Presales Jobs in England

Presales
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in England requiring Presales skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Presales over the 6 months leading up to 20 June 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 307 177 154
Rank change year-on-year -130 -23 +139
Permanent jobs citing Presales 483 1,490 1,863
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.98% 1.53% 2.29%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.05% 1.87% 2.40%
Number of salaries quoted 312 915 713
10th Percentile £31,500 £24,750 £41,250
25th Percentile £50,938 £38,000 £60,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £60,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year +12.50% -20.00% +7.14%
75th Percentile £93,750 £82,000 £95,000
90th Percentile £108,750 £97,500 £112,500
UK median annual salary £70,000 £61,500 £77,500
% change year-on-year +13.82% -20.65% +6.90%

All Process and 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 45,811 79,787 77,481
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 92.86% 82.08% 95.42%
Number of salaries quoted 23,236 56,873 47,704
10th Percentile £28,500 £29,500 £34,100
25th Percentile £40,000 £40,000 £45,597
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £55,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% -12.00% +4.17%
75th Percentile £75,000 £72,500 £82,500
90th Percentile £97,500 £92,500 £102,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £60,800
% change year-on-year - -9.54% +1.33%

Presales
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing Presales as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Presales in England

Presales
Salary Trend in England

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Presales in England.

Salary trend for Presales in England

Presales
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Presales in England over the 6 months to 20 June 2025.

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 20 June 2025. 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 -35 189 £90,000 +12.50% 2,418
South East -68 127 £60,000 +29.73% 999
North of England -101 54 £60,000 +11.63% 798
Midlands -32 44 £65,000 +8.33% 632
North West -107 41 £57,500 +27.78% 430
South West +12 29 £37,500 -34.78% 419
West Midlands -8 28 £67,500 +12.50% 373
East of England -33 19 £65,000 +30.00% 500
East Midlands +2 16 £60,000 -4.00% 256
Yorkshire 0 13 £75,000 +15.38% 311
Presales
UK

