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 permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 13 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 159 275 144
Rank change year-on-year +116 -131 +12
Permanent jobs citing Presales 377 170 688
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.77% 1.03% 2.16%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.14% 1.10% 2.43%
Number of salaries quoted 305 146 454
10th Percentile £40,000 £36,250 £38,000
25th Percentile £52,500 £52,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £77,500 £70,000 £61,500
Median % change year-on-year +10.71% +13.82% -20.65%
75th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £87,188
90th Percentile £110,000 £115,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £75,000 £70,000 £61,500
% change year-on-year +7.14% +13.82% -20.65%

All Process & 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 17,655 15,436 28,345
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 82.70% 93.33% 88.79%
Number of salaries quoted 12,911 9,153 21,561
10th Percentile £35,000 £29,913 £33,750
25th Percentile £45,000 £41,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year - +4.35% -8.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £78,750 £75,772
90th Percentile £100,000 £102,500 £95,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% -8.71%

Presales
Job Vacancy Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Presales and offering remote or hybrid work options relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

Presales job vacancy trend for remote/hybrid jobs

Presales
Salary Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

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

Salary distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Presales

Presales
Salary Histogram for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Presales over the 6 months to 13 July 2026.

Presales salary histogram for jobs with remote/hybrid work options

Presales
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Remote/Hybrid Jobs 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 6 (1.59%) Apache Airflow
1 6 (1.59%) Apache Spark
2 5 (1.33%) Confluence
3 4 (1.06%) SharePoint
4 1 (0.27%) Apache
4 1 (0.27%) Appian
4 1 (0.27%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 4 (1.06%) MS Visio
2 3 (0.80%) AutoCAD
2 3 (0.80%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (0.80%) SOLIDWORKS
3 1 (0.27%) Chatbot
3 1 (0.27%) Microsoft Project
3 1 (0.27%) Trello
Business Applications
1 9 (2.39%) SAP S/4HANA
2 5 (1.33%) Dynamics NAV
3 3 (0.80%) Dynamics CRM
3 3 (0.80%) SAP Business One
4 2 (0.53%) Oracle Payables
4 2 (0.53%) Oracle Receivables
5 1 (0.27%) HFM
5 1 (0.27%) JDE EnterpriseOne
5 1 (0.27%) NetSuite
5 1 (0.27%) Oracle Assets
5 1 (0.27%) Oracle Cash Management
5 1 (0.27%) Oracle ERP
5 1 (0.27%) Oracle General Ledger
5 1 (0.27%) SAP IBP
5 1 (0.27%) SAP MII
5 1 (0.27%) SAP PP
Cloud Services
1 120 (31.83%) Azure
2 63 (16.71%) AWS
3 35 (9.28%) Microsoft 365
4 34 (9.02%) SaaS
5 27 (7.16%) GCP
6 25 (6.63%) Power Platform
7 23 (6.10%) Nutanix
8 17 (4.51%) Dynamics 365
9 13 (3.45%) Entra ID
10 11 (2.92%) Snowflake
11 9 (2.39%) Azure Data Factory
11 9 (2.39%) Mimecast
12 8 (2.12%) Azure Synapse Analytics
13 7 (1.86%) OCI
13 7 (1.86%) PaaS
14 6 (1.59%) Azure DevOps
15 5 (1.33%) Microsoft Copilot
15 5 (1.33%) Power Automate
