Presales Jobs

Presales
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies 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 16 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 308 163 146
Rank change year-on-year -145 -17 +91
Permanent jobs citing Presales 518 1,773 2,458
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.93% 1.79% 2.47%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.99% 2.09% 2.58%
Number of salaries quoted 348 960 956
10th Percentile £40,000 £25,875 £44,000
25th Percentile £51,250 £40,500 £62,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £61,500 £80,000
Median % change year-on-year +13.82% -23.13% +14.29%
75th Percentile £95,000 £82,000 £95,000
90th Percentile £106,250 £97,500 £117,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £57,500 £50,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year +15.00% -23.08% +4.00%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

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.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 52,098 84,818 95,320
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 93.84% 85.52% 95.60%
Number of salaries quoted 26,512 59,706 56,022
10th Percentile £29,750 £29,000 £34,000
25th Percentile £41,750 £40,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £55,000 £61,180
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% -10.10% +1.97%
75th Percentile £75,000 £72,500 £81,250
90th Percentile £97,500 £92,500 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,000 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.00% -9.09% +4.76%

Presales
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Presales as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Presales in the UK

Presales
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Presales in the UK

Presales
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Presales over the 6 months to 16 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Presales in the UK

Presales
Top 15 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Presales within the UK over the 6 months to 16 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
England -147 448 £70,000 +16.67% 998
UK excluding London -166 261 £57,500 +15.00% 466
London -27 179 £90,000 +12.50% 639
Work from Home -229 146 £75,000 +21.95% 562
South East -70 110 £60,000 +33.33% 213
North of England -98 69 £57,500 +35.29% 80
North West -105 58 £57,500 +35.29% 56
Midlands -51 44 £65,000 +13.04% 63
West Midlands -9 29 £67,500 +17.39% 37
South West -3 15 £52,500 -12.50% 43
East Midlands -19 15 £65,000 +13.04% 23
Yorkshire +9 11 £60,000 +4.35% 19
East of England -23 11 £40,000 -20.00% 29
Scotland +11 8 £45,000 -25.00% 32
Northern Ireland 0 4 £87,500 +52.17% 11

