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 27 August 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
27 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 185 224 229
Rank change year-on-year +39 +5 +64
Contract jobs citing Enterprise Software 203 81 107
As % of all contract jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.51% 0.83% 0.83%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 3.97% 2.36% 2.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 122 49 67
10th Percentile £358 £320 £444
25th Percentile £450 £410 £494
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £575
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -13.04% +3.14%
75th Percentile £600 £663 £712
90th Percentile £688 £850 £1,000
UK median daily rate £525 £537 £535
% change year-on-year -2.23% +0.37% -6.96%
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 £28.06 -
% change year-on-year -30.51% - -

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 5,108 3,426 3,888
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 38.00% 34.92% 30.02%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,085 2,233 2,596
10th Percentile £367 £331 £325
25th Percentile £438 £413 £440
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -4.55% -
75th Percentile £638 £650 £700
90th Percentile £738 £825 £850
UK median daily rate £525 £520 £550
% change year-on-year +0.96% -5.45% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 352 107 109
10th Percentile £16.96 £13.51 £19.47
25th Percentile £31.25 £24.14 £30.12
Median hourly rate £43.96 £44.00 £60.00
Median % change year-on-year -0.09% -26.67% +14.29%
75th Percentile £70.00 £65.00 £72.50
90th Percentile £82.15 £72.50 £85.00
UK median hourly rate £40.98 £30.00 £44.52
% change year-on-year +36.60% -32.61% +1.66%

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 27 August 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 27 August 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 (3.94%) Confluence
2 2 (0.99%) IBM HTTP Server
2 2 (0.99%) Jupyter
2 2 (0.99%) Microsoft Exchange
2 2 (0.99%) Oracle HTTP Server
2 2 (0.99%) Oracle Service Bus
2 2 (0.99%) Oracle SOA Suite
2 2 (0.99%) SharePoint
2 2 (0.99%) WebSphere
2 2 (0.99%) WebSphere Application Server
2 2 (0.99%) WebSphere Portal
3 1 (0.49%) Anypoint
3 1 (0.49%) Mendix
3 1 (0.49%) Mule
Applications
1 2 (0.99%) Microsoft Project
2 1 (0.49%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.49%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 10 (4.93%) Dynamics CRM
2 8 (3.94%) SAP S/4HANA
3 6 (2.96%) Primavera
4 3 (1.48%) Payment Gateway
5 2 (0.99%) Oracle EBS
5 2 (0.99%) Oracle ERP
5 2 (0.99%) SAP ERP
5 2 (0.99%) Workday HCM
6 1 (0.49%) Dynamics AX
6 1 (0.49%) Dynamics NAV
6 1 (0.49%) Endur
6 1 (0.49%) Maximo
6 1 (0.49%) Sage X3
6 1 (0.49%) SAP CO
6 1 (0.49%) SAP FI
6 1 (0.49%) SAP FI/CO
6 1 (0.49%) SAP HCM
6 1 (0.49%) SAP HR
6 1 (0.49%) SAP Payroll
6 1 (0.49%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 91 (44.83%) Azure
2 44 (21.67%) AWS
3 38 (18.72%) Entra ID
4 22 (10.84%) Power Platform
5 17 (8.37%) GCP
6 14 (6.90%) Power Automate
7 13 (6.40%) Dynamics 365
7 13 (6.40%) SaaS
8 12 (5.91%) GitHub
9 11 (5.42%) Azure DevOps
9 11 (5.42%) Serverless
10 10 (4.93%) Azure Logic Apps
11 7 (3.45%) Amazon EC2
11 7 (3.45%) Amazon S3
11 7 (3.45%) Azure Monitor
11 7 (3.45%) GitHub Actions
12 6 (2.96%) Azure Key Vault
12 6 (2.96%) Microsoft 365
