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 cited Enterprise Software over the 6 months leading up to 30 April 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Apr 2025		 Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 267 387 347
Rank change year-on-year +120 -40 +20
Contract jobs citing Enterprise Software 284 217 418
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.97% 0.50% 0.70%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 2.86% 1.64% 2.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 173 134 301
10th Percentile £325 £400 £363
25th Percentile £463 £459 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £550
75th Percentile £675 £675 £688
90th Percentile £814 £818 £775
UK excluding London median daily rate £525 £533 £510
% change year-on-year -1.41% +4.41% +0.74%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 7 1
10th Percentile £28.00 £43.84 -
25th Percentile £46.38 £52.90 £66.25
Median hourly rate £62.50 £60.00 £67.50
Median % change year-on-year +4.17% -11.11% +68.40%
75th Percentile £79.60 £62.90 £68.75
90th Percentile £83.20 £63.29 -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £58.75 £61.65 -
% change year-on-year -4.70% - -

All Generic Skills
UK

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 requiring generic IT skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 9,915 13,252 19,898
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 33.91% 30.40% 33.34%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,331 8,505 13,670
10th Percentile £300 £263 £308
25th Percentile £413 £413 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £538 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.42% -2.18% -
75th Percentile £650 £660 £680
90th Percentile £775 £788 £800
UK excluding London median daily rate £496 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -0.90% - +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 394 910 640
10th Percentile £16.46 £12.25 £9.80
25th Percentile £21.00 £15.17 £10.63
Median hourly rate £32.05 £30.00 £22.49
Median % change year-on-year +6.83% +33.42% -18.24%
75th Percentile £63.75 £60.66 £65.00
90th Percentile £82.99 £70.00 £75.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £30.93 £27.75 £22.00
% change year-on-year +11.46% +26.14% +9.64%

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 30 April 2025.

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 30 April 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Enterprise Software in the UK

Enterprise Software
Top 17 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 30 April 2025. 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 +72 210 £575 +2.00% 425
UK excluding London +83 118 £525 -1.41% 192
London +43 111 £625 +4.17% 250
Work from Home +76 101 £537 -10.50% 290
Scotland +37 32 £525 -8.70% 8
North of England +34 32 £425 -19.05% 48
North West +11 22 £500 -16.67% 35
South East +37 21 £575 -4.96% 60