Presales
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 9 (1.74%) Confluence
2 6 (1.16%) SharePoint
3 5 (0.97%) Microsoft Exchange
4 4 (0.77%) Apache
4 4 (0.77%) Oracle SOA Suite
5 2 (0.39%) Apache Spark
5 2 (0.39%) CMS
6 1 (0.19%) Oracle Workflow
6 1 (0.19%) SAS
Applications
1 30 (5.79%) Microsoft Excel
2 15 (2.90%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 12 (2.32%) MS Visio
4 6 (1.16%) Microsoft Office
5 1 (0.19%) AutoCAD
Business Applications
1 35 (6.76%) Oracle SCM
2 18 (3.47%) Dynamics CRM
3 10 (1.93%) Oracle ERP
4 9 (1.74%) SAP S/4HANA
5 6 (1.16%) Oracle EBS
6 5 (0.97%) Oracle Financials
6 5 (0.97%) Oracle Payables
6 5 (0.97%) Oracle Receivables
6 5 (0.97%) Salesforce CRM
7 4 (0.77%) NetSuite
8 3 (0.58%) SAP FI
9 2 (0.39%) SAP CO
9 2 (0.39%) SAP FI/CO
10 1 (0.19%) Academy Revenues and Benefits
10 1 (0.19%) Oracle HRMS
10 1 (0.19%) Oracle iRecruitment
10 1 (0.19%) Remedy ITSM
10 1 (0.19%) SAP FSCM
10 1 (0.19%) SAP IBP
Cloud Services
1 119 (22.97%) Azure
2 69 (13.32%) AWS
3 52 (10.04%) OCI
4 46 (8.88%) GCP
5 38 (7.34%) SaaS
6 29 (5.60%) Power Platform
7 28 (5.41%) Microsoft 365
8 18 (3.47%) IaaS
9 16 (3.09%) Dynamics 365
10 14 (2.70%) PaaS
11 11 (2.12%) Azure DevOps
11 11 (2.12%) Azure Synapse Analytics
12 10 (1.93%) AWS CloudFormation
12 10 (1.93%) PowerApps
12 10 (1.93%) Snowflake
13 8 (1.54%) Serverless
14 7 (1.35%) Azure AI
14 7 (1.35%) Azure Sentinel
14 7 (1.35%) GitHub
14 7 (1.35%) Pulumi
Communications & Networking
1 61 (11.78%) Firewall
2 57 (11.00%) WAN
3 51 (9.85%) LAN
4 25 (4.83%) Wi-Fi
5 15 (2.90%) Cisco Firepower
5 15 (2.90%) Network Security
6 14 (2.70%) SD-WAN
6 14 (2.70%) VPN
7 11 (2.12%) Wireless
8 7 (1.35%) BGP
8 7 (1.35%) Internet
8 7 (1.35%) NetScaler
8 7 (1.35%) OSPF
8 7 (1.35%) VLAN
9 6 (1.16%) Cisco Nexus
9 6 (1.16%) SAN
10 5 (0.97%) DNS
11 4 (0.77%) MPLS
11 4 (0.77%) VoIP
11 4 (0.77%) VSAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (2.32%) Power BI
1 12 (2.32%) SQL Server
2 9 (1.74%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 8 (1.54%) Amazon Redshift
4 7 (1.35%) BigQuery
4 7 (1.35%) NoSQL
5 6 (1.16%) Data Lake
5 6 (1.16%) Oracle Database
6 5 (0.97%) Big Data
6 5 (0.97%) Data Warehouse
6 5 (0.97%) Electronic Patient Records
7 4 (0.77%) Azure SQL Database
7 4 (0.77%) KDB
7 4 (0.77%) Kdb+
7 4 (0.77%) Oracle ODI
8 3 (0.58%) Amazon RDS
8 3 (0.58%) PostgreSQL
9 2 (0.39%) Oracle Reports
9 2 (0.39%) SQL Server Analysis Services
9 2 (0.39%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 11 (2.12%) JIRA
2 3 (0.58%) Sonatype Nexus
3 2 (0.39%) Jenkins
4 1 (0.19%) Eclipse
4 1 (0.19%) Git
4 1 (0.19%) GitLab
General
1 234 (45.17%) Social Skills
2 128 (24.71%) Presentation Skills
3 107 (20.66%) Finance
4 61 (11.78%) Marketing
5 51 (9.85%) Public Sector
6 39 (7.53%) Analytical Skills
7 25 (4.83%) Law
8 18 (3.47%) Legal
9 16 (3.09%) Organisational Skills
9 16 (3.09%) Retail
9 16 (3.09%) Telecoms
10 13 (2.51%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 13 (2.51%) Manufacturing
11 12 (2.32%) Banking
12 9 (1.74%) Billing
13 6 (1.16%) Documentation Skills
13 6 (1.16%) Front Office
13 6 (1.16%) Influencing Skills
14 5 (0.97%) Health Technology
15 4 (0.77%) Police
Job Titles
1 153 (29.54%) Consultant
2 130 (25.10%) Architect
3 76 (14.67%) Senior
4 65 (12.55%) Solutions Architect
5 57 (11.00%) Oracle Consultant
6 37 (7.14%) Presales Consultant
7 31 (5.98%) Senior Consultant
8 30 (5.79%) Lead
9 25 (4.83%) Junior
10 24 (4.63%) Junior Architect
10 24 (4.63%) Junior Solutions Architect
11 20 (3.86%) Data Architect
12 19 (3.67%) Cloud Architect
13 16 (3.09%) Presales Engineer
13 16 (3.09%) Solutions Consultant
13 16 (3.09%) Support Engineer
14 15 (2.90%) Presales Solution Architect
15 14 (2.70%) Security Consultant
15 14 (2.70%) Senior Manager
16 13 (2.51%) Network Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (2.12%) .NET
2 8 (1.54%) Oracle Fusion
3 7 (1.35%) Loki
3 7 (1.35%) React
3 7 (1.35%) XML
4 6 (1.16%) HTML
5 5 (0.97%) CSS
5 5 (0.97%) JSON
5 5 (0.97%) SOAP
6 4 (0.77%) Next.js
6 4 (0.77%) SAML
6 4 (0.77%) Web Services
7 3 (0.58%) .NET Framework
7 3 (0.58%) 802.1X
7 3 (0.58%) FastAPI
7 3 (0.58%) REST
