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 5 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 171 261 161
Rank change year-on-year +90 -100 -7
Permanent jobs citing Presales 278 152 662
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.52% 1.09% 2.04%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.84% 1.15% 2.23%
Number of salaries quoted 207 118 445
10th Percentile £40,000 £38,725 £38,000
25th Percentile £48,750 £47,500 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £72,500 £61,500
Median % change year-on-year - +17.89% -23.13%
75th Percentile £88,750 £100,000 £87,500
90th Percentile £95,500 £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 15,147 13,187 29,633
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 82.70% 94.84% 91.28%
Number of salaries quoted 10,663 8,892 23,493
10th Percentile £32,750 £31,250 £33,750
25th Percentile £45,000 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,100 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +0.17% +4.35% -8.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £105,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £59,450 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -0.92% +9.09% -10.57%

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 5 May 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 (5.04%) Apache Airflow
2 10 (3.60%) Apache Spark
3 5 (1.80%) Confluence
4 1 (0.36%) SharePoint
Applications
1 3 (1.08%) AutoCAD
1 3 (1.08%) Microsoft Excel
1 3 (1.08%) MS Visio
1 3 (1.08%) SOLIDWORKS
2 2 (0.72%) Avid Media Composer
2 2 (0.72%) Pro Tools
3 1 (0.36%) Chatbot
3 1 (0.36%) Microsoft Project
3 1 (0.36%) Trello
Business Applications
1 9 (3.24%) SAP S/4HANA
2 3 (1.08%) SAP Business One
3 2 (0.72%) Dynamics CRM
3 2 (0.72%) Dynamics NAV
4 1 (0.36%) NetSuite
4 1 (0.36%) SAP HCM
4 1 (0.36%) SAP IBP
4 1 (0.36%) SAP MII
4 1 (0.36%) SAP Oil and Gas
4 1 (0.36%) SAP PM
4 1 (0.36%) SAP PP
Cloud Services
1 78 (28.06%) Azure
2 55 (19.78%) AWS
3 34 (12.23%) SaaS
4 27 (9.71%) GCP
5 19 (6.83%) Snowflake
6 16 (5.76%) Nutanix
7 14 (5.04%) Microsoft 365
8 10 (3.60%) Power Platform
8 10 (3.60%) Serverless
9 9 (3.24%) Amazon SageMaker
9 9 (3.24%) Azure Machine Learning
9 9 (3.24%) Dagster
9 9 (3.24%) Vertex AI
10 6 (2.16%) dbt
10 6 (2.16%) Dynamics 365
10 6 (2.16%) Matillion
10 6 (2.16%) Mimecast
11 5 (1.80%) Azure Data Factory
11 5 (1.80%) OCI
12 4 (1.44%) Azure Synapse Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 23 (8.27%) WAN
2 18 (6.47%) SD-WAN
3 16 (5.76%) LAN
4 15 (5.40%) Firewall
5 13 (4.68%) VSAN
6 11 (3.96%) Network Security
7 8 (2.88%) MPLS
8 7 (2.52%) Wireless
9 5 (1.80%) Broadband
9 5 (1.80%) VPN
10 4 (1.44%) DNS
10 4 (1.44%) IPv6
11 3 (1.08%) DHCP
11 3 (1.08%) Fibre Channel
11 3 (1.08%) iSCSI
11 3 (1.08%) Software-Defined Networking
11 3 (1.08%) VoIP
11 3 (1.08%) WLAN
12 2 (0.72%) ATM
12 2 (0.72%) SNMP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (4.32%) Data Warehouse
