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

6 months to
11 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 181 222 227
Rank change year-on-year +41 +5 +72
Contract jobs citing Enterprise Software 221 84 106
As % of all contract jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.63% 0.85% 0.83%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 4.25% 2.41% 2.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 131 50 68
10th Percentile £358 £335 £444
25th Percentile £450 £420 £497
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £522 £575
Median % change year-on-year +0.62% -9.26% +6.48%
75th Percentile £604 £672 £703
90th Percentile £700 £828 £1,000
UK median daily rate £525 £537 £533
% change year-on-year -2.23% +0.75% -7.30%
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 £28.00 -
% change year-on-year -30.36% - -

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 5,200 3,492 3,844
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 38.32% 35.32% 30.08%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,110 2,261 2,526
10th Percentile £363 £329 £325
25th Percentile £438 £413 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -4.55% -
75th Percentile £638 £650 £689
90th Percentile £738 £805 £850
UK median daily rate £525 £515 £546
% change year-on-year +1.94% -5.68% -0.73%
Number of hourly rates quoted 374 110 96
10th Percentile £16.33 £13.77 £19.92
25th Percentile £30.00 £24.77 £29.55
Median hourly rate £43.96 £43.50 £62.68
Median % change year-on-year +1.06% -30.60% +19.81%
75th Percentile £70.00 £66.50 £72.50
90th Percentile £81.25 £72.75 £85.00
UK median hourly rate £37.50 £30.00 £47.50
% change year-on-year +25.00% -36.84% +8.57%

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 11 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 11 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 (3.62%) Confluence
2 3 (1.36%) Microsoft Exchange
2 3 (1.36%) SharePoint
3 2 (0.90%) Jupyter
3 2 (0.90%) Oracle Service Bus
3 2 (0.90%) Oracle SOA Suite
3 2 (0.90%) WebSphere
4 1 (0.45%) Anypoint
4 1 (0.45%) IBM HTTP Server
4 1 (0.45%) Mendix
4 1 (0.45%) Mule
4 1 (0.45%) Oracle HTTP Server
4 1 (0.45%) WebSphere Application Server
4 1 (0.45%) WebSphere Portal
Applications
1 1 (0.45%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (0.45%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (0.45%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 10 (4.52%) Dynamics CRM
2 8 (3.62%) SAP S/4HANA
3 4 (1.81%) Primavera
4 3 (1.36%) Payment Gateway
5 2 (0.90%) Oracle EBS
5 2 (0.90%) Oracle ERP
5 2 (0.90%) SAP ERP
5 2 (0.90%) Workday HCM
6 1 (0.45%) Dynamics AX
6 1 (0.45%) Dynamics NAV
6 1 (0.45%) Endur
6 1 (0.45%) Maximo
6 1 (0.45%) NEC Housing
6 1 (0.45%) Sage X3
6 1 (0.45%) SAP CO
6 1 (0.45%) SAP FI
6 1 (0.45%) SAP FI/CO
6 1 (0.45%) SAP HCM
6 1 (0.45%) SAP HR
6 1 (0.45%) SAP Payroll
Cloud Services
1 94 (42.53%) Azure
2 46 (20.81%) AWS
3 40 (18.10%) Entra ID
4 22 (9.95%) Power Platform
5 17 (7.69%) SaaS
6 15 (6.79%) GCP
7 14 (6.33%) GitHub
7 14 (6.33%) Power Automate
8 13 (5.88%) Dynamics 365
9 11 (4.98%) Azure DevOps
9 11 (4.98%) Serverless
10 9 (4.07%) Azure Logic Apps
10 9 (4.07%) GitHub Actions
10 9 (4.07%) Microsoft 365
11 7 (3.17%) Amazon EC2
11 7 (3.17%) Amazon S3
11 7 (3.17%) Azure Monitor
12 5 (2.26%) Azure Cosmos DB
12 5 (2.26%) Azure Key Vault
12 5 (2.26%) Azure Synapse Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 10 (4.52%) Firewall
2 3 (1.36%) Kerberos
