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 8 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 187 163 168
Rank change year-on-year -24 +5 +10
Permanent jobs citing Presales 194 340 412
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.28% 2.04% 1.97%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.46% 2.19% 2.11%
Number of salaries quoted 130 156 272
10th Percentile £50,000 £41,250 £45,000
25th Percentile £61,250 £52,500 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £82,500 £72,500 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year +13.79% +3.57% -6.67%
75th Percentile £99,688 £85,000 £90,000
90th Percentile £117,625 £97,500 £97,375
UK median annual salary £77,500 £75,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year +3.33% +7.14% -9.68%

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 13,271 15,543 19,571
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 87.60% 93.41% 93.48%
Number of salaries quoted 8,417 9,212 15,769
10th Percentile £30,000 £36,250 £36,250
25th Percentile £41,250 £46,713 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% +4.17% -4.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £81,250 £80,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%

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 8 January 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 7 (3.61%) Apache Airflow
2 6 (3.09%) Apache Spark
3 4 (2.06%) Confluence
4 3 (1.55%) HCL Domino
4 3 (1.55%) HCL Notes
5 2 (1.03%) Apache
5 2 (1.03%) SharePoint
6 1 (0.52%) CMS
6 1 (0.52%) Headless CMS
Applications
1 2 (1.03%) Avid Media Composer
1 2 (1.03%) Pro Tools
Business Applications
1 17 (8.76%) SAP S/4HANA
2 4 (2.06%) Dynamics CRM
3 3 (1.55%) SAP HCM
4 2 (1.03%) NetSuite
5 1 (0.52%) Dynamics AX
5 1 (0.52%) Sage X3
5 1 (0.52%) SAP ERP
5 1 (0.52%) SAP IBP
5 1 (0.52%) SAP MM
Cloud Services
1 44 (22.68%) Azure
2 40 (20.62%) SaaS
3 27 (13.92%) AWS
4 16 (8.25%) Power Platform
5 14 (7.22%) GCP
6 12 (6.19%) Serverless
6 12 (6.19%) Snowflake
7 10 (5.15%) Dynamics 365
8 9 (4.64%) Microsoft 365
9 7 (3.61%) Azure DevOps
10 4 (2.06%) Alation
10 4 (2.06%) Amazon SageMaker
10 4 (2.06%) Azure Machine Learning
10 4 (2.06%) Cloud Composer
10 4 (2.06%) Dagster
10 4 (2.06%) dbt
10 4 (2.06%) GitHub
10 4 (2.06%) Matillion
10 4 (2.06%) SuccessFactors
10 4 (2.06%) Vertex AI
Communications & Networking
1 8 (4.12%) SD-WAN
1 8 (4.12%) WAN
2 5 (2.58%) MPLS
3 4 (2.06%) Firewall
4 3 (1.55%) LAN
4 3 (1.55%) Network Security
4 3 (1.55%) Wi-Fi
5 2 (1.03%) TCP/IP
5 2 (1.03%) VoIP
5 2 (1.03%) VPN
6 1 (0.52%) ATM
6 1 (0.52%) BGP
6 1 (0.52%) Cisco ASA
6 1 (0.52%) Cisco Nexus
6 1 (0.52%) EIGRP
6 1 (0.52%) OSPF
6 1 (0.52%) RS-232
6 1 (0.52%) SNMP
6 1 (0.52%) Spanning Tree
6 1 (0.52%) VXLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (6.19%) Data Warehouse
2 8 (4.12%) BigQuery
2 8 (4.12%) Power BI
2 8 (4.12%) Tableau
3 6 (3.09%) Amazon Redshift
3 6 (3.09%) Data Lake
4 4 (2.06%) Apache Iceberg
4 4 (2.06%) DataStage
4 4 (2.06%) Delta Lake
4 4 (2.06%) Elasticsearch
4 4 (2.06%) Looker
4 4 (2.06%) Metadata
4 4 (2.06%) Pinecone
4 4 (2.06%) QlikView
4 4 (2.06%) Weaviate
5 2 (1.03%) Amazon Athena
5 2 (1.03%) Big Data
6 1 (0.52%) Snowflake Schema
Development Applications
1 6 (3.09%) JIRA
2 4 (2.06%) ER Studio
2 4 (2.06%) ERwin
2 4 (2.06%) MLflow
2 4 (2.06%) PowerDesigner
General
1 76 (39.18%) Social Skills
2 45 (23.20%) Finance
3 28 (14.43%) Marketing
3 28 (14.43%) Public Sector
4 16 (8.25%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 15 (7.73%) Retail
6 13 (6.70%) Presentation Skills
7 9 (4.64%) Manufacturing
8 8 (4.12%) Analytical Skills
9 7 (3.61%) Documentation Skills
10 6 (3.09%) Banking
11 5 (2.58%) Organisational Skills
12 4 (2.06%) Law
12 4 (2.06%) Pharmaceutical
12 4 (2.06%) Retail Banking
13 3 (1.55%) Advertising
13 3 (1.55%) Back Office
13 3 (1.55%) Billing
13 3 (1.55%) German Language
13 3 (1.55%) Legal
Job Titles
1 66 (34.02%) Architect
2 51 (26.29%) Consultant
3 49 (25.26%) Solutions Architect
