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 17 September 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 172 232 220
Rank change year-on-year +60 -12 +78
Contract jobs citing Enterprise Software 226 85 107
As % of all contract jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.66% 0.86% 0.85%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 4.33% 2.45% 2.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 134 51 67
10th Percentile £358 £379 £439
25th Percentile £450 £425 £481
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £537 £575
Median % change year-on-year -2.23% -6.61% +5.50%
75th Percentile £600 £656 £688
90th Percentile £688 £775 £1,000
UK median daily rate £525 £537 £525
% change year-on-year -2.23% +2.29% -8.70%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 1 0
10th Percentile £77.28 - -
25th Percentile - - -
Median hourly rate £92.00 £30.00 -
Median % change year-on-year +206.67% - -
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile £93.80 - -
UK median hourly rate £19.50 £16.00 -
% change year-on-year +21.88% - -

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 5,214 3,475 3,830
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 38.36% 35.27% 30.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,127 2,237 2,499
10th Percentile £363 £329 £325
25th Percentile £438 £413 £444
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -4.55% -
75th Percentile £638 £650 £688
90th Percentile £738 £800 £850
UK median daily rate £525 £515 £540
% change year-on-year +1.94% -4.63% -1.82%
Number of hourly rates quoted 369 110 92
10th Percentile £16.33 £13.77 £20.30
25th Percentile £30.50 £24.77 £30.48
Median hourly rate £43.96 £38.50 £63.43
Median % change year-on-year +14.18% -39.30% +20.81%
75th Percentile £70.00 £65.00 £72.50
90th Percentile £81.25 £71.56 £85.00
UK median hourly rate £37.50 £30.00 £50.00
% change year-on-year +25.00% -40.00% +11.11%

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 17 September 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 17 September 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 8 (3.54%) Confluence
2 3 (1.33%) Microsoft Exchange
2 3 (1.33%) SharePoint
3 2 (0.88%) Jupyter
3 2 (0.88%) Oracle Service Bus
3 2 (0.88%) Oracle SOA Suite
3 2 (0.88%) WebSphere
4 1 (0.44%) Anypoint
4 1 (0.44%) IBM HTTP Server
4 1 (0.44%) Mendix
4 1 (0.44%) Mule
4 1 (0.44%) Oracle HTTP Server
4 1 (0.44%) WebSphere Application Server
4 1 (0.44%) WebSphere Portal
Applications
1 1 (0.44%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (0.44%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (0.44%) Microsoft Project
1 1 (0.44%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 10 (4.42%) Dynamics CRM
2 8 (3.54%) SAP S/4HANA
3 4 (1.77%) Primavera
4 3 (1.33%) Oracle EBS
4 3 (1.33%) Payment Gateway
5 2 (0.88%) Oracle ERP
5 2 (0.88%) SAP ERP
5 2 (0.88%) Workday HCM
6 1 (0.44%) Dynamics AX
6 1 (0.44%) iTrent
6 1 (0.44%) Maximo
6 1 (0.44%) NEC Housing
6 1 (0.44%) NetSuite
6 1 (0.44%) Sage X3
6 1 (0.44%) SAP FI/CO
6 1 (0.44%) SAP HCM
6 1 (0.44%) SAP Payroll
6 1 (0.44%) Siebel CRM
6 1 (0.44%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
6 1 (0.44%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 97 (42.92%) Azure
2 48 (21.24%) AWS
3 42 (18.58%) Entra ID
4 22 (9.73%) Power Platform
5 18 (7.96%) SaaS
6 15 (6.64%) GCP
7 14 (6.19%) Power Automate
8 13 (5.75%) Dynamics 365
8 13 (5.75%) GitHub
9 11 (4.87%) Azure DevOps
9 11 (4.87%) Serverless
10 10 (4.42%) Azure Logic Apps
10 10 (4.42%) Microsoft 365
11 8 (3.54%) Azure Monitor
