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

6 months to
8 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 184 248 156
Rank change year-on-year +64 -92 +1
Permanent jobs citing Presales 232 148 661
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.35% 1.15% 2.10%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.62% 1.22% 2.29%
Number of salaries quoted 161 107 458
10th Percentile £40,000 £40,000 £38,000
25th Percentile £53,750 £47,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £72,500 £61,500
Median % change year-on-year +3.45% +17.89% -23.13%
75th Percentile £95,000 £96,875 £88,750
90th Percentile £98,750 £118,000 £100,000
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 14,363 12,178 28,842
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 83.42% 94.80% 91.63%
Number of salaries quoted 10,040 8,855 23,360
10th Percentile £31,250 £32,500 £34,000
25th Percentile £43,750 £46,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £62,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% +8.70% -8.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £81,250 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £105,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £56,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -6.67% +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 8 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 (6.03%) Apache Airflow
2 10 (4.31%) Apache Spark
3 5 (2.16%) Confluence
4 1 (0.43%) SharePoint
Applications
1 3 (1.29%) AutoCAD
1 3 (1.29%) Microsoft Excel
1 3 (1.29%) MS Visio
1 3 (1.29%) SOLIDWORKS
2 2 (0.86%) Avid Media Composer
2 2 (0.86%) Pro Tools
3 1 (0.43%) Chatbot
3 1 (0.43%) Microsoft Project
3 1 (0.43%) Trello
Business Applications
1 12 (5.17%) SAP S/4HANA
2 3 (1.29%) SAP Business One
3 2 (0.86%) Dynamics CRM
3 2 (0.86%) SAP IBP
4 1 (0.43%) Dynamics NAV
4 1 (0.43%) NetSuite
4 1 (0.43%) Sage X3
4 1 (0.43%) SAP ERP
4 1 (0.43%) SAP HCM
4 1 (0.43%) SAP MII
4 1 (0.43%) SAP MM
4 1 (0.43%) SAP Oil and Gas
4 1 (0.43%) SAP PM
4 1 (0.43%) SAP PP
Cloud Services
1 64 (27.59%) Azure
2 45 (19.40%) AWS
3 30 (12.93%) SaaS
4 21 (9.05%) GCP
5 20 (8.62%) Snowflake
6 12 (5.17%) Microsoft 365
7 10 (4.31%) Power Platform
8 9 (3.88%) Amazon SageMaker
8 9 (3.88%) Azure Machine Learning
8 9 (3.88%) Dagster
8 9 (3.88%) Serverless
8 9 (3.88%) Vertex AI
9 6 (2.59%) dbt
9 6 (2.59%) Dynamics 365
9 6 (2.59%) Matillion
9 6 (2.59%) Mimecast
10 5 (2.16%) Azure Data Factory
10 5 (2.16%) Nutanix
11 4 (1.72%) Azure DevOps
11 4 (1.72%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 19 (8.19%) WAN
2 15 (6.47%) SD-WAN
3 14 (6.03%) LAN
4 12 (5.17%) Firewall
5 8 (3.45%) Network Security
6 6 (2.59%) MPLS
6 6 (2.59%) Wireless
7 5 (2.16%) Broadband
7 5 (2.16%) VPN
7 5 (2.16%) VSAN
8 4 (1.72%) IPv6
9 3 (1.29%) VoIP
10 2 (0.86%) ATM
10 2 (0.86%) Cisco ASA
10 2 (0.86%) Cisco Nexus
10 2 (0.86%) DNS
