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 3 March 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 220 208 307
Rank change year-on-year -12 +99 -30
Contract jobs citing Enterprise Software 115 97 61
As % of all contract jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.02% 0.93% 0.37%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 2.95% 2.87% 1.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 84 41 43
10th Percentile £356 £325 £380
25th Percentile £463 £463 £435
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £544 £575
Median % change year-on-year +10.29% -5.39% -0.86%
75th Percentile £750 £608 £694
90th Percentile - £850 £748
UK median daily rate £550 £541 £550
% change year-on-year +1.62% -1.59% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 3 0
Median hourly rate £36.32 £62.50 -
Median % change year-on-year -41.89% - -
UK median hourly rate £16.00 £73.60 £61.65
% change year-on-year -78.26% +19.39% -0.97%

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 3,892 3,380 4,682
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 34.52% 32.35% 28.69%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,434 2,244 3,136
10th Percentile £344 £331 £325
25th Percentile £425 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £524 £550 £538
Median % change year-on-year -4.77% +2.33% -2.27%
75th Percentile £638 £675 £650
90th Percentile £750 £800 £763
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 148 61 189
10th Percentile £18.25 £19.00 £15.42
25th Percentile £21.45 £26.25 £22.61
Median hourly rate £50.00 £41.00 £42.50
Median % change year-on-year +21.95% -3.53% -32.54%
75th Percentile £67.25 £64.75 £60.00
90th Percentile £82.25 £75.00 £70.00
UK median hourly rate £33.50 £32.50 £30.16
% change year-on-year +3.08% +7.76% +34.13%

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 3 March 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
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 6 (5.22%) IIS
2 4 (3.48%) Confluence
3 3 (2.61%) Apache
4 2 (1.74%) Microsoft Exchange
5 1 (0.87%) CMS
5 1 (0.87%) SharePoint
5 1 (0.87%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 2 (1.74%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (1.74%) Microsoft Office
1 2 (1.74%) Microsoft Project
2 1 (0.87%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 2 (1.74%) Dynamics CRM
1 2 (1.74%) Oracle EBS
1 2 (1.74%) Primavera
2 1 (0.87%) JDE EnterpriseOne
2 1 (0.87%) TrackWise
Cloud Services
1 74 (64.35%) Azure
2 55 (47.83%) AWS
3 44 (38.26%) GCP
4 19 (16.52%) Entra ID
5 10 (8.70%) Azure DevOps
6 9 (7.83%) Microsoft 365
7 7 (6.09%) Power Platform
7 7 (6.09%) Serverless
8 5 (4.35%) IaaS
8 5 (4.35%) Microsoft Purview
9 4 (3.48%) Azure Synapse Analytics
9 4 (3.48%) GitHub
9 4 (3.48%) SaaS
10 3 (2.61%) Amazon S3
10 3 (2.61%) Azure AKS
10 3 (2.61%) GitHub Actions
10 3 (2.61%) Nutanix
10 3 (2.61%) PaaS
10 3 (2.61%) Power Automate
10 3 (2.61%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 8 (6.96%) DNS
1 8 (6.96%) Firewall
2 5 (4.35%) DHCP
3 1 (0.87%) LAN
3 1 (0.87%) Network Security
3 1 (0.87%) Reverse Proxy
3 1 (0.87%) VPN
3 1 (0.87%) WAN
