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 8 October 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 170 230 217
Rank change year-on-year +60 -13 +87
Contract jobs citing Enterprise Software 242 76 117
As % of all contract jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.79% 0.79% 0.94%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 4.65% 2.22% 3.07%
Number of daily rates quoted 155 43 66
10th Percentile £353 £338 £438
25th Percentile £449 £418 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £550
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -9.09% +1.85%
75th Percentile £611 £631 £659
90th Percentile £700 £738 £1,000
UK median daily rate £525 £525 £525
% change year-on-year - - -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 £73.60
% change year-on-year +21.88% -78.26% +61.76%

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 5,206 3,429 3,813
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 38.58% 35.50% 30.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,146 2,214 2,451
10th Percentile £364 £332 £325
25th Percentile £440 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -4.55% -
75th Percentile £638 £650 £688
90th Percentile £748 £800 £850
UK median daily rate £525 £518 £526
% change year-on-year +1.32% -1.49% -4.36%
Number of hourly rates quoted 388 110 86
10th Percentile £16.70 £14.60 £20.50
25th Percentile £31.25 £23.82 £31.26
Median hourly rate £43.96 £44.50 £64.25
Median % change year-on-year -1.21% -30.74% +22.38%
75th Percentile £70.00 £65.00 £72.50
90th Percentile £81.25 £70.29 £85.00
UK median hourly rate £36.00 £27.54 £47.50
% change year-on-year +30.74% -42.03% +6.15%

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 8 October 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 8 October 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 10 (4.13%) Confluence
2 6 (2.48%) Microsoft Exchange
3 3 (1.24%) SharePoint
4 2 (0.83%) Exchange Server 2013
4 2 (0.83%) IIS
4 2 (0.83%) Jupyter
4 2 (0.83%) Mendix
4 2 (0.83%) Oracle Service Bus
4 2 (0.83%) Oracle SOA Suite
4 2 (0.83%) WebSphere
5 1 (0.41%) Anypoint
5 1 (0.41%) Apache
5 1 (0.41%) Appian
5 1 (0.41%) JBoss
5 1 (0.41%) Mule
5 1 (0.41%) Tomcat
Applications
1 1 (0.41%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (0.41%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (0.41%) Microsoft Project
1 1 (0.41%) MS Visio
1 1 (0.41%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 11 (4.55%) Dynamics CRM
2 8 (3.31%) SAP S/4HANA
3 4 (1.65%) Oracle EBS
3 4 (1.65%) Primavera
4 3 (1.24%) NetSuite
4 3 (1.24%) Payment Gateway
4 3 (1.24%) Workday HCM
5 2 (0.83%) NEC Housing
5 2 (0.83%) Oracle ERP
5 2 (0.83%) SAP HCM
5 2 (0.83%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
6 1 (0.41%) Dynamics AX
6 1 (0.41%) Dynamics NAV
6 1 (0.41%) Maximo
6 1 (0.41%) Sage X3
6 1 (0.41%) SAP CO
6 1 (0.41%) SAP ERP
6 1 (0.41%) SAP FI/CO
6 1 (0.41%) SAP Payroll
6 1 (0.41%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 107 (44.21%) Azure
2 56 (23.14%) AWS
3 48 (19.83%) Entra ID
4 24 (9.92%) SaaS
5 23 (9.50%) Power Platform
6 18 (7.44%) Azure DevOps
6 18 (7.44%) GitHub
7 15 (6.20%) Dynamics 365
7 15 (6.20%) Power Automate
8 14 (5.79%) GCP
8 14 (5.79%) Microsoft 365
9 12 (4.96%) Azure Monitor
9 12 (4.96%) Serverless
10 10 (4.13%) Azure Logic Apps
11 7 (2.89%) Azure Key Vault
11 7 (2.89%) GitHub Actions
12 6 (2.48%) Amazon Bedrock
12 6 (2.48%) Amazon EC2
12 6 (2.48%) Amazon S3
12 6 (2.48%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 12 (4.96%) Firewall
