Enterprise Software Contracts

Enterprise Application Software
UK

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Enterprise Software in contract job vacancies. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Enterprise Software over the 6 months to 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024		 Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 389 354 365
Rank change year-on-year -35 +11 -71
Contract jobs citing Enterprise Software 215 415 649
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.50% 0.69% 0.73%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.64% 2.08% 2.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 132 298 379
10th Percentile £400 £359 £411
25th Percentile £456 £463 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year - - +4.76%
75th Percentile £675 £688 £663
90th Percentile £798 £775 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £533 £510 £500
% change year-on-year +4.41% +2.00% +5.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 1 6
10th Percentile £43.84 - £34.13
25th Percentile £52.90 £66.25 £35.44
Median hourly rate £60.00 £67.50 £40.08
Median % change year-on-year -11.11% +68.40% -27.12%
75th Percentile £62.90 £68.75 £49.03
90th Percentile £63.29 - £56.88
UK excluding London median hourly rate £61.65 - £36.75
% change year-on-year - - -37.71%

All Generic Skills
UK

Enterprise Software is in the General and Transferable Skills category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 13,143 19,914 29,327
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 30.35% 33.30% 33.01%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,422 13,704 20,462
10th Percentile £263 £308 £313
25th Percentile £413 £450 £431
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.27% - +10.00%
75th Percentile £656 £680 £653
90th Percentile £788 £800 £756
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £475
% change year-on-year - +5.26% +11.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 903 647 727
10th Percentile £12.25 £9.80 £14.11
25th Percentile £15.17 £10.63 £16.88
Median hourly rate £28.50 £22.49 £27.50
Median % change year-on-year +26.75% -18.24% +3.19%
75th Percentile £60.00 £64.75 £50.00
90th Percentile £70.00 £75.00 £66.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £27.50 £22.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year +25.00% +10.00% -16.67%

Enterprise Software
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Enterprise Software as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Enterprise Software in the UK

Enterprise Software
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Enterprise Software.

Daily rate trend for Enterprise Software in the UK

Enterprise Software
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Enterprise Software over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Enterprise Software in the UK

Enterprise Software
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Enterprise Software.

Hourly rate trend for Enterprise Software in the UK

Enterprise Software
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Enterprise Software over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Enterprise Software in the UK

Enterprise Software
Top 14 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Enterprise Software within the UK over the 6 months to 27 April 2024. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year		 Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads		 Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months		 Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year		 Live
Jobs
England +13 192 £564 +2.50% 203
London +8 102 £600 +2.13% 76
UK excluding London +19 89 £533 +4.41% 125
Work from Home +14 72 £600 +9.09% 114
South East +36 27 £605 +10.00% 39
North of England +28 26 £525 -4.55% 29
North West +21 22 £600 +9.64% 16
Midlands +3 18 £550 +22.22% 20
East Midlands +7 9 £500 +42.86% 6
West Midlands +20 8 £607 +21.40% 13
East of England +20 8 £510 -28.92% 10
South West +18 8 £670 +31.37% 14
Scotland +22 4 £575 +27.78% 8
Yorkshire +10 4 £429 -22.09% 7

