Hybrid/Remote Enterprise Software Contract Job Trends

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 21 June 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 206 207 249
Rank change year-on-year +1 +42 +64
Contract jobs citing Enterprise Software 149 96 106
As % of all contract jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.15% 0.99% 0.72%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 3.17% 2.91% 2.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 89 56 72
10th Percentile £311 £332 £426
25th Percentile £450 £425 £467
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £575
Median % change year-on-year - -8.70% +4.55%
75th Percentile £713 £710 £688
90th Percentile £750 £850 £950
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -4.55% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 3 0
10th Percentile £58.59 £54.25 -
25th Percentile - £56.88 -
Median hourly rate £92.00 £62.50 -
Median % change year-on-year +47.20% - -
75th Percentile - £63.75 -
90th Percentile £93.80 - -
UK median hourly rate £19.50 £62.50 £55.80
% change year-on-year -68.80% +12.01% -17.33%

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 4,696 3,303 4,338
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 36.20% 33.96% 29.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,940 2,201 2,934
10th Percentile £363 £340 £325
25th Percentile £435 £413 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -4.55% -
75th Percentile £638 £675 £675
90th Percentile £750 £825 £850
UK median daily rate £520 £525 £538
% change year-on-year -0.95% -2.42% -2.18%
Number of hourly rates quoted 249 86 189
10th Percentile £19.85 £17.15 £16.10
25th Percentile £28.00 £26.25 £25.50
Median hourly rate £43.96 £44.50 £48.50
Median % change year-on-year -1.21% -8.25% -7.62%
75th Percentile £77.00 £64.51 £70.00
90th Percentile £88.75 £79.38 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £42.60 £32.79 £35.65
% change year-on-year +29.93% -8.02% +58.55%

Enterprise Software
Job Vacancy Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Enterprise Software and offering remote or hybrid work options relative to all contract IT jobs advertised.

Enterprise Software job vacancy trend for remote/hybrid jobs

Enterprise Software
Daily Rate Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Enterprise Software.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Enterprise Software

Enterprise Software
Daily Rate Histogram for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Daily rate distribution for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Enterprise Software over the 6 months to 21 June 2026.

Enterprise Software daily rate histogram for jobs with remote/hybrid work options

Enterprise Software
Hourly Rate Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Enterprise Software.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Enterprise Software

Enterprise Software
Hourly Rate Histogram for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Hourly rate distribution for jobs with remote working options citing Enterprise Software over the 6 months to 21 June 2026.

Enterprise Software hourly rate histogram for jobs with remote/hybrid working options

