Hybrid/Remote Enterprise Software Job Trends

Enterprise Application Software
UK > Work from Home

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Enterprise Software in remote or hybrid work. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Enterprise Software over the 6 months leading up to 25 January 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
25 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 189 283 266
Rank change year-on-year +94 -17 +7
Permanent jobs citing Enterprise Software 200 156 278
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.28% 0.95% 1.10%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 3.76% 2.40% 2.91%
Number of salaries quoted 108 75 250
10th Percentile £41,250 £42,500 £43,750
25th Percentile £47,049 £50,227 £52,452
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £60,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year +8.33% -14.29% -
75th Percentile £75,000 £93,750 £84,991
90th Percentile £82,500 £115,000 £98,750
UK median annual salary £68,250 £62,500 £70,000
% change year-on-year +9.20% -10.71% +7.69%

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 permanent job vacancies with remote or hybrid options requiring generic IT skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 5,324 6,497 9,555
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 34.03% 39.71% 37.64%
Number of salaries quoted 3,383 3,585 7,693
10th Percentile £28,500 £37,500 £35,000
25th Percentile £40,750 £47,500 £45,026
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% +4.17% -7.69%
75th Percentile £80,000 £85,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £103,500 £115,000 £98,750
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £57,900
% change year-on-year -8.33% +3.63% -10.92%

Enterprise Software
Job Vacancy Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Enterprise Software and offering remote or hybrid work options relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

Enterprise Software job vacancy trend for remote/hybrid jobs

Enterprise Software
Salary Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Enterprise Software.

Salary distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Enterprise Software

Enterprise Software
Salary Histogram for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Enterprise Software over the 6 months to 25 January 2026.

