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

6 months to
6 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 149 220 154
Rank change year-on-year +71 -66 +44
Permanent jobs citing Presales 450 221 498
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.81% 1.32% 2.28%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.24% 1.41% 2.58%
Number of salaries quoted 359 181 225
10th Percentile £41,250 £41,250 £37,500
25th Percentile £53,125 £56,250 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 £75,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year +6.67% - -
75th Percentile £94,375 £100,000 £85,000
90th Percentile £110,250 £115,000 £96,250
UK median annual salary £72,500 £70,000 £75,000
% change year-on-year +3.57% -6.67% +7.14%

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 20,082 15,724 19,287
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 80.68% 93.80% 88.12%
Number of salaries quoted 14,329 8,388 11,437
10th Percentile £33,750 £29,750 £35,026
25th Percentile £44,750 £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 £80,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £101,750
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 6 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 7 (1.56%) SharePoint
2 4 (0.89%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (0.44%) Apache Spark
4 1 (0.22%) Apache
4 1 (0.22%) Apache Airflow
4 1 (0.22%) Appian
Applications
1 5 (1.11%) Microsoft Project
2 2 (0.44%) MS Visio
3 1 (0.22%) Chatbot
3 1 (0.22%) Trello
Business Applications
1 6 (1.33%) Dynamics NAV
2 5 (1.11%) SAP Business One
3 4 (0.89%) Oracle Payables
3 4 (0.89%) Oracle Receivables
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 (0.44%) Dynamics CRM
5 2 (0.44%) Sage 200
5 2 (0.44%) SAP S/4HANA
5 2 (0.44%) Workday HCM
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
1 134 (29.78%) Azure
2 56 (12.44%) AWS
3 45 (10.00%) Microsoft 365
4 38 (8.44%) SaaS
5 33 (7.33%) Power Platform
6 28 (6.22%) Dynamics 365
7 27 (6.00%) Entra ID
8 23 (5.11%) GCP
9 18 (4.00%) Nutanix
10 13 (2.89%) Microsoft Copilot
11 12 (2.67%) Power Automate
12 10 (2.22%) Microsoft Purview
13 9 (2.00%) Azure Data Factory
13 9 (2.00%) PowerApps
14 8 (1.78%) Azure Synapse Analytics
15 7 (1.56%) Azure DevOps
16 6 (1.33%) PaaS
17 5 (1.11%) Azure Sentinel
17 5 (1.11%) Mimecast
17 5 (1.11%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 31 (6.89%) Firewall
2 21 (4.67%) WAN
3 17 (3.78%) VSAN
4 16 (3.56%) LAN
5 13 (2.89%) Network Security
5 13 (2.89%) SD-WAN
6 12 (2.67%) Unified Communications
7 9 (2.00%) WLAN
8 7 (1.56%) DNS
9 6 (1.33%) Fibre Channel
9 6 (1.33%) iSCSI
10 5 (1.11%) VLAN
10 5 (1.11%) VPN
11 4 (0.89%) DWDM
11 4 (0.89%) WebEx
11 4 (0.89%) Wireless
12 3 (0.67%) 5G
12 3 (0.67%) Cisco ASA
12 3 (0.67%) MPLS
13 2 (0.44%) J1939
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (3.11%) Power BI
2 12 (2.67%) Data Warehouse
3 8 (1.78%) SAP HANA
4 6 (1.33%) Data Lake
4 6 (1.33%) Metadata
5 4 (0.89%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 3 (0.67%) Big Data
