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 18 September 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 223 230 288
Rank change year-on-year +7 +58 +21
Contract jobs citing Enterprise Software 84 107 119
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.85% 0.84% 0.59%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 2.42% 2.78% 1.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 50 67 78
10th Percentile £374 £439 £375
25th Percentile £425 £481 £453
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £537 £575 £545
Median % change year-on-year -6.61% +5.50% -0.91%
75th Percentile £659 £688 £700
90th Percentile £780 £1,000 £743
UK median daily rate £537 £525 £575
% change year-on-year +2.29% -8.70% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £26.25
Median hourly rate £30.00 - £27.50
75th Percentile - - £28.75
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate £16.00 - £63.50

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 3,474 3,855 6,215
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 35.30% 30.26% 30.99%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,234 2,515 4,439
10th Percentile £330 £325 £350
25th Percentile £413 £438 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - -
75th Percentile £650 £688 £675
90th Percentile £800 £850 £775
UK median daily rate £515 £540 £550
% change year-on-year -4.63% -1.82% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 110 91 136
10th Percentile £13.77 £20.25 £19.99
25th Percentile £24.77 £32.02 £25.71
Median hourly rate £38.50 £63.50 £52.50
Median % change year-on-year -39.37% +20.95% -
75th Percentile £65.00 £72.50 £70.00
90th Percentile £71.56 £85.00 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £30.00 £50.00 £45.00
% change year-on-year -40.00% +11.11% +69.81%

Enterprise Software
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with remote working options citing Enterprise Software as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Enterprise Software trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

Enterprise Software
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with Hybrid Work Options

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs with remote work options citing Enterprise Software.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs with remote work options citing Enterprise Software

Enterprise Software
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with remote working options citing Enterprise Software over the 6 months to 18 September 2025.

Enterprise Software daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Enterprise Software
Hourly Rate Trend for Jobs with Hybrid Work Options

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs with remote work options citing Enterprise Software.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs with remote work options citing Enterprise Software

