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

6 months to
29 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 155 283 154
Rank change year-on-year +128 -129 +7
Permanent jobs citing Presales 358 157 694
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.73% 1.00% 2.07%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.11% 1.06% 2.32%
Number of salaries quoted 284 136 465
10th Percentile £40,000 £36,250 £38,000
25th Percentile £52,500 £52,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £70,000 £61,500
Median % change year-on-year +7.14% +13.82% -20.65%
75th Percentile £94,063 £97,500 £85,000
90th Percentile £110,000 £114,625 £100,000
UK median annual salary £75,000 £70,000 £61,500
% change year-on-year +7.14% +13.82% -20.65%

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 16,967 14,802 29,888
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 82.19% 94.02% 89.09%
Number of salaries quoted 12,385 8,674 23,017
10th Percentile £35,000 £29,750 £33,750
25th Percentile £45,000 £41,250 £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 £78,938 £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% -9.12%

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 29 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 9 (2.51%) Apache Airflow
2 8 (2.23%) Apache Spark
3 5 (1.40%) Confluence
4 4 (1.12%) SharePoint
5 1 (0.28%) Apache
5 1 (0.28%) Appian
5 1 (0.28%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 3 (0.84%) AutoCAD
1 3 (0.84%) Microsoft Excel
1 3 (0.84%) MS Visio
1 3 (0.84%) SOLIDWORKS
2 1 (0.28%) Chatbot
2 1 (0.28%) Microsoft Project
2 1 (0.28%) Trello
Business Applications
1 10 (2.79%) SAP S/4HANA
2 3 (0.84%) SAP Business One
3 2 (0.56%) Dynamics CRM
3 2 (0.56%) Dynamics NAV
4 1 (0.28%) HFM
4 1 (0.28%) NetSuite
4 1 (0.28%) SAP IBP
4 1 (0.28%) SAP MII
4 1 (0.28%) SAP Oil and Gas
4 1 (0.28%) SAP PM
4 1 (0.28%) SAP PP
Cloud Services
1 113 (31.56%) Azure
2 66 (18.44%) AWS
3 37 (10.34%) SaaS
4 31 (8.66%) Microsoft 365
5 29 (8.10%) GCP
6 23 (6.42%) Nutanix
6 23 (6.42%) Power Platform
7 14 (3.91%) Snowflake
8 12 (3.35%) Dynamics 365
8 12 (3.35%) Entra ID
9 9 (2.51%) Azure Data Factory
10 8 (2.23%) Azure Synapse Analytics
11 7 (1.96%) Mimecast
11 7 (1.96%) PaaS
12 6 (1.68%) Amazon SageMaker
12 6 (1.68%) Azure DevOps
12 6 (1.68%) Azure Machine Learning
12 6 (1.68%) Dagster
12 6 (1.68%) OCI
12 6 (1.68%) Vertex AI
Communications & Networking
1 31 (8.66%) WAN
2 30 (8.38%) Firewall
3 23 (6.42%) LAN
4 22 (6.15%) VSAN
5 21 (5.87%) SD-WAN
6 14 (3.91%) Network Security
7 9 (2.51%) MPLS
7 9 (2.51%) VPN
7 9 (2.51%) Wireless
8 8 (2.23%) WLAN
9 7 (1.96%) Broadband
10 6 (1.68%) DNS
10 6 (1.68%) Fibre Channel
10 6 (1.68%) iSCSI
11 5 (1.40%) VLAN
12 4 (1.12%) IPv6
12 4 (1.12%) TCP/IP
13 3 (0.84%) DHCP
13 3 (0.84%) Software-Defined Networking
13 3 (0.84%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (4.19%) Data Warehouse
2 13 (3.63%) Power BI
3 8 (2.23%) Tableau
4 7 (1.96%) Data Lake
4 7 (1.96%) Delta Lake
4 7 (1.96%) Looker
4 7 (1.96%) SAP HANA
5 6 (1.68%) Amazon Redshift