6 3 (0.67%) SQL Server Analysis Services
6 3 (0.67%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 3 (0.67%) Tableau
7 2 (0.44%) Semantic Layer
8 1 (0.22%) Azure SQL Database
8 1 (0.22%) Delta Lake
8 1 (0.22%) Looker
8 1 (0.22%) MySQL
8 1 (0.22%) Spatial Data
8 1 (0.22%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 4 (0.89%) JUnit
1 4 (0.89%) Maven
1 4 (0.89%) Mockito
2 3 (0.67%) Git
2 3 (0.67%) Snyk
3 2 (0.44%) Bitbucket
3 2 (0.44%) GitLab
3 2 (0.44%) MLflow
3 2 (0.44%) Sonatype Nexus
4 1 (0.22%) JIRA
General
1 166 (36.89%) Social Skills
2 106 (23.56%) Finance
3 49 (10.89%) Presentation Skills
4 48 (10.67%) Public Sector
5 35 (7.78%) Marketing
6 22 (4.89%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 21 (4.67%) Telecoms
8 20 (4.44%) Manufacturing
9 14 (3.11%) Analytical Skills
10 12 (2.67%) Documentation Skills
10 12 (2.67%) Law
11 9 (2.00%) Local Government
12 8 (1.78%) Advertising
12 8 (1.78%) Games
12 8 (1.78%) Legal
13 7 (1.56%) Retail
14 5 (1.11%) Aerospace
14 5 (1.11%) French Language
15 4 (0.89%) Mandarin Language
15 4 (0.89%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 146 (32.44%) Architect
2 129 (28.67%) Consultant
3 112 (24.89%) Solutions Architect
4 74 (16.44%) Senior
5 58 (12.89%) Presales Solution Architect
6 32 (7.11%) Solutions Consultant
7 31 (6.89%) Senior Consultant
8 29 (6.44%) Lead
9 28 (6.22%) Presales Consultant
9 28 (6.22%) Technical Consultant
10 22 (4.89%) Senior Technical Consultant
11 21 (4.67%) Cloud Consultant
12 18 (4.00%) Cloud Architect
12 18 (4.00%) Technical Architect
13 17 (3.78%) Senior Architect
14 16 (3.56%) Sales Engineer
14 16 (3.56%) Security Consultant
14 16 (3.56%) VMware Architect
15 15 (3.33%) Dynamics 365 Architect
15 15 (3.33%) Dynamics 365 Solution Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 19 (4.22%) REST
2 15 (3.33%) SOAP
3 7 (1.56%) .NET
4 6 (1.33%) React
5 5 (1.11%) ModSecurity
6 4 (0.89%) PySpark
6 4 (0.89%) Spring
6 4 (0.89%) Terraform
7 3 (0.67%) CarPlay
7 3 (0.67%) MDX
7 3 (0.67%) Regular Expression
8 2 (0.44%) Microsoft Graph
9 1 (0.22%) HEVC
9 1 (0.22%) Model Context Protocol
9 1 (0.22%) NumPy
9 1 (0.22%) Pandas
9 1 (0.22%) PyTorch
9 1 (0.22%) SAP Fiori
9 1 (0.22%) scikit-learn
9 1 (0.22%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 53 (11.78%) Data Centre
2 28 (6.22%) Onboarding
3 23 (5.11%) Driving Licence
4 21 (4.67%) Self-Motivation
5 18 (4.00%) Enterprise Software
6 14 (3.11%) CMDB
7 12 (2.67%) PACS
7 12 (2.67%) Private Cloud
8 11 (2.44%) AI Agents
9 10 (2.22%) Cloud Native
10 9 (2.00%) Hybrid Cloud
11 8 (1.78%) Greenfield Project
12 7 (1.56%) IoT
13 6 (1.33%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
13 6 (1.33%) Enterprise Cloud
13 6 (1.33%) Enterprise Storage
13 6 (1.33%) VxBlock/Vblock
14 5 (1.11%) Blog
14 5 (1.11%) Data Fabric
14 5 (1.11%) Digital Currency
Operating Systems
1 26 (5.78%) Windows
2 12 (2.67%) Windows Server
3 11 (2.44%) Linux
4 9 (2.00%) Android
5 4 (0.89%) Apple iOS
6 3 (0.67%) Embedded Linux
