Presales
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for Presales skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Presales over the 6 months to 13 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
13 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 165 144 230
Rank change year-on-year -21 +86 -61
Permanent jobs citing Presales 1,762 2,479 2,805
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 1.78% 2.45% 1.77%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.08% 2.56% 1.85%
Number of salaries quoted 962 981 1,677
10th Percentile £26,025 £43,750 £44,750
25th Percentile £40,688 £62,500 £53,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £61,500 £80,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -23.13% +14.29% -
75th Percentile £82,000 £95,000 £90,000
90th Percentile £97,500 £117,500 £107,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £65,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -23.08% +4.00% +4.17%

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 permanent job vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 84,735 96,775 152,013
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 85.57% 95.60% 95.70%
Number of salaries quoted 59,708 57,079 82,921
10th Percentile £29,000 £34,000 £33,740
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £61,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.84% +1.67% +9.09%
75th Percentile £72,500 £81,250 £80,000
90th Percentile £92,500 £100,000 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +9.38%

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
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Presales.

Salary trend for Presales in the UK

Presales
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Presales over the 6 months to 13 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Presales in the UK

Presales
Top 18 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Presales within the UK over the 6 months to 13 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England -1 1,399 £60,000 -25.00% 449
UK excluding London -2 1,179 £50,000 -23.08% 258
Work from Home +16 1,063 £61,500 -20.65% 244
South East +75 385 £45,000 -30.77% 71
London -50 384 £80,000 -5.88% 173
North of England -20 244 £42,500 -32.00% 53
North West -24 176 £40,250 -39.25% 26
Midlands +4 165 £57,500 -19.30% 59
South West +13 131 £60,750 -10.00% 31
Scotland -68 109 £60,000 -25.00% 22
West Midlands +23 95 £57,500 -20.69% 40
East of England +29 76 £50,000 -1.48% 18
Yorkshire +25 69 £57,500 -4.17% 21
East Midlands -6 66 £57,500 -17.86% 19
Northern Ireland +18 44 £57,500 - 6
Wales -13 37 £67,500 +12.50% 5
North East -20 8 £48,750 +47.73% 6
Channel Islands - 4 £85,000 -

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 91 (5.16%) SharePoint
2 62 (3.52%) Microsoft Exchange
3 41 (2.33%) IIS
4 38 (2.16%) CMS
4 38 (2.16%) Umbraco
5 36 (2.04%) Headless CMS
5 36 (2.04%) Kentico
5 36 (2.04%) Sitecore CMS
6 6 (0.34%) OpenStack
7 5 (0.28%) Oracle Workflow
8 2 (0.11%) Alfresco
8 2 (0.11%) Documentum