Midlands +21 15 £600 +9.09% 37
West Midlands +20 12 £600 -1.15% 16
South West +45 8 £550 -17.91% 13
East of England +31 6 £600 +17.65% 16
Yorkshire +17 6 £370 -13.65% 10
North East - 4 £450 - 3
Northern Ireland - 3 £425 - 7
East Midlands +3 2 £600 +20.00% 21
Wales - 1 £725 - 5

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 13 (4.58%) SharePoint
2 7 (2.46%) Microsoft Exchange
3 5 (1.76%) Jupyter
4 4 (1.41%) Confluence
4 4 (1.41%) Skype for Business
5 3 (1.06%) Oracle SOA Suite
5 3 (1.06%) Oracle Workflow
6 2 (0.70%) CMS
6 2 (0.70%) IIS
6 2 (0.70%) OpenStack
7 1 (0.35%) Anypoint
7 1 (0.35%) Apache
7 1 (0.35%) BizTalk Server
7 1 (0.35%) Mule
7 1 (0.35%) SAS
7 1 (0.35%) Smallworld
7 1 (0.35%) Tomcat
Applications
1 10 (3.52%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (1.76%) EngageOne
2 5 (1.76%) InfoPath
3 3 (1.06%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (1.06%) Revit
4 2 (0.70%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (0.35%) Adobe XD
5 1 (0.35%) MS Visio
5 1 (0.35%) Notion
5 1 (0.35%) ProjectWise
5 1 (0.35%) Sketch
5 1 (0.35%) Trello
Business Applications
1 7 (2.46%) Dynamics CRM
2 4 (1.41%) Oracle EBS
2 4 (1.41%) Oracle ERP
3 3 (1.06%) Maximo
4 2 (0.70%) Oracle Applications
5 1 (0.35%) BambooHR
5 1 (0.35%) NetSuite
5 1 (0.35%) Oracle EBS R12
5 1 (0.35%) SAP CRM
5 1 (0.35%) SAP MM
5 1 (0.35%) SAP S/4HANA
5 1 (0.35%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 65 (22.89%) Azure
2 61 (21.48%) AWS
3 25 (8.80%) Entra ID
4 24 (8.45%) GCP
5 22 (7.75%) Microsoft 365
6 21 (7.39%) Serverless
7 20 (7.04%) SaaS
8 11 (3.87%) PaaS
9 10 (3.52%) Power Platform
10 9 (3.17%) GitHub
11 8 (2.82%) Amazon S3
12 7 (2.46%) Dynamics 365
12 7 (2.46%) IaaS
12 7 (2.46%) Power Automate
12 7 (2.46%) PowerApps
13 6 (2.11%) Amazon EC2
13 6 (2.11%) AWS CloudFormation
13 6 (2.11%) AWS Lambda
13 6 (2.11%) OneDrive
13 6 (2.11%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 17 (5.99%) Firewall
2 16 (5.63%) DNS
2 16 (5.63%) VPN
3 9 (3.17%) DHCP
3 9 (3.17%) TCP/IP
4 4 (1.41%) iSCSI
4 4 (1.41%) SAN
4 4 (1.41%) Skype
4 4 (1.41%) VLAN
5 3 (1.06%) SSL
6 2 (0.70%) Internet
6 2 (0.70%) LAN
6 2 (0.70%) Network Security
6 2 (0.70%) SD-WAN
6 2 (0.70%) WAN
7 1 (0.35%) GPON
7 1 (0.35%) HTTP
7 1 (0.35%) Remote Desktop
7 1 (0.35%) Reverse Proxy
7 1 (0.35%) VSAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 25 (8.80%) NoSQL
2 17 (5.99%) Data Warehouse
3 16 (5.63%) KDB
4 15 (5.28%) Relational Database
5 14 (4.93%) Kdb+
6 11 (3.87%) MongoDB
6 11 (3.87%) SQL Server
7 10 (3.52%) PostgreSQL
8 9 (3.17%) Data Lake
8 9 (3.17%) RDBMS
9 8 (2.82%) Couchbase
10 7 (2.46%) Power BI
11 6 (2.11%) Elasticsearch
11 6 (2.11%) Hadoop
11 6 (2.11%) Oracle Database
12 5 (1.76%) MySQL
13 3 (1.06%) Amazon Aurora
13 3 (1.06%) Amazon RDS
13 3 (1.06%) Amazon Redshift
13 3 (1.06%) OLTP
Development Applications
1 26 (9.15%) JIRA
2 14 (4.93%) Git
2 14 (4.93%) Jenkins
3 10 (3.52%) GitLab
4 4 (1.41%) Bitbucket
4 4 (1.41%) NUnit
