Enterprise Software Job Trends in the South East

Enterprise Application Software
England > South East

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Enterprise Software in permanent job vacancies in the South East. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Enterprise Software over the 6 months leading up to 20 May 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 235 196 271
Rank change year-on-year -39 +75 -83
Permanent jobs citing Enterprise Software 63 85 120
As % of all permanent jobs in the South East 0.43% 1.08% 0.73%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.86% 2.73% 2.10%
Number of salaries quoted 56 25 96
10th Percentile £43,125 - £36,250
25th Percentile £47,500 £46,250 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £62,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.00% +19.05% -16.00%
75th Percentile £97,500 £78,750 £70,000
90th Percentile £115,000 £87,000 £72,500
England median annual salary £62,500 £65,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year -3.85% - -

All Generic Skills
South East

Enterprise Software falls under the General and Transferable Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring generic IT skills in the South East.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 3,391 3,118 5,723
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 23.39% 39.60% 34.74%
Number of salaries quoted 2,148 1,462 3,752
10th Percentile £30,000 £29,750 £26,250
25th Percentile £37,500 £35,750 £34,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £50,000 £49,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% +2.04% -13.54%
75th Percentile £67,500 £65,000 £63,750
90th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £75,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year - +9.09% -15.38%

Enterprise Software
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Enterprise Software relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Enterprise Software job vacancy trend in the South East

Enterprise Software
Salary Trend in the South East

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Enterprise Software.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Enterprise Software

Enterprise Software
Salary Histogram in the South East

Salary distribution for jobs citing Enterprise Software in the South East over the 6 months to 20 May 2026.

Salary histogram for Enterprise Software in the South East

Enterprise Software
Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Enterprise Software within the South East region over the 6 months to 20 May 2026. 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Kent -21 19 £100,000 +90.48% 2
Thames Valley -42 15 £67,500 -3.57% 23
Hampshire -20 13 £70,000 +33.33% 1
Surrey -3 12 £60,000 +17.07% 11
Berkshire -31 8 £82,500 +29.41% 9
Buckinghamshire -3 5 £71,250 -16.18% 5
Oxfordshire -11 2 £57,500 -23.33% 9
East Sussex -11 1 £50,000 -
West Sussex -19 1 £75,000 -3.23% 3
Isle of Wight - 1 £42,500 -
Enterprise Software
England

