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 11 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 152 252 131
Rank change year-on-year +100 -121 +74
Permanent jobs citing Presales 421 187 593
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.86% 1.14% 2.38%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.24% 1.22% 2.71%
Number of salaries quoted 345 160 360
10th Percentile £40,500 £36,250 £38,000
25th Percentile £53,750 £54,375 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 £71,250 £67,250
Median % change year-on-year +12.28% +5.95% -10.33%
75th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £87,500
90th Percentile £110,750 £115,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £72,500 £70,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year +3.57% +12.00% -16.67%

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 18,770 15,275 21,889
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 82.72% 92.90% 87.76%
Number of salaries quoted 13,576 8,969 15,635
10th Percentile £35,000 £29,750 £35,000
25th Percentile £44,972 £40,750 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £58,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.45% -3.33% -4.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £77,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% - -9.09%

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 11 August 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 (1.66%) SharePoint
2 5 (1.19%) Confluence
3 4 (0.95%) Microsoft Exchange
4 2 (0.48%) Apache Spark
5 1 (0.24%) Apache
5 1 (0.24%) Apache Airflow
5 1 (0.24%) Appian
Applications
1 5 (1.19%) MS Visio
2 3 (0.71%) AutoCAD
2 3 (0.71%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (0.71%) SOLIDWORKS
3 2 (0.48%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (0.24%) Chatbot
4 1 (0.24%) Trello
Business Applications
1 7 (1.66%) Dynamics NAV
1 7 (1.66%) SAP S/4HANA
2 4 (0.95%) Oracle Payables
2 4 (0.95%) Oracle Receivables
3 3 (0.71%) NetSuite
3 3 (0.71%) Oracle Cash Management
3 3 (0.71%) Oracle ERP
3 3 (0.71%) Oracle General Ledger
3 3 (0.71%) SAP Business One
4 2 (0.48%) Dynamics CRM
4 2 (0.48%) Workday HCM
5 1 (0.24%) HFM
5 1 (0.24%) JDE EnterpriseOne
5 1 (0.24%) Oracle Assets
Cloud Services
1 127 (30.17%) Azure
2 64 (15.20%) AWS
3 39 (9.26%) Microsoft 365
4 37 (8.79%) SaaS
5 26 (6.18%) GCP
6 25 (5.94%) Power Platform
7 23 (5.46%) Nutanix
8 18 (4.28%) Dynamics 365
8 18 (4.28%) Entra ID
9 10 (2.38%) Mimecast
10 9 (2.14%) OCI
11 8 (1.90%) Azure Data Factory
11 8 (1.90%) Microsoft Copilot
12 7 (1.66%) Azure Synapse Analytics
12 7 (1.66%) PaaS
12 7 (1.66%) Slack
12 7 (1.66%) Snowflake
13 6 (1.43%) Power Automate
14 5 (1.19%) Azure DevOps
14 5 (1.19%) Cloud Computing
Communications & Networking
1 40 (9.50%) Firewall
2 35 (8.31%) WAN
3 27 (6.41%) LAN
4 22 (5.23%) SD-WAN
4 22 (5.23%) VSAN
5 17 (4.04%) Network Security
6 10 (2.38%) Wireless
6 10 (2.38%) WLAN
7 8 (1.90%) DNS
7 8 (1.90%) MPLS
7 8 (1.90%) VPN
8 6 (1.43%) Fibre Channel
8 6 (1.43%) iSCSI
8 6 (1.43%) VLAN
9 5 (1.19%) Broadband
9 5 (1.19%) Unified Communications
10 4 (0.95%) Cisco ASA
