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

6 months to
22 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 196 179 181
Rank change year-on-year -17 +2 -12
Permanent jobs citing Presales 185 313 447
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.20% 1.91% 1.87%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.38% 2.03% 2.00%
Number of salaries quoted 121 147 301
10th Percentile £50,000 £41,250 £42,500
25th Percentile £60,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 £72,500 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.34% +3.57% -9.68%
75th Percentile £97,500 £85,000 £90,000
90th Percentile £118,750 £97,500 £100,000
UK median annual salary £75,000 £72,500 £70,000
% change year-on-year +3.45% +3.57% -12.50%

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 13,454 15,421 22,310
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 86.93% 94.05% 93.16%
Number of salaries quoted 8,565 9,081 18,236
10th Percentile £30,000 £36,250 £35,125
25th Percentile £42,000 £47,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% +4.17% -4.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £82,500 £77,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £102,500 £96,539
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -8.33% +4.35% -8.00%

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 22 January 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 11 (5.95%) Apache Airflow
2 8 (4.32%) Apache Spark
3 3 (1.62%) Confluence
3 3 (1.62%) HCL Domino
3 3 (1.62%) HCL Notes
4 2 (1.08%) Apache
4 2 (1.08%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (1.08%) Avid Media Composer
1 2 (1.08%) Pro Tools
Business Applications
1 16 (8.65%) SAP S/4HANA
2 4 (2.16%) Dynamics CRM
3 3 (1.62%) SAP HCM
4 2 (1.08%) NetSuite
5 1 (0.54%) Dynamics AX
5 1 (0.54%) Sage X3
5 1 (0.54%) SAP ERP
5 1 (0.54%) SAP IBP
5 1 (0.54%) SAP MM
5 1 (0.54%) SAP Oil and Gas
5 1 (0.54%) SAP PM
Cloud Services
1 44 (23.78%) Azure
2 41 (22.16%) SaaS
3 29 (15.68%) AWS
4 18 (9.73%) Power Platform
5 16 (8.65%) GCP
5 16 (8.65%) Snowflake
6 11 (5.95%) Serverless
7 9 (4.86%) Dynamics 365
8 8 (4.32%) Microsoft 365
9 6 (3.24%) Amazon SageMaker
9 6 (3.24%) Azure DevOps
9 6 (3.24%) Azure Machine Learning
9 6 (3.24%) Dagster
9 6 (3.24%) dbt
9 6 (3.24%) Matillion
9 6 (3.24%) Vertex AI
10 4 (2.16%) Alation
10 4 (2.16%) Cloud Composer
10 4 (2.16%) GitHub
10 4 (2.16%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 8 (4.32%) SD-WAN
1 8 (4.32%) WAN
2 5 (2.70%) MPLS
3 3 (1.62%) Firewall
3 3 (1.62%) LAN
3 3 (1.62%) Network Security
3 3 (1.62%) Wi-Fi
4 2 (1.08%) TCP/IP
4 2 (1.08%) VoIP
5 1 (0.54%) ATM
5 1 (0.54%) BGP
5 1 (0.54%) Cisco ASA
5 1 (0.54%) Cisco Nexus
5 1 (0.54%) EIGRP
5 1 (0.54%) Frame Relay
5 1 (0.54%) IGMP
5 1 (0.54%) OSPF
5 1 (0.54%) SNMP
5 1 (0.54%) Spanning Tree
5 1 (0.54%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (7.57%) Data Warehouse
2 10 (5.41%) BigQuery
2 10 (5.41%) Power BI
2 10 (5.41%) Tableau
3 8 (4.32%) Amazon Redshift
4 6 (3.24%) Apache Iceberg
4 6 (3.24%) Data Lake
4 6 (3.24%) Delta Lake
4 6 (3.24%) Elasticsearch
4 6 (3.24%) Looker
4 6 (3.24%) Pinecone
4 6 (3.24%) Weaviate
5 4 (2.16%) DataStage
5 4 (2.16%) Metadata
5 4 (2.16%) QlikView
6 2 (1.08%) Amazon Athena
6 2 (1.08%) Big Data
6 2 (1.08%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 1 (0.54%) Snowflake Schema
Development Applications
1 6 (3.24%) MLflow
2 5 (2.70%) JIRA
3 4 (2.16%) ER Studio
3 4 (2.16%) ERwin
3 4 (2.16%) PowerDesigner
General
1 69 (37.30%) Social Skills
2 39 (21.08%) Finance
3 29 (15.68%) Public Sector
4 26 (14.05%) Marketing
5 16 (8.65%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 14 (7.57%) Retail
7 10 (5.41%) Presentation Skills
8 8 (4.32%) Manufacturing
9 7 (3.78%) Analytical Skills
10 6 (3.24%) Banking
10 6 (3.24%) Documentation Skills
11 5 (2.70%) Organisational Skills
12 4 (2.16%) Law
12 4 (2.16%) Retail Banking
13 3 (1.62%) Advertising
13 3 (1.62%) Billing
13 3 (1.62%) German Language
13 3 (1.62%) Influencing Skills
14 2 (1.08%) Local Government
