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 13 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 153 210 153
Rank change year-on-year +57 -57 +47
Permanent jobs citing Presales 446 225 475
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.78% 1.36% 2.23%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.21% 1.45% 2.53%
Number of salaries quoted 360 181 220
10th Percentile £41,250 £41,250 £37,250
25th Percentile £55,000 £56,250 £53,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 £75,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year +6.67% - -
75th Percentile £94,063 £100,000 £85,000
90th Percentile £110,125 £115,000 £95,125
UK median annual salary £72,500 £70,000 £75,000
% change year-on-year +3.57% -6.67% +3.45%

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 20,151 15,479 18,778
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 80.63% 93.83% 88.19%
Number of salaries quoted 14,312 8,360 11,026
10th Percentile £34,000 £29,750 £35,500
25th Percentile £44,447 £40,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% -4.17% -4.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £81,250
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £102,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% -8.33% -

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 13 October 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 8 (1.79%) SharePoint
2 5 (1.12%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (0.22%) Apache
3 1 (0.22%) Apache Airflow
3 1 (0.22%) Apache Spark
3 1 (0.22%) Appian
Applications
1 5 (1.12%) Microsoft Project
2 2 (0.45%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 6 (1.35%) Dynamics NAV
2 5 (1.12%) SAP Business One
3 4 (0.90%) Oracle Payables
3 4 (0.90%) Oracle Receivables
4 3 (0.67%) Dynamics CRM
4 3 (0.67%) NetSuite
4 3 (0.67%) Oracle Cash Management
4 3 (0.67%) Oracle ERP
4 3 (0.67%) Oracle General Ledger
5 2 (0.45%) Sage 200
5 2 (0.45%) SAP S/4HANA
5 2 (0.45%) Workday HCM
6 1 (0.22%) Dynamics AX
6 1 (0.22%) HFM
6 1 (0.22%) JDE EnterpriseOne
6 1 (0.22%) Oracle Assets
6 1 (0.22%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 133 (29.82%) Azure
2 54 (12.11%) AWS
3 45 (10.09%) Microsoft 365
4 39 (8.74%) SaaS
5 37 (8.30%) Power Platform
6 32 (7.17%) Dynamics 365
7 27 (6.05%) Entra ID
8 22 (4.93%) GCP
9 19 (4.26%) Nutanix
10 14 (3.14%) Microsoft Copilot
11 13 (2.91%) Power Automate
12 11 (2.47%) Microsoft Purview
13 10 (2.24%) PowerApps
14 8 (1.79%) Azure Data Factory
14 8 (1.79%) Azure DevOps
14 8 (1.79%) Azure Synapse Analytics
15 6 (1.35%) PaaS
15 6 (1.35%) Snowflake
16 5 (1.12%) Azure Sentinel
16 5 (1.12%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 30 (6.73%) Firewall
2 21 (4.71%) WAN
3 17 (3.81%) VSAN
4 16 (3.59%) LAN
5 13 (2.91%) SD-WAN
6 12 (2.69%) Network Security
6 12 (2.69%) Unified Communications
7 9 (2.02%) WLAN
8 7 (1.57%) DNS
9 6 (1.35%) Fibre Channel
9 6 (1.35%) iSCSI
10 5 (1.12%) VLAN
10 5 (1.12%) VPN
11 4 (0.90%) DWDM
11 4 (0.90%) WebEx
11 4 (0.90%) Wireless
12 3 (0.67%) 5G
12 3 (0.67%) Cisco ASA
12 3 (0.67%) MPLS
13 2 (0.45%) Cisco Nexus
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (3.59%) Power BI
