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 14 January 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 194 292 263
Rank change year-on-year +98 -29 +20
Permanent jobs citing Enterprise Software 191 153 244
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.26% 0.93% 1.13%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 3.67% 2.35% 2.97%
Number of salaries quoted 98 76 218
10th Percentile £41,250 £42,500 £43,750
25th Percentile £48,125 £51,051 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £62,500 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year +8.00% -10.71% -
75th Percentile £75,000 £93,750 £84,991
90th Percentile £82,500 £115,000 £104,875
UK median annual salary £69,500 £63,766 £72,500
% change year-on-year +8.99% -12.05% +11.54%

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 5,210 6,512 8,225
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 34.40% 39.63% 38.09%
Number of salaries quoted 3,334 3,592 6,491
10th Percentile £28,000 £37,500 £36,250
25th Percentile £40,000 £47,500 £46,978
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £59,264 £62,500 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -5.18% - -3.85%
75th Percentile £81,250 £83,750 £82,500
90th Percentile £105,000 £111,125 £100,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -7.69%

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 14 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 23 (12.04%) SharePoint
2 17 (8.90%) Oracle SOA Suite
3 15 (7.85%) Microsoft Exchange
4 1 (0.52%) JBoss
Business Applications
1 37 (19.37%) Oracle ERP
2 13 (6.81%) SAP S/4HANA
3 3 (1.57%) Dynamics CRM
3 3 (1.57%) SAP ERP
4 2 (1.05%) SAP CO
4 2 (1.05%) SAP FI
4 2 (1.05%) SAP FI/CO
Cloud Services
1 114 (59.69%) Azure
2 60 (31.41%) AWS
3 46 (24.08%) Azure DevOps
4 45 (23.56%) Entra ID
5 38 (19.90%) GitHub
6 37 (19.37%) OCI
7 29 (15.18%) Serverless
8 26 (13.61%) Power Platform
9 25 (13.09%) Microsoft 365
10 17 (8.90%) GitHub Copilot
11 10 (5.24%) SaaS
12 8 (4.19%) Microsoft Purview
13 6 (3.14%) GCP
14 4 (2.09%) Azure Monitor
14 4 (2.09%) OneDrive
15 3 (1.57%) IBM Cloud
16 2 (1.05%) Dynamics 365
16 2 (1.05%) PaaS
16 2 (1.05%) Power Automate
16 2 (1.05%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 14 (7.33%) VPN
2 10 (5.24%) TCP/IP
3 6 (3.14%) DNS
4 5 (2.62%) DHCP
4 5 (2.62%) Firewall
4 5 (2.62%) WAN
5 4 (2.09%) SD-WAN
5 4 (2.09%) VLAN
5 4 (2.09%) Wireless
6 3 (1.57%) Wireshark
7 1 (0.52%) HTTP
7 1 (0.52%) Internet
7 1 (0.52%) LAN
7 1 (0.52%) Remote Desktop
7 1 (0.52%) SSH
7 1 (0.52%) SSL
7 1 (0.52%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 21 (10.99%) Power BI
2 17 (8.90%) Tableau
3 12 (6.28%) SQL Server
4 11 (5.76%) Azure SQL Database
5 6 (3.14%) MongoDB
6 5 (2.62%) Relational Database
7 3 (1.57%) Data Lake
8 2 (1.05%) Data Warehouse
8 2 (1.05%) MySQL
8 2 (1.05%) Oracle Database
8 2 (1.05%) PostgreSQL
9 1 (0.52%) Apache Cassandra
9 1 (0.52%) Couchbase
9 1 (0.52%) GIS
9 1 (0.52%) NoSQL
9 1 (0.52%) Redis
9 1 (0.52%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 38 (19.90%) Jenkins
2 37 (19.37%) Oracle Forms
3 20 (10.47%) Git
4 17 (8.90%) JIRA
5 1 (0.52%) Cucumber
5 1 (0.52%) JMeter
5 1 (0.52%) TeamCity
5 1 (0.52%) Visual Studio
General
1 72 (37.70%) Finance
2 66 (34.55%) Social Skills
3 23 (12.04%) Analytical Skills
4 10 (5.24%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 7 (3.66%) Marketing
6 6 (3.14%) Advertising
7 5 (2.62%) Public Sector
8 4 (2.09%) Manufacturing
9 3 (1.57%) Banking
9 3 (1.57%) Influencing Skills
9 3 (1.57%) Presentation Skills
9 3 (1.57%) Publishing
10 2 (1.05%) Documentation Skills
10 2 (1.05%) German Language
10 2 (1.05%) Law
10 2 (1.05%) Legal
11 1 (0.52%) Financial Institution
11 1 (0.52%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 38 (19.90%) Applications Engineer
2 37 (19.37%) Cloud Engineer
3 36 (18.85%) Senior
4 30 (15.71%) Architect
5 21 (10.99%) Developer
6 20 (10.47%) Senior Cloud Engineer
7 19 (9.95%) Applications Manager
8 14 (7.33%) Technical Manager
9 13 (6.81%) Applications Architect
10 12 (6.28%) Analyst
11 11 (5.76%) Consultant
11 11 (5.76%) SAP Developer
