pre-sales jobs in 2026 — demand, top roles hiring, and related skills
As of 2026-09-28, pre-sales appears in 329 job postings indexed by Skillenai over the past 90 days — Solutions Architect has the most postings mentioning pre-sales, with demand down 22% vs the prior 4 weeks.
Last updated · 90d ending 2026-09-28
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Frequently asked questions about pre-sales
+Is pre-sales in demand in 2026?
Yes. pre-sales appears in 329 job postings indexed by Skillenai over the 90 days ending 2026-09-28, with demand down 22% vs the prior 4 weeks. Solutions Architect accounts for the most postings mentioning pre-sales (28.0% of all postings mentioning pre-sales).
+What jobs require pre-sales?
According to the Skillenai jobs index over the 90 days ending 2026-09-28, among roles with at least 20 postings, the highest shares mentioning pre-sales are Solutions Architect Manager (30.8% of that role’s postings mention pre-sales), Field Engineering Manager (22.9% of that role’s postings mention pre-sales), Partner Solutions Architect (13.8% of that role’s postings mention pre-sales).
+What skills are commonly paired with pre-sales?
Across job postings indexed by Skillenai (90 days ending 2026-09-28), pre-sales most often appears alongside solution architecture, Python, data science, Technical consulting, solutions architecture.
+Where is pre-sales most in demand?
As of 2026-09-28, the metro areas posting the most jobs requiring pre-sales are New York City, London, Singapore, Dublin, Chicago, according to the Skillenai jobs index.
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Weekly job postings requiring pre-sales — last 90 days
Salary distribution
Box = 25th–75th percentile · tick = median · whisker = 10th–90th · USD, annualized
Roles most likely to require pre-sales
Among roles with at least 20 postings in the same period.
| Role | Postings mentioning skill | % of role postings mentioning skill |
|---|---|---|
| Solutions Architect Manager | 8 | 30.8% |
| Field Engineering Manager | 8 | 22.9% |
| Partner Solutions Architect | 4 | 13.8% |
| Agent Product Manager | 5 | 12.2% |
| Solutions Engineering Manager | 5 | 10.9% |
| CTO | 3 | 6.5% |
| Solutions Engineer | 2 | 6.5% |
| Cloud Solution Architect | 3 | 5.8% |
| Field CTO | 2 | 5.3% |
| AI Solutions Specialist | 1 | 5.0% |
Roles with the most pre-sales postings
| Role | Postings mentioning skill | Share of skill postings |
|---|---|---|
| Solutions Architect | 92 | 28.0% |
| Solution Architect | 25 | 7.6% |
| Product Manager | 10 | 3.0% |
| Systems Engineer | 10 | 3.0% |
| Field Engineering Manager | 8 | 2.4% |
| Solutions Architect Manager | 8 | 2.4% |
| Solution Engineer | 7 | 2.1% |
| AI/ML Engineering Manager | 6 | 1.8% |
| Solution Engineering Manager | 6 | 1.8% |
| AI Experience Orchestration Director | 5 | 1.5% |
Top metros hiring for pre-sales
| Name | Postings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| New York City | 22 | 6.7% |
| London | 19 | 5.8% |
| Singapore | 11 | 3.3% |
| Dublin | 10 | 3.0% |
| Chicago | 7 | 2.1% |
| San Francisco | 7 | 2.1% |
| Paris | 6 | 1.8% |
| Austin | 4 | 1.2% |
| Bangkok | 4 | 1.2% |
Skills commonly paired with pre-sales
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How this was computed
Counts derive from the Skillenai jobs index over the 90 days ending 2026-09-28. Skills are resolved against the Skillenai canonical taxonomy, so the same entity is counted whether a posting writes 'Python', 'Python 3', or 'python'. Role prevalence divides postings mentioning pre-sales by all postings for each role in the same window, ranking roles with at least 20 postings. Role distribution divides each role’s pre-sales postings by all pre-sales postings, including postings without a role. Shares need not sum to 100% for the displayed roles. Pages refresh weekly (or daily for the top-50 most-requested skills).
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- Skillenai jobs index, deduplicated daily
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- 61040aff0e220d39
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- 2026-09-28
- window_days
- 90
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