Enterprise Software
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Remote/Hybrid Jobs by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 6 (4.03%) Confluence
2 2 (1.34%) IBM HTTP Server
2 2 (1.34%) Jupyter
2 2 (1.34%) Oracle HTTP Server
2 2 (1.34%) WebSphere
2 2 (1.34%) WebSphere Application Server
2 2 (1.34%) WebSphere Portal
3 1 (0.67%) Apache
3 1 (0.67%) CMS
3 1 (0.67%) IIS
3 1 (0.67%) Mendix
3 1 (0.67%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 2 (1.34%) Microsoft Project
2 1 (0.67%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.67%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 6 (4.03%) Primavera
2 3 (2.01%) Payment Gateway
3 2 (1.34%) SAP S/4HANA
4 1 (0.67%) SAP CO
4 1 (0.67%) SAP ERP
4 1 (0.67%) SAP FI
4 1 (0.67%) SAP FI/CO
4 1 (0.67%) SAP HCM
4 1 (0.67%) SAP HR
4 1 (0.67%) SAP Payroll
4 1 (0.67%) Siebel CRM
4 1 (0.67%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
4 1 (0.67%) TrackWise
Cloud Services
1 70 (46.98%) Azure
2 50 (33.56%) AWS
3 30 (20.13%) GCP
4 22 (14.77%) Entra ID
5 8 (5.37%) Amazon EC2
5 8 (5.37%) Amazon S3
5 8 (5.37%) Power Platform
5 8 (5.37%) SaaS
5 8 (5.37%) Serverless
6 7 (4.70%) Azure Logic Apps
7 5 (3.36%) AWS Lambda
7 5 (3.36%) Azure DevOps
7 5 (3.36%) Azure Key Vault
7 5 (3.36%) GitHub
8 4 (2.68%) Azure Monitor
8 4 (2.68%) Microsoft 365
8 4 (2.68%) OCI
8 4 (2.68%) Virtual Private Cloud
9 3 (2.01%) AWS Control Tower
9 3 (2.01%) Azure AKS
Communications & Networking
1 7 (4.70%) Firewall
2 5 (3.36%) DNS
3 4 (2.68%) SSL
4 3 (2.01%) Reverse Proxy
5 2 (1.34%) HTTP
5 2 (1.34%) TCP/IP
6 1 (0.67%) DHCP
6 1 (0.67%) Kerberos
6 1 (0.67%) LAN
6 1 (0.67%) Network Security
6 1 (0.67%) NGFW
6 1 (0.67%) SSH
6 1 (0.67%) WAN
6 1 (0.67%) Wi-Fi
6 1 (0.67%) X.509
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (5.37%) PostgreSQL
1 8 (5.37%) SQL Server
2 5 (3.36%) NoSQL
2 5 (3.36%) Relational Database
3 4 (2.68%) Amazon Redshift
3 4 (2.68%) Power BI
4 3 (2.01%) Amazon Athena
4 3 (2.01%) Amazon QuickSight
4 3 (2.01%) Azure SQL Database
4 3 (2.01%) DynamoDB
4 3 (2.01%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 2 (1.34%) Amazon Aurora
5 2 (1.34%) MongoDB
6 1 (0.67%) Amazon RDS
6 1 (0.67%) Data Warehouse
6 1 (0.67%) OLAP
6 1 (0.67%) OLTP
6 1 (0.67%) Oracle OLAP
6 1 (0.67%) SAP HANA
6 1 (0.67%) Siebel EIM
Development Applications
1 12 (8.05%) JIRA
2 9 (6.04%) GitLab
3 8 (5.37%) Git
4 7 (4.70%) Jenkins
5 5 (3.36%) Postman
6 3 (2.01%) Artifactory
6 3 (2.01%) Cucumber
6 3 (2.01%) REST Assured
7 2 (1.34%) Introscope
7 2 (1.34%) JMeter
7 2 (1.34%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
8 1 (0.67%) AdminStudio
8 1 (0.67%) DbUnit
8 1 (0.67%) InstallShield
8 1 (0.67%) IntelliJ
8 1 (0.67%) JUnit
8 1 (0.67%) LoadRunner
8 1 (0.67%) Maven
8 1 (0.67%) MSI
8 1 (0.67%) SonarQube
General
1 64 (42.95%) Social Skills
2 22 (14.77%) Analytical Skills
3 19 (12.75%) Public Sector
4 16 (10.74%) Finance
5 6 (4.03%) Banking
5 6 (4.03%) Legal
6 5 (3.36%) Financial Institution
6 5 (3.36%) Military
6 5 (3.36%) Presentation Skills
7 3 (2.01%) Documentation Skills
8 2 (1.34%) Law
8 2 (1.34%) Marketing
8 2 (1.34%) Pharmaceutical
8 2 (1.34%) Police
8 2 (1.34%) Spanish Language
9 1 (0.67%) Automotive
9 1 (0.67%) German Language
9 1 (0.67%) Influencing Skills
9 1 (0.67%) Manufacturing
9 1 (0.67%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 34 (22.82%) Architect
2 25 (16.78%) Developer
3 24 (16.11%) Senior
4 19 (12.75%) CyberArk Architect
5 9 (6.04%) Analyst
6 7 (4.70%) Project Manager
7 6 (4.03%) Consultant
7 6 (4.03%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 6 (4.03%) Senior Manager
7 6 (4.03%) Solutions Architect
8 5 (3.36%) Backend Developer
8 5 (3.36%) Cloud Engineer
8 5 (3.36%) Technical Analyst
9 4 (2.68%) Account Manager
9 4 (2.68%) Escalation Manager
9 4 (2.68%) Senior Account Manager
9 4 (2.68%) Senior Developer
9 4 (2.68%) Test Engineer
10 3 (2.01%) Delivery Project Manager
10 3 (2.01%) Technical Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 35 (23.49%) REST
2 23 (15.44%) SOAP
3 20 (13.42%) LDAP
4 16 (10.74%) React
5 12 (8.05%) RESTful
6 11 (7.38%) .NET
6 11 (7.38%) Middleware
7 8 (5.37%) JSON
7 8 (5.37%) Kafka
7 8 (5.37%) OAuth
8 7 (4.70%) OpenID
8 7 (4.70%) RabbitMQ
8 7 (4.70%) XML
9 6 (4.03%) AngularJS