10 2 (0.86%) SNMP
10 2 (0.86%) Software-Defined Networking
10 2 (0.86%) TCP/IP
10 2 (0.86%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (5.60%) Data Warehouse
2 11 (4.74%) BigQuery
2 11 (4.74%) Tableau
3 9 (3.88%) Amazon Redshift
3 9 (3.88%) Apache Iceberg
3 9 (3.88%) Delta Lake
3 9 (3.88%) Elasticsearch
3 9 (3.88%) Looker
3 9 (3.88%) Pinecone
3 9 (3.88%) Weaviate
4 5 (2.16%) Power BI
5 4 (1.72%) SAP HANA
6 3 (1.29%) Data Lake
6 3 (1.29%) Metadata
7 2 (0.86%) DataStage
7 2 (0.86%) QlikView
7 2 (0.86%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 1 (0.43%) Big Data
8 1 (0.43%) Snowflake Schema
8 1 (0.43%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 9 (3.88%) MLflow
2 6 (2.59%) JIRA
3 2 (0.86%) ER Studio
3 2 (0.86%) ERwin
3 2 (0.86%) Git
3 2 (0.86%) PowerDesigner
4 1 (0.43%) Appium
4 1 (0.43%) Cypress.io
4 1 (0.43%) Selenium
General
1 69 (29.74%) Social Skills
2 39 (16.81%) Marketing
3 29 (12.50%) Finance
3 29 (12.50%) Public Sector
4 18 (7.76%) Presentation Skills
5 17 (7.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 13 (5.60%) Analytical Skills
7 10 (4.31%) Retail
8 8 (3.45%) Manufacturing
9 6 (2.59%) Banking
9 6 (2.59%) Law
9 6 (2.59%) Organisational Skills
10 4 (1.72%) Advertising
10 4 (1.72%) Aerospace
10 4 (1.72%) Documentation Skills
10 4 (1.72%) Games
10 4 (1.72%) Telecoms
11 3 (1.29%) Local Government
12 2 (0.86%) German Language
12 2 (0.86%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 73 (31.47%) Consultant
2 71 (30.60%) Architect
3 53 (22.84%) Solutions Architect
4 41 (17.67%) Senior
5 22 (9.48%) Senior Consultant
6 21 (9.05%) Presales Solution Architect
7 16 (6.90%) Cloud Consultant
8 15 (6.47%) Presales Consultant
9 13 (5.60%) Presales Engineer
10 12 (5.17%) ITSM Architect
10 12 (5.17%) Junior
10 12 (5.17%) Solutions Consultant
10 12 (5.17%) Technical Architect
11 11 (4.74%) Integration Architect
11 11 (4.74%) Senior Architect
11 11 (4.74%) Technical Solutions Architect
12 10 (4.31%) Cloud Infrastructure Consultant
12 10 (4.31%) Data Consultant
12 10 (4.31%) Infrastructure Consultant
12 10 (4.31%) Lead
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (4.31%) PyTorch
1 10 (4.31%) TensorFlow
2 9 (3.88%) Faiss
2 9 (3.88%) vLLM
3 4 (1.72%) SAP Fiori
4 1 (0.43%) .NET
4 1 (0.43%) HTML5 Canvas
4 1 (0.43%) NumPy
4 1 (0.43%) Pandas
4 1 (0.43%) Playwright
4 1 (0.43%) scikit-learn
Miscellaneous
1 17 (7.33%) Data Centre
2 14 (6.03%) Product Ownership
2 14 (6.03%) Public Cloud
3 12 (5.17%) Driving Licence
4 11 (4.74%) Onboarding
5 9 (3.88%) Web Conferencing
6 8 (3.45%) Blog
6 8 (3.45%) Cloud Native
7 6 (2.59%) Private Cloud
8 5 (2.16%) Life Science
9 4 (1.72%) Greenfield Project
10 2 (0.86%) Analytical Mindset
10 2 (0.86%) Augmented Reality
10 2 (0.86%) BBC
10 2 (0.86%) Enterprise Software
10 2 (0.86%) Management Information System
10 2 (0.86%) Reinsurance
10 2 (0.86%) Self-Motivation