8 2 (0.39%) ASP.NET
8 2 (0.39%) Entity Framework
8 2 (0.39%) HTML5
8 2 (0.39%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 33 (6.37%) Hybrid Cloud
2 30 (5.79%) Data Centre
3 21 (4.05%) Cloud Native
4 20 (3.86%) Public Cloud
5 18 (3.47%) Onboarding
6 14 (2.70%) Driving Licence
6 14 (2.70%) Legacy Systems
7 11 (2.12%) Tandem
8 9 (1.74%) Microsoft Licensing
8 9 (1.74%) Self-Motivation
8 9 (1.74%) Virtual Team
9 8 (1.54%) Cyber Kill Chain
9 8 (1.54%) PKI
9 8 (1.54%) Private Cloud
10 7 (1.35%) Data Protection Act
10 7 (1.35%) Life Science
10 7 (1.35%) Management Information System
10 7 (1.35%) PMI
11 6 (1.16%) Blog
11 6 (1.16%) Data Structures
Operating Systems
1 21 (4.05%) Windows
2 19 (3.67%) Linux
3 9 (1.74%) Windows Server
4 3 (0.58%) Apple iOS
5 2 (0.39%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 2 (0.39%) Unix
6 1 (0.19%) CentOS
6 1 (0.19%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 76 (14.67%) Business Development
2 70 (13.51%) Problem-Solving
3 63 (12.16%) Stakeholder Management
4 60 (11.58%) Project Management
4 60 (11.58%) Roadmaps
5 57 (11.00%) Customer Requirements
6 55 (10.62%) Agile
7 53 (10.23%) Project Delivery
8 52 (10.04%) Analytics
9 50 (9.65%) Mentoring
10 43 (8.30%) CRM
11 42 (8.11%) Cybersecurity
12 41 (7.92%) Artificial Intelligence
12 41 (7.92%) Migration
13 39 (7.53%) Thought Leadership
14 30 (5.79%) DevOps
15 29 (5.60%) Service Delivery
16 27 (5.21%) Computer Science
16 27 (5.21%) Decision-Making
16 27 (5.21%) ERP
Programming Languages
1 40 (7.72%) SQL
2 30 (5.79%) Python
3 12 (2.32%) JavaScript
4 10 (1.93%) Bash
4 10 (1.93%) C#
4 10 (1.93%) Go
5 7 (1.35%) PowerShell
6 6 (1.16%) TypeScript
7 3 (0.58%) Java
7 3 (0.58%) Kusto Query Language
7 3 (0.58%) Scala
7 3 (0.58%) Swift
7 3 (0.58%) VBA
8 2 (0.39%) Bicep
8 2 (0.39%) C
8 2 (0.39%) R
9 1 (0.19%) Apex Code
9 1 (0.19%) Ruby
9 1 (0.19%) Rust
9 1 (0.19%) SOQL
Qualifications
1 67 (12.93%) Cisco Certification
2 63 (12.16%) Degree
3 57 (11.00%) Security Cleared
4 47 (9.07%) CCNA
5 32 (6.18%) SC Cleared
6 29 (5.60%) CCNP
7 26 (5.02%) JNCIA
8 17 (3.28%) Azure Certification
9 15 (2.90%) CISSP
10 12 (2.32%) BPSS Clearance
10 12 (2.32%) CISM
10 12 (2.32%) PMI Certification
11 11 (2.12%) CCIE
11 11 (2.12%) Master's Degree
11 11 (2.12%) PRINCE2 Certification
12 10 (1.93%) AWS Certification
12 10 (1.93%) HND
13 7 (1.35%) Microsoft Certification
14 5 (0.97%) PMP
14 5 (0.97%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 26 (5.02%) QA
2 11 (2.12%) NIST
3 8 (1.54%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 7 (1.35%) GDPR
5 5 (0.97%) Cyber Essentials
5 5 (0.97%) Data Quality
6 4 (0.77%) SLA
7 3 (0.58%) HIPAA
7 3 (0.58%) PMO
8 2 (0.39%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 2 (0.39%) GRC
9 1 (0.19%) COBIT
9 1 (0.19%) ISO 20022
9 1 (0.19%) ISO 9001
9 1 (0.19%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
9 1 (0.19%) NCSC
9 1 (0.19%) PCI DSS
9 1 (0.19%) SOC 2
System Software
1 16 (3.09%) VMware Infrastructure
2 10 (1.93%) Active Directory
3 8 (1.54%) VMware ESXi
4 7 (1.35%) Docker
4 7 (1.35%) Hyper-V
5 6 (1.16%) Virtual Desktop
6 2 (0.39%) Virtual Machines
7 1 (0.19%) Job Entry Subsystem
7 1 (0.19%) KVM
7 1 (0.19%) Time Sharing Option
7 1 (0.19%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 20 (3.86%) Kubernetes
2 12 (2.32%) Terraform
3 7 (1.35%) Grafana
3 7 (1.35%) Microsoft Intune
4 5 (0.97%) Ansible
5 4 (0.77%) Automic
5 4 (0.77%) Single Sign-On
6 3 (0.58%) CASB
6 3 (0.58%) QRadar
6 3 (0.58%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
7 2 (0.39%) Proxmox
8 1 (0.19%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
8 1 (0.19%) HP UCMDB
8 1 (0.19%) PaperCut
8 1 (0.19%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 103 (19.88%) Microsoft
2 86 (16.60%) Oracle
3 81 (15.64%) Cisco
4 67 (12.93%) Fortinet
5 54 (10.42%) Palo Alto
6 44 (8.49%) Juniper
7 42 (8.11%) Aruba
8 38 (7.34%) IBM
9 24 (4.63%) Salesforce
9 24 (4.63%) VMware
10 22 (4.25%) Meraki
11 15 (2.90%) SAP
12 14 (2.70%) Dell
12 14 (2.70%) Google
13 13 (2.51%) HP
14 12 (2.32%) ServiceNow
15 9 (1.74%) Databricks
16 8 (1.54%) Veeam
17 7 (1.35%) Citrix
17 7 (1.35%) Hitachi