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

6 months to
27 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 185 157 174
Rank change year-on-year -28 +17 +7
Permanent jobs citing Presales 202 370 406
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.32% 2.15% 1.97%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.49% 2.31% 2.09%
Number of salaries quoted 136 173 269
10th Percentile £50,000 £41,500 £45,000
25th Percentile £60,469 £53,750 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £82,500 £77,500 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year +6.45% +6.90% -3.33%
75th Percentile £100,000 £87,500 £90,000
90th Percentile £116,875 £97,500 £97,500
UK median annual salary £77,500 £75,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year +3.33% +7.14% -9.68%

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 13,568 15,987 19,398
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 88.33% 92.92% 94.08%
Number of salaries quoted 8,660 9,616 15,599
10th Percentile £30,000 £36,250 £36,250
25th Percentile £41,250 £46,250 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £58,050 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.12% +4.17% -4.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £81,250 £80,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%

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 27 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 6 (2.97%) Apache Airflow
2 5 (2.48%) Apache Spark
2 5 (2.48%) Confluence
3 3 (1.49%) HCL Domino
3 3 (1.49%) HCL Notes
4 2 (0.99%) Apache
4 2 (0.99%) SharePoint
5 1 (0.50%) CMS
5 1 (0.50%) Headless CMS
Applications
1 2 (0.99%) Avid Media Composer
1 2 (0.99%) Pro Tools
Business Applications
1 20 (9.90%) SAP S/4HANA
2 4 (1.98%) Dynamics CRM
3 3 (1.49%) SAP HCM
4 2 (0.99%) NetSuite
5 1 (0.50%) Dynamics AX
5 1 (0.50%) Sage X3
5 1 (0.50%) SAP ERP
5 1 (0.50%) SAP IBP
5 1 (0.50%) SAP MM
Cloud Services
1 47 (23.27%) Azure
2 38 (18.81%) SaaS
3 30 (14.85%) AWS
4 16 (7.92%) Power Platform
5 12 (5.94%) GCP
5 12 (5.94%) Serverless
6 11 (5.45%) Dynamics 365
6 11 (5.45%) Snowflake
7 10 (4.95%) Microsoft 365
8 7 (3.47%) Azure DevOps
9 4 (1.98%) Alation
9 4 (1.98%) Cloud Composer
9 4 (1.98%) dbt
9 4 (1.98%) GitHub
9 4 (1.98%) Matillion
9 4 (1.98%) Microsoft Copilot
9 4 (1.98%) SuccessFactors
10 3 (1.49%) Dagster
10 3 (1.49%) IaaS
10 3 (1.49%) Vertex AI
Communications & Networking
1 9 (4.46%) SD-WAN
1 9 (4.46%) WAN
2 5 (2.48%) Firewall
2 5 (2.48%) MPLS
3 3 (1.49%) LAN
3 3 (1.49%) Network Security
3 3 (1.49%) VoIP
3 3 (1.49%) VPN
3 3 (1.49%) Wi-Fi
4 2 (0.99%) TCP/IP
5 1 (0.50%) ATM
5 1 (0.50%) Cisco ASA
5 1 (0.50%) Cisco Nexus
5 1 (0.50%) Frame Relay
5 1 (0.50%) IGMP
5 1 (0.50%) NGFW
5 1 (0.50%) RS-232
5 1 (0.50%) SNMP
5 1 (0.50%) Spanning Tree
5 1 (0.50%) VXLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (5.45%) Data Warehouse
2 8 (3.96%) Power BI
3 7 (3.47%) BigQuery
3 7 (3.47%) Tableau
4 6 (2.97%) Data Lake
5 5 (2.48%) Amazon Redshift
6 4 (1.98%) DataStage
6 4 (1.98%) Metadata
6 4 (1.98%) QlikView
7 3 (1.49%) Apache Iceberg
7 3 (1.49%) Delta Lake
7 3 (1.49%) Elasticsearch
7 3 (1.49%) Looker
7 3 (1.49%) Pinecone
7 3 (1.49%) Weaviate
8 2 (0.99%) Amazon Athena
8 2 (0.99%) Big Data
9 1 (0.50%) Snowflake Schema
Development Applications
1 7 (3.47%) JIRA
2 4 (1.98%) ER Studio
2 4 (1.98%) ERwin
2 4 (1.98%) PowerDesigner
3 3 (1.49%) MLflow
General
1 77 (38.12%) Social Skills
2 50 (24.75%) Finance
3 30 (14.85%) Public Sector
4 28 (13.86%) Marketing
5 18 (8.91%) Retail
6 17 (8.42%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 14 (6.93%) Presentation Skills
8 12 (5.94%) Manufacturing
9 8 (3.96%) Analytical Skills
10 7 (3.47%) Documentation Skills
11 6 (2.97%) Banking
12 5 (2.48%) Organisational Skills
13 4 (1.98%) Law
13 4 (1.98%) Pharmaceutical
13 4 (1.98%) Retail Banking
14 3 (1.49%) Advertising
14 3 (1.49%) Back Office
14 3 (1.49%) Billing
14 3 (1.49%) German Language
14 3 (1.49%) Legal
Job Titles
1 71 (35.15%) Architect
2 54 (26.73%) Solutions Architect
