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 19 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 May 2025		 Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 260 351 347
Rank change year-on-year +91 -4 +5
Contract jobs citing Enterprise Software 282 223 389
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.96% 0.52% 0.68%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 2.84% 1.73% 2.05%
Number of daily rates quoted 179 150 281
10th Percentile £313 £408 £363
25th Percentile £463 £463 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £550
75th Percentile £669 £662 £688
90th Percentile £813 £825 £775
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £533 £503
% change year-on-year -6.10% +5.97% -2.43%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 4 1
10th Percentile £28.00 £37.05 -
25th Percentile £46.38 £47.24 £66.25
Median hourly rate £62.50 £55.80 £67.50
Median % change year-on-year +12.01% -17.33% +55.48%
75th Percentile £79.60 £59.65 £68.75
90th Percentile £83.20 £61.36 -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £58.75 £55.80 -
% change year-on-year +5.29% - -

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 9,944 12,894 18,956
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 33.99% 30.28% 33.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,303 8,305 13,039
10th Percentile £300 £267 £313
25th Percentile £411 £413 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £540 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% -1.82% -
75th Percentile £650 £663 £680
90th Percentile £775 £800 £800
UK excluding London median daily rate £479 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -4.15% - +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 400 899 624
10th Percentile £16.08 £12.25 £9.80
25th Percentile £20.34 £15.17 £10.63
Median hourly rate £31.76 £31.50 £22.26
Median % change year-on-year +0.83% +41.54% -19.07%
75th Percentile £63.75 £61.30 £63.00
90th Percentile £83.20 £70.00 £75.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £29.90 £30.00 £22.00
% change year-on-year -0.33% +36.36% +3.53%

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 19 May 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 19 May 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 19 May 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 +62 209 £550 -2.22% 652
UK excluding London +88 122 £500 -6.10% 315
London +46 110 £625 +6.84% 420
Work from Home +60 103 £534 -7.22% 339
Scotland +36 36 £525 +3.70% 22
North of England +19 26 £425 -10.53% 64
South East +36 22 £575 -4.96% 134
Midlands +15 17 £575 +12.20% 52
North West +8 16 £500 +2.56% 45
West Midlands +10 12 £600 -1.15% 32
South West +45 11 £325 -56.67% 17
East of England +20 6 £600 +17.65% 24
Yorkshire +17 6 £370 -14.35% 14
East Midlands +4 4 £507 +13.99% 20
North East - 4 £450 - 5
Northern Ireland - 3 £425 - 3
