Presales Jobs in the UK excluding London

Presales
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London 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 15 June 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 318 175 157
Rank change year-on-year -143 -18 +100
Permanent jobs citing Presales 285 1,251 1,224
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.72% 1.55% 2.23%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.79% 1.92% 2.34%
Number of salaries quoted 194 672 309
10th Percentile £31,000 £24,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £38,750 £37,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £50,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +15.00% -23.08% +4.00%
75th Percentile £73,250 £71,250 £80,000
90th Percentile £93,750 £87,500 £95,000
UK median annual salary £67,500 £61,500 £77,500
% change year-on-year +9.76% -20.65% +6.90%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 36,233 65,053 52,380
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 91.36% 80.61% 95.51%
Number of salaries quoted 17,672 43,939 28,266
10th Percentile £26,000 £27,500 £30,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £36,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,055 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +0.11% -9.09% +4.76%
75th Percentile £65,000 £65,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £77,500 £81,250
UK median annual salary £55,015 £55,000 £60,800
% change year-on-year +0.03% -9.54% +1.33%

Presales
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing Presales as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Presales in the UK excluding London

Presales
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Presales in the UK excluding London.

Salary trend for Presales in the UK excluding London

Presales
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Presales in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 15 June 2025.

Salary histogram for Presales in the UK excluding London

Presales
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Presales within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 15 June 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
South East -62 125 £60,000 +26.32% 567
North of England -97 51 £57,500 +6.98% 116
Midlands -46 47 £65,000 +13.04% 89
North West -111 40 £57,500 +27.78% 84
West Midlands -10 29 £67,500 +17.39% 47
South West +9 27 £37,500 -34.78% 56
East Midlands +3 18 £60,000 -4.00% 42
East of England -27 18 £65,000 +30.00% 28
Scotland +30 14 £32,000 -48.80% 32
Yorkshire +2 11 £75,000 +17.65% 27
Northern Ireland -6 3 £87,500 +52.17% 14
Presales
UK