16 4 (1.06%) Azure Logic Apps
16 4 (1.06%) Vertex AI
Communications & Networking
1 34 (9.02%) Firewall
2 32 (8.49%) WAN
3 26 (6.90%) LAN
4 22 (5.84%) VSAN
5 20 (5.31%) SD-WAN
6 14 (3.71%) Network Security
7 10 (2.65%) Wireless
8 9 (2.39%) MPLS
8 9 (2.39%) VPN
8 9 (2.39%) WLAN
9 7 (1.86%) Broadband
10 6 (1.59%) DNS
10 6 (1.59%) Fibre Channel
10 6 (1.59%) iSCSI
10 6 (1.59%) VLAN
11 4 (1.06%) IPv6
11 4 (1.06%) TCP/IP
12 3 (0.80%) DHCP
12 3 (0.80%) Software-Defined Networking
12 3 (0.80%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (3.45%) Data Warehouse
1 13 (3.45%) Power BI
2 7 (1.86%) Data Lake
2 7 (1.86%) SAP HANA
3 6 (1.59%) Tableau
4 5 (1.33%) Delta Lake
4 5 (1.33%) Looker
5 4 (1.06%) Amazon Redshift
5 4 (1.06%) Apache Iceberg
5 4 (1.06%) BigQuery
5 4 (1.06%) Elasticsearch
5 4 (1.06%) Pinecone
5 4 (1.06%) Weaviate
6 3 (0.80%) Metadata
7 2 (0.53%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 1 (0.27%) Azure SQL Database
8 1 (0.27%) Big Data
8 1 (0.27%) Semantic Layer
8 1 (0.27%) SQL Server
8 1 (0.27%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 6 (1.59%) JIRA
2 4 (1.06%) Git
2 4 (1.06%) JUnit
2 4 (1.06%) Maven
2 4 (1.06%) MLflow
2 4 (1.06%) Mockito
3 3 (0.80%) Snyk
4 2 (0.53%) Bitbucket
4 2 (0.53%) GitLab
5 1 (0.27%) Appium
5 1 (0.27%) Cypress.io
5 1 (0.27%) Selenium
General
1 107 (28.38%) Social Skills
2 60 (15.92%) Finance
3 40 (10.61%) Public Sector
4 32 (8.49%) Marketing
5 24 (6.37%) Manufacturing
5 24 (6.37%) Presentation Skills
6 18 (4.77%) Analytical Skills
7 13 (3.45%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 11 (2.92%) Telecoms
9 9 (2.39%) Documentation Skills
9 9 (2.39%) Games
10 8 (2.12%) Retail
11 6 (1.59%) Advertising
11 6 (1.59%) Law
11 6 (1.59%) Organisational Skills
12 4 (1.06%) Aerospace
12 4 (1.06%) Banking
13 3 (0.80%) Local Government
13 3 (0.80%) Mandarin Language
13 3 (0.80%) Military
Job Titles
1 131 (34.75%) Architect
2 123 (32.63%) Consultant
3 102 (27.06%) Solutions Architect
4 69 (18.30%) Senior
5 63 (16.71%) Presales Solution Architect
6 34 (9.02%) Cloud Consultant
7 33 (8.75%) Senior Consultant
7 33 (8.75%) Solutions Consultant
8 31 (8.22%) Presales Consultant
9 29 (7.69%) Technical Consultant
10 24 (6.37%) Senior Technical Consultant
11 21 (5.57%) Infrastructure Consultant
12 19 (5.04%) Senior Architect
13 18 (4.77%) Cloud Architect
13 18 (4.77%) VMware Architect
14 16 (4.24%) Cloud Solutions Architect
14 16 (4.24%) Infrastructure Architect
15 15 (3.98%) Account Manager
15 15 (3.98%) Senior VMware Consultant
15 15 (3.98%) Technical Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 18 (4.77%) REST
2 14 (3.71%) SOAP
3 6 (1.59%) React
4 5 (1.33%) ModSecurity
4 5 (1.33%) PyTorch
4 5 (1.33%) SAP Fiori
4 5 (1.33%) TensorFlow
5 4 (1.06%) Faiss
5 4 (1.06%) Spring
5 4 (1.06%) vLLM
6 3 (0.80%) Regular Expression
7 2 (0.53%) Microsoft Graph
8 1 (0.27%) .NET
8 1 (0.27%) HEVC
8 1 (0.27%) HTML5 Canvas
8 1 (0.27%) NumPy
8 1 (0.27%) Pandas
8 1 (0.27%) Playwright
8 1 (0.27%) PySpark
8 1 (0.27%) scikit-learn
Miscellaneous
1 51 (13.53%) Data Centre
2 21 (5.57%) Driving Licence
3 18 (4.77%) Onboarding
4 16 (4.24%) Private Cloud
5 13 (3.45%) CMDB
6 11 (2.92%) Cloud Native
7 9 (2.39%) Product Ownership
7 9 (2.39%) Public Cloud
8 8 (2.12%) Enterprise Software
9 7 (1.86%) Blog
9 7 (1.86%) Self-Motivation
9 7 (1.86%) Web Conferencing
10 6 (1.59%) Data Fabric
10 6 (1.59%) Enterprise Storage
10 6 (1.59%) Greenfield Project
