Presales Job Trends in the Thames Valley

Presales
South East > Thames Valley

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the Thames Valley requiring Presales skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 12 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 126 138 128
Rank change year-on-year +12 -10 +40
Permanent jobs citing Presales 59 58 58
As % of all permanent jobs in the Thames Valley 1.66% 1.35% 1.72%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.89% 1.60% 1.84%
Number of salaries quoted 29 22 40
10th Percentile £28,500 £30,050 £49,250
25th Percentile £31,250 £33,125 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £62,500 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -16.00% - -13.79%
75th Percentile £65,000 £78,750 £72,500
90th Percentile £91,400 £87,075 £95,000
South East median annual salary £62,500 £72,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -13.79% +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 3,118 3,620 3,159
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 87.51% 84.19% 93.52%
Number of salaries quoted 1,589 1,738 2,180
10th Percentile £28,000 £33,500 £32,338
25th Percentile £34,000 £44,106 £40,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £46,000 £56,763 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -18.96% +3.20% -
75th Percentile £66,250 £73,750 £70,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £85,000 £85,000
South East median annual salary £47,500 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -13.64% - -

Presales
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

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

Presales job vacancy trend in the Thames Valley

Presales
Salary Trend in the Thames Valley

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing Presales.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing Presales

Presales
Salary Histogram in the Thames Valley

Salary distribution for jobs citing Presales in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 12 November 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 12 November 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 +15 40 £45,000 -37.93% 30
Buckinghamshire -11 11 £29,000 -31.76% 12
Oxfordshire +32 8 £65,000 +34.02% 7
Presales
South East