9 6 (4.03%) Node.js
9 6 (4.03%) OAuth2
9 6 (4.03%) SailPoint
10 4 (2.68%) ASP.NET
10 4 (2.68%) JMS
10 4 (2.68%) Spring
Miscellaneous
1 21 (14.09%) Cloud Native
2 18 (12.08%) Security Posture
3 8 (5.37%) Onboarding
3 8 (5.37%) Product Ownership
4 7 (4.70%) Distributed Systems
5 4 (2.68%) SCADA
6 3 (2.01%) Data Centre
6 3 (2.01%) Management Information System
6 3 (2.01%) PKI
6 3 (2.01%) Self-Motivation
7 2 (1.34%) AI Agents
7 2 (1.34%) Analytical Mindset
7 2 (1.34%) Clustering
7 2 (1.34%) CMDB
7 2 (1.34%) Hybrid Cloud
7 2 (1.34%) Legacy Systems
7 2 (1.34%) Mobile App
7 2 (1.34%) PMI
7 2 (1.34%) Virtual Team
8 1 (0.67%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
Operating Systems
1 19 (12.75%) Windows
2 14 (9.40%) Linux
3 5 (3.36%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 5 (3.36%) Unix
4 3 (2.01%) Windows Server
5 2 (1.34%) Apple iOS
5 2 (1.34%) Oracle Linux
5 2 (1.34%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
6 1 (0.67%) Android
6 1 (0.67%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 51 (34.23%) Problem-Solving
2 46 (30.87%) CI/CD
3 43 (28.86%) DevOps
4 39 (26.17%) Agile
5 32 (21.48%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 29 (19.46%) Technical Leadership
7 24 (16.11%) Integration Patterns
8 23 (15.44%) AI
9 22 (14.77%) ITIL
9 22 (14.77%) ITSM
10 20 (13.42%) Task Automation
10 20 (13.42%) Test Automation
11 19 (12.75%) Containerisation
11 19 (12.75%) Presales
11 19 (12.75%) Privileged Access Management
12 18 (12.08%) Continuous Improvement
12 18 (12.08%) SIEM
12 18 (12.08%) Stakeholder Management
13 16 (10.74%) Scrum
14 15 (10.07%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 36 (24.16%) Python
2 32 (21.48%) PowerShell
3 20 (13.42%) SQL
4 19 (12.75%) Java
5 14 (9.40%) JavaScript
6 11 (7.38%) Bash
7 10 (6.71%) C#
8 5 (3.36%) TypeScript
9 3 (2.01%) Apex Code
9 3 (2.01%) Perl
9 3 (2.01%) PL/SQL
9 3 (2.01%) Shell Script
9 3 (2.01%) T-SQL
10 2 (1.34%) ABAP
10 2 (1.34%) Bicep
10 2 (1.34%) Jython
10 2 (1.34%) Swift
11 1 (0.67%) Kotlin
11 1 (0.67%) Rust
11 1 (0.67%) Scala
Qualifications
1 42 (28.19%) Security Cleared
2 40 (26.85%) SC Cleared
3 11 (7.38%) Degree
4 5 (3.36%) Azure Certification
4 5 (3.36%) CISSP
5 4 (2.68%) PMI Certification
6 3 (2.01%) AWS Certification
6 3 (2.01%) ISTQB
6 3 (2.01%) Microsoft Certification
7 2 (1.34%) BPSS Clearance
7 2 (1.34%) CISM
7 2 (1.34%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
7 2 (1.34%) PMP
7 2 (1.34%) TOGAF Certification
8 1 (0.67%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 1 (0.67%) CompTIA Security+
8 1 (0.67%) Computer Science Degree
8 1 (0.67%) ITIL Certification
8 1 (0.67%) MCSE
8 1 (0.67%) Microsoft Certified Professional
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (3.36%) Data Quality
2 4 (2.68%) Accessibility
2 4 (2.68%) QA
3 3 (2.01%) GDPR
3 3 (2.01%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 3 (2.01%) NCSC
4 2 (1.34%) GxP
4 2 (1.34%) NIST
4 2 (1.34%) SLA
4 2 (1.34%) WCAG
5 1 (0.67%) 21 CFR Part 11
5 1 (0.67%) GAMP
5 1 (0.67%) GMP
5 1 (0.67%) GRC
5 1 (0.67%) HIPAA
5 1 (0.67%) ISO 13485
5 1 (0.67%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 1 (0.67%) SOC 2
System Software
1 38 (25.50%) Active Directory
2 17 (11.41%) Docker
3 2 (1.34%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (0.67%) Firmware
4 1 (0.67%) Hyper-V
4 1 (0.67%) Microsoft App-V
4 1 (0.67%) OpenSSH
4 1 (0.67%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 15 (10.07%) Kubernetes
2 13 (8.72%) Terraform
3 11 (7.38%) Ansible
4 6 (4.03%) Grafana
5 5 (3.36%) Prometheus
6 3 (2.01%) Microsoft Intune
6 3 (2.01%) Puppet
6 3 (2.01%) Salt
6 3 (2.01%) SCCM
7 2 (1.34%) Argo
7 2 (1.34%) CA Wily
7 2 (1.34%) Single Sign-On
7 2 (1.34%) Tivoli
8 1 (0.67%) Docker Swarm
8 1 (0.67%) Fluentd
8 1 (0.67%) Kubeflow
8 1 (0.67%) logstash
8 1 (0.67%) QRadar
Vendors
1 27 (18.12%) Microsoft
2 22 (14.77%) CyberArk
3 17 (11.41%) BeyondTrust
3 17 (11.41%) Centrify
4 15 (10.07%) Oracle
5 13 (8.72%) SAP
5 13 (8.72%) ServiceNow
6 7 (4.70%) Salesforce
7 6 (4.03%) Google
8 5 (3.36%) Red Hat
9 4 (2.68%) IBM
10 3 (2.01%) Atlassian
10 3 (2.01%) Conga
10 3 (2.01%) Fortinet
10 3 (2.01%) GoCardless
11 2 (1.34%) Databricks
11 2 (1.34%) Okta
11 2 (1.34%) OpenAI
11 2 (1.34%) Pega
11 2 (1.34%) Workday