Presales
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 8 (1.66%) Microsoft Exchange
2 7 (1.45%) Apache Airflow
2 7 (1.45%) Apache Spark
3 6 (1.24%) Apache
3 6 (1.24%) CMS
4 5 (1.04%) Appian
5 4 (0.83%) SharePoint
6 2 (0.41%) Apache Synapse
6 2 (0.41%) Skype for Business
7 1 (0.21%) SAS
Applications
1 24 (4.97%) Microsoft Excel
2 17 (3.52%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 16 (3.31%) MS Visio
4 7 (1.45%) Microsoft Office
5 4 (0.83%) Microsoft Project
6 3 (0.62%) AutoCAD
7 2 (0.41%) Revit
8 1 (0.21%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 35 (7.25%) Oracle SCM
2 18 (3.73%) Dynamics CRM
3 11 (2.28%) SAP S/4HANA
4 7 (1.45%) NetSuite
5 6 (1.24%) Oracle ERP
6 4 (0.83%) Salesforce CRM
7 3 (0.62%) SAP CO
7 3 (0.62%) SAP FI
7 3 (0.62%) SAP FI/CO
8 2 (0.41%) Oracle Cash Management
8 2 (0.41%) Oracle General Ledger
8 2 (0.41%) Oracle Payables
8 2 (0.41%) Oracle Receivables
8 2 (0.41%) SAP FSCM
9 1 (0.21%) Oracle EBS
9 1 (0.21%) Remedy ITSM
9 1 (0.21%) SAP HCM
9 1 (0.21%) SAP IBP
9 1 (0.21%) SAP Payroll
Cloud Services
1 108 (22.36%) Azure
2 73 (15.11%) AWS
3 50 (10.35%) GCP
4 47 (9.73%) OCI
5 39 (8.07%) Power Platform
6 32 (6.63%) Microsoft 365
7 29 (6.00%) SaaS
8 18 (3.73%) Dynamics 365
9 15 (3.11%) IaaS
10 14 (2.90%) Azure DevOps
11 13 (2.69%) Snowflake
12 11 (2.28%) Azure Synapse Analytics
12 11 (2.28%) PaaS
13 10 (2.07%) AWS CloudFormation
14 8 (1.66%) Amazon S3
14 8 (1.66%) Azure AI
14 8 (1.66%) Microsoft Copilot
14 8 (1.66%) PowerApps
14 8 (1.66%) Pulumi
14 8 (1.66%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 56 (11.59%) Firewall
2 49 (10.14%) WAN
3 45 (9.32%) LAN
4 25 (5.18%) Wi-Fi
5 15 (3.11%) VPN
6 13 (2.69%) Cisco Firepower
7 11 (2.28%) SD-WAN
8 9 (1.86%) BGP
8 9 (1.86%) Network Security
9 8 (1.66%) OSPF
9 8 (1.66%) SAN
10 7 (1.45%) MPLS
10 7 (1.45%) Wireless
11 6 (1.24%) Cisco Nexus
11 6 (1.24%) NetScaler
12 5 (1.04%) ADSL
12 5 (1.04%) LoRaWAN
12 5 (1.04%) Modbus
13 4 (0.83%) DNS
13 4 (0.83%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (2.69%) SQL Server
2 11 (2.28%) Amazon Redshift
3 10 (2.07%) BigQuery
3 10 (2.07%) Power BI
4 9 (1.86%) NoSQL
5 7 (1.45%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 5 (1.04%) Big Data
6 5 (1.04%) Data Lake
6 5 (1.04%) Data Warehouse
7 4 (0.83%) KDB
7 4 (0.83%) Kdb+
7 4 (0.83%) Oracle Database
8 3 (0.62%) Amazon RDS
8 3 (0.62%) Azure SQL Database
8 3 (0.62%) PostgreSQL
9 2 (0.41%) Data Mining
9 2 (0.41%) DynamoDB
9 2 (0.41%) Flink
9 2 (0.41%) Oracle Reports
9 2 (0.41%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 5 (1.04%) JIRA
1 5 (1.04%) Robot Framework
1 5 (1.04%) Selenium
1 5 (1.04%) Snyk
1 5 (1.04%) Sonatype Nexus
2 3 (0.62%) Jenkins
3 1 (0.21%) Eclipse
3 1 (0.21%) GitLab
General
1 212 (43.89%) Social Skills
2 103 (21.33%) Presentation Skills
3 99 (20.50%) Finance
4 48 (9.94%) Marketing
5 42 (8.70%) Analytical Skills
6 37 (7.66%) Public Sector
7 21 (4.35%) Law
8 19 (3.93%) Legal
9 17 (3.52%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 12 (2.48%) Telecoms
11 11 (2.28%) Back Office
11 11 (2.28%) Banking
11 11 (2.28%) Billing
12 10 (2.07%) Influencing Skills
12 10 (2.07%) Manufacturing
13 9 (1.86%) Organisational Skills
13 9 (1.86%) Retail
14 7 (1.45%) Electronics
15 6 (1.24%) Front Office
16 5 (1.04%) Czech Language
Job Titles
1 139 (28.78%) Consultant
2 119 (24.64%) Architect
3 73 (15.11%) Senior
3 73 (15.11%) Solutions Architect
4 46 (9.52%) Oracle Consultant
5 35 (7.25%) Presales Consultant
6 34 (7.04%) Senior Consultant
7 32 (6.63%) Junior
8 27 (5.59%) Lead
9 20 (4.14%) Junior Architect
9 20 (4.14%) Junior Solutions Architect
10 19 (3.93%) Project Manager
11 17 (3.52%) Solutions Consultant
12 16 (3.31%) Support Engineer
13 14 (2.90%) Presales Engineer
14 13 (2.69%) Data Architect
14 13 (2.69%) Network Engineer
15 12 (2.48%) Presales Solution Architect
16 10 (2.07%) 3rd Line Engineer
16 10 (2.07%) Power Platform Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (1.86%) .NET
1 9 (1.86%) HTML
2 8 (1.66%) Loki
3 7 (1.45%) Kafka
3 7 (1.45%) Oracle Fusion
3 7 (1.45%) SAML
4 6 (1.24%) React
5 5 (1.04%) Apache NiFi
6 4 (0.83%) CSS
6 4 (0.83%) Next.js
6 4 (0.83%) XML
7 3 (0.62%) .NET Framework
7 3 (0.62%) EJB
7 3 (0.62%) FastAPI
7 3 (0.62%) JSON
7 3 (0.62%) SOAP
