Software Asset Management Contracts

Software Asset Management
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for Software Asset Management skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Software Asset Management over the 6 months to 4 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
4 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 549 650 745
Rank change year-on-year +101 +95 -105
Contract jobs citing Software Asset Management 42 68 109
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.097% 0.11% 0.12%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.11% 0.13% 0.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 32 49 70
10th Percentile £180 £200 £163
25th Percentile £202 £225 £250
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £468 £425 £450
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -5.56% +5.88%
75th Percentile £528 £575 £500
90th Percentile £588 £660 £554
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £420 £413
% change year-on-year +19.05% +1.82% -2.94%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 10
10th Percentile - £15.68 £17.50
25th Percentile - £16.14 £23.33
Median hourly rate - £16.90 £34.44
Median % change year-on-year - -50.93% +4.98%
75th Percentile - £17.66 £36.75
90th Percentile - £18.12 £85.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate - £16.90 £33.37
% change year-on-year - -49.36% +1.73%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Software Asset Management is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 37,262 53,150 80,380
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 86.35% 89.86% 90.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 24,013 36,862 56,431
10th Percentile £300 £325 £341
25th Percentile £413 £438 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £530
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +3.77% +8.72%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £475
% change year-on-year - +5.26% +8.57%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,440 1,756 1,916
10th Percentile £12.75 £11.00 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.00 £16.25 £15.50
Median hourly rate £35.95 £36.00 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year -0.14% +44.00% +2.04%
75th Percentile £60.00 £65.00 £49.25
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £64.88
UK excluding London median hourly rate £37.50 £35.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year +7.14% +75.00% -6.98%

Software Asset Management
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Software Asset Management as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Software Asset Management in the UK

Software Asset Management
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Software Asset Management.

Daily rate trend for Software Asset Management in the UK

Software Asset Management
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Software Asset Management over the 6 months to 4 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Software Asset Management in the UK

Software Asset Management
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Software Asset Management.

Hourly rate trend for Software Asset Management in the UK

Software Asset Management
Top 11 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Software Asset Management within the UK over the 6 months to 4 May 2024. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England +83 34 £460 +2.22% 19
UK excluding London +55 24 £500 +19.05% 18
Work from Home +120 13 £525 +3.96% 11
London +84 13 £200 -50.00% 5
North of England +34 10 £500 -9.09% 3
North West +27 9 £500 -9.09% 1
South West - 8 £500 - 3
Scotland +39 3 - - 1
South East +2 2 £228 -54.52% 4
Yorkshire +21 1 £525 - 2
Wales +13 1 - -

Software Asset Management
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 2 (4.76%) SharePoint
Applications
1 8 (19.05%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (4.76%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (4.76%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 9 (21.43%) Microsoft 365
2 2 (4.76%) IaaS
2 2 (4.76%) OneDrive
2 2 (4.76%) SaaS
3 1 (2.38%) Azure
3 1 (2.38%) Entra ID
Development Applications
1 1 (2.38%) JIRA
General
1 19 (45.24%) Social Skills
2 10 (23.81%) Analytical Skills
3 8 (19.05%) Legal
4 5 (11.90%) Finance
5 3 (7.14%) Advertising
6 2 (4.76%) Banking
6 2 (4.76%) Public Sector
6 2 (4.76%) Telecoms
7 1 (2.38%) Law
7 1 (2.38%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 14 (33.33%) Analyst
2 10 (23.81%) Software Asset Manager
2 10 (23.81%) Software Manager
3 5 (11.90%) Service Analyst
3 5 (11.90%) Support Analyst
3 5 (11.90%) Technical Analyst
3 5 (11.90%) Technical Support
3 5 (11.90%) Technical Support Analyst
4 4 (9.52%) Business Analyst
4 4 (9.52%) Compliance Manager
4 4 (9.52%) IT Analyst
4 4 (9.52%) Service Desk Analyst
5 3 (7.14%) Governance Manager
5 3 (7.14%) IT Governance Manager
5 3 (7.14%) IT Manager
6 2 (4.76%) ServiceNow Business Analyst
6 2 (4.76%) Software Analyst
6 2 (4.76%) Support Engineer
7 1 (2.38%) Lead
7 1 (2.38%) Video Conferencing Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (4.76%) React Native
Miscellaneous
1 6 (14.29%) CMDB
2 5 (11.90%) Management Information System
2 5 (11.90%) Virtual Team
3 2 (4.76%) Driving Licence
3 2 (4.76%) Product Ownership
4 1 (2.38%) Clustering
4 1 (2.38%) Data Protection Act
4 1 (2.38%) Digital Signage
4 1 (2.38%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 6 (14.29%) Windows
2 3 (7.14%) Windows 10
3 1 (2.38%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 42 (100.00%) Asset Management
2 14 (33.33%) ITIL
3 7 (16.67%) Service Asset and Configuration Management
4 6 (14.29%) Agile
4 6 (14.29%) Configuration Management
5 5 (11.90%) Continuous Improvement
5 5 (11.90%) Customer Service
5 5 (11.90%) IT Asset Management
5 5 (11.90%) Quality Management
5 5 (11.90%) Virtual Team Management
6 4 (9.52%) Cybersecurity
6 4 (9.52%) Internal Audit
6 4 (9.52%) Mentoring
6 4 (9.52%) Migration
6 4 (9.52%) Open Source
6 4 (9.52%) Problem-Solving
6 4 (9.52%) Service Management
6 4 (9.52%) Statistics
6 4 (9.52%) Test Scripting
7 3 (7.14%) GAP Analysis
Qualifications
1 13 (30.95%) Security Cleared
2 9 (21.43%) SC Cleared
3 5 (11.90%) Microsoft Certification
4 4 (9.52%) MCP
5 1 (2.38%) Degree
5 1 (2.38%) DV Cleared
5 1 (2.38%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (9.52%) Data Quality
2 3 (7.14%) Cyber Essentials
2 3 (7.14%) GDPR
2 3 (7.14%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 3 (7.14%) SLA
System Software
1 5 (11.90%) Active Directory
2 1 (2.38%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 1 (2.38%) Failover Clustering
1 1 (2.38%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 20 (47.62%) Microsoft
2 3 (7.14%) ServiceNow
3 1 (2.38%) BEA
3 1 (2.38%) CA Agile Central
3 1 (2.38%) Dell
3 1 (2.38%) IBM
3 1 (2.38%) Intel
3 1 (2.38%) Logitech
3 1 (2.38%) Oracle