5 6 (1.68%) Apache Iceberg
5 6 (1.68%) BigQuery
5 6 (1.68%) Elasticsearch
5 6 (1.68%) Pinecone
5 6 (1.68%) Weaviate
6 3 (0.84%) Metadata
7 2 (0.56%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 1 (0.28%) Azure SQL Database
8 1 (0.28%) Big Data
8 1 (0.28%) Semantic Layer
8 1 (0.28%) SQL Server
8 1 (0.28%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 6 (1.68%) JIRA
1 6 (1.68%) MLflow
2 4 (1.12%) Git
2 4 (1.12%) JUnit
2 4 (1.12%) Maven
2 4 (1.12%) Mockito
3 3 (0.84%) Snyk
4 2 (0.56%) Bitbucket
4 2 (0.56%) GitLab
5 1 (0.28%) Appium
5 1 (0.28%) Cypress.io
5 1 (0.28%) Selenium
General
1 103 (28.77%) Social Skills
2 54 (15.08%) Finance
3 41 (11.45%) Public Sector
4 34 (9.50%) Marketing
5 23 (6.42%) Presentation Skills
6 21 (5.87%) Manufacturing
7 18 (5.03%) Analytical Skills
8 13 (3.63%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 9 (2.51%) Games
10 8 (2.23%) Documentation Skills
10 8 (2.23%) Retail
10 8 (2.23%) Telecoms
11 6 (1.68%) Organisational Skills
12 5 (1.40%) Law
13 4 (1.12%) Advertising
13 4 (1.12%) Aerospace
13 4 (1.12%) Banking
14 3 (0.84%) Local Government
14 3 (0.84%) Military
15 2 (0.56%) Mandarin Language
Job Titles
1 120 (33.52%) Architect
2 119 (33.24%) Consultant
3 90 (25.14%) Solutions Architect
4 68 (18.99%) Senior
5 53 (14.80%) Presales Solution Architect
6 35 (9.78%) Senior Consultant
7 34 (9.50%) Cloud Consultant
8 29 (8.10%) Presales Consultant
8 29 (8.10%) Technical Consultant
9 28 (7.82%) Solutions Consultant
10 24 (6.70%) Senior Technical Consultant
11 21 (5.87%) Infrastructure Consultant
12 18 (5.03%) Cloud Architect
12 18 (5.03%) Senior Architect
12 18 (5.03%) VMware Architect
13 17 (4.75%) Technical Architect
14 16 (4.47%) Cloud Solutions Architect
14 16 (4.47%) Infrastructure Architect
15 15 (4.19%) Senior VMware Consultant
15 15 (4.19%) VMware Technical Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 17 (4.75%) REST
2 13 (3.63%) SOAP
3 7 (1.96%) PyTorch
3 7 (1.96%) TensorFlow
4 6 (1.68%) Faiss
4 6 (1.68%) React
4 6 (1.68%) vLLM
5 5 (1.40%) ModSecurity
5 5 (1.40%) SAP Fiori
6 4 (1.12%) Spring
7 3 (0.84%) Regular Expression
8 2 (0.56%) Microsoft Graph
9 1 (0.28%) .NET
9 1 (0.28%) HEVC
9 1 (0.28%) HTML5 Canvas
9 1 (0.28%) NumPy
9 1 (0.28%) Pandas
9 1 (0.28%) Playwright
9 1 (0.28%) PySpark
9 1 (0.28%) scikit-learn
Miscellaneous
1 51 (14.25%) Data Centre
2 19 (5.31%) Driving Licence
3 18 (5.03%) Onboarding
4 15 (4.19%) Private Cloud
5 13 (3.63%) Cloud Native
5 13 (3.63%) CMDB
6 11 (3.07%) Product Ownership
7 9 (2.51%) Public Cloud
8 8 (2.23%) Blog
9 7 (1.96%) Enterprise Software
9 7 (1.96%) Greenfield Project
9 7 (1.96%) Web Conferencing
10 6 (1.68%) Data Fabric
10 6 (1.68%) Enterprise Storage
10 6 (1.68%) VxBlock/Vblock
11 5 (1.40%) Hybrid Cloud
11 5 (1.40%) iPhone
11 5 (1.40%) Life Science
11 5 (1.40%) Low-Code
12 3 (0.84%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
Operating Systems
1 29 (8.10%) Windows
2 15 (4.19%) Linux
3 10 (2.79%) Windows Server
4 6 (1.68%) Android
5 1 (0.28%) Apple iOS
5 1 (0.28%) FreeBSD
5 1 (0.28%) Mac OS
5 1 (0.28%) OpenBSD
