Software Licensing Contract Job Trends in Central London

Software Licensing
London > Central London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Central London requiring Software Licensing skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 9 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 126 125 141
Rank change year-on-year -1 +16 +64
Contract jobs citing Software Licensing 3 7 10
As % of all contract jobs in Central London 0.16% 0.30% 0.33%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.17% 0.33% 0.37%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 5 9
10th Percentile £345 £316 £297
25th Percentile £408 £340 £340
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £475
Median % change year-on-year - +10.53% +35.71%
75th Percentile £588 £588 £525
90th Percentile £618 - £528
London median daily rate £575 £463 £475
% change year-on-year +24.32% -2.63% -13.64%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Central London

Software Licensing falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in Central London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,763 2,136 2,685
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Central London 93.63% 91.71% 89.65%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,219 1,340 1,881
10th Percentile £331 £375 £359
25th Percentile £425 £464 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £575
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% - -
75th Percentile £675 £688 £694
90th Percentile £760 £780 £800
London median daily rate £540 £550 £575
% change year-on-year -1.82% -4.35% -2.13%
Number of hourly rates quoted 26 26 19
10th Percentile £17.97 £19.50 £16.45
25th Percentile £21.07 £28.06 £17.97
Median hourly rate £27.04 £35.00 £27.50
Median % change year-on-year -22.76% +27.27% -36.40%
75th Percentile £35.88 £74.38 £52.75
90th Percentile £60.25 £124.75 £69.75
London median hourly rate £29.50 £37.79 £37.17
% change year-on-year -21.93% +1.65% -0.88%

Software Licensing
Job Vacancy Trend in Central London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Software Licensing relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Central London.

Software Licensing job vacancy trend in Central London

Software Licensing
Daily Rate Trend in Central London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Central London citing Software Licensing.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Central London citing Software Licensing

Software Licensing
Daily Rate Histogram in Central London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Software Licensing in Central London over the 6 months to 9 November 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Software Licensing in Central London

Software Licensing
Hourly Rate Trend in Central London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Central London citing Software Licensing.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Central London citing Software Licensing

Software Licensing
Contract Job Locations in Central London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Software Licensing within the Central London region over the 6 months to 9 November 2025. 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
City of London +7 3 £525 -8.70% 18
Software Licensing
London

Software Licensing
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Central London 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:

Applications
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft 365
General
1 2 (66.67%) Analytical Skills
1 2 (66.67%) Finance
2 1 (33.33%) Legal
2 1 (33.33%) Public Sector
2 1 (33.33%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (33.33%) Consultant
1 1 (33.33%) Lead
1 1 (33.33%) Procurement Consultant
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (33.33%) B2B
1 1 (33.33%) Contract Management
1 1 (33.33%) Contract Negotiation
1 1 (33.33%) Creative Thinking
1 1 (33.33%) Critical Thinking
1 1 (33.33%) Data Analysis
1 1 (33.33%) ITIL
1 1 (33.33%) Matrix Organization
1 1 (33.33%) Programme Delivery
1 1 (33.33%) Risk Management
1 1 (33.33%) Service Delivery
1 1 (33.33%) Stakeholder Engagement
Qualifications
1 1 (33.33%) SC Cleared
1 1 (33.33%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 2 (66.67%) Adobe
2 1 (33.33%) Microsoft
2 1 (33.33%) Oracle