Presales
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 (1.75%) Apache Airflow
1 5 (1.75%) Apache Spark
1 5 (1.75%) Appian
1 5 (1.75%) CMS
1 5 (1.75%) Microsoft Exchange
2 4 (1.40%) Apache
3 3 (1.05%) SharePoint
Applications
1 7 (2.46%) Microsoft Excel
1 7 (2.46%) MS Visio
2 6 (2.11%) Microsoft Office
3 5 (1.75%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (0.70%) Microsoft Project
5 1 (0.35%) AutoCAD
Business Applications
1 31 (10.88%) Oracle SCM
2 9 (3.16%) Dynamics CRM
3 7 (2.46%) NetSuite
4 5 (1.75%) Oracle ERP
5 3 (1.05%) Salesforce CRM
6 1 (0.35%) Oracle Cash Management
6 1 (0.35%) Oracle General Ledger
6 1 (0.35%) Oracle Payables
6 1 (0.35%) Oracle Receivables
Cloud Services
1 56 (19.65%) Azure
2 40 (14.04%) OCI
3 21 (7.37%) AWS
3 21 (7.37%) Microsoft 365
4 17 (5.96%) Power Platform
5 14 (4.91%) GCP
6 11 (3.86%) Azure DevOps
7 8 (2.81%) Azure Synapse Analytics
7 8 (2.81%) SaaS
8 7 (2.46%) Amazon S3
8 7 (2.46%) IaaS
9 6 (2.11%) Snowflake
10 5 (1.75%) Dynamics 365
10 5 (1.75%) MinIO
11 4 (1.40%) Azure Sentinel
11 4 (1.40%) GitHub
11 4 (1.40%) Microsoft Copilot
11 4 (1.40%) Mimecast
11 4 (1.40%) PowerApps
12 3 (1.05%) Cloud Computing
Communications & Networking
1 48 (16.84%) Firewall
2 47 (16.49%) WAN
3 42 (14.74%) LAN
4 25 (8.77%) Wi-Fi
5 14 (4.91%) Cisco Firepower
6 12 (4.21%) VPN
7 10 (3.51%) SD-WAN
8 7 (2.46%) BGP
8 7 (2.46%) OSPF
8 7 (2.46%) SAN
8 7 (2.46%) Wireless
9 6 (2.11%) MPLS
9 6 (2.11%) NetScaler
10 5 (1.75%) ADSL
10 5 (1.75%) Cisco Nexus
10 5 (1.75%) LoRaWAN
10 5 (1.75%) Modbus
10 5 (1.75%) Network Security
11 3 (1.05%) VLAN
12 2 (0.70%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (2.81%) Amazon Redshift
2 7 (2.46%) Power BI
3 6 (2.11%) BigQuery
3 6 (2.11%) NoSQL
4 5 (1.75%) SQL Server
5 4 (1.40%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 3 (1.05%) PostgreSQL
7 2 (0.70%) Amazon RDS
7 2 (0.70%) Azure SQL Database
7 2 (0.70%) Data Lake
7 2 (0.70%) Flink
7 2 (0.70%) Oracle Reports
8 1 (0.35%) Airbyte
8 1 (0.35%) Data Warehouse
8 1 (0.35%) Metadata
8 1 (0.35%) SQL Server Analysis Services
8 1 (0.35%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 5 (1.75%) Robot Framework
1 5 (1.75%) Selenium
1 5 (1.75%) Snyk
1 5 (1.75%) Sonatype Nexus
2 4 (1.40%) JIRA
3 1 (0.35%) Jenkins
General
1 132 (46.32%) Social Skills
2 58 (20.35%) Presentation Skills
3 35 (12.28%) Finance
4 25 (8.77%) Public Sector
5 24 (8.42%) Analytical Skills
6 19 (6.67%) Marketing
7 14 (4.91%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 9 (3.16%) Law
8 9 (3.16%) Legal
9 7 (2.46%) Electronics
9 7 (2.46%) Organisational Skills
10 5 (1.75%) Banking
11 4 (1.40%) Back Office
11 4 (1.40%) Telecoms
12 3 (1.05%) Czech Language
12 3 (1.05%) Manufacturing
12 3 (1.05%) Police
13 2 (0.70%) Influencing Skills
14 1 (0.35%) Advertising
14 1 (0.35%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 70 (24.56%) Consultant
2 59 (20.70%) Architect
3 38 (13.33%) Oracle Consultant
4 33 (11.58%) Solutions Architect
5 27 (9.47%) Junior
6 24 (8.42%) Senior
7 22 (7.72%) Support Engineer
8 20 (7.02%) Junior Architect
8 20 (7.02%) Junior Solutions Architect
9 18 (6.32%) Presales Consultant
10 14 (4.91%) Presales Engineer
10 14 (4.91%) Technical Engineer
11 13 (4.56%) Lead
11 13 (4.56%) Network Engineer
12 11 (3.86%) Cisco Engineer
13 10 (3.51%) 3rd Line Engineer
13 10 (3.51%) 3rd Line Support
13 10 (3.51%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
13 10 (3.51%) Data Architect
14 9 (3.16%) Solutions Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (2.11%) React
2 5 (1.75%) .NET
2 5 (1.75%) Apache NiFi
2 5 (1.75%) Kafka
2 5 (1.75%) SAML
3 4 (1.40%) HTML
3 4 (1.40%) Next.js
3 4 (1.40%) Oracle Fusion
4 3 (1.05%) FastAPI
5 2 (0.70%) 802.1X
6 1 (0.35%) ASP.NET
