Software Licensing Contracts in England

Software Licensing
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England requiring Software Licensing skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Software Licensing over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 444 525 605
Rank change year-on-year +81 +80 +102
Contract jobs citing Software Licensing 41 17 48
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.17% 0.046% 0.095%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.18% 0.053% 0.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 30 14 39
10th Percentile £214 £185 £197
25th Percentile £216 £189 £308
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £220 £290 £325
Median % change year-on-year -24.14% -10.77% -27.78%
75th Percentile £553 £466 £524
90th Percentile £603 £500 £575
UK median daily rate £248 £290 £330
% change year-on-year -14.66% -12.12% -26.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £31.50 - £19.00
Median hourly rate £33.00 - £20.00
75th Percentile £35.25 - £21.00
90th Percentile £35.70 - -
UK median hourly rate £33.00 - £20.00
% change year-on-year - - -41.82%

All Process and Methodology Skills
England

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 England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 22,202 32,193 45,529
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 91.16% 86.56% 90.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 14,534 21,105 31,969
10th Percentile £310 £300 £325
25th Percentile £413 £413 £445
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -4.55% +2.33%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £675
90th Percentile £750 £750 £765
UK median daily rate £520 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -0.95% -4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 921 2,246 1,592
10th Percentile £14.42 £12.92 £10.87
25th Percentile £18.20 £16.01 £16.25
Median hourly rate £29.07 £36.00 £37.50
Median % change year-on-year -19.25% -4.00% +53.06%
75th Percentile £63.75 £60.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £72.50 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £29.00 £35.65 £37.30
% change year-on-year -18.65% -4.42% +49.20%

Software Licensing
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing Software Licensing as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Software Licensing in England

Software Licensing
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Software Licensing in England.

Daily rate trend for Software Licensing in England

Software Licensing
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Software Licensing in England over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Software Licensing in England

Software Licensing
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Software Licensing in England.

Hourly rate trend for Software Licensing in England

Software Licensing
Contract Job Locations in England

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 England region over the 6 months to 1 May 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
South West +57 16 £220 +10.00% 9
London +44 15 £575 +52.12% 39
North of England - 3 £373 - 16
South East +45 2 £413 +122.97% 24
East of England - 2 £625 - 3
Yorkshire - 2 £380 - 5
Midlands - 1 £185 - 7
North West - 1 £215 - 11
West Midlands - 1 £185 - 4
Software Licensing
UK

Software Licensing
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 3 (7.32%) Microsoft Exchange
1 3 (7.32%) SharePoint
2 1 (2.44%) Confluence
2 1 (2.44%) Mattermost
Applications
1 14 (34.15%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (7.32%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 8 (19.51%) Azure
2 6 (14.63%) Microsoft 365
3 4 (9.76%) Entra ID
4 3 (7.32%) Google Workspace
4 3 (7.32%) OneDrive
4 3 (7.32%) Power Automate
4 3 (7.32%) Power Platform
5 1 (2.44%) Slack
Communications & Networking
1 6 (14.63%) Firewall
2 5 (12.20%) Network Security
3 3 (7.32%) 4G
3 3 (7.32%) DHCP
3 3 (7.32%) DNS
3 3 (7.32%) LAN
3 3 (7.32%) TCP/IP
3 3 (7.32%) VPN
3 3 (7.32%) WAN
3 3 (7.32%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (4.88%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 1 (2.44%) GitLab
1 1 (2.44%) JIRA
1 1 (2.44%) MSI
General
1 24 (58.54%) Social Skills
2 9 (21.95%) Finance
3 7 (17.07%) Analytical Skills
4 6 (14.63%) Public Sector
5 2 (4.88%) Documentation Skills
6 1 (2.44%) Advertising
6 1 (2.44%) Military
Job Titles
1 10 (24.39%) IT Support
1 10 (24.39%) Support Engineer
2 7 (17.07%) IT Engineer
2 7 (17.07%) IT Support Engineer
3 6 (14.63%) 1st Line Support
4 4 (9.76%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 4 (9.76%) Senior
4 4 (9.76%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
5 3 (7.32%) Analyst
5 3 (7.32%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
5 3 (7.32%) Microsoft Engineer
5 3 (7.32%) Windows Engineer
5 3 (7.32%) Windows Support Engineer
6 2 (4.88%) 1st Line Engineer
6 2 (4.88%) 1st Line Support Engineer
6 2 (4.88%) Database Engineer
6 2 (4.88%) IT Analyst
6 2 (4.88%) IT Manager
6 2 (4.88%) Oracle Database Engineer
7 1 (2.44%) Software Manager
Miscellaneous
1 5 (12.20%) Microsoft Licensing
2 4 (9.76%) Management Information System
2 4 (9.76%) Self-Motivation
3 3 (7.32%) Data Centre
3 3 (7.32%) Legacy Systems
3 3 (7.32%) Security Operations Centre
4 2 (4.88%) Oracle Licensing
5 1 (2.44%) Data Structures
5 1 (2.44%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 21 (51.22%) Windows
2 14 (34.15%) Windows 10
3 4 (9.76%) Linux
3 4 (9.76%) Mac OS
4 3 (7.32%) Apple iOS
4 3 (7.32%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (39.02%) ITIL
2 14 (34.15%) Service Management
3 10 (24.39%) Asset Management
4 8 (19.51%) Problem-Solving
5 6 (14.63%) Change Management
5 6 (14.63%) Inventory Management
5 6 (14.63%) Project Management
6 5 (12.20%) High Availability
6 5 (12.20%) Incident Management
6 5 (12.20%) Software Asset Management
7 4 (9.76%) Cost Optimisation
7 4 (9.76%) Data Management
7 4 (9.76%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 4 (9.76%) Mentoring
7 4 (9.76%) Software Deployment
7 4 (9.76%) Translating Business Requirements
8 3 (7.32%) Business Continuity
8 3 (7.32%) Business Strategy
8 3 (7.32%) Contract Negotiation
8 3 (7.32%) Proactive Management
Programming Languages
1 3 (7.32%) PowerShell
2 1 (2.44%) Bash
2 1 (2.44%) Python
Qualifications
1 19 (46.34%) Security Cleared
2 17 (41.46%) SC Cleared
3 15 (36.59%) DV Cleared
4 3 (7.32%) CCNA
4 3 (7.32%) CCNP
4 3 (7.32%) Cisco Certification
5 2 (4.88%) Degree
6 1 (2.44%) CTC Cleared
6 1 (2.44%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
6 1 (2.44%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (2.44%) Data Quality
1 1 (2.44%) GDPR
1 1 (2.44%) HIPAA
1 1 (2.44%) QA
1 1 (2.44%) SLA
System Software
1 4 (9.76%) Active Directory
2 2 (4.88%) Oracle RAC
3 1 (2.44%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 4 (9.76%) Jamf Pro
1 4 (9.76%) Microsoft Intune
2 3 (7.32%) FortiGate
3 2 (4.88%) Data Guard
3 2 (4.88%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
3 2 (4.88%) Oracle RMAN
4 1 (2.44%) Active Directory Federation Services
4 1 (2.44%) SCCM
4 1 (2.44%) Terraform
Vendors
1 25 (60.98%) Microsoft
2 3 (7.32%) Apple
2 3 (7.32%) Google
2 3 (7.32%) ServiceNow
3 2 (4.88%) Oracle
4 1 (2.44%) Atlassian
4 1 (2.44%) ESET
4 1 (2.44%) Snow
4 1 (2.44%) Symantec
4 1 (2.44%) Veeam
4 1 (2.44%) VMware