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 5 March 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 196 269 278
Rank change year-on-year +73 +9 +2
Permanent jobs citing Enterprise Software 201 153 313
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.20% 1.05% 1.10%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 3.45% 2.54% 2.97%
Number of salaries quoted 115 79 284
10th Percentile £45,000 £38,250 £43,750
25th Percentile £47,250 £46,250 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £62,500 £68,750
Median % change year-on-year +4.00% -9.09% -1.79%
75th Percentile £77,500 £78,750 £84,964
90th Percentile £82,500 £111,796 £94,625
UK median annual salary £67,500 £64,875 £65,000
% change year-on-year +4.05% -0.19% -

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 5,823 6,035 10,541
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 34.87% 41.58% 37.11%
Number of salaries quoted 3,621 3,491 8,570
10th Percentile £29,000 £37,000 £32,788
25th Percentile £41,250 £47,500 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £62,779 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.43% +4.63% -7.69%
75th Percentile £80,000 £85,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £105,000 £115,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £62,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -11.29% +12.73% -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 5 March 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 21 (10.45%) SharePoint
2 14 (6.97%) Oracle SOA Suite
3 12 (5.97%) Microsoft Exchange
4 3 (1.49%) JBoss
Business Applications
1 31 (15.42%) Oracle ERP
2 7 (3.48%) SAP S/4HANA
3 5 (2.49%) Elite 3E
4 3 (1.49%) SAP ERP
5 2 (1.00%) Dynamics CRM
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 Payables
6 1 (0.50%) Oracle Receivables
Cloud Services
1 110 (54.73%) Azure
2 69 (34.33%) AWS
3 46 (22.89%) Entra ID
4 39 (19.40%) OCI
5 36 (17.91%) Azure DevOps
6 32 (15.92%) GitHub
7 29 (14.43%) Serverless
8 27 (13.43%) Power Platform
9 26 (12.94%) Microsoft 365
10 14 (6.97%) GitHub Copilot
11 12 (5.97%) SaaS
12 8 (3.98%) GCP
13 5 (2.49%) Microsoft Purview
14 4 (1.99%) Azure Monitor
14 4 (1.99%) Cloud Computing
14 4 (1.99%) Dynamics 365
14 4 (1.99%) IaaS
14 4 (1.99%) OneDrive
14 4 (1.99%) PaaS
15 3 (1.49%) IBM Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 14 (6.97%) VPN
2 10 (4.98%) TCP/IP
3 7 (3.48%) WAN
4 6 (2.99%) DNS
5 5 (2.49%) DHCP
5 5 (2.49%) Firewall
6 4 (1.99%) SD-WAN
6 4 (1.99%) SSL
6 4 (1.99%) VLAN
6 4 (1.99%) Wireless
6 4 (1.99%) 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%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 20 (9.95%) Power BI
2 14 (6.97%) Tableau
3 9 (4.48%) SQL Server
4 5 (2.49%) Azure SQL Database
5 4 (1.99%) Oracle Database
5 4 (1.99%) Relational Database
6 3 (1.49%) MongoDB
7 2 (1.00%) Data Lake
7 2 (1.00%) MySQL
7 2 (1.00%) PostgreSQL
8 1 (0.50%) Apache Cassandra
8 1 (0.50%) Couchbase
8 1 (0.50%) Data Warehouse
8 1 (0.50%) NoSQL
8 1 (0.50%) Redis
8 1 (0.50%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 32 (15.92%) Jenkins
2 31 (15.42%) Oracle Forms
3 16 (7.96%) Git
4 14 (6.97%) JIRA
5 1 (0.50%) Cucumber
5 1 (0.50%) JMeter
5 1 (0.50%) TeamCity
5 1 (0.50%) Visual Studio
General
1 79 (39.30%) Finance
2 71 (35.32%) Social Skills
3 25 (12.44%) Analytical Skills
4 15 (7.46%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 15 (7.46%) Public Sector
5 8 (3.98%) Legal
6 6 (2.99%) Banking
6 6 (2.99%) Presentation Skills
7 5 (2.49%) Influencing Skills
8 4 (1.99%) Law
8 4 (1.99%) Publishing
9 3 (1.49%) Advertising
9 3 (1.49%) Documentation Skills
10 2 (1.00%) German Language
10 2 (1.00%) Manufacturing
10 2 (1.00%) Marketing
11 1 (0.50%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 39 (19.40%) Architect
2 37 (18.41%) Senior
3 32 (15.92%) Applications Engineer
4 31 (15.42%) Cloud Engineer
5 23 (11.44%) Developer
6 22 (10.95%) Applications Manager
7 17 (8.46%) Senior Cloud Engineer
8 14 (6.97%) Lead
8 14 (6.97%) Technical Manager
9 12 (5.97%) Analyst
9 12 (5.97%) Applications Architect
10 11 (5.47%) Software Architect
11 9 (4.48%) Consultant
11 9 (4.48%) Support Analyst
