Presales Jobs in the Thames Valley

Presales
South East > Thames Valley

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley 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 2 December 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Dec 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 135 93 161
Rank change year-on-year -42 +68 -64
Permanent jobs citing Presales 58 111 103
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 1.43% 3.13% 1.61%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.64% 3.34% 1.70%
Number of salaries quoted 23 40 86
10th Percentile £30,100 £49,250 £31,250
25th Percentile £33,750 £51,250 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £62,750 £72,250
Median % change year-on-year -0.40% -13.15% +20.42%
75th Percentile £78,750 £73,125 £89,688
90th Percentile £86,400 £95,000 £95,000
South East median annual salary £72,500 £55,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year +31.82% -15.38% -

All Process and Methodology Skills
Thames Valley

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 Thames Valley.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 3,532 3,321 6,073
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 87.17% 93.65% 95.22%
Number of salaries quoted 1,739 2,158 3,562
10th Percentile £35,000 £31,763 £30,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £40,000 £41,225
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £59,518 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +8.21% - -
75th Percentile £75,000 £69,688 £72,500
90th Percentile £87,500 £85,000 £85,000
South East median annual salary £57,000 £54,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.59% -0.91% +4.76%

Presales
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

Job postings citing Presales as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley.

Job vacancy trend for Presales in the Thames Valley

Presales
Salary Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Presales in the Thames Valley.

Salary trend for Presales in the Thames Valley

Presales
Salary Histogram in the Thames Valley

Salary distribution for jobs citing Presales in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 2 December 2024.

Salary histogram for Presales in the Thames Valley

Presales
Job Locations in the Thames Valley

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Presales within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 2 December 2024. 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
Berkshire -43 30 £72,500 +31.82% 19
Buckinghamshire +3 25 £44,500 -49.14% 8
Oxfordshire -23 3 £32,000 -50.77% 3
Presales
South East

