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 30 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 136 113 110
Rank change year-on-year -23 -3 +62
Permanent jobs citing Presales 40 154 155
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 1.18% 2.19% 2.65%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.26% 2.62% 2.79%
Number of salaries quoted 31 73 73
10th Percentile £28,500 - £22,000
25th Percentile £31,250 £38,000 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £61,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -2.44% +2.50% -
75th Percentile £78,125 £72,500 £81,250
90th Percentile £165,000 £85,000 £90,000
South East median annual salary £60,000 £45,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year +33.33% -28.00% -1.96%

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 3,183 5,889 5,547
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 93.65% 83.89% 94.84%
Number of salaries quoted 1,179 3,933 3,027
10th Percentile £27,500 £29,000 £30,000
25th Percentile £36,250 £38,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -9.09% -
75th Percentile £70,000 £65,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £85,800 £80,000 £87,500
South East median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +10.00% -9.09% -

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 30 May 2025.

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 30 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
Berkshire -4 32 £72,500 +16.00% 353
Oxfordshire +23 4 £65,000 +5.69% 94
Buckinghamshire -23 4 £29,000 -23.68% 192
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 5 (12.50%) Microsoft Exchange
2 3 (7.50%) SharePoint
3 2 (5.00%) CMS
Applications
1 1 (2.50%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (2.50%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (2.50%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 7 (17.50%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (7.50%) Salesforce CRM
3 1 (2.50%) Oracle ERP
Cloud Services
1 10 (25.00%) Azure
2 7 (17.50%) Microsoft 365
3 5 (12.50%) IaaS
4 3 (7.50%) Azure DevOps
4 3 (7.50%) SaaS
5 2 (5.00%) Azure Cognitive Search
5 2 (5.00%) Azure Machine Learning
5 2 (5.00%) Power Platform
6 1 (2.50%) Azure Cosmos DB
6 1 (2.50%) Azure Data Factory
6 1 (2.50%) GitHub
6 1 (2.50%) Salesforce Service Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 5 (12.50%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (5.00%) Oracle Reports
1 2 (5.00%) Power BI
1 2 (5.00%) SQL Server
2 1 (2.50%) Azure SQL Database
2 1 (2.50%) Data Lake
Development Applications
1 1 (2.50%) JIRA
General
1 14 (35.00%) Social Skills
2 10 (25.00%) Presentation Skills
3 6 (15.00%) Legal
3 6 (15.00%) Public Sector
4 5 (12.50%) Analytical Skills
4 5 (12.50%) Marketing
5 4 (10.00%) Banking
5 4 (10.00%) Electronics
5 4 (10.00%) Finance
5 4 (10.00%) Telecoms
6 2 (5.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 1 (2.50%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 6 (15.00%) Architect
2 5 (12.50%) 2nd Line Support
2 5 (12.50%) CRM Manager
2 5 (12.50%) Infrastructure Support
3 4 (10.00%) Customer Support Technician
3 4 (10.00%) Senior
3 4 (10.00%) Senior Manager
3 4 (10.00%) Support Technician
4 3 (7.50%) Consultant
4 3 (7.50%) Engagement Manager
4 3 (7.50%) Project Manager
4 3 (7.50%) Solutions Architect
5 2 (5.00%) .NET Technical Architect
5 2 (5.00%) C# Architect
5 2 (5.00%) Developer
5 2 (5.00%) Head of CRM
5 2 (5.00%) IT Consultant
5 2 (5.00%) Sales Executive
5 2 (5.00%) Technical Architect
5 2 (5.00%) Technical Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (12.50%) SAML
2 3 (7.50%) .NET
2 3 (7.50%) React
3 1 (2.50%) CSS
3 1 (2.50%) HTML
3 1 (2.50%) HTML5
3 1 (2.50%) Next.js
3 1 (2.50%) Tailwind CSS
Miscellaneous
1 5 (12.50%) PKI
2 4 (10.00%) Driving Licence
3 2 (5.00%) Cloud Native
3 2 (5.00%) Enterprise Software
4 1 (2.50%) Onboarding
4 1 (2.50%) Self-Motivation
4 1 (2.50%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 5 (12.50%) Windows
1 5 (12.50%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (42.50%) Project Management
2 11 (27.50%) CRM
3 9 (22.50%) Project Delivery
4 8 (20.00%) Artificial Intelligence
4 8 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
5 7 (17.50%) Commercial Awareness
5 7 (17.50%) Customer Service
5 7 (17.50%) E-Commerce
5 7 (17.50%) Stakeholder Management
6 6 (15.00%) Business Development
7 5 (12.50%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 5 (12.50%) Innovative Thinking
7 5 (12.50%) Strategic Thinking
8 4 (10.00%) B2B Sales
8 4 (10.00%) Decision-Making
8 4 (10.00%) Digital Banking
8 4 (10.00%) Fintech
8 4 (10.00%) Machine Learning
8 4 (10.00%) Roadmaps
8 4 (10.00%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 5 (12.50%) C#
2 2 (5.00%) VBA
3 1 (2.50%) JavaScript
3 1 (2.50%) SQL
Qualifications
1 5 (12.50%) Azure Certification
1 5 (12.50%) CCNA
1 5 (12.50%) CCNP
1 5 (12.50%) Cisco Certification
1 5 (12.50%) Degree
1 5 (12.50%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
2 4 (10.00%) Master's Degree
3 1 (2.50%) SC Cleared
3 1 (2.50%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (12.50%) SLA
2 1 (2.50%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (2.50%) SOC 2
System Software
1 5 (12.50%) Active Directory
1 5 (12.50%) Hyper-V
1 5 (12.50%) VMware ESXi
2 1 (2.50%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 5 (12.50%) Single Sign-On
2 1 (2.50%) PaperCut
Vendors
1 12 (30.00%) Salesforce
2 10 (25.00%) Microsoft
3 6 (15.00%) Veeam
3 6 (15.00%) VMware
4 2 (5.00%) Oracle
5 1 (2.50%) Databricks
5 1 (2.50%) Dell
5 1 (2.50%) HP
5 1 (2.50%) HubSpot
5 1 (2.50%) Sophos