Enterprise Software
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 6 (2.79%) Alfresco
1 6 (2.79%) Appian
1 6 (2.79%) Camunda
2 5 (2.33%) Confluence
2 5 (2.33%) IBM Notes
2 5 (2.33%) SAS
3 4 (1.86%) CMS
3 4 (1.86%) Microsoft Exchange
4 3 (1.40%) Cloud Foundry
5 2 (0.93%) Oracle SOA Suite
5 2 (0.93%) Tomcat
6 1 (0.47%) Apache Spark
6 1 (0.47%) CICS
6 1 (0.47%) IIS
6 1 (0.47%) JBoss
6 1 (0.47%) Oracle Workflow
6 1 (0.47%) SAP Portal
6 1 (0.47%) SharePoint
6 1 (0.47%) WebSphere
Applications
1 5 (2.33%) InVision
1 5 (2.33%) Sketch
2 4 (1.86%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.47%) Adobe After Effects
3 1 (0.47%) Blender
3 1 (0.47%) Houdini
3 1 (0.47%) Maya
3 1 (0.47%) Photoshop
3 1 (0.47%) PlantUML
Business Applications
1 5 (2.33%) Siebel CRM
2 3 (1.40%) SAP S/4HANA
3 2 (0.93%) BusinessWorks
3 2 (0.93%) SAP PLM
4 1 (0.47%) Carpe Diem
4 1 (0.47%) Distributed Ledger
4 1 (0.47%) Dynamics CRM
4 1 (0.47%) Elite 3E
4 1 (0.47%) Magento
4 1 (0.47%) Maximo
4 1 (0.47%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
4 1 (0.47%) Oracle Receivables
4 1 (0.47%) SAP CO
4 1 (0.47%) SAP FI
4 1 (0.47%) SAP FI/CO
4 1 (0.47%) Shopify
4 1 (0.47%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 41 (19.07%) Azure
2 34 (15.81%) AWS
3 13 (6.05%) SaaS
4 10 (4.65%) GCP
5 9 (4.19%) Entra ID
5 9 (4.19%) Microsoft 365
6 8 (3.72%) Azure DevOps
6 8 (3.72%) Serverless
7 7 (3.26%) Amazon EC2
7 7 (3.26%) Amazon S3
7 7 (3.26%) AWS Lambda
7 7 (3.26%) Figma
7 7 (3.26%) Virtual Private Cloud
8 6 (2.79%) Azure AKS
9 5 (2.33%) Azure App Service
10 4 (1.86%) GitHub
10 4 (1.86%) npm
10 4 (1.86%) Yarn
11 3 (1.40%) IaaS
11 3 (1.40%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 12 (5.58%) DNS
2 7 (3.26%) DHCP
3 5 (2.33%) iSCSI
3 5 (2.33%) SAN
3 5 (2.33%) SSH
3 5 (2.33%) VLAN
4 3 (1.40%) BGP
4 3 (1.40%) Cisco IOS
4 3 (1.40%) IOS XR
5 2 (0.93%) LAN
5 2 (0.93%) WAN
6 1 (0.47%) ATM
6 1 (0.47%) Firewall
6 1 (0.47%) HTTP
6 1 (0.47%) Intrusion Detection
6 1 (0.47%) IPv6
6 1 (0.47%) Kerberos
6 1 (0.47%) RTP
6 1 (0.47%) SSL
6 1 (0.47%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 18 (8.37%) Relational Database
2 10 (4.65%) SQL Server
3 9 (4.19%) RDBMS
4 8 (3.72%) Oracle Database
5 7 (3.26%) Amazon Redshift
6 6 (2.79%) MongoDB
6 6 (2.79%) Siebel EIM
7 5 (2.33%) KDB
8 4 (1.86%) NoSQL
8 4 (1.86%) Redis
9 3 (1.40%) DB2
9 3 (1.40%) MySQL
9 3 (1.40%) PostgreSQL
10 2 (0.93%) MariaDB
10 2 (0.93%) Metadata
10 2 (0.93%) Power BI
11 1 (0.47%) Apache Cassandra
11 1 (0.47%) Azure SQL Database
11 1 (0.47%) Elasticsearch
11 1 (0.47%) Oracle Exadata
Development Applications
1 16 (7.44%) Git
2 12 (5.58%) JIRA
3 10 (4.65%) GitLab
4 8 (3.72%) Maven
5 7 (3.26%) git-flow