2 5 (2.07%) Kerberos
3 4 (1.65%) Network Security
3 4 (1.65%) NGFW
3 4 (1.65%) X.509
4 3 (1.24%) DNS
4 3 (1.24%) Reverse Proxy
4 3 (1.24%) SSL
4 3 (1.24%) VPN
5 2 (0.83%) FTP
5 2 (0.83%) Internet
5 2 (0.83%) SD-WAN
5 2 (0.83%) WAN
6 1 (0.41%) DHCP
6 1 (0.41%) HTTP
6 1 (0.41%) LAN
6 1 (0.41%) Software-Defined Networking
6 1 (0.41%) TCP/IP
6 1 (0.41%) Wi-Fi
6 1 (0.41%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 23 (9.50%) SQL Server
2 18 (7.44%) Power BI
3 12 (4.96%) PostgreSQL
4 11 (4.55%) Relational Database
5 6 (2.48%) Metadata
5 6 (2.48%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 5 (2.07%) MongoDB
7 4 (1.65%) Data Lake
8 3 (1.24%) Amazon Redshift
8 3 (1.24%) DynamoDB
8 3 (1.24%) MySQL
8 3 (1.24%) NoSQL
9 2 (0.83%) Amazon Athena
9 2 (0.83%) Amazon QuickSight
9 2 (0.83%) BigQuery
9 2 (0.83%) EDRMS
9 2 (0.83%) OLAP
9 2 (0.83%) OLTP
9 2 (0.83%) Oracle OLAP
9 2 (0.83%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 18 (7.44%) Git
2 14 (5.79%) JIRA
3 10 (4.13%) Jenkins
4 8 (3.31%) GitLab
5 5 (2.07%) Postman
6 4 (1.65%) Artifactory
7 3 (1.24%) Cucumber
7 3 (1.24%) Maven
7 3 (1.24%) REST Assured
7 3 (1.24%) SonarQube
7 3 (1.24%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
8 2 (0.83%) JUnit
8 2 (0.83%) Mockito
8 2 (0.83%) Sonatype Nexus
9 1 (0.41%) IntelliJ
9 1 (0.41%) JMeter
9 1 (0.41%) MSI
9 1 (0.41%) NUnit
9 1 (0.41%) Visual LANSA
9 1 (0.41%) Visual Studio
General
1 98 (40.50%) Social Skills
2 47 (19.42%) Public Sector
3 46 (19.01%) Finance
4 33 (13.64%) Analytical Skills
5 10 (4.13%) Banking
6 7 (2.89%) Legal
6 7 (2.89%) Manufacturing
6 7 (2.89%) Military
6 7 (2.89%) Police
6 7 (2.89%) Presentation Skills
7 6 (2.48%) Documentation Skills
8 5 (2.07%) Aerospace
9 4 (1.65%) Financial Institution
10 3 (1.24%) Influencing Skills
10 3 (1.24%) Local Government
10 3 (1.24%) Social Housing
11 2 (0.83%) Back Office
11 2 (0.83%) Investment Banking
11 2 (0.83%) Public Speaking
11 2 (0.83%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 50 (20.66%) Architect
1 50 (20.66%) Developer
2 43 (17.77%) Senior
3 25 (10.33%) Solutions Architect
4 19 (7.85%) Consultant
5 15 (6.20%) Senior Developer
6 13 (5.37%) Project Manager
7 11 (4.55%) Analyst
8 10 (4.13%) Azure Engineer
8 10 (4.13%) Lead
9 9 (3.72%) Cloud Engineer
9 9 (3.72%) Java Developer
9 9 (3.72%) Senior Architect
10 8 (3.31%) Full-Stack Developer
10 8 (3.31%) Technical Architect
11 7 (2.89%) ERP Architect
11 7 (2.89%) Technical Consultant
12 5 (2.07%) Technical Analyst
12 5 (2.07%) Technical Manager
12 5 (2.07%) Technical Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 45 (18.60%) REST
2 29 (11.98%) Terraform
3 28 (11.57%) .NET
4 22 (9.09%) OAuth
5 21 (8.68%) React
6 20 (8.26%) Middleware
7 19 (7.85%) JSON
8 17 (7.02%) OAuth2
8 17 (7.02%) SOAP
9 15 (6.20%) OpenID
9 15 (6.20%) XML
10 14 (5.79%) RESTful
11 13 (5.37%) AngularJS
12 12 (4.96%) Web Services
13 11 (4.55%) SailPoint
14 9 (3.72%) Spring
15 8 (3.31%) ASP.NET
15 8 (3.31%) LDAP
16 7 (2.89%) Node.js
17 6 (2.48%) RabbitMQ
Miscellaneous
1 40 (16.53%) Cloud Native
2 20 (8.26%) Product Ownership
3 14 (5.79%) Distributed Systems
3 14 (5.79%) Onboarding
4 11 (4.55%) Hybrid Cloud
5 10 (4.13%) AI Agents
6 9 (3.72%) Management Information System
7 7 (2.89%) Legacy Applications
7 7 (2.89%) Legacy Systems
7 7 (2.89%) PKI
8 6 (2.48%) CMDB
8 6 (2.48%) Enterprise Cloud
9 5 (2.07%) Self-Motivation
10 4 (1.65%) Data Protection Act
10 4 (1.65%) Data Structures
10 4 (1.65%) Greenfield Project
10 4 (1.65%) SCADA
