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

6 months to
8 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 143 293 157
Rank change year-on-year +150 -136 +2
Permanent jobs citing Presales 340 135 701
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.75% 0.90% 2.06%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.14% 0.95% 2.30%
Number of salaries quoted 261 115 480
10th Percentile £40,000 £31,250 £38,000
25th Percentile £48,750 £51,250 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £72,500 £61,500
Median % change year-on-year +3.45% +17.89% -20.65%
75th Percentile £92,500 £100,000 £85,000
90th Percentile £105,000 £115,000 £102,500
UK median annual salary £72,500 £67,500 £61,500
% change year-on-year +7.41% +9.76% -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 15,902 14,206 30,447
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 82.00% 94.61% 89.42%
Number of salaries quoted 11,373 8,375 23,693
10th Percentile £35,000 £30,000 £33,750
25th Percentile £45,000 £42,500 £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 £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% -9.54%

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 June 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 15 (4.41%) Apache Airflow
2 10 (2.94%) Apache Spark
3 5 (1.47%) Confluence
4 4 (1.18%) SharePoint
Applications
1 3 (0.88%) AutoCAD
1 3 (0.88%) Microsoft Excel
1 3 (0.88%) MS Visio
1 3 (0.88%) SOLIDWORKS
2 2 (0.59%) Avid Media Composer
2 2 (0.59%) Pro Tools
3 1 (0.29%) Chatbot
3 1 (0.29%) Microsoft Project
3 1 (0.29%) Trello
Business Applications
1 9 (2.65%) SAP S/4HANA
2 3 (0.88%) SAP Business One
3 2 (0.59%) Dynamics CRM
3 2 (0.59%) Dynamics NAV
4 1 (0.29%) HFM
4 1 (0.29%) SAP IBP
4 1 (0.29%) SAP MII
4 1 (0.29%) SAP Oil and Gas
4 1 (0.29%) SAP PM
4 1 (0.29%) SAP PP
Cloud Services
1 100 (29.41%) Azure
2 67 (19.71%) AWS
3 38 (11.18%) SaaS
4 31 (9.12%) GCP
5 24 (7.06%) Microsoft 365
6 23 (6.76%) Nutanix
7 20 (5.88%) Snowflake
8 16 (4.71%) Power Platform
9 12 (3.53%) Serverless
10 9 (2.65%) Amazon SageMaker
10 9 (2.65%) Azure Machine Learning
10 9 (2.65%) Dagster
10 9 (2.65%) Vertex AI
11 8 (2.35%) Entra ID
12 7 (2.06%) Azure Data Factory
12 7 (2.06%) Dynamics 365
13 6 (1.76%) Azure Synapse Analytics
13 6 (1.76%) Mimecast
13 6 (1.76%) OCI
13 6 (1.76%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 28 (8.24%) WAN
2 23 (6.76%) Firewall
3 21 (6.18%) SD-WAN
4 20 (5.88%) VSAN
5 19 (5.59%) LAN
6 12 (3.53%) Network Security
7 9 (2.65%) MPLS
8 7 (2.06%) VPN
8 7 (2.06%) Wireless
9 6 (1.76%) Broadband
9 6 (1.76%) Fibre Channel
9 6 (1.76%) iSCSI
9 6 (1.76%) WLAN
10 5 (1.47%) DNS
11 4 (1.18%) IPv6
12 3 (0.88%) DHCP
12 3 (0.88%) Software-Defined Networking
12 3 (0.88%) TCP/IP
12 3 (0.88%) VoIP
13 2 (0.59%) SNMP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (4.71%) Data Warehouse
2 11 (3.24%) Power BI
3 10 (2.94%) Delta Lake
3 10 (2.94%) Looker
3 10 (2.94%) Tableau
4 9 (2.65%) Amazon Redshift
4 9 (2.65%) Apache Iceberg
4 9 (2.65%) BigQuery
