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

6 months to
20 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 176 221 227
Rank change year-on-year +45 +6 +68
Contract jobs citing Enterprise Software 225 83 109
As % of all contract jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.66% 0.85% 0.86%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 4.35% 2.39% 2.82%
Number of daily rates quoted 135 49 66
10th Percentile £358 £397 £438
25th Percentile £450 £425 £478
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £537 £563
Median % change year-on-year -2.23% -4.53% +2.27%
75th Percentile £604 £650 £672
90th Percentile £688 £747 £1,000
UK median daily rate £525 £537 £525
% change year-on-year -2.23% +2.29% -8.70%
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 £16.00 -
% change year-on-year +21.88% - -

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 5,170 3,466 3,869
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 38.16% 35.38% 30.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,104 2,224 2,516
10th Percentile £363 £331 £325
25th Percentile £440 £413 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -4.55% -
75th Percentile £638 £650 £688
90th Percentile £738 £800 £850
UK median daily rate £525 £515 £540
% change year-on-year +1.94% -4.63% -1.82%
Number of hourly rates quoted 374 108 91
10th Percentile £16.33 £14.24 £20.25
25th Percentile £30.35 £24.77 £30.47
Median hourly rate £43.96 £38.50 £63.50
Median % change year-on-year +14.18% -39.37% +20.95%
75th Percentile £70.00 £65.00 £72.50
90th Percentile £81.25 £70.55 £85.00
UK median hourly rate £38.25 £30.00 £50.00
% change year-on-year +27.50% -40.00% +12.36%

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 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 20 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 (3.56%) Confluence
2 3 (1.33%) Microsoft Exchange
2 3 (1.33%) SharePoint
3 2 (0.89%) Jupyter
3 2 (0.89%) Mendix
3 2 (0.89%) Oracle Service Bus
3 2 (0.89%) Oracle SOA Suite
3 2 (0.89%) WebSphere
4 1 (0.44%) Anypoint
4 1 (0.44%) Appian
4 1 (0.44%) IBM HTTP Server
4 1 (0.44%) JBoss
4 1 (0.44%) Mule
4 1 (0.44%) Oracle HTTP Server
4 1 (0.44%) WebSphere Application Server
4 1 (0.44%) WebSphere Portal
Applications
1 1 (0.44%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (0.44%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (0.44%) Microsoft Project
1 1 (0.44%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 10 (4.44%) Dynamics CRM
2 8 (3.56%) SAP S/4HANA
3 4 (1.78%) Primavera
4 3 (1.33%) Oracle EBS
4 3 (1.33%) Payment Gateway
5 2 (0.89%) Oracle ERP
5 2 (0.89%) SAP ERP
5 2 (0.89%) Workday HCM
6 1 (0.44%) Dynamics AX
6 1 (0.44%) Dynamics NAV
6 1 (0.44%) Endur
6 1 (0.44%) Maximo
6 1 (0.44%) NetSuite
6 1 (0.44%) SAP CO
6 1 (0.44%) SAP FI
6 1 (0.44%) SAP FI/CO
6 1 (0.44%) SAP HCM
6 1 (0.44%) SAP HR
6 1 (0.44%) SAP Payroll
6 1 (0.44%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 96 (42.67%) Azure
2 49 (21.78%) AWS
3 40 (17.78%) Entra ID
4 22 (9.78%) Power Platform
5 18 (8.00%) SaaS
6 15 (6.67%) GCP
7 14 (6.22%) Power Automate
8 13 (5.78%) Dynamics 365
9 12 (5.33%) GitHub
10 11 (4.89%) Azure DevOps
10 11 (4.89%) Serverless
11 10 (4.44%) Azure Logic Apps
11 10 (4.44%) Microsoft 365
12 8 (3.56%) Azure Monitor
13 7 (3.11%) GitHub Actions
14 6 (2.67%) Amazon EC2
14 6 (2.67%) Amazon S3
14 6 (2.67%) Azure Key Vault
15 5 (2.22%) Azure Cosmos DB
