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 1 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 146 307 154
Rank change year-on-year +161 -153 -1
Permanent jobs citing Presales 337 136 683
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.76% 0.91% 2.05%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.12% 0.96% 2.28%
Number of salaries quoted 259 116 469
10th Percentile £40,000 £31,250 £38,000
25th Percentile £48,750 £51,875 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £72,500 £61,500
Median % change year-on-year +3.45% +17.89% -20.65%
75th Percentile £92,500 £100,000 £86,250
90th Percentile £105,000 £115,000 £102,500
UK median annual salary £70,000 £70,000 £61,500
% change year-on-year - +13.82% -23.13%

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 15,868 14,194 30,016
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 82.65% 94.78% 89.89%
Number of salaries quoted 11,361 8,349 23,518
10th Percentile £35,000 £30,000 £33,750
25th Percentile £45,000 £42,500 £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 £80,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £105,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% -9.69%

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 1 June 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 14 (4.15%) Apache Airflow
2 10 (2.97%) Apache Spark
3 5 (1.48%) Confluence
4 4 (1.19%) SharePoint
Applications
1 3 (0.89%) AutoCAD
1 3 (0.89%) Microsoft Excel
1 3 (0.89%) MS Visio
1 3 (0.89%) SOLIDWORKS
2 2 (0.59%) Avid Media Composer
2 2 (0.59%) Pro Tools
3 1 (0.30%) Chatbot
3 1 (0.30%) Microsoft Project
3 1 (0.30%) Trello
Business Applications
1 9 (2.67%) SAP S/4HANA
2 3 (0.89%) SAP Business One
3 2 (0.59%) Dynamics CRM
3 2 (0.59%) Dynamics NAV
4 1 (0.30%) HFM
4 1 (0.30%) SAP IBP
4 1 (0.30%) SAP MII
4 1 (0.30%) SAP Oil and Gas
4 1 (0.30%) SAP PM
4 1 (0.30%) SAP PP
Cloud Services
1 97 (28.78%) Azure
2 66 (19.58%) AWS
3 37 (10.98%) SaaS
4 30 (8.90%) GCP
5 23 (6.82%) Microsoft 365
5 23 (6.82%) Nutanix
6 20 (5.93%) Snowflake
7 14 (4.15%) Power Platform
8 12 (3.56%) Serverless
9 9 (2.67%) Amazon SageMaker
9 9 (2.67%) Azure Machine Learning
9 9 (2.67%) Dagster
9 9 (2.67%) Vertex AI
10 8 (2.37%) Entra ID
11 7 (2.08%) Azure Data Factory
12 6 (1.78%) Azure Synapse Analytics
12 6 (1.78%) Dynamics 365
12 6 (1.78%) Mimecast
12 6 (1.78%) OCI
12 6 (1.78%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 28 (8.31%) WAN
2 23 (6.82%) Firewall
3 21 (6.23%) SD-WAN
4 19 (5.64%) LAN
4 19 (5.64%) VSAN
5 12 (3.56%) Network Security
6 9 (2.67%) MPLS
7 7 (2.08%) VPN
7 7 (2.08%) Wireless
8 6 (1.78%) Broadband
8 6 (1.78%) Fibre Channel
8 6 (1.78%) iSCSI
8 6 (1.78%) WLAN
9 5 (1.48%) DNS
10 4 (1.19%) IPv6
11 3 (0.89%) DHCP
11 3 (0.89%) Software-Defined Networking
11 3 (0.89%) TCP/IP
11 3 (0.89%) VoIP
12 2 (0.59%) ATM
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (4.75%) Data Warehouse
2 10 (2.97%) Power BI
3 9 (2.67%) Amazon Redshift
3 9 (2.67%) Apache Iceberg
3 9 (2.67%) BigQuery