14 2 (1.08%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 64 (34.59%) Architect
2 50 (27.03%) Consultant
3 45 (24.32%) Solutions Architect
4 27 (14.59%) Senior
5 15 (8.11%) Lead
6 14 (7.57%) Presales Consultant
6 14 (7.57%) Senior Consultant
7 12 (6.49%) Integration Architect
8 11 (5.95%) Technical Architect
9 10 (5.41%) Azure Architect
9 10 (5.41%) ITSM Architect
9 10 (5.41%) SAP Architect
9 10 (5.41%) SAP Solutions Architect
9 10 (5.41%) Technical Solutions Architect
10 9 (4.86%) Data Consultant
10 9 (4.86%) IT Consultant
11 8 (4.32%) Presales Solution Architect
11 8 (4.32%) Senior Architect
12 6 (3.24%) Artificial Intelligence Consultant
12 6 (3.24%) Technical Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (3.78%) SAP Fiori
2 6 (3.24%) Faiss
2 6 (3.24%) PyTorch
2 6 (3.24%) TensorFlow
2 6 (3.24%) vLLM
3 3 (1.62%) EDI
4 2 (1.08%) .NET
4 2 (1.08%) PySpark
4 2 (1.08%) Regular Expression
5 1 (0.54%) REST
5 1 (0.54%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 12 (6.49%) Web Conferencing
2 10 (5.41%) Cloud Native
3 8 (4.32%) Public Cloud
4 7 (3.78%) Hybrid Cloud
4 7 (3.78%) Onboarding
4 7 (3.78%) Product Ownership
5 6 (3.24%) Data Centre
5 6 (3.24%) Greenfield Project
6 5 (2.70%) Driving Licence
6 5 (2.70%) Enterprise Software
7 4 (2.16%) Management Information System
7 4 (2.16%) Reinsurance
8 3 (1.62%) Self-Motivation
8 3 (1.62%) Virtual Team
9 2 (1.08%) Analytical Mindset
9 2 (1.08%) Augmented Reality
9 2 (1.08%) BBC
9 2 (1.08%) Blog
9 2 (1.08%) e-Learning
9 2 (1.08%) PACS
Operating Systems
1 5 (2.70%) Windows
2 3 (1.62%) Linux
3 2 (1.08%) Mac OS
4 1 (0.54%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 46 (24.86%) Roadmaps
2 45 (24.32%) AI
3 39 (21.08%) Problem-Solving
4 36 (19.46%) Continuous Improvement
5 30 (16.22%) Project Delivery
6 27 (14.59%) Decision-Making
7 23 (12.43%) Customer Engagement
7 23 (12.43%) Mentoring
8 22 (11.89%) Service Delivery
9 21 (11.35%) Agile
10 20 (10.81%) Migration
10 20 (10.81%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 19 (10.27%) Workshop Facilitation
12 18 (9.73%) Business Development
12 18 (9.73%) CI/CD
13 17 (9.19%) Analytics
13 17 (9.19%) Business Intelligence
13 17 (9.19%) ITSM
13 17 (9.19%) Project Management
14 16 (8.65%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 14 (7.57%) SQL
2 13 (7.03%) Python
3 7 (3.78%) Java
4 6 (3.24%) Bash
4 6 (3.24%) Go
4 6 (3.24%) Scala
5 2 (1.08%) R
6 1 (0.54%) ABAP
6 1 (0.54%) JavaScript
6 1 (0.54%) Kusto Query Language
6 1 (0.54%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 35 (18.92%) Security Cleared
2 30 (16.22%) Degree
3 24 (12.97%) SC Cleared
4 16 (8.65%) Azure Certification
5 14 (7.57%) Microsoft Certification
6 9 (4.86%) DV Cleared
7 8 (4.32%) Master's Degree
8 7 (3.78%) AWS Certification
9 6 (3.24%) Cisco Certification
9 6 (3.24%) Computer Science Degree
10 5 (2.70%) CCNA
10 5 (2.70%) SAP Certification
11 4 (2.16%) CISM
11 4 (2.16%) CISMP
11 4 (2.16%) CISSP
11 4 (2.16%) CRISC
11 4 (2.16%) DBS Check
11 4 (2.16%) HNC
11 4 (2.16%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
11 4 (2.16%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (5.41%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 8 (4.32%) Data Quality
2 8 (4.32%) QA
3 5 (2.70%) GDPR
3 5 (2.70%) GRC
3 5 (2.70%) NIST
4 4 (2.16%) Cyber Essentials
4 4 (2.16%) JSP 440
4 4 (2.16%) NIST 800
5 3 (1.62%) ISO 9001
5 3 (1.62%) NCSC
6 1 (0.54%) GAAP
6 1 (0.54%) GxP
System Software
1 8 (4.32%) Docker
2 1 (0.54%) Firmware
2 1 (0.54%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 9 (4.86%) Terraform
2 5 (2.70%) Kubernetes
3 2 (1.08%) Autotask
4 1 (0.54%) Microsoft Intune
4 1 (0.54%) OpenView
4 1 (0.54%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 31 (16.76%) Microsoft
2 28 (15.14%) SAP
3 12 (6.49%) Cisco
4 10 (5.41%) Databricks
5 9 (4.86%) Fortinet
6 7 (3.78%) Google
6 7 (3.78%) IBM
7 6 (3.24%) Palantir
8 4 (2.16%) Informatica
9 3 (1.62%) Ariba
9 3 (1.62%) Juniper
9 3 (1.62%) Lotus
10 2 (1.08%) Adobe
10 2 (1.08%) Apple
10 2 (1.08%) Avid
10 2 (1.08%) Dell
10 2 (1.08%) Palo Alto
10 2 (1.08%) Sage
10 2 (1.08%) Salesforce
10 2 (1.08%) ServiceNow