Enterprise Software Contracts with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

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 16 June 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 210 236 299
Rank change year-on-year +26 +63 +41
Contract jobs citing Enterprise Software 99 104 155
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 1.02% 0.71% 0.65%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 2.98% 2.43% 2.06%
Number of daily rates quoted 57 71 102
10th Percentile £333 £431 £410
25th Percentile £425 £461 £495
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £575 £550
Median % change year-on-year -8.70% +4.55% -
75th Percentile £700 £688 £724
90th Percentile £850 £950 £773
UK median daily rate £550 £550 £550
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 0 0
10th Percentile £54.25 - -
25th Percentile £56.88 - -
Median hourly rate £62.50 - -
75th Percentile £63.75 - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate £62.50 £55.80 £67.50
% change year-on-year +12.01% -17.33% +50.98%

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 3,325 4,272 7,516
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 34.11% 29.12% 31.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,189 2,896 5,329
10th Percentile £340 £325 £363
25th Percentile £413 £437 £455
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £526 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.45% - -
75th Percentile £675 £675 £680
90th Percentile £825 £838 £800
UK median daily rate £525 £538 £550
% change year-on-year -2.33% -2.27% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 85 187 146
10th Percentile £17.02 £15.95 £19.00
25th Percentile £26.25 £25.50 £25.71
Median hourly rate £45.00 £48.50 £52.50
Median % change year-on-year -7.22% -7.62% +17.98%
75th Percentile £64.52 £70.00 £69.69
90th Percentile £84.23 £75.00 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £32.85 £35.50 £22.45
% change year-on-year -7.46% +58.15% -18.37%

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 a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing Enterprise Software.

Enterprise Software daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

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 16 June 2025.

Enterprise Software daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Enterprise Software
Hourly Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average hourly rate quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing Enterprise Software.