8 2 (0.11%) FileNet
8 2 (0.11%) NetWeaver
8 2 (0.11%) nginx
8 2 (0.11%) NServiceBus
9 1 (0.057%) Confluence
9 1 (0.057%) IBM Domino
Applications
1 34 (1.93%) Microsoft Office
2 12 (0.68%) Microsoft Excel
3 8 (0.45%) MS Visio
4 7 (0.40%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 5 (0.28%) AutoCAD
5 5 (0.28%) Autodesk Inventor
5 5 (0.28%) Fusion 360
6 4 (0.23%) Microsoft Project
7 2 (0.11%) InDesign
7 2 (0.11%) Photoshop
7 2 (0.11%) Spreadsheet
8 1 (0.057%) Revit
Business Applications
1 65 (3.69%) Dynamics CRM
2 45 (2.55%) Remedy ITSM
3 18 (1.02%) SAP S/4HANA
4 13 (0.74%) Oracle General Ledger
4 13 (0.74%) Oracle Payables
4 13 (0.74%) Oracle Receivables
5 12 (0.68%) Oracle Cash Management
6 7 (0.40%) Elite 3E
6 7 (0.40%) NetSuite
7 6 (0.34%) Oracle Payroll
8 5 (0.28%) Salesforce CRM
9 4 (0.23%) Dynamics NAV
9 4 (0.23%) Oracle Applications
9 4 (0.23%) SAP CO
9 4 (0.23%) SAP FI
9 4 (0.23%) SAP FI/CO
9 4 (0.23%) SAP FI-AP
10 3 (0.17%) Dynamics AX
10 3 (0.17%) Oracle EBS
10 3 (0.17%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 494 (28.04%) Azure
2 288 (16.35%) Microsoft 365
3 254 (14.42%) AWS
4 175 (9.93%) SaaS
5 160 (9.08%) Power Platform
6 108 (6.13%) Dynamics 365
6 108 (6.13%) GCP
7 105 (5.96%) Azure DevOps
8 57 (3.23%) Entra ID
9 42 (2.38%) PowerApps
10 38 (2.16%) Power Automate
11 36 (2.04%) Kontent
12 30 (1.70%) OCI
13 27 (1.53%) IaaS
13 27 (1.53%) PaaS
14 23 (1.31%) Azure Service Bus
15 21 (1.19%) Azure Monitor
15 21 (1.19%) OneDrive
16 20 (1.14%) Cloud Computing
16 20 (1.14%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 138 (7.83%) WAN
2 100 (5.68%) SD-WAN
3 94 (5.33%) Firewall
4 88 (4.99%) LAN
5 53 (3.01%) Wireless
6 47 (2.67%) Wi-Fi
7 43 (2.44%) VPN
8 32 (1.82%) Unified Communications
9 29 (1.65%) SAN
10 27 (1.53%) Internet
11 26 (1.48%) Network Security
12 25 (1.42%) VLAN
13 22 (1.25%) Cisco Firepower
14 21 (1.19%) BGP
14 21 (1.19%) DNS
15 19 (1.08%) Cisco ISE
15 19 (1.08%) WLAN
16 18 (1.02%) TCP/IP
17 16 (0.91%) VoIP
18 14 (0.79%) DHCP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 77 (4.37%) Data Warehouse
2 68 (3.86%) Power BI
3 59 (3.35%) Data Lake
4 57 (3.23%) SQL Server
5 47 (2.67%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
6 24 (1.36%) Relational Database
7 23 (1.31%) SQL Server Analysis Services
8 21 (1.19%) Metadata
9 14 (0.79%) BusinessObjects
9 14 (0.79%) QlikView
10 13 (0.74%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 9 (0.51%) Azure SQL Database
11 9 (0.51%) MySQL
12 7 (0.40%) Big Data
13 5 (0.28%) SAP BW
14 4 (0.23%) DTS
15 3 (0.17%) NoSQL
16 2 (0.11%) MongoDB
16 2 (0.11%) Oracle BI Publisher
16 2 (0.11%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 20 (1.14%) Visual Studio
2 17 (0.96%) Team Foundation Server
3 6 (0.34%) Git
4 5 (0.28%) GitLab
4 5 (0.28%) Jenkins
4 5 (0.28%) Octopus Deploy
4 5 (0.28%) TeamCity
5 4 (0.23%) JIRA
6 3 (0.17%) GCC
7 1 (0.057%) Rational DOORS
General
1 547 (31.04%) Social Skills
2 248 (14.07%) Finance
3 231 (13.11%) Presentation Skills
4 116 (6.58%) Marketing
5 103 (5.85%) Billing
