Presales Contracts in England

Presales
UK > England

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for Presales skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Presales over the 6 months to 15 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
15 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 363 500 514
Rank change year-on-year +137 +14 -109
Contract jobs citing Presales 185 142 258
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.51% 0.29% 0.37%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.59% 0.33% 0.40%
Number of daily rates quoted 82 72 149
10th Percentile £400 £401 £400
25th Percentile £488 £425 £431
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £513 £525
Median % change year-on-year +7.32% -2.38% +5.00%
75th Percentile £625 £678 £630
90th Percentile £938 £892 £778
UK median daily rate £542 £525 £525
% change year-on-year +3.24% - +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 1 2
10th Percentile - - £80.82
25th Percentile £57.50 £66.25 £82.06
Median hourly rate £60.00 £67.50 £84.11
Median % change year-on-year -11.11% -19.75% +149.21%
75th Percentile £62.50 £68.75 £86.17
90th Percentile - - £87.40
UK median hourly rate £60.00 £40.50 £84.11
% change year-on-year +48.15% -51.85% +40.18%

All Process and Methodology Skills
England

Presales is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 31,440 43,538 63,814
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 86.46% 90.17% 90.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 20,583 30,556 45,375
10th Percentile £300 £325 £331
25th Percentile £413 £450 £430
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £538
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +7.50%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £650
90th Percentile £750 £765 £750
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £530
% change year-on-year -4.55% +3.77% +8.16%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,239 1,538 1,750
10th Percentile £12.87 £10.63 £12.50
25th Percentile £15.97 £16.25 £15.25
Median hourly rate £36.50 £37.30 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year -2.14% +49.20% +6.79%
75th Percentile £60.00 £65.00 £49.25
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £65.00
UK median hourly rate £36.05 £36.00 £25.68
% change year-on-year +0.13% +40.19% +4.82%

Presales
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing Presales as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Presales in England

Presales
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Presales in England.

Daily rate trend for Presales in England

Presales
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Presales in England over the 6 months to 15 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Presales in England

Presales
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Presales in England.

Hourly rate trend for Presales in England

Presales
Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Presales within the England region over the 6 months to 15 May 2024. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
London +108 80 £550 - 168
South East +40 52 £688 +22.83% 62
South West +34 20 £600 +20.00% 30
East of England +20 11 £475 +18.75% 21
Midlands +29 9 £513 +2.50% 54
West Midlands +19 8 £494 +3.95% 36
North of England +21 4 £550 +33.33% 55
North West +19 3 £550 +57.14% 26
Yorkshire +20 1 - - 24
East Midlands +12 1 £725 +18.37% 18
Presales
UK

