Presales Job Trends in the Midlands

Presales
England > Midlands

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

6 months to
14 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 156 157 181
Rank change year-on-year +1 +24 +34
Permanent jobs citing Presales 86 66 108
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 0.86% 1.27% 1.10%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.12% 1.37% 1.31%
Number of salaries quoted 52 45 80
10th Percentile £35,000 £43,500 £36,250
25th Percentile £46,250 £57,500 £42,188
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £61,250 £65,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -5.77% +13.04% -17.86%
75th Percentile £77,500 £81,250 £77,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £102,900 £97,500
England median annual salary £70,000 £72,750 £61,500
% change year-on-year -3.78% +18.29% -23.13%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Midlands

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 the Midlands.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 7,696 4,812 8,248
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 77.22% 92.27% 84.39%
Number of salaries quoted 4,390 2,557 6,541
10th Percentile £28,250 £29,000 £26,250
25th Percentile £35,000 £38,750 £34,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £48,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +8.25% -7.62%
75th Percentile £65,000 £66,050 £62,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £75,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -12.00%

Presales
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

Presales job vacancy trend in the Midlands

Presales
Salary Trend in the Midlands

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Midlands citing Presales.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Midlands citing Presales

Presales
Salary Histogram in the Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing Presales in the Midlands over the 6 months to 14 March 2026.

Salary histogram for Presales in the Midlands

Presales
Job Locations in the Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Presales within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 14 March 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
West Midlands +18 60 £61,000 -15.86% 26
East Midlands -24 26 £70,000 +7.69% 23
Presales
England