6 96 (5.45%) Retail
7 72 (4.09%) Analytical Skills
8 47 (2.67%) Public Sector
9 45 (2.55%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 39 (2.21%) Telecoms
11 32 (1.82%) Documentation Skills
12 31 (1.76%) Manufacturing
13 24 (1.36%) Legal
14 23 (1.31%) Local Government
14 23 (1.31%) Organisational Skills
15 18 (1.02%) Back Office
15 18 (1.02%) Law
16 17 (0.96%) Banking
17 12 (0.68%) Automotive
18 11 (0.62%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 572 (32.46%) Architect
2 343 (19.47%) Consultant
3 293 (16.63%) Solutions Architect
4 255 (14.47%) Senior
5 211 (11.98%) Project Manager
6 161 (9.14%) Presales Manager
7 146 (8.29%) Presales Solution Architect
8 99 (5.62%) Cloud Architect
9 83 (4.71%) Lead
10 77 (4.37%) Senior Consultant
11 76 (4.31%) Technical Consultant
12 75 (4.26%) Senior Architect
13 53 (3.01%) Presales Consultant
14 52 (2.95%) Data Consultant
15 50 (2.84%) Security Architect
16 47 (2.67%) Senior Technology Consultant
16 47 (2.67%) ServiceNow Architect
16 47 (2.67%) Technology Consultant
17 44 (2.50%) Developer
18 43 (2.44%) Presales Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 96 (5.45%) .NET
2 54 (3.06%) .NET Core
2 54 (3.06%) RESTful
3 45 (2.55%) React
4 41 (2.33%) HTML
5 38 (2.16%) ASP.NET
6 37 (2.10%) Next.js
6 37 (2.10%) SOAP
7 36 (2.04%) .NET Framework
7 36 (2.04%) ASP.NET MVC
8 27 (1.53%) Web Services
9 23 (1.31%) REST
10 21 (1.19%) CSS
11 17 (0.96%) XML
12 15 (0.85%) JSON
13 9 (0.51%) AngularJS
13 9 (0.51%) LDAP
14 7 (0.40%) Node.js
15 6 (0.34%) Ajax
16 5 (0.28%) ARM Templates
Miscellaneous
1 219 (12.43%) Data Centre
2 182 (10.33%) Self-Motivation
3 165 (9.36%) Public Cloud
4 96 (5.45%) Video Conferencing
5 91 (5.16%) Digital Signage
6 89 (5.05%) Video\Live Streaming
7 84 (4.77%) PKI
8 42 (2.38%) Driving Licence
9 40 (2.27%) Virtual Team
10 39 (2.21%) Private Cloud
11 37 (2.10%) Cloud Native
11 37 (2.10%) Onboarding
12 34 (1.93%) Hybrid Cloud
12 34 (1.93%) IoT
13 31 (1.76%) Management Information System
14 22 (1.25%) Replication
15 18 (1.02%) FMCG
16 17 (0.96%) Client/Server
17 15 (0.85%) PlayStation
18 13 (0.74%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 166 (9.42%) Windows
2 85 (4.82%) Linux
3 59 (3.35%) Windows Server
4 42 (2.38%) Windows 10
5 21 (1.19%) Windows Server 2012
6 12 (0.68%) SUSE
6 12 (0.68%) Ubuntu
7 11 (0.62%) Windows Server 2019
8 9 (0.51%) Unix
8 9 (0.51%) Windows Server 2016
9 6 (0.34%) Android
9 6 (0.34%) Mesosphere
10 5 (0.28%) VMS
11 4 (0.23%) Apple iOS
11 4 (0.23%) Mac OS
12 2 (0.11%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
13 1 (0.057%) CentOS
13 1 (0.057%) Debian
13 1 (0.057%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 411 (23.33%) Actionable Insight
1 411 (23.33%) Project Management
2 356 (20.20%) Agile
3 346 (19.64%) Project Delivery
4 247 (14.02%) Problem-Solving
5 231 (13.11%) Cybersecurity
6 210 (11.92%) Software Delivery
7 187 (10.61%) SDLC
8 180 (10.22%) DevOps
9 179 (10.16%) Customer Service
10 177 (10.05%) Agile Project Management
11 166 (9.42%) Migration
12 164 (9.31%) Thought Leadership