Presales
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Applications
1 8 (4.32%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (2.70%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 4 (2.16%) Chatbot
3 4 (2.16%) Microsoft Excel
4 3 (1.62%) Photoshop
5 2 (1.08%) Microsoft Project
5 2 (1.08%) MS Visio
6 1 (0.54%) InVision
6 1 (0.54%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 7 (3.78%) Loan IQ
2 4 (2.16%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.54%) SAP EHS
3 1 (0.54%) SAP GRC
3 1 (0.54%) SAP Oil and Gas
Cloud Services
1 20 (10.81%) Azure
2 17 (9.19%) AWS
3 12 (6.49%) SaaS
4 8 (4.32%) GCP
5 7 (3.78%) Dynamics 365
6 5 (2.70%) Entra ID
6 5 (2.70%) Microsoft 365
6 5 (2.70%) Power Platform
7 4 (2.16%) PaaS
8 3 (1.62%) Azure DevOps
8 3 (1.62%) Azure Logic Apps
8 3 (1.62%) Cloud Computing
8 3 (1.62%) Salesforce Service Cloud
8 3 (1.62%) Serverless
8 3 (1.62%) Snowflake
9 2 (1.08%) AWS CloudFormation
9 2 (1.08%) AWS Lambda
9 2 (1.08%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
10 1 (0.54%) GitHub
10 1 (0.54%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 19 (10.27%) WAN
2 17 (9.19%) SD-WAN
3 16 (8.65%) PBX
4 15 (8.11%) VoIP
5 10 (5.41%) LAN
6 6 (3.24%) SDH
6 6 (3.24%) WLAN
7 4 (2.16%) Firewall
7 4 (2.16%) Wireless
8 3 (1.62%) SSL
8 3 (1.62%) Unified Communications
9 2 (1.08%) Cisco ISE
9 2 (1.08%) MPLS
10 1 (0.54%) 4G
10 1 (0.54%) 5G
10 1 (0.54%) DMZ
10 1 (0.54%) DNS
10 1 (0.54%) Kerberos
10 1 (0.54%) Radio Access Network
10 1 (0.54%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (1.62%) Azure SQL Database
1 3 (1.62%) Big Data
1 3 (1.62%) Data Lake
2 2 (1.08%) NoSQL
2 2 (1.08%) Power BI
3 1 (0.54%) MySQL
3 1 (0.54%) RDBMS
3 1 (0.54%) Relational Database
3 1 (0.54%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 4 (2.16%) Rational DOORS
2 2 (1.08%) Visual Studio
3 1 (0.54%) Jenkins
3 1 (0.54%) Rational Software Modeler
3 1 (0.54%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 57 (30.81%) Social Skills
2 44 (23.78%) Presentation Skills
3 41 (22.16%) Finance
4 34 (18.38%) Telecoms
5 24 (12.97%) Marketing
5 24 (12.97%) Public Sector
6 8 (4.32%) Influencing Skills
7 7 (3.78%) Electronics
7 7 (3.78%) Financial Institution
8 5 (2.70%) Analytical Skills
8 5 (2.70%) Billing
8 5 (2.70%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 4 (2.16%) Legal
9 4 (2.16%) Mandarin Language
9 4 (2.16%) Manufacturing
10 3 (1.62%) Aeronautics
10 3 (1.62%) Aerospace
10 3 (1.62%) German Language
11 2 (1.08%) Advertising
11 2 (1.08%) Front Office
Job Titles
1 114 (61.62%) Architect
2 49 (26.49%) Solutions Architect
3 27 (14.59%) Consultant
4 25 (13.51%) Senior
5 23 (12.43%) Network Architect
6 21 (11.35%) Security Architect
7 20 (10.81%) Lead
8 13 (7.03%) Lead Architect
8 13 (7.03%) Senior Architect
9 11 (5.95%) Technical Architect
10 9 (4.86%) Senior Security Architect
10 9 (4.86%) Technical Consultant
11 8 (4.32%) Lead Solutions Architect
12 7 (3.78%) Network Engineer
12 7 (3.78%) Presales Solution Architect
12 7 (3.78%) Project Manager
13 6 (3.24%) Cloud Architect
13 6 (3.24%) Presales Consultant
13 6 (3.24%) Solutions Consultant
14 5 (2.70%) Presales Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (3.24%) RESTful
2 2 (1.08%) CSS
2 2 (1.08%) Node.js
2 2 (1.08%) Web Services
3 1 (0.54%) .NET
3 1 (0.54%) Framer.js
3 1 (0.54%) JDBC
3 1 (0.54%) jQuery
