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 2 May 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 204 254 272
Rank change year-on-year +50 +18 +8
Permanent jobs citing Enterprise Software 201 145 371
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.11% 1.08% 1.14%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 3.22% 2.54% 3.16%
Number of salaries quoted 139 97 331
10th Percentile £44,750 £36,250 £42,500
25th Percentile £48,750 £42,500 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,100 £63,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.35% -2.31% -
75th Percentile £75,000 £78,750 £83,750
90th Percentile £81,500 £107,000 £87,500
UK median annual salary £65,000 £64,750 £62,500
% change year-on-year +0.39% +3.60% -3.85%

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 6,240 5,707 11,729
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 34.40% 42.38% 36.05%
Number of salaries quoted 3,926 3,696 9,262
10th Percentile £31,938 £33,250 £32,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £46,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £61,500 £62,500 £59,150
Median % change year-on-year -1.60% +5.66% -9.00%
75th Percentile £82,500 £87,500 £78,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £122,500 £101,250
UK median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year - +9.09% -15.38%

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 2 May 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 8 (3.98%) Oracle SOA Suite
2 7 (3.48%) SharePoint
3 5 (2.49%) Microsoft Exchange
4 2 (1.00%) JBoss
Applications
1 5 (2.49%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 16 (7.96%) Oracle ERP
2 6 (2.99%) SAP S/4HANA
3 5 (2.49%) Dynamics CRM
3 5 (2.49%) Elite 3E
4 3 (1.49%) SAP ERP
5 2 (1.00%) Infor SunSystems
5 2 (1.00%) Oracle EBS
5 2 (1.00%) Oracle Payables
5 2 (1.00%) SAP CO
5 2 (1.00%) SAP FI
5 2 (1.00%) SAP FI/CO
5 2 (1.00%) SAP HR
6 1 (0.50%) NetSuite
6 1 (0.50%) Oracle General Ledger
6 1 (0.50%) Oracle Receivables
Cloud Services
1 81 (40.30%) Azure
2 60 (29.85%) AWS
3 27 (13.43%) Entra ID
4 24 (11.94%) OCI
5 23 (11.44%) SaaS
6 22 (10.95%) Azure DevOps
7 21 (10.45%) Power Platform
8 20 (9.95%) Serverless
9 16 (7.96%) GitHub
10 14 (6.97%) Microsoft 365
11 9 (4.48%) GCP
12 8 (3.98%) Figma
12 8 (3.98%) GitHub Copilot
13 6 (2.99%) Asana
13 6 (2.99%) Azure Monitor
14 4 (1.99%) OneDrive
15 3 (1.49%) Cloud Computing
15 3 (1.49%) Datadog
15 3 (1.49%) Dynamics 365
15 3 (1.49%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 12 (5.97%) VPN
2 11 (5.47%) TCP/IP
3 9 (4.48%) WAN
4 8 (3.98%) DNS
5 6 (2.99%) DHCP
6 5 (2.49%) Firewall
6 5 (2.49%) SD-WAN
6 5 (2.49%) SSL
7 4 (1.99%) Wireless
8 3 (1.49%) LAN
9 1 (0.50%) HTTP
9 1 (0.50%) Internet
9 1 (0.50%) Network Security
9 1 (0.50%) SSH
9 1 (0.50%) Unified Communications
9 1 (0.50%) Wi-Fi
9 1 (0.50%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 18 (8.96%) SQL Server
2 16 (7.96%) Power BI
3 8 (3.98%) Tableau
4 5 (2.49%) Azure SQL Database
