Hybrid/Remote Presales Job Trends

Presales
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for remote or hybrid work requiring Presales skills. It covers vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 16 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 237 145 208
Rank change year-on-year -92 +63 +16
Permanent jobs citing Presales 201 535 404
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 1.24% 2.30% 1.61%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.33% 2.62% 1.69%
Number of salaries quoted 169 256 285
10th Percentile £37,250 £38,000 £46,250
25th Percentile £55,750 £45,000 £57,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £72,500 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year - -3.33% -
75th Percentile £100,000 £85,000 £90,000
90th Percentile £115,000 £95,625 £100,000
UK median annual salary £70,000 £72,500 £72,500
% change year-on-year -3.45% - -3.33%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Work from Home

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 with remote or hybrid options requiring process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 15,081 20,416 23,917
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 93.13% 87.73% 95.32%
Number of salaries quoted 8,561 12,566 19,709
10th Percentile £30,000 £35,250 £37,500
25th Percentile £40,750 £45,000 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year - -4.00% +2.16%
75th Percentile £78,750 £80,000 £81,250
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £98,750
UK median annual salary £55,000 £57,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -4.35% -4.17% -

Presales
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with remote working options citing Presales as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Presales trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

Presales
Salary Trend for Jobs with Hybrid Work Options

Salary distribution trend for jobs with remote work options citing Presales.

Salary distribution trend for jobs with remote work options citing Presales

Presales
Salary Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Salary distribution for jobs with remote working options citing Presales over the 6 months to 16 September 2025.

