Presales Job Trends in London

Presales
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in London requiring Presales skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 163 217 196
Rank change year-on-year +54 -21 +30
Permanent jobs citing Presales 237 233 286
As % of all permanent jobs in London 1.68% 1.50% 1.57%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.92% 1.59% 1.70%
Number of salaries quoted 103 139 221
10th Percentile £51,250 £62,250 £53,750
25th Percentile £61,875 £72,500 £62,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £85,000 £87,500 £82,500
Median % change year-on-year -2.86% +6.06% -2.94%
75th Percentile £102,500 £106,250 £92,500
90th Percentile £117,000 £120,000 £107,500
England median annual salary £75,000 £75,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year - +7.14% -9.68%

All Process & Methodology Skills
London

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 London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 12,365 14,682 16,817
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 87.68% 94.64% 92.38%
Number of salaries quoted 7,912 8,070 13,469
10th Percentile £36,250 £43,250 £41,250
25th Percentile £52,500 £56,250 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £75,000 £75,000
75th Percentile £95,000 £97,500 £95,000
90th Percentile £117,500 £120,125 £115,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%

Presales
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Presales job vacancy trend in London

Presales
Salary Trend in London

Salary distribution trend for jobs in London citing Presales.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in London citing Presales

Presales
Salary Histogram in London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Presales in London over the 6 months to 14 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Presales in London

Presales
Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Presales within the London region over the 6 months to 14 January 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
Central London +8 30 £86,250 -11.99% 45
South London +32 5 - - 9
West London +5 4 £86,250 +50.00% 2
Presales
England