Presales
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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 (13.56%) CMS
2 4 (6.78%) SharePoint
3 2 (3.39%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (3.39%) WinCC
4 1 (1.69%) FactoryTalk
Business Applications
1 1 (1.69%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 6 (10.17%) Microsoft 365
2 4 (6.78%) Azure
3 3 (5.08%) IaaS
4 2 (3.39%) SaaS
5 1 (1.69%) AWS
5 1 (1.69%) Azure Cosmos DB
5 1 (1.69%) Azure Data Factory
5 1 (1.69%) GCP
5 1 (1.69%) OCI
5 1 (1.69%) OneDrive
5 1 (1.69%) PaaS
5 1 (1.69%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 21 (35.59%) Unified Communications
2 11 (18.64%) Firewall
3 7 (11.86%) VoIP
3 7 (11.86%) WAN
3 7 (11.86%) Wi-Fi
4 6 (10.17%) Wireless
5 5 (8.47%) DECT
5 5 (8.47%) DSL
5 5 (8.47%) PBX
5 5 (8.47%) VLAN
5 5 (8.47%) VPN
5 5 (8.47%) Wireshark
6 2 (3.39%) 802.11
6 2 (3.39%) Internet
6 2 (3.39%) LAN
6 2 (3.39%) Modbus
6 2 (3.39%) Network Security
6 2 (3.39%) SAN
6 2 (3.39%) TCP/IP
6 2 (3.39%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.69%) Azure SQL Database
1 1 (1.69%) Data Lake
1 1 (1.69%) Power BI
General
1 21 (35.59%) Social Skills
2 12 (20.34%) Marketing
3 8 (13.56%) Telecoms
4 7 (11.86%) Electronics
5 5 (8.47%) Manufacturing
6 4 (6.78%) Presentation Skills
7 3 (5.08%) Finance
7 3 (5.08%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 3 (5.08%) Public Sector
8 2 (3.39%) Games
9 1 (1.69%) Advertising
9 1 (1.69%) Analytical Skills
9 1 (1.69%) Banking
9 1 (1.69%) Legal
Job Titles
1 12 (20.34%) Architect
2 10 (16.95%) Account Manager
2 10 (16.95%) Technical Account Manager
2 10 (16.95%) Technical Manager
3 9 (15.25%) Solutions Architect
4 8 (13.56%) C# Architect
4 8 (13.56%) Presales Engineer
5 5 (8.47%) 2nd Line Support
5 5 (8.47%) Customer Support Technician
5 5 (8.47%) Support Technician
6 3 (5.08%) 3rd Line Engineer
6 3 (5.08%) 3rd Line Network Engineer
6 3 (5.08%) Logistics Manager
6 3 (5.08%) Senior
7 2 (3.39%) Delivery Manager
7 2 (3.39%) Field Engineer
7 2 (3.39%) Field Service Engineer
7 2 (3.39%) Photocopier Engineer
7 2 (3.39%) Senior Systems Engineer
7 2 (3.39%) Systems Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (3.39%) 802.1X
1 2 (3.39%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 9 (15.25%) Driving Licence
2 5 (8.47%) Web Conferencing
3 3 (5.08%) CCTV
4 2 (3.39%) BYOD
4 2 (3.39%) IoT
4 2 (3.39%) Legacy Systems
4 2 (3.39%) Onboarding
4 2 (3.39%) Operational Technology
4 2 (3.39%) PKI
4 2 (3.39%) SCADA
4 2 (3.39%) Self-Motivation
5 1 (1.69%) Data Centre
5 1 (1.69%) Private Cloud
5 1 (1.69%) Renewable Energy
Operating Systems
1 4 (6.78%) Windows
1 4 (6.78%) Windows Server
2 2 (3.39%) Windows Server 2016
3 1 (1.69%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (16.95%) Technical Leadership
2 9 (15.25%) E-Commerce
3 7 (11.86%) AI
3 7 (11.86%) Continuous Improvement
3 7 (11.86%) User Experience
4 6 (10.17%) Project Delivery
5 5 (8.47%) Case Management
5 5 (8.47%) Customer Service
5 5 (8.47%) Logistics
5 5 (8.47%) Stakeholder Management
5 5 (8.47%) Time Management
6 4 (6.78%) Break/Fix
6 4 (6.78%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 4 (6.78%) Network Design
6 4 (6.78%) Project Management
6 4 (6.78%) Project Planning
6 4 (6.78%) Requirements Gathering
6 4 (6.78%) Risk Analysis
7 3 (5.08%) Decision-Making
7 3 (5.08%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 8 (13.56%) C#
2 1 (1.69%) SQL
Qualifications
1 6 (10.17%) Degree
2 5 (8.47%) Security Cleared
3 3 (5.08%) SC Cleared
4 2 (3.39%) Azure Certification
4 2 (3.39%) CCNA
4 2 (3.39%) CCNP
4 2 (3.39%) Cisco Certification
4 2 (3.39%) DV Cleared
4 2 (3.39%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
5 1 (1.69%) HP APS
5 1 (1.69%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (3.39%) IEC 61508
1 2 (3.39%) QA
1 2 (3.39%) SLA
2 1 (1.69%) IEC 61131
2 1 (1.69%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (1.69%) NCSC
System Software
1 4 (6.78%) Hyper-V
1 4 (6.78%) Virtual Machines
2 2 (3.39%) Active Directory
2 2 (3.39%) VMware ESXi
2 2 (3.39%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 2 (3.39%) Single Sign-On
2 1 (1.69%) Ansible
2 1 (1.69%) Terraform
Vendors
1 6 (10.17%) Microsoft
2 5 (8.47%) Cisco
2 5 (8.47%) Fortinet
2 5 (8.47%) VMware
3 4 (6.78%) Aruba
3 4 (6.78%) Draytek
3 4 (6.78%) Meraki
3 4 (6.78%) Sophos
4 2 (3.39%) Rockwell
4 2 (3.39%) Ruckus Wireless
4 2 (3.39%) SAP
4 2 (3.39%) Siemens
4 2 (3.39%) Veeam
5 1 (1.69%) ConnectWise
5 1 (1.69%) Databricks
5 1 (1.69%) HP
5 1 (1.69%) Juniper
5 1 (1.69%) Salesforce
5 1 (1.69%) ServiceNow