6 5 (2.33%) Cucumber
6 5 (2.33%) JUnit
7 4 (1.86%) Axure RP
7 4 (1.86%) Jasmine
7 4 (1.86%) Karma Test Runner
7 4 (1.86%) Mocha
7 4 (1.86%) webpack
8 3 (1.40%) Bitbucket
8 3 (1.40%) Jenkins
9 1 (0.47%) Cypress.io
9 1 (0.47%) Gradle
9 1 (0.47%) IntelliJ
9 1 (0.47%) Selenium
9 1 (0.47%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
9 1 (0.47%) TeamCity
General
1 60 (27.91%) Social Skills
2 41 (19.07%) Finance
3 19 (8.84%) Analytical Skills
4 17 (7.91%) Public Sector
5 14 (6.51%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 14 (6.51%) Marketing
6 13 (6.05%) Banking
7 8 (3.72%) Front Office
8 6 (2.79%) Presentation Skills
9 5 (2.33%) Influencing Skills
9 5 (2.33%) Law
10 3 (1.40%) Automotive
10 3 (1.40%) Documentation Skills
11 2 (0.93%) Advertising
11 2 (0.93%) Billing
11 2 (0.93%) Legal
11 2 (0.93%) Manufacturing
11 2 (0.93%) Organisational Skills
11 2 (0.93%) Retail
11 2 (0.93%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 56 (26.05%) Developer
2 37 (17.21%) Architect
3 33 (15.35%) Senior
4 22 (10.23%) Consultant
5 20 (9.30%) Java Developer
6 11 (5.12%) SAP Consultant
7 9 (4.19%) Analyst
7 9 (4.19%) Designer
7 9 (4.19%) Project Manager
7 9 (4.19%) Solutions Architect
7 9 (4.19%) SQL Developer
8 8 (3.72%) Senior Developer
9 7 (3.26%) Data Architect
9 7 (3.26%) DBA
9 7 (3.26%) JavaScript Engineer
9 7 (3.26%) Oracle DBA
9 7 (3.26%) Oracle Developer
9 7 (3.26%) SQL DBA
9 7 (3.26%) UI Engineer
10 6 (2.79%) AWS DevOps
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 21 (9.77%) JSON
2 15 (6.98%) .NET
2 15 (6.98%) CSS
2 15 (6.98%) REST
3 14 (6.51%) React
3 14 (6.51%) RESTful
4 13 (6.05%) AngularJS
4 13 (6.05%) Hibernate
4 13 (6.05%) Spring
4 13 (6.05%) XML
5 12 (5.58%) JPA
6 11 (5.12%) SOAP
6 11 (5.12%) Web Services
7 8 (3.72%) HTML
8 7 (3.26%) LESS
8 7 (3.26%) Middleware
8 7 (3.26%) Node.js
8 7 (3.26%) Redux
8 7 (3.26%) Sass
8 7 (3.26%) WebSockets
Miscellaneous
1 19 (8.84%) Data Structures
2 17 (7.91%) Algorithms
3 15 (6.98%) Product Ownership
4 13 (6.05%) Fixed Income
5 11 (5.12%) Management Information System
6 10 (4.65%) Cloud Native
6 10 (4.65%) Low-Code
7 9 (4.19%) Self-Motivation
8 8 (3.72%) Distributed Systems
8 8 (3.72%) Linux Command Line
9 7 (3.26%) Augmented Reality
9 7 (3.26%) Virtual Reality
10 5 (2.33%) CMDB
10 5 (2.33%) Derivative
11 4 (1.86%) Greenfield Project
11 4 (1.86%) PKI
11 4 (1.86%) Public Cloud
12 3 (1.40%) Enterprise Cloud
12 3 (1.40%) Social Media
13 2 (0.93%) iPad
Operating Systems
1 21 (9.77%) Linux
2 13 (6.05%) Windows
3 8 (3.72%) Unix
3 8 (3.72%) Windows Server
4 6 (2.79%) Windows Server 2012
4 6 (2.79%) Windows Server 2019
5 5 (2.33%) Windows Server 2016
6 4 (1.86%) Android
7 3 (1.40%) Apple iOS