2 9 (3.24%) Amazon Redshift
2 9 (3.24%) Apache Iceberg
2 9 (3.24%) BigQuery
2 9 (3.24%) Delta Lake
2 9 (3.24%) Elasticsearch
2 9 (3.24%) Looker
2 9 (3.24%) Pinecone
2 9 (3.24%) Tableau
2 9 (3.24%) Weaviate
3 6 (2.16%) Power BI
4 5 (1.80%) SAP HANA
5 2 (0.72%) Data Lake
5 2 (0.72%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 1 (0.36%) Big Data
6 1 (0.36%) Metadata
6 1 (0.36%) Snowflake Schema
6 1 (0.36%) SQL Server
6 1 (0.36%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 9 (3.24%) MLflow
2 6 (2.16%) JIRA
3 3 (1.08%) Git
4 1 (0.36%) Appium
4 1 (0.36%) Bitbucket
4 1 (0.36%) Cypress.io
4 1 (0.36%) GitLab
4 1 (0.36%) Selenium
4 1 (0.36%) Snyk
General
1 75 (26.98%) Social Skills
2 41 (14.75%) Marketing
3 32 (11.51%) Public Sector
4 31 (11.15%) Finance
5 22 (7.91%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 17 (6.12%) Presentation Skills
7 14 (5.04%) Analytical Skills
8 8 (2.88%) Manufacturing
9 6 (2.16%) Law
9 6 (2.16%) Organisational Skills
9 6 (2.16%) Retail
10 5 (1.80%) Banking
10 5 (1.80%) Telecoms
11 4 (1.44%) Advertising
11 4 (1.44%) Documentation Skills
11 4 (1.44%) Games
12 3 (1.08%) Aerospace
12 3 (1.08%) Local Government
13 2 (0.72%) German Language
13 2 (0.72%) Military
Job Titles
1 89 (32.01%) Consultant
2 86 (30.94%) Architect
3 62 (22.30%) Solutions Architect
4 57 (20.50%) Senior
5 30 (10.79%) Presales Solution Architect
6 28 (10.07%) Cloud Consultant
6 28 (10.07%) Senior Consultant
7 22 (7.91%) Solutions Consultant
8 19 (6.83%) Presales Consultant
9 18 (6.47%) Infrastructure Consultant
9 18 (6.47%) Technical Consultant
10 17 (6.12%) Technical Architect
11 16 (5.76%) Senior Architect
12 15 (5.40%) Account Manager
12 15 (5.40%) Cloud Infrastructure Consultant
12 15 (5.40%) Sales Executive
13 14 (5.04%) Presales Engineer
14 13 (4.68%) Infrastructure Architect
15 12 (4.32%) Junior
15 12 (4.32%) Senior Technical Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (3.60%) PyTorch
1 10 (3.60%) TensorFlow
2 9 (3.24%) Faiss
2 9 (3.24%) vLLM
3 4 (1.44%) SAP Fiori
4 2 (0.72%) React
4 2 (0.72%) REST
4 2 (0.72%) SOAP
5 1 (0.36%) .NET
5 1 (0.36%) HEVC
5 1 (0.36%) HTML5 Canvas
5 1 (0.36%) NumPy
5 1 (0.36%) Pandas
5 1 (0.36%) Playwright
5 1 (0.36%) Regular Expression
5 1 (0.36%) scikit-learn
Miscellaneous
1 39 (14.03%) Data Centre
2 17 (6.12%) Driving Licence
3 15 (5.40%) Product Ownership
4 14 (5.04%) Public Cloud
5 13 (4.68%) Private Cloud
6 11 (3.96%) Onboarding
7 9 (3.24%) Cloud Native
8 8 (2.88%) Blog
9 6 (2.16%) Enterprise Software
9 6 (2.16%) Greenfield Project
9 6 (2.16%) Web Conferencing
10 5 (1.80%) Life Science
11 4 (1.44%) CMDB
12 3 (1.08%) Enterprise Storage
12 3 (1.08%) Hybrid Cloud
12 3 (1.08%) Low-Code
12 3 (1.08%) Self-Motivation
12 3 (1.08%) VxBlock/Vblock
13 2 (0.72%) Data Fabric
13 2 (0.72%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
Operating Systems
1 20 (7.19%) Windows
2 16 (5.76%) Linux
3 2 (0.72%) Mac OS