3 9 (2.67%) Delta Lake
3 9 (2.67%) Elasticsearch
3 9 (2.67%) Looker
3 9 (2.67%) Pinecone
3 9 (2.67%) Tableau
3 9 (2.67%) Weaviate
4 7 (2.08%) SAP HANA
5 5 (1.48%) Data Lake
6 2 (0.59%) Metadata
6 2 (0.59%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 1 (0.30%) Azure SQL Database
7 1 (0.30%) Big Data
7 1 (0.30%) SQL Server
7 1 (0.30%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 9 (2.67%) MLflow
2 6 (1.78%) JIRA
3 4 (1.19%) Git
3 4 (1.19%) JUnit
3 4 (1.19%) Maven
3 4 (1.19%) Mockito
4 3 (0.89%) Snyk
5 2 (0.59%) Bitbucket
5 2 (0.59%) GitLab
6 1 (0.30%) Appium
6 1 (0.30%) Cypress.io
6 1 (0.30%) Selenium
General
1 88 (26.11%) Social Skills
2 46 (13.65%) Finance
3 42 (12.46%) Public Sector
4 38 (11.28%) Marketing
5 20 (5.93%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 18 (5.34%) Presentation Skills
7 17 (5.04%) Analytical Skills
8 14 (4.15%) Manufacturing
9 7 (2.08%) Organisational Skills
9 7 (2.08%) Telecoms
10 6 (1.78%) Games
11 5 (1.48%) Documentation Skills
11 5 (1.48%) Law
12 4 (1.19%) Advertising
12 4 (1.19%) Aerospace
12 4 (1.19%) Banking
12 4 (1.19%) Retail
13 3 (0.89%) Local Government
14 2 (0.59%) Military
15 1 (0.30%) Legal
Job Titles
1 111 (32.94%) Architect
2 109 (32.34%) Consultant
3 77 (22.85%) Solutions Architect
4 72 (21.36%) Senior
5 41 (12.17%) Presales Solution Architect
6 36 (10.68%) Senior Consultant
7 34 (10.09%) Cloud Consultant
8 27 (8.01%) Technical Consultant
9 25 (7.42%) Senior Architect
10 24 (7.12%) Presales Consultant
11 23 (6.82%) Solutions Consultant
12 21 (6.23%) Infrastructure Consultant
12 21 (6.23%) Senior Technical Consultant
13 20 (5.93%) Technical Architect
14 16 (4.75%) Infrastructure Architect
15 15 (4.45%) Account Manager
15 15 (4.45%) Cloud Infrastructure Consultant
15 15 (4.45%) Presales Engineer
15 15 (4.45%) Sales Executive
15 15 (4.45%) VMware Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (4.15%) REST
2 10 (2.97%) PyTorch
2 10 (2.97%) SOAP
2 10 (2.97%) TensorFlow
3 9 (2.67%) Faiss
3 9 (2.67%) vLLM
4 6 (1.78%) React
5 5 (1.48%) SAP Fiori
6 4 (1.19%) Spring
7 3 (0.89%) Regular Expression
8 2 (0.59%) Microsoft Graph
8 2 (0.59%) ModSecurity
9 1 (0.30%) .NET
9 1 (0.30%) HEVC
9 1 (0.30%) HTML5 Canvas
9 1 (0.30%) NumPy
9 1 (0.30%) Pandas
9 1 (0.30%) Playwright
9 1 (0.30%) scikit-learn
Miscellaneous
1 48 (14.24%) Data Centre
2 18 (5.34%) Driving Licence
3 17 (5.04%) Onboarding
4 16 (4.75%) Public Cloud
5 14 (4.15%) Private Cloud
5 14 (4.15%) Product Ownership
6 12 (3.56%) Cloud Native
7 10 (2.97%) CMDB
8 8 (2.37%) Blog
9 6 (1.78%) Enterprise Software
9 6 (1.78%) Enterprise Storage
9 6 (1.78%) Greenfield Project
9 6 (1.78%) VxBlock/Vblock
9 6 (1.78%) Web Conferencing
10 5 (1.48%) Data Fabric
10 5 (1.48%) Life Science
10 5 (1.48%) Low-Code
11 4 (1.19%) Hybrid Cloud
12 3 (0.89%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
13 2 (0.59%) Video Editing
Operating Systems
1 24 (7.12%) Windows
2 17 (5.04%) Linux
3 3 (0.89%) Mac OS
3 3 (0.89%) Windows Server
4 2 (0.59%) Android
5 1 (0.30%) Apple iOS