4 26 (13.40%) Senior
5 17 (8.76%) Presales Consultant
6 14 (7.22%) Lead
7 13 (6.70%) SAP Architect
7 13 (6.70%) SAP Solutions Architect
7 13 (6.70%) Senior Consultant
8 11 (5.67%) Azure Architect
8 11 (5.67%) Integration Architect
9 10 (5.15%) Technical Architect
10 9 (4.64%) IT Consultant
10 9 (4.64%) ITSM Architect
10 9 (4.64%) Technical Solutions Architect
11 8 (4.12%) Presales Solution Architect
11 8 (4.12%) Senior Architect
12 7 (3.61%) Data Consultant
13 6 (3.09%) Sales Executive
13 6 (3.09%) Technical Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (4.12%) SAP Fiori
2 4 (2.06%) Faiss
2 4 (2.06%) PyTorch
2 4 (2.06%) TensorFlow
2 4 (2.06%) vLLM
3 3 (1.55%) .NET
3 3 (1.55%) EDI
4 2 (1.03%) PySpark
4 2 (1.03%) Regular Expression
4 2 (1.03%) REST
5 1 (0.52%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 12 (6.19%) Web Conferencing
2 9 (4.64%) Onboarding
3 8 (4.12%) Cloud Native
3 8 (4.12%) Public Cloud
4 7 (3.61%) Data Centre
4 7 (3.61%) Hybrid Cloud
5 6 (3.09%) Greenfield Project
6 5 (2.58%) Driving Licence
6 5 (2.58%) Enterprise Software
6 5 (2.58%) Product Ownership
7 4 (2.06%) Management Information System
7 4 (2.06%) Reinsurance
7 4 (2.06%) Virtual Team
8 3 (1.55%) FMCG
8 3 (1.55%) PACS
8 3 (1.55%) Self-Motivation
9 2 (1.03%) Analytical Mindset
9 2 (1.03%) Augmented Reality
9 2 (1.03%) BBC
9 2 (1.03%) Video Editing
Operating Systems
1 6 (3.09%) Windows
2 4 (2.06%) Linux
3 2 (1.03%) Mac OS
4 1 (0.52%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 48 (24.74%) Roadmaps
2 43 (22.16%) AI
2 43 (22.16%) Problem-Solving
3 37 (19.07%) Continuous Improvement
4 31 (15.98%) Project Delivery
5 27 (13.92%) Decision-Making
6 25 (12.89%) Mentoring
7 24 (12.37%) Agile
8 23 (11.86%) Business Development
8 23 (11.86%) Customer Engagement
9 21 (10.82%) Service Delivery
10 20 (10.31%) Logistics
10 20 (10.31%) Migration
11 18 (9.28%) DevOps
11 18 (9.28%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 18 (9.28%) Stakeholder Management
12 17 (8.76%) Analytics
12 17 (8.76%) CI/CD
12 17 (8.76%) Strategic Thinking
12 17 (8.76%) Workshop Facilitation
Programming Languages
1 10 (5.15%) Python
1 10 (5.15%) SQL
2 5 (2.58%) Java
3 4 (2.06%) Bash
3 4 (2.06%) Go
3 4 (2.06%) Scala
4 2 (1.03%) PowerShell
5 1 (0.52%) JavaScript
5 1 (0.52%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 36 (18.56%) Security Cleared
2 32 (16.49%) Degree
3 25 (12.89%) SC Cleared
4 18 (9.28%) Azure Certification
5 14 (7.22%) Microsoft Certification
6 11 (5.67%) Master's Degree
7 9 (4.64%) AWS Certification
7 9 (4.64%) DV Cleared
8 6 (3.09%) Cisco Certification
8 6 (3.09%) Computer Science Degree
8 6 (3.09%) SAP Certification
9 5 (2.58%) CCNA
10 4 (2.06%) CISM
10 4 (2.06%) CISMP
10 4 (2.06%) CISSP
10 4 (2.06%) CRISC
10 4 (2.06%) DBS Check
10 4 (2.06%) HNC
10 4 (2.06%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
10 4 (2.06%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (5.15%) QA
2 9 (4.64%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 6 (3.09%) Data Quality
4 5 (2.58%) GDPR
4 5 (2.58%) GRC
4 5 (2.58%) NIST
5 4 (2.06%) Cyber Essentials
5 4 (2.06%) JSP 440
5 4 (2.06%) NIST 800
6 3 (1.55%) ISO 9001
7 2 (1.03%) NCSC
8 1 (0.52%) GAAP
8 1 (0.52%) GxP
System Software
1 7 (3.61%) Docker
2 2 (1.03%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (0.52%) Firmware
3 1 (0.52%) Hyper-V
3 1 (0.52%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 9 (4.64%) Terraform
2 7 (3.61%) Kubernetes
3 2 (1.03%) Autotask
3 2 (1.03%) Microsoft Intune
4 1 (0.52%) OpenView
4 1 (0.52%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 33 (17.01%) Microsoft
1 33 (17.01%) SAP
2 11 (5.67%) Cisco
3 9 (4.64%) Fortinet
4 8 (4.12%) Databricks
5 7 (3.61%) Google
5 7 (3.61%) IBM
6 5 (2.58%) Ariba
7 4 (2.06%) Informatica
7 4 (2.06%) Palantir
8 3 (1.55%) Anaplan
8 3 (1.55%) Lotus
8 3 (1.55%) Oracle
9 2 (1.03%) Adobe
9 2 (1.03%) Apple
9 2 (1.03%) Dell
9 2 (1.03%) Sage
9 2 (1.03%) Salesforce
9 2 (1.03%) Sony
9 2 (1.03%) VMware