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 15 July 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 222 216 240
Rank change year-on-year -6 +24 +59
Contract jobs citing Enterprise Software 151 90 113
As % of all contract jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.12% 0.88% 0.79%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 3.03% 2.57% 2.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 81 55 73
10th Percentile £313 £331 £438
25th Percentile £425 £425 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £575
Median % change year-on-year - -8.70% +4.55%
75th Percentile £600 £720 £713
90th Percentile £700 £850 £990
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -4.55% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 3 0
10th Percentile £58.59 £54.25 -
25th Percentile - £56.88 -
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 £55.00 £55.80
% change year-on-year -64.55% -1.43% -17.33%

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 4,983 3,499 4,302
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 36.80% 34.41% 30.02%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,124 2,292 2,886
10th Percentile £365 £340 £325
25th Percentile £438 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -4.55% -
75th Percentile £638 £675 £681
90th Percentile £750 £825 £850
UK median daily rate £525 £525 £538
% change year-on-year - -2.42% -2.18%
Number of hourly rates quoted 252 110 181
10th Percentile £21.00 £14.78 £17.50
25th Percentile £30.00 £25.38 £25.50
Median hourly rate £43.96 £41.52 £54.00
Median % change year-on-year +5.88% -23.11% +2.86%
75th Percentile £76.81 £64.88 £72.50
90th Percentile £88.75 £75.25 £78.75
UK median hourly rate £43.96 £31.50 £36.50
% change year-on-year +39.56% -13.70% +21.67%

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 15 July 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 15 July 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 7 (4.64%) Confluence
2 2 (1.32%) IBM HTTP Server
2 2 (1.32%) Jupyter
2 2 (1.32%) Oracle HTTP Server
2 2 (1.32%) WebSphere
2 2 (1.32%) WebSphere Application Server
2 2 (1.32%) WebSphere Portal
3 1 (0.66%) CMS
3 1 (0.66%) Mendix
3 1 (0.66%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 2 (1.32%) Microsoft Project
2 1 (0.66%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.66%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 6 (3.97%) Primavera
2 3 (1.99%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (1.99%) Payment Gateway
2 3 (1.99%) SAP S/4HANA
3 2 (1.32%) Oracle EBS
4 1 (0.66%) Endur
4 1 (0.66%) SAP CO
4 1 (0.66%) SAP ERP
4 1 (0.66%) SAP FI
4 1 (0.66%) SAP FI/CO
4 1 (0.66%) SAP HCM
4 1 (0.66%) SAP HR
4 1 (0.66%) SAP Payroll
4 1 (0.66%) Siebel CRM
4 1 (0.66%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
4 1 (0.66%) TrackWise
Cloud Services
1 65 (43.05%) Azure
2 39 (25.83%) AWS
3 25 (16.56%) Entra ID
4 16 (10.60%) GCP
5 14 (9.27%) Power Platform
6 9 (5.96%) Azure Logic Apps
6 9 (5.96%) GitHub
6 9 (5.96%) SaaS
6 9 (5.96%) Serverless
7 8 (5.30%) Amazon EC2
7 8 (5.30%) Amazon S3
7 8 (5.30%) Azure DevOps
8 7 (4.64%) Azure Monitor
8 7 (4.64%) Power Automate
9 6 (3.97%) Azure Key Vault
9 6 (3.97%) GitHub Actions
10 5 (3.31%) AWS Lambda
10 5 (3.31%) Dynamics 365
11 4 (2.65%) PaaS
11 4 (2.65%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 8 (5.30%) Firewall
2 4 (2.65%) DNS
2 4 (2.65%) Reverse Proxy
2 4 (2.65%) SSL