Enterprise Software
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 3 (3.57%) SharePoint
2 2 (2.38%) Microsoft Exchange
2 2 (2.38%) Mule
3 1 (1.19%) Alfresco
3 1 (1.19%) Anypoint
3 1 (1.19%) Apache
3 1 (1.19%) Apache Solr
3 1 (1.19%) Confluence
3 1 (1.19%) IIS
3 1 (1.19%) JBoss
3 1 (1.19%) WebLogic
Applications
1 1 (1.19%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 4 (4.76%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (1.19%) JDE EnterpriseOne
2 1 (1.19%) Maximo
2 1 (1.19%) NetSuite
2 1 (1.19%) Oracle EBS
2 1 (1.19%) Oracle ERP
Cloud Services
1 33 (39.29%) Azure
2 26 (30.95%) AWS
3 11 (13.10%) Entra ID
3 11 (13.10%) GCP
4 7 (8.33%) GitHub
4 7 (8.33%) Microsoft 365
5 6 (7.14%) Power Platform
5 6 (7.14%) SaaS
6 5 (5.95%) IaaS
6 5 (5.95%) Serverless
7 4 (4.76%) Azure Data Factory
7 4 (4.76%) Azure Synapse Analytics
7 4 (4.76%) Microsoft Purview
8 3 (3.57%) PaaS
8 3 (3.57%) Power Automate
8 3 (3.57%) PowerApps
9 2 (2.38%) Azure DevOps
9 2 (2.38%) Dynamics 365
9 2 (2.38%) GitHub Actions
10 1 (1.19%) Slack
Communications & Networking
1 7 (8.33%) Firewall
2 3 (3.57%) DNS
2 3 (3.57%) Internet
2 3 (3.57%) Network Security
3 2 (2.38%) TCP/IP
3 2 (2.38%) VPN
3 2 (2.38%) VSAN
4 1 (1.19%) DHCP
4 1 (1.19%) HTTP
4 1 (1.19%) LAN
4 1 (1.19%) SAN
4 1 (1.19%) SD-WAN
4 1 (1.19%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (7.14%) NoSQL
2 5 (5.95%) Data Warehouse
2 5 (5.95%) KDB
2 5 (5.95%) Kdb+
2 5 (5.95%) Power BI
3 4 (4.76%) SQL Server
4 3 (3.57%) Data Lake
4 3 (3.57%) DB2
4 3 (3.57%) MySQL
5 2 (2.38%) Big Data
5 2 (2.38%) Hadoop
5 2 (2.38%) MemSQL
5 2 (2.38%) MongoDB
5 2 (2.38%) Relational Database
5 2 (2.38%) Sybase IQ
6 1 (1.19%) Amazon RDS
6 1 (1.19%) Azure SQL Database
6 1 (1.19%) Microsoft Analysis Services
6 1 (1.19%) PostgreSQL
6 1 (1.19%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 10 (11.90%) JIRA
2 4 (4.76%) NUnit
3 3 (3.57%) Jenkins
4 2 (2.38%) Git
4 2 (2.38%) GitLab
4 2 (2.38%) Sonatype Nexus
5 1 (1.19%) Artifactory
5 1 (1.19%) Bitbucket
5 1 (1.19%) Burp Suite
5 1 (1.19%) Cucumber
5 1 (1.19%) JUnit
5 1 (1.19%) Postman
5 1 (1.19%) ScriptRunner
5 1 (1.19%) TestRail
General
1 39 (46.43%) Social Skills
2 20 (23.81%) Analytical Skills
3 13 (15.48%) Finance
4 10 (11.90%) Banking
5 8 (9.52%) Public Sector
6 5 (5.95%) Investment Banking
7 4 (4.76%) Front Office
8 2 (2.38%) Manufacturing
9 1 (1.19%) Legal
9 1 (1.19%) Marketing
9 1 (1.19%) Organisational Skills
9 1 (1.19%) Retail
Job Titles
1 20 (23.81%) Developer
2 14 (16.67%) Architect
3 8 (9.52%) .NET Developer
3 8 (9.52%) Senior
4 6 (7.14%) Consultant
4 6 (7.14%) Lead
4 6 (7.14%) Python Developer
4 6 (7.14%) Senior Developer
4 6 (7.14%) Senior Python Developer
4 6 (7.14%) Solutions Architect
5 5 (5.95%) C++ Developer
5 5 (5.95%) Investment Banking C++ Developer
5 5 (5.95%) Linux Developer
5 5 (5.95%) Senior C++ Developer
6 4 (4.76%) AWS Specialist
6 4 (4.76%) C# .NET Developer
6 4 (4.76%) C# Developer - Electronic Trading
6 4 (4.76%) DevOps Engineer
6 4 (4.76%) Electronic Trading Developer
6 4 (4.76%) IAM Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (14.29%) OpenID
2 11 (13.10%) OAuth
3 10 (11.90%) SAML
4 9 (10.71%) .NET
5 5 (5.95%) Hibernate
5 5 (5.95%) Spring
6 4 (4.76%) .NET Core
6 4 (4.76%) AngularJS
6 4 (4.76%) ARM Templates
6 4 (4.76%) ASP.NET
6 4 (4.76%) LDAP
6 4 (4.76%) Reactive Extensions
6 4 (4.76%) RESTful
6 4 (4.76%) SailPoint
7 2 (2.38%) GraphQL
7 2 (2.38%) Middleware
7 2 (2.38%) Oracle Fusion
8 1 (1.19%) JPA
8 1 (1.19%) Node.js
8 1 (1.19%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 9 (10.71%) Cloud Native