Presales
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Midlands 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 2 (2.33%) Microsoft Exchange
1 2 (2.33%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (2.33%) Microsoft Project
2 1 (1.16%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 2 (2.33%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 11 (12.79%) Azure
2 9 (10.47%) Dynamics 365
3 6 (6.98%) Microsoft 365
3 6 (6.98%) Power Platform
4 3 (3.49%) IaaS
4 3 (3.49%) Power Automate
4 3 (3.49%) SaaS
5 2 (2.33%) Azure DevOps
5 2 (2.33%) Azure Logic Apps
5 2 (2.33%) PowerApps
6 1 (1.16%) AWS
6 1 (1.16%) Azure Cognitive Services
6 1 (1.16%) Azure Data Factory
6 1 (1.16%) Azure Functions
6 1 (1.16%) Azure Synapse Analytics
6 1 (1.16%) MailChimp
6 1 (1.16%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 7 (8.14%) Firewall
1 7 (8.14%) WAN
1 7 (8.14%) Wireless
2 6 (6.98%) SD-WAN
3 5 (5.81%) Broadband
3 5 (5.81%) LAN
4 4 (4.65%) WebEx
4 4 (4.65%) WLAN
5 1 (1.16%) Cisco ISE
5 1 (1.16%) Network Security
5 1 (1.16%) Unified Communications
5 1 (1.16%) VLAN
5 1 (1.16%) VoIP
5 1 (1.16%) VPN
5 1 (1.16%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (4.65%) Power BI
2 2 (2.33%) SQL Server
3 1 (1.16%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 1 (1.16%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 1 (1.16%) Appium
1 1 (1.16%) Cypress.io
1 1 (1.16%) JIRA
1 1 (1.16%) Selenium
General
1 28 (32.56%) Social Skills
2 17 (19.77%) Marketing
3 13 (15.12%) Manufacturing
4 12 (13.95%) Retail
5 7 (8.14%) Finance
6 5 (5.81%) Public Sector
7 3 (3.49%) Aerospace
7 3 (3.49%) Analytical Skills
7 3 (3.49%) Automotive
8 2 (2.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 2 (2.33%) Presentation Skills
8 2 (2.33%) Telecoms
9 1 (1.16%) Digital Healthcare
9 1 (1.16%) Health Technology
9 1 (1.16%) Local Government
9 1 (1.16%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 17 (19.77%) Consultant
1 17 (19.77%) Technical Support
2 14 (16.28%) Support Engineer
2 14 (16.28%) Technical Engineer
2 14 (16.28%) Technical Support Engineer
3 13 (15.12%) Lead
4 11 (12.79%) Senior
5 9 (10.47%) Presales Consultant
6 8 (9.30%) Senior Consultant
7 5 (5.81%) Presales Engineer
7 5 (5.81%) Technical Consultant
7 5 (5.81%) Technical Presales Consultant
8 4 (4.65%) Architect
8 4 (4.65%) Designer
8 4 (4.65%) Dynamics 365 Consultant
8 4 (4.65%) Network Designer
8 4 (4.65%) Presales Solution Architect
8 4 (4.65%) Solutions Architect
9 3 (3.49%) Client Director
9 3 (3.49%) Technical Support Assistant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.16%) .NET
1 1 (1.16%) Playwright
Miscellaneous
1 9 (10.47%) Driving Licence
2 6 (6.98%) Mobile App
2 6 (6.98%) Onboarding
3 5 (5.81%) Data Centre
4 3 (3.49%) Management Information System
4 3 (3.49%) NHS
5 2 (2.33%) Low-Code
6 1 (1.16%) Handset
6 1 (1.16%) Hybrid Cloud
6 1 (1.16%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 5 (5.81%) Windows
2 2 (2.33%) Linux
2 2 (2.33%) Windows Server
2 2 (2.33%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (17.44%) Problem-Solving
2 13 (15.12%) Stakeholder Management
3 12 (13.95%) Agile
4 11 (12.79%) Customer Experience
5 10 (11.63%) Customer-Centricity
5 10 (11.63%) Migration
6 8 (9.30%) Customer Service
7 7 (8.14%) Collaborative Working
7 7 (8.14%) Continuous Improvement
8 6 (6.98%) Conflict Resolution
8 6 (6.98%) Data Migration
8 6 (6.98%) Emotional Intelligence
8 6 (6.98%) Mobile Application Development
8 6 (6.98%) Requirements Gathering
8 6 (6.98%) Software Delivery
8 6 (6.98%) Software Engineering
8 6 (6.98%) Workshop Facilitation
9 5 (5.81%) CRM
9 5 (5.81%) User Acceptance Testing
9 5 (5.81%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 8 (9.30%) Ladder Logic
2 1 (1.16%) JavaScript
2 1 (1.16%) Python
2 1 (1.16%) R
2 1 (1.16%) SQL
Qualifications
1 4 (4.65%) Degree
1 4 (4.65%) SC Cleared
1 4 (4.65%) Security Cleared
2 3 (3.49%) HNC
3 2 (2.33%) PMI Certification
3 2 (2.33%) PMP
4 1 (1.16%) CCNA
4 1 (1.16%) Cisco Certification
4 1 (1.16%) Microsoft Certification
4 1 (1.16%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (3.49%) PMO
2 2 (2.33%) QA
3 1 (1.16%) Data Quality
3 1 (1.16%) HL7
3 1 (1.16%) SLA
System Software
1 4 (4.65%) VMware Infrastructure
2 2 (2.33%) Active Directory
2 2 (2.33%) Virtual Desktop
2 2 (2.33%) VMware ESXi
2 2 (2.33%) vSphere
3 1 (1.16%) Hyper-V
Vendors
1 16 (18.60%) Microsoft
2 6 (6.98%) Fortinet
3 5 (5.81%) Cisco
4 4 (4.65%) Aruba
4 4 (4.65%) Juniper
4 4 (4.65%) VMware
5 3 (3.49%) Extreme Networks
5 3 (3.49%) Salesforce
6 1 (1.16%) Dell
6 1 (1.16%) Draytek
6 1 (1.16%) Ekahau
6 1 (1.16%) Meraki
6 1 (1.16%) OpenAI
6 1 (1.16%) Yealink