Software Licensing Contract Job Trends in the East Midlands

Software Licensing
England > East Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the East Midlands requiring Software Licensing skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 1 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 79 - 63
Rank change year-on-year - - +17
Contract jobs citing Software Licensing 1 0 2
As % of all contract jobs in the East Midlands 0.10% - 0.26%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.12% - 0.31%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 2
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £290
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £480 - £300
Median % change year-on-year - - -4.76%
75th Percentile - - £310
90th Percentile - - -
England median daily rate £525 £358 £488
% change year-on-year +46.85% -26.67% +47.73%

All Process & Methodology Skills
East Midlands

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 the East Midlands.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 809 489 651
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the East Midlands 84.80% 86.55% 83.04%
Number of daily rates quoted 465 294 450
10th Percentile £190 £250 £197
25th Percentile £353 £350 £294
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £439 £448
Median % change year-on-year -3.24% -1.84% -0.56%
75th Percentile £525 £538 £550
90th Percentile £613 £624 £664
England median daily rate £500 £525 £528
% change year-on-year -4.76% -0.47% -4.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 100 20 60
10th Percentile £14.85 £16.81 £11.18
25th Percentile £16.33 £17.00 £14.00
Median hourly rate £17.87 £22.50 £17.71
Median % change year-on-year -20.58% +27.03% +5.24%
75th Percentile £23.90 £30.44 £33.69
90th Percentile £25.15 £41.21 £51.50
England median hourly rate £25.15 £34.75 £36.00
% change year-on-year -27.63% -3.47% +2.86%

Software Licensing
Job Vacancy Trend in the East Midlands

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

Software Licensing job vacancy trend in the East Midlands

Software Licensing
Daily Rate Trend in the East Midlands

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the East Midlands citing Software Licensing.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the East Midlands citing Software Licensing

Software Licensing
Hourly Rate Trend in the East Midlands

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the East Midlands citing Software Licensing.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the East Midlands citing Software Licensing

Software Licensing
Contract Job Locations in the East Midlands

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 East Midlands region over the 6 months to 1 February 2026. 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
Lincolnshire - 1 £480 -
Software Licensing
England

Software Licensing
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the East Midlands 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:

Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Programme Manager
1 1 (100.00%) Software Licensing Manager
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) PRINCE2
1 1 (100.00%) Project Delivery
1 1 (100.00%) Release Train
1 1 (100.00%) Scaled Agile Framework
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management