Presales
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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 6 (10.34%) SharePoint
2 1 (1.72%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 7 (12.07%) Microsoft Excel
2 6 (10.34%) Microsoft Office
2 6 (10.34%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 4 (6.90%) SAP Business One
Cloud Services
1 12 (20.69%) Azure
2 4 (6.90%) AWS
2 4 (6.90%) Azure AI
2 4 (6.90%) Microsoft Copilot
3 2 (3.45%) Azure Sentinel
3 2 (3.45%) SaaS
4 1 (1.72%) Entra ID
4 1 (1.72%) Microsoft 365
4 1 (1.72%) Mimecast
Communications & Networking
1 12 (20.69%) Firewall
1 12 (20.69%) WAN
2 9 (15.52%) LAN
2 9 (15.52%) Network Security
2 9 (15.52%) WLAN
3 7 (12.07%) MPLS
3 7 (12.07%) VPN
3 7 (12.07%) Wi-Fi
4 6 (10.34%) 4G
4 6 (10.34%) 5G
5 5 (8.62%) Cisco Firepower
6 4 (6.90%) BGP
6 4 (6.90%) DNS
6 4 (6.90%) HTTP
6 4 (6.90%) IPv6
6 4 (6.90%) OSPF
6 4 (6.90%) Radio Access Network
6 4 (6.90%) TCP/IP
7 3 (5.17%) SD-WAN
8 2 (3.45%) Cisco Nexus
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (6.90%) SAP HANA
2 1 (1.72%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (1.72%) MariaDB
2 1 (1.72%) MySQL
2 1 (1.72%) Relational Database
2 1 (1.72%) SQL Server
General
1 24 (41.38%) Social Skills
2 15 (25.86%) Finance
3 11 (18.97%) Organisational Skills
4 10 (17.24%) Public Sector
5 7 (12.07%) Telecoms
6 6 (10.34%) Marketing
7 5 (8.62%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 5 (8.62%) Retail
8 3 (5.17%) Presentation Skills
9 2 (3.45%) Analytical Skills
9 2 (3.45%) Billing
9 2 (3.45%) Manufacturing
10 1 (1.72%) Legal
Job Titles
1 16 (27.59%) Architect
2 12 (20.69%) Consultant
3 9 (15.52%) Network Engineer
4 7 (12.07%) Field Engineer
4 7 (12.07%) Network Field Engineer
4 7 (12.07%) Senior
5 6 (10.34%) IT Sales Executive
5 6 (10.34%) Sales Executive
5 6 (10.34%) Solutions Architect
6 4 (6.90%) Artificial Intelligence Consultant
6 4 (6.90%) Business Consultant
6 4 (6.90%) Presales Solution Architect
6 4 (6.90%) SAP Business Consultant
6 4 (6.90%) SAP Business One Consultant
6 4 (6.90%) SAP Consultant
6 4 (6.90%) Senior Consultant
6 4 (6.90%) Support Engineer
7 3 (5.17%) Cisco Security Architect
7 3 (5.17%) Cybersecurity Architect
7 3 (5.17%) Senior Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (3.45%) 802.1X
2 1 (1.72%) .NET
2 1 (1.72%) Ajax
2 1 (1.72%) AngularJS
2 1 (1.72%) ASP.NET
2 1 (1.72%) CSS
2 1 (1.72%) CSS3
2 1 (1.72%) HTML
2 1 (1.72%) HTML5
2 1 (1.72%) jQuery
2 1 (1.72%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 16 (27.59%) Data Centre
2 6 (10.34%) Self-Motivation
2 6 (10.34%) Social Media
3 5 (8.62%) Hybrid Cloud
4 2 (3.45%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 5 (8.62%) Windows
2 4 (6.90%) Linux
3 2 (3.45%) Mac OS X
4 1 (1.72%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (24.14%) Time Management
2 12 (20.69%) Problem-Solving
3 10 (17.24%) Cybersecurity
4 9 (15.52%) Change Control
4 9 (15.52%) Collaborative Working
4 9 (15.52%) CRM
4 9 (15.52%) Network Monitoring
5 8 (13.79%) Software Licensing
5 8 (13.79%) Use Case
6 7 (12.07%) Creative Problem-Solving
6 7 (12.07%) Network Architecture
7 6 (10.34%) Customer Requirements
7 6 (10.34%) Decision-Making
7 6 (10.34%) Load Balancing
7 6 (10.34%) Telesales
8 5 (8.62%) Artificial Intelligence
8 5 (8.62%) Customer Experience
8 5 (8.62%) Data Analysis
8 5 (8.62%) Network Design
8 5 (8.62%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 11 (18.97%) SQL
2 4 (6.90%) Java
2 4 (6.90%) Python
2 4 (6.90%) R
3 1 (1.72%) C#
3 1 (1.72%) JavaScript
3 1 (1.72%) PowerShell
3 1 (1.72%) T-SQL
3 1 (1.72%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 14 (24.14%) CCNP
1 14 (24.14%) Cisco Certification
2 12 (20.69%) CCNA
3 7 (12.07%) BPSS Clearance
3 7 (12.07%) Degree
3 7 (12.07%) SC Cleared
3 7 (12.07%) Security Cleared
4 2 (3.45%) CCSE
4 2 (3.45%) CCSM
4 2 (3.45%) CISSP
4 2 (3.45%) DBS Check
5 1 (1.72%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (3.45%) GDPR
System Software
1 4 (6.90%) VMware Infrastructure
2 2 (3.45%) Docker
2 2 (3.45%) VMware ESXi
3 1 (1.72%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 3 (5.17%) Stealthwatch
2 2 (3.45%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 16 (27.59%) Cisco
1 16 (27.59%) Microsoft
2 9 (15.52%) Fortinet
2 9 (15.52%) Palo Alto
3 8 (13.79%) Adobe
3 8 (13.79%) Apple
3 8 (13.79%) Salesforce
4 7 (12.07%) Dell
4 7 (12.07%) HP
5 5 (8.62%) NetApp
6 4 (6.90%) OpenAI
6 4 (6.90%) SAP
6 4 (6.90%) VMware
7 3 (5.17%) Meraki
8 2 (3.45%) CheckPoint
8 2 (3.45%) Epicor
8 2 (3.45%) WatchGuard
9 1 (1.72%) Informatica
9 1 (1.72%) Oracle
9 1 (1.72%) Proofpoint