15 5 (2.22%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 11 (4.89%) Firewall
2 4 (1.78%) Kerberos
2 4 (1.78%) NGFW
3 3 (1.33%) Reverse Proxy
3 3 (1.33%) SSL
4 2 (0.89%) DNS
4 2 (0.89%) FTP
4 2 (0.89%) HTTP
4 2 (0.89%) Network Security
5 1 (0.44%) SSH
5 1 (0.44%) TCP/IP
5 1 (0.44%) VPN
5 1 (0.44%) X.509
Database & Business Intelligence
1 22 (9.78%) SQL Server
2 18 (8.00%) Power BI
3 12 (5.33%) PostgreSQL
4 11 (4.89%) Relational Database
5 6 (2.67%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 5 (2.22%) Metadata
6 5 (2.22%) MongoDB
7 4 (1.78%) Data Lake
8 3 (1.33%) Amazon Redshift
8 3 (1.33%) DynamoDB
8 3 (1.33%) MySQL
8 3 (1.33%) NoSQL
9 2 (0.89%) Amazon Athena
9 2 (0.89%) Amazon QuickSight
9 2 (0.89%) BigQuery
9 2 (0.89%) EDRMS
9 2 (0.89%) OLAP
9 2 (0.89%) OLTP
9 2 (0.89%) Oracle OLAP
10 1 (0.44%) Amazon Aurora
Development Applications
1 14 (6.22%) JIRA
2 13 (5.78%) Git
3 10 (4.44%) Jenkins
4 8 (3.56%) GitLab
5 4 (1.78%) Postman
6 3 (1.33%) Artifactory
6 3 (1.33%) Cucumber
6 3 (1.33%) Maven
6 3 (1.33%) REST Assured
6 3 (1.33%) SonarQube
6 3 (1.33%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
7 2 (0.89%) JUnit
7 2 (0.89%) Mockito
7 2 (0.89%) Sonatype Nexus
8 1 (0.44%) DbUnit
8 1 (0.44%) IntelliJ
8 1 (0.44%) Introscope
8 1 (0.44%) MSI
8 1 (0.44%) Rational DOORS
8 1 (0.44%) Visual LANSA
General
1 92 (40.89%) Social Skills
2 36 (16.00%) Finance
3 34 (15.11%) Public Sector
4 31 (13.78%) Analytical Skills
5 10 (4.44%) Legal
6 9 (4.00%) Banking
7 7 (3.11%) Manufacturing
7 7 (3.11%) Presentation Skills
8 6 (2.67%) Documentation Skills
8 6 (2.67%) Military
9 5 (2.22%) Aerospace
10 4 (1.78%) Financial Institution
11 3 (1.33%) Influencing Skills
11 3 (1.33%) Police
12 2 (0.89%) Automotive
12 2 (0.89%) Back Office
12 2 (0.89%) Investment Banking
12 2 (0.89%) Law
12 2 (0.89%) Public Speaking
12 2 (0.89%) Social Housing
Job Titles
1 48 (21.33%) Developer
2 42 (18.67%) Architect
3 39 (17.33%) Senior
4 21 (9.33%) Solutions Architect
5 17 (7.56%) Consultant
6 14 (6.22%) Senior Developer
7 12 (5.33%) Analyst
8 11 (4.89%) Project Manager
9 9 (4.00%) Cloud Engineer
9 9 (4.00%) Lead
10 8 (3.56%) Full-Stack Developer
10 8 (3.56%) Java Developer
11 7 (3.11%) Azure Engineer
11 7 (3.11%) ERP Architect
12 6 (2.67%) Technical Consultant
13 5 (2.22%) DevOps Engineer
13 5 (2.22%) Platform Engineer
13 5 (2.22%) Senior Manager
13 5 (2.22%) Technical Analyst
13 5 (2.22%) Technical Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 37 (16.44%) REST
2 27 (12.00%) .NET
3 21 (9.33%) React
4 20 (8.89%) Terraform
5 18 (8.00%) Middleware
5 18 (8.00%) OAuth
6 16 (7.11%) JSON
6 16 (7.11%) OAuth2
6 16 (7.11%) SOAP
7 14 (6.22%) RESTful
7 14 (6.22%) XML
8 13 (5.78%) AngularJS
8 13 (5.78%) OpenID
9 12 (5.33%) SailPoint
10 10 (4.44%) Web Services
11 9 (4.00%) Spring
12 7 (3.11%) ASP.NET
12 7 (3.11%) Node.js
13 6 (2.67%) Kafka
13 6 (2.67%) RabbitMQ
Miscellaneous
1 37 (16.44%) Cloud Native
2 21 (9.33%) Product Ownership
3 13 (5.78%) Onboarding
4 12 (5.33%) Distributed Systems
5 10 (4.44%) AI Agents
5 10 (4.44%) Hybrid Cloud
6 7 (3.11%) Legacy Applications
7 6 (2.67%) CMDB
7 6 (2.67%) Enterprise Cloud
7 6 (2.67%) Legacy Systems
7 6 (2.67%) Management Information System
8 5 (2.22%) Self-Motivation
9 4 (1.78%) Data Protection Act
9 4 (1.78%) Data Structures
9 4 (1.78%) SCADA
10 3 (1.33%) Greenfield Project
10 3 (1.33%) PKI
11 2 (0.89%) Analytical Mindset
11 2 (0.89%) Operational Technology
11 2 (0.89%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 19 (8.44%) Windows