2 12 (2.69%) Data Warehouse
3 8 (1.79%) SAP HANA
4 6 (1.35%) Metadata
5 5 (1.12%) Data Lake
5 5 (1.12%) Tableau
6 4 (0.90%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 3 (0.67%) Looker
7 3 (0.67%) SQL Server Analysis Services
7 3 (0.67%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 2 (0.45%) Big Data
8 2 (0.45%) Semantic Layer
9 1 (0.22%) Azure SQL Database
9 1 (0.22%) Delta Lake
9 1 (0.22%) MySQL
9 1 (0.22%) Spatial Data
9 1 (0.22%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 4 (0.90%) JUnit
1 4 (0.90%) Maven
1 4 (0.90%) Mockito
2 3 (0.67%) Snyk
3 2 (0.45%) Bitbucket
3 2 (0.45%) Git
3 2 (0.45%) GitLab
3 2 (0.45%) MLflow
3 2 (0.45%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 169 (37.89%) Social Skills
2 108 (24.22%) Finance
3 51 (11.43%) Presentation Skills
3 51 (11.43%) Public Sector
4 33 (7.40%) Marketing
5 21 (4.71%) Manufacturing
5 21 (4.71%) Telecoms
6 18 (4.04%) Analytical Skills
7 16 (3.59%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 13 (2.91%) Documentation Skills
9 12 (2.69%) Law
10 9 (2.02%) Advertising
10 9 (2.02%) Local Government
11 8 (1.79%) Games
11 8 (1.79%) Legal
12 7 (1.57%) Retail
13 5 (1.12%) Aerospace
13 5 (1.12%) French Language
14 4 (0.90%) Arabic Language
14 4 (0.90%) Mandarin Language
Job Titles
1 145 (32.51%) Architect
2 129 (28.92%) Consultant
3 111 (24.89%) Solutions Architect
4 72 (16.14%) Senior
5 57 (12.78%) Presales Solution Architect
6 33 (7.40%) Senior Consultant
7 31 (6.95%) Lead
8 30 (6.73%) Solutions Consultant
9 27 (6.05%) Technical Consultant
10 26 (5.83%) Presales Consultant
11 22 (4.93%) Senior Technical Consultant
12 19 (4.26%) Cloud Consultant
13 18 (4.04%) Cloud Architect
13 18 (4.04%) Technical Architect
14 17 (3.81%) Dynamics 365 Architect
14 17 (3.81%) Sales Engineer
14 17 (3.81%) Senior Architect
15 16 (3.59%) Dynamics 365 Solution Architect
15 16 (3.59%) Security Consultant
15 16 (3.59%) VMware Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 19 (4.26%) REST
2 15 (3.36%) SOAP
3 8 (1.79%) .NET
4 7 (1.57%) React
5 5 (1.12%) ModSecurity
6 4 (0.90%) PySpark
6 4 (0.90%) Spring
6 4 (0.90%) Terraform
7 3 (0.67%) CarPlay
7 3 (0.67%) MDX
7 3 (0.67%) Regular Expression
8 2 (0.45%) Microsoft Graph
9 1 (0.22%) AngularJS
9 1 (0.22%) CSS
9 1 (0.22%) HEVC
9 1 (0.22%) HTML
9 1 (0.22%) Model Context Protocol
9 1 (0.22%) SAP Fiori
Miscellaneous
1 49 (10.99%) Data Centre
2 28 (6.28%) Onboarding
3 22 (4.93%) Self-Motivation
4 20 (4.48%) Driving Licence
5 17 (3.81%) Enterprise Software
6 13 (2.91%) CMDB
7 12 (2.69%) PACS
8 10 (2.24%) AI Agents
8 10 (2.24%) Private Cloud
9 9 (2.02%) Cloud Native
9 9 (2.02%) Hybrid Cloud
10 8 (1.79%) Greenfield Project
11 7 (1.57%) IoT
12 6 (1.35%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
12 6 (1.35%) Enterprise Cloud
12 6 (1.35%) Enterprise Storage
12 6 (1.35%) VxBlock/Vblock
13 5 (1.12%) Data Fabric
13 5 (1.12%) Digital Currency
13 5 (1.12%) iPhone
Operating Systems
1 24 (5.38%) Windows
2 12 (2.69%) Windows Server
3 11 (2.47%) Linux
4 9 (2.02%) Android
5 4 (0.90%) Apple iOS
6 3 (0.67%) Embedded Linux
