Enterprise Software Contracts with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

Enterprise Application Software
UK > Work from Home

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Enterprise Software in remote or hybrid contract work. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Enterprise Software over the 6 months leading up to 2 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 217 235 309
Rank change year-on-year +18 +74 +14
Contract jobs citing Enterprise Software 91 112 153
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.91% 0.76% 0.64%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 2.65% 2.58% 2.05%
Number of daily rates quoted 55 74 101
10th Percentile £331 £425 £400
25th Percentile £425 £456 £495
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £575 £550
Median % change year-on-year -8.70% +4.55% -
75th Percentile £720 £684 £725
90th Percentile £850 £950 £775
UK median daily rate £550 £550 £550
% change year-on-year - - -2.22%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 0 0
10th Percentile £54.25 - -
25th Percentile £56.88 - -
Median hourly rate £62.50 - -
75th Percentile £63.75 - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate £55.00 £55.80 £45.00
% change year-on-year -1.43% +24.00% +0.65%

All Generic Skills
Work from Home

Enterprise Software falls under the General and Transferable Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with remote or hybrid options requiring generic IT skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 3,430 4,338 7,456
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 34.43% 29.59% 31.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,249 2,936 5,266
10th Percentile £340 £325 £363
25th Percentile £413 £434 £456
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £526 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.45% - -
75th Percentile £675 £675 £683
90th Percentile £825 £850 £800
UK median daily rate £525 £540 £550
% change year-on-year -2.78% -1.82% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 100 185 146
10th Percentile £16.33 £15.35 £19.00
25th Percentile £26.13 £25.50 £23.15
Median hourly rate £44.50 £50.00 £52.32
Median % change year-on-year -11.00% -4.43% +17.56%
75th Percentile £65.00 £70.00 £68.75
90th Percentile £77.63 £77.25 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £30.81 £35.65 £22.50
% change year-on-year -13.59% +58.44% -16.60%

Enterprise Software
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with remote working options citing Enterprise Software as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Enterprise Software trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

Enterprise Software
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing Enterprise Software.

Enterprise Software daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

Enterprise Software
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with remote working options citing Enterprise Software over the 6 months to 2 July 2025.

Enterprise Software daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Enterprise Software
Hourly Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average hourly rate quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing Enterprise Software.