4 5 (2.49%) Oracle Database
5 3 (1.49%) MongoDB
5 3 (1.49%) Oracle Reports
5 3 (1.49%) PostgreSQL
5 3 (1.49%) Relational Database
6 2 (1.00%) MySQL
6 2 (1.00%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 1 (0.50%) Data Warehouse
7 1 (0.50%) RDBMS
7 1 (0.50%) SQL Server Analysis Services
7 1 (0.50%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 19 (9.45%) Oracle Forms
2 17 (8.46%) JIRA
3 16 (7.96%) Jenkins
4 12 (5.97%) Git
5 3 (1.49%) NUnit
6 2 (1.00%) Bitbucket
7 1 (0.50%) MSTest
7 1 (0.50%) Postman
7 1 (0.50%) SoapUI
7 1 (0.50%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
7 1 (0.50%) TeamCity
7 1 (0.50%) Visual Studio
General
1 69 (34.33%) Social Skills
2 61 (30.35%) Finance
3 28 (13.93%) Analytical Skills
4 14 (6.97%) Public Sector
5 10 (4.98%) Legal
6 9 (4.48%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 9 (4.48%) Law
7 6 (2.99%) Banking
7 6 (2.99%) Influencing Skills
7 6 (2.99%) Retail
8 5 (2.49%) Presentation Skills
9 4 (1.99%) Marketing
9 4 (1.99%) Publishing
10 3 (1.49%) Documentation Skills
10 3 (1.49%) German Language
11 2 (1.00%) Organisational Skills
12 1 (0.50%) Advertising
12 1 (0.50%) Fire and Rescue
12 1 (0.50%) Manufacturing
12 1 (0.50%) Police
Job Titles
1 45 (22.39%) Senior
2 35 (17.41%) Developer
3 29 (14.43%) Architect
4 27 (13.43%) Applications Manager
5 21 (10.45%) Lead
6 16 (7.96%) Applications Engineer
6 16 (7.96%) Cloud Engineer
7 15 (7.46%) Technical Manager
8 14 (6.97%) Senior Manager
9 12 (5.97%) Lead Developer
9 12 (5.97%) Project Manager
10 10 (4.98%) Infrastructure Engineer
10 10 (4.98%) Principal Developer
11 9 (4.48%) IT Manager
11 9 (4.48%) Team Leader
12 8 (3.98%) Analyst
12 8 (3.98%) Applications Support
12 8 (3.98%) Development Manager
12 8 (3.98%) Product Manager
12 8 (3.98%) Senior Cloud Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 24 (11.94%) RESTful
2 15 (7.46%) .NET
3 14 (6.97%) REST
3 14 (6.97%) SAML
4 13 (6.47%) OAuth
4 13 (6.47%) SOAP
5 9 (4.48%) ASP.NET
5 9 (4.48%) JSON
5 9 (4.48%) XML
6 8 (3.98%) Middleware
6 8 (3.98%) OAuth2
7 7 (3.48%) Web Services
8 6 (2.99%) AngularJS
9 5 (2.49%) ASP.NET Core
9 5 (2.49%) React
10 4 (1.99%) Entity Framework
11 3 (1.49%) ASP.NET MVC
11 3 (1.49%) IBM Integration Bus
11 3 (1.49%) JDBC
11 3 (1.49%) Visualforce
Miscellaneous
1 41 (20.40%) Cloud Native
2 27 (13.43%) Product Ownership
3 26 (12.94%) Onboarding
4 14 (6.97%) Legacy Applications
5 11 (5.47%) Driving Licence
6 8 (3.98%) Virtual Team
7 7 (3.48%) Linux Command Line
7 7 (3.48%) Mobile App
8 6 (2.99%) Legacy Systems
9 5 (2.49%) EPoS
9 5 (2.49%) Self-Motivation
9 5 (2.49%) Video Conferencing
10 4 (1.99%) Distributed Systems
10 4 (1.99%) iPad
10 4 (1.99%) iPhone
10 4 (1.99%) NHS
10 4 (1.99%) Replication
11 3 (1.49%) Educational Technology
11 3 (1.49%) Security Posture
12 2 (1.00%) Analytical Mindset
Operating Systems
1 13 (6.47%) Windows
2 9 (4.48%) Windows Server
3 4 (1.99%) Apple iOS
3 4 (1.99%) Windows 10
4 1 (0.50%) Linux
4 1 (0.50%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 75 (37.31%) Agile