4 4 (1.41%) Postman
5 3 (1.06%) Sonatype Nexus
5 3 (1.06%) Xcode
6 2 (0.70%) Artifactory
6 2 (0.70%) GCC
6 2 (0.70%) HP UFT
6 2 (0.70%) LoadRunner
6 2 (0.70%) Maven
6 2 (0.70%) Visual Studio
6 2 (0.70%) Visual Studio Code
7 1 (0.35%) Cypress.io
7 1 (0.35%) IntelliJ
7 1 (0.35%) JUnit
7 1 (0.35%) TeamCity
General
1 119 (41.90%) Social Skills
2 67 (23.59%) Finance
3 56 (19.72%) Analytical Skills
4 32 (11.27%) Banking
5 22 (7.75%) Public Sector
6 19 (6.69%) Investment Banking
7 14 (4.93%) Front Office
8 9 (3.17%) Retail
9 6 (2.11%) French Language
9 6 (2.11%) Marketing
9 6 (2.11%) Presentation Skills
10 5 (1.76%) Back Office
10 5 (1.76%) Financial Institution
10 5 (1.76%) Manufacturing
11 4 (1.41%) Telecoms
12 3 (1.06%) Documentation Skills
12 3 (1.06%) German Language
12 3 (1.06%) Organisational Skills
13 2 (0.70%) Aerospace
13 2 (0.70%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 65 (22.89%) Developer
2 59 (20.77%) Architect
3 30 (10.56%) Senior
4 21 (7.39%) Solutions Architect
5 19 (6.69%) Python Developer
6 18 (6.34%) Analyst
7 16 (5.63%) Senior Developer
8 15 (5.28%) C# Developer
8 15 (5.28%) Consultant
9 14 (4.93%) .NET Developer
9 14 (4.93%) C++ Developer
10 13 (4.58%) Electronic Trading Developer
10 13 (4.58%) Lead
11 12 (4.23%) C# Developer - Electronic Trading
11 12 (4.23%) Real Time Developer
12 11 (3.87%) Data Architect
12 11 (3.87%) DBA
12 11 (3.87%) Designer
12 11 (3.87%) Senior C++ Developer
12 11 (3.87%) Senior Python Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 32 (11.27%) .NET
2 20 (7.04%) RESTful
3 18 (6.34%) REST
4 17 (5.99%) AngularJS
4 17 (5.99%) OAuth
5 16 (5.63%) HTML
5 16 (5.63%) SAML
6 15 (5.28%) CSS
6 15 (5.28%) OpenID
6 15 (5.28%) React
6 15 (5.28%) SailPoint
7 13 (4.58%) Kafka
8 12 (4.23%) JSON
8 12 (4.23%) Reactive Extensions
9 10 (3.52%) SOAP
9 10 (3.52%) Spring
9 10 (3.52%) Web Services
10 9 (3.17%) ASP.NET
10 9 (3.17%) Middleware
10 9 (3.17%) OpenAPI
Miscellaneous
1 17 (5.99%) Cloud Native
2 14 (4.93%) Data Structures
3 12 (4.23%) Management Information System
4 9 (3.17%) Onboarding
5 8 (2.82%) Product Ownership
6 6 (2.11%) Algorithms
6 6 (2.11%) Data Centre
6 6 (2.11%) Data Protection Act
6 6 (2.11%) Distributed Systems
6 6 (2.11%) iPad
6 6 (2.11%) Self-Motivation
7 5 (1.76%) Enterprise Cloud
8 4 (1.41%) Genomics
8 4 (1.41%) Hybrid Cloud
8 4 (1.41%) iPhone
8 4 (1.41%) Legacy Applications
8 4 (1.41%) Legacy Systems
8 4 (1.41%) LIMS
8 4 (1.41%) Replication
8 4 (1.41%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 45 (15.85%) Windows
2 42 (14.79%) Linux
3 9 (3.17%) Windows Server
4 7 (2.46%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 5 (1.76%) MVS
6 4 (1.41%) Android
6 4 (1.41%) SUSE
6 4 (1.41%) Unix
7 3 (1.06%) Apple iOS
7 3 (1.06%) Windows 10
8 2 (0.70%) Mac OS
9 1 (0.35%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 82 (28.87%) Agile
2 78 (27.46%) Problem-Solving
3 45 (15.85%) DevOps
4 44 (15.49%) CI/CD
5 43 (15.14%) Containerisation