10 2 (0.86%) Video Editing
11 1 (0.43%) Tandem
Operating Systems
1 18 (7.76%) Windows
2 16 (6.90%) Linux
3 2 (0.86%) Mac OS
4 1 (0.43%) FreeBSD
4 1 (0.43%) OpenBSD
4 1 (0.43%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 48 (20.69%) Roadmaps
2 42 (18.10%) Project Delivery
3 39 (16.81%) AI
4 35 (15.09%) Problem-Solving
5 30 (12.93%) Customer Engagement
6 27 (11.64%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 26 (11.21%) Project Management
8 24 (10.34%) Mentoring
9 23 (9.91%) Cybersecurity
9 23 (9.91%) Workshop Facilitation
10 22 (9.48%) Agile
10 22 (9.48%) Continuous Improvement
11 21 (9.05%) Stakeholder Management
11 21 (9.05%) Strategic Thinking
12 20 (8.62%) Decision-Making
12 20 (8.62%) Migration
13 18 (7.76%) ITSM
13 18 (7.76%) Technical Leadership
14 17 (7.33%) Business Intelligence
14 17 (7.33%) Computer Science
Programming Languages
1 18 (7.76%) Python
1 18 (7.76%) SQL
2 10 (4.31%) Bash
3 9 (3.88%) Go
3 9 (3.88%) Java
3 9 (3.88%) Scala
4 2 (0.86%) JavaScript
4 2 (0.86%) R
5 1 (0.43%) ABAP
5 1 (0.43%) C#
5 1 (0.43%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 31 (13.36%) Security Cleared
2 30 (12.93%) Degree
3 22 (9.48%) SC Cleared
4 21 (9.05%) Cisco Certification
5 16 (6.90%) Azure Certification
6 15 (6.47%) CCNP
7 14 (6.03%) Microsoft Certification
8 13 (5.60%) DV Cleared
9 8 (3.45%) CCNA
9 8 (3.45%) VCAP
9 8 (3.45%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
10 6 (2.59%) CREST Certified
11 5 (2.16%) CCIE
12 4 (1.72%) Computer Science Degree
12 4 (1.72%) LPIC
12 4 (1.72%) MCSE
12 4 (1.72%) RHCSA
12 4 (1.72%) SAP Certification
12 4 (1.72%) VCDX
13 3 (1.29%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (3.88%) GDPR
1 9 (3.88%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 9 (3.88%) QA
2 6 (2.59%) PCI DSS
3 5 (2.16%) Data Quality
4 4 (1.72%) Accessibility
5 3 (1.29%) GAAP
5 3 (1.29%) SLA
6 2 (0.86%) NIST
6 2 (0.86%) PMO
7 1 (0.43%) GRC
7 1 (0.43%) IFRS
7 1 (0.43%) IFRS 17
7 1 (0.43%) NCSC
7 1 (0.43%) Solvency II
System Software
1 15 (6.47%) VMware Infrastructure
2 9 (3.88%) Docker
3 8 (3.45%) vSphere
4 7 (3.02%) Active Directory
5 5 (2.16%) VMware NSX
6 4 (1.72%) vCloud
7 1 (0.43%) Hyper-V
7 1 (0.43%) KVM
7 1 (0.43%) Virtual Desktop
7 1 (0.43%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 11 (4.74%) Terraform
2 3 (1.29%) Ansible
2 3 (1.29%) Microsoft Intune
3 2 (0.86%) Kubernetes
3 2 (0.86%) OpenView
3 2 (0.86%) Tivoli
4 1 (0.43%) Autotask
4 1 (0.43%) Proxmox
Vendors
1 42 (18.10%) Microsoft
2 23 (9.91%) Cisco
3 20 (8.62%) SAP
4 15 (6.47%) Databricks
4 15 (6.47%) VMware
5 13 (5.60%) Fortinet
6 9 (3.88%) Palantir
7 8 (3.45%) Palo Alto
8 7 (3.02%) ServiceNow
9 6 (2.59%) Barracuda Networks
9 6 (2.59%) Google
9 6 (2.59%) Meraki
9 6 (2.59%) N-able
9 6 (2.59%) Sophos
10 5 (2.16%) Zscaler
11 4 (1.72%) Broadcom
11 4 (1.72%) Dell
11 4 (1.72%) NetApp
11 4 (1.72%) Nimble Storage
11 4 (1.72%) Sage