3 1 (0.87%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (6.09%) SQL Server
2 5 (4.35%) Power BI
3 4 (3.48%) NoSQL
4 3 (2.61%) Azure SQL Database
4 3 (2.61%) Data Lake
4 3 (2.61%) Data Warehouse
4 3 (2.61%) Oracle Database
5 2 (1.74%) Amazon Redshift
5 2 (1.74%) DynamoDB
5 2 (1.74%) MySQL
5 2 (1.74%) PostgreSQL
5 2 (1.74%) Relational Database
6 1 (0.87%) Amazon Athena
6 1 (0.87%) Amazon QuickSight
6 1 (0.87%) DocumentDB
6 1 (0.87%) Microsoft Analysis Services
6 1 (0.87%) SQL Server Analysis Services
6 1 (0.87%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 6 (5.22%) Jenkins
1 6 (5.22%) JIRA
2 5 (4.35%) Git
3 3 (2.61%) GitLab
4 2 (1.74%) Artifactory
4 2 (1.74%) Postman
5 1 (0.87%) Bitbucket
5 1 (0.87%) Burp Suite
5 1 (0.87%) JMeter
5 1 (0.87%) LoadRunner
5 1 (0.87%) MLflow
5 1 (0.87%) REST Assured
5 1 (0.87%) ScriptRunner
5 1 (0.87%) Selenium
5 1 (0.87%) TestRail
5 1 (0.87%) WebDriver
General
1 68 (59.13%) Social Skills
2 20 (17.39%) Analytical Skills
3 14 (12.17%) Finance
4 7 (6.09%) Public Sector
5 5 (4.35%) Banking
6 4 (3.48%) Documentation Skills
6 4 (3.48%) Financial Institution
7 3 (2.61%) Legal
8 2 (1.74%) Automotive
8 2 (1.74%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 2 (1.74%) Influencing Skills
8 2 (1.74%) Manufacturing
9 1 (0.87%) Electronics
9 1 (0.87%) Mandarin Language
9 1 (0.87%) Marketing
9 1 (0.87%) Pharmaceutical
9 1 (0.87%) Police
9 1 (0.87%) Retail
9 1 (0.87%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 47 (40.87%) Architect
2 34 (29.57%) CyberArk Architect
3 15 (13.04%) Developer
4 6 (5.22%) Analyst
4 6 (5.22%) Project Manager
4 6 (5.22%) Senior
5 5 (4.35%) .NET Developer
5 5 (4.35%) Consultant
5 5 (4.35%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 4 (3.48%) Azure Architect
6 4 (3.48%) C# .NET Developer
6 4 (3.48%) C# Developer
6 4 (3.48%) DevOps Engineer
6 4 (3.48%) Solutions Architect
7 3 (2.61%) AWS Engineer
7 3 (2.61%) Firewall Engineer
7 3 (2.61%) Microsoft Engineer
7 3 (2.61%) Network Engineer
7 3 (2.61%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
7 3 (2.61%) Security Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 39 (33.91%) REST
2 35 (30.43%) LDAP
3 34 (29.57%) SOAP
4 8 (6.96%) .NET
5 6 (5.22%) Node.js
5 6 (5.22%) RESTful
6 5 (4.35%) OAuth
6 5 (4.35%) React
7 4 (3.48%) .NET Framework
7 4 (3.48%) CSS
7 4 (3.48%) HTML
8 3 (2.61%) ARM Templates
8 3 (2.61%) HTML5
8 3 (2.61%) JSON
8 3 (2.61%) OpenID
8 3 (2.61%) SAML
8 3 (2.61%) WinForms
9 2 (1.74%) AngularJS
9 2 (1.74%) CSS3
9 2 (1.74%) Kafka
Miscellaneous
1 39 (33.91%) Security Posture
2 9 (7.83%) Cloud Native
3 4 (3.48%) Management Information System
4 3 (2.61%) BYOD
4 3 (2.61%) Data Centre
4 3 (2.61%) Self-Motivation
4 3 (2.61%) Virtual Team
5 2 (1.74%) CMDB
5 2 (1.74%) Distributed Systems
5 2 (1.74%) Hybrid Cloud
5 2 (1.74%) Legacy Systems
5 2 (1.74%) Linux Command Line
5 2 (1.74%) Onboarding
5 2 (1.74%) PMI
5 2 (1.74%) Product Ownership
6 1 (0.87%) e-Learning
6 1 (0.87%) FMCG
6 1 (0.87%) iPhone
6 1 (0.87%) LIMS
6 1 (0.87%) Taxonomies
Operating Systems
1 20 (17.39%) Windows
2 10 (8.70%) Windows Server
3 6 (5.22%) Linux
4 1 (0.87%) Apple iOS
