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 26 February 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 198 276 270
Rank change year-on-year +78 -6 +15
Permanent jobs citing Enterprise Software 201 160 298
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.22% 1.06% 1.08%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 3.50% 2.59% 2.90%
Number of salaries quoted 112 82 270
10th Percentile £45,000 £39,000 £43,750
25th Percentile £47,438 £46,563 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £62,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.00% -3.85% -7.14%
75th Percentile £77,500 £85,625 £84,964
90th Percentile £82,500 £113,706 £97,500
UK median annual salary £67,500 £64,750 £65,000
% change year-on-year +4.25% -0.38% -

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 5,739 6,188 10,264
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 34.90% 40.97% 37.21%
Number of salaries quoted 3,567 3,507 8,363
10th Percentile £29,000 £37,500 £33,670
25th Percentile £41,250 £48,500 £44,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £64,177 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.51% +6.96% -7.69%
75th Percentile £80,000 £85,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £105,000 £115,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £62,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -12.00% +13.64% -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 26 February 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 22 (10.95%) SharePoint
2 15 (7.46%) Oracle SOA Suite
3 13 (6.47%) Microsoft Exchange
4 2 (1.00%) JBoss
Business Applications
1 33 (16.42%) Oracle ERP
2 8 (3.98%) 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
1 113 (56.22%) Azure
2 70 (34.83%) AWS
3 47 (23.38%) Entra ID
4 41 (20.40%) OCI
5 38 (18.91%) Azure DevOps
6 34 (16.92%) GitHub
7 30 (14.93%) Serverless
8 26 (12.94%) Microsoft 365
8 26 (12.94%) Power Platform
9 15 (7.46%) GitHub Copilot
10 10 (4.98%) SaaS
11 7 (3.48%) GCP
12 6 (2.99%) Microsoft Purview
13 4 (1.99%) Azure Monitor
13 4 (1.99%) Cloud Computing
13 4 (1.99%) Dynamics 365
13 4 (1.99%) OneDrive
14 3 (1.49%) IBM Cloud
14 3 (1.49%) PaaS
14 3 (1.49%) SuccessFactors
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 15 (7.46%) Tableau
3 8 (3.98%) SQL Server
4 5 (2.49%) Azure SQL Database
5 4 (1.99%) Relational Database
6 3 (1.49%) MongoDB
6 3 (1.49%) Oracle Database
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%) GIS
8 1 (0.50%) NoSQL
8 1 (0.50%) Redis
8 1 (0.50%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 34 (16.92%) Jenkins
2 33 (16.42%) Oracle Forms
3 17 (8.46%) Git
4 15 (7.46%) JIRA
5 1 (0.50%) Cucumber
5 1 (0.50%) JMeter
5 1 (0.50%) TeamCity
5 1 (0.50%) Visual Studio
General
1 80 (39.80%) Finance
2 70 (34.83%) Social Skills
3 26 (12.94%) Analytical Skills
4 15 (7.46%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 14 (6.97%) Public Sector
6 7 (3.48%) Legal
7 6 (2.99%) Banking
7 6 (2.99%) Presentation Skills
8 4 (1.99%) Influencing Skills
8 4 (1.99%) Publishing
9 3 (1.49%) Advertising
9 3 (1.49%) Documentation Skills
9 3 (1.49%) Law
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 37 (18.41%) Architect
1 37 (18.41%) Senior
2 34 (16.92%) Applications Engineer
3 33 (16.42%) Cloud Engineer
4 22 (10.95%) Developer
5 21 (10.45%) Applications Manager
6 18 (8.96%) Senior Cloud Engineer
7 14 (6.97%) Lead
8 13 (6.47%) Applications Architect
8 13 (6.47%) Technical Manager
9 12 (5.97%) Analyst
10 11 (5.47%) Software Architect
11 10 (4.98%) Consultant
12 9 (4.48%) Support Analyst
13 8 (3.98%) Infrastructure Engineer