4 9 (2.65%) Elasticsearch
4 9 (2.65%) Pinecone
4 9 (2.65%) Weaviate
5 7 (2.06%) SAP HANA
6 5 (1.47%) Data Lake
7 2 (0.59%) Metadata
7 2 (0.59%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 1 (0.29%) Azure SQL Database
8 1 (0.29%) Big Data
8 1 (0.29%) SQL Server
8 1 (0.29%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 9 (2.65%) MLflow
2 6 (1.76%) JIRA
3 4 (1.18%) Git
3 4 (1.18%) JUnit
3 4 (1.18%) Maven
3 4 (1.18%) Mockito
4 3 (0.88%) Snyk
5 2 (0.59%) Bitbucket
5 2 (0.59%) GitLab
6 1 (0.29%) Appium
6 1 (0.29%) Cypress.io
6 1 (0.29%) Selenium
General
1 90 (26.47%) Social Skills
2 47 (13.82%) Finance
3 42 (12.35%) Public Sector
4 38 (11.18%) Marketing
5 20 (5.88%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 18 (5.29%) Presentation Skills
7 17 (5.00%) Analytical Skills
8 15 (4.41%) Manufacturing
9 7 (2.06%) Organisational Skills
9 7 (2.06%) Telecoms
10 6 (1.76%) Games
11 5 (1.47%) Documentation Skills
11 5 (1.47%) Law
12 4 (1.18%) Advertising
12 4 (1.18%) Aerospace
12 4 (1.18%) Banking
12 4 (1.18%) Retail
13 3 (0.88%) Local Government
14 2 (0.59%) Military
15 1 (0.29%) Multimedia
Job Titles
1 111 (32.65%) Architect
2 110 (32.35%) Consultant
3 77 (22.65%) Solutions Architect
4 73 (21.47%) Senior
5 42 (12.35%) Presales Solution Architect
6 36 (10.59%) Senior Consultant
7 34 (10.00%) Cloud Consultant
8 27 (7.94%) Technical Consultant
9 25 (7.35%) Senior Architect
10 24 (7.06%) Presales Consultant
11 23 (6.76%) Solutions Consultant
12 21 (6.18%) Infrastructure Consultant
12 21 (6.18%) Senior Technical Consultant
13 20 (5.88%) Technical Architect
14 16 (4.71%) Infrastructure Architect
14 16 (4.71%) VMware Architect
15 15 (4.41%) Cloud Architect
15 15 (4.41%) Cloud Infrastructure Consultant
15 15 (4.41%) Senior VMware Consultant
15 15 (4.41%) VMware Technical Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (4.12%) REST
2 10 (2.94%) PyTorch
2 10 (2.94%) SOAP
2 10 (2.94%) TensorFlow
3 9 (2.65%) Faiss
3 9 (2.65%) vLLM
4 6 (1.76%) React
5 5 (1.47%) SAP Fiori
6 4 (1.18%) Spring
7 3 (0.88%) ModSecurity
7 3 (0.88%) Regular Expression
8 2 (0.59%) Microsoft Graph
9 1 (0.29%) .NET
9 1 (0.29%) HEVC
9 1 (0.29%) HTML5 Canvas
9 1 (0.29%) NumPy
9 1 (0.29%) Pandas
9 1 (0.29%) Playwright
9 1 (0.29%) PySpark
9 1 (0.29%) scikit-learn
Miscellaneous
1 49 (14.41%) Data Centre
2 18 (5.29%) Driving Licence
2 18 (5.29%) Onboarding
3 16 (4.71%) Public Cloud
4 14 (4.12%) Private Cloud
4 14 (4.12%) Product Ownership
5 12 (3.53%) Cloud Native
6 10 (2.94%) CMDB
7 8 (2.35%) Blog
8 6 (1.76%) Enterprise Software
8 6 (1.76%) Enterprise Storage
8 6 (1.76%) Greenfield Project
8 6 (1.76%) VxBlock/Vblock
8 6 (1.76%) Web Conferencing
9 5 (1.47%) Data Fabric
9 5 (1.47%) Life Science
9 5 (1.47%) Low-Code
10 4 (1.18%) Hybrid Cloud
11 3 (0.88%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
12 2 (0.59%) Distributed Systems
Operating Systems
1 25 (7.35%) Windows
2 17 (5.00%) Linux
3 4 (1.18%) Windows Server
4 3 (0.88%) Android
4 3 (0.88%) Mac OS
5 1 (0.29%) Apple iOS
