Presales Contracts

Presales
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies 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 1 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
1 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 373 521 513
Rank change year-on-year +148 -8 -111
Contract jobs citing Presales 232 193 365
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.53% 0.32% 0.41%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.62% 0.36% 0.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 110 92 210
10th Percentile £400 £407 £400
25th Percentile £463 £450 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year - +5.00% -
75th Percentile £623 £641 £625
90th Percentile £788 £755 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £600 £488 £463
% change year-on-year +23.08% +5.41% -2.63%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 3 1
10th Percentile - £18.80 -
25th Percentile £57.50 £27.88 -
Median hourly rate £60.00 £43.00 £88.22
Median % change year-on-year +39.53% -51.26% +47.03%
75th Percentile £62.50 £55.88 -
90th Percentile - £63.60 -
UK excluding London median hourly rate - £13.50 £88.22
% change year-on-year - -84.70% -

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

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 with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 37,562 53,490 80,370
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 86.33% 89.88% 90.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 24,188 37,115 56,434
10th Percentile £300 £325 £340
25th Percentile £413 £438 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +7.69%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £475
% change year-on-year - +5.26% +8.63%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,451 1,742 1,926
10th Percentile £12.75 £11.00 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.00 £16.25 £15.27
Median hourly rate £35.50 £36.42 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year -2.53% +45.69% -
75th Percentile £59.95 £65.00 £49.25
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £64.31
UK excluding London median hourly rate £36.50 £35.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year +4.29% +75.00% -8.00%

Presales
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Presales in the UK

Presales
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Presales in the UK

Presales
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Presales over the 6 months to 1 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Presales in the UK

Presales
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for Presales in the UK

Presales
Top 15 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Presales within the UK over the 6 months to 1 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
England +184 201 £542 +5.76% 478
UK excluding London +93 110 £600 +23.08% 248
London +111 83 £534 -2.91% 224
Work from Home +83 63 £500 -9.09% 286
South East +42 62 £663 +16.34% 81
South West +33 20 £600 +20.00% 35
East of England +17 12 £500 +42.86% 13
Midlands +26 9 £513 +7.89% 43
West Midlands +28 8 £494 +3.95% 31
North of England +30 4 £550 +33.33% 48
North West +27 3 £550 +57.14% 24
Wales - 2 - - 3
Scotland +37 1 £225 - 26
Yorkshire +27 1 - - 19
East Midlands +15 1 £725 +18.37% 12