3 52 (25.74%) Consultant
4 25 (12.38%) Senior
5 17 (8.42%) Presales Consultant
6 16 (7.92%) SAP Architect
6 16 (7.92%) SAP Solutions Architect
7 14 (6.93%) Lead
8 12 (5.94%) Senior Consultant
9 11 (5.45%) Azure Architect
10 10 (4.95%) Integration Architect
10 10 (4.95%) Presales Solution Architect
11 9 (4.46%) IT Consultant
11 9 (4.46%) Technical Architect
12 8 (3.96%) ITSM Architect
12 8 (3.96%) Senior Architect
12 8 (3.96%) Technical Solutions Architect
13 7 (3.47%) Data Consultant
13 7 (3.47%) SAP S/4HANA Architect
14 6 (2.97%) Technical Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (4.95%) SAP Fiori
2 3 (1.49%) .NET
2 3 (1.49%) EDI
2 3 (1.49%) Faiss
2 3 (1.49%) PyTorch
2 3 (1.49%) TensorFlow
2 3 (1.49%) vLLM
3 2 (0.99%) PySpark
3 2 (0.99%) Regular Expression
3 2 (0.99%) REST
4 1 (0.50%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 12 (5.94%) Web Conferencing
2 11 (5.45%) Onboarding
3 8 (3.96%) Cloud Native
3 8 (3.96%) Greenfield Project
3 8 (3.96%) Hybrid Cloud
3 8 (3.96%) Public Cloud
4 7 (3.47%) Data Centre
5 5 (2.48%) Driving Licence
5 5 (2.48%) Enterprise Software
6 4 (1.98%) Management Information System
6 4 (1.98%) Product Ownership
6 4 (1.98%) Reinsurance
6 4 (1.98%) Self-Motivation
6 4 (1.98%) Virtual Team
7 3 (1.49%) FMCG
7 3 (1.49%) PACS
8 2 (0.99%) Analytical Mindset
8 2 (0.99%) Augmented Reality
8 2 (0.99%) BBC
8 2 (0.99%) e-Learning
Operating Systems
1 7 (3.47%) Windows
2 5 (2.48%) Linux
3 2 (0.99%) Mac OS
4 1 (0.50%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 49 (24.26%) Roadmaps
2 44 (21.78%) AI
2 44 (21.78%) Problem-Solving
3 36 (17.82%) Continuous Improvement
4 31 (15.35%) Project Delivery
5 28 (13.86%) Agile
6 27 (13.37%) Decision-Making
7 26 (12.87%) Mentoring
8 24 (11.88%) Business Development
9 23 (11.39%) Customer Engagement
9 23 (11.39%) Logistics
10 22 (10.89%) Service Delivery
11 21 (10.40%) Migration
12 20 (9.90%) Stakeholder Management
13 19 (9.41%) Analytics
13 19 (9.41%) Stakeholder Engagement
14 18 (8.91%) DevOps
15 17 (8.42%) Strategic Thinking
16 16 (7.92%) Technical Leadership
16 16 (7.92%) Workshop Facilitation
Programming Languages
1 9 (4.46%) Python
1 9 (4.46%) SQL
2 4 (1.98%) Java
3 3 (1.49%) Bash
3 3 (1.49%) Go
3 3 (1.49%) PowerShell
3 3 (1.49%) Scala
4 1 (0.50%) JavaScript
4 1 (0.50%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 37 (18.32%) Security Cleared
2 33 (16.34%) Degree
3 26 (12.87%) SC Cleared
4 21 (10.40%) Azure Certification
5 14 (6.93%) Microsoft Certification
6 12 (5.94%) AWS Certification
6 12 (5.94%) Master's Degree
7 9 (4.46%) DV Cleared
8 7 (3.47%) SAP Certification
9 6 (2.97%) Cisco Certification
9 6 (2.97%) Computer Science Degree
10 5 (2.48%) CCNA
11 4 (1.98%) CISM
11 4 (1.98%) CISMP
11 4 (1.98%) CISSP
11 4 (1.98%) CRISC
11 4 (1.98%) DBS Check
11 4 (1.98%) HNC
11 4 (1.98%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
11 4 (1.98%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (4.95%) QA
2 9 (4.46%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 7 (3.47%) Data Quality
4 5 (2.48%) GDPR
4 5 (2.48%) GRC
4 5 (2.48%) NIST
5 4 (1.98%) Cyber Essentials
5 4 (1.98%) JSP 440
5 4 (1.98%) NIST 800
6 3 (1.49%) ISO 9001
7 2 (0.99%) NCSC
8 1 (0.50%) GAAP
8 1 (0.50%) GxP
System Software
1 6 (2.97%) Docker
2 3 (1.49%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (0.99%) Hyper-V
4 1 (0.50%) Firmware
4 1 (0.50%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 10 (4.95%) Terraform
2 7 (3.47%) Kubernetes
3 3 (1.49%) Microsoft Intune
4 2 (0.99%) Autotask
5 1 (0.50%) OpenView
5 1 (0.50%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 36 (17.82%) SAP
2 34 (16.83%) Microsoft
3 11 (5.45%) Cisco
4 9 (4.46%) Fortinet
5 8 (3.96%) Ariba
6 7 (3.47%) Databricks
6 7 (3.47%) IBM
7 6 (2.97%) Google
8 4 (1.98%) Informatica
9 3 (1.49%) Anaplan
9 3 (1.49%) Lotus
9 3 (1.49%) Oracle
9 3 (1.49%) Palantir
9 3 (1.49%) VMware
10 2 (0.99%) Foundry
10 2 (0.99%) Guidewire
10 2 (0.99%) Palo Alto
10 2 (0.99%) Panasonic
10 2 (0.99%) Ribbon
10 2 (0.99%) ServiceNow