Processes & Methodologies
1 75 (20.95%) AI
2 49 (13.69%) Roadmaps
3 47 (13.13%) Cybersecurity
4 46 (12.85%) Problem-Solving
5 45 (12.57%) Project Delivery
6 43 (12.01%) Workshop Facilitation
7 42 (11.73%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 41 (11.45%) Stakeholder Management
9 39 (10.89%) Agile
10 36 (10.06%) Decision-Making
11 34 (9.50%) Customer Engagement
11 34 (9.50%) Mentoring
12 32 (8.94%) Technical Leadership
13 29 (8.10%) Collaborative Culture
14 28 (7.82%) ITIL
15 27 (7.54%) Analytics
15 27 (7.54%) CI/CD
15 27 (7.54%) Machine Learning
16 26 (7.26%) Customer Requirements
17 24 (6.70%) DevOps
Programming Languages
1 30 (8.38%) SQL
2 21 (5.87%) Python
3 10 (2.79%) Java
4 7 (1.96%) Bash
4 7 (1.96%) JavaScript
5 6 (1.68%) Go
5 6 (1.68%) Scala
6 5 (1.40%) PowerShell
7 4 (1.12%) PL/SQL
8 2 (0.56%) C#
8 2 (0.56%) PHP
8 2 (0.56%) R
9 1 (0.28%) ABAP
9 1 (0.28%) Bicep
9 1 (0.28%) C
9 1 (0.28%) C++
Qualifications
1 55 (15.36%) Security Cleared
2 36 (10.06%) SC Cleared
3 28 (7.82%) Cisco Certification
4 27 (7.54%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
5 25 (6.98%) DV Cleared
5 25 (6.98%) VCAP
6 24 (6.70%) CCNP
7 21 (5.87%) VCDX
8 17 (4.75%) Degree
9 11 (3.07%) CCIE
10 10 (2.79%) Microsoft Certification
11 9 (2.51%) Azure Certification
12 8 (2.23%) CCNA
13 6 (1.68%) CREST Certified
13 6 (1.68%) Dell Certification
13 6 (1.68%) RHCSA
14 5 (1.40%) CISM
14 5 (1.40%) CISSP
14 5 (1.40%) CRISC
14 5 (1.40%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (5.03%) QA
2 15 (4.19%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 15 (4.19%) PMO
3 12 (3.35%) GRC
4 10 (2.79%) GDPR
5 6 (1.68%) NIST
5 6 (1.68%) PCI DSS
6 5 (1.40%) Data Quality
6 5 (1.40%) JSP 440
7 4 (1.12%) Accessibility
7 4 (1.12%) SLA
8 2 (0.56%) Cyber Essentials
8 2 (0.56%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 2 (0.56%) GAAP
9 1 (0.28%) IFRS
9 1 (0.28%) IFRS 17
9 1 (0.28%) NCSC
9 1 (0.28%) Solvency II
System Software
1 45 (12.57%) VMware Infrastructure
2 31 (8.66%) vSphere
3 22 (6.15%) VMware NSX
4 21 (5.87%) Active Directory
5 16 (4.47%) vCloud
6 15 (4.19%) Hyper-V
7 10 (2.79%) Docker
8 3 (0.84%) Virtual Machines
9 1 (0.28%) BitLocker
9 1 (0.28%) KVM
9 1 (0.28%) Virtual Desktop
9 1 (0.28%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 13 (3.63%) Microsoft Intune
2 10 (2.79%) Terraform
3 7 (1.96%) Kubernetes
4 6 (1.68%) Avamar
4 6 (1.68%) Dell DRAC
4 6 (1.68%) EMC NetWorker
4 6 (1.68%) EMC VPLEX
4 6 (1.68%) VxRail
5 5 (1.40%) vCenter Server
6 4 (1.12%) Ansible
7 2 (0.56%) OpenView
7 2 (0.56%) Tivoli
8 1 (0.28%) Jamf Pro
8 1 (0.28%) Proxmox
8 1 (0.28%) SysTrack
Vendors
1 79 (22.07%) Microsoft
2 46 (12.85%) VMware
3 39 (10.89%) Cisco
4 23 (6.42%) NetApp
5 22 (6.15%) Dell
5 22 (6.15%) Nimble Storage
6 21 (5.87%) Broadcom
7 19 (5.31%) ServiceNow
8 18 (5.03%) Databricks
8 18 (5.03%) SAP
9 16 (4.47%) Fortinet
10 15 (4.19%) Palo Alto
11 12 (3.35%) Meraki
12 9 (2.51%) Juniper
13 8 (2.23%) CrowdStrike
13 8 (2.23%) Oracle
14 7 (1.96%) Google
14 7 (1.96%) N-able
15 6 (1.68%) Palantir
15 6 (1.68%) Sophos