Presales salary histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Presales
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 (2.99%) Microsoft Exchange
2 5 (2.49%) Confluence
3 3 (1.49%) HCL Domino
3 3 (1.49%) HCL Notes
4 2 (1.00%) Apache
4 2 (1.00%) Apache Spark
4 2 (1.00%) SharePoint
5 1 (0.50%) CMS
5 1 (0.50%) Headless CMS
5 1 (0.50%) SAS
Applications
1 14 (6.97%) Microsoft Excel
2 10 (4.98%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 4 (1.99%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.50%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 13 (6.47%) SAP S/4HANA
2 5 (2.49%) Salesforce CRM
3 3 (1.49%) NetSuite
3 3 (1.49%) Unit4 Business World
4 2 (1.00%) Oracle Cash Management
4 2 (1.00%) Oracle ERP
4 2 (1.00%) Oracle General Ledger
4 2 (1.00%) Oracle Payables
4 2 (1.00%) Oracle Receivables
5 1 (0.50%) Dynamics CRM
5 1 (0.50%) Remedy ITSM
5 1 (0.50%) SAP APO
5 1 (0.50%) SAP EWM
5 1 (0.50%) SAP IBP
5 1 (0.50%) SAP LE
5 1 (0.50%) SAP MM
5 1 (0.50%) SAP PP
5 1 (0.50%) SAP QM
5 1 (0.50%) SAP SCM
5 1 (0.50%) SAP SD
Cloud Services
1 42 (20.90%) Azure
2 25 (12.44%) SaaS
3 24 (11.94%) Microsoft 365
4 23 (11.44%) Power Platform
5 22 (10.95%) AWS
6 9 (4.48%) IaaS
7 6 (2.99%) GCP
8 5 (2.49%) Azure DevOps
9 4 (1.99%) Dynamics 365
9 4 (1.99%) Microsoft Copilot
9 4 (1.99%) OCI
10 3 (1.49%) Microsoft Purview
10 3 (1.49%) PaaS
10 3 (1.49%) PowerApps
11 2 (1.00%) Azure App Service
11 2 (1.00%) Azure Cosmos DB
11 2 (1.00%) Entra ID
11 2 (1.00%) Nutanix
11 2 (1.00%) Power Automate
11 2 (1.00%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 7 (3.48%) Firewall
2 6 (2.99%) SAN
3 5 (2.49%) Network Security
3 5 (2.49%) VPN
4 4 (1.99%) SD-WAN
4 4 (1.99%) SSL
4 4 (1.99%) WAN
5 3 (1.49%) S/MIME
5 3 (1.49%) X.509
6 2 (1.00%) BGP
6 2 (1.00%) Internet
6 2 (1.00%) LAN
6 2 (1.00%) MPLS
6 2 (1.00%) VoIP
7 1 (0.50%) EIGRP
7 1 (0.50%) IGRP
7 1 (0.50%) OSPF
7 1 (0.50%) TCP/IP
7 1 (0.50%) VRRP
7 1 (0.50%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (3.48%) Power BI
2 5 (2.49%) Oracle Database
3 4 (1.99%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 3 (1.49%) Data Lake
4 3 (1.49%) Data Warehouse
4 3 (1.49%) SQL Server
5 1 (0.50%) Amazon Athena
5 1 (0.50%) Amazon Redshift
5 1 (0.50%) Azure SQL Database
5 1 (0.50%) DB2
5 1 (0.50%) SQL Server Analysis Services
5 1 (0.50%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 7 (3.48%) JIRA
General
1 73 (36.32%) Social Skills
2 56 (27.86%) Finance
3 41 (20.40%) Presentation Skills
4 25 (12.44%) Public Sector
5 24 (11.94%) Marketing
6 15 (7.46%) Manufacturing
7 13 (6.47%) Back Office
7 13 (6.47%) Organisational Skills
8 12 (5.97%) Retail
9 9 (4.48%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 8 (3.98%) Billing
10 8 (3.98%) Documentation Skills
11 7 (3.48%) Telecoms
12 5 (2.49%) Advertising
12 5 (2.49%) Czech Language
12 5 (2.49%) Legal
13 4 (1.99%) Analytical Skills
13 4 (1.99%) Pharmaceutical
14 2 (1.00%) Banking
14 2 (1.00%) Law
Job Titles
1 72 (35.82%) Consultant
2 45 (22.39%) Architect
3 32 (15.92%) Senior
4 30 (14.93%) Solutions Architect
5 23 (11.44%) Senior Consultant
6 16 (7.96%) Presales Consultant
7 13 (6.47%) Power Platform Consultant
8 12 (5.97%) SAP Architect
8 12 (5.97%) SAP Solutions Architect
9 11 (5.47%) IT Consultant
9 11 (5.47%) Lead
10 10 (4.98%) Data Consultant
10 10 (4.98%) Project Manager
10 10 (4.98%) Solutions Consultant
11 8 (3.98%) SAP S/4HANA Architect
12 7 (3.48%) Delivery Manager
12 7 (3.48%) IT Manager
13 6 (2.99%) Sales Executive
13 6 (2.99%) Security Consultant
13 6 (2.99%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (4.48%) SAP Fiori
2 5 (2.49%) SAML
3 4 (1.99%) .NET
4 3 (1.49%) EDI
4 3 (1.49%) EJB
5 2 (1.00%) CSS
5 2 (1.00%) HTML
5 2 (1.00%) XML
6 1 (0.50%) .NET Framework
6 1 (0.50%) Ajax
6 1 (0.50%) Entity Framework
6 1 (0.50%) ISPF