Presales
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London 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 8 (3.38%) Apache Airflow
2 5 (2.11%) SharePoint
3 2 (0.84%) Apache
3 2 (0.84%) Apache Spark
3 2 (0.84%) Confluence
4 1 (0.42%) CMS
4 1 (0.42%) Headless CMS
4 1 (0.42%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 2 (0.84%) Avid Media Composer
1 2 (0.84%) Pro Tools
Business Applications
1 15 (6.33%) SAP S/4HANA
2 5 (2.11%) Dynamics CRM
3 2 (0.84%) Oracle EBS
4 1 (0.42%) SAP CO
4 1 (0.42%) SAP FI
4 1 (0.42%) SAP FI/CO
4 1 (0.42%) SAP FSCM
4 1 (0.42%) SAP IBP
4 1 (0.42%) SAP MM
4 1 (0.42%) SAP Oil and Gas
4 1 (0.42%) SAP PM
Cloud Services
1 71 (29.96%) Azure
2 58 (24.47%) AWS
3 29 (12.24%) SaaS
4 25 (10.55%) Amazon SageMaker
4 25 (10.55%) GCP
5 23 (9.70%) Azure AI
5 23 (9.70%) Serverless
6 21 (8.86%) Vertex AI
7 16 (6.75%) Power Platform
8 11 (4.64%) Snowflake
9 9 (3.80%) H2O.ai
9 9 (3.80%) IaaS
9 9 (3.80%) OpenShift
10 8 (3.38%) Amazon S3
10 8 (3.38%) AWS Lambda
10 8 (3.38%) dbt
10 8 (3.38%) Microsoft 365
10 8 (3.38%) PaaS
11 7 (2.95%) Azure DevOps
12 6 (2.53%) Dynamics 365
Communications & Networking
1 4 (1.69%) Firewall
2 3 (1.27%) SD-WAN
2 3 (1.27%) Unified Communications
2 3 (1.27%) WAN
3 2 (0.84%) BGP
3 2 (0.84%) IPsec
3 2 (0.84%) OSPF
3 2 (0.84%) TCP/IP
3 2 (0.84%) VPN
3 2 (0.84%) VRRP
3 2 (0.84%) Wireless
4 1 (0.42%) DHCP
4 1 (0.42%) DNS
4 1 (0.42%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 19 (8.02%) Data Lake
2 13 (5.49%) Metadata
3 11 (4.64%) Data Warehouse
4 7 (2.95%) DTS
5 5 (2.11%) Big Data
5 5 (2.11%) BigQuery
5 5 (2.11%) Power BI
6 4 (1.69%) DataStage
6 4 (1.69%) QlikView
6 4 (1.69%) Tableau
7 3 (1.27%) Amazon Redshift
7 3 (1.27%) SQL Server
8 2 (0.84%) Amazon Athena
9 1 (0.42%) Amazon RDS
9 1 (0.42%) Hadoop
Development Applications
1 4 (1.69%) ER Studio
1 4 (1.69%) ERwin
1 4 (1.69%) MLflow
1 4 (1.69%) PowerDesigner
2 3 (1.27%) JIRA
3 2 (0.84%) Team Foundation Server
3 2 (0.84%) Visual Studio
General
1 93 (39.24%) Finance
2 69 (29.11%) Social Skills
3 41 (17.30%) Marketing
4 34 (14.35%) Banking
5 33 (13.92%) Retail
6 26 (10.97%) Pharmaceutical
7 18 (7.59%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 15 (6.33%) Public Sector
9 14 (5.91%) Law
9 14 (5.91%) Manufacturing
10 10 (4.22%) German Language
11 9 (3.80%) Spanish Language
12 8 (3.38%) Analytical Skills
12 8 (3.38%) French Language
12 8 (3.38%) Presentation Skills
13 7 (2.95%) Games
14 6 (2.53%) Organisational Skills
15 5 (2.11%) Retail Banking
16 3 (1.27%) Advertising
16 3 (1.27%) Legal
Job Titles
1 50 (21.10%) Architect
2 45 (18.99%) Lead
3 37 (15.61%) Consultant
4 30 (12.66%) Senior
5 27 (11.39%) Solutions Architect
6 24 (10.13%) Presales Consultant
7 12 (5.06%) Senior Architect
8 10 (4.22%) Presales Engineer
8 10 (4.22%) Solutions Consultant
8 10 (4.22%) Team Leader
8 10 (4.22%) Technical Leader
9 9 (3.80%) Azure Architect
9 9 (3.80%) IT Consultant
9 9 (3.80%) SAP Financial Leader
10 7 (2.95%) Executive Advisor
10 7 (2.95%) Technical Team Leader
11 6 (2.53%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
11 6 (2.53%) Cloud Architect
11 6 (2.53%) Presales Solution Architect
11 6 (2.53%) Senior Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (4.22%) PyTorch
1 10 (4.22%) TensorFlow
2 9 (3.80%) Keras
3 5 (2.11%) SAP Fiori
4 4 (1.69%) AWS CDK
4 4 (1.69%) LangChain
4 4 (1.69%) LangGraph
4 4 (1.69%) XML
5 3 (1.27%) CSS
5 3 (1.27%) HTML
5 3 (1.27%) HTML5
5 3 (1.27%) PySpark
6 2 (0.84%) Node.js
6 2 (0.84%) Regular Expression
7 1 (0.42%) .NET
7 1 (0.42%) ARM Templates
7 1 (0.42%) JSON