4 1 (0.87%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 1 (0.87%) Unix
4 1 (0.87%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 57 (49.57%) Problem-Solving
2 43 (37.39%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 39 (33.91%) Integration Patterns
4 37 (32.17%) Privileged Access Management
5 36 (31.30%) ITSM
5 36 (31.30%) SIEM
5 36 (31.30%) Task Automation
6 35 (30.43%) Technical Leadership
7 34 (29.57%) Presales
8 28 (24.35%) CI/CD
9 24 (20.87%) DevOps
10 23 (20.00%) Agile
11 14 (12.17%) ERP
12 11 (9.57%) Identity Access Management
12 11 (9.57%) Infrastructure as Code
12 11 (9.57%) Stakeholder Management
13 10 (8.70%) AI
13 10 (8.70%) Business Intelligence
13 10 (8.70%) ITIL
13 10 (8.70%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 49 (42.61%) Python
2 46 (40.00%) PowerShell
3 15 (13.04%) SQL
4 8 (6.96%) C#
4 8 (6.96%) JavaScript
5 4 (3.48%) Bash
5 4 (3.48%) Java
6 3 (2.61%) PL/SQL
6 3 (2.61%) T-SQL
7 2 (1.74%) PHP
8 1 (0.87%) Bicep
8 1 (0.87%) C
8 1 (0.87%) Go
8 1 (0.87%) Korn
8 1 (0.87%) Objective-C
8 1 (0.87%) Ruby
8 1 (0.87%) Shell Script
8 1 (0.87%) Swift
8 1 (0.87%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 48 (41.74%) Security Cleared
2 47 (40.87%) SC Cleared
3 15 (13.04%) Degree
4 7 (6.09%) CISSP
4 7 (6.09%) Microsoft Certification
5 6 (5.22%) Computer Science Degree
6 5 (4.35%) Azure Certification
7 4 (3.48%) PMI Certification
8 3 (2.61%) AWS Certification
8 3 (2.61%) PMP
9 2 (1.74%) BPSS Clearance
10 1 (0.87%) (ISC)2 CCSP
10 1 (0.87%) CCSP
10 1 (0.87%) Cisco Certification
10 1 (0.87%) CompTIA Security+
10 1 (0.87%) CRISC
10 1 (0.87%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
10 1 (0.87%) ITIL Certification
10 1 (0.87%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
10 1 (0.87%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (6.09%) QA
2 4 (3.48%) GDPR
3 3 (2.61%) GRC
3 3 (2.61%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 3 (2.61%) SLA
4 2 (1.74%) NIST
5 1 (0.87%) 21 CFR Part 11
5 1 (0.87%) Accessibility
5 1 (0.87%) Data Quality
5 1 (0.87%) GAMP
5 1 (0.87%) GMP
5 1 (0.87%) GxP
5 1 (0.87%) HIPAA
5 1 (0.87%) ISO 13485
5 1 (0.87%) ITGC
5 1 (0.87%) PCI DSS
5 1 (0.87%) PSD2
5 1 (0.87%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 1 (0.87%) SOC 2
System Software
1 49 (42.61%) Active Directory
2 13 (11.30%) Docker
3 4 (3.48%) Hyper-V
3 4 (3.48%) Virtual Machines
4 2 (1.74%) Firmware
5 1 (0.87%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 10 (8.70%) Kubernetes
1 10 (8.70%) Terraform
2 8 (6.96%) Ansible
3 3 (2.61%) Grafana
3 3 (2.61%) Prometheus
4 2 (1.74%) Microsoft Intune
4 2 (1.74%) SCCM
5 1 (0.87%) Fluentd
5 1 (0.87%) Kubeflow
5 1 (0.87%) logstash
5 1 (0.87%) Nexpose
5 1 (0.87%) Puppet
5 1 (0.87%) QRadar
5 1 (0.87%) Salt
Vendors
1 34 (29.57%) BeyondTrust
1 34 (29.57%) Centrify
1 34 (29.57%) CyberArk
2 28 (24.35%) Microsoft
3 8 (6.96%) Oracle
4 5 (4.35%) Citrix
4 5 (4.35%) Salesforce
5 4 (3.48%) Cisco
5 4 (3.48%) Google
5 4 (3.48%) SAP
6 3 (2.61%) Atlassian
6 3 (2.61%) Databricks
6 3 (2.61%) Palo Alto
6 3 (2.61%) ServiceNow
6 3 (2.61%) SolarWinds
7 2 (1.74%) AppDynamics
7 2 (1.74%) MuleSoft
7 2 (1.74%) Splunk
7 2 (1.74%) VMware
7 2 (1.74%) Workday