3 1 (0.54%) JSON
3 1 (0.54%) LDAP
3 1 (0.54%) OAuth
3 1 (0.54%) OpenID
3 1 (0.54%) REST
3 1 (0.54%) SAML
3 1 (0.54%) Servlets
3 1 (0.54%) SOAP
3 1 (0.54%) Spring
3 1 (0.54%) Spring Security
3 1 (0.54%) WebGL
3 1 (0.54%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 15 (8.11%) Data Protection Act
2 10 (5.41%) Self-Motivation
3 7 (3.78%) Augmented Reality
3 7 (3.78%) Data Centre
3 7 (3.78%) Virtual Reality
4 6 (3.24%) Enterprise Software
4 6 (3.24%) Public Cloud
5 5 (2.70%) Management Information System
5 5 (2.70%) Operational Technology
6 4 (2.16%) IVR
6 4 (2.16%) Video Conferencing
7 3 (1.62%) Cloud Native
7 3 (1.62%) Digital Media
7 3 (1.62%) Private Cloud
7 3 (1.62%) Renewable Energy
7 3 (1.62%) Solar Power
8 2 (1.08%) Greenfield Project
8 2 (1.08%) Industry 4.0
8 2 (1.08%) IoT
8 2 (1.08%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 3 (1.62%) Windows
2 1 (0.54%) Linux
2 1 (0.54%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 27 (14.59%) Agile
2 25 (13.51%) Value Proposition
3 24 (12.97%) Problem-Solving
4 23 (12.43%) Roadmaps
4 23 (12.43%) Security Architecture
5 19 (10.27%) Project Delivery
5 19 (10.27%) Stakeholder Management
6 18 (9.73%) Customer Requirements
7 16 (8.65%) DevOps
8 15 (8.11%) CI/CD
8 15 (8.11%) Data Protection
8 15 (8.11%) Network Management
8 15 (8.11%) Requirements Management
8 15 (8.11%) SIEM
9 12 (6.49%) Computer Science
10 11 (5.95%) Fintech
10 11 (5.95%) Risk Management
11 10 (5.41%) Artificial Intelligence
11 10 (5.41%) Customer Experience
12 9 (4.86%) Digital Marketing
Programming Languages
1 7 (3.78%) PowerShell
2 6 (3.24%) SQL
3 5 (2.70%) JavaScript
4 3 (1.62%) Python
4 3 (1.62%) TypeScript
5 2 (1.08%) C#
6 1 (0.54%) Bash
6 1 (0.54%) Java
Qualifications
1 78 (42.16%) Security Cleared
2 31 (16.76%) DV Cleared
3 25 (13.51%) SC Cleared
4 23 (12.43%) Degree
5 7 (3.78%) Cisco Certification
6 6 (3.24%) Computer Science Degree
7 5 (2.70%) CCNP
8 3 (1.62%) CCIE
9 2 (1.08%) (ISC)2 CCSP
9 2 (1.08%) Azure Certification
9 2 (1.08%) CCSK
9 2 (1.08%) CCSP
9 2 (1.08%) CEH
9 2 (1.08%) CISA
9 2 (1.08%) CISM
10 1 (0.54%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
10 1 (0.54%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 1 (0.54%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
10 1 (0.54%) Master's Degree
10 1 (0.54%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (7.03%) SLA
2 2 (1.08%) Actionable Recommendations
2 2 (1.08%) NIST
2 2 (1.08%) NIST 800
2 2 (1.08%) QA
3 1 (0.54%) Accessibility
3 1 (0.54%) GRC
3 1 (0.54%) PMO
System Software
1 4 (2.16%) vCloud
2 1 (0.54%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.54%) Docker
2 1 (0.54%) Hyper-V
2 1 (0.54%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 5 (2.70%) Microsoft Intune
2 3 (1.62%) Kubernetes
3 2 (1.08%) Ansible
3 2 (1.08%) Terraform
4 1 (0.54%) Active Directory Federation Services
4 1 (0.54%) PingFederate
4 1 (0.54%) RSA Archer
4 1 (0.54%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 19 (10.27%) Microsoft
2 16 (8.65%) Cisco
3 6 (3.24%) Juniper
3 6 (3.24%) Palo Alto
3 6 (3.24%) SAP
4 5 (2.70%) Genesys
4 5 (2.70%) Salesforce
5 4 (2.16%) Fortinet
5 4 (2.16%) IBM
5 4 (2.16%) Nokia
5 4 (2.16%) ServiceNow
6 3 (1.62%) CheckPoint
6 3 (1.62%) Databricks
6 3 (1.62%) VMware
7 2 (1.08%) Avaya
7 2 (1.08%) Conga
7 2 (1.08%) DocuSign
7 2 (1.08%) F5
7 2 (1.08%) Google
7 2 (1.08%) Riverbed