2 14 (6.22%) Linux
3 4 (1.78%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 3 (1.33%) Unix
4 3 (1.33%) Windows Server
5 2 (0.89%) Windows Server 2016
6 1 (0.44%) Oracle Linux
6 1 (0.44%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
6 1 (0.44%) Ubuntu
6 1 (0.44%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 79 (35.11%) CI/CD
2 69 (30.67%) Agile
3 62 (27.56%) Problem-Solving
4 61 (27.11%) DevOps
5 60 (26.67%) Stakeholder Management
6 46 (20.44%) AI
7 40 (17.78%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 36 (16.00%) Migration
9 34 (15.11%) Continuous Improvement
10 30 (13.33%) Roadmaps
11 29 (12.89%) Infrastructure as Code
12 27 (12.00%) Enterprise Architecture
12 27 (12.00%) ERP
13 26 (11.56%) Scrum
14 24 (10.67%) Technical Leadership
15 23 (10.22%) Containerisation
15 23 (10.22%) Identity Access Management
15 23 (10.22%) ITIL
15 23 (10.22%) Microservices
16 22 (9.78%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 35 (15.56%) Java
2 32 (14.22%) SQL
3 30 (13.33%) JavaScript
4 24 (10.67%) C#
4 24 (10.67%) Python
5 21 (9.33%) PowerShell
6 11 (4.89%) TypeScript
7 9 (4.00%) Bash
8 6 (2.67%) Bicep
9 5 (2.22%) T-SQL
10 4 (1.78%) Apex Code
10 4 (1.78%) PL/SQL
11 3 (1.33%) C++
12 2 (0.89%) ABAP
12 2 (0.89%) BeanShell
12 2 (0.89%) Groovy
12 2 (0.89%) Perl
12 2 (0.89%) Rust
12 2 (0.89%) Shell Script
13 1 (0.44%) RPG IV
Qualifications
1 59 (26.22%) Security Cleared
2 53 (23.56%) SC Cleared
3 18 (8.00%) Degree
4 14 (6.22%) Azure Certification
5 9 (4.00%) Microsoft Certification
6 8 (3.56%) Computer Science Degree
7 4 (1.78%) AWS Certification
7 4 (1.78%) BPSS Clearance
7 4 (1.78%) CISSP
7 4 (1.78%) MCSE
7 4 (1.78%) PMI Certification
7 4 (1.78%) PMP
8 3 (1.33%) CISM
8 3 (1.33%) DV Cleared
8 3 (1.33%) ISTQB
8 3 (1.33%) Master's Degree
9 2 (0.89%) (ISC)2 CCSP
9 2 (0.89%) Cisco Certification
9 2 (0.89%) PRINCE2 Certification
9 2 (0.89%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 20 (8.89%) Data Quality
2 10 (4.44%) QA
3 6 (2.67%) GDPR
3 6 (2.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 4 (1.78%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 3 (1.33%) ITGC
5 3 (1.33%) NCSC
5 3 (1.33%) NIST
6 2 (0.89%) Accessibility
7 1 (0.44%) GRC
7 1 (0.44%) GxP
7 1 (0.44%) HIPAA
7 1 (0.44%) PCI DSS
7 1 (0.44%) PMO
7 1 (0.44%) SLA
7 1 (0.44%) Software Quality Assurance
7 1 (0.44%) WCAG
System Software
1 39 (17.33%) Active Directory
2 28 (12.44%) Docker
3 5 (2.22%) Virtual Desktop
4 1 (0.44%) Microsoft App-V
4 1 (0.44%) OpenSSH
4 1 (0.44%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (0.44%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.44%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 29 (12.89%) Kubernetes
2 11 (4.89%) Ansible
3 7 (3.11%) Microsoft Intune
3 7 (3.11%) Single Sign-On
4 6 (2.67%) Grafana
5 5 (2.22%) Prometheus
6 3 (1.33%) Argo
7 2 (0.89%) Puppet
7 2 (0.89%) Salt
7 2 (0.89%) SCCM
8 1 (0.44%) CA Wily
8 1 (0.44%) Docker Swarm
8 1 (0.44%) Podman
8 1 (0.44%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 75 (33.33%) Microsoft
2 33 (14.67%) SAP
3 30 (13.33%) Oracle
4 20 (8.89%) ServiceNow
5 12 (5.33%) Salesforce
6 10 (4.44%) Google
7 9 (4.00%) Databricks
8 7 (3.11%) CyberArk
9 6 (2.67%) IBM
9 6 (2.67%) JD Edwards
9 6 (2.67%) MuleSoft
9 6 (2.67%) Workday
10 5 (2.22%) OpenAI
11 4 (1.78%) Okta
11 4 (1.78%) Red Hat
12 3 (1.33%) Ariba
12 3 (1.33%) Conga
12 3 (1.33%) GoCardless
12 3 (1.33%) Pega
12 3 (1.33%) Siebel