Enterprise Software
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South East 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 3 (4.76%) SharePoint
2 2 (3.17%) JBoss
3 1 (1.59%) CMS
3 1 (1.59%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 1 (1.59%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 3 (4.76%) Oracle Retail
2 2 (3.17%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (3.17%) Infor SunSystems
3 1 (1.59%) Elite 3E
3 1 (1.59%) Maximo
3 1 (1.59%) NetSuite
3 1 (1.59%) Oracle General Ledger
3 1 (1.59%) Oracle Payables
3 1 (1.59%) Oracle Receivables
3 1 (1.59%) SAP HR
Cloud Services
1 22 (34.92%) Azure
2 7 (11.11%) SaaS
3 4 (6.35%) AWS
3 4 (6.35%) Azure DevOps
3 4 (6.35%) ChatGPT
3 4 (6.35%) Veeva
4 3 (4.76%) Microsoft 365
4 3 (4.76%) Power Platform
5 2 (3.17%) Azure Cosmos DB
5 2 (3.17%) Dynamics 365
5 2 (3.17%) GCP
6 1 (1.59%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
6 1 (1.59%) Salesforce Service Cloud
6 1 (1.59%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 4 (6.35%) NAS
2 3 (4.76%) RFID
3 1 (1.59%) Firewall
3 1 (1.59%) TCP/IP
3 1 (1.59%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (9.52%) Azure SQL Database
2 5 (7.94%) SQL Server
3 4 (6.35%) MongoDB
4 3 (4.76%) Relational Database
5 2 (3.17%) Oracle Database
6 1 (1.59%) Electronic Patient Records
6 1 (1.59%) MySQL
6 1 (1.59%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 1 (1.59%) Git
1 1 (1.59%) JIRA
1 1 (1.59%) TeamCity
1 1 (1.59%) Visual Studio
General
1 12 (19.05%) Social Skills
2 11 (17.46%) Finance
3 4 (6.35%) Digital Health
3 4 (6.35%) Health Technology
3 4 (6.35%) Retail
4 3 (4.76%) Advertising
4 3 (4.76%) Analytical Skills
4 3 (4.76%) German Language
4 3 (4.76%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 3 (4.76%) Law
4 3 (4.76%) Marketing
4 3 (4.76%) Public Sector
5 2 (3.17%) Documentation Skills
6 1 (1.59%) Legal
6 1 (1.59%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 18 (28.57%) Developer
2 10 (15.87%) Head of IT
3 7 (11.11%) .NET Developer
4 6 (9.52%) Development Manager
4 6 (9.52%) Lead
4 6 (9.52%) Senior
5 5 (7.94%) Architect
5 5 (7.94%) IT Support
5 5 (7.94%) Senior Development Manager
5 5 (7.94%) Senior Manager
5 5 (7.94%) Solutions Architect
6 4 (6.35%) Business Development Manager
6 4 (6.35%) Business Manager
6 4 (6.35%) Digital Transformation
6 4 (6.35%) Systems Developer
7 3 (4.76%) Agile Delivery Manager
7 3 (4.76%) C# Developer
7 3 (4.76%) Delivery Manager
7 3 (4.76%) Senior Business Development Manager
7 3 (4.76%) Senior Business Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (20.63%) .NET
2 9 (14.29%) ASP.NET
3 7 (11.11%) ASP.NET Core
3 7 (11.11%) Entity Framework
4 6 (9.52%) .NET Core
4 6 (9.52%) LINQ
4 6 (9.52%) RESTful
5 5 (7.94%) CSS
5 5 (7.94%) HTML
6 4 (6.35%) AngularJS
6 4 (6.35%) REST
6 4 (6.35%) Vue
7 3 (4.76%) ASP.NET Web API
7 3 (4.76%) React
8 2 (3.17%) ASP.NET MVC
8 2 (3.17%) CSS3
8 2 (3.17%) HTML5
9 1 (1.59%) jQuery
9 1 (1.59%) SOAP
9 1 (1.59%) Visualforce
Miscellaneous
1 12 (19.05%) Management Information System
2 7 (11.11%) Data Centre
3 6 (9.52%) Onboarding
4 5 (7.94%) Product Ownership
5 4 (6.35%) Distributed Systems
5 4 (6.35%) Virtual Team
6 3 (4.76%) Contactless
6 3 (4.76%) NHS
7 2 (3.17%) Cloud Native
7 2 (3.17%) Driving Licence
7 2 (3.17%) Legacy Systems
7 2 (3.17%) Low-Code
7 2 (3.17%) Self-Motivation
8 1 (1.59%) Distributed Architecture
8 1 (1.59%) IoT
8 1 (1.59%) N-Tier
Operating Systems
1 2 (3.17%) Windows
2 1 (1.59%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 21 (33.33%) Agile
2 16 (25.40%) Change Management
3 14 (22.22%) Project Management
3 14 (22.22%) Service Delivery
4 13 (20.63%) Decision-Making
4 13 (20.63%) DevOps
4 13 (20.63%) ERP
5 12 (19.05%) Business Intelligence
5 12 (19.05%) Business Strategy
5 12 (19.05%) Stakeholder Management
6 11 (17.46%) Problem-Solving
7 10 (15.87%) AI
7 10 (15.87%) Microservices
7 10 (15.87%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 9 (14.29%) Business Development
8 9 (14.29%) Continuous Improvement
8 9 (14.29%) CRM
8 9 (14.29%) Cybersecurity
8 9 (14.29%) IT Strategy
8 9 (14.29%) Line Management
Programming Languages
1 15 (23.81%) C#
2 11 (17.46%) SQL
3 7 (11.11%) TypeScript
4 6 (9.52%) JavaScript
5 5 (7.94%) Java
6 2 (3.17%) Python
7 1 (1.59%) Apex Code
7 1 (1.59%) C++
7 1 (1.59%) PowerShell
7 1 (1.59%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 9 (14.29%) Degree
2 5 (7.94%) Security Cleared
3 3 (4.76%) SC Cleared
4 2 (3.17%) AWS Certification
4 2 (3.17%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
4 2 (3.17%) Azure Certification
4 2 (3.17%) TOGAF Certification
5 1 (1.59%) CCNA
5 1 (1.59%) Cisco Certification
5 1 (1.59%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (12.70%) QA
2 4 (6.35%) 21 CFR Part 11
2 4 (6.35%) GxP
3 2 (3.17%) Data Quality
3 2 (3.17%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 4 (6.35%) Active Directory
1 4 (6.35%) Hyper-V
2 1 (1.59%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 1 (1.59%) Kubernetes
1 1 (1.59%) Microsoft Intune
1 1 (1.59%) Terraform
Vendors
1 19 (30.16%) Microsoft
2 7 (11.11%) Oracle
3 6 (9.52%) SAP
4 4 (6.35%) Citrix
4 4 (6.35%) QNAP
4 4 (6.35%) Salesforce
4 4 (6.35%) Synology
4 4 (6.35%) Veeam
5 3 (4.76%) Facebook
5 3 (4.76%) YouTube
6 2 (3.17%) Infor
7 1 (1.59%) Aderant
7 1 (1.59%) IBM
7 1 (1.59%) iManage
7 1 (1.59%) Infragistics
7 1 (1.59%) Okta
7 1 (1.59%) Perforce
7 1 (1.59%) ServiceNow
7 1 (1.59%) Workday