13 161 (9.14%) Analytics
14 143 (8.12%) TOGAF
15 141 (8.00%) Customer Requirements
16 140 (7.95%) CRM
17 133 (7.55%) Software Licensing
18 127 (7.21%) Roadmaps
19 124 (7.04%) Artificial Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 100 (5.68%) JavaScript
2 88 (4.99%) C#
3 64 (3.63%) SQL
4 50 (2.84%) PowerShell
5 43 (2.44%) Python
6 22 (1.25%) Java
7 21 (1.19%) Bicep
8 14 (0.79%) Bash
9 8 (0.45%) C
10 7 (0.40%) Perl
11 6 (0.34%) R
12 4 (0.23%) C++
12 4 (0.23%) Kusto Query Language
13 3 (0.17%) PHP
13 3 (0.17%) TypeScript
14 2 (0.11%) ABAP
14 2 (0.11%) T-SQL
15 1 (0.057%) PL/SQL
15 1 (0.057%) VB
Qualifications
1 314 (17.82%) Degree
2 292 (16.57%) Security Cleared
3 224 (12.71%) SC Cleared
4 86 (4.88%) Microsoft Certification
5 78 (4.43%) Azure Certification
6 71 (4.03%) AWS Certification
7 65 (3.69%) Cisco Certification
8 59 (3.35%) CCNP
9 53 (3.01%) CCNA
10 43 (2.44%) Computer Science Degree
11 40 (2.27%) DV Cleared
12 26 (1.48%) MCP
12 26 (1.48%) MCSE
13 25 (1.42%) TOGAF Certification
14 21 (1.19%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
15 20 (1.14%) CREST Certified
16 14 (0.79%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
17 12 (0.68%) MCSA
17 12 (0.68%) PMI Certification
17 12 (0.68%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 117 (6.64%) SLA
2 47 (2.67%) QA
3 33 (1.87%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 32 (1.82%) COBIT
5 23 (1.31%) GDPR
6 18 (1.02%) Cyber Essentials
7 17 (0.96%) Accessibility
8 14 (0.79%) NIST
8 14 (0.79%) PMO
9 12 (0.68%) ISO 9001
10 10 (0.57%) GRC
10 10 (0.57%) PCI DSS
11 5 (0.28%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 5 (0.28%) GAMP
11 5 (0.28%) GMP
12 4 (0.23%) Data Quality
12 4 (0.23%) NCSC
13 1 (0.057%) HIPAA
13 1 (0.057%) ISO/IEC 20000
13 1 (0.057%) SOC 2
System Software
1 130 (7.38%) Active Directory
2 64 (3.63%) VMware Infrastructure
3 61 (3.46%) Hyper-V
4 13 (0.74%) Docker
4 13 (0.74%) vCloud
4 13 (0.74%) vSphere
5 9 (0.51%) Virtual Desktop
6 8 (0.45%) Virtual Machines
7 3 (0.17%) VMware ESXi
8 1 (0.057%) NFS
8 1 (0.057%) Terminal Services
Systems Management
1 51 (2.89%) Microsoft Intune
2 32 (1.82%) OpenView
3 21 (1.19%) Stealthwatch
4 16 (0.91%) CASB
5 15 (0.85%) Ansible
6 14 (0.79%) Kubernetes
7 11 (0.62%) FortiGate
8 7 (0.40%) Terraform
9 6 (0.34%) Docker Swarm
9 6 (0.34%) HP UCMDB
9 6 (0.34%) Progress Chef
9 6 (0.34%) Puppet
9 6 (0.34%) SmoothWall
10 4 (0.23%) Grafana
10 4 (0.23%) SCCM
11 3 (0.17%) Active Directory Federation Services
12 2 (0.11%) Aspera SmartTrack
12 2 (0.11%) RSA Archer
12 2 (0.11%) Single Sign-On
12 2 (0.11%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 623 (35.36%) Microsoft
2 139 (7.89%) Adobe
3 136 (7.72%) Apple
4 129 (7.32%) Cisco
5 93 (5.28%) VMware
6 91 (5.16%) HP
7 90 (5.11%) Meraki
8 88 (4.99%) Google
9 67 (3.80%) Dell
10 64 (3.63%) ServiceNow
11 61 (3.46%) Oracle
12 53 (3.01%) Aruba
13 47 (2.67%) BMC
14 45 (2.55%) Remedy
15 44 (2.50%) Fortinet
16 38 (2.16%) SAP
17 36 (2.04%) Optimizely
17 36 (2.04%) Sitecore
18 33 (1.87%) Salesforce
19 32 (1.82%) Samsung