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

6 months to
22 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 147 229 143
Rank change year-on-year +82 -86 +57
Permanent jobs citing Presales 452 202 517
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.85% 1.25% 2.27%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.27% 1.34% 2.59%
Number of salaries quoted 363 168 237
10th Percentile £41,250 £37,125 £37,800
25th Percentile £55,000 £55,563 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 £73,750 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year +8.47% +1.72% -3.33%
75th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £85,000
90th Percentile £110,000 £115,000 £96,250
UK median annual salary £72,500 £70,000 £72,500
% change year-on-year +3.57% -3.45% -

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 19,905 15,060 19,973
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 81.30% 93.30% 87.74%
Number of salaries quoted 14,270 8,510 12,254
10th Percentile £34,000 £30,000 £35,500
25th Percentile £44,972 £40,750 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - - -4.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £78,750 £80,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £100,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +9.09% -4.35% -4.17%

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 22 September 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 (1.55%) SharePoint
2 4 (0.88%) 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 6 (1.33%) Microsoft Project
2 2 (0.44%) MS Visio
3 1 (0.22%) Chatbot
3 1 (0.22%) Trello
Business Applications
1 7 (1.55%) Dynamics NAV
2 6 (1.33%) SAP Business One
3 4 (0.88%) Oracle Payables
3 4 (0.88%) Oracle Receivables
3 4 (0.88%) SAP S/4HANA
4 3 (0.66%) NetSuite
4 3 (0.66%) Oracle Cash Management
4 3 (0.66%) Oracle ERP
4 3 (0.66%) Oracle General Ledger
5 2 (0.44%) Sage 200
5 2 (0.44%) Workday HCM
6 1 (0.22%) Dynamics CRM
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
1 135 (29.87%) Azure
2 58 (12.83%) AWS
3 43 (9.51%) Microsoft 365
4 39 (8.63%) SaaS
5 32 (7.08%) Power Platform
6 26 (5.75%) Dynamics 365
7 24 (5.31%) GCP
8 23 (5.09%) Entra ID
9 18 (3.98%) Nutanix
10 10 (2.21%) Azure Data Factory
10 10 (2.21%) Microsoft Copilot
10 10 (2.21%) Power Automate
11 9 (1.99%) Azure Synapse Analytics
12 8 (1.77%) Azure DevOps
12 8 (1.77%) Mimecast
12 8 (1.77%) OCI
13 7 (1.55%) PaaS
13 7 (1.55%) PowerApps
14 6 (1.33%) Snowflake
15 5 (1.11%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 33 (7.30%) Firewall
2 24 (5.31%) WAN
3 18 (3.98%) LAN
4 17 (3.76%) VSAN
5 16 (3.54%) SD-WAN
6 15 (3.32%) Network Security
7 12 (2.65%) Unified Communications
8 9 (1.99%) WLAN
9 8 (1.77%) DNS
10 6 (1.33%) Fibre Channel
10 6 (1.33%) iSCSI
10 6 (1.33%) Wireless
11 5 (1.11%) VLAN
12 4 (0.88%) DWDM
12 4 (0.88%) MPLS
12 4 (0.88%) VPN
13 3 (0.66%) 5G
13 3 (0.66%) Cisco ASA
13 3 (0.66%) DHCP
13 3 (0.66%) WebEx
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (3.32%) Power BI