5 1 (0.30%) FreeBSD
5 1 (0.30%) OpenBSD
Processes & Methodologies
1 67 (19.88%) AI
2 59 (17.51%) Roadmaps
3 43 (12.76%) Cybersecurity
3 43 (12.76%) Problem-Solving
4 42 (12.46%) Customer Engagement
5 40 (11.87%) Project Delivery
6 38 (11.28%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 38 (11.28%) Workshop Facilitation
7 35 (10.39%) Mentoring
8 32 (9.50%) Agile
9 30 (8.90%) Decision-Making
9 30 (8.90%) Stakeholder Management
10 29 (8.61%) Technical Leadership
11 26 (7.72%) Use Case
12 24 (7.12%) Machine Learning
13 23 (6.82%) CI/CD
13 23 (6.82%) Collaborative Culture
13 23 (6.82%) ITSM
14 22 (6.53%) ITIL
14 22 (6.53%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 31 (9.20%) SQL
2 22 (6.53%) Python
3 13 (3.86%) Java
4 10 (2.97%) Bash
5 9 (2.67%) Go
5 9 (2.67%) Scala
6 7 (2.08%) JavaScript
7 4 (1.19%) PL/SQL
7 4 (1.19%) PowerShell
8 2 (0.59%) C#
8 2 (0.59%) PHP
8 2 (0.59%) R
9 1 (0.30%) ABAP
9 1 (0.30%) C
9 1 (0.30%) C++
Qualifications
1 41 (12.17%) Security Cleared
2 28 (8.31%) Cisco Certification
3 26 (7.72%) SC Cleared
4 24 (7.12%) DV Cleared
5 23 (6.82%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
6 22 (6.53%) CCNP
6 22 (6.53%) VCAP
7 21 (6.23%) Degree
8 18 (5.34%) VCDX
9 16 (4.75%) Microsoft Certification
10 15 (4.45%) Azure Certification
11 11 (3.26%) CCIE
12 9 (2.67%) CCNA
13 6 (1.78%) CREST Certified
13 6 (1.78%) Dell Certification
14 5 (1.48%) RHCSA
15 4 (1.19%) CCSE
15 4 (1.19%) LPIC
15 4 (1.19%) MCSE
16 3 (0.89%) JNCIP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (4.45%) PMO
1 15 (4.45%) QA
2 13 (3.86%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 10 (2.97%) GDPR
3 10 (2.97%) GRC
4 6 (1.78%) PCI DSS
5 4 (1.19%) Accessibility
5 4 (1.19%) NIST
6 3 (0.89%) Data Quality
6 3 (0.89%) GAAP
6 3 (0.89%) SLA
7 2 (0.59%) JSP 440
8 1 (0.30%) IFRS
8 1 (0.30%) IFRS 17
8 1 (0.30%) NCSC
8 1 (0.30%) Solvency II
System Software
1 39 (11.57%) VMware Infrastructure
2 28 (8.31%) vSphere
3 19 (5.64%) VMware NSX
4 16 (4.75%) vCloud
5 13 (3.86%) Active Directory
5 13 (3.86%) Docker
6 9 (2.67%) Hyper-V
7 3 (0.89%) Virtual Machines
8 1 (0.30%) BitLocker
8 1 (0.30%) KVM
8 1 (0.30%) Virtual Desktop
8 1 (0.30%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 9 (2.67%) Terraform
2 6 (1.78%) Avamar
2 6 (1.78%) Dell DRAC
2 6 (1.78%) EMC NetWorker
2 6 (1.78%) EMC VPLEX
2 6 (1.78%) Kubernetes
2 6 (1.78%) Microsoft Intune
2 6 (1.78%) VxRail
3 4 (1.19%) Ansible
4 2 (0.59%) OpenView
4 2 (0.59%) Tivoli
4 2 (0.59%) vCenter Server
5 1 (0.30%) Autotask
5 1 (0.30%) Jamf Pro
5 1 (0.30%) Proxmox
5 1 (0.30%) SysTrack
Vendors
1 68 (20.18%) Microsoft
2 40 (11.87%) VMware
3 32 (9.50%) Cisco
4 22 (6.53%) Dell
4 22 (6.53%) NetApp
4 22 (6.53%) Nimble Storage
5 18 (5.34%) Broadcom
6 17 (5.04%) Databricks
7 16 (4.75%) SAP
7 16 (4.75%) ServiceNow
8 15 (4.45%) Palo Alto
9 14 (4.15%) Fortinet
10 9 (2.67%) Juniper
10 9 (2.67%) Palantir
11 8 (2.37%) Oracle
12 7 (2.08%) CrowdStrike
12 7 (2.08%) Google
12 7 (2.08%) Meraki
13 6 (1.78%) 3PAR
13 6 (1.78%) N-able