Wales - 2 £325 - 9

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 (4.61%) SharePoint
2 7 (2.48%) Microsoft Exchange
3 5 (1.77%) Jupyter
4 3 (1.06%) IIS
4 3 (1.06%) Oracle Workflow
4 3 (1.06%) Skype for Business
5 2 (0.71%) BizTalk Server
5 2 (0.71%) CMS
5 2 (0.71%) Confluence
5 2 (0.71%) OpenStack
5 2 (0.71%) Oracle SOA Suite
6 1 (0.35%) Anypoint
6 1 (0.35%) Apache
6 1 (0.35%) Mule
6 1 (0.35%) SAS
6 1 (0.35%) Smallworld
6 1 (0.35%) Tomcat
Applications
1 11 (3.90%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (1.77%) InfoPath
3 3 (1.06%) EngageOne
3 3 (1.06%) Revit
4 2 (0.71%) Microsoft Excel
5 1 (0.35%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (0.35%) MS Visio
5 1 (0.35%) Notion
5 1 (0.35%) ProjectWise
5 1 (0.35%) Trello
Business Applications
1 6 (2.13%) Dynamics CRM
2 5 (1.77%) Oracle ERP
3 4 (1.42%) Maximo
4 3 (1.06%) Oracle EBS
5 2 (0.71%) Remedy ITSM
5 2 (0.71%) SAP S/4HANA
6 1 (0.35%) BambooHR
6 1 (0.35%) NetSuite
6 1 (0.35%) Oracle Applications
6 1 (0.35%) Oracle EBS R12
6 1 (0.35%) SAP CRM
6 1 (0.35%) SAP MM
6 1 (0.35%) Shopify
6 1 (0.35%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 63 (22.34%) Azure
2 61 (21.63%) AWS
3 25 (8.87%) Entra ID
3 25 (8.87%) Microsoft 365
4 22 (7.80%) GCP
5 21 (7.45%) Serverless
6 19 (6.74%) SaaS
7 10 (3.55%) PaaS
8 9 (3.19%) Power Platform
9 8 (2.84%) Amazon S3
10 6 (2.13%) Amazon EC2
10 6 (2.13%) AWS CloudFormation
10 6 (2.13%) AWS Lambda
10 6 (2.13%) Dynamics 365
10 6 (2.13%) GitHub
10 6 (2.13%) Google Workspace
10 6 (2.13%) IaaS
10 6 (2.13%) OneDrive
10 6 (2.13%) Power Automate
10 6 (2.13%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 19 (6.74%) Firewall
2 18 (6.38%) DNS
3 15 (5.32%) VPN
4 9 (3.19%) DHCP
5 8 (2.84%) TCP/IP
6 6 (2.13%) LAN
6 6 (2.13%) WAN
7 5 (1.77%) VoIP
8 4 (1.42%) iSCSI
8 4 (1.42%) SAN
8 4 (1.42%) VLAN
8 4 (1.42%) Wi-Fi
9 3 (1.06%) Skype
9 3 (1.06%) SSL
10 2 (0.71%) Internet
10 2 (0.71%) Network Security
10 2 (0.71%) SD-WAN
11 1 (0.35%) GPON
11 1 (0.35%) HTTP
11 1 (0.35%) Reverse Proxy
Database & Business Intelligence
1 18 (6.38%) KDB
2 16 (5.67%) Kdb+
3 14 (4.96%) Data Warehouse
3 14 (4.96%) NoSQL
4 13 (4.61%) SQL Server
5 12 (4.26%) Relational Database
6 11 (3.90%) MongoDB
7 10 (3.55%) PostgreSQL
8 8 (2.84%) Data Lake
9 7 (2.48%) Power BI
10 6 (2.13%) Oracle Database
10 6 (2.13%) RDBMS
11 5 (1.77%) Hadoop
11 5 (1.77%) MySQL
12 3 (1.06%) Amazon Redshift
12 3 (1.06%) Elasticsearch
13 2 (0.71%) Big Data
13 2 (0.71%) InfluxDB
13 2 (0.71%) Redis
13 2 (0.71%) Siebel EIM
Development Applications
1 24 (8.51%) JIRA
2 13 (4.61%) Git
3 10 (3.55%) GitLab
3 10 (3.55%) Jenkins
4 4 (1.42%) NUnit
4 4 (1.42%) Postman
4 4 (1.42%) Xcode
5 2 (0.71%) Artifactory
5 2 (0.71%) HP UFT
5 2 (0.71%) LoadRunner
5 2 (0.71%) Maven
5 2 (0.71%) Visual Studio
5 2 (0.71%) Visual Studio Code
6 1 (0.35%) Bitbucket
6 1 (0.35%) ERwin
6 1 (0.35%) GCC
6 1 (0.35%) Gradle