14 7 (3.48%) IT Engineer
14 7 (3.48%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
15 6 (2.99%) Business Manager
15 6 (2.99%) CRM Manager
15 6 (2.99%) SAP Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 41 (20.40%) RESTful
2 26 (12.94%) SOAP
3 24 (11.94%) SAML
4 21 (10.45%) OAuth
5 19 (9.45%) JSON
5 19 (9.45%) XML
6 15 (7.46%) OAuth2
6 15 (7.46%) REST
7 12 (5.97%) Middleware
8 11 (5.47%) .NET
9 7 (3.48%) ASP.NET
9 7 (3.48%) Web Services
10 6 (2.99%) BAPI
10 6 (2.99%) IBM Integration Bus
10 6 (2.99%) JMS
11 5 (2.49%) AngularJS
12 4 (1.99%) ASP.NET MVC
12 4 (1.99%) HTML5
12 4 (1.99%) React
12 4 (1.99%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 47 (23.38%) Cloud Native
2 17 (8.46%) Onboarding
3 13 (6.47%) Security Posture
4 12 (5.97%) Product Ownership
5 7 (3.48%) Legacy Applications
5 7 (3.48%) Linux Command Line
6 6 (2.99%) Distributed Systems
6 6 (2.99%) Driving Licence
6 6 (2.99%) Virtual Team
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%) Legacy Systems
8 4 (1.99%) Low-Code
8 4 (1.99%) Mobile App
8 4 (1.99%) NHS
8 4 (1.99%) PKI
8 4 (1.99%) Self-Motivation
9 3 (1.49%) Cyber Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 15 (7.46%) 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 76 (37.81%) Mentoring
2 66 (32.84%) Agile
3 64 (31.84%) Migration
4 61 (30.35%) Microservices
5 56 (27.86%) DevOps
6 55 (27.36%) Coaching
7 53 (26.37%) CI/CD
8 45 (22.39%) ERP
9 40 (19.90%) Asset Management
10 37 (18.41%) Problem-Solving
11 36 (17.91%) Enterprise Architecture
11 36 (17.91%) Test Automation
12 34 (16.92%) API Integration
13 33 (16.42%) Event-Driven
14 32 (15.92%) Architectural Patterns
14 32 (15.92%) Stakeholder Engagement
15 31 (15.42%) Event-Driven Architecture
15 31 (15.42%) TOGAF
16 30 (14.93%) Computer Science
17 28 (13.93%) AI
Programming Languages
1 66 (32.84%) Java
2 65 (32.34%) Python
3 49 (24.38%) SQL
4 37 (18.41%) C#
5 33 (16.42%) PL/SQL
5 33 (16.42%) Shell Script
6 32 (15.92%) JavaScript
7 26 (12.94%) TypeScript
8 13 (6.47%) PowerShell
9 9 (4.48%) Bash
10 2 (1.00%) C
11 1 (0.50%) ABAP
11 1 (0.50%) Apex Code
11 1 (0.50%) Korn
Qualifications
1 35 (17.41%) Degree
2 32 (15.92%) Microsoft Certification
3 30 (14.93%) AWS Certification
3 30 (14.93%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
4 27 (13.43%) Azure Certification
4 27 (13.43%) Computer Science Degree
4 27 (13.43%) TOGAF Certification
5 10 (4.98%) DBS Check
6 8 (3.98%) Security Cleared
7 6 (2.99%) 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 2 (1.00%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
12 1 (0.50%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (3.48%) NIST
1 7 (3.48%) QA
2 5 (2.49%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 4 (1.99%) GDPR
3 4 (1.99%) SLA
4 2 (1.00%) Data Quality
4 2 (1.00%) GAAP
4 2 (1.00%) IFRS
5 1 (0.50%) Accessibility
5 1 (0.50%) Cyber Essentials
5 1 (0.50%) WCAG
System Software
1 40 (19.90%) Active Directory
2 8 (3.98%) VMware Infrastructure
3 6 (2.99%) Hyper-V
3 6 (2.99%) Virtual Desktop
4 5 (2.49%) Virtual Machines
5 3 (1.49%) VMware ESXi
6 1 (0.50%) BitLocker
Systems Management
1 45 (22.39%) Single Sign-On
2 41 (20.40%) Terraform
3 16 (7.96%) 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 75 (37.31%) Microsoft
2 42 (20.90%) Oracle
3 20 (9.95%) Okta
4 16 (7.96%) SAP
5 10 (4.98%) IBM
6 8 (3.98%) VMware
7 7 (3.48%) CyberArk
8 6 (2.99%) ServiceNow
8 6 (2.99%) Workday
9 5 (2.49%) Splunk
10 4 (1.99%) CrowdStrike
10 4 (1.99%) HubSpot
11 3 (1.49%) Facebook
11 3 (1.49%) Salesforce
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%) Sparx