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 30 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 160 251 156
Rank change year-on-year +91 -95 -2
Permanent jobs citing Presales 268 157 673
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.48% 1.17% 2.07%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.79% 1.23% 2.27%
Number of salaries quoted 196 117 448
10th Percentile £40,000 £40,000 £38,000
25th Percentile £48,750 £47,500 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £73,750 £72,500 £61,500
Median % change year-on-year +1.72% +17.89% -23.13%
75th Percentile £88,638 £100,000 £87,500
90th Percentile £95,000 £116,000 £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 14,989 12,756 29,693
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 82.76% 94.75% 91.33%
Number of salaries quoted 10,524 8,871 23,569
10th Percentile £32,500 £31,250 £33,930
25th Percentile £45,000 £45,000 £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 £57,946 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -3.42% +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 30 April 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 (5.22%) Apache Airflow
2 10 (3.73%) Apache Spark
3 5 (1.87%) Confluence
4 1 (0.37%) SharePoint
Applications
1 3 (1.12%) AutoCAD
1 3 (1.12%) Microsoft Excel
1 3 (1.12%) MS Visio
1 3 (1.12%) SOLIDWORKS
2 2 (0.75%) Avid Media Composer
2 2 (0.75%) Pro Tools
3 1 (0.37%) Chatbot
3 1 (0.37%) Microsoft Project
3 1 (0.37%) Trello
Business Applications
1 9 (3.36%) SAP S/4HANA
2 3 (1.12%) SAP Business One
3 2 (0.75%) Dynamics CRM
3 2 (0.75%) Dynamics NAV
4 1 (0.37%) NetSuite
4 1 (0.37%) Sage X3
4 1 (0.37%) SAP ERP
4 1 (0.37%) SAP HCM
4 1 (0.37%) SAP IBP
4 1 (0.37%) SAP MII
4 1 (0.37%) SAP Oil and Gas
4 1 (0.37%) SAP PM
4 1 (0.37%) SAP PP
Cloud Services
1 77 (28.73%) Azure
2 54 (20.15%) AWS
3 31 (11.57%) SaaS
4 26 (9.70%) GCP
5 19 (7.09%) Snowflake
6 16 (5.97%) Nutanix
7 14 (5.22%) Microsoft 365
8 10 (3.73%) Power Platform
9 9 (3.36%) Amazon SageMaker
9 9 (3.36%) Azure Machine Learning
9 9 (3.36%) Dagster
9 9 (3.36%) Serverless
9 9 (3.36%) Vertex AI
10 6 (2.24%) dbt
10 6 (2.24%) Dynamics 365
10 6 (2.24%) Matillion
10 6 (2.24%) Mimecast
11 5 (1.87%) Azure Data Factory
12 4 (1.49%) Azure Synapse Analytics
12 4 (1.49%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 20 (7.46%) WAN
2 15 (5.60%) SD-WAN
3 14 (5.22%) LAN
4 13 (4.85%) VSAN
5 12 (4.48%) Firewall
6 9 (3.36%) Network Security
7 7 (2.61%) MPLS
8 6 (2.24%) Wireless
9 5 (1.87%) Broadband
9 5 (1.87%) VPN
10 4 (1.49%) DNS
10 4 (1.49%) IPv6
11 3 (1.12%) DHCP
11 3 (1.12%) Fibre Channel
11 3 (1.12%) iSCSI
11 3 (1.12%) VoIP
12 2 (0.75%) ATM
12 2 (0.75%) SNMP
12 2 (0.75%) Software-Defined Networking
12 2 (0.75%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (4.48%) Data Warehouse
2 9 (3.36%) Amazon Redshift