7 1 (0.22%) macOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 102 (22.87%) AI
2 74 (16.59%) Stakeholder Management
3 69 (15.47%) Customer Engagement
4 68 (15.25%) Cybersecurity
4 68 (15.25%) Decision-Making
5 66 (14.80%) Roadmaps
6 64 (14.35%) Mentoring
7 56 (12.56%) Commercial Awareness
8 52 (11.66%) Problem-Solving
8 52 (11.66%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 51 (11.43%) Translating Business Requirements
9 51 (11.43%) Workshop Facilitation
10 50 (11.21%) Customer Requirements
11 47 (10.54%) Migration
12 44 (9.87%) Technical Leadership
13 42 (9.42%) Agile
14 40 (8.97%) Business Development
15 38 (8.52%) Continuous Improvement
16 36 (8.07%) Project Delivery
17 35 (7.85%) Requirements Gathering
Programming Languages
1 28 (6.28%) SQL
2 17 (3.81%) Python
3 9 (2.02%) C#
4 8 (1.79%) JavaScript
4 8 (1.79%) PowerShell
5 7 (1.57%) Java
6 6 (1.35%) C++
7 4 (0.90%) PL/SQL
8 3 (0.67%) C
8 3 (0.67%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 3 (0.67%) Embedded C++
9 2 (0.45%) PHP
10 1 (0.22%) Bicep
Qualifications
1 81 (18.16%) Security Cleared
2 60 (13.45%) SC Cleared
3 31 (6.95%) DV Cleared
4 30 (6.73%) Degree
5 24 (5.38%) Microsoft Certification
6 21 (4.71%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
7 17 (3.81%) VCAP
7 17 (3.81%) VCDX
8 16 (3.59%) Cisco Certification
9 15 (3.36%) Azure Certification
9 15 (3.36%) CCNP
10 9 (2.02%) CISSP
11 7 (1.57%) CCIE
11 7 (1.57%) CISM
12 6 (1.35%) Dell Certification
12 6 (1.35%) TOGAF Certification
13 5 (1.12%) CRISC
13 5 (1.12%) DBS Check
13 5 (1.12%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
14 4 (0.90%) RHCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 21 (4.71%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 19 (4.26%) GRC
3 18 (4.04%) PMO
4 16 (3.59%) QA
5 15 (3.36%) NIST
6 14 (3.14%) GDPR
7 7 (1.57%) Cyber Essentials
8 6 (1.35%) Data Quality
9 5 (1.12%) JSP 440
10 4 (0.90%) PCI DSS
11 3 (0.67%) Accessibility
11 3 (0.67%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
12 2 (0.45%) Actionable Recommendations
13 1 (0.22%) IFRS
13 1 (0.22%) IFRS 17
13 1 (0.22%) NCSC
13 1 (0.22%) NIST 800
13 1 (0.22%) SLA
13 1 (0.22%) Solvency II
System Software
1 36 (8.07%) VMware Infrastructure
2 23 (5.16%) vSphere
3 20 (4.48%) Active Directory
4 18 (4.04%) Hyper-V
5 17 (3.81%) VMware NSX
6 12 (2.69%) vCloud
7 7 (1.57%) Docker
8 3 (0.67%) Virtual Machines
9 2 (0.45%) Firmware
10 1 (0.22%) BitLocker
Systems Management
1 22 (4.93%) Microsoft Intune
2 19 (4.26%) Kubernetes
3 6 (1.35%) Avamar
3 6 (1.35%) CASB
3 6 (1.35%) Dell DRAC
3 6 (1.35%) EMC NetWorker
3 6 (1.35%) EMC VPLEX
3 6 (1.35%) VxRail
4 5 (1.12%) vCenter Server
5 3 (0.67%) Ansible
6 1 (0.22%) Jamf Pro
6 1 (0.22%) NetBackup
6 1 (0.22%) SysTrack
Vendors
1 137 (30.72%) Microsoft
2 42 (9.42%) VMware
3 37 (8.30%) Cisco
4 24 (5.38%) NetApp
5 18 (4.04%) Dell
5 18 (4.04%) Nimble Storage
6 17 (3.81%) Broadcom
6 17 (3.81%) Databricks
6 17 (3.81%) ServiceNow
7 15 (3.36%) Juniper
7 15 (3.36%) SAP
8 12 (2.69%) Palo Alto
8 12 (2.69%) Veeam
9 10 (2.24%) Oracle
10 9 (2.02%) CrowdStrike
11 8 (1.79%) Google
11 8 (1.79%) Meraki
11 8 (1.79%) Salesforce
12 7 (1.57%) Fortinet
13 6 (1.35%) 3PAR