Enterprise Software hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

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 (3.03%) SharePoint
2 2 (2.02%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (1.01%) Anypoint
3 1 (1.01%) Apache
3 1 (1.01%) IIS
3 1 (1.01%) JBoss
3 1 (1.01%) WebLogic
Applications
1 1 (1.01%) Notion
1 1 (1.01%) ProjectWise
Business Applications
1 1 (1.01%) Dynamics CRM
1 1 (1.01%) Maximo
1 1 (1.01%) Oracle EBS
1 1 (1.01%) Oracle EBS R12
1 1 (1.01%) Oracle ERP
1 1 (1.01%) SAP CRM
1 1 (1.01%) SAP MM
1 1 (1.01%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 29 (29.29%) Azure
2 20 (20.20%) AWS
3 12 (12.12%) GCP
4 9 (9.09%) Entra ID
5 7 (7.07%) Microsoft 365
6 4 (4.04%) SaaS
6 4 (4.04%) Serverless
6 4 (4.04%) Snowflake
7 3 (3.03%) Google Workspace
8 2 (2.02%) Firebase
8 2 (2.02%) GitHub
8 2 (2.02%) IaaS
8 2 (2.02%) Microsoft Purview
8 2 (2.02%) PaaS
8 2 (2.02%) Power Platform
9 1 (1.01%) Amazon EC2
9 1 (1.01%) Cloud Computing
9 1 (1.01%) Mimecast
9 1 (1.01%) OneDrive
9 1 (1.01%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 7 (7.07%) Firewall
2 6 (6.06%) TCP/IP
3 5 (5.05%) DNS
3 5 (5.05%) VPN
4 2 (2.02%) HTTP
4 2 (2.02%) Internet
4 2 (2.02%) SSL
4 2 (2.02%) VSAN
5 1 (1.01%) DHCP
5 1 (1.01%) LAN
5 1 (1.01%) Network Security
5 1 (1.01%) SAN
5 1 (1.01%) SD-WAN
5 1 (1.01%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (12.12%) KDB
1 12 (12.12%) Kdb+
2 8 (8.08%) NoSQL
3 7 (7.07%) Data Warehouse
4 6 (6.06%) Hadoop
5 4 (4.04%) Data Lake
5 4 (4.04%) DB2
5 4 (4.04%) MongoDB
5 4 (4.04%) SQL Server
6 2 (2.02%) Big Data
6 2 (2.02%) MemSQL
6 2 (2.02%) MySQL
6 2 (2.02%) Sybase IQ
7 1 (1.01%) Amazon RDS
7 1 (1.01%) Oracle Database
7 1 (1.01%) PostgreSQL
7 1 (1.01%) Relational Database
7 1 (1.01%) SAP BW
7 1 (1.01%) SAP Data Services
7 1 (1.01%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 15 (15.15%) JIRA
2 5 (5.05%) Git
2 5 (5.05%) Jenkins
3 4 (4.04%) NUnit
4 2 (2.02%) GitLab
4 2 (2.02%) JUnit
5 1 (1.01%) Cucumber
5 1 (1.01%) Postman
5 1 (1.01%) ScriptRunner
General
1 45 (45.45%) Social Skills
2 29 (29.29%) Analytical Skills
3 16 (16.16%) Banking
4 14 (14.14%) Investment Banking
5 13 (13.13%) Front Office
6 12 (12.12%) Finance
7 7 (7.07%) Public Sector
8 4 (4.04%) Manufacturing
9 3 (3.03%) Retail
10 2 (2.02%) Documentation Skills
10 2 (2.02%) Legal
10 2 (2.02%) Presentation Skills
11 1 (1.01%) Advertising
11 1 (1.01%) Aerospace
11 1 (1.01%) Marketing
11 1 (1.01%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 40 (40.40%) Developer
2 16 (16.16%) Architect
3 15 (15.15%) Senior
4 14 (14.14%) .NET Developer
5 13 (13.13%) C# Developer
5 13 (13.13%) Python Developer
5 13 (13.13%) Senior Developer
5 13 (13.13%) Senior Python Developer
6 12 (12.12%) C# Developer - Electronic Trading
6 12 (12.12%) C++ Developer
6 12 (12.12%) Electronic Trading Developer
6 12 (12.12%) Investment Banking C++ Developer
6 12 (12.12%) Linux Developer
6 12 (12.12%) Real Time Developer
6 12 (12.12%) Senior C++ Developer
7 10 (10.10%) C# .NET Developer
8 6 (6.06%) Consultant
8 6 (6.06%) Solutions Architect
9 5 (5.05%) AWS Specialist
9 5 (5.05%) Data Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 19 (19.19%) .NET
2 16 (16.16%) AngularJS
3 12 (12.12%) OAuth
3 12 (12.12%) OpenID
3 12 (12.12%) Reactive Extensions
4 11 (11.11%) SAML
5 8 (8.08%) RESTful
5 8 (8.08%) Spring
6 6 (6.06%) LDAP
6 6 (6.06%) SailPoint
7 5 (5.05%) .NET Core
8 4 (4.04%) ASP.NET
8 4 (4.04%) CSS
8 4 (4.04%) Hibernate
8 4 (4.04%) HTML
8 4 (4.04%) Middleware
8 4 (4.04%) Oracle Fusion
8 4 (4.04%) React
8 4 (4.04%) REST
8 4 (4.04%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 9 (9.09%) Cloud Native
2 6 (6.06%) Data Structures
3 3 (3.03%) Algorithms