7 1 (0.42%) REST
7 1 (0.42%) RESTful
7 1 (0.42%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 21 (8.86%) Life Science
1 21 (8.86%) Pharmacovigilance
2 18 (7.59%) Cloud Native
3 16 (6.75%) Management Information System
4 13 (5.49%) Enterprise Software
4 13 (5.49%) Onboarding
5 10 (4.22%) Data Centre
5 10 (4.22%) Public Cloud
5 10 (4.22%) Web Conferencing
6 6 (2.53%) Greenfield Project
7 5 (2.11%) Reinsurance
8 4 (1.69%) Data Protection Act
8 4 (1.69%) Product Ownership
9 3 (1.27%) Analytical Mindset
9 3 (1.27%) Cyber Threat
9 3 (1.27%) Driving Licence
9 3 (1.27%) Mobile App
9 3 (1.27%) Self-Motivation
10 2 (0.84%) Hybrid Cloud
10 2 (0.84%) Video Editing
Operating Systems
1 4 (1.69%) Windows
2 3 (1.27%) Mac OS
3 2 (0.84%) Linux
3 2 (0.84%) Windows Server
4 1 (0.42%) Windows 10
4 1 (0.42%) Windows Server 2016
4 1 (0.42%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 92 (38.82%) AI
2 54 (22.78%) Analytics
3 48 (20.25%) Workshop Facilitation
4 47 (19.83%) Customer Engagement
5 46 (19.41%) Computer Science
6 43 (18.14%) Machine Learning
7 41 (17.30%) Use Case
8 39 (16.46%) Roadmaps
9 35 (14.77%) Agile
10 33 (13.92%) Business Development
11 30 (12.66%) Collaborative Working
11 30 (12.66%) Data Science
11 30 (12.66%) Enterprise Architecture
12 29 (12.24%) Decision-Making
13 26 (10.97%) Data Governance
13 26 (10.97%) DevOps
14 25 (10.55%) TOGAF
15 24 (10.13%) Migration
15 24 (10.13%) Problem-Solving
16 23 (9.70%) Thought Leadership
Programming Languages
1 15 (6.33%) SQL
2 11 (4.64%) Python
3 5 (2.11%) JavaScript
4 4 (1.69%) C#
5 3 (1.27%) ActionScript
5 3 (1.27%) ActionScript 3.0
5 3 (1.27%) Java
5 3 (1.27%) Objective-C
6 2 (0.84%) PL/SQL
6 2 (0.84%) PowerShell
6 2 (0.84%) TypeScript
7 1 (0.42%) ABAP
7 1 (0.42%) Bash
7 1 (0.42%) Bicep
7 1 (0.42%) Go
7 1 (0.42%) Korn
7 1 (0.42%) Kusto Query Language
7 1 (0.42%) Ruby
7 1 (0.42%) Scala
7 1 (0.42%) X++
Qualifications
1 66 (27.85%) Degree
2 42 (17.72%) Computer Science Degree
3 41 (17.30%) Master's Degree
4 17 (7.17%) Azure Certification
5 12 (5.06%) Microsoft Certification
6 11 (4.64%) AWS Certification
6 11 (4.64%) Security Cleared
7 4 (1.69%) DBS Check
7 4 (1.69%) MBA
7 4 (1.69%) MCP
7 4 (1.69%) SAP Certification
7 4 (1.69%) SC Cleared
8 3 (1.27%) ACCA
8 3 (1.27%) CIMA
9 2 (0.84%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 2 (0.84%) PhD
10 1 (0.42%) CCDA
10 1 (0.42%) Cisco Certification
10 1 (0.42%) PRINCE2 Certification
10 1 (0.42%) SnowPro
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 27 (11.39%) GDPR
2 21 (8.86%) EU AI Act
2 21 (8.86%) HIPAA
2 21 (8.86%) PSD2
2 21 (8.86%) Solvency II
3 15 (6.33%) Data Quality
4 9 (3.80%) QA
5 3 (1.27%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 2 (0.84%) COREP
6 2 (0.84%) FINREP
7 1 (0.42%) Accessibility
7 1 (0.42%) Cyber Essentials
7 1 (0.42%) GRC
7 1 (0.42%) NCSC
7 1 (0.42%) SOC 2
System Software
1 15 (6.33%) Docker
2 1 (0.42%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 21 (8.86%) Terraform
2 13 (5.49%) Kubernetes
3 4 (1.69%) Grafana
3 4 (1.69%) Prometheus
4 2 (0.84%) Autotask
5 1 (0.42%) Ansible
5 1 (0.42%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 36 (15.19%) Microsoft
2 28 (11.81%) Google
3 26 (10.97%) SAP
4 23 (9.70%) Databricks
5 20 (8.44%) Dell
6 11 (4.64%) Oracle
7 9 (3.80%) NVIDIA
8 7 (2.95%) Fortinet
9 6 (2.53%) CrowdStrike
9 6 (2.53%) Palo Alto
10 5 (2.11%) Informatica
11 4 (1.69%) IBM
12 3 (1.27%) Anaplan
12 3 (1.27%) Cisco
12 3 (1.27%) ServiceNow
13 2 (0.84%) Avid
13 2 (0.84%) Panasonic
13 2 (0.84%) Ribbon
13 2 (0.84%) Salesforce
13 2 (0.84%) Workday