2 4 (4.76%) Onboarding
2 4 (4.76%) Security Posture
3 3 (3.57%) Low-Code
3 3 (3.57%) Product Ownership
4 2 (2.38%) AI Agents
4 2 (2.38%) Algorithms
4 2 (2.38%) Data Structures
4 2 (2.38%) Distributed Applications
4 2 (2.38%) Hybrid Cloud
4 2 (2.38%) Life Science
4 2 (2.38%) Linux Command Line
4 2 (2.38%) Renewable Energy
4 2 (2.38%) Self-Motivation
5 1 (1.19%) Analytical Mindset
5 1 (1.19%) Data Centre
5 1 (1.19%) Data Protection Act
5 1 (1.19%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
5 1 (1.19%) Management Information System
5 1 (1.19%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 12 (14.29%) Linux
2 11 (13.10%) Windows
3 3 (3.57%) Windows Server
4 2 (2.38%) SUSE
4 2 (2.38%) Ubuntu
4 2 (2.38%) Unix
4 2 (2.38%) Windows Server 2016
5 1 (1.19%) CentOS
5 1 (1.19%) Debian
5 1 (1.19%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 1 (1.19%) VMS
5 1 (1.19%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 29 (34.52%) Problem-Solving
2 24 (28.57%) CI/CD
3 20 (23.81%) Agile
4 15 (17.86%) DevOps
5 14 (16.67%) Containerisation
5 14 (16.67%) Identity Access Management
6 13 (15.48%) Continuous Improvement
7 12 (14.29%) CRM
8 11 (13.10%) Roadmaps
9 10 (11.90%) Infrastructure as Code
9 10 (11.90%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 9 (10.71%) Artificial Intelligence
10 9 (10.71%) Microservices
11 8 (9.52%) Computer Science
11 8 (9.52%) Data Science
11 8 (9.52%) ERP
12 7 (8.33%) DevSecOps
12 7 (8.33%) Identity Management
12 7 (8.33%) Mentoring
12 7 (8.33%) Task Automation
Programming Languages
1 24 (28.57%) Python
2 17 (20.24%) SQL
3 14 (16.67%) Java
4 11 (13.10%) PowerShell
5 9 (10.71%) C#
6 5 (5.95%) C++
6 5 (5.95%) JavaScript
6 5 (5.95%) TypeScript
7 4 (4.76%) Bash
8 1 (1.19%) Go
8 1 (1.19%) Perl
8 1 (1.19%) PHP
Qualifications
1 10 (11.90%) Degree
1 10 (11.90%) Security Cleared
2 9 (10.71%) SC Cleared
3 6 (7.14%) Computer Science Degree
4 5 (5.95%) Azure Certification
5 4 (4.76%) CISSP
6 3 (3.57%) AWS Certification
7 2 (2.38%) CISA
7 2 (2.38%) CRISC
8 1 (1.19%) (ISC)2 CCSP
8 1 (1.19%) BPSS Clearance
8 1 (1.19%) CCSP
8 1 (1.19%) CEH
8 1 (1.19%) Cisco Certification
8 1 (1.19%) CISM
8 1 (1.19%) CSSLP
8 1 (1.19%) DV Cleared
8 1 (1.19%) OSCP
8 1 (1.19%) SANS
8 1 (1.19%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (13.10%) GDPR
2 9 (10.71%) HIPAA
2 9 (10.71%) QA
3 6 (7.14%) Accessibility
4 5 (5.95%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 5 (5.95%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 4 (4.76%) NIST
6 3 (3.57%) Data Quality
7 2 (2.38%) PCI DSS
7 2 (2.38%) PSD2
8 1 (1.19%) FedRAMP
8 1 (1.19%) GRC
System Software
1 15 (17.86%) Docker
2 6 (7.14%) Active Directory
3 3 (3.57%) Virtual Machines
4 2 (2.38%) VMware ESXi
4 2 (2.38%) vSphere
5 1 (1.19%) Hyper-V
5 1 (1.19%) VMware Infrastructure
5 1 (1.19%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 22 (26.19%) Kubernetes
2 11 (13.10%) Terraform
3 6 (7.14%) Single Sign-On
4 4 (4.76%) Ansible
4 4 (4.76%) Microsoft Intune
4 4 (4.76%) Tivoli Identity Manager
5 2 (2.38%) Argo
6 1 (1.19%) CASB
6 1 (1.19%) Nexpose
6 1 (1.19%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 21 (25.00%) Microsoft
2 11 (13.10%) Oracle
3 10 (11.90%) SAP
4 8 (9.52%) Ping Identity
5 7 (8.33%) Okta
6 5 (5.95%) IBM
7 4 (4.76%) Atlassian
7 4 (4.76%) Databricks
7 4 (4.76%) Salesforce
7 4 (4.76%) ServiceNow
8 3 (3.57%) Palo Alto
8 3 (3.57%) VMware
9 2 (2.38%) Google
9 2 (2.38%) Qualys
9 2 (2.38%) Tenable
9 2 (2.38%) Workday
10 1 (1.19%) Marketo
10 1 (1.19%) OpenAI
10 1 (1.19%) Snow
10 1 (1.19%) Xactly