6 1 (0.35%) ScriptRunner
6 1 (0.35%) TeamCity
6 1 (0.35%) Zephyr
General
1 126 (44.68%) Social Skills
2 65 (23.05%) Finance
3 55 (19.50%) Analytical Skills
4 30 (10.64%) Banking
5 22 (7.80%) Public Sector
6 21 (7.45%) Investment Banking
7 14 (4.96%) Front Office
8 10 (3.55%) Retail
9 6 (2.13%) French Language
9 6 (2.13%) Presentation Skills
10 5 (1.77%) Back Office
10 5 (1.77%) Documentation Skills
10 5 (1.77%) Manufacturing
10 5 (1.77%) Marketing
11 4 (1.42%) Financial Institution
11 4 (1.42%) Telecoms
12 3 (1.06%) German Language
12 3 (1.06%) Influencing Skills
12 3 (1.06%) Legal
12 3 (1.06%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 66 (23.40%) Developer
2 58 (20.57%) Architect
3 31 (10.99%) Senior
4 22 (7.80%) Solutions Architect
5 21 (7.45%) Python Developer
6 18 (6.38%) Senior Developer
7 16 (5.67%) Analyst
7 16 (5.67%) C++ Developer
7 16 (5.67%) Consultant
8 15 (5.32%) C# Developer
9 14 (4.96%) .NET Developer
10 13 (4.61%) Electronic Trading Developer
10 13 (4.61%) Investment Banking C++ Developer
10 13 (4.61%) Lead
10 13 (4.61%) Linux Developer
10 13 (4.61%) Senior C++ Developer
10 13 (4.61%) Senior Python Developer
10 13 (4.61%) Support Engineer
11 12 (4.26%) C# Developer - Electronic Trading
11 12 (4.26%) Real Time Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 34 (12.06%) .NET
2 20 (7.09%) RESTful
3 19 (6.74%) OAuth
3 19 (6.74%) REST
4 18 (6.38%) SAML
5 17 (6.03%) AngularJS
5 17 (6.03%) OpenID
6 15 (5.32%) HTML
6 15 (5.32%) React
6 15 (5.32%) SailPoint
7 14 (4.96%) CSS
7 14 (4.96%) JSON
8 13 (4.61%) Spring
9 12 (4.26%) Reactive Extensions
9 12 (4.26%) Web Services
10 10 (3.55%) SOAP
10 10 (3.55%) XML
11 9 (3.19%) .NET Framework
11 9 (3.19%) ASP.NET
11 9 (3.19%) OpenAPI
Miscellaneous
1 14 (4.96%) Cloud Native
1 14 (4.96%) Data Structures
2 12 (4.26%) Management Information System
3 7 (2.48%) Onboarding
3 7 (2.48%) Product Ownership
4 6 (2.13%) Algorithms
4 6 (2.13%) Data Centre
4 6 (2.13%) Data Protection Act
4 6 (2.13%) Distributed Systems
5 5 (1.77%) Enterprise Cloud
5 5 (1.77%) iPhone
5 5 (1.77%) Self-Motivation
5 5 (1.77%) Virtual Team
6 4 (1.42%) Credit Risk
6 4 (1.42%) Genomics
6 4 (1.42%) Hybrid Cloud
6 4 (1.42%) iPad
6 4 (1.42%) Legacy Applications
6 4 (1.42%) LIMS
6 4 (1.42%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 52 (18.44%) Windows
2 44 (15.60%) Linux
3 10 (3.55%) Windows Server
4 9 (3.19%) Android
5 8 (2.84%) Windows 10
6 7 (2.48%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 6 (2.13%) Mac OS
8 4 (1.42%) Apple iOS
8 4 (1.42%) SUSE
8 4 (1.42%) Unix
9 3 (1.06%) MVS
10 1 (0.35%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 82 (29.08%) Agile
1 82 (29.08%) Problem-Solving
2 46 (16.31%) CI/CD
3 40 (14.18%) DevOps
4 36 (12.77%) Containerisation
5 35 (12.41%) SDLC
6 32 (11.35%) Migration
7 29 (10.28%) Microservices
8 28 (9.93%) Scrum
9 25 (8.87%) Computer Science