Presales
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (0.43%) Apache
1 1 (0.43%) Apache Spark
Applications
1 11 (4.74%) Chatbot
2 9 (3.88%) Microsoft Office
3 4 (1.72%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 3 (1.29%) Microsoft Excel
4 3 (1.29%) MS Visio
5 2 (0.86%) Microsoft Project
5 2 (0.86%) Photoshop
6 1 (0.43%) AutoCAD
6 1 (0.43%) InVision
6 1 (0.43%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 10 (4.31%) Loan IQ
2 1 (0.43%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.43%) SAP EHS
2 1 (0.43%) SAP GRC
2 1 (0.43%) SAP Oil and Gas
Cloud Services
1 26 (11.21%) AWS
2 23 (9.91%) Azure
3 14 (6.03%) GCP
4 11 (4.74%) SaaS
5 7 (3.02%) Dynamics 365
6 6 (2.59%) PaaS
7 5 (2.16%) Entra ID
7 5 (2.16%) Serverless
8 4 (1.72%) AWS CloudFormation
8 4 (1.72%) AWS Lambda
9 3 (1.29%) Amazon EC2
9 3 (1.29%) Amazon S3
9 3 (1.29%) Amazon SQS
9 3 (1.29%) AWS Fargate
9 3 (1.29%) Azure DevOps
9 3 (1.29%) Azure Logic Apps
9 3 (1.29%) IaaS
9 3 (1.29%) Microsoft 365
9 3 (1.29%) Power Platform
9 3 (1.29%) Salesforce Service Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 25 (10.78%) SD-WAN
1 25 (10.78%) WAN
2 18 (7.76%) PBX
3 17 (7.33%) VoIP
4 14 (6.03%) LAN
5 9 (3.88%) Wireless
5 9 (3.88%) WLAN
6 6 (2.59%) Firewall
6 6 (2.59%) SDH
7 5 (2.16%) Kerberos
8 4 (1.72%) MPLS
8 4 (1.72%) VPN
8 4 (1.72%) Wi-Fi
9 3 (1.29%) Software-Defined Networking
9 3 (1.29%) SSL
9 3 (1.29%) Unified Communications
10 2 (0.86%) CATAPAN
10 2 (0.86%) Cisco ISE
10 2 (0.86%) IPv4
10 2 (0.86%) IPv6
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (2.59%) NoSQL
2 3 (1.29%) Azure SQL Database
2 3 (1.29%) Big Data
2 3 (1.29%) Data Lake
3 2 (0.86%) Amazon Athena
3 2 (0.86%) Amazon QuickSight
3 2 (0.86%) Amazon RDS
3 2 (0.86%) Amazon Redshift
3 2 (0.86%) Power BI
4 1 (0.43%) MySQL
4 1 (0.43%) RDBMS
4 1 (0.43%) Relational Database
4 1 (0.43%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 4 (1.72%) Rational DOORS
2 2 (0.86%) Visual Studio
3 1 (0.43%) Jenkins
3 1 (0.43%) Rational Software Modeler
3 1 (0.43%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 71 (30.60%) Social Skills
2 49 (21.12%) Finance
3 47 (20.26%) Presentation Skills
4 46 (19.83%) Telecoms
5 31 (13.36%) Public Sector
6 24 (10.34%) Marketing
7 10 (4.31%) Financial Institution
8 9 (3.88%) Analytical Skills
8 9 (3.88%) Influencing Skills
9 7 (3.02%) Electronics
10 6 (2.59%) Legal
11 5 (2.16%) Billing
11 5 (2.16%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 5 (2.16%) Manufacturing
12 3 (1.29%) Aeronautics
12 3 (1.29%) Aerospace
12 3 (1.29%) Retail
13 2 (0.86%) Advertising
13 2 (0.86%) Banking
13 2 (0.86%) Front Office
Job Titles
1 136 (58.62%) Architect
2 56 (24.14%) Solutions Architect
3 43 (18.53%) Consultant
4 31 (13.36%) Network Architect
5 27 (11.64%) Senior
6 25 (10.78%) Lead
7 24 (10.34%) Security Architect
8 17 (7.33%) Lead Architect
9 15 (6.47%) Senior Architect
10 12 (5.17%) Project Manager
10 12 (5.17%) Technical Architect
10 12 (5.17%) Technical Consultant
11 11 (4.74%) Genesys Consultant
11 11 (4.74%) Presales Consultant
12 9 (3.88%) Lead Solutions Architect
12 9 (3.88%) Presales Solution Architect
12 9 (3.88%) Senior Security Architect
13 8 (3.45%) Azure Architect
13 8 (3.45%) Network Engineer
14 7 (3.02%) Cloud Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (5.60%) RESTful
2 5 (2.16%) OAuth
2 5 (2.16%) OpenID
2 5 (2.16%) SAML
3 2 (0.86%) CSS
3 2 (0.86%) Node.js
3 2 (0.86%) Web Services
4 1 (0.43%) .NET