7 3 (0.62%) Web Services
8 2 (0.41%) Apache Beam
8 2 (0.41%) ASP.NET Web API
8 2 (0.41%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 32 (6.63%) Hybrid Cloud
2 24 (4.97%) Cloud Native
3 21 (4.35%) Data Centre
4 17 (3.52%) Legacy Systems
5 16 (3.31%) Driving Licence
5 16 (3.31%) Public Cloud
6 11 (2.28%) Virtual Team
7 9 (1.86%) Low-Code
7 9 (1.86%) Management Information System
7 9 (1.86%) PKI
8 8 (1.66%) Life Science
8 8 (1.66%) Onboarding
8 8 (1.66%) Private Cloud
9 7 (1.45%) Blog
9 7 (1.45%) Data Protection Act
9 7 (1.45%) Enterprise Software
9 7 (1.45%) Operational Technology
9 7 (1.45%) Reinsurance
9 7 (1.45%) Security Posture
9 7 (1.45%) Tandem
Operating Systems
1 18 (3.73%) Windows
2 10 (2.07%) Windows Server
3 5 (1.04%) Apple iOS
3 5 (1.04%) Linux
4 2 (0.41%) Android
4 2 (0.41%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 2 (0.41%) Unix
5 1 (0.21%) CentOS
5 1 (0.21%) Windows Server 2016
5 1 (0.21%) Windows Server 2019
5 1 (0.21%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 70 (14.49%) Business Development
2 67 (13.87%) Problem-Solving
3 64 (13.25%) Agile
4 58 (12.01%) Project Management
5 57 (11.80%) Stakeholder Management
6 54 (11.18%) Project Delivery
7 50 (10.35%) Mentoring
8 47 (9.73%) Customer Requirements
9 42 (8.70%) Analytics
10 40 (8.28%) Migration
10 40 (8.28%) Thought Leadership
11 39 (8.07%) CRM
12 38 (7.87%) Artificial Intelligence
13 36 (7.45%) Roadmaps
14 30 (6.21%) Cybersecurity
15 29 (6.00%) Data Integration
16 27 (5.59%) Technical Leadership
17 26 (5.38%) Collaborative Working
17 26 (5.38%) DevOps
18 25 (5.18%) CI/CD
Programming Languages
1 39 (8.07%) SQL
2 36 (7.45%) Python
3 14 (2.90%) JavaScript
4 13 (2.69%) C#
5 12 (2.48%) Bash
6 10 (2.07%) Go
7 9 (1.86%) PowerShell
8 6 (1.24%) TypeScript
9 4 (0.83%) Kusto Query Language
10 3 (0.62%) Bicep
10 3 (0.62%) Java
10 3 (0.62%) R
10 3 (0.62%) Scala
10 3 (0.62%) Swift
10 3 (0.62%) VBA
11 1 (0.21%) ABAP
11 1 (0.21%) Assembly Language
11 1 (0.21%) C
11 1 (0.21%) C++
11 1 (0.21%) JCL
Qualifications
1 87 (18.01%) Degree
2 59 (12.22%) Cisco Certification
3 45 (9.32%) CCNA
4 43 (8.90%) Security Cleared
5 26 (5.38%) CCNP
6 20 (4.14%) JNCIA
6 20 (4.14%) SC Cleared
7 19 (3.93%) Azure Certification
8 17 (3.52%) Master's Degree
9 13 (2.69%) PMI Certification
10 11 (2.28%) CISSP
11 10 (2.07%) AWS Certification
11 10 (2.07%) CISM
12 9 (1.86%) DV Cleared
13 8 (1.66%) CCIE
13 8 (1.66%) Computer Science Degree
13 8 (1.66%) Microsoft Certification
14 7 (1.45%) CompTIA Security+
14 7 (1.45%) PMP
15 6 (1.24%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 19 (3.93%) QA
2 13 (2.69%) NIST
3 11 (2.28%) GDPR
4 8 (1.66%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 6 (1.24%) Cyber Essentials
6 5 (1.04%) SLA
7 4 (0.83%) Data Quality
7 4 (0.83%) HIPAA
7 4 (0.83%) PMO
8 3 (0.62%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 2 (0.41%) NCSC
10 1 (0.21%) COBIT
10 1 (0.21%) GRC
10 1 (0.21%) ISO 20022
10 1 (0.21%) ISO 9001
10 1 (0.21%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
10 1 (0.21%) PCI DSS
10 1 (0.21%) SOC 2
System Software
1 17 (3.52%) Active Directory
2 14 (2.90%) VMware Infrastructure
3 7 (1.45%) Hyper-V
3 7 (1.45%) Virtual Desktop
4 6 (1.24%) VMware ESXi
5 3 (0.62%) Docker
6 2 (0.41%) Virtual Machines
7 1 (0.21%) Job Entry Subsystem
7 1 (0.21%) KVM
7 1 (0.21%) Time Sharing Option
7 1 (0.21%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 20 (4.14%) Terraform
2 15 (3.11%) Kubernetes
3 13 (2.69%) Ansible
4 8 (1.66%) Grafana
4 8 (1.66%) Microsoft Intune
5 7 (1.45%) Single Sign-On
6 5 (1.04%) Automic
6 5 (1.04%) CASB
6 5 (1.04%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
7 4 (0.83%) QRadar
8 3 (0.62%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
9 1 (0.21%) HP UCMDB
9 1 (0.21%) PaperCut
9 1 (0.21%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 104 (21.53%) Microsoft
2 74 (15.32%) Cisco
3 70 (14.49%) Oracle
4 54 (11.18%) Fortinet
5 46 (9.52%) Palo Alto
6 41 (8.49%) Juniper
7 38 (7.87%) IBM
8 32 (6.63%) Aruba
9 24 (4.97%) Meraki
10 23 (4.76%) VMware
11 20 (4.14%) Dell
12 17 (3.52%) Salesforce
12 17 (3.52%) SAP
13 12 (2.48%) Google
14 11 (2.28%) Databricks
15 10 (2.07%) HP
15 10 (2.07%) ServiceNow
16 9 (1.86%) Ekahau
16 9 (1.86%) Veeam
17 8 (1.66%) Hitachi