11 11 (5.76%) Software Architect
12 10 (5.24%) Lead
13 9 (4.71%) Support Analyst
14 7 (3.66%) .NET Developer
14 7 (3.66%) Integration Developer
15 6 (3.14%) Integration Specialist
15 6 (3.14%) Trainee
15 6 (3.14%) Trainee Recruitment Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 47 (24.61%) RESTful
2 33 (17.28%) SOAP
3 28 (14.66%) OAuth
3 28 (14.66%) SAML
4 22 (11.52%) JSON
5 21 (10.99%) XML
6 17 (8.90%) Middleware
6 17 (8.90%) OAuth2
6 17 (8.90%) REST
7 14 (7.33%) .NET
8 11 (5.76%) ASP.NET
8 11 (5.76%) BAPI
8 11 (5.76%) IBM Integration Bus
8 11 (5.76%) JMS
9 9 (4.71%) AngularJS
10 8 (4.19%) HTML
11 7 (3.66%) .NET Core
11 7 (3.66%) ASP.NET MVC
11 7 (3.66%) ASP.NET Web API
11 7 (3.66%) HTML5
Miscellaneous
1 45 (23.56%) Cloud Native
2 16 (8.38%) Security Posture
3 11 (5.76%) Product Ownership
4 9 (4.71%) Onboarding
5 6 (3.14%) Driving Licence
6 5 (2.62%) Distributed Systems
7 4 (2.09%) iPad
7 4 (2.09%) iPhone
7 4 (2.09%) Mobile App
7 4 (2.09%) NHS
7 4 (2.09%) PKI
7 4 (2.09%) Self-Motivation
7 4 (2.09%) Video Conferencing
8 3 (1.57%) Cyber Kill Chain
8 3 (1.57%) Cyber Security Posture
8 3 (1.57%) Legacy Applications
8 3 (1.57%) Legacy Systems
8 3 (1.57%) Low-Code
9 2 (1.05%) Analytical Mindset
9 2 (1.05%) Culture of Ownership
Operating Systems
1 14 (7.33%) Windows
2 9 (4.71%) Windows Server
3 4 (2.09%) Apple iOS
3 4 (2.09%) Linux
3 4 (2.09%) Mac OS
3 4 (2.09%) Windows 10
4 3 (1.57%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 69 (36.13%) Agile
1 69 (36.13%) Mentoring
2 61 (31.94%) Migration
3 60 (31.41%) Microservices
4 55 (28.80%) DevOps
5 52 (27.23%) CI/CD
6 50 (26.18%) Asset Management
7 49 (25.65%) Coaching
8 44 (23.04%) ERP
9 40 (20.94%) API Integration
10 39 (20.42%) Test Automation
11 36 (18.85%) Enterprise Architecture
12 35 (18.32%) Event-Driven
13 34 (17.80%) AI
14 33 (17.28%) Event-Driven Architecture
15 32 (16.75%) Stakeholder Engagement
16 30 (15.71%) Problem-Solving
17 29 (15.18%) Computer Science
17 29 (15.18%) Root Cause Analysis
17 29 (15.18%) TOGAF
Programming Languages
1 70 (36.65%) Python
2 68 (35.60%) Java
3 57 (29.84%) SQL
4 39 (20.42%) C#
5 37 (19.37%) PL/SQL
5 37 (19.37%) Shell Script
6 35 (18.32%) JavaScript
7 25 (13.09%) TypeScript
8 7 (3.66%) PowerShell
9 4 (2.09%) ABAP
9 4 (2.09%) Bash
10 3 (1.57%) T-SQL
11 2 (1.05%) C
12 1 (0.52%) Korn
Qualifications
1 32 (16.75%) Microsoft Certification
2 30 (15.71%) Degree
3 29 (15.18%) AWS Certification
3 29 (15.18%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
4 27 (14.14%) Computer Science Degree
4 27 (14.14%) TOGAF Certification
5 26 (13.61%) Azure Certification
6 6 (3.14%) DBS Check
7 4 (2.09%) CEH
7 4 (2.09%) OSCP
8 3 (1.57%) GIAC
8 3 (1.57%) GREM
8 3 (1.57%) MCP
8 3 (1.57%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
9 2 (1.05%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
9 2 (1.05%) SC Cleared
9 2 (1.05%) Security Cleared
10 1 (0.52%) A+ Certification
10 1 (0.52%) GSEC
10 1 (0.52%) MBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (4.71%) NIST
2 7 (3.66%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 7 (3.66%) QA
3 6 (3.14%) GDPR
3 6 (3.14%) SLA
4 2 (1.05%) Data Quality
4 2 (1.05%) GAAP
4 2 (1.05%) IFRS
5 1 (0.52%) Cyber Essentials
System Software
1 36 (18.85%) Active Directory
2 8 (4.19%) Virtual Desktop
2 8 (4.19%) VMware Infrastructure
3 6 (3.14%) Hyper-V
4 5 (2.62%) Virtual Machines
5 3 (1.57%) VMware ESXi
6 1 (0.52%) BitLocker
Systems Management
1 49 (25.65%) Terraform
2 39 (20.42%) Single Sign-On
3 18 (9.42%) Microsoft Intune
4 6 (3.14%) SCCM
5 4 (2.09%) Nessus
6 3 (1.57%) Computer Incident Response Team
6 3 (1.57%) Proxmox
6 3 (1.57%) QRadar
7 1 (0.52%) CASB
7 1 (0.52%) Grafana
7 1 (0.52%) Kibana
7 1 (0.52%) WSUS
Vendors
1 83 (43.46%) Microsoft
2 45 (23.56%) Oracle
3 21 (10.99%) SAP
4 20 (10.47%) Okta
5 19 (9.95%) IBM
6 8 (4.19%) VMware
7 6 (3.14%) CrowdStrike
7 6 (3.14%) Facebook
7 6 (3.14%) YouTube
8 5 (2.62%) HubSpot
9 4 (2.09%) Splunk
10 3 (1.57%) Databricks
10 3 (1.57%) Fortinet
10 3 (1.57%) Palo Alto
11 2 (1.05%) BiZZdesign
11 2 (1.05%) Concur
11 2 (1.05%) Salesforce
11 2 (1.05%) Sparx
12 1 (0.52%) Netskope
12 1 (0.52%) Zscaler