10 4 (0.95%) IPv6
10 4 (0.95%) TCP/IP
11 3 (0.71%) Software-Defined Networking
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (2.85%) Power BI
2 11 (2.61%) Data Warehouse
3 7 (1.66%) Data Lake
3 7 (1.66%) SAP HANA
4 5 (1.19%) Metadata
5 3 (0.71%) Tableau
6 2 (0.48%) Semantic Layer
7 1 (0.24%) Azure SQL Database
7 1 (0.24%) Big Data
7 1 (0.24%) Delta Lake
7 1 (0.24%) Looker
7 1 (0.24%) SQL Server
7 1 (0.24%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 6 (1.43%) JIRA
2 4 (0.95%) Git
2 4 (0.95%) JUnit
2 4 (0.95%) Maven
2 4 (0.95%) Mockito
3 3 (0.71%) Snyk
4 2 (0.48%) Bitbucket
4 2 (0.48%) GitLab
5 1 (0.24%) Appium
5 1 (0.24%) Cypress.io
5 1 (0.24%) Selenium
General
1 132 (31.35%) Social Skills
2 80 (19.00%) Finance
3 44 (10.45%) Public Sector
4 34 (8.08%) Presentation Skills
5 33 (7.84%) Marketing
6 21 (4.99%) Manufacturing
7 18 (4.28%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 17 (4.04%) Analytical Skills
9 16 (3.80%) Telecoms
10 12 (2.85%) Documentation Skills
11 10 (2.38%) Advertising
12 9 (2.14%) Games
12 9 (2.14%) Law
13 8 (1.90%) Retail
14 6 (1.43%) Organisational Skills
15 5 (1.19%) Legal
15 5 (1.19%) Local Government
16 4 (0.95%) Banking
16 4 (0.95%) French Language
16 4 (0.95%) Mandarin Language
Job Titles
1 148 (35.15%) Architect
2 131 (31.12%) Consultant
3 115 (27.32%) Solutions Architect
4 73 (17.34%) Senior
5 72 (17.10%) Presales Solution Architect
6 40 (9.50%) Solutions Consultant
7 33 (7.84%) Cloud Consultant
8 30 (7.13%) Presales Consultant
8 30 (7.13%) Technical Consultant
9 28 (6.65%) Senior Consultant
10 24 (5.70%) Senior Technical Consultant
11 20 (4.75%) Senior Architect
12 19 (4.51%) Lead
13 18 (4.28%) Infrastructure Consultant
13 18 (4.28%) VMware Architect
14 17 (4.04%) Cloud Architect
14 17 (4.04%) Technical Architect
15 16 (3.80%) Infrastructure Architect
16 15 (3.56%) Account Manager
16 15 (3.56%) Sales Executive
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 19 (4.51%) REST
2 15 (3.56%) SOAP
3 6 (1.43%) React
4 5 (1.19%) ModSecurity
5 4 (0.95%) Spring
6 3 (0.71%) Regular Expression
6 3 (0.71%) SAP Fiori
7 2 (0.48%) Microsoft Graph
8 1 (0.24%) .NET
8 1 (0.24%) HEVC
8 1 (0.24%) HTML5 Canvas
8 1 (0.24%) NumPy
8 1 (0.24%) Pandas
8 1 (0.24%) Playwright
8 1 (0.24%) PySpark
8 1 (0.24%) PyTorch
8 1 (0.24%) scikit-learn
8 1 (0.24%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 52 (12.35%) Data Centre
2 24 (5.70%) Driving Licence
3 23 (5.46%) Onboarding
4 17 (4.04%) Private Cloud
5 15 (3.56%) Self-Motivation
6 13 (3.09%) CMDB
7 12 (2.85%) Enterprise Software
8 10 (2.38%) Cloud Native
9 9 (2.14%) Blog
9 9 (2.14%) Public Cloud
10 7 (1.66%) Web Conferencing
11 6 (1.43%) Data Fabric
11 6 (1.43%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
11 6 (1.43%) Enterprise Storage
11 6 (1.43%) Product Ownership
11 6 (1.43%) VxBlock/Vblock
12 5 (1.19%) Greenfield Project
12 5 (1.19%) iPhone
12 5 (1.19%) Low-Code
13 4 (0.95%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 32 (7.60%) Windows
2 15 (3.56%) Linux
3 11 (2.61%) Windows Server
4 6 (1.43%) Android
5 1 (0.24%) Apple iOS
5 1 (0.24%) FreeBSD
5 1 (0.24%) Mac OS