7 1 (0.22%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 104 (23.11%) AI
2 71 (15.78%) Decision-Making
3 70 (15.56%) Stakeholder Management
4 69 (15.33%) Roadmaps
5 68 (15.11%) Cybersecurity
6 64 (14.22%) Customer Engagement
7 61 (13.56%) Mentoring
8 55 (12.22%) Commercial Awareness
9 51 (11.33%) Problem-Solving
10 49 (10.89%) Customer Requirements
10 49 (10.89%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 49 (10.89%) Translating Business Requirements
11 45 (10.00%) Workshop Facilitation
12 44 (9.78%) Migration
13 43 (9.56%) Agile
14 41 (9.11%) Technical Leadership
15 38 (8.44%) Business Development
16 36 (8.00%) Continuous Improvement
16 36 (8.00%) Project Delivery
17 34 (7.56%) ERP
Programming Languages
1 26 (5.78%) SQL
2 16 (3.56%) Python
3 8 (1.78%) C#
4 7 (1.56%) Java
4 7 (1.56%) JavaScript
4 7 (1.56%) PowerShell
5 6 (1.33%) C++
6 4 (0.89%) PL/SQL
7 3 (0.67%) C
7 3 (0.67%) Data Analysis Expressions
7 3 (0.67%) Embedded C++
8 2 (0.44%) PHP
9 1 (0.22%) Bicep
Qualifications
1 81 (18.00%) Security Cleared
2 60 (13.33%) SC Cleared
3 32 (7.11%) DV Cleared
4 29 (6.44%) Degree
5 21 (4.67%) Microsoft Certification
5 21 (4.67%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
6 17 (3.78%) VCAP
6 17 (3.78%) VCDX
7 16 (3.56%) Cisco Certification
8 15 (3.33%) CCNP
9 14 (3.11%) Azure Certification
10 8 (1.78%) CISSP
11 7 (1.56%) CCIE
12 6 (1.33%) CISM
12 6 (1.33%) Dell Certification
13 5 (1.11%) CRISC
13 5 (1.11%) DBS Check
13 5 (1.11%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
13 5 (1.11%) TOGAF Certification
14 4 (0.89%) CompTIA Security+
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 21 (4.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 19 (4.22%) GRC
3 18 (4.00%) PMO
4 14 (3.11%) GDPR
4 14 (3.11%) NIST
4 14 (3.11%) QA
5 7 (1.56%) Cyber Essentials
6 6 (1.33%) Data Quality
7 5 (1.11%) JSP 440
7 5 (1.11%) PCI DSS
8 3 (0.67%) Accessibility
8 3 (0.67%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 1 (0.22%) Actionable Recommendations
9 1 (0.22%) IFRS
9 1 (0.22%) IFRS 17
9 1 (0.22%) SLA
9 1 (0.22%) Solvency II
System Software
1 36 (8.00%) VMware Infrastructure
2 23 (5.11%) vSphere
3 22 (4.89%) Active Directory
4 17 (3.78%) Hyper-V
4 17 (3.78%) VMware NSX
5 12 (2.67%) vCloud
6 7 (1.56%) Docker
7 3 (0.67%) Virtual Machines
8 2 (0.44%) Firmware
9 1 (0.22%) BitLocker
Systems Management
1 22 (4.89%) Microsoft Intune
2 19 (4.22%) Kubernetes
3 6 (1.33%) Avamar
3 6 (1.33%) CASB
3 6 (1.33%) Dell DRAC
3 6 (1.33%) EMC NetWorker
3 6 (1.33%) EMC VPLEX
3 6 (1.33%) VxRail
4 5 (1.11%) vCenter Server
5 3 (0.67%) Ansible
6 1 (0.22%) Jamf Pro
6 1 (0.22%) SysTrack
Vendors
1 132 (29.33%) Microsoft
2 42 (9.33%) VMware
3 38 (8.44%) Cisco
4 24 (5.33%) NetApp
5 18 (4.00%) Dell
5 18 (4.00%) Nimble Storage
5 18 (4.00%) ServiceNow
6 17 (3.78%) Broadcom
7 15 (3.33%) Databricks
7 15 (3.33%) Juniper
7 15 (3.33%) SAP
8 12 (2.67%) Palo Alto
9 11 (2.44%) Veeam
10 10 (2.22%) Oracle
11 9 (2.00%) CrowdStrike
11 9 (2.00%) Google
12 8 (1.78%) Fortinet
12 8 (1.78%) Meraki
13 7 (1.56%) Salesforce
14 6 (1.33%) 3PAR