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 16 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 176 157 168
Rank change year-on-year -19 +11 +18
Permanent jobs citing Presales 214 378 398
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.40% 2.15% 2.00%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.56% 2.32% 2.10%
Number of salaries quoted 154 171 265
10th Percentile £50,000 £41,250 £46,250
25th Percentile £61,250 £53,125 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 £75,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year +6.67% - -
75th Percentile £99,688 £87,500 £90,000
90th Percentile £116,250 £97,500 £95,750
UK median annual salary £75,000 £75,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year - +7.14% -9.09%

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 13,678 16,269 18,914
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 89.17% 92.44% 94.99%
Number of salaries quoted 8,770 9,885 15,216
10th Percentile £30,000 £36,250 £36,250
25th Percentile £40,500 £46,250 £46,306
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £62,500 £61,387
Median % change year-on-year -8.00% +1.81% -1.78%
75th Percentile £78,750 £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% - -1.93%

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 16 December 2025.

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 5 (2.34%) Confluence
2 3 (1.40%) Apache Airflow
2 3 (1.40%) Apache Spark
2 3 (1.40%) HCL Domino
2 3 (1.40%) HCL Notes
2 3 (1.40%) SharePoint
3 2 (0.93%) Apache
4 1 (0.47%) CMS
4 1 (0.47%) Headless CMS
4 1 (0.47%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 1 (0.47%) Avid Media Composer
1 1 (0.47%) Microsoft Project
1 1 (0.47%) Pro Tools
Business Applications
1 21 (9.81%) SAP S/4HANA
2 4 (1.87%) Dynamics CRM
3 3 (1.40%) SAP HCM
4 2 (0.93%) NetSuite
4 2 (0.93%) SAP IBP
4 2 (0.93%) SAP MM
4 2 (0.93%) Unit4 Business World
5 1 (0.47%) Dynamics AX
5 1 (0.47%) Sage X3
5 1 (0.47%) SAP APO
5 1 (0.47%) SAP ERP
5 1 (0.47%) SAP EWM
5 1 (0.47%) SAP LE
5 1 (0.47%) SAP PP
5 1 (0.47%) SAP QM
5 1 (0.47%) SAP SCM
5 1 (0.47%) SAP SD
Cloud Services
1 45 (21.03%) Azure
2 36 (16.82%) SaaS
3 29 (13.55%) AWS
3 29 (13.55%) Power Platform
4 12 (5.61%) Dynamics 365
4 12 (5.61%) Microsoft 365
5 9 (4.21%) GCP
6 8 (3.74%) Azure DevOps
6 8 (3.74%) Serverless
6 8 (3.74%) Snowflake
7 6 (2.80%) Microsoft Copilot
8 4 (1.87%) Alation
8 4 (1.87%) Cloud Composer
8 4 (1.87%) GitHub
8 4 (1.87%) SuccessFactors
9 3 (1.40%) dbt
9 3 (1.40%) IaaS
9 3 (1.40%) Matillion
9 3 (1.40%) Power Automate
10 2 (0.93%) AWS Step Functions
Communications & Networking
1 9 (4.21%) SD-WAN
1 9 (4.21%) WAN
2 6 (2.80%) Firewall
3 5 (2.34%) MPLS
4 4 (1.87%) Network Security
4 4 (1.87%) VPN
5 3 (1.40%) LAN
5 3 (1.40%) VoIP
5 3 (1.40%) Wi-Fi
6 2 (0.93%) TCP/IP
7 1 (0.47%) ATM
7 1 (0.47%) BGP
7 1 (0.47%) Cisco ASA
7 1 (0.47%) Cisco Nexus
7 1 (0.47%) EIGRP
7 1 (0.47%) Frame Relay
7 1 (0.47%) IGMP
7 1 (0.47%) OSPF
7 1 (0.47%) SNMP
7 1 (0.47%) Spanning Tree
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (4.21%) Data Warehouse
2 8 (3.74%) Power BI
3 6 (2.80%) Data Lake
4 5 (2.34%) BigQuery
4 5 (2.34%) Tableau
5 4 (1.87%) DataStage
5 4 (1.87%) Metadata
5 4 (1.87%) QlikView
6 3 (1.40%) Amazon Redshift
7 2 (0.93%) Amazon Athena
7 2 (0.93%) Big Data
8 1 (0.47%) Apache Iceberg
8 1 (0.47%) Delta Lake
8 1 (0.47%) Elasticsearch
8 1 (0.47%) Looker
8 1 (0.47%) Pinecone
8 1 (0.47%) Snowflake Schema
8 1 (0.47%) Weaviate
Development Applications
1 8 (3.74%) JIRA
2 4 (1.87%) ER Studio
2 4 (1.87%) ERwin
2 4 (1.87%) PowerDesigner
3 1 (0.47%) MLflow
General
1 80 (37.38%) Social Skills
2 55 (25.70%) Finance
3 27 (12.62%) Marketing
3 27 (12.62%) Public Sector
4 20 (9.35%) Retail
5 18 (8.41%) Presentation Skills
6 14 (6.54%) Manufacturing
7 13 (6.07%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 8 (3.74%) Analytical Skills
8 8 (3.74%) Documentation Skills
9 6 (2.80%) Banking
9 6 (2.80%) Organisational Skills
10 4 (1.87%) Law
10 4 (1.87%) Pharmaceutical
10 4 (1.87%) Retail Banking
11 3 (1.40%) Advertising
11 3 (1.40%) Back Office
11 3 (1.40%) Billing
11 3 (1.40%) German Language
11 3 (1.40%) Legal
Job Titles