11 8 (3.54%) GitHub Actions
12 6 (2.65%) Amazon EC2
12 6 (2.65%) Amazon S3
12 6 (2.65%) Azure Key Vault
13 5 (2.21%) Azure Cosmos DB
13 5 (2.21%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 11 (4.87%) Firewall
2 4 (1.77%) Kerberos
2 4 (1.77%) NGFW
3 3 (1.33%) Reverse Proxy
3 3 (1.33%) SSL
4 2 (0.88%) DNS
4 2 (0.88%) FTP
4 2 (0.88%) HTTP
4 2 (0.88%) Network Security
5 1 (0.44%) SSH
5 1 (0.44%) TCP/IP
5 1 (0.44%) VPN
5 1 (0.44%) X.509
Database & Business Intelligence
1 21 (9.29%) SQL Server
2 18 (7.96%) Power BI
3 12 (5.31%) PostgreSQL
4 11 (4.87%) Relational Database
5 6 (2.65%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 5 (2.21%) Metadata
6 5 (2.21%) MongoDB
7 4 (1.77%) Data Lake
7 4 (1.77%) DynamoDB
7 4 (1.77%) NoSQL
8 3 (1.33%) Amazon Redshift
8 3 (1.33%) MySQL
9 2 (0.88%) Amazon Athena
9 2 (0.88%) Amazon Aurora
9 2 (0.88%) Amazon QuickSight
9 2 (0.88%) BigQuery
9 2 (0.88%) EDRMS
10 1 (0.44%) Azure SQL Database
10 1 (0.44%) Oracle OLAP
10 1 (0.44%) Siebel EIM
Development Applications
1 14 (6.19%) JIRA
2 13 (5.75%) Git
3 10 (4.42%) Jenkins
4 8 (3.54%) GitLab
5 4 (1.77%) Postman
6 3 (1.33%) Artifactory
6 3 (1.33%) Cucumber
6 3 (1.33%) Maven
6 3 (1.33%) REST Assured
6 3 (1.33%) SonarQube
6 3 (1.33%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
7 2 (0.88%) JUnit
7 2 (0.88%) Mockito
7 2 (0.88%) Sonatype Nexus
8 1 (0.44%) AdminStudio
8 1 (0.44%) InstallShield
8 1 (0.44%) IntelliJ
8 1 (0.44%) Introscope
8 1 (0.44%) JMeter
8 1 (0.44%) MSI
General
1 93 (41.15%) Social Skills
2 35 (15.49%) Finance
3 34 (15.04%) Public Sector
4 31 (13.72%) Analytical Skills
5 10 (4.42%) Legal
6 9 (3.98%) Banking
7 7 (3.10%) Manufacturing
7 7 (3.10%) Presentation Skills
8 6 (2.65%) Documentation Skills
8 6 (2.65%) Military
9 5 (2.21%) Aerospace
10 4 (1.77%) Financial Institution
11 3 (1.33%) Influencing Skills
11 3 (1.33%) Police
12 2 (0.88%) Investment Banking
12 2 (0.88%) Local Government
12 2 (0.88%) Marketing
12 2 (0.88%) Public Speaking
12 2 (0.88%) Social Housing
12 2 (0.88%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 48 (21.24%) Developer
2 41 (18.14%) Architect
3 40 (17.70%) Senior
4 21 (9.29%) Solutions Architect
5 17 (7.52%) Consultant
6 14 (6.19%) Senior Developer
7 12 (5.31%) Analyst
8 11 (4.87%) Project Manager
9 9 (3.98%) Cloud Engineer
9 9 (3.98%) Lead
10 8 (3.54%) Full-Stack Developer
10 8 (3.54%) Java Developer
11 7 (3.10%) Azure Engineer
11 7 (3.10%) ERP Architect
12 6 (2.65%) Technical Consultant
13 5 (2.21%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
13 5 (2.21%) IT Engineer
13 5 (2.21%) Platform Engineer
13 5 (2.21%) Senior Manager
13 5 (2.21%) Technical Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 38 (16.81%) REST
2 27 (11.95%) .NET
3 22 (9.73%) React
4 21 (9.29%) Terraform
5 18 (7.96%) Middleware
5 18 (7.96%) OAuth
6 16 (7.08%) JSON
6 16 (7.08%) OAuth2
6 16 (7.08%) SOAP
7 14 (6.19%) RESTful
7 14 (6.19%) SailPoint
7 14 (6.19%) XML
8 13 (5.75%) AngularJS
8 13 (5.75%) OpenID
9 10 (4.42%) Web Services
10 9 (3.98%) Spring
11 7 (3.10%) ASP.NET
11 7 (3.10%) Node.js
12 6 (2.65%) LDAP
12 6 (2.65%) RabbitMQ
Miscellaneous
1 36 (15.93%) Cloud Native
2 22 (9.73%) Product Ownership
3 14 (6.19%) Onboarding
4 12 (5.31%) Distributed Systems
5 10 (4.42%) Hybrid Cloud
6 9 (3.98%) AI Agents
7 7 (3.10%) Legacy Applications
8 6 (2.65%) CMDB
8 6 (2.65%) Enterprise Cloud
8 6 (2.65%) Legacy Systems
8 6 (2.65%) Management Information System
9 5 (2.21%) Self-Motivation
10 4 (1.77%) Data Protection Act
10 4 (1.77%) Data Structures
10 4 (1.77%) SCADA
11 3 (1.33%) PKI
12 2 (0.88%) Clustering