2 13 (2.88%) Data Warehouse
3 10 (2.21%) SAP HANA
4 6 (1.33%) Data Lake
4 6 (1.33%) Metadata
5 4 (0.88%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 3 (0.66%) SQL Server Analysis Services
6 3 (0.66%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 3 (0.66%) Tableau
7 2 (0.44%) Big Data
7 2 (0.44%) Semantic Layer
8 1 (0.22%) Azure SQL Database
8 1 (0.22%) Delta Lake
8 1 (0.22%) Looker
Development Applications
1 4 (0.88%) JUnit
1 4 (0.88%) Maven
1 4 (0.88%) Mockito
2 3 (0.66%) Git
2 3 (0.66%) Snyk
3 2 (0.44%) Bitbucket
3 2 (0.44%) GitLab
3 2 (0.44%) Sonatype Nexus
4 1 (0.22%) JIRA
4 1 (0.22%) MLflow
General
1 162 (35.84%) Social Skills
2 99 (21.90%) Finance
3 48 (10.62%) Presentation Skills
4 46 (10.18%) Public Sector
5 35 (7.74%) Marketing
6 23 (5.09%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 22 (4.87%) Telecoms
8 20 (4.42%) Manufacturing
9 12 (2.65%) Analytical Skills
9 12 (2.65%) Documentation Skills
10 9 (1.99%) Law
10 9 (1.99%) Local Government
11 8 (1.77%) Games
12 7 (1.55%) Advertising
12 7 (1.55%) Legal
13 6 (1.33%) Aerospace
13 6 (1.33%) Retail
14 5 (1.11%) French Language
15 4 (0.88%) Mandarin Language
15 4 (0.88%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 153 (33.85%) Architect
2 133 (29.42%) Consultant
3 116 (25.66%) Solutions Architect
4 74 (16.37%) Senior
5 62 (13.72%) Presales Solution Architect
6 35 (7.74%) Solutions Consultant
7 30 (6.64%) Presales Consultant
8 29 (6.42%) Senior Consultant
9 27 (5.97%) Technical Consultant
10 25 (5.53%) Cloud Consultant
10 25 (5.53%) Lead
11 22 (4.87%) Senior Technical Consultant
12 21 (4.65%) Technical Architect
13 18 (3.98%) Cloud Architect
13 18 (3.98%) Senior Architect
14 16 (3.54%) VMware Architect
15 15 (3.32%) Azure Architect
15 15 (3.32%) Business Consultant
16 14 (3.10%) Dynamics 365 Architect
16 14 (3.10%) Dynamics 365 Solution Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 19 (4.20%) REST
2 15 (3.32%) SOAP
3 6 (1.33%) React
3 6 (1.33%) Terraform
4 5 (1.11%) .NET
4 5 (1.11%) ModSecurity
5 4 (0.88%) PySpark
5 4 (0.88%) Spring
6 3 (0.66%) CarPlay
6 3 (0.66%) MDX
6 3 (0.66%) Regular Expression
7 2 (0.44%) Microsoft Graph
8 1 (0.22%) HEVC
8 1 (0.22%) NumPy
8 1 (0.22%) Pandas
8 1 (0.22%) PyTorch
8 1 (0.22%) SAP Fiori
8 1 (0.22%) scikit-learn
8 1 (0.22%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 56 (12.39%) Data Centre
2 27 (5.97%) Onboarding
3 26 (5.75%) Driving Licence
4 19 (4.20%) Self-Motivation
5 18 (3.98%) Enterprise Software
6 14 (3.10%) CMDB
6 14 (3.10%) Private Cloud
7 10 (2.21%) Cloud Native
8 9 (1.99%) AI Agents
8 9 (1.99%) Hybrid Cloud
8 9 (1.99%) PACS
9 7 (1.55%) Greenfield Project
9 7 (1.55%) IoT
10 6 (1.33%) Blog
10 6 (1.33%) Data Fabric
10 6 (1.33%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
10 6 (1.33%) Enterprise Cloud
10 6 (1.33%) Enterprise Storage
10 6 (1.33%) VxBlock/Vblock
11 5 (1.11%) iPhone
Operating Systems
1 26 (5.75%) Windows
2 12 (2.65%) Linux
3 11 (2.43%) Windows Server
4 9 (1.99%) Android