6 32 (11.27%) Migration
6 32 (11.27%) SDLC
7 30 (10.56%) Microservices
8 28 (9.86%) Scrum
9 26 (9.15%) Computer Science
10 25 (8.80%) User Experience
11 24 (8.45%) Analytics
12 23 (8.10%) CRM
12 23 (8.10%) Design Patterns
13 21 (7.39%) Data Modelling
13 21 (7.39%) Infrastructure as Code
13 21 (7.39%) OO
14 20 (7.04%) Continuous Improvement
14 20 (7.04%) Roadmaps
15 19 (6.69%) ERP
Programming Languages
1 75 (26.41%) Python
2 62 (21.83%) Java
3 52 (18.31%) SQL
4 36 (12.68%) JavaScript
5 32 (11.27%) C#
6 21 (7.39%) C++
7 18 (6.34%) TypeScript
8 17 (5.99%) PowerShell
9 13 (4.58%) Bash
10 8 (2.82%) R
11 5 (1.76%) C
11 5 (1.76%) Perl
12 4 (1.41%) BeanShell
12 4 (1.41%) Groovy
12 4 (1.41%) PHP
12 4 (1.41%) PL/SQL
12 4 (1.41%) Ruby
13 3 (1.06%) Go
13 3 (1.06%) Objective-C
13 3 (1.06%) Scala
Qualifications
1 42 (14.79%) Degree
2 41 (14.44%) Security Cleared
3 33 (11.62%) SC Cleared
4 19 (6.69%) Computer Science Degree
5 9 (3.17%) CISSP
6 8 (2.82%) Azure Certification
6 8 (2.82%) CISM
7 7 (2.46%) AWS Certification
7 7 (2.46%) ITIL Certification
8 5 (1.76%) Microsoft Certification
9 4 (1.41%) A+ Certification
10 3 (1.06%) CRISC
10 3 (1.06%) DV Cleared
10 3 (1.06%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
10 3 (1.06%) PMI Certification
10 3 (1.06%) PMP
10 3 (1.06%) TOGAF Certification
11 2 (0.70%) CEH
11 2 (0.70%) Master's Degree
11 2 (0.70%) Oracle Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (5.99%) GDPR
2 13 (4.58%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 12 (4.23%) Sarbanes-Oxley
4 11 (3.87%) QA
5 10 (3.52%) HIPAA
5 10 (3.52%) NIST
6 8 (2.82%) SLA
7 7 (2.46%) Accessibility
8 5 (1.76%) PCI DSS
9 4 (1.41%) Cyber Essentials
9 4 (1.41%) Data Quality
10 2 (0.70%) PMO
11 1 (0.35%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 1 (0.35%) Disclosure Scotland
11 1 (0.35%) FedRAMP
11 1 (0.35%) ISO 20022
System Software
1 50 (17.61%) Docker
2 17 (5.99%) Active Directory
3 9 (3.17%) VMware Infrastructure
4 5 (1.76%) vSphere
5 2 (0.70%) Oracle RAC
6 1 (0.35%) Hyper-V
6 1 (0.35%) VMware ESXi
6 1 (0.35%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 58 (20.42%) Kubernetes
2 22 (7.75%) Single Sign-On
2 22 (7.75%) Terraform
3 14 (4.93%) Ansible
4 7 (2.46%) Microsoft Intune
5 3 (1.06%) Packer
5 3 (1.06%) Progress Chef
5 3 (1.06%) Puppet
6 2 (0.70%) Argo
6 2 (0.70%) CASB
6 2 (0.70%) Grafana
6 2 (0.70%) Kibana
7 1 (0.35%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 1 (0.35%) Prometheus
7 1 (0.35%) SCOM
Vendors
1 53 (18.66%) Oracle
2 40 (14.08%) Microsoft
3 24 (8.45%) SAP
4 19 (6.69%) Google
5 18 (6.34%) Salesforce
6 12 (4.23%) Okta
6 12 (4.23%) ServiceNow
7 10 (3.52%) VMware
8 9 (3.17%) Ping Identity
9 7 (2.46%) MuleSoft
10 5 (1.76%) Databricks
11 4 (1.41%) CyberArk
11 4 (1.41%) LabVantage
12 3 (1.06%) Autodesk
12 3 (1.06%) Palo Alto
13 2 (0.70%) Apple
13 2 (0.70%) Genesys
13 2 (0.70%) IBM
13 2 (0.70%) Sybase
13 2 (0.70%) TIBCO
529 Enterprise Software jobs Nationwide