3 2 (1.32%) HTTP
3 2 (1.32%) Network Security
3 2 (1.32%) TCP/IP
4 1 (0.66%) Kerberos
4 1 (0.66%) LAN
4 1 (0.66%) NGFW
4 1 (0.66%) SSH
4 1 (0.66%) VPN
4 1 (0.66%) WAN
4 1 (0.66%) Wi-Fi
4 1 (0.66%) X.509
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (9.27%) SQL Server
2 11 (7.28%) PostgreSQL
3 8 (5.30%) Power BI
4 7 (4.64%) Relational Database
5 5 (3.31%) NoSQL
6 4 (2.65%) Amazon Redshift
6 4 (2.65%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 3 (1.99%) Amazon Athena
7 3 (1.99%) Amazon QuickSight
7 3 (1.99%) Data Lake
7 3 (1.99%) DynamoDB
7 3 (1.99%) MongoDB
8 2 (1.32%) Amazon Aurora
8 2 (1.32%) Azure SQL Database
9 1 (0.66%) Amazon RDS
9 1 (0.66%) BigQuery
9 1 (0.66%) DocumentDB
9 1 (0.66%) Metadata
9 1 (0.66%) Oracle OLAP
9 1 (0.66%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 14 (9.27%) JIRA
2 12 (7.95%) Git
3 9 (5.96%) GitLab
3 9 (5.96%) Jenkins
4 5 (3.31%) Postman
5 3 (1.99%) Artifactory
5 3 (1.99%) Cucumber
5 3 (1.99%) REST Assured
5 3 (1.99%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
6 2 (1.32%) Introscope
6 2 (1.32%) JMeter
7 1 (0.66%) AdminStudio
7 1 (0.66%) DbUnit
7 1 (0.66%) InstallShield
7 1 (0.66%) IntelliJ
7 1 (0.66%) JUnit
7 1 (0.66%) LoadRunner
7 1 (0.66%) Maven
7 1 (0.66%) MSI
7 1 (0.66%) Visual LANSA
General
1 55 (36.42%) Social Skills
2 26 (17.22%) Analytical Skills
3 22 (14.57%) Public Sector
4 18 (11.92%) Finance
5 8 (5.30%) Legal
6 6 (3.97%) Banking
6 6 (3.97%) Military
7 5 (3.31%) Financial Institution
7 5 (3.31%) Presentation Skills
8 4 (2.65%) Documentation Skills
9 2 (1.32%) Aerospace
9 2 (1.32%) Law
9 2 (1.32%) Manufacturing
9 2 (1.32%) Marketing
9 2 (1.32%) Pharmaceutical
9 2 (1.32%) Police
9 2 (1.32%) Public Speaking
9 2 (1.32%) Spanish Language
10 1 (0.66%) German Language
10 1 (0.66%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 33 (21.85%) Developer
2 28 (18.54%) Senior
3 18 (11.92%) Architect
4 10 (6.62%) Analyst
5 8 (5.30%) Project Manager
6 7 (4.64%) Backend Developer
6 7 (4.64%) Cloud Engineer
6 7 (4.64%) Senior Manager
7 6 (3.97%) Consultant
7 6 (3.97%) Senior Developer
7 6 (3.97%) Solutions Architect
8 5 (3.31%) .NET Developer
8 5 (3.31%) Azure Engineer
8 5 (3.31%) DevOps Engineer
8 5 (3.31%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 5 (3.31%) Technical Analyst
8 5 (3.31%) Technical Architect
9 4 (2.65%) Java Developer
9 4 (2.65%) Senior Account Manager
9 4 (2.65%) Test Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 22 (14.57%) REST
2 20 (13.25%) React
3 19 (12.58%) .NET
4 15 (9.93%) RESTful
5 12 (7.95%) Middleware
6 9 (5.96%) AngularJS
6 9 (5.96%) JSON
6 9 (5.96%) Kafka
6 9 (5.96%) OAuth
7 8 (5.30%) OpenID
7 8 (5.30%) RabbitMQ
8 7 (4.64%) ASP.NET
8 7 (4.64%) OAuth2
8 7 (4.64%) SailPoint
8 7 (4.64%) SOAP
9 6 (3.97%) Spring
9 6 (3.97%) XML
10 5 (3.31%) Node.js
11 4 (2.65%) JMS
11 4 (2.65%) jQuery
Miscellaneous
1 28 (18.54%) Cloud Native
2 12 (7.95%) Product Ownership
3 9 (5.96%) Distributed Systems
4 8 (5.30%) Onboarding
5 5 (3.31%) Self-Motivation
6 4 (2.65%) AI Agents
6 4 (2.65%) Hybrid Cloud
6 4 (2.65%) SCADA
7 3 (1.99%) Data Centre
7 3 (1.99%) Data Structures
7 3 (1.99%) Legacy Systems
7 3 (1.99%) Management Information System
7 3 (1.99%) PKI
8 2 (1.32%) Analytical Mindset
8 2 (1.32%) Clustering
8 2 (1.32%) Data Protection Act
8 2 (1.32%) Enterprise Cloud
8 2 (1.32%) Mobile App
8 2 (1.32%) Operational Technology
8 2 (1.32%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 17 (11.26%) Windows