Enterprise Software hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

Enterprise Software
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 3 (3.30%) SharePoint
2 2 (2.20%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (1.10%) Anypoint
3 1 (1.10%) Apache
3 1 (1.10%) IIS
3 1 (1.10%) JBoss
3 1 (1.10%) WebLogic
Applications
1 1 (1.10%) Notion
1 1 (1.10%) ProjectWise
Business Applications
1 1 (1.10%) Dynamics CRM
1 1 (1.10%) Maximo
1 1 (1.10%) Oracle EBS
1 1 (1.10%) Oracle EBS R12
1 1 (1.10%) Oracle ERP
Cloud Services
1 26 (28.57%) Azure
2 23 (25.27%) AWS
3 9 (9.89%) Entra ID
3 9 (9.89%) GCP
4 7 (7.69%) Microsoft 365
5 4 (4.40%) SaaS
5 4 (4.40%) Serverless
6 3 (3.30%) Google Workspace
7 2 (2.20%) Firebase
7 2 (2.20%) GitHub
7 2 (2.20%) IaaS
7 2 (2.20%) Microsoft Purview
7 2 (2.20%) PaaS
7 2 (2.20%) Power Platform
8 1 (1.10%) Amazon Bedrock
8 1 (1.10%) AWS CodePipeline
8 1 (1.10%) AWS KMS
8 1 (1.10%) Figma
8 1 (1.10%) Power Automate
8 1 (1.10%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 3 (3.30%) Firewall
2 2 (2.20%) HTTP
2 2 (2.20%) Internet
2 2 (2.20%) SSL
2 2 (2.20%) TCP/IP
2 2 (2.20%) VSAN
3 1 (1.10%) DHCP
3 1 (1.10%) DNS
3 1 (1.10%) LAN
3 1 (1.10%) Network Security
3 1 (1.10%) SAN
3 1 (1.10%) SD-WAN
3 1 (1.10%) VPN
3 1 (1.10%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (10.99%) KDB
1 10 (10.99%) Kdb+
2 7 (7.69%) NoSQL
3 4 (4.40%) SQL Server
4 3 (3.30%) Data Warehouse
4 3 (3.30%) DB2
4 3 (3.30%) MongoDB
5 2 (2.20%) Big Data
5 2 (2.20%) Hadoop
5 2 (2.20%) MemSQL
5 2 (2.20%) MySQL
5 2 (2.20%) Sybase IQ
6 1 (1.10%) Amazon RDS
6 1 (1.10%) Oracle Database
6 1 (1.10%) PostgreSQL
6 1 (1.10%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 15 (16.48%) JIRA
2 5 (5.49%) Git
3 4 (4.40%) NUnit
4 2 (2.20%) GitLab
5 1 (1.10%) Cucumber
5 1 (1.10%) Jenkins
5 1 (1.10%) JUnit
5 1 (1.10%) Postman
5 1 (1.10%) ScriptRunner
General
1 45 (49.45%) Social Skills
2 25 (27.47%) Analytical Skills
3 14 (15.38%) Banking
4 12 (13.19%) Front Office
4 12 (13.19%) Investment Banking
5 11 (12.09%) Finance
6 7 (7.69%) Public Sector
7 3 (3.30%) Manufacturing
8 2 (2.20%) Documentation Skills
8 2 (2.20%) Presentation Skills
9 1 (1.10%) Advertising
9 1 (1.10%) Aerospace
9 1 (1.10%) Legal
9 1 (1.10%) Marketing
9 1 (1.10%) Retail
9 1 (1.10%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 38 (41.76%) Developer
2 14 (15.38%) .NET Developer
3 13 (14.29%) C# Developer
3 13 (14.29%) Senior
4 12 (13.19%) Architect
4 12 (13.19%) C# Developer - Electronic Trading
4 12 (13.19%) Electronic Trading Developer
4 12 (13.19%) Real Time Developer
5 11 (12.09%) Python Developer
5 11 (12.09%) Senior Developer
5 11 (12.09%) Senior Python Developer
6 10 (10.99%) C# .NET Developer
6 10 (10.99%) C++ Developer
6 10 (10.99%) Investment Banking C++ Developer
6 10 (10.99%) Linux Developer
6 10 (10.99%) Senior C++ Developer
7 6 (6.59%) Solutions Architect
8 5 (5.49%) AWS Specialist
8 5 (5.49%) Consultant
8 5 (5.49%) IAM Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 19 (20.88%) .NET
2 16 (17.58%) AngularJS
3 13 (14.29%) OAuth
3 13 (14.29%) OpenID
4 12 (13.19%) Reactive Extensions
4 12 (13.19%) SAML
5 8 (8.79%) RESTful
5 8 (8.79%) Spring
6 6 (6.59%) SailPoint
7 5 (5.49%) .NET Core
7 5 (5.49%) Hibernate
7 5 (5.49%) LDAP
8 4 (4.40%) ASP.NET
8 4 (4.40%) CSS
8 4 (4.40%) HTML
8 4 (4.40%) Middleware
8 4 (4.40%) Oracle Fusion
8 4 (4.40%) React
8 4 (4.40%) REST
8 4 (4.40%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 9 (9.89%) Cloud Native
2 5 (5.49%) Data Structures
3 3 (3.30%) Algorithms
3 3 (3.30%) Legacy Applications