2 9 (3.36%) Apache Iceberg
2 9 (3.36%) BigQuery
2 9 (3.36%) Delta Lake
2 9 (3.36%) Elasticsearch
2 9 (3.36%) Looker
2 9 (3.36%) Pinecone
2 9 (3.36%) Tableau
2 9 (3.36%) Weaviate
3 6 (2.24%) Power BI
4 5 (1.87%) SAP HANA
5 2 (0.75%) Data Lake
5 2 (0.75%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 1 (0.37%) Big Data
6 1 (0.37%) Metadata
6 1 (0.37%) Snowflake Schema
6 1 (0.37%) SQL Server
6 1 (0.37%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 9 (3.36%) MLflow
2 6 (2.24%) JIRA
3 3 (1.12%) Git
4 1 (0.37%) Appium
4 1 (0.37%) Bitbucket
4 1 (0.37%) Cypress.io
4 1 (0.37%) GitLab
4 1 (0.37%) Selenium
General
1 71 (26.49%) Social Skills
2 42 (15.67%) Marketing
3 32 (11.94%) Finance
4 29 (10.82%) Public Sector
5 22 (8.21%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 16 (5.97%) Presentation Skills
7 14 (5.22%) Analytical Skills
8 8 (2.99%) Manufacturing
9 6 (2.24%) Law
9 6 (2.24%) Organisational Skills
9 6 (2.24%) Retail
10 4 (1.49%) Advertising
10 4 (1.49%) Banking
10 4 (1.49%) Documentation Skills
10 4 (1.49%) Games
10 4 (1.49%) Telecoms
11 3 (1.12%) Aerospace
11 3 (1.12%) Local Government
12 2 (0.75%) German Language
12 2 (0.75%) Military
Job Titles
1 87 (32.46%) Consultant
2 79 (29.48%) Architect
3 57 (21.27%) Solutions Architect
4 54 (20.15%) Senior
5 28 (10.45%) Cloud Consultant
5 28 (10.45%) Senior Consultant
6 27 (10.07%) Presales Solution Architect
7 20 (7.46%) Solutions Consultant
8 18 (6.72%) Infrastructure Consultant
8 18 (6.72%) Presales Consultant
9 17 (6.34%) Technical Consultant
10 16 (5.97%) Technical Architect
11 15 (5.60%) Cloud Infrastructure Consultant
11 15 (5.60%) Sales Executive
12 14 (5.22%) Presales Engineer
12 14 (5.22%) Senior Architect
13 12 (4.48%) Infrastructure Architect
13 12 (4.48%) ITSM Architect
13 12 (4.48%) Junior
13 12 (4.48%) Technologist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (3.73%) PyTorch
1 10 (3.73%) TensorFlow
2 9 (3.36%) Faiss
2 9 (3.36%) vLLM
3 4 (1.49%) SAP Fiori
4 2 (0.75%) React
5 1 (0.37%) .NET
5 1 (0.37%) HEVC
5 1 (0.37%) HTML5 Canvas
5 1 (0.37%) NumPy
5 1 (0.37%) Pandas
5 1 (0.37%) Playwright
5 1 (0.37%) Regular Expression
5 1 (0.37%) scikit-learn
Miscellaneous
1 37 (13.81%) Data Centre
2 17 (6.34%) Driving Licence
3 15 (5.60%) Product Ownership
4 14 (5.22%) Public Cloud
5 13 (4.85%) Onboarding
5 13 (4.85%) Private Cloud
6 9 (3.36%) Cloud Native
7 8 (2.99%) Blog
8 6 (2.24%) Greenfield Project
8 6 (2.24%) Web Conferencing
9 5 (1.87%) Enterprise Software
9 5 (1.87%) Life Science
10 3 (1.12%) Enterprise Storage
10 3 (1.12%) Hybrid Cloud
10 3 (1.12%) Low-Code
10 3 (1.12%) Self-Motivation
10 3 (1.12%) VxBlock/Vblock
11 2 (0.75%) Augmented Reality
11 2 (0.75%) CMDB
11 2 (0.75%) Data Fabric
Operating Systems
1 20 (7.46%) Windows
2 16 (5.97%) Linux
3 2 (0.75%) Mac OS
4 1 (0.37%) FreeBSD
4 1 (0.37%) OpenBSD
