Pre-Sales Engineer
Median ¥14,000,000 across 2 guides
Two of the five published 2026 Japan salary guides price this role: Morgan McKinley and Robert Walters. Published figures run from ¥9,000,000 to ¥18,000,000, with a consensus median of ¥14,000,000.
The guides differ meaningfully on this role, with ¥9,000,000 between the lowest and highest published figure. Each guide surveys its own placements and draws its own role boundaries, which is why published ranges differ.
Fee and total acquisition cost on the consensus median of ¥14,000,000
Contingency Search (35%)
Multiple agencies working one role
Typical range: 30-40%
Exclusive Search (25%)
A single trusted agency
Typical range: 20-30%
Fee is industry-typical for the engagement model, computed on theoretical annual salary; not attributed to any single guide.
Median ¥14,000,000 across 2 guides
Median ¥13,000,000 across 3 guides
Median ¥12,000,000 across 2 guides
Median ¥11,948,805 across 2 guides
Median ¥11,750,000 across 2 guides
Median ¥16,500,000 across 2 guides
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Across 2 published 2026 guides the consensus median comes to ¥14,000,000. The published figures range from ¥9,000,000 to ¥18,000,000.
At the industry-typical contingency rate of 35% of theoretical annual salary, the fee on the median comes to ¥4,900,000. An exclusive engagement at 25% comes to ¥3,500,000. These rates are market norms and are never drawn from a named salary guide.
Morgan McKinley and Robert Walters include this role in their 2026 Japan editions. The consensus shown here draws only on those published figures.
Each guide surveys its own placements and draws its own role boundaries, which is why published ranges differ. The spread shown is the gap between the lowest and highest published figure, never a modelled band.
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111 live openings matching this role title across industries, at 74 companies in Japan
Drawn from the 159 postings matching this role title, at 88 companies hiring in Japan.
State a Japanese Level
Native/Fluent (Native or JLPT N1)
21%
Professional Working Proficiency (JLPT N2)
10%
No mention
69%
State an English Skill
Native/Fluent (TOEIC 945-990)
8%
Professional Working Proficiency (TOEIC 785-944)
13%
Limited Working Proficiency (TOEIC 550-784)
1%
Mentioned, level not specified
6%
No mention
72%
Share of postings stating each term
Target Achievement
27%
Pipeline Management
25%
Presentation
23%
New Business Development
23%
Negotiation
22%
SaaS
20%
Account Management
19%
Salesforce
17%
Stakeholder Management
17%
CRM
15%
Solution Sales
14%
B2B Sales
13%
Partner / Channel Sales
13%
Customer Success
11%
Data Analysis
11%
Excel
9%
Project Management
8%
PowerPoint
8%
Key Accounts
6%
Field Sales
4%
Inside Sales
3%
Share of postings stating each term
5-9 years of experience
26%
Management experience
18%
University degree
16%
3-4 years of experience
16%
1-2 years of experience
9%
10+ years of experience
9%
Same-industry experience
4%
Master's degree
3%