11 2 (0.83%) Life Science
11 2 (0.83%) Mobile App
11 2 (0.83%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 26 (10.74%) Windows
2 18 (7.44%) Linux
3 8 (3.31%) Windows Server
4 4 (1.65%) Windows 10
5 3 (1.24%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 2 (0.83%) Unix
6 2 (0.83%) VMS
6 2 (0.83%) Windows Server 2012
6 2 (0.83%) Windows Server 2016
7 1 (0.41%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 86 (35.54%) CI/CD
2 73 (30.17%) Agile
3 72 (29.75%) DevOps
4 70 (28.93%) Stakeholder Management
5 63 (26.03%) Problem-Solving
6 45 (18.60%) Migration
7 44 (18.18%) AI
8 40 (16.53%) Continuous Improvement
8 40 (16.53%) Infrastructure as Code
9 39 (16.12%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 37 (15.29%) Roadmaps
11 31 (12.81%) Enterprise Architecture
12 28 (11.57%) Technical Leadership
13 27 (11.16%) ITIL
14 26 (10.74%) Containerisation
15 25 (10.33%) Identity Access Management
15 25 (10.33%) Microservices
16 24 (9.92%) Service Management
17 23 (9.50%) ERP
17 23 (9.50%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 37 (15.29%) Java
2 35 (14.46%) SQL
3 32 (13.22%) JavaScript
4 26 (10.74%) C#
4 26 (10.74%) PowerShell
4 26 (10.74%) Python
5 13 (5.37%) Bash
6 11 (4.55%) TypeScript
7 9 (3.72%) Bicep
8 5 (2.07%) T-SQL
9 4 (1.65%) Apex Code
9 4 (1.65%) PL/SQL
9 4 (1.65%) Shell Script
10 3 (1.24%) C++
10 3 (1.24%) Groovy
11 2 (0.83%) ABAP
11 2 (0.83%) BeanShell
11 2 (0.83%) Rust
12 1 (0.41%) Objective-C
12 1 (0.41%) RPG
Qualifications
1 74 (30.58%) Security Cleared
2 68 (28.10%) SC Cleared
3 19 (7.85%) Degree
4 17 (7.02%) Azure Certification
5 10 (4.13%) Microsoft Certification
6 8 (3.31%) Computer Science Degree
7 7 (2.89%) BPSS Clearance
8 6 (2.48%) AWS Certification
9 5 (2.07%) CISSP
10 4 (1.65%) DV Cleared
10 4 (1.65%) MCSE
10 4 (1.65%) PMI Certification
10 4 (1.65%) PMP
11 3 (1.24%) Cisco Certification
11 3 (1.24%) CISM
11 3 (1.24%) ISTQB
11 3 (1.24%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
11 3 (1.24%) Master's Degree
11 3 (1.24%) TOGAF Certification
12 2 (0.83%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 20 (8.26%) Data Quality
2 10 (4.13%) QA
3 7 (2.89%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 4 (1.65%) GDPR
4 4 (1.65%) NIST
5 3 (1.24%) Accessibility
5 3 (1.24%) ITGC
5 3 (1.24%) NCSC
5 3 (1.24%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 1 (0.41%) GRC
6 1 (0.41%) GxP
6 1 (0.41%) PCI DSS
6 1 (0.41%) PMO
6 1 (0.41%) SLA
6 1 (0.41%) Software Quality Assurance
6 1 (0.41%) WCAG
System Software
1 47 (19.42%) Active Directory
2 32 (13.22%) Docker
3 6 (2.48%) Virtual Desktop
4 4 (1.65%) VMware Infrastructure
5 1 (0.41%) Microsoft App-V
5 1 (0.41%) OpenAM
5 1 (0.41%) OpenSSH
5 1 (0.41%) Virtual Machines
5 1 (0.41%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 38 (15.70%) Kubernetes
2 14 (5.79%) Ansible
3 11 (4.55%) Microsoft Intune
4 10 (4.13%) Grafana
5 9 (3.72%) Single Sign-On
6 5 (2.07%) Prometheus
7 4 (1.65%) SCCM
8 3 (1.24%) Argo
9 2 (0.83%) Puppet
9 2 (0.83%) Salt
10 1 (0.41%) CASB
10 1 (0.41%) Docker Swarm
10 1 (0.41%) FreeIPA
10 1 (0.41%) Podman
Vendors
1 89 (36.78%) Microsoft
2 34 (14.05%) SAP
3 31 (12.81%) Oracle
4 20 (8.26%) ServiceNow
5 13 (5.37%) Salesforce
6 10 (4.13%) Google
7 9 (3.72%) CyberArk
7 9 (3.72%) Databricks
8 8 (3.31%) Workday
9 6 (2.48%) IBM
9 6 (2.48%) JD Edwards
9 6 (2.48%) MuleSoft
10 5 (2.07%) Ariba
10 5 (2.07%) OpenAI
10 5 (2.07%) VMware
11 4 (1.65%) Dynatrace
11 4 (1.65%) Okta
12 3 (1.24%) Conga
12 3 (1.24%) Fortinet
12 3 (1.24%) GoCardless