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 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 188 151 171
Rank change year-on-year -37 +20 +16
Permanent jobs citing Presales 205 409 393
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.34% 2.17% 1.91%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.49% 2.38% 2.01%
Number of salaries quoted 151 187 263
10th Percentile £52,500 £38,250 £46,250
25th Percentile £62,500 £53,125 £53,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 £77,500 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.23% +3.33% -
75th Percentile £100,000 £87,500 £90,000
90th Percentile £116,250 £97,500 £95,000
UK median annual salary £75,000 £75,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year - +7.14% -6.67%

All Process and 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 13,775 17,158 19,587
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 90.07% 91.24% 94.98%
Number of salaries quoted 8,682 10,397 15,831
10th Percentile £29,750 £36,250 £36,270
25th Percentile £40,000 £46,250 £46,306
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £62,500 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.00% - -
75th Percentile £78,750 £81,250 £80,070
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -0.83%

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 December 2025.

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 5 (2.44%) Confluence
2 3 (1.46%) HCL Domino
2 3 (1.46%) HCL Notes
3 2 (0.98%) Apache
3 2 (0.98%) Apache Spark
3 2 (0.98%) SharePoint
4 1 (0.49%) CMS
4 1 (0.49%) Headless CMS
4 1 (0.49%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 1 (0.49%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (0.49%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 1 (0.49%) Microsoft Project
1 1 (0.49%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 21 (10.24%) SAP S/4HANA
2 4 (1.95%) Dynamics CRM
3 3 (1.46%) SAP HCM
3 3 (1.46%) Unit4 Business World
4 2 (0.98%) NetSuite
4 2 (0.98%) SAP IBP
4 2 (0.98%) SAP MM
5 1 (0.49%) Dynamics AX
5 1 (0.49%) Sage X3
5 1 (0.49%) SAP APO
5 1 (0.49%) SAP ERP
5 1 (0.49%) SAP EWM
5 1 (0.49%) SAP LE
5 1 (0.49%) SAP PP
5 1 (0.49%) SAP QM
5 1 (0.49%) SAP SCM
5 1 (0.49%) SAP SD
Cloud Services
1 44 (21.46%) Azure
2 36 (17.56%) SaaS
3 29 (14.15%) AWS
3 29 (14.15%) Power Platform
4 12 (5.85%) Dynamics 365
4 12 (5.85%) Microsoft 365
5 10 (4.88%) GCP
6 8 (3.90%) Azure DevOps
7 6 (2.93%) Microsoft Copilot
8 5 (2.44%) Snowflake
9 4 (1.95%) Alation
9 4 (1.95%) Cloud Composer
9 4 (1.95%) GitHub
9 4 (1.95%) IaaS
9 4 (1.95%) Serverless
9 4 (1.95%) SuccessFactors
10 3 (1.46%) PaaS
10 3 (1.46%) Power Automate
11 2 (0.98%) AWS Step Functions
11 2 (0.98%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 10 (4.88%) SD-WAN
2 9 (4.39%) WAN
3 7 (3.41%) Firewall
4 5 (2.44%) MPLS
5 4 (1.95%) LAN
5 4 (1.95%) Network Security
5 4 (1.95%) VPN
6 3 (1.46%) VoIP
6 3 (1.46%) Wi-Fi
7 2 (0.98%) BGP
7 2 (0.98%) Cisco ASA
7 2 (0.98%) Cisco Nexus
7 2 (0.98%) EIGRP
7 2 (0.98%) OSPF
7 2 (0.98%) TCP/IP
7 2 (0.98%) VXLAN
8 1 (0.49%) Junos
8 1 (0.49%) NGFW
8 1 (0.49%) RS-232
8 1 (0.49%) Spanning Tree
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (3.90%) Data Warehouse
1 8 (3.90%) Power BI
2 6 (2.93%) Data Lake
3 4 (1.95%) BigQuery
3 4 (1.95%) DataStage
3 4 (1.95%) Metadata
3 4 (1.95%) QlikView
3 4 (1.95%) Tableau
4 2 (0.98%) Amazon Athena
4 2 (0.98%) Amazon Redshift
4 2 (0.98%) Big Data
5 1 (0.49%) Snowflake Schema
Development Applications
1 8 (3.90%) JIRA
2 4 (1.95%) ER Studio
2 4 (1.95%) ERwin
2 4 (1.95%) PowerDesigner
General
1 78 (38.05%) Social Skills
2 57 (27.80%) Finance
3 24 (11.71%) Marketing
3 24 (11.71%) Public Sector
4 21 (10.24%) Retail
5 20 (9.76%) Presentation Skills
6 15 (7.32%) Manufacturing
7 9 (4.39%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 8 (3.90%) Analytical Skills
9 7 (3.41%) Documentation Skills
9 7 (3.41%) Organisational Skills
10 6 (2.93%) Banking
11 4 (1.95%) Advertising
11 4 (1.95%) Law
11 4 (1.95%) Pharmaceutical
11 4 (1.95%) Retail Banking
12 3 (1.46%) Back Office
12 3 (1.46%) Billing
12 3 (1.46%) German Language
12 3 (1.46%) Legal
