Presales Jobs in the South West

Presales
England > South West

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the South West 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 28 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 163 165 170
Rank change year-on-year +2 +5 +35
Permanent jobs citing Presales 15 136 106
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 0.43% 1.41% 1.57%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.46% 1.72% 1.66%
Number of salaries quoted 14 72 26
10th Percentile £26,625 £36,250 £40,875
25th Percentile £35,000 £42,188 £55,313
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,750 £60,000 £76,250
Median % change year-on-year -10.42% -21.31% +8.93%
75th Percentile £57,500 £64,750 £88,438
90th Percentile £65,750 £72,500 £101,250
England median annual salary £70,000 £59,000 £77,500
% change year-on-year +18.64% -23.87% +10.71%

All Process and Methodology Skills
South West

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 South West.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 3,228 7,892 6,395
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 92.97% 81.68% 94.61%
Number of salaries quoted 1,817 5,677 3,521
10th Percentile £27,150 £28,500 £30,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £37,500 £39,294
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £50,500 £54,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.96% -6.48% +8.00%
75th Percentile £63,750 £65,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £78,000 £80,000 £81,250
England median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year +4.55% -12.00% +4.17%

Presales
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

Job postings citing Presales as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South West.

Job vacancy trend for Presales in the South West

Presales
Salary Trend in the South West

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Presales in the South West.

Salary trend for Presales in the South West

Presales
Salary Histogram in the South West

Salary distribution for jobs citing Presales in the South West over the 6 months to 28 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Presales in the South West

Presales
Job Locations in the South West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Presales within the South West region over the 6 months to 28 May 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
Gloucestershire +21 9 £55,000 -10.57% 166
Dorset +40 3 £27,500 -19.12% 73
Wiltshire +38 2 £57,500 +4.55% 81
Somerset +3 1 - - 85
Presales
England

Presales
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South West 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:

Applications
1 1 (6.67%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 3 (20.00%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 1 (6.67%) AWS
1 1 (6.67%) Azure
1 1 (6.67%) Cloud Computing
1 1 (6.67%) Google Workspace
1 1 (6.67%) Microsoft 365
1 1 (6.67%) Nutanix
1 1 (6.67%) Power Automate
1 1 (6.67%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 6 (40.00%) Firewall
2 5 (33.33%) Wi-Fi
3 4 (26.67%) VPN
4 3 (20.00%) ADSL
4 3 (20.00%) Cisco Firepower
4 3 (20.00%) Cisco Nexus
4 3 (20.00%) LoRaWAN
4 3 (20.00%) Modbus
4 3 (20.00%) MPLS
4 3 (20.00%) WAN
5 2 (13.33%) Network Security
5 2 (13.33%) VLAN
5 2 (13.33%) Wireless
6 1 (6.67%) Ethernet
6 1 (6.67%) InfiniBand
6 1 (6.67%) NAS
6 1 (6.67%) SAN
Development Applications
1 3 (20.00%) Sonatype Nexus
2 1 (6.67%) JIRA
General
1 4 (26.67%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 2 (13.33%) Social Skills
3 1 (6.67%) Finance
3 1 (6.67%) Marketing
3 1 (6.67%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 4 (26.67%) Consultant
1 4 (26.67%) Presales Consultant
1 4 (26.67%) Presales Engineer
2 3 (20.00%) Network Engineer
2 3 (20.00%) Presales Network Engineer
2 3 (20.00%) Technical Consultant
2 3 (20.00%) Technical Presales Consultant
3 2 (13.33%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 2 (13.33%) Junior
3 2 (13.33%) Technical Manager
4 1 (6.67%) Azure Engineer
4 1 (6.67%) Azure Infrastructure Engineer
4 1 (6.67%) Cisco Design Engineer
4 1 (6.67%) Cloud Infrastructure Engineer
4 1 (6.67%) Graduate Support Engineer
4 1 (6.67%) Head of Applications
4 1 (6.67%) IT Security Specialist
4 1 (6.67%) IT Support
4 1 (6.67%) Security Specialist
4 1 (6.67%) Technical Solutions Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (6.67%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 3 (20.00%) Operational Technology
2 1 (6.67%) Cyber Threat
2 1 (6.67%) Enterprise Cloud
2 1 (6.67%) Enterprise Storage
2 1 (6.67%) Hybrid Cloud
2 1 (6.67%) NHS
2 1 (6.67%) Private Cloud
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (33.33%) Mentoring
1 5 (33.33%) Network Design
1 5 (33.33%) Roadmaps
1 5 (33.33%) Technology Roadmap
2 3 (20.00%) Identity Management
3 2 (13.33%) Artificial Intelligence
3 2 (13.33%) Capacity Planning
3 2 (13.33%) Coaching
3 2 (13.33%) Collaborative Working
3 2 (13.33%) Computer Science
3 2 (13.33%) Cybersecurity
3 2 (13.33%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 2 (13.33%) Network Segmentation
3 2 (13.33%) Service Delivery
3 2 (13.33%) SIEM
4 1 (6.67%) Architectural Design
4 1 (6.67%) Business Process Analysis
4 1 (6.67%) Cost Control
4 1 (6.67%) Problem-Solving
4 1 (6.67%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 1 (6.67%) JavaScript
1 1 (6.67%) PowerShell
1 1 (6.67%) Python
1 1 (6.67%) SQL
Qualifications
1 6 (40.00%) CCNA
1 6 (40.00%) Cisco Certification
2 5 (33.33%) CCNP
3 3 (20.00%) CCDA
3 3 (20.00%) CCDP
3 3 (20.00%) Degree
4 2 (13.33%) CISM
4 2 (13.33%) CISSP
5 1 (6.67%) Azure Certification
5 1 (6.67%) CISA
5 1 (6.67%) Computer Science Degree
5 1 (6.67%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (20.00%) NIST
2 2 (13.33%) Cyber Essentials
2 2 (13.33%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
3 1 (6.67%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
System Software
1 1 (6.67%) Docker
1 1 (6.67%) Virtual Machines
1 1 (6.67%) VMware Infrastructure
1 1 (6.67%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 4 (26.67%) Ansible
2 3 (20.00%) CASB
2 3 (20.00%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
3 1 (6.67%) Kubernetes
3 1 (6.67%) Microsoft Intune
3 1 (6.67%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 7 (46.67%) Fortinet
1 7 (46.67%) Palo Alto
2 6 (40.00%) Microsoft
3 5 (33.33%) Cisco
3 5 (33.33%) Meraki
4 3 (20.00%) Aerohive Networks
4 3 (20.00%) Ekahau
4 3 (20.00%) Extreme Networks
4 3 (20.00%) Juniper
4 3 (20.00%) SolarWinds
5 2 (13.33%) CrowdStrike
5 2 (13.33%) Sophos
6 1 (6.67%) Google
6 1 (6.67%) NVIDIA
6 1 (6.67%) Veeam
6 1 (6.67%) VMware