5 4 (0.88%) Apple iOS
6 3 (0.66%) Embedded Linux
7 1 (0.22%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 99 (21.90%) AI
2 71 (15.71%) Decision-Making
3 69 (15.27%) Roadmaps
4 67 (14.82%) Stakeholder Management
5 62 (13.72%) Cybersecurity
6 58 (12.83%) Customer Engagement
7 53 (11.73%) Mentoring
8 51 (11.28%) Customer Requirements
8 51 (11.28%) Problem-Solving
9 49 (10.84%) Commercial Awareness
9 49 (10.84%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 45 (9.96%) Translating Business Requirements
11 43 (9.51%) Agile
12 42 (9.29%) Project Delivery
12 42 (9.29%) Workshop Facilitation
13 41 (9.07%) Migration
14 39 (8.63%) Technical Leadership
15 37 (8.19%) Business Development
16 35 (7.74%) Continuous Improvement
17 34 (7.52%) ERP
Programming Languages
1 26 (5.75%) SQL
2 16 (3.54%) Python
3 7 (1.55%) Java
4 6 (1.33%) C#
4 6 (1.33%) C++
4 6 (1.33%) JavaScript
4 6 (1.33%) PowerShell
5 4 (0.88%) PL/SQL
6 3 (0.66%) C
6 3 (0.66%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 3 (0.66%) Embedded C++
7 2 (0.44%) PHP
8 1 (0.22%) Bicep
Qualifications
1 81 (17.92%) Security Cleared
2 58 (12.83%) SC Cleared
3 31 (6.86%) DV Cleared
4 28 (6.19%) Degree
5 22 (4.87%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
6 19 (4.20%) Cisco Certification
6 19 (4.20%) Microsoft Certification
7 18 (3.98%) VCAP
8 17 (3.76%) CCNP
8 17 (3.76%) VCDX
9 13 (2.88%) Azure Certification
10 8 (1.77%) CCIE
10 8 (1.77%) CISSP
11 6 (1.33%) CISM
11 6 (1.33%) Dell Certification
12 5 (1.11%) CRISC
12 5 (1.11%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
12 5 (1.11%) RHCSA
13 4 (0.88%) CompTIA Security+
13 4 (0.88%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 20 (4.42%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 19 (4.20%) GRC
3 18 (3.98%) PMO
4 16 (3.54%) QA
5 13 (2.88%) GDPR
6 12 (2.65%) NIST
7 7 (1.55%) Cyber Essentials
8 6 (1.33%) Data Quality
8 6 (1.33%) PCI DSS
9 5 (1.11%) JSP 440
10 3 (0.66%) Accessibility
10 3 (0.66%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 2 (0.44%) IFRS
11 2 (0.44%) IFRS 17
11 2 (0.44%) Solvency II
12 1 (0.22%) Actionable Recommendations
12 1 (0.22%) SLA
System Software
1 39 (8.63%) VMware Infrastructure
2 24 (5.31%) Active Directory
2 24 (5.31%) vSphere
3 17 (3.76%) Hyper-V
3 17 (3.76%) VMware NSX
4 12 (2.65%) vCloud
5 6 (1.33%) Docker
6 3 (0.66%) Virtual Machines
7 2 (0.44%) Firmware
8 1 (0.22%) BitLocker
Systems Management
1 21 (4.65%) Microsoft Intune
2 19 (4.20%) 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 4 (0.88%) Ansible
6 1 (0.22%) Jamf Pro
6 1 (0.22%) SysTrack
Vendors
1 123 (27.21%) Microsoft
2 45 (9.96%) VMware
3 43 (9.51%) Cisco
4 24 (5.31%) NetApp
5 21 (4.65%) ServiceNow
6 19 (4.20%) SAP
7 18 (3.98%) Dell
7 18 (3.98%) Nimble Storage
8 17 (3.76%) Broadcom
9 16 (3.54%) Databricks
10 15 (3.32%) Juniper
11 14 (3.10%) Palo Alto
12 13 (2.88%) Oracle
13 12 (2.65%) Fortinet
14 11 (2.43%) Veeam
15 10 (2.21%) Meraki
16 9 (1.99%) CrowdStrike
17 8 (1.77%) N-able
18 7 (1.55%) Google
18 7 (1.55%) Salesforce