5 1 (0.29%) FreeBSD
5 1 (0.29%) OpenBSD
Processes & Methodologies
1 69 (20.29%) AI
2 59 (17.35%) Roadmaps
3 43 (12.65%) Cybersecurity
3 43 (12.65%) Problem-Solving
4 42 (12.35%) Customer Engagement
5 41 (12.06%) Project Delivery
6 39 (11.47%) Workshop Facilitation
7 38 (11.18%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 37 (10.88%) Mentoring
9 32 (9.41%) Agile
10 31 (9.12%) Stakeholder Management
11 30 (8.82%) Decision-Making
12 29 (8.53%) Technical Leadership
13 26 (7.65%) Use Case
14 24 (7.06%) CI/CD
14 24 (7.06%) Collaborative Culture
14 24 (7.06%) Machine Learning
15 23 (6.76%) ITSM
15 23 (6.76%) Migration
15 23 (6.76%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 32 (9.41%) SQL
2 23 (6.76%) Python
3 13 (3.82%) Java
4 10 (2.94%) Bash
5 9 (2.65%) Go
5 9 (2.65%) Scala
6 7 (2.06%) JavaScript
7 4 (1.18%) PL/SQL
7 4 (1.18%) PowerShell
8 2 (0.59%) C#
8 2 (0.59%) PHP
8 2 (0.59%) R
9 1 (0.29%) ABAP
9 1 (0.29%) Bicep
9 1 (0.29%) C
9 1 (0.29%) C++
Qualifications
1 40 (11.76%) Security Cleared
2 27 (7.94%) Cisco Certification
3 26 (7.65%) SC Cleared
4 24 (7.06%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
5 23 (6.76%) DV Cleared
5 23 (6.76%) VCAP
6 22 (6.47%) CCNP
7 21 (6.18%) Degree
8 19 (5.59%) VCDX
9 16 (4.71%) Microsoft Certification
10 15 (4.41%) Azure Certification
11 11 (3.24%) CCIE
12 8 (2.35%) CCNA
13 6 (1.76%) CREST Certified
13 6 (1.76%) Dell Certification
14 5 (1.47%) RHCSA
15 4 (1.18%) CCSE
15 4 (1.18%) LPIC
15 4 (1.18%) MCSE
16 3 (0.88%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (4.41%) PMO
1 15 (4.41%) QA
2 13 (3.82%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 10 (2.94%) GRC
4 9 (2.65%) GDPR
5 6 (1.76%) PCI DSS
6 4 (1.18%) Accessibility
6 4 (1.18%) NIST
7 3 (0.88%) Data Quality
7 3 (0.88%) GAAP
7 3 (0.88%) JSP 440
7 3 (0.88%) SLA
8 1 (0.29%) IFRS
8 1 (0.29%) IFRS 17
8 1 (0.29%) NCSC
8 1 (0.29%) Solvency II
System Software
1 40 (11.76%) VMware Infrastructure
2 29 (8.53%) vSphere
3 20 (5.88%) VMware NSX
4 16 (4.71%) vCloud
5 14 (4.12%) Active Directory
6 13 (3.82%) Docker
7 10 (2.94%) Hyper-V
8 3 (0.88%) Virtual Machines
9 1 (0.29%) BitLocker
9 1 (0.29%) KVM
9 1 (0.29%) Virtual Desktop
9 1 (0.29%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 10 (2.94%) Terraform
2 7 (2.06%) Microsoft Intune
3 6 (1.76%) Avamar
3 6 (1.76%) Dell DRAC
3 6 (1.76%) EMC NetWorker
3 6 (1.76%) EMC VPLEX
3 6 (1.76%) Kubernetes
3 6 (1.76%) VxRail
4 4 (1.18%) Ansible
5 3 (0.88%) vCenter Server
6 2 (0.59%) OpenView
6 2 (0.59%) Tivoli
7 1 (0.29%) Autotask
7 1 (0.29%) Jamf Pro
7 1 (0.29%) Proxmox
7 1 (0.29%) SysTrack
Vendors
1 70 (20.59%) Microsoft
2 41 (12.06%) VMware
3 33 (9.71%) Cisco
4 22 (6.47%) Dell
4 22 (6.47%) NetApp
4 22 (6.47%) Nimble Storage
5 19 (5.59%) Broadcom
6 18 (5.29%) Databricks
7 16 (4.71%) SAP
7 16 (4.71%) ServiceNow
8 15 (4.41%) Palo Alto
9 14 (4.12%) Fortinet
10 9 (2.65%) Juniper
10 9 (2.65%) Palantir
11 8 (2.35%) Meraki
11 8 (2.35%) Oracle
12 7 (2.06%) CrowdStrike
12 7 (2.06%) Google
13 6 (1.76%) 3PAR
13 6 (1.76%) N-able