Pre-Sales Engineer
Median ¥14,000,000 across 2 guides
Two of the five published 2026 Japan salary guides price this role: Michael Page and Robert Walters. Published figures run from ¥10,000,000 to ¥15,000,000, with a consensus median of ¥13,750,000.
The guides land close together on this role. The gap between the lowest and highest published figure is ¥5,000,000. 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 ¥13,750,000
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 ¥13,500,000 across 2 guides
Median ¥14,250,000 across 2 guides
Median ¥13,250,000 across 4 guides
Median ¥13,000,000 across 3 guides
Median ¥13,000,000 across 3 guides
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Across 2 published 2026 guides the consensus median comes to ¥13,750,000. The published figures range from ¥10,000,000 to ¥15,000,000.
At the industry-typical contingency rate of 35% of theoretical annual salary, the fee on the median comes to ¥4,812,500. An exclusive engagement at 25% comes to ¥3,437,500. These rates are market norms and are never drawn from a named salary guide.
Michael Page 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.