7 9 (1.01%) Oracle Fusion
8 7 (0.79%) PySpark
9 6 (0.68%) .NET
9 6 (0.68%) React
10 5 (0.56%) LangGraph
10 5 (0.56%) Model Context Protocol
11 4 (0.45%) Keras
11 4 (0.45%) ModSecurity
11 4 (0.45%) Spring
11 4 (0.45%) Web Services
12 3 (0.34%) AWS CDK
Miscellaneous
1 90 (10.15%) Data Centre
2 52 (5.86%) Cloud Native
2 52 (5.86%) Onboarding
3 41 (4.62%) Public Cloud
4 35 (3.95%) Web Conferencing
5 34 (3.83%) Driving Licence
6 23 (2.59%) Clustering
7 17 (1.92%) Self-Motivation
8 15 (1.69%) Mobile App
8 15 (1.69%) Private Cloud
9 12 (1.35%) CMDB
10 11 (1.24%) Product Ownership
11 10 (1.13%) Enterprise Cloud
11 10 (1.13%) Management Information System
12 9 (1.01%) Blog
12 9 (1.01%) Enterprise Software
12 9 (1.01%) NHS
13 8 (0.90%) Low-Code
14 7 (0.79%) AI Agents
14 7 (0.79%) Greenfield Project
Operating Systems
1 53 (5.98%) Windows
2 28 (3.16%) Linux
3 19 (2.14%) Windows Server
4 6 (0.68%) Android
5 5 (0.56%) Mac OS
5 5 (0.56%) Windows Server 2016
5 5 (0.56%) Windows Server 2019
6 3 (0.34%) Windows 10
7 2 (0.23%) Apple iOS
7 2 (0.23%) Windows Server 2012
8 1 (0.11%) FreeBSD
8 1 (0.11%) OpenBSD
Processes & Methodologies
1 167 (18.83%) AI
2 117 (13.19%) Problem-Solving
3 100 (11.27%) Roadmaps
4 98 (11.05%) Cybersecurity
5 93 (10.48%) Business Development
6 90 (10.15%) Customer Engagement
7 89 (10.03%) Agile
8 87 (9.81%) Stakeholder Management
9 82 (9.24%) Analytics
10 78 (8.79%) Project Delivery
11 73 (8.23%) Customer Requirements
11 73 (8.23%) Mentoring
12 67 (7.55%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 64 (7.22%) Technical Leadership
14 59 (6.65%) Use Case
15 57 (6.43%) CRM
15 57 (6.43%) Decision-Making
15 57 (6.43%) Service Delivery
15 57 (6.43%) Workshop Facilitation
16 56 (6.31%) Machine Learning
Programming Languages
1 59 (6.65%) Python
2 57 (6.43%) SQL
3 15 (1.69%) Ladder Logic
4 12 (1.35%) PowerShell
5 9 (1.01%) Java
5 9 (1.01%) JavaScript
6 6 (0.68%) C#
7 4 (0.45%) C++
7 4 (0.45%) Kusto Query Language
7 4 (0.45%) PL/SQL
7 4 (0.45%) Scala
8 3 (0.34%) Bash
9 2 (0.23%) Bicep
9 2 (0.23%) C
9 2 (0.23%) PHP
10 1 (0.11%) ABAP
10 1 (0.11%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 1 (0.11%) Go
10 1 (0.11%) R
10 1 (0.11%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 111 (12.51%) Security Cleared
2 86 (9.70%) Degree
3 55 (6.20%) SC Cleared
4 53 (5.98%) Cisco Certification
5 35 (3.95%) Master's Degree
6 34 (3.83%) CCNP
7 33 (3.72%) DV Cleared
8 29 (3.27%) Azure Certification
9 24 (2.71%) CCIE
10 23 (2.59%) Computer Science Degree
11 21 (2.37%) CCNA
11 21 (2.37%) Microsoft Certification
12 19 (2.14%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
13 16 (1.80%) AWS Certification
13 16 (1.80%) VCAP
14 14 (1.58%) CISSP
15 13 (1.47%) CCSE
16 12 (1.35%) VCDX
17 11 (1.24%) CISM
18 10 (1.13%) JNCIA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 37 (4.17%) GDPR
2 26 (2.93%) QA
3 23 (2.59%) California Consumer Privacy Act
4 21 (2.37%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 17 (1.92%) Data Quality
6 12 (1.35%) NIST
7 11 (1.24%) GRC
8 8 (0.90%) SLA
9 6 (0.68%) PCI DSS
10 5 (0.56%) Accessibility
10 5 (0.56%) Cyber Essentials
11 4 (0.45%) JSP 440
11 4 (0.45%) PMO
12 2 (0.23%) IFRS
12 2 (0.23%) IFRS 17
12 2 (0.23%) NCSC
12 2 (0.23%) SOC 2
12 2 (0.23%) Solvency II
13 1 (0.11%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
13 1 (0.11%) HIPAA
System Software
1 37 (4.17%) VMware Infrastructure
2 33 (3.72%) Active Directory
3 20 (2.25%) vSphere
4 15 (1.69%) Docker
5 13 (1.47%) VMware NSX
6 11 (1.24%) Hyper-V
7 8 (0.90%) vCloud
8 4 (0.45%) VMware ESXi
9 3 (0.34%) Virtual Machines
10 2 (0.23%) Virtual Desktop
11 1 (0.11%) BitLocker
11 1 (0.11%) KVM
Systems Management
1 25 (2.82%) Terraform
2 18 (2.03%) Kubernetes
3 14 (1.58%) Ansible
3 14 (1.58%) Microsoft Intune
4 6 (0.68%) FortiGate
5 5 (0.56%) vCenter Server
6 3 (0.34%) Grafana
6 3 (0.34%) OpenView
6 3 (0.34%) Prometheus
6 3 (0.34%) Tivoli
7 2 (0.23%) Proxmox
7 2 (0.23%) Single Sign-On
8 1 (0.11%) Argo
8 1 (0.11%) Jamf Pro
8 1 (0.11%) NetBackup
8 1 (0.11%) Nmap
8 1 (0.11%) SysTrack
Vendors
1 159 (17.93%) Microsoft
2 91 (10.26%) Cisco
3 70 (7.89%) Dell
4 60 (6.76%) Fortinet
5 50 (5.64%) Databricks
6 41 (4.62%) VMware
7 33 (3.72%) Juniper
8 29 (3.27%) Aruba
9 28 (3.16%) Oracle
9 28 (3.16%) Palo Alto
10 23 (2.59%) Cloudera
10 23 (2.59%) CrowdStrike
11 21 (2.37%) SAP
12 20 (2.25%) ServiceNow
13 15 (1.69%) Broadcom
14 14 (1.58%) Salesforce
15 13 (1.47%) CheckPoint
15 13 (1.47%) Meraki
15 13 (1.47%) Tenable
16 11 (1.24%) Google