13 5 (2.46%) Azure Synapse Analytics
13 5 (2.46%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 10 (4.93%) Firewall
2 4 (1.97%) DNS
2 4 (1.97%) SSL
3 3 (1.48%) Reverse Proxy
4 2 (0.99%) FTP
4 2 (0.99%) HTTP
4 2 (0.99%) Kerberos
4 2 (0.99%) Network Security
4 2 (0.99%) NGFW
4 2 (0.99%) TCP/IP
5 1 (0.49%) SSH
5 1 (0.49%) VPN
5 1 (0.49%) X.509
Database & Business Intelligence
1 18 (8.87%) Power BI
1 18 (8.87%) SQL Server
2 11 (5.42%) PostgreSQL
3 9 (4.43%) Relational Database
4 6 (2.96%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 4 (1.97%) Data Lake
5 4 (1.97%) Metadata
5 4 (1.97%) MongoDB
6 3 (1.48%) Amazon Redshift
6 3 (1.48%) DynamoDB
6 3 (1.48%) NoSQL
7 2 (0.99%) Amazon Athena
7 2 (0.99%) Amazon Aurora
7 2 (0.99%) Amazon QuickSight
7 2 (0.99%) Azure SQL Database
7 2 (0.99%) BigQuery
7 2 (0.99%) EDRMS
7 2 (0.99%) MySQL
8 1 (0.49%) Pinecone
8 1 (0.49%) Weaviate
Development Applications
1 15 (7.39%) JIRA
2 13 (6.40%) Git
3 10 (4.93%) Jenkins
4 8 (3.94%) GitLab
5 5 (2.46%) Postman
6 3 (1.48%) Cucumber
6 3 (1.48%) Maven
6 3 (1.48%) REST Assured
6 3 (1.48%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
7 2 (0.99%) Artifactory
7 2 (0.99%) Introscope
7 2 (0.99%) JMeter
7 2 (0.99%) JUnit
7 2 (0.99%) Mockito
7 2 (0.99%) SonarQube
7 2 (0.99%) Sonatype Nexus
8 1 (0.49%) AdminStudio
8 1 (0.49%) DbUnit
8 1 (0.49%) InstallShield
8 1 (0.49%) IntelliJ
General
1 80 (39.41%) Social Skills
2 31 (15.27%) Analytical Skills
2 31 (15.27%) Finance
3 30 (14.78%) Public Sector
4 9 (4.43%) Legal
5 7 (3.45%) Banking
5 7 (3.45%) Presentation Skills
6 6 (2.96%) Military
7 5 (2.46%) Aerospace
7 5 (2.46%) Financial Institution
7 5 (2.46%) Manufacturing
8 3 (1.48%) Documentation Skills
8 3 (1.48%) Police
9 2 (0.99%) Automotive
9 2 (0.99%) Influencing Skills
9 2 (0.99%) Law
9 2 (0.99%) Marketing
9 2 (0.99%) Public Speaking
9 2 (0.99%) Spanish Language
10 1 (0.49%) German Language
Job Titles
1 44 (21.67%) Developer
2 39 (19.21%) Architect
2 39 (19.21%) Senior
3 17 (8.37%) Solutions Architect
4 13 (6.40%) Senior Developer
5 12 (5.91%) Consultant
6 11 (5.42%) Analyst
7 10 (4.93%) Project Manager
8 8 (3.94%) Lead
9 7 (3.45%) Cloud Engineer
9 7 (3.45%) ERP Architect
9 7 (3.45%) Java Developer
10 6 (2.96%) Azure Engineer
10 6 (2.96%) Full-Stack Developer
10 6 (2.96%) Technical Architect
11 5 (2.46%) Backend Developer
11 5 (2.46%) GCP Architect
11 5 (2.46%) Integration Architect
11 5 (2.46%) Senior Manager
11 5 (2.46%) Technical Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 36 (17.73%) REST
2 27 (13.30%) .NET
3 19 (9.36%) React
4 17 (8.37%) Middleware
5 16 (7.88%) OAuth
6 15 (7.39%) OAuth2
6 15 (7.39%) RESTful
6 15 (7.39%) SOAP
6 15 (7.39%) Terraform
7 14 (6.90%) JSON
8 12 (5.91%) OpenID
8 12 (5.91%) SailPoint
8 12 (5.91%) XML
9 10 (4.93%) AngularJS
10 9 (4.43%) Spring
11 8 (3.94%) Kafka
11 8 (3.94%) RabbitMQ
11 8 (3.94%) Web Services
12 7 (3.45%) ASP.NET
13 6 (2.96%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 34 (16.75%) Cloud Native
2 20 (9.85%) Product Ownership
3 11 (5.42%) Onboarding
4 10 (4.93%) Distributed Systems
5 9 (4.43%) AI Agents
5 9 (4.43%) Hybrid Cloud
6 5 (2.46%) CMDB
6 5 (2.46%) Legacy Applications
6 5 (2.46%) Self-Motivation
7 4 (1.97%) Data Protection Act
7 4 (1.97%) Data Structures
7 4 (1.97%) Enterprise Cloud
7 4 (1.97%) Legacy Systems
7 4 (1.97%) Management Information System
7 4 (1.97%) SCADA
8 3 (1.48%) Clustering
8 3 (1.48%) Data Centre