4 1 (0.37%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 52 (19.40%) Roadmaps
2 42 (15.67%) AI
3 41 (15.30%) Project Delivery
4 36 (13.43%) Problem-Solving
5 34 (12.69%) Customer Engagement
6 33 (12.31%) Cybersecurity
7 29 (10.82%) Workshop Facilitation
8 27 (10.07%) Mentoring
8 27 (10.07%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 25 (9.33%) Project Management
10 24 (8.96%) Agile
11 23 (8.58%) Use Case
12 22 (8.21%) Decision-Making
13 21 (7.84%) Migration
14 20 (7.46%) Enterprise Architecture
14 20 (7.46%) Strategic Thinking
15 19 (7.09%) ITSM
15 19 (7.09%) Technical Leadership
16 18 (6.72%) Continuous Improvement
16 18 (6.72%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 21 (7.84%) SQL
2 18 (6.72%) Python
3 10 (3.73%) Bash
4 9 (3.36%) Go
4 9 (3.36%) Java
4 9 (3.36%) Scala
5 4 (1.49%) JavaScript
6 2 (0.75%) PHP
6 2 (0.75%) R
7 1 (0.37%) ABAP
7 1 (0.37%) C#
7 1 (0.37%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 29 (10.82%) Security Cleared
2 23 (8.58%) Degree
2 23 (8.58%) SC Cleared
3 20 (7.46%) Cisco Certification
4 16 (5.97%) VCAP
4 16 (5.97%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
5 14 (5.22%) Azure Certification
5 14 (5.22%) CCNP
5 14 (5.22%) DV Cleared
5 14 (5.22%) Microsoft Certification
6 12 (4.48%) VCDX
7 8 (2.99%) CCNA
8 6 (2.24%) CREST Certified
9 5 (1.87%) CCIE
10 4 (1.49%) LPIC
10 4 (1.49%) MCSE
10 4 (1.49%) RHCSA
10 4 (1.49%) SAP Certification
11 3 (1.12%) CCSE
11 3 (1.12%) Dell Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (3.73%) PMO
2 9 (3.36%) GDPR
2 9 (3.36%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 9 (3.36%) QA
3 6 (2.24%) PCI DSS
4 4 (1.49%) Accessibility
5 3 (1.12%) Data Quality
5 3 (1.12%) GAAP
5 3 (1.12%) SLA
6 2 (0.75%) NIST
7 1 (0.37%) GRC
7 1 (0.37%) IFRS
7 1 (0.37%) IFRS 17
7 1 (0.37%) NCSC
7 1 (0.37%) Solvency II
System Software
1 28 (10.45%) VMware Infrastructure
2 19 (7.09%) vSphere
3 13 (4.85%) VMware NSX
4 12 (4.48%) vCloud
5 9 (3.36%) Active Directory
5 9 (3.36%) Docker
6 4 (1.49%) Hyper-V
7 1 (0.37%) KVM
7 1 (0.37%) Virtual Desktop
7 1 (0.37%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 9 (3.36%) Terraform
2 5 (1.87%) Microsoft Intune
3 3 (1.12%) Ansible
3 3 (1.12%) Avamar
3 3 (1.12%) Dell DRAC
3 3 (1.12%) EMC NetWorker
3 3 (1.12%) EMC VPLEX
3 3 (1.12%) VxRail
4 2 (0.75%) OpenView
4 2 (0.75%) Tivoli
5 1 (0.37%) Autotask
5 1 (0.37%) Kubernetes
5 1 (0.37%) Proxmox
Vendors
1 49 (18.28%) Microsoft
2 29 (10.82%) VMware
3 23 (8.58%) Cisco
4 16 (5.97%) SAP
5 15 (5.60%) Dell
5 15 (5.60%) NetApp
5 15 (5.60%) Nimble Storage
6 14 (5.22%) Databricks
7 13 (4.85%) Fortinet
8 12 (4.48%) Broadcom
9 9 (3.36%) Palantir
10 8 (2.99%) Palo Alto
10 8 (2.99%) ServiceNow
11 6 (2.24%) Barracuda Networks
11 6 (2.24%) Google
11 6 (2.24%) Meraki
11 6 (2.24%) N-able
11 6 (2.24%) Sophos
12 5 (1.87%) Zscaler
13 4 (1.49%) Sage