5 1 (0.24%) OpenBSD
Processes & Methodologies
1 79 (18.76%) AI
2 61 (14.49%) Stakeholder Management
3 56 (13.30%) Cybersecurity
4 54 (12.83%) Decision-Making
5 52 (12.35%) Problem-Solving
6 48 (11.40%) Customer Requirements
7 47 (11.16%) Roadmaps
8 46 (10.93%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 45 (10.69%) Customer Engagement
10 43 (10.21%) Agile
10 43 (10.21%) Mentoring
10 43 (10.21%) Project Delivery
10 43 (10.21%) Workshop Facilitation
11 35 (8.31%) Commercial Awareness
12 33 (7.84%) Collaborative Culture
13 31 (7.36%) Technical Leadership
14 30 (7.13%) Continuous Improvement
14 30 (7.13%) ERP
14 30 (7.13%) Migration
15 28 (6.65%) ITIL
Programming Languages
1 23 (5.46%) SQL
2 16 (3.80%) Python
3 7 (1.66%) JavaScript
4 5 (1.19%) PowerShell
5 4 (0.95%) Java
5 4 (0.95%) PL/SQL
6 2 (0.48%) C
6 2 (0.48%) C#
6 2 (0.48%) C++
6 2 (0.48%) PHP
7 1 (0.24%) Bash
7 1 (0.24%) Bicep
Qualifications
1 65 (15.44%) Security Cleared
2 43 (10.21%) SC Cleared
3 31 (7.36%) Cisco Certification
4 29 (6.89%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
5 27 (6.41%) DV Cleared
6 26 (6.18%) CCNP
7 25 (5.94%) VCAP
8 21 (4.99%) VCDX
9 18 (4.28%) Degree
10 16 (3.80%) Microsoft Certification
11 12 (2.85%) Azure Certification
12 11 (2.61%) CCIE
13 8 (1.90%) CCNA
13 8 (1.90%) RHCSA
14 6 (1.43%) CISM
14 6 (1.43%) CISSP
14 6 (1.43%) CREST Certified
14 6 (1.43%) Dell Certification
15 5 (1.19%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
15 5 (1.19%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 20 (4.75%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 18 (4.28%) QA
3 16 (3.80%) GRC
3 16 (3.80%) PMO
4 15 (3.56%) GDPR
5 10 (2.38%) NIST
5 10 (2.38%) PCI DSS
6 5 (1.19%) Cyber Essentials
6 5 (1.19%) Data Quality
6 5 (1.19%) JSP 440
7 4 (0.95%) Accessibility
7 4 (0.95%) SLA
8 3 (0.71%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 2 (0.48%) IFRS
9 2 (0.48%) IFRS 17
9 2 (0.48%) Solvency II
10 1 (0.24%) GAAP
System Software
1 50 (11.88%) VMware Infrastructure
2 31 (7.36%) vSphere
3 25 (5.94%) Active Directory
4 22 (5.23%) VMware NSX
5 18 (4.28%) Hyper-V
6 16 (3.80%) vCloud
7 6 (1.43%) Docker
8 3 (0.71%) Virtual Machines
9 1 (0.24%) BitLocker
9 1 (0.24%) Firmware
9 1 (0.24%) KVM
9 1 (0.24%) Virtual Desktop
9 1 (0.24%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 19 (4.51%) Kubernetes
1 19 (4.51%) Microsoft Intune
2 9 (2.14%) Terraform
3 6 (1.43%) Avamar
3 6 (1.43%) CASB
3 6 (1.43%) Dell DRAC
3 6 (1.43%) EMC NetWorker
3 6 (1.43%) EMC VPLEX
3 6 (1.43%) VxRail
4 5 (1.19%) vCenter Server
5 4 (0.95%) Ansible
6 2 (0.48%) OpenView
6 2 (0.48%) Tivoli
7 1 (0.24%) Jamf Pro
7 1 (0.24%) Proxmox
7 1 (0.24%) SysTrack
Vendors
1 102 (24.23%) Microsoft
2 51 (12.11%) VMware
3 46 (10.93%) Cisco
4 23 (5.46%) NetApp
5 22 (5.23%) Dell
5 22 (5.23%) Nimble Storage
6 21 (4.99%) Broadcom
7 20 (4.75%) ServiceNow
8 18 (4.28%) Palo Alto
8 18 (4.28%) SAP
9 16 (3.80%) Fortinet
10 14 (3.33%) Databricks
11 13 (3.09%) Oracle
12 12 (2.85%) Meraki
13 10 (2.38%) N-able
14 9 (2.14%) Juniper
15 8 (1.90%) CrowdStrike
16 7 (1.66%) CheckPoint
16 7 (1.66%) Netskope
16 7 (1.66%) Zscaler