12 2 (0.88%) Life Science
12 2 (0.88%) NHS
12 2 (0.88%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 20 (8.85%) Windows
2 14 (6.19%) Linux
3 4 (1.77%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 3 (1.33%) Unix
4 3 (1.33%) Windows Server
5 2 (0.88%) Windows 10
5 2 (0.88%) Windows Server 2016
6 1 (0.44%) Oracle Linux
6 1 (0.44%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
6 1 (0.44%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 79 (34.96%) CI/CD
2 70 (30.97%) Agile
3 64 (28.32%) Problem-Solving
4 61 (26.99%) DevOps
5 60 (26.55%) Stakeholder Management
6 43 (19.03%) AI
7 41 (18.14%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 36 (15.93%) Migration
9 34 (15.04%) Continuous Improvement
10 30 (13.27%) Roadmaps
11 29 (12.83%) Infrastructure as Code
12 27 (11.95%) ERP
13 26 (11.50%) Enterprise Architecture
13 26 (11.50%) Scrum
14 25 (11.06%) Identity Access Management
15 24 (10.62%) ITIL
16 23 (10.18%) Containerisation
16 23 (10.18%) Microservices
16 23 (10.18%) Technical Leadership
17 22 (9.73%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 35 (15.49%) Java
2 32 (14.16%) SQL
3 30 (13.27%) JavaScript
4 24 (10.62%) C#
4 24 (10.62%) Python
5 23 (10.18%) PowerShell
6 12 (5.31%) TypeScript
7 9 (3.98%) Bash
8 6 (2.65%) Bicep
9 4 (1.77%) Apex Code
9 4 (1.77%) PL/SQL
9 4 (1.77%) T-SQL
10 3 (1.33%) BeanShell
10 3 (1.33%) C++
11 2 (0.88%) ABAP
11 2 (0.88%) Groovy
11 2 (0.88%) Perl
11 2 (0.88%) Rust
11 2 (0.88%) Shell Script
12 1 (0.44%) RPG
Qualifications
1 60 (26.55%) Security Cleared
2 54 (23.89%) SC Cleared
3 18 (7.96%) Degree
4 13 (5.75%) Azure Certification
5 9 (3.98%) Microsoft Certification
6 8 (3.54%) Computer Science Degree
7 4 (1.77%) BPSS Clearance
7 4 (1.77%) CISSP
7 4 (1.77%) MCSE
7 4 (1.77%) PMI Certification
7 4 (1.77%) PMP
8 3 (1.33%) AWS Certification
8 3 (1.33%) CISM
8 3 (1.33%) DV Cleared
8 3 (1.33%) ISTQB
8 3 (1.33%) Master's Degree
9 2 (0.88%) (ISC)2 CCSP
9 2 (0.88%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
9 2 (0.88%) PRINCE2 Certification
9 2 (0.88%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 20 (8.85%) Data Quality
2 10 (4.42%) QA
3 6 (2.65%) GDPR
3 6 (2.65%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 4 (1.77%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 3 (1.33%) ITGC
5 3 (1.33%) NCSC
5 3 (1.33%) NIST
6 2 (0.88%) Accessibility
7 1 (0.44%) GRC
7 1 (0.44%) GxP
7 1 (0.44%) HIPAA
7 1 (0.44%) PCI DSS
7 1 (0.44%) PMO
7 1 (0.44%) SLA
7 1 (0.44%) Software Quality Assurance
7 1 (0.44%) WCAG
System Software
1 41 (18.14%) Active Directory
2 28 (12.39%) Docker
3 5 (2.21%) Virtual Desktop
4 1 (0.44%) Microsoft App-V
4 1 (0.44%) OpenSSH
4 1 (0.44%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (0.44%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.44%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 29 (12.83%) Kubernetes
2 11 (4.87%) Ansible
3 8 (3.54%) Microsoft Intune
4 7 (3.10%) Single Sign-On
5 6 (2.65%) Grafana
6 5 (2.21%) Prometheus
7 3 (1.33%) Argo
7 3 (1.33%) SCCM
8 2 (0.88%) Puppet
8 2 (0.88%) Salt
9 1 (0.44%) CA Wily
9 1 (0.44%) Docker Swarm
9 1 (0.44%) Podman
9 1 (0.44%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 76 (33.63%) Microsoft
2 34 (15.04%) SAP
3 29 (12.83%) Oracle
4 20 (8.85%) ServiceNow
5 11 (4.87%) Salesforce
6 10 (4.42%) Google
7 9 (3.98%) Databricks
8 7 (3.10%) CyberArk
8 7 (3.10%) Workday
9 6 (2.65%) IBM
9 6 (2.65%) JD Edwards
9 6 (2.65%) MuleSoft
10 5 (2.21%) OpenAI
11 4 (1.77%) Okta
12 3 (1.33%) Ariba
12 3 (1.33%) Conga
12 3 (1.33%) GoCardless
12 3 (1.33%) Red Hat
12 3 (1.33%) Siebel
13 2 (0.88%) Fortinet