Enterprise Software salary histogram for jobs with remote/hybrid work options

Enterprise Software
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Remote/Hybrid Jobs 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 25 (12.50%) SharePoint
2 17 (8.50%) Oracle SOA Suite
3 15 (7.50%) Microsoft Exchange
4 1 (0.50%) JBoss
Business Applications
1 37 (18.50%) Oracle ERP
2 13 (6.50%) SAP S/4HANA
3 3 (1.50%) Dynamics CRM
3 3 (1.50%) SAP ERP
4 2 (1.00%) Elite 3E
4 2 (1.00%) SAP CO
4 2 (1.00%) SAP FI
4 2 (1.00%) SAP FI/CO
4 2 (1.00%) SAP HR
Cloud Services
1 121 (60.50%) Azure
2 68 (34.00%) AWS
3 51 (25.50%) Entra ID
4 44 (22.00%) Azure DevOps
5 43 (21.50%) OCI
6 38 (19.00%) GitHub
7 30 (15.00%) Serverless
8 28 (14.00%) Microsoft 365
8 28 (14.00%) Power Platform
9 17 (8.50%) GitHub Copilot
10 9 (4.50%) SaaS
11 8 (4.00%) Microsoft Purview
12 7 (3.50%) GCP
13 4 (2.00%) Azure Monitor
13 4 (2.00%) Dynamics 365
13 4 (2.00%) OneDrive
14 3 (1.50%) IBM Cloud
14 3 (1.50%) SuccessFactors
15 2 (1.00%) IaaS
15 2 (1.00%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 14 (7.00%) VPN
2 10 (5.00%) TCP/IP
3 7 (3.50%) WAN
4 6 (3.00%) DNS
5 5 (2.50%) DHCP
5 5 (2.50%) Firewall
6 4 (2.00%) SD-WAN
6 4 (2.00%) VLAN
6 4 (2.00%) Wireless
6 4 (2.00%) Wireshark
7 1 (0.50%) HTTP
7 1 (0.50%) Internet
7 1 (0.50%) LAN
7 1 (0.50%) Remote Desktop
7 1 (0.50%) SSH
7 1 (0.50%) SSL
7 1 (0.50%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 22 (11.00%) Power BI
2 17 (8.50%) Tableau
3 10 (5.00%) SQL Server
4 8 (4.00%) Azure SQL Database
5 5 (2.50%) MongoDB
5 5 (2.50%) Relational Database
6 2 (1.00%) Data Lake
6 2 (1.00%) MySQL
6 2 (1.00%) Oracle Database
6 2 (1.00%) PostgreSQL
7 1 (0.50%) Apache Cassandra
7 1 (0.50%) Couchbase
7 1 (0.50%) Data Warehouse
7 1 (0.50%) GIS
7 1 (0.50%) NoSQL
7 1 (0.50%) Redis
7 1 (0.50%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 38 (19.00%) Jenkins
2 37 (18.50%) Oracle Forms
3 19 (9.50%) Git
4 17 (8.50%) JIRA
5 1 (0.50%) Cucumber
5 1 (0.50%) JMeter
5 1 (0.50%) TeamCity
5 1 (0.50%) Visual Studio
General
1 76 (38.00%) Finance
2 71 (35.50%) Social Skills
3 27 (13.50%) Analytical Skills
4 13 (6.50%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 12 (6.00%) Public Sector
6 5 (2.50%) Advertising
6 5 (2.50%) Banking
6 5 (2.50%) Marketing
7 4 (2.00%) Influencing Skills
7 4 (2.00%) Legal
7 4 (2.00%) Presentation Skills
7 4 (2.00%) Publishing
8 3 (1.50%) Law
9 2 (1.00%) Documentation Skills
9 2 (1.00%) German Language
9 2 (1.00%) Manufacturing
10 1 (0.50%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 38 (19.00%) Applications Engineer
2 37 (18.50%) Cloud Engineer
2 37 (18.50%) Senior
3 32 (16.00%) Architect
4 20 (10.00%) Applications Manager
4 20 (10.00%) Developer
4 20 (10.00%) Senior Cloud Engineer
5 13 (6.50%) Analyst
5 13 (6.50%) Applications Architect
5 13 (6.50%) Technical Manager
6 11 (5.50%) Consultant
6 11 (5.50%) SAP Developer
6 11 (5.50%) Software Architect
7 10 (5.00%) Lead
8 9 (4.50%) Support Analyst
9 7 (3.50%) Infrastructure Engineer
9 7 (3.50%) Integration Developer
10 6 (3.00%) IT Engineer
10 6 (3.00%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
10 6 (3.00%) Trainee Recruitment Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 47 (23.50%) RESTful
2 33 (16.50%) SOAP
3 28 (14.00%) OAuth
3 28 (14.00%) SAML
4 22 (11.00%) JSON
5 21 (10.50%) XML
6 17 (8.50%) OAuth2
6 17 (8.50%) REST
7 16 (8.00%) Middleware
8 13 (6.50%) .NET
9 11 (5.50%) BAPI
9 11 (5.50%) IBM Integration Bus
9 11 (5.50%) JMS
10 9 (4.50%) ASP.NET
11 7 (3.50%) AngularJS
12 6 (3.00%) .NET Core