8 3 (1.48%) PKI
9 2 (0.99%) Analytical Mindset
9 2 (0.99%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 18 (8.87%) Windows
2 14 (6.90%) Linux
3 5 (2.46%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 4 (1.97%) Unix
5 2 (0.99%) Oracle Linux
5 2 (0.99%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
6 1 (0.49%) Android
6 1 (0.49%) Apple iOS
6 1 (0.49%) Ubuntu
6 1 (0.49%) Windows 10
6 1 (0.49%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 78 (38.42%) CI/CD
2 69 (33.99%) Agile
3 62 (30.54%) DevOps
4 59 (29.06%) Problem-Solving
5 46 (22.66%) Stakeholder Management
6 41 (20.20%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 38 (18.72%) AI
8 34 (16.75%) Migration
9 29 (14.29%) Continuous Improvement
10 27 (13.30%) Roadmaps
11 26 (12.81%) ITIL
12 24 (11.82%) Enterprise Architecture
12 24 (11.82%) ERP
12 24 (11.82%) Identity Access Management
13 23 (11.33%) Containerisation
13 23 (11.33%) Infrastructure as Code
13 23 (11.33%) Scrum
13 23 (11.33%) Test Automation
14 22 (10.84%) Change Management
15 21 (10.34%) Microservices
Programming Languages
1 31 (15.27%) Java
2 29 (14.29%) JavaScript
2 29 (14.29%) SQL
3 25 (12.32%) C#
4 24 (11.82%) Python
5 20 (9.85%) PowerShell
6 9 (4.43%) Bash
6 9 (4.43%) TypeScript
7 5 (2.46%) Bicep
8 4 (1.97%) Apex Code
8 4 (1.97%) PL/SQL
8 4 (1.97%) T-SQL
9 3 (1.48%) C++
9 3 (1.48%) Perl
10 2 (0.99%) ABAP
10 2 (0.99%) BeanShell
10 2 (0.99%) Jython
10 2 (0.99%) Rust
10 2 (0.99%) Shell Script
11 1 (0.49%) RPG IV
Qualifications
1 50 (24.63%) Security Cleared
2 45 (22.17%) SC Cleared
3 17 (8.37%) Degree
4 11 (5.42%) Azure Certification
5 8 (3.94%) Computer Science Degree
6 6 (2.96%) Microsoft Certification
7 5 (2.46%) PMI Certification
8 3 (1.48%) AWS Certification
8 3 (1.48%) BPSS Clearance
8 3 (1.48%) ISTQB
8 3 (1.48%) Master's Degree
8 3 (1.48%) PMP
9 2 (0.99%) CISM
9 2 (0.99%) CISSP
9 2 (0.99%) DV Cleared
9 2 (0.99%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
9 2 (0.99%) MCSE
9 2 (0.99%) PRINCE2 Certification
9 2 (0.99%) TOGAF Certification
10 1 (0.49%) Microsoft Certified Professional
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (7.39%) Data Quality
2 10 (4.93%) QA
3 6 (2.96%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 5 (2.46%) GDPR
5 3 (1.48%) Accessibility
5 3 (1.48%) ITGC
5 3 (1.48%) NCSC
5 3 (1.48%) NIST
5 3 (1.48%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 2 (0.99%) WCAG
7 1 (0.49%) GxP
7 1 (0.49%) HIPAA
7 1 (0.49%) SLA
7 1 (0.49%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 35 (17.24%) Active Directory
2 27 (13.30%) Docker
3 2 (0.99%) Virtual Desktop
4 1 (0.49%) Microsoft App-V
4 1 (0.49%) OpenSSH
4 1 (0.49%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 27 (13.30%) Kubernetes
2 9 (4.43%) Ansible
3 6 (2.96%) Grafana
4 5 (2.46%) Microsoft Intune
4 5 (2.46%) Prometheus
4 5 (2.46%) Single Sign-On
5 2 (0.99%) Argo
5 2 (0.99%) CA Wily
5 2 (0.99%) Puppet
5 2 (0.99%) Salt
5 2 (0.99%) SCCM
5 2 (0.99%) Tivoli
6 1 (0.49%) Docker Swarm
Vendors
1 67 (33.00%) Microsoft
2 32 (15.76%) SAP
3 25 (12.32%) Oracle
4 19 (9.36%) ServiceNow
5 11 (5.42%) Google
6 10 (4.93%) Salesforce
7 8 (3.94%) Databricks
8 7 (3.45%) Workday
9 6 (2.96%) CyberArk
9 6 (2.96%) MuleSoft
10 5 (2.46%) IBM
10 5 (2.46%) JD Edwards
10 5 (2.46%) OpenAI
11 4 (1.97%) Okta
11 4 (1.97%) Red Hat
12 3 (1.48%) Ariba
12 3 (1.48%) Conga
12 3 (1.48%) GoCardless
12 3 (1.48%) Siebel
13 2 (0.99%) AppDynamics