10 24 (8.51%) Continuous Improvement
11 23 (8.16%) User Experience
12 22 (7.80%) Analytics
13 21 (7.45%) CRM
13 21 (7.45%) Data Science
13 21 (7.45%) Design Patterns
13 21 (7.45%) OO
14 20 (7.09%) Infrastructure as Code
14 20 (7.09%) Roadmaps
15 19 (6.74%) Identity Access Management
Programming Languages
1 74 (26.24%) Python
2 57 (20.21%) Java
3 48 (17.02%) SQL
4 32 (11.35%) JavaScript
5 31 (10.99%) C#
6 23 (8.16%) C++
7 18 (6.38%) PowerShell
8 17 (6.03%) TypeScript
9 13 (4.61%) Bash
10 5 (1.77%) C
10 5 (1.77%) Perl
10 5 (1.77%) R
11 4 (1.42%) BeanShell
11 4 (1.42%) Groovy
11 4 (1.42%) Objective-C
11 4 (1.42%) Ruby
11 4 (1.42%) Swift
12 3 (1.06%) PL/SQL
13 2 (0.71%) Shell Script
14 1 (0.35%) PHP
Qualifications
1 41 (14.54%) Security Cleared
2 39 (13.83%) Degree
3 32 (11.35%) SC Cleared
4 18 (6.38%) Computer Science Degree
5 9 (3.19%) CISSP
6 8 (2.84%) Azure Certification
6 8 (2.84%) CISM
7 7 (2.48%) AWS Certification
8 6 (2.13%) ITIL Certification
9 5 (1.77%) Microsoft Certification
10 4 (1.42%) A+ Certification
11 3 (1.06%) CRISC
11 3 (1.06%) DV Cleared
11 3 (1.06%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
11 3 (1.06%) TOGAF Certification
12 2 (0.71%) CEH
12 2 (0.71%) Master's Degree
12 2 (0.71%) PMI Certification
12 2 (0.71%) PMP
13 1 (0.35%) OCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 19 (6.74%) GDPR
2 13 (4.61%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 12 (4.26%) HIPAA
3 12 (4.26%) Sarbanes-Oxley
4 11 (3.90%) QA
4 11 (3.90%) SLA
5 10 (3.55%) NIST
6 6 (2.13%) Accessibility
7 5 (1.77%) PCI DSS
8 4 (1.42%) Cyber Essentials
8 4 (1.42%) Data Quality
9 2 (0.71%) PMO
10 1 (0.35%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 1 (0.35%) Disclosure Scotland
10 1 (0.35%) FedRAMP
10 1 (0.35%) ISO 20022
System Software
1 42 (14.89%) Docker
2 21 (7.45%) Active Directory
3 5 (1.77%) vSphere
4 1 (0.35%) Hyper-V
4 1 (0.35%) Oracle RAC
4 1 (0.35%) VMware ESXi
4 1 (0.35%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.35%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 50 (17.73%) Kubernetes
2 22 (7.80%) Single Sign-On
3 18 (6.38%) Terraform
4 11 (3.90%) Ansible
5 7 (2.48%) Microsoft Intune
6 3 (1.06%) Grafana
7 2 (0.71%) Argo
7 2 (0.71%) CASB
7 2 (0.71%) Kibana
7 2 (0.71%) SCOM
7 2 (0.71%) Tivoli Identity Manager
8 1 (0.35%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 1 (0.35%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 52 (18.44%) Oracle
2 44 (15.60%) Microsoft
3 25 (8.87%) SAP
4 18 (6.38%) Salesforce
4 18 (6.38%) ServiceNow
5 15 (5.32%) Google
6 12 (4.26%) Okta
7 11 (3.90%) Ping Identity
8 7 (2.48%) MuleSoft
9 5 (1.77%) IBM
10 4 (1.42%) CyberArk
10 4 (1.42%) Databricks
10 4 (1.42%) Dynatrace
10 4 (1.42%) LabVantage
11 3 (1.06%) Autodesk
11 3 (1.06%) Palo Alto
11 3 (1.06%) Remedy
12 2 (0.71%) Apple
12 2 (0.71%) Sybase
12 2 (0.71%) TIBCO
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