4 1 (0.43%) AngularJS
4 1 (0.43%) JDBC
4 1 (0.43%) jQuery
4 1 (0.43%) JSON
4 1 (0.43%) LDAP
4 1 (0.43%) REST
4 1 (0.43%) Servlets
4 1 (0.43%) SOAP
4 1 (0.43%) Spring
4 1 (0.43%) Spring Security
4 1 (0.43%) WebGL
4 1 (0.43%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 17 (7.33%) Data Protection Act
2 13 (5.60%) Self-Motivation
3 11 (4.74%) IVR
4 7 (3.02%) Augmented Reality
4 7 (3.02%) Data Centre
4 7 (3.02%) Public Cloud
4 7 (3.02%) Virtual Reality
5 6 (2.59%) Enterprise Software
6 5 (2.16%) Management Information System
6 5 (2.16%) Operational Technology
6 5 (2.16%) Team-Oriented Environment
7 4 (1.72%) Video Conferencing
8 3 (1.29%) Cloud Native
8 3 (1.29%) IoT
8 3 (1.29%) Private Cloud
9 2 (0.86%) Digital Media
9 2 (0.86%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
9 2 (0.86%) Greenfield Project
9 2 (0.86%) Industry 4.0
9 2 (0.86%) Renewable Energy
Operating Systems
1 3 (1.29%) Windows
2 1 (0.43%) Linux
2 1 (0.43%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 33 (14.22%) Agile
1 33 (14.22%) Roadmaps
2 30 (12.93%) Problem-Solving
3 26 (11.21%) CI/CD
4 25 (10.78%) Project Delivery
4 25 (10.78%) Value Proposition
5 23 (9.91%) Security Architecture
5 23 (9.91%) Stakeholder Management
6 22 (9.48%) Computer Science
7 20 (8.62%) Customer Requirements
7 20 (8.62%) Network Management
7 20 (8.62%) Requirements Management
7 20 (8.62%) SIEM
8 19 (8.19%) Data Protection
9 17 (7.33%) Artificial Intelligence
10 16 (6.90%) Product Management
11 15 (6.47%) DevOps
11 15 (6.47%) Requirements Gathering
12 14 (6.03%) Fintech
13 13 (5.60%) Risk Management
Programming Languages
1 10 (4.31%) SQL
2 8 (3.45%) PowerShell
3 5 (2.16%) JavaScript
4 3 (1.29%) Python
4 3 (1.29%) TypeScript
5 2 (0.86%) C#
5 2 (0.86%) Java
6 1 (0.43%) Bash
6 1 (0.43%) Bicep
6 1 (0.43%) Scala
Qualifications
1 93 (40.09%) Security Cleared
2 32 (13.79%) SC Cleared
3 31 (13.36%) DV Cleared
4 30 (12.93%) Degree
5 16 (6.90%) Cisco Certification
6 11 (4.74%) CCNP
7 9 (3.88%) Computer Science Degree
8 7 (3.02%) CCIE
9 5 (2.16%) CCNA
10 3 (1.29%) AWS Certification
10 3 (1.29%) PMI Certification
10 3 (1.29%) PMP
11 2 (0.86%) (ISC)2 CCSP
11 2 (0.86%) CCDP
11 2 (0.86%) CCSK
11 2 (0.86%) CCSP
11 2 (0.86%) CEH
11 2 (0.86%) CISA
11 2 (0.86%) CISM
11 2 (0.86%) JNCIS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (5.60%) SLA
2 6 (2.59%) QA
3 2 (0.86%) Actionable Recommendations
3 2 (0.86%) NIST
3 2 (0.86%) NIST 800
4 1 (0.43%) Accessibility
4 1 (0.43%) GRC
4 1 (0.43%) PMO
System Software
1 4 (1.72%) vCloud
2 3 (1.29%) Docker
3 1 (0.43%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.43%) Hyper-V
3 1 (0.43%) Virtual Desktop
3 1 (0.43%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (0.43%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 5 (2.16%) Kubernetes
1 5 (2.16%) Microsoft Intune
1 5 (2.16%) PingFederate
2 4 (1.72%) Terraform
3 2 (0.86%) Ansible
4 1 (0.43%) Active Directory Federation Services
4 1 (0.43%) RSA Archer
4 1 (0.43%) SCCM
4 1 (0.43%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 26 (11.21%) Microsoft
2 25 (10.78%) Cisco
3 12 (5.17%) Genesys
4 8 (3.45%) Juniper
5 7 (3.02%) SAP
6 6 (2.59%) Avaya
6 6 (2.59%) Fortinet
6 6 (2.59%) Palo Alto
6 6 (2.59%) ServiceNow
7 5 (2.16%) Ping Identity
7 5 (2.16%) Salesforce
8 4 (1.72%) IBM
8 4 (1.72%) Nokia
8 4 (1.72%) VMware
9 3 (1.29%) CheckPoint
9 3 (1.29%) Meraki
10 2 (0.86%) Conga
10 2 (0.86%) Databricks
10 2 (0.86%) DocuSign
10 2 (0.86%) F5