4 1 (0.36%) FreeBSD
4 1 (0.36%) OpenBSD
4 1 (0.36%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 53 (19.06%) Roadmaps
2 46 (16.55%) AI
3 42 (15.11%) Project Delivery
4 37 (13.31%) Problem-Solving
5 35 (12.59%) Customer Engagement
6 34 (12.23%) Cybersecurity
7 30 (10.79%) Workshop Facilitation
8 28 (10.07%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 27 (9.71%) Agile
10 25 (8.99%) Mentoring
10 25 (8.99%) Project Management
11 23 (8.27%) Use Case
12 21 (7.55%) Collaborative Culture
12 21 (7.55%) Decision-Making
12 21 (7.55%) ITSM
12 21 (7.55%) Migration
12 21 (7.55%) Technical Leadership
13 20 (7.19%) Enterprise Architecture
14 19 (6.83%) Stakeholder Management
14 19 (6.83%) Strategic Thinking
Programming Languages
1 21 (7.55%) SQL
2 19 (6.83%) Python
3 10 (3.60%) Bash
4 9 (3.24%) Go
4 9 (3.24%) Java
4 9 (3.24%) Scala
5 4 (1.44%) JavaScript
6 2 (0.72%) PHP
6 2 (0.72%) R
7 1 (0.36%) ABAP
7 1 (0.36%) C#
7 1 (0.36%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 31 (11.15%) Security Cleared
2 23 (8.27%) SC Cleared
3 22 (7.91%) Cisco Certification
4 21 (7.55%) Degree
5 16 (5.76%) CCNP
5 16 (5.76%) DV Cleared
5 16 (5.76%) VCAP
5 16 (5.76%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
6 15 (5.40%) Azure Certification
7 14 (5.04%) Microsoft Certification
8 12 (4.32%) VCDX
9 8 (2.88%) CCNA
10 7 (2.52%) CCIE
11 6 (2.16%) CREST Certified
12 4 (1.44%) CCSE
12 4 (1.44%) LPIC
12 4 (1.44%) MCSE
12 4 (1.44%) RHCSA
12 4 (1.44%) SAP Certification
13 3 (1.08%) JNCIP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (3.60%) PMO
1 10 (3.60%) QA
2 9 (3.24%) GDPR
2 9 (3.24%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 6 (2.16%) PCI DSS
4 4 (1.44%) Accessibility
5 3 (1.08%) Data Quality
5 3 (1.08%) GAAP
5 3 (1.08%) GRC
5 3 (1.08%) SLA
6 2 (0.72%) NIST
7 1 (0.36%) IFRS
7 1 (0.36%) IFRS 17
7 1 (0.36%) NCSC
7 1 (0.36%) Solvency II
System Software
1 28 (10.07%) VMware Infrastructure
2 19 (6.83%) vSphere
3 13 (4.68%) VMware NSX
4 12 (4.32%) vCloud
5 9 (3.24%) Active Directory
5 9 (3.24%) Docker
6 4 (1.44%) Hyper-V
7 1 (0.36%) KVM
7 1 (0.36%) Virtual Desktop
7 1 (0.36%) Virtual Machines
7 1 (0.36%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 10 (3.60%) Terraform
2 5 (1.80%) Microsoft Intune
3 4 (1.44%) Ansible
4 3 (1.08%) Avamar
4 3 (1.08%) Dell DRAC
4 3 (1.08%) EMC NetWorker
4 3 (1.08%) EMC VPLEX
4 3 (1.08%) VxRail
5 2 (0.72%) OpenView
5 2 (0.72%) Tivoli
6 1 (0.36%) Autotask
6 1 (0.36%) Kubernetes
6 1 (0.36%) Proxmox
Vendors
1 50 (17.99%) Microsoft
2 29 (10.43%) VMware
3 26 (9.35%) Cisco
4 15 (5.40%) Dell
4 15 (5.40%) Fortinet
4 15 (5.40%) NetApp
4 15 (5.40%) Nimble Storage
4 15 (5.40%) SAP
5 14 (5.04%) Databricks
6 12 (4.32%) Broadcom
7 11 (3.96%) Palo Alto
8 10 (3.60%) ServiceNow
9 9 (3.24%) Palantir
10 6 (2.16%) Barracuda Networks
10 6 (2.16%) Google
10 6 (2.16%) Meraki
10 6 (2.16%) N-able
10 6 (2.16%) Sophos
11 5 (1.80%) Juniper
11 5 (1.80%) Zscaler