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

6 months to
20 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 193 227 220
Rank change year-on-year +34 -7 +73
Contract jobs citing Enterprise Software 195 82 114
As % of all contract jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.45% 0.83% 0.88%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 3.84% 2.37% 2.93%
Number of daily rates quoted 116 50 72
10th Percentile £358 £298 £444
25th Percentile £447 £404 £484
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £588
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -14.89% +2.17%
75th Percentile £590 £661 £712
90th Percentile £694 £850 £995
UK median daily rate £525 £525 £538
% change year-on-year - -2.33% -6.52%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 1 0
10th Percentile £77.28 - -
25th Percentile - £61.25 -
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 £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 5,082 3,457 3,894
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 37.80% 34.88% 30.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,095 2,256 2,618
10th Percentile £367 £333 £325
25th Percentile £439 £413 £445
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -4.55% -
75th Percentile £638 £650 £700
90th Percentile £745 £825 £850
UK median daily rate £525 £520 £550
% change year-on-year +0.96% -5.45% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 332 105 114
10th Percentile £20.22 £13.34 £19.18
25th Percentile £31.25 £23.50 £30.45
Median hourly rate £43.96 £33.89 £61.30
Median % change year-on-year +29.73% -44.72% +22.60%
75th Percentile £70.00 £65.00 £72.50
90th Percentile £83.48 £72.50 £85.00
UK median hourly rate £41.00 £29.75 £45.00
% change year-on-year +37.82% -33.89% +10.31%

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 20 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 20 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 (4.10%) Confluence
2 2 (1.03%) IBM HTTP Server
2 2 (1.03%) Jupyter
2 2 (1.03%) Oracle HTTP Server
2 2 (1.03%) Oracle Service Bus
2 2 (1.03%) Oracle SOA Suite
2 2 (1.03%) WebSphere
2 2 (1.03%) WebSphere Application Server
2 2 (1.03%) WebSphere Portal
3 1 (0.51%) Anypoint
3 1 (0.51%) Mendix
3 1 (0.51%) Mule
Applications
1 2 (1.03%) Microsoft Project
2 1 (0.51%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.51%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 10 (5.13%) Dynamics CRM
2 6 (3.08%) Primavera
2 6 (3.08%) SAP S/4HANA
3 3 (1.54%) Payment Gateway
4 2 (1.03%) Oracle EBS
4 2 (1.03%) Oracle ERP
4 2 (1.03%) SAP ERP
5 1 (0.51%) Dynamics AX
5 1 (0.51%) Dynamics NAV
5 1 (0.51%) Endur
5 1 (0.51%) iTrent
5 1 (0.51%) SAP CO
5 1 (0.51%) SAP FI
5 1 (0.51%) SAP FI/CO
5 1 (0.51%) SAP HCM
5 1 (0.51%) SAP HR
5 1 (0.51%) SAP Payroll
5 1 (0.51%) Siebel CRM
5 1 (0.51%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
5 1 (0.51%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 89 (45.64%) Azure
2 47 (24.10%) AWS
3 35 (17.95%) Entra ID
4 22 (11.28%) Power Platform
5 17 (8.72%) GCP
6 13 (6.67%) Dynamics 365
6 13 (6.67%) Power Automate
7 12 (6.15%) SaaS
8 11 (5.64%) GitHub
8 11 (5.64%) Serverless
9 9 (4.62%) Azure DevOps
9 9 (4.62%) Azure Logic Apps
10 8 (4.10%) Amazon EC2
10 8 (4.10%) Amazon S3
11 7 (3.59%) Azure Monitor
12 6 (3.08%) AWS Lambda
12 6 (3.08%) Azure Key Vault
12 6 (3.08%) GitHub Actions