10 6 (1.59%) VxBlock/Vblock
11 5 (1.33%) iPhone
11 5 (1.33%) Life Science
11 5 (1.33%) Low-Code
12 4 (1.06%) Hybrid Cloud
Operating Systems
1 30 (7.96%) Windows
2 15 (3.98%) Linux
3 11 (2.92%) Windows Server
4 6 (1.59%) Android
5 1 (0.27%) Apple iOS
5 1 (0.27%) FreeBSD
5 1 (0.27%) Mac OS
5 1 (0.27%) OpenBSD
Processes & Methodologies
1 76 (20.16%) AI
2 51 (13.53%) Cybersecurity
3 48 (12.73%) Roadmaps
4 47 (12.47%) Stakeholder Management
5 45 (11.94%) Problem-Solving
6 44 (11.67%) Project Delivery
7 42 (11.14%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 41 (10.88%) Decision-Making
9 40 (10.61%) Agile
9 40 (10.61%) Workshop Facilitation
10 39 (10.34%) Customer Engagement
11 37 (9.81%) Mentoring
12 32 (8.49%) Customer Requirements
13 31 (8.22%) Technical Leadership
14 29 (7.69%) Collaborative Culture
14 29 (7.69%) ITIL
15 27 (7.16%) Analytics
16 26 (6.90%) DevOps
17 25 (6.63%) CI/CD
17 25 (6.63%) Machine Learning
Programming Languages
1 29 (7.69%) SQL
2 20 (5.31%) Python
3 8 (2.12%) Java
4 7 (1.86%) JavaScript
5 5 (1.33%) Bash
5 5 (1.33%) PowerShell
6 4 (1.06%) Go
6 4 (1.06%) PL/SQL
6 4 (1.06%) Scala
7 2 (0.53%) C#
7 2 (0.53%) PHP
7 2 (0.53%) R
8 1 (0.27%) Bicep
8 1 (0.27%) C
8 1 (0.27%) C++
Qualifications
1 55 (14.59%) Security Cleared
2 36 (9.55%) SC Cleared
3 29 (7.69%) Cisco Certification
4 28 (7.43%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
5 25 (6.63%) CCNP
5 25 (6.63%) DV Cleared
5 25 (6.63%) VCAP
6 21 (5.57%) VCDX
7 16 (4.24%) Degree
8 12 (3.18%) Microsoft Certification
9 11 (2.92%) Azure Certification
9 11 (2.92%) CCIE
10 8 (2.12%) CCNA
11 7 (1.86%) RHCSA
12 6 (1.59%) CREST Certified
12 6 (1.59%) Dell Certification
13 5 (1.33%) CISSP
13 5 (1.33%) CRISC
13 5 (1.33%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
13 5 (1.33%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 19 (5.04%) QA
2 15 (3.98%) PMO
3 14 (3.71%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 12 (3.18%) GRC
5 11 (2.92%) GDPR
6 6 (1.59%) NIST
6 6 (1.59%) PCI DSS
7 5 (1.33%) Data Quality
7 5 (1.33%) JSP 440
8 4 (1.06%) Accessibility
8 4 (1.06%) SLA
9 3 (0.80%) Cyber Essentials
9 3 (0.80%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 2 (0.53%) GAAP
11 1 (0.27%) IFRS
11 1 (0.27%) IFRS 17
11 1 (0.27%) Solvency II
System Software
1 48 (12.73%) VMware Infrastructure
2 31 (8.22%) vSphere
3 22 (5.84%) Active Directory
3 22 (5.84%) VMware NSX
4 17 (4.51%) Hyper-V
5 16 (4.24%) vCloud
6 9 (2.39%) Docker
7 3 (0.80%) Virtual Machines
8 1 (0.27%) BitLocker
8 1 (0.27%) KVM
8 1 (0.27%) Virtual Desktop
8 1 (0.27%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 14 (3.71%) Microsoft Intune
2 13 (3.45%) Kubernetes
3 9 (2.39%) Terraform
4 6 (1.59%) Avamar
4 6 (1.59%) Dell DRAC
4 6 (1.59%) EMC NetWorker
4 6 (1.59%) EMC VPLEX
4 6 (1.59%) VxRail
5 5 (1.33%) vCenter Server
6 4 (1.06%) Ansible
7 2 (0.53%) OpenView
7 2 (0.53%) Tivoli
8 1 (0.27%) CASB
8 1 (0.27%) Jamf Pro
8 1 (0.27%) Proxmox
8 1 (0.27%) SysTrack
Vendors
1 89 (23.61%) Microsoft
2 49 (13.00%) VMware
3 38 (10.08%) Cisco
4 23 (6.10%) NetApp
5 22 (5.84%) Dell
5 22 (5.84%) Nimble Storage
6 21 (5.57%) Broadcom
7 20 (5.31%) ServiceNow
8 18 (4.77%) SAP
9 16 (4.24%) Databricks
9 16 (4.24%) Fortinet
10 15 (3.98%) Palo Alto
11 12 (3.18%) Meraki
12 11 (2.92%) Oracle
13 9 (2.39%) N-able
14 8 (2.12%) CrowdStrike
14 8 (2.12%) Juniper
15 6 (1.59%) Barracuda Networks
15 6 (1.59%) Google
15 6 (1.59%) Sophos