12 6 (3.00%) ASP.NET MVC
12 6 (3.00%) HTML
12 6 (3.00%) HTML5
13 5 (2.50%) LINQ
Miscellaneous
1 47 (23.50%) Cloud Native
2 17 (8.50%) Security Posture
3 16 (8.00%) Onboarding
4 10 (5.00%) Product Ownership
5 6 (3.00%) Distributed Systems
5 6 (3.00%) Driving Licence
5 6 (3.00%) Linux Command Line
6 5 (2.50%) Video Conferencing
7 4 (2.00%) Cyber Kill Chain
7 4 (2.00%) iPad
7 4 (2.00%) iPhone
7 4 (2.00%) Legacy Applications
7 4 (2.00%) Low-Code
7 4 (2.00%) Mobile App
7 4 (2.00%) NHS
7 4 (2.00%) PKI
7 4 (2.00%) Self-Motivation
7 4 (2.00%) Virtual Team
8 3 (1.50%) Cyber Security Posture
8 3 (1.50%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 15 (7.50%) Windows
2 9 (4.50%) Windows Server
3 5 (2.50%) Linux
3 5 (2.50%) Mac OS
4 4 (2.00%) Apple iOS
4 4 (2.00%) Windows 10
5 3 (1.50%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 76 (38.00%) Mentoring
2 67 (33.50%) Agile
3 65 (32.50%) Migration
4 61 (30.50%) Microservices
5 57 (28.50%) Coaching
6 56 (28.00%) DevOps
7 53 (26.50%) CI/CD
8 48 (24.00%) Asset Management
9 46 (23.00%) ERP
10 40 (20.00%) API Integration
11 39 (19.50%) Test Automation
12 37 (18.50%) Enterprise Architecture
12 37 (18.50%) Event-Driven
13 35 (17.50%) Event-Driven Architecture
14 33 (16.50%) Problem-Solving
14 33 (16.50%) Stakeholder Engagement
15 30 (15.00%) AI
15 30 (15.00%) Computer Science
15 30 (15.00%) TOGAF
16 29 (14.50%) Root Cause Analysis
Programming Languages
1 71 (35.50%) Python
2 69 (34.50%) Java
3 56 (28.00%) SQL
4 38 (19.00%) C#
5 37 (18.50%) PL/SQL
5 37 (18.50%) Shell Script
6 33 (16.50%) JavaScript
7 25 (12.50%) TypeScript
8 14 (7.00%) PowerShell
9 10 (5.00%) Bash
10 4 (2.00%) ABAP
11 2 (1.00%) C
12 1 (0.50%) Korn
12 1 (0.50%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 32 (16.00%) Degree
1 32 (16.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 30 (15.00%) AWS Certification
2 30 (15.00%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
3 28 (14.00%) TOGAF Certification
4 27 (13.50%) Azure Certification
4 27 (13.50%) Computer Science Degree
5 7 (3.50%) DBS Check
6 5 (2.50%) CEH
6 5 (2.50%) OSCP
7 4 (2.00%) GIAC
7 4 (2.00%) GREM
7 4 (2.00%) SC Cleared
7 4 (2.00%) Security Cleared
8 3 (1.50%) MCP
8 3 (1.50%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
9 2 (1.00%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
9 2 (1.00%) PMI Certification
9 2 (1.00%) PMP
10 1 (0.50%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (4.50%) NIST
2 7 (3.50%) QA
3 6 (3.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 5 (2.50%) GDPR
4 5 (2.50%) SLA
5 2 (1.00%) Data Quality
5 2 (1.00%) GAAP
5 2 (1.00%) IFRS
6 1 (0.50%) Cyber Essentials
System Software
1 42 (21.00%) Active Directory
2 8 (4.00%) Virtual Desktop
2 8 (4.00%) VMware Infrastructure
3 6 (3.00%) Hyper-V
4 5 (2.50%) Virtual Machines
5 3 (1.50%) VMware ESXi
6 1 (0.50%) BitLocker
Systems Management
1 49 (24.50%) Terraform
2 45 (22.50%) Single Sign-On
3 18 (9.00%) Microsoft Intune
4 6 (3.00%) SCCM
5 4 (2.00%) Computer Incident Response Team
5 4 (2.00%) Nessus
5 4 (2.00%) QRadar
6 3 (1.50%) Proxmox
7 1 (0.50%) CASB
7 1 (0.50%) Grafana
7 1 (0.50%) Kibana
7 1 (0.50%) WSUS
Vendors
1 83 (41.50%) Microsoft
2 44 (22.00%) Oracle
3 22 (11.00%) Okta
3 22 (11.00%) SAP
4 17 (8.50%) IBM
5 8 (4.00%) VMware
6 6 (3.00%) CyberArk
7 5 (2.50%) CrowdStrike
7 5 (2.50%) Facebook
7 5 (2.50%) HubSpot
7 5 (2.50%) Splunk
7 5 (2.50%) YouTube
8 2 (1.00%) BiZZdesign
8 2 (1.00%) Concur
8 2 (1.00%) Databricks
8 2 (1.00%) Salesforce
8 2 (1.00%) ServiceNow
8 2 (1.00%) Sparx
8 2 (1.00%) Workday
9 1 (0.50%) Citrix