13 5 (2.56%) OCI
14 4 (2.05%) Azure AI
Communications & Networking
1 10 (5.13%) Firewall
2 4 (2.05%) DNS
2 4 (2.05%) Reverse Proxy
2 4 (2.05%) SSL
3 2 (1.03%) FTP
3 2 (1.03%) HTTP
3 2 (1.03%) Kerberos
3 2 (1.03%) Network Security
3 2 (1.03%) NGFW
3 2 (1.03%) TCP/IP
4 1 (0.51%) SSH
4 1 (0.51%) VPN
4 1 (0.51%) X.509
Database & Business Intelligence
1 17 (8.72%) Power BI
2 16 (8.21%) SQL Server
3 10 (5.13%) PostgreSQL
4 9 (4.62%) Relational Database
5 5 (2.56%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 4 (2.05%) Amazon Redshift
7 3 (1.54%) Amazon Athena
7 3 (1.54%) Amazon QuickSight
7 3 (1.54%) Data Lake
7 3 (1.54%) Metadata
7 3 (1.54%) MongoDB
7 3 (1.54%) NoSQL
8 2 (1.03%) Amazon Aurora
8 2 (1.03%) Azure SQL Database
8 2 (1.03%) BigQuery
8 2 (1.03%) DynamoDB
9 1 (0.51%) Amazon RDS
9 1 (0.51%) Oracle OLAP
9 1 (0.51%) SAP HANA
9 1 (0.51%) Siebel EIM
Development Applications
1 15 (7.69%) JIRA
2 14 (7.18%) Git
3 9 (4.62%) GitLab
3 9 (4.62%) Jenkins
4 5 (2.56%) Postman
5 3 (1.54%) Artifactory
5 3 (1.54%) Cucumber
5 3 (1.54%) Maven
5 3 (1.54%) REST Assured
5 3 (1.54%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
6 2 (1.03%) Introscope
6 2 (1.03%) JMeter
6 2 (1.03%) JUnit
6 2 (1.03%) Mockito
6 2 (1.03%) SonarQube
6 2 (1.03%) Sonatype Nexus
7 1 (0.51%) AdminStudio
7 1 (0.51%) DbUnit
7 1 (0.51%) InstallShield
7 1 (0.51%) IntelliJ
General
1 77 (39.49%) Social Skills
2 31 (15.90%) Public Sector
3 30 (15.38%) Analytical Skills
4 27 (13.85%) Finance
5 7 (3.59%) Banking
5 7 (3.59%) Legal
6 6 (3.08%) Military
6 6 (3.08%) Presentation Skills
7 5 (2.56%) Aerospace
7 5 (2.56%) Financial Institution
7 5 (2.56%) Manufacturing
8 4 (2.05%) Documentation Skills
9 3 (1.54%) Police
10 2 (1.03%) Automotive
10 2 (1.03%) Law
10 2 (1.03%) Marketing
10 2 (1.03%) Public Speaking
10 2 (1.03%) Spanish Language
11 1 (0.51%) German Language
11 1 (0.51%) Polish Language
Job Titles
1 45 (23.08%) Developer
2 38 (19.49%) Senior
3 35 (17.95%) Architect
4 14 (7.18%) Solutions Architect
5 13 (6.67%) Senior Developer
6 11 (5.64%) Analyst
6 11 (5.64%) Consultant
7 8 (4.10%) Cloud Engineer
7 8 (4.10%) Project Manager
8 7 (3.59%) ERP Architect
8 7 (3.59%) Java Developer
8 7 (3.59%) Lead
9 6 (3.08%) Full-Stack Developer
9 6 (3.08%) Technical Architect
10 5 (2.56%) .NET Developer
10 5 (2.56%) DevOps Engineer
10 5 (2.56%) Platform Architect
10 5 (2.56%) Senior Architect
10 5 (2.56%) Senior Manager
10 5 (2.56%) Technical Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 35 (17.95%) REST
2 27 (13.85%) .NET
3 18 (9.23%) React
4 16 (8.21%) Middleware
4 16 (8.21%) RESTful
4 16 (8.21%) Terraform
5 15 (7.69%) OAuth
5 15 (7.69%) SOAP
6 14 (7.18%) JSON
6 14 (7.18%) OAuth2
7 12 (6.15%) OpenID
7 12 (6.15%) XML
8 11 (5.64%) SailPoint
9 9 (4.62%) AngularJS
9 9 (4.62%) Spring
10 8 (4.10%) Kafka
10 8 (4.10%) RabbitMQ
10 8 (4.10%) Web Services
11 7 (3.59%) ASP.NET
12 6 (3.08%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 32 (16.41%) Cloud Native
2 19 (9.74%) Product Ownership
3 10 (5.13%) Distributed Systems
3 10 (5.13%) Onboarding
4 9 (4.62%) AI Agents
5 7 (3.59%) Hybrid Cloud
6 5 (2.56%) CMDB
6 5 (2.56%) Legacy Systems
6 5 (2.56%) Self-Motivation
7 4 (2.05%) Data Protection Act
7 4 (2.05%) Data Structures
7 4 (2.05%) Enterprise Cloud
7 4 (2.05%) Legacy Applications
7 4 (2.05%) SCADA
8 3 (1.54%) Clustering
8 3 (1.54%) Data Centre
8 3 (1.54%) Management Information System