6 1 (0.50%) JSON
6 1 (0.50%) LDAP
6 1 (0.50%) Node.js
6 1 (0.50%) PySpark
6 1 (0.50%) REST
6 1 (0.50%) SAPUI5
6 1 (0.50%) SOAP
6 1 (0.50%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 13 (6.47%) Greenfield Project
2 10 (4.98%) Data Centre
3 8 (3.98%) Hybrid Cloud
3 8 (3.98%) PKI
4 7 (3.48%) Onboarding
5 5 (2.49%) Cloud Native
6 4 (1.99%) Derivative
6 4 (1.99%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
7 3 (1.49%) Algorithms
7 3 (1.49%) Enterprise Software
7 3 (1.49%) FMCG
7 3 (1.49%) PACS
7 3 (1.49%) Public Cloud
7 3 (1.49%) Self-Motivation
7 3 (1.49%) Virtual Team
8 2 (1.00%) e-Learning
8 2 (1.00%) Marketing Technology
9 1 (0.50%) Enterprise Storage
9 1 (0.50%) Mainframe
9 1 (0.50%) SWIFT Messaging Network
Operating Systems
1 13 (6.47%) Windows
2 7 (3.48%) Windows Server
3 4 (1.99%) Linux
4 1 (0.50%) Check Point GAiA
4 1 (0.50%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 1 (0.50%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 35 (17.41%) Agile
2 30 (14.93%) Problem-Solving
2 30 (14.93%) Roadmaps
3 25 (12.44%) Artificial Intelligence
4 22 (10.95%) Analytics
4 22 (10.95%) Project Delivery
5 20 (9.95%) Logistics
6 19 (9.45%) Customer Requirements
7 18 (8.96%) Cybersecurity
7 18 (8.96%) Use Case
8 17 (8.46%) Decision-Making
8 17 (8.46%) Stakeholder Management
9 16 (7.96%) Business Intelligence
9 16 (7.96%) DevOps
9 16 (7.96%) Mentoring
10 15 (7.46%) Business Development
10 15 (7.46%) ITIL
10 15 (7.46%) TOGAF
11 14 (6.97%) Continuous Improvement
11 14 (6.97%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 15 (7.46%) SQL
2 5 (2.49%) Python
3 4 (1.99%) PowerShell
4 3 (1.49%) JavaScript
5 2 (1.00%) Java
6 1 (0.50%) Assembly Language
6 1 (0.50%) Bash
6 1 (0.50%) Bicep
6 1 (0.50%) C#
6 1 (0.50%) JCL
6 1 (0.50%) Kusto Query Language
6 1 (0.50%) REXX
6 1 (0.50%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 33 (16.42%) Security Cleared
2 27 (13.43%) Degree
3 23 (11.44%) SC Cleared
4 17 (8.46%) Azure Certification
5 11 (5.47%) AWS Certification
5 11 (5.47%) Master's Degree
6 8 (3.98%) Cisco Certification
6 8 (3.98%) CISM
6 8 (3.98%) CISSP
7 7 (3.48%) CCNA
7 7 (3.48%) CCNP
7 7 (3.48%) SAP Certification
8 5 (2.49%) DV Cleared
8 5 (2.49%) MBA
8 5 (2.49%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
9 4 (1.99%) BPSS Clearance
9 4 (1.99%) Computer Science Degree
9 4 (1.99%) Microsoft Certification
9 4 (1.99%) PRINCE2 Certification
10 3 (1.49%) CISMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (5.97%) QA
2 8 (3.98%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 8 (3.98%) NIST
3 7 (3.48%) Data Quality
3 7 (3.48%) GDPR
4 6 (2.99%) Cyber Essentials
5 5 (2.49%) SLA
6 3 (1.49%) GRC
6 3 (1.49%) ISO 9001
6 3 (1.49%) JSP 440
6 3 (1.49%) NCSC
6 3 (1.49%) NIST 800
7 2 (1.00%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 1 (0.50%) GxP
System Software
1 9 (4.48%) Active Directory
2 7 (3.48%) Hyper-V
3 5 (2.49%) VMware ESXi
4 2 (1.00%) Docker
4 2 (1.00%) VMware Infrastructure
5 1 (0.50%) Firmware
5 1 (0.50%) Job Entry Subsystem
5 1 (0.50%) Time Sharing Option
5 1 (0.50%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 5 (2.49%) Automic
1 5 (2.49%) Kubernetes
1 5 (2.49%) Microsoft Intune
1 5 (2.49%) Single Sign-On
1 5 (2.49%) Terraform
2 3 (1.49%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
3 1 (0.50%) Ansible
3 1 (0.50%) Autotask
3 1 (0.50%) FortiGate
3 1 (0.50%) HP UCMDB
Vendors
1 54 (26.87%) Microsoft
2 21 (10.45%) SAP
3 16 (7.96%) Oracle
4 14 (6.97%) Cisco
5 8 (3.98%) Ariba
5 8 (3.98%) VMware
6 7 (3.48%) Fortinet
7 6 (2.99%) Juniper
7 6 (2.99%) Veeam
8 5 (2.49%) Broadcom
8 5 (2.49%) IBM
8 5 (2.49%) Palo Alto
8 5 (2.49%) Salesforce
9 4 (1.99%) ServiceNow
10 3 (1.49%) Anaplan
10 3 (1.49%) Databricks
10 3 (1.49%) Dell
10 3 (1.49%) Google
10 3 (1.49%) Lotus
10 3 (1.49%) Thales