3 3 (3.03%) Legacy Applications
3 3 (3.03%) Management Information System
3 3 (3.03%) Self-Motivation
4 2 (2.02%) Hybrid Cloud
4 2 (2.02%) Legacy Systems
4 2 (2.02%) Life Science
4 2 (2.02%) Low-Code
4 2 (2.02%) Onboarding
4 2 (2.02%) Renewable Energy
4 2 (2.02%) Security Posture
5 1 (1.01%) AI Agents
5 1 (1.01%) Data Centre
5 1 (1.01%) Data Protection Act
5 1 (1.01%) Equities
5 1 (1.01%) Greenfield Project
5 1 (1.01%) Manufacturing Execution System
5 1 (1.01%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 19 (19.19%) Linux
2 18 (18.18%) Windows
3 3 (3.03%) Windows Server
4 2 (2.02%) Mac OS
4 2 (2.02%) SUSE
4 2 (2.02%) Ubuntu
4 2 (2.02%) Unix
5 1 (1.01%) CentOS
5 1 (1.01%) Debian
5 1 (1.01%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 1 (1.01%) VMS
5 1 (1.01%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 28 (28.28%) Agile
2 27 (27.27%) Problem-Solving
3 21 (21.21%) CI/CD
4 20 (20.20%) Containerisation
5 19 (19.19%) DevOps
6 18 (18.18%) Continuous Improvement
7 14 (14.14%) Data Science
7 14 (14.14%) OO
8 13 (13.13%) Design Patterns
8 13 (13.13%) SDLC
9 12 (12.12%) Computer Science
9 12 (12.12%) Economics
9 12 (12.12%) Electronic Trading
9 12 (12.12%) Identity Access Management
9 12 (12.12%) User Experience
10 11 (11.11%) Low Latency
10 11 (11.11%) Regulatory Compliance
11 10 (10.10%) Infrastructure as Code
12 9 (9.09%) Analytics
13 8 (8.08%) Artificial Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 31 (31.31%) Python
2 25 (25.25%) Java
3 24 (24.24%) SQL
4 22 (22.22%) C#
5 14 (14.14%) JavaScript
6 13 (13.13%) C++
6 13 (13.13%) TypeScript
7 9 (9.09%) PowerShell
8 4 (4.04%) Bash
9 2 (2.02%) Perl
10 1 (1.01%) BeanShell
10 1 (1.01%) Groovy
10 1 (1.01%) PHP
10 1 (1.01%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 14 (14.14%) Degree
2 11 (11.11%) Security Cleared
3 10 (10.10%) Computer Science Degree
4 9 (9.09%) SC Cleared
5 5 (5.05%) CISSP
6 4 (4.04%) AWS Certification
6 4 (4.04%) Azure Certification
6 4 (4.04%) CISM
7 2 (2.02%) CEH
7 2 (2.02%) TOGAF Certification
8 1 (1.01%) (ISC)2 CCSP
8 1 (1.01%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 1 (1.01%) BPSS Clearance
8 1 (1.01%) Cisco Certification
8 1 (1.01%) DV Cleared
8 1 (1.01%) GIAC
8 1 (1.01%) Master's Degree
8 1 (1.01%) Microsoft Certification
8 1 (1.01%) PMI Certification
8 1 (1.01%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (12.12%) GDPR
2 8 (8.08%) HIPAA
3 7 (7.07%) Accessibility
4 6 (6.06%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 5 (5.05%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 5 (5.05%) QA
6 4 (4.04%) NIST
6 4 (4.04%) PCI DSS
7 2 (2.02%) Data Quality
8 1 (1.01%) FedRAMP
System Software
1 25 (25.25%) Docker
2 6 (6.06%) Active Directory
3 2 (2.02%) VMware ESXi
3 2 (2.02%) vSphere
4 1 (1.01%) Hyper-V
4 1 (1.01%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (1.01%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (1.01%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 29 (29.29%) Kubernetes
2 12 (12.12%) Terraform
3 10 (10.10%) Single Sign-On
4 4 (4.04%) Ansible
4 4 (4.04%) Microsoft Intune
5 3 (3.03%) Tivoli Identity Manager
6 2 (2.02%) Argo
7 1 (1.01%) CASB
7 1 (1.01%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 22 (22.22%) Oracle
2 12 (12.12%) Microsoft
3 11 (11.11%) SAP
4 8 (8.08%) Ping Identity
5 6 (6.06%) Okta
6 5 (5.05%) Google
7 4 (4.04%) Databricks
7 4 (4.04%) IBM
7 4 (4.04%) Salesforce
8 3 (3.03%) Atlassian
8 3 (3.03%) CyberArk
8 3 (3.03%) VMware
9 2 (2.02%) MuleSoft
9 2 (2.02%) Palo Alto
9 2 (2.02%) ServiceNow
9 2 (2.02%) Sybase
10 1 (1.01%) IFS
10 1 (1.01%) Rapid7
10 1 (1.01%) Thales
10 1 (1.01%) Thycotic
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