3 3 (3.30%) Self-Motivation
4 2 (2.20%) Distributed Systems
4 2 (2.20%) Hybrid Cloud
4 2 (2.20%) Life Science
4 2 (2.20%) Low-Code
4 2 (2.20%) Management Information System
4 2 (2.20%) Onboarding
4 2 (2.20%) Renewable Energy
4 2 (2.20%) Security Posture
5 1 (1.10%) AI Agents
5 1 (1.10%) Data Centre
5 1 (1.10%) Data Protection Act
5 1 (1.10%) Greenfield Project
5 1 (1.10%) Legacy Systems
5 1 (1.10%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 16 (17.58%) Linux
1 16 (17.58%) Windows
2 3 (3.30%) Windows Server
3 2 (2.20%) Mac OS
3 2 (2.20%) SUSE
3 2 (2.20%) Ubuntu
3 2 (2.20%) Unix
4 1 (1.10%) CentOS
4 1 (1.10%) Debian
4 1 (1.10%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 1 (1.10%) VMS
4 1 (1.10%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 27 (29.67%) Agile
1 27 (29.67%) Problem-Solving
2 19 (20.88%) Containerisation
3 18 (19.78%) CI/CD
3 18 (19.78%) Continuous Improvement
4 15 (16.48%) DevOps
5 13 (14.29%) Design Patterns
5 13 (14.29%) Identity Access Management
5 13 (14.29%) OO
6 12 (13.19%) Data Science
6 12 (13.19%) Economics
6 12 (13.19%) Electronic Trading
7 11 (12.09%) SDLC
8 10 (10.99%) Computer Science
8 10 (10.99%) Low Latency
9 8 (8.79%) Artificial Intelligence
9 8 (8.79%) User Experience
10 7 (7.69%) Microservices
10 7 (7.69%) Regulatory Compliance
10 7 (7.69%) Task Automation
Programming Languages
1 26 (28.57%) Python
2 25 (27.47%) Java
3 23 (25.27%) SQL
4 22 (24.18%) C#
5 14 (15.38%) JavaScript
6 13 (14.29%) TypeScript
7 11 (12.09%) C++
8 7 (7.69%) PowerShell
9 4 (4.40%) Bash
10 2 (2.20%) Perl
11 1 (1.10%) BeanShell
11 1 (1.10%) Groovy
11 1 (1.10%) PHP
11 1 (1.10%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 12 (13.19%) Degree
2 10 (10.99%) Security Cleared
3 8 (8.79%) Computer Science Degree
3 8 (8.79%) SC Cleared
4 4 (4.40%) AWS Certification
4 4 (4.40%) Azure Certification
5 3 (3.30%) CISSP
6 2 (2.20%) CISM
6 2 (2.20%) TOGAF Certification
7 1 (1.10%) (ISC)2 CCSP
7 1 (1.10%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
7 1 (1.10%) BPSS Clearance
7 1 (1.10%) CISA
7 1 (1.10%) Cisco Certification
7 1 (1.10%) DV Cleared
7 1 (1.10%) GIAC
7 1 (1.10%) Master's Degree
7 1 (1.10%) Microsoft Certification
7 1 (1.10%) PMI Certification
7 1 (1.10%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (12.09%) GDPR
2 9 (9.89%) HIPAA
3 7 (7.69%) Accessibility
4 6 (6.59%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 5 (5.49%) QA
6 3 (3.30%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 2 (2.20%) Data Quality
7 2 (2.20%) NIST
7 2 (2.20%) PCI DSS
8 1 (1.10%) FedRAMP
System Software
1 20 (21.98%) Docker
2 4 (4.40%) Active Directory
3 2 (2.20%) VMware ESXi
3 2 (2.20%) vSphere
4 1 (1.10%) Hyper-V
4 1 (1.10%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (1.10%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (1.10%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 24 (26.37%) Kubernetes
2 10 (10.99%) Single Sign-On
3 8 (8.79%) Terraform
4 4 (4.40%) Ansible
4 4 (4.40%) Microsoft Intune
4 4 (4.40%) Tivoli Identity Manager
5 2 (2.20%) Argo
6 1 (1.10%) CASB
6 1 (1.10%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 21 (23.08%) Oracle
2 13 (14.29%) Microsoft
3 10 (10.99%) SAP
4 9 (9.89%) Ping Identity
5 6 (6.59%) Okta
6 5 (5.49%) Google
6 5 (5.49%) IBM
7 3 (3.30%) Atlassian
7 3 (3.30%) Salesforce
7 3 (3.30%) VMware
8 2 (2.20%) MuleSoft
8 2 (2.20%) Palo Alto
8 2 (2.20%) ServiceNow
9 1 (1.10%) Centrify
9 1 (1.10%) CyberArk
9 1 (1.10%) IFS
9 1 (1.10%) Netskope
9 1 (1.10%) Rapid7
9 1 (1.10%) Thales
9 1 (1.10%) Thycotic