1 68 (31.78%) Architect
2 66 (30.84%) Consultant
3 56 (26.17%) Solutions Architect
4 31 (14.49%) Senior
5 22 (10.28%) Senior Consultant
6 17 (7.94%) Presales Consultant
6 17 (7.94%) SAP Architect
6 17 (7.94%) SAP Solutions Architect
7 14 (6.54%) Lead
8 12 (5.61%) Power Platform Consultant
9 11 (5.14%) Presales Solution Architect
10 9 (4.21%) Integration Architect
10 9 (4.21%) IT Consultant
11 8 (3.74%) SAP S/4HANA Architect
11 8 (3.74%) Technical Architect
12 7 (3.27%) Azure Architect
12 7 (3.27%) Data Consultant
12 7 (3.27%) Development Manager
12 7 (3.27%) ITSM Architect
12 7 (3.27%) Technical Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (4.67%) SAP Fiori
2 3 (1.40%) .NET
2 3 (1.40%) EDI
3 2 (0.93%) PySpark
3 2 (0.93%) Regular Expression
3 2 (0.93%) REST
4 1 (0.47%) Faiss
4 1 (0.47%) PyTorch
4 1 (0.47%) SAPUI5
4 1 (0.47%) SOAP
4 1 (0.47%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 12 (5.61%) Web Conferencing
2 11 (5.14%) Onboarding
3 9 (4.21%) Greenfield Project
4 8 (3.74%) Hybrid Cloud
5 7 (3.27%) Cloud Native
5 7 (3.27%) Data Centre
6 5 (2.34%) Enterprise Software
6 5 (2.34%) Virtual Team
7 4 (1.87%) Driving Licence
7 4 (1.87%) Management Information System
7 4 (1.87%) Public Cloud
7 4 (1.87%) Reinsurance
7 4 (1.87%) Self-Motivation
8 3 (1.40%) FMCG
8 3 (1.40%) PACS
9 2 (0.93%) Analytical Mindset
9 2 (0.93%) e-Learning
9 2 (0.93%) Product Ownership
10 1 (0.47%) Low-Code
10 1 (0.47%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 7 (3.27%) Windows
2 4 (1.87%) Linux
3 2 (0.93%) Windows Server
4 1 (0.47%) Check Point GAiA
4 1 (0.47%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 43 (20.09%) Problem-Solving
1 43 (20.09%) Roadmaps
2 41 (19.16%) AI
3 35 (16.36%) Continuous Improvement
4 33 (15.42%) Project Delivery
5 30 (14.02%) Agile
6 27 (12.62%) Decision-Making
7 24 (11.21%) Business Development
7 24 (11.21%) Logistics
8 22 (10.28%) Analytics
8 22 (10.28%) Mentoring
9 21 (9.81%) Service Delivery
9 21 (9.81%) Stakeholder Management
10 19 (8.88%) DevOps
11 18 (8.41%) Customer Engagement
11 18 (8.41%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 17 (7.94%) Migration
13 16 (7.48%) Business Intelligence
13 16 (7.48%) Project Management
14 15 (7.01%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 8 (3.74%) Python
2 7 (3.27%) SQL
3 3 (1.40%) Java
3 3 (1.40%) PowerShell
4 2 (0.93%) Bash
5 1 (0.47%) Go
5 1 (0.47%) JavaScript
5 1 (0.47%) Kusto Query Language
5 1 (0.47%) Scala
Qualifications
1 37 (17.29%) Security Cleared
2 32 (14.95%) Degree
3 25 (11.68%) SC Cleared
4 18 (8.41%) Azure Certification
5 13 (6.07%) AWS Certification
6 12 (5.61%) Master's Degree
7 10 (4.67%) Microsoft Certification
8 8 (3.74%) DV Cleared
8 8 (3.74%) SAP Certification
9 7 (3.27%) Computer Science Degree
10 6 (2.80%) Cisco Certification
11 5 (2.34%) CCNA
12 4 (1.87%) CISM
12 4 (1.87%) CISMP
12 4 (1.87%) CISSP
12 4 (1.87%) CRISC
12 4 (1.87%) DBS Check
12 4 (1.87%) HNC
12 4 (1.87%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
12 4 (1.87%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (5.61%) QA
2 9 (4.21%) Data Quality
2 9 (4.21%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 5 (2.34%) GDPR
3 5 (2.34%) GRC
3 5 (2.34%) NIST
4 4 (1.87%) Cyber Essentials
4 4 (1.87%) JSP 440
4 4 (1.87%) NIST 800
5 3 (1.40%) ISO 9001
6 2 (0.93%) NCSC
7 1 (0.47%) GAAP
7 1 (0.47%) GxP
System Software
1 4 (1.87%) Docker
2 3 (1.40%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (0.93%) Hyper-V
4 1 (0.47%) Active Directory
4 1 (0.47%) Firmware
4 1 (0.47%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 10 (4.67%) Terraform
2 7 (3.27%) Kubernetes
3 3 (1.40%) Microsoft Intune
4 2 (0.93%) Autotask
5 1 (0.47%) FortiGate
5 1 (0.47%) OpenView
5 1 (0.47%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 44 (20.56%) Microsoft
2 37 (17.29%) SAP
3 11 (5.14%) Cisco
4 10 (4.67%) Fortinet
5 8 (3.74%) Ariba
6 7 (3.27%) IBM
7 5 (2.34%) Databricks
7 5 (2.34%) Google
8 4 (1.87%) Informatica
9 3 (1.40%) Anaplan
9 3 (1.40%) Juniper
9 3 (1.40%) Lotus
9 3 (1.40%) Oracle
9 3 (1.40%) Palo Alto
9 3 (1.40%) VMware
10 2 (0.93%) Foundry
10 2 (0.93%) Guidewire
10 2 (0.93%) Ribbon
10 2 (0.93%) Sage
10 2 (0.93%) ServiceNow