12 8 (3.98%) Infrastructure Engineer
13 7 (3.48%) IT Engineer
13 7 (3.48%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
14 6 (2.99%) Business Manager
14 6 (2.99%) Solutions Architect
14 6 (2.99%) Technical Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 39 (19.40%) RESTful
2 24 (11.94%) SOAP
3 22 (10.95%) SAML
4 19 (9.45%) OAuth
5 18 (8.96%) JSON
5 18 (8.96%) XML
6 15 (7.46%) REST
7 14 (6.97%) OAuth2
8 12 (5.97%) .NET
8 12 (5.97%) Middleware
9 8 (3.98%) ASP.NET
10 7 (3.48%) Web Services
11 5 (2.49%) AngularJS
11 5 (2.49%) ASP.NET MVC
11 5 (2.49%) BAPI
11 5 (2.49%) IBM Integration Bus
11 5 (2.49%) JMS
11 5 (2.49%) React
12 4 (1.99%) HTML5
12 4 (1.99%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 47 (23.38%) Cloud Native
2 18 (8.96%) Onboarding
3 13 (6.47%) Product Ownership
4 12 (5.97%) Security Posture
5 7 (3.48%) Distributed Systems
5 7 (3.48%) Legacy Applications
5 7 (3.48%) Linux Command Line
6 6 (2.99%) Driving Licence
6 6 (2.99%) Legacy Systems
6 6 (2.99%) Virtual Team
7 5 (2.49%) Mobile App
7 5 (2.49%) Video Conferencing
8 4 (1.99%) Cyber Kill Chain
8 4 (1.99%) iPad
8 4 (1.99%) iPhone
8 4 (1.99%) Low-Code
8 4 (1.99%) NHS
8 4 (1.99%) PKI
8 4 (1.99%) Self-Motivation
9 3 (1.49%) N-Tier
Operating Systems
1 16 (7.96%) Windows
2 9 (4.48%) Windows Server
3 5 (2.49%) Linux
3 5 (2.49%) Mac OS
4 4 (1.99%) Apple iOS
4 4 (1.99%) Windows 10
5 1 (0.50%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 73 (36.32%) Mentoring
2 68 (33.83%) Agile
3 61 (30.35%) Microservices
3 61 (30.35%) Migration
4 55 (27.36%) DevOps
5 53 (26.37%) Coaching
6 50 (24.88%) CI/CD
7 45 (22.39%) ERP
8 39 (19.40%) Problem-Solving
9 38 (18.91%) Asset Management
10 36 (17.91%) Test Automation
11 34 (16.92%) Enterprise Architecture
12 33 (16.42%) Architectural Patterns
13 32 (15.92%) API Integration
13 32 (15.92%) Stakeholder Engagement
14 31 (15.42%) Event-Driven
14 31 (15.42%) TOGAF
15 29 (14.43%) Computer Science
15 29 (14.43%) Event-Driven Architecture
15 29 (14.43%) Translating Business Requirements
Programming Languages
1 64 (31.84%) Java
2 62 (30.85%) Python
3 47 (23.38%) SQL
4 37 (18.41%) C#
5 32 (15.92%) JavaScript
6 31 (15.42%) PL/SQL
6 31 (15.42%) Shell Script
7 25 (12.44%) TypeScript
8 13 (6.47%) PowerShell
9 9 (4.48%) Bash
10 2 (1.00%) C
11 1 (0.50%) Apex Code
11 1 (0.50%) Korn
Qualifications
1 34 (16.92%) Degree
2 32 (15.92%) Microsoft Certification
3 29 (14.43%) AWS Certification
3 29 (14.43%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
4 26 (12.94%) Azure Certification
4 26 (12.94%) Computer Science Degree
4 26 (12.94%) TOGAF Certification
5 10 (4.98%) DBS Check
6 9 (4.48%) Security Cleared
7 7 (3.48%) SC Cleared
8 5 (2.49%) CEH
8 5 (2.49%) OSCP
9 4 (1.99%) GIAC
9 4 (1.99%) GREM
10 3 (1.49%) Microsoft Certified Professional
10 3 (1.49%) PMI Certification
10 3 (1.49%) PMP
10 3 (1.49%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
11 1 (0.50%) CISSP
11 1 (0.50%) GSEC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (3.98%) QA
2 6 (2.99%) NIST
3 5 (2.49%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 4 (1.99%) GDPR
4 4 (1.99%) SLA
5 3 (1.49%) Accessibility
6 2 (1.00%) Data Quality
6 2 (1.00%) GAAP
6 2 (1.00%) IFRS
6 2 (1.00%) WCAG
7 1 (0.50%) Cyber Essentials
7 1 (0.50%) PMO
System Software
1 40 (19.90%) Active Directory
2 8 (3.98%) VMware Infrastructure
3 6 (2.99%) Hyper-V
4 5 (2.49%) Virtual Desktop
4 5 (2.49%) Virtual Machines
5 3 (1.49%) VMware ESXi
6 1 (0.50%) BitLocker
Systems Management
1 43 (21.39%) Single Sign-On
2 38 (18.91%) Terraform
3 15 (7.46%) Microsoft Intune
4 6 (2.99%) SCCM
5 4 (1.99%) Computer Incident Response Team
5 4 (1.99%) Nessus
5 4 (1.99%) QRadar
6 3 (1.49%) Proxmox
7 1 (0.50%) CASB
7 1 (0.50%) Grafana
7 1 (0.50%) Kibana
7 1 (0.50%) WSUS
Vendors
1 76 (37.81%) Microsoft
2 41 (20.40%) Oracle
3 19 (9.45%) Okta
4 14 (6.97%) SAP
5 9 (4.48%) IBM
6 8 (3.98%) VMware
7 7 (3.48%) CyberArk
8 6 (2.99%) Workday
9 5 (2.49%) ServiceNow
9 5 (2.49%) Splunk
10 4 (1.99%) CrowdStrike
10 4 (1.99%) HubSpot
11 3 (1.49%) Facebook
11 3 (1.49%) YouTube
12 2 (1.00%) BiZZdesign
12 2 (1.00%) Databricks
12 2 (1.00%) iManage
12 2 (1.00%) Intapp
12 2 (1.00%) Salesforce
12 2 (1.00%) Sparx