Job Titles
1 68 (33.17%) Consultant
2 61 (29.76%) Architect
3 52 (25.37%) Solutions Architect
4 26 (12.68%) Senior
5 21 (10.24%) Senior Consultant
6 17 (8.29%) SAP Architect
6 17 (8.29%) SAP Solutions Architect
7 16 (7.80%) Presales Consultant
8 15 (7.32%) Lead
9 12 (5.85%) Power Platform Consultant
10 11 (5.37%) Presales Solution Architect
11 10 (4.88%) IT Consultant
12 8 (3.90%) SAP S/4HANA Architect
13 7 (3.41%) Data Consultant
13 7 (3.41%) Development Manager
13 7 (3.41%) Integration Architect
14 6 (2.93%) Delivery Manager
14 6 (2.93%) Solutions Consultant
14 6 (2.93%) Technical Architect
15 5 (2.44%) Business Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (4.88%) SAP Fiori
2 3 (1.46%) .NET
2 3 (1.46%) EDI
3 2 (0.98%) PySpark
3 2 (0.98%) Regular Expression
3 2 (0.98%) REST
4 1 (0.49%) EJB
4 1 (0.49%) SAPUI5
4 1 (0.49%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 12 (5.85%) Web Conferencing
2 11 (5.37%) Onboarding
3 9 (4.39%) Greenfield Project
4 8 (3.90%) Data Centre
4 8 (3.90%) Hybrid Cloud
5 5 (2.44%) Cloud Native
5 5 (2.44%) Enterprise Software
5 5 (2.44%) Virtual Team
6 4 (1.95%) Management Information System
6 4 (1.95%) Reinsurance
6 4 (1.95%) Self-Motivation
7 3 (1.46%) Driving Licence
7 3 (1.46%) FMCG
7 3 (1.46%) PACS
8 2 (0.98%) Analytical Mindset
8 2 (0.98%) e-Learning
8 2 (0.98%) Private Cloud
9 1 (0.49%) PKI
9 1 (0.49%) Security Posture
9 1 (0.49%) Tandem
Operating Systems
1 5 (2.44%) Windows
2 3 (1.46%) Linux
3 1 (0.49%) Check Point GAiA
3 1 (0.49%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 41 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
2 38 (18.54%) AI
3 37 (18.05%) Roadmaps
4 34 (16.59%) Continuous Improvement
5 31 (15.12%) Project Delivery
6 30 (14.63%) Agile
7 26 (12.68%) Decision-Making
8 25 (12.20%) Business Development
9 24 (11.71%) Logistics
10 23 (11.22%) Analytics
11 21 (10.24%) DevOps
12 20 (9.76%) Stakeholder Management
13 19 (9.27%) Service Delivery
14 17 (8.29%) Mentoring
15 16 (7.80%) Business Intelligence
15 16 (7.80%) Stakeholder Engagement
16 15 (7.32%) CI/CD
17 14 (6.83%) Collaborative Culture
17 14 (6.83%) ERP
17 14 (6.83%) ITIL
Programming Languages
1 7 (3.41%) Python
2 6 (2.93%) SQL
3 4 (1.95%) PowerShell
4 2 (0.98%) Java
5 1 (0.49%) Bash
5 1 (0.49%) Bicep
5 1 (0.49%) JavaScript
5 1 (0.49%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 38 (18.54%) Security Cleared
2 31 (15.12%) Degree
3 26 (12.68%) SC Cleared
4 15 (7.32%) Azure Certification
5 14 (6.83%) AWS Certification
6 12 (5.85%) Master's Degree
7 8 (3.90%) DV Cleared
7 8 (3.90%) SAP Certification
8 7 (3.41%) Computer Science Degree
9 5 (2.44%) Cisco Certification
9 5 (2.44%) CISM
9 5 (2.44%) CISSP
9 5 (2.44%) Microsoft Certification
10 4 (1.95%) CCNP
10 4 (1.95%) CISMP
10 4 (1.95%) CRISC
10 4 (1.95%) DBS Check
10 4 (1.95%) HNC
10 4 (1.95%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
10 4 (1.95%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (6.34%) QA
2 10 (4.88%) Data Quality
2 10 (4.88%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 6 (2.93%) GDPR
3 6 (2.93%) NIST
4 5 (2.44%) GRC
5 4 (1.95%) Cyber Essentials
5 4 (1.95%) JSP 440
5 4 (1.95%) NIST 800
6 3 (1.46%) ISO 9001
6 3 (1.46%) NCSC
7 1 (0.49%) GxP
System Software
1 3 (1.46%) Docker
1 3 (1.46%) VMware Infrastructure
2 2 (0.98%) Active Directory
2 2 (0.98%) Hyper-V
3 1 (0.49%) Firmware
3 1 (0.49%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 12 (5.85%) Terraform
2 7 (3.41%) Kubernetes
3 3 (1.46%) Microsoft Intune
4 1 (0.49%) Ansible
4 1 (0.49%) Automic
4 1 (0.49%) Autotask
4 1 (0.49%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
4 1 (0.49%) FortiGate
4 1 (0.49%) OpenView
4 1 (0.49%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 41 (20.00%) Microsoft
2 37 (18.05%) SAP
3 12 (5.85%) Cisco
4 11 (5.37%) Fortinet
5 8 (3.90%) Ariba
6 7 (3.41%) IBM
7 5 (2.44%) Google
8 4 (1.95%) Databricks
8 4 (1.95%) Informatica
9 3 (1.46%) Anaplan
9 3 (1.46%) Juniper
9 3 (1.46%) Lotus
9 3 (1.46%) Oracle
9 3 (1.46%) Palo Alto
9 3 (1.46%) VMware
10 2 (0.98%) Guidewire
10 2 (0.98%) Ribbon
10 2 (0.98%) Salesforce
10 2 (0.98%) ServiceNow
10 2 (0.98%) Sony