2 14 (9.27%) Linux
3 6 (3.97%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 4 (2.65%) Unix
5 2 (1.32%) Apple iOS
5 2 (1.32%) Oracle Linux
5 2 (1.32%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
6 1 (0.66%) Android
6 1 (0.66%) Ubuntu
6 1 (0.66%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 58 (38.41%) CI/CD
2 55 (36.42%) DevOps
3 52 (34.44%) Agile
4 42 (27.81%) Problem-Solving
5 28 (18.54%) AI
6 25 (16.56%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 23 (15.23%) ITIL
7 23 (15.23%) Test Automation
8 22 (14.57%) Containerisation
8 22 (14.57%) Continuous Improvement
9 21 (13.91%) Migration
10 20 (13.25%) Infrastructure as Code
10 20 (13.25%) Stakeholder Management
11 17 (11.26%) Scrum
12 16 (10.60%) Enterprise Architecture
12 16 (10.60%) Microservices
13 15 (9.93%) Software Testing
14 14 (9.27%) TDD
14 14 (9.27%) Technical Leadership
15 13 (8.61%) RBAC
Programming Languages
1 24 (15.89%) Java
1 24 (15.89%) SQL
2 22 (14.57%) Python
3 20 (13.25%) JavaScript
4 18 (11.92%) C#
4 18 (11.92%) PowerShell
5 11 (7.28%) Bash
6 7 (4.64%) TypeScript
7 4 (2.65%) Bicep
7 4 (2.65%) PL/SQL
7 4 (2.65%) T-SQL
8 3 (1.99%) Apex Code
8 3 (1.99%) Perl
8 3 (1.99%) Shell Script
9 2 (1.32%) ABAP
9 2 (1.32%) Jython
9 2 (1.32%) Swift
10 1 (0.66%) BeanShell
10 1 (0.66%) Kotlin
10 1 (0.66%) Rust
Qualifications
1 34 (22.52%) Security Cleared
2 30 (19.87%) SC Cleared
3 15 (9.93%) Degree
4 9 (5.96%) Azure Certification
5 5 (3.31%) CISSP
5 5 (3.31%) PMI Certification
6 4 (2.65%) AWS Certification
6 4 (2.65%) Microsoft Certification
7 3 (1.99%) Computer Science Degree
7 3 (1.99%) ISTQB
7 3 (1.99%) PMP
8 2 (1.32%) BPSS Clearance
8 2 (1.32%) CISM
8 2 (1.32%) DV Cleared
8 2 (1.32%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
8 2 (1.32%) Master's Degree
9 1 (0.66%) CompTIA Security+
9 1 (0.66%) ITIL Certification
9 1 (0.66%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
9 1 (0.66%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (3.97%) Data Quality
2 5 (3.31%) QA
3 4 (2.65%) Accessibility
3 4 (2.65%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 3 (1.99%) GDPR
4 3 (1.99%) NCSC
4 3 (1.99%) NIST
5 2 (1.32%) GxP
5 2 (1.32%) WCAG
6 1 (0.66%) 21 CFR Part 11
6 1 (0.66%) GAMP
6 1 (0.66%) GMP
6 1 (0.66%) GRC
6 1 (0.66%) HIPAA
6 1 (0.66%) ISO 13485
6 1 (0.66%) ITGC
6 1 (0.66%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 1 (0.66%) SLA
6 1 (0.66%) SOC 2
System Software
1 24 (15.89%) Active Directory
2 23 (15.23%) Docker
3 1 (0.66%) Microsoft App-V
3 1 (0.66%) OpenSSH
3 1 (0.66%) Virtual Desktop
3 1 (0.66%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 26 (17.22%) Kubernetes
2 16 (10.60%) Terraform
3 11 (7.28%) Ansible
4 6 (3.97%) Grafana
5 5 (3.31%) Prometheus
6 3 (1.99%) Microsoft Intune
6 3 (1.99%) Puppet
6 3 (1.99%) Salt
7 2 (1.32%) Argo
7 2 (1.32%) CA Wily
7 2 (1.32%) SCCM
7 2 (1.32%) Single Sign-On
7 2 (1.32%) Tivoli
8 1 (0.66%) Docker Swarm
8 1 (0.66%) Fluentd
8 1 (0.66%) Kubeflow
8 1 (0.66%) logstash
8 1 (0.66%) QRadar
Vendors
1 39 (25.83%) Microsoft
2 17 (11.26%) Oracle
3 16 (10.60%) SAP
4 13 (8.61%) ServiceNow
5 8 (5.30%) Google
5 8 (5.30%) Salesforce
6 5 (3.31%) CyberArk
6 5 (3.31%) IBM
6 5 (3.31%) Red Hat
7 4 (2.65%) OpenAI
8 3 (1.99%) Atlassian
8 3 (1.99%) Conga
8 3 (1.99%) Databricks
8 3 (1.99%) Fortinet
8 3 (1.99%) GoCardless
8 3 (1.99%) MuleSoft
9 2 (1.32%) Citrix
9 2 (1.32%) JD Edwards
9 2 (1.32%) Okta
9 2 (1.32%) Pega