7 3 (1.40%) Windows 10
8 1 (0.47%) Mac OS X
8 1 (0.47%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 62 (28.84%) Agile
2 34 (15.81%) Problem-Solving
3 27 (12.56%) CI/CD
3 27 (12.56%) DevOps
3 27 (12.56%) Microservices
3 27 (12.56%) SDLC
4 25 (11.63%) Migration
4 25 (11.63%) Scrum
5 22 (10.23%) CRM
6 21 (9.77%) Software Engineering
6 21 (9.77%) User Experience
7 19 (8.84%) Infrastructure as Code
8 18 (8.37%) Business Strategy
8 18 (8.37%) Design Patterns
9 16 (7.44%) Mentoring
9 16 (7.44%) Open Source
9 16 (7.44%) Roadmaps
10 15 (6.98%) Test Automation
11 14 (6.51%) Software Architecture
11 14 (6.51%) TDD
Programming Languages
1 51 (23.72%) Java
2 48 (22.33%) SQL
3 31 (14.42%) Python
4 25 (11.63%) JavaScript
5 18 (8.37%) TypeScript
6 17 (7.91%) C#
7 14 (6.51%) Go
8 10 (4.65%) Bash
9 8 (3.72%) Perl
9 8 (3.72%) PowerShell
10 5 (2.33%) Bicep
10 5 (2.33%) Ruby
10 5 (2.33%) T-SQL
11 4 (1.86%) PL/SQL
12 3 (1.40%) C++
13 2 (0.93%) ABAP
13 2 (0.93%) C
13 2 (0.93%) R
13 2 (0.93%) Scala
13 2 (0.93%) XPath
Qualifications
1 33 (15.35%) Security Cleared
2 27 (12.56%) SC Cleared
3 17 (7.91%) Degree
4 10 (4.65%) DV Cleared
5 3 (1.40%) Computer Science Degree
5 3 (1.40%) Microsoft Certification
6 2 (0.93%) Azure Certification
6 2 (0.93%) BPSS Clearance
7 1 (0.47%) BC Cleared
7 1 (0.47%) CTC Cleared
7 1 (0.47%) MCSA
7 1 (0.47%) Oracle Certification
7 1 (0.47%) Siebel Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 19 (8.84%) QA
2 7 (3.26%) Data Quality
2 7 (3.26%) GDPR
3 2 (0.93%) Cyber Essentials
3 2 (0.93%) NIST
3 2 (0.93%) PCI DSS
3 2 (0.93%) SLA
4 1 (0.47%) GRC
4 1 (0.47%) HIPAA
4 1 (0.47%) ITGC
System Software
1 13 (6.05%) Active Directory
1 13 (6.05%) Docker
2 5 (2.33%) vSphere
3 1 (0.47%) Citrix Presentation Server
3 1 (0.47%) Hyper-V
3 1 (0.47%) Virtual Machines
3 1 (0.47%) VMware ESXi
3 1 (0.47%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 18 (8.37%) Kubernetes
2 15 (6.98%) Terraform
3 13 (6.05%) Ansible
4 10 (4.65%) Single Sign-On
5 3 (1.40%) CA Single Sign-On
6 2 (0.93%) Opsgenie
6 2 (0.93%) SCCM
6 2 (0.93%) TIBCO Hawk
7 1 (0.47%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 1 (0.47%) Control-M
7 1 (0.47%) Jamf Pro
7 1 (0.47%) Microsoft Intune
7 1 (0.47%) Nessus
Vendors
1 29 (13.49%) Microsoft
2 19 (8.84%) SAP
3 15 (6.98%) Oracle
4 12 (5.58%) ServiceNow
5 8 (3.72%) Salesforce
6 7 (3.26%) Splunk
7 6 (2.79%) Pega
7 6 (2.79%) Siebel
8 5 (2.33%) ION Trading
8 5 (2.33%) Lotus
8 5 (2.33%) New Relic
9 4 (1.86%) Atlassian
9 4 (1.86%) Cisco
9 4 (1.86%) Dynatrace
9 4 (1.86%) iManage
9 4 (1.86%) TOWER Software
9 4 (1.86%) VMware
10 3 (1.40%) CA
10 3 (1.40%) Databricks
10 3 (1.40%) IBM
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