2 3 (1.36%) NGFW
2 3 (1.36%) Reverse Proxy
2 3 (1.36%) SSL
3 2 (0.90%) DNS
3 2 (0.90%) FTP
3 2 (0.90%) Network Security
4 1 (0.45%) HTTP
4 1 (0.45%) SSH
4 1 (0.45%) TCP/IP
4 1 (0.45%) VPN
4 1 (0.45%) X.509
Database & Business Intelligence
1 20 (9.05%) SQL Server
2 18 (8.14%) Power BI
3 12 (5.43%) PostgreSQL
4 10 (4.52%) Relational Database
5 6 (2.71%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 5 (2.26%) Metadata
6 5 (2.26%) MongoDB
7 4 (1.81%) Data Lake
7 4 (1.81%) DynamoDB
7 4 (1.81%) NoSQL
8 3 (1.36%) Amazon Redshift
8 3 (1.36%) MySQL
9 2 (0.90%) Amazon Athena
9 2 (0.90%) Amazon Aurora
9 2 (0.90%) Amazon QuickSight
9 2 (0.90%) BigQuery
9 2 (0.90%) EDRMS
10 1 (0.45%) AlloyDB
10 1 (0.45%) Pinecone
10 1 (0.45%) Weaviate
Development Applications
1 14 (6.33%) JIRA
2 13 (5.88%) Git
3 11 (4.98%) Jenkins
4 8 (3.62%) GitLab
5 4 (1.81%) Postman
6 3 (1.36%) Artifactory
6 3 (1.36%) Cucumber
6 3 (1.36%) Maven
6 3 (1.36%) REST Assured
6 3 (1.36%) SonarQube
6 3 (1.36%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
7 2 (0.90%) JUnit
7 2 (0.90%) Mockito
7 2 (0.90%) Sonatype Nexus
8 1 (0.45%) AdminStudio
8 1 (0.45%) DbUnit
8 1 (0.45%) InstallShield
8 1 (0.45%) IntelliJ
8 1 (0.45%) MSI
8 1 (0.45%) Visual LANSA
General
1 91 (41.18%) Social Skills
2 35 (15.84%) Finance
3 33 (14.93%) Public Sector
4 30 (13.57%) Analytical Skills
5 10 (4.52%) Legal
6 8 (3.62%) Banking
7 7 (3.17%) Presentation Skills
8 6 (2.71%) Manufacturing
8 6 (2.71%) Military
9 5 (2.26%) Aerospace
9 5 (2.26%) Documentation Skills
10 4 (1.81%) Financial Institution
11 3 (1.36%) Influencing Skills
11 3 (1.36%) Police
12 2 (0.90%) Automotive
12 2 (0.90%) Law
12 2 (0.90%) Local Government
12 2 (0.90%) Pharmaceutical
12 2 (0.90%) Public Speaking
12 2 (0.90%) Social Housing
Job Titles
1 45 (20.36%) Developer
2 41 (18.55%) Architect
3 40 (18.10%) Senior
4 20 (9.05%) Solutions Architect
5 16 (7.24%) Consultant
6 14 (6.33%) Senior Developer
7 12 (5.43%) Analyst
8 11 (4.98%) Project Manager
9 8 (3.62%) Cloud Engineer
9 8 (3.62%) Java Developer
9 8 (3.62%) Lead
10 7 (3.17%) Azure Engineer
10 7 (3.17%) ERP Architect
10 7 (3.17%) Full-Stack Developer
11 6 (2.71%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
11 6 (2.71%) Technical Consultant
12 5 (2.26%) DevOps Engineer
12 5 (2.26%) Senior Manager
12 5 (2.26%) Technical Analyst
12 5 (2.26%) Technical Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 36 (16.29%) REST
2 27 (12.22%) .NET
3 21 (9.50%) React
4 20 (9.05%) Terraform
5 17 (7.69%) Middleware
5 17 (7.69%) OAuth
6 16 (7.24%) OAuth2
7 14 (6.33%) RESTful
7 14 (6.33%) SOAP
8 13 (5.88%) JSON
8 13 (5.88%) OpenID
8 13 (5.88%) SailPoint
9 12 (5.43%) AngularJS
10 11 (4.98%) XML
11 9 (4.07%) Spring
12 8 (3.62%) Web Services
13 7 (3.17%) ASP.NET
14 6 (2.71%) Kafka
14 6 (2.71%) Node.js
14 6 (2.71%) RabbitMQ
Miscellaneous
1 36 (16.29%) Cloud Native
2 22 (9.95%) Product Ownership
3 13 (5.88%) Onboarding
4 12 (5.43%) Distributed Systems
5 10 (4.52%) Hybrid Cloud
6 9 (4.07%) AI Agents
7 6 (2.71%) Legacy Applications
8 5 (2.26%) CMDB
8 5 (2.26%) Enterprise Cloud
8 5 (2.26%) Legacy Systems
8 5 (2.26%) Management Information System
8 5 (2.26%) Self-Motivation
9 4 (1.81%) Data Protection Act
9 4 (1.81%) Data Structures
9 4 (1.81%) SCADA
10 3 (1.36%) PKI
11 2 (0.90%) Clustering
11 2 (0.90%) Life Science
11 2 (0.90%) Mobile App
11 2 (0.90%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 20 (9.05%) Windows
2 14 (6.33%) Linux