6 1 (0.35%) CSS
6 1 (0.35%) HTML5
6 1 (0.35%) Tailwind CSS
Miscellaneous
1 27 (9.47%) Hybrid Cloud
2 17 (5.96%) Driving Licence
3 11 (3.86%) Data Centre
4 9 (3.16%) Cloud Native
5 8 (2.81%) Legacy Systems
5 8 (2.81%) Private Cloud
5 8 (2.81%) Public Cloud
6 7 (2.46%) Low-Code
7 6 (2.11%) Data Structures
7 6 (2.11%) Onboarding
7 6 (2.11%) Operational Technology
7 6 (2.11%) PKI
7 6 (2.11%) PMI
7 6 (2.11%) Tandem
8 4 (1.40%) Security Posture
9 3 (1.05%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
9 3 (1.05%) Lidar
9 3 (1.05%) Management Information System
9 3 (1.05%) NHS
9 3 (1.05%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 9 (3.16%) Windows
2 7 (2.46%) Windows Server
3 3 (1.05%) Apple iOS
3 3 (1.05%) Linux
4 2 (0.70%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 1 (0.35%) CentOS
5 1 (0.35%) Unix
5 1 (0.35%) Windows Server 2016
5 1 (0.35%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 37 (12.98%) Business Development
2 34 (11.93%) Project Management
2 34 (11.93%) Stakeholder Management
3 29 (10.18%) Problem-Solving
3 29 (10.18%) Project Delivery
4 28 (9.82%) Agile
5 21 (7.37%) CRM
5 21 (7.37%) Mentoring
5 21 (7.37%) Technical Leadership
6 20 (7.02%) Artificial Intelligence
7 19 (6.67%) Customer Requirements
7 19 (6.67%) Roadmaps
8 17 (5.96%) Collaborative Working
8 17 (5.96%) Customer Service
8 17 (5.96%) Cybersecurity
8 17 (5.96%) Software Engineering
9 14 (4.91%) CI/CD
10 13 (4.56%) DevOps
11 12 (4.21%) Analytics
11 12 (4.21%) Data Pipeline
Programming Languages
1 15 (5.26%) Python
2 12 (4.21%) SQL
3 8 (2.81%) C#
4 6 (2.11%) PowerShell
5 5 (1.75%) JavaScript
6 4 (1.40%) Bash
6 4 (1.40%) Kusto Query Language
7 3 (1.05%) Scala
7 3 (1.05%) Swift
7 3 (1.05%) TypeScript
8 2 (0.70%) VBA
9 1 (0.35%) Bicep
9 1 (0.35%) Java
Qualifications
1 55 (19.30%) Cisco Certification
2 45 (15.79%) CCNA
3 30 (10.53%) Degree
4 27 (9.47%) Security Cleared
5 24 (8.42%) CCNP
6 20 (7.02%) JNCIA
7 12 (4.21%) SC Cleared
8 9 (3.16%) CCIE
9 8 (2.81%) Azure Certification
10 7 (2.46%) CISSP
10 7 (2.46%) HNC
10 7 (2.46%) HND
10 7 (2.46%) PMI Certification
11 6 (2.11%) CISM
11 6 (2.11%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
12 5 (1.75%) CCDA
12 5 (1.75%) CCDP
12 5 (1.75%) DV Cleared
12 5 (1.75%) Master's Degree
13 4 (1.40%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (4.21%) QA
2 9 (3.16%) NIST
3 7 (2.46%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 6 (2.11%) GDPR
5 5 (1.75%) SLA
6 4 (1.40%) Cyber Essentials
6 4 (1.40%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 4 (1.40%) HIPAA
7 3 (1.05%) PMO
8 1 (0.35%) Data Quality
8 1 (0.35%) ISO 9001
8 1 (0.35%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
8 1 (0.35%) NCSC
8 1 (0.35%) SOC 2
System Software
1 14 (4.91%) VMware Infrastructure
2 7 (2.46%) Active Directory
3 6 (2.11%) Hyper-V
4 5 (1.75%) Virtual Desktop
4 5 (1.75%) VMware ESXi
5 2 (0.70%) Docker
6 1 (0.35%) KVM
6 1 (0.35%) Virtual Machines
6 1 (0.35%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 12 (4.21%) Ansible
2 8 (2.81%) Microsoft Intune
2 8 (2.81%) Terraform
3 5 (1.75%) CASB
3 5 (1.75%) Single Sign-On
3 5 (1.75%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
4 4 (1.40%) Kubernetes
4 4 (1.40%) QRadar
5 3 (1.05%) Automic
6 1 (0.35%) PaperCut
6 1 (0.35%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 64 (22.46%) Cisco
2 53 (18.60%) Fortinet
3 50 (17.54%) Microsoft
4 46 (16.14%) Oracle
4 46 (16.14%) Palo Alto
5 38 (13.33%) Juniper
6 33 (11.58%) Aruba
6 33 (11.58%) IBM
7 25 (8.77%) Meraki
8 21 (7.37%) VMware
9 14 (4.91%) Dell
9 14 (4.91%) Salesforce
10 10 (3.51%) HP
11 9 (3.16%) Veeam
12 8 (2.81%) Ekahau
13 7 (2.46%) Google
13 7 (2.46%) Sophos
14 6 (2.11%) Citrix
14 6 (2.11%) Extreme Networks
14 6 (2.11%) ServiceNow