2 55 (27.36%) Migration
3 53 (26.37%) DevOps
3 53 (26.37%) Mentoring
4 47 (23.38%) ERP
5 44 (21.89%) Microservices
6 43 (21.39%) Problem-Solving
7 41 (20.40%) CI/CD
7 41 (20.40%) Continuous Improvement
8 40 (19.90%) Coaching
9 35 (17.41%) Stakeholder Management
10 34 (16.92%) Architectural Patterns
10 34 (16.92%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 33 (16.42%) AI
12 26 (12.94%) Event-Driven
12 26 (12.94%) Event-Driven Architecture
13 25 (12.44%) Observability
13 25 (12.44%) Translating Business Requirements
14 24 (11.94%) Infrastructure as Code
14 24 (11.94%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 39 (19.40%) SQL
2 37 (18.41%) Java
3 36 (17.91%) Python
4 28 (13.93%) C#
5 21 (10.45%) JavaScript
5 21 (10.45%) PL/SQL
6 19 (9.45%) TypeScript
7 16 (7.96%) Shell Script
8 12 (5.97%) PowerShell
9 7 (3.48%) Bash
10 3 (1.49%) Apex Code
10 3 (1.49%) T-SQL
11 2 (1.00%) Bicep
12 1 (0.50%) C
12 1 (0.50%) Delphi
12 1 (0.50%) Korn
12 1 (0.50%) PHP
Qualifications
1 34 (16.92%) Degree
2 19 (9.45%) DBS Check
3 17 (8.46%) Azure Certification
3 17 (8.46%) TOGAF Certification
4 16 (7.96%) AWS Certification
4 16 (7.96%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
4 16 (7.96%) Microsoft Certification
5 15 (7.46%) Computer Science Degree
6 10 (4.98%) Security Cleared
7 6 (2.99%) SC Cleared
8 3 (1.49%) PMI Certification
8 3 (1.49%) PMP
9 2 (1.00%) BPSS Clearance
9 2 (1.00%) CCNA
9 2 (1.00%) CCNP
9 2 (1.00%) CEH
9 2 (1.00%) Cisco Certification
9 2 (1.00%) DV Cleared
9 2 (1.00%) OSCP
10 1 (0.50%) CompTIA Security+
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (4.98%) QA
2 8 (3.98%) Accessibility
3 7 (3.48%) SLA
4 5 (2.49%) Data Quality
4 5 (2.49%) GDPR
4 5 (2.49%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 5 (2.49%) PMO
5 2 (1.00%) GAAP
5 2 (1.00%) GxP
5 2 (1.00%) HIPAA
5 2 (1.00%) IFRS
5 2 (1.00%) WCAG
6 1 (0.50%) Cyber Essentials
6 1 (0.50%) NIST
6 1 (0.50%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 1 (0.50%) SOC 2
System Software
1 24 (11.94%) Active Directory
2 6 (2.99%) Virtual Machines
3 5 (2.49%) Hyper-V
4 4 (1.99%) VMware Infrastructure
5 1 (0.50%) BitLocker
Systems Management
1 28 (13.93%) Single Sign-On
2 19 (9.45%) Terraform
3 6 (2.99%) Microsoft Intune
4 5 (2.49%) SCCM
5 3 (1.49%) Oracle RMAN
6 2 (1.00%) Data Guard
6 2 (1.00%) FortiGate
6 2 (1.00%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
7 1 (0.50%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 1 (0.50%) CASB
7 1 (0.50%) Computer Incident Response Team
7 1 (0.50%) Nessus
7 1 (0.50%) QRadar
7 1 (0.50%) WSUS
Vendors
1 53 (26.37%) Microsoft
2 36 (17.91%) Oracle
3 20 (9.95%) SAP
4 11 (5.47%) ServiceNow
5 10 (4.98%) Okta
6 7 (3.48%) CyberArk
7 6 (2.99%) Salesforce
7 6 (2.99%) Workday
8 4 (1.99%) HubSpot
8 4 (1.99%) iManage
8 4 (1.99%) Intapp
8 4 (1.99%) VMware
9 3 (1.49%) CA Agile Central
9 3 (1.49%) IBM
9 3 (1.49%) Informatica
10 2 (1.00%) DevExpress
10 2 (1.00%) Facebook
10 2 (1.00%) Infor
10 2 (1.00%) SolarWinds
11 1 (0.50%) Splunk