3 4 (1.81%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 3 (1.36%) Unix
4 3 (1.36%) Windows Server
5 2 (0.90%) Windows 10
5 2 (0.90%) Windows Server 2016
6 1 (0.45%) Android
6 1 (0.45%) Apple iOS
6 1 (0.45%) Oracle Linux
6 1 (0.45%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
6 1 (0.45%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 79 (35.75%) CI/CD
2 70 (31.67%) Agile
3 62 (28.05%) Problem-Solving
4 61 (27.60%) DevOps
5 59 (26.70%) Stakeholder Management
6 43 (19.46%) AI
7 40 (18.10%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 34 (15.38%) Continuous Improvement
8 34 (15.38%) Migration
9 30 (13.57%) Roadmaps
10 28 (12.67%) Infrastructure as Code
11 26 (11.76%) Enterprise Architecture
11 26 (11.76%) ERP
11 26 (11.76%) Scrum
12 24 (10.86%) Containerisation
12 24 (10.86%) Identity Access Management
13 23 (10.41%) ITIL
13 23 (10.41%) Microservices
13 23 (10.41%) Technical Leadership
13 23 (10.41%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 34 (15.38%) Java
2 29 (13.12%) JavaScript
2 29 (13.12%) SQL
3 24 (10.86%) C#
3 24 (10.86%) Python
4 21 (9.50%) PowerShell
5 11 (4.98%) TypeScript
6 9 (4.07%) Bash
7 5 (2.26%) Bicep
8 4 (1.81%) Apex Code
8 4 (1.81%) PL/SQL
8 4 (1.81%) T-SQL
9 3 (1.36%) C++
10 2 (0.90%) ABAP
10 2 (0.90%) BeanShell
10 2 (0.90%) Perl
10 2 (0.90%) Rust
10 2 (0.90%) Shell Script
11 1 (0.45%) RPG IV
11 1 (0.45%) Scala
Qualifications
1 59 (26.70%) Security Cleared
2 52 (23.53%) SC Cleared
3 17 (7.69%) Degree
4 12 (5.43%) Azure Certification
5 8 (3.62%) Computer Science Degree
5 8 (3.62%) Microsoft Certification
6 4 (1.81%) PMI Certification
6 4 (1.81%) PMP
7 3 (1.36%) AWS Certification
7 3 (1.36%) BPSS Clearance
7 3 (1.36%) CISM
7 3 (1.36%) CISSP
7 3 (1.36%) DV Cleared
7 3 (1.36%) ISTQB
7 3 (1.36%) Master's Degree
7 3 (1.36%) MCSE
8 2 (0.90%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
8 2 (0.90%) PRINCE2 Certification
8 2 (0.90%) TOGAF Certification
9 1 (0.45%) Cisco Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 20 (9.05%) Data Quality
2 10 (4.52%) QA
3 6 (2.71%) GDPR
3 6 (2.71%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 4 (1.81%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 3 (1.36%) ITGC
5 3 (1.36%) NCSC
5 3 (1.36%) NIST
6 2 (0.90%) Accessibility
7 1 (0.45%) GxP
7 1 (0.45%) HIPAA
7 1 (0.45%) PCI DSS
7 1 (0.45%) PMO
7 1 (0.45%) SLA
7 1 (0.45%) Software Quality Assurance
7 1 (0.45%) WCAG
System Software
1 39 (17.65%) Active Directory
2 29 (13.12%) Docker
3 4 (1.81%) Virtual Desktop
4 1 (0.45%) Microsoft App-V
4 1 (0.45%) OpenSSH
4 1 (0.45%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (0.45%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.45%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 29 (13.12%) Kubernetes
2 11 (4.98%) Ansible
3 7 (3.17%) Microsoft Intune
3 7 (3.17%) Single Sign-On
4 6 (2.71%) Grafana
5 5 (2.26%) Prometheus
6 3 (1.36%) Argo
6 3 (1.36%) SCCM
7 2 (0.90%) Puppet
7 2 (0.90%) Salt
8 1 (0.45%) CA Wily
8 1 (0.45%) Docker Swarm
8 1 (0.45%) Podman
8 1 (0.45%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 73 (33.03%) Microsoft
2 33 (14.93%) SAP
3 28 (12.67%) Oracle
4 19 (8.60%) ServiceNow
5 10 (4.52%) Google
5 10 (4.52%) Salesforce
6 9 (4.07%) Databricks
7 7 (3.17%) Workday
8 6 (2.71%) CyberArk
8 6 (2.71%) JD Edwards
8 6 (2.71%) MuleSoft
9 5 (2.26%) IBM
9 5 (2.26%) OpenAI
10 4 (1.81%) Okta
11 3 (1.36%) Ariba
11 3 (1.36%) Conga
11 3 (1.36%) GoCardless
11 3 (1.36%) Red Hat
11 3 (1.36%) Siebel
12 2 (0.90%) Foundry