8 3 (1.54%) PKI
9 2 (1.03%) NHS
9 2 (1.03%) PMI
Operating Systems
1 19 (9.74%) Windows
2 15 (7.69%) Linux
3 5 (2.56%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 4 (2.05%) Unix
5 2 (1.03%) Apple iOS
5 2 (1.03%) Oracle Linux
5 2 (1.03%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
6 1 (0.51%) Android
6 1 (0.51%) Ubuntu
6 1 (0.51%) Windows 10
6 1 (0.51%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 77 (39.49%) CI/CD
2 66 (33.85%) Agile
3 62 (31.79%) DevOps
4 58 (29.74%) Problem-Solving
5 38 (19.49%) Stakeholder Management
6 37 (18.97%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 36 (18.46%) AI
8 33 (16.92%) Migration
9 29 (14.87%) Continuous Improvement
10 26 (13.33%) ITIL
11 24 (12.31%) Containerisation
11 24 (12.31%) Infrastructure as Code
12 23 (11.79%) Test Automation
13 22 (11.28%) Identity Access Management
13 22 (11.28%) Scrum
14 21 (10.77%) ERP
14 21 (10.77%) Technical Leadership
15 20 (10.26%) Enterprise Architecture
15 20 (10.26%) Microservices
15 20 (10.26%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 31 (15.90%) Java
2 30 (15.38%) SQL
3 28 (14.36%) JavaScript
4 26 (13.33%) C#
5 25 (12.82%) Python
6 20 (10.26%) PowerShell
7 10 (5.13%) Bash
8 8 (4.10%) TypeScript
9 5 (2.56%) Bicep
10 4 (2.05%) Apex Code
10 4 (2.05%) PL/SQL
10 4 (2.05%) T-SQL
11 3 (1.54%) C++
11 3 (1.54%) Perl
12 2 (1.03%) ABAP
12 2 (1.03%) BeanShell
12 2 (1.03%) Jython
12 2 (1.03%) Objective-C
12 2 (1.03%) Shell Script
12 2 (1.03%) Swift
Qualifications
1 51 (26.15%) Security Cleared
2 46 (23.59%) SC Cleared
3 16 (8.21%) Degree
4 10 (5.13%) Azure Certification
5 7 (3.59%) Computer Science Degree
6 5 (2.56%) Microsoft Certification
7 4 (2.05%) PMI Certification
8 3 (1.54%) AWS Certification
8 3 (1.54%) BPSS Clearance
8 3 (1.54%) ISTQB
8 3 (1.54%) Master's Degree
9 2 (1.03%) CISM
9 2 (1.03%) CISSP
9 2 (1.03%) DV Cleared
9 2 (1.03%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
9 2 (1.03%) MCSE
9 2 (1.03%) PMP
9 2 (1.03%) PRINCE2 Certification
10 1 (0.51%) Microsoft Certified Professional
10 1 (0.51%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (7.18%) Data Quality
2 10 (5.13%) QA
3 6 (3.08%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 5 (2.56%) GDPR
5 3 (1.54%) Accessibility
5 3 (1.54%) ITGC
5 3 (1.54%) NCSC
5 3 (1.54%) NIST
5 3 (1.54%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 2 (1.03%) WCAG
7 1 (0.51%) GxP
7 1 (0.51%) HIPAA
7 1 (0.51%) SLA
7 1 (0.51%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 34 (17.44%) Active Directory
2 28 (14.36%) Docker
3 2 (1.03%) Virtual Desktop
4 1 (0.51%) Microsoft App-V
4 1 (0.51%) OpenSSH
4 1 (0.51%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 28 (14.36%) Kubernetes
2 11 (5.64%) Ansible
3 7 (3.59%) Grafana
4 6 (3.08%) Prometheus
5 5 (2.56%) Microsoft Intune
6 4 (2.05%) Single Sign-On
7 3 (1.54%) Puppet
7 3 (1.54%) Salt
8 2 (1.03%) Argo
8 2 (1.03%) CA Wily
8 2 (1.03%) SCCM
8 2 (1.03%) Tivoli
9 1 (0.51%) Docker Swarm
Vendors
1 65 (33.33%) Microsoft
2 28 (14.36%) SAP
3 23 (11.79%) Oracle
4 17 (8.72%) ServiceNow
5 11 (5.64%) Google
6 10 (5.13%) Salesforce
7 6 (3.08%) CyberArk
7 6 (3.08%) Workday
8 5 (2.56%) Databricks
8 5 (2.56%) IBM
8 5 (2.56%) JD Edwards
8 5 (2.56%) MuleSoft
8 5 (2.56%) OpenAI
9 4 (2.05%) Okta
9 4 (2.05%) Red Hat
10 3 (1.54%) Conga
10 3 (1.54%) Fortinet
10 3 (1.54%) GoCardless
10 3 (1.54%) Siebel
11 2 (1.03%) Atlassian