Software Licensing Contract Job Trends in England

Software Licensing
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in England requiring Software Licensing skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 17 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 513 455 528
Rank change year-on-year -58 +73 +143
Contract jobs citing Software Licensing 36 56 29
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.11% 0.19% 0.078%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.13% 0.22% 0.088%
Number of daily rates quoted 28 36 21
10th Percentile £420 £215 £290
25th Percentile £513 £234 £340
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £370 £500
Median % change year-on-year +41.89% -26.00% -
75th Percentile £663 £509 £540
90th Percentile £725 £600 £550
UK median daily rate £525 £400 £500
% change year-on-year +31.25% -20.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 0 1
10th Percentile £20.57 - -
25th Percentile £23.90 - £18.38
Median hourly rate £29.75 - £18.75
75th Percentile £34.56 - £19.13
90th Percentile £34.68 - -
UK median hourly rate £29.75 - £18.75
% change year-on-year - - -54.13%

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 27,925 25,808 32,921
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 88.90% 88.45% 88.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 17,780 15,959 22,396
10th Percentile £300 £310 £313
25th Percentile £406 £418 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £505 £525 £545
Median % change year-on-year -3.81% -3.67% -0.91%
75th Percentile £625 £650 £650
90th Percentile £725 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £530
% change year-on-year -4.76% -0.94% -3.64%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,812 863 1,395
10th Percentile £15.00 £15.62 £15.00
25th Percentile £17.87 £20.30 £19.06
Median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £44.50
Median % change year-on-year -28.14% -21.35% +19.30%
75th Percentile £53.75 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £68.75 £74.97 £77.50
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £32.50 £43.84
% change year-on-year -22.62% -25.86% +25.25%

Software Licensing
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Software Licensing job vacancy trend in England

Software Licensing
Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Software Licensing

Software Licensing
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Software Licensing in England over the 6 months to 17 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Software Licensing in England

Software Licensing
Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Software Licensing

Software Licensing
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Software Licensing in England over the 6 months to 17 December 2025.

Hourly rate histogram 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 17 December 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
London -23 15 £585 +11.43% 18
South West -1 8 £525 +144.19% 10
Midlands -30 5 £650 +251.35% 4
West Midlands -33 5 £650 +251.35% 4
South East -22 3 £525 +75.00% 16
North of England - 3 £350 - 7
Yorkshire - 2 £350 - 2
North West - 1 - - 5
East of England - 1 - - 2
Software Licensing
UK

Software Licensing
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England 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 2 (5.56%) FileNet
1 2 (5.56%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 2 (5.56%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (2.78%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (2.78%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (2.78%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 7 (19.44%) Azure
2 5 (13.89%) SaaS
3 4 (11.11%) Power Platform
4 3 (8.33%) Google Workspace
5 2 (5.56%) AWS
5 2 (5.56%) PaaS
6 1 (2.78%) Adobe Creative Cloud
6 1 (2.78%) Azure DevOps
6 1 (2.78%) Dynamics 365
6 1 (2.78%) Entra ID
6 1 (2.78%) Microsoft 365
6 1 (2.78%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 2 (5.56%) Firewall
1 2 (5.56%) LAN
1 2 (5.56%) VPN
1 2 (5.56%) Wi-Fi
2 1 (2.78%) 4G
2 1 (2.78%) DHCP
2 1 (2.78%) DNS
2 1 (2.78%) Network Security
2 1 (2.78%) TCP/IP
2 1 (2.78%) WAN
2 1 (2.78%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (2.78%) Power BI
1 1 (2.78%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 1 (2.78%) Git
General
1 15 (41.67%) Finance
2 14 (38.89%) Analytical Skills
3 9 (25.00%) Telecoms
4 7 (19.44%) Public Sector
4 7 (19.44%) Social Skills
5 5 (13.89%) Documentation Skills
5 5 (13.89%) Electronics
5 5 (13.89%) Manufacturing
5 5 (13.89%) Marketing
6 4 (11.11%) Legal
7 2 (5.56%) Banking
8 1 (2.78%) Law
Job Titles
1 5 (13.89%) Incident Manager
1 5 (13.89%) ITIL Incident Manager
1 5 (13.89%) ITIL Manager
1 5 (13.89%) Software Manager
2 4 (11.11%) Azure Specialist
2 4 (11.11%) Lead
2 4 (11.11%) Oracle Specialist
2 4 (11.11%) Software Licensing Manager
2 4 (11.11%) Software Licensing Specialist
3 3 (8.33%) Analyst
3 3 (8.33%) IT Manager
3 3 (8.33%) IT Support
4 2 (5.56%) Senior
5 1 (2.78%) Asset Management Consultant
5 1 (2.78%) Category Manager
5 1 (2.78%) Commercial Manager
5 1 (2.78%) Consultant
5 1 (2.78%) DevOps Developer
5 1 (2.78%) IT Analyst
5 1 (2.78%) IT Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (2.78%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 7 (19.44%) CMDB
2 4 (11.11%) Enterprise Software
3 3 (8.33%) Data Centre
3 3 (8.33%) Legacy Systems
3 3 (8.33%) Management Information System
4 2 (5.56%) Onboarding
4 2 (5.56%) SCADA
4 2 (5.56%) Self-Motivation
5 1 (2.78%) Data Protection Act
5 1 (2.78%) Microsoft Licensing
5 1 (2.78%) PDA
5 1 (2.78%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 6 (16.67%) Windows
2 2 (5.56%) Windows 10
3 1 (2.78%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (25.00%) Asset Management
2 8 (22.22%) ITIL
2 8 (22.22%) Stakeholder Management
3 7 (19.44%) Software Asset Management
4 6 (16.67%) Business Intelligence
4 6 (16.67%) Continuous Improvement
4 6 (16.67%) Contract Negotiation
4 6 (16.67%) Service Management
5 5 (13.89%) Compliance Audit
5 5 (13.89%) Configuration Management
5 5 (13.89%) Digital Marketing
5 5 (13.89%) Performance Management
5 5 (13.89%) Problem Management
5 5 (13.89%) Programme Management
5 5 (13.89%) Service Asset and Configuration Management
5 5 (13.89%) Service Catalogue
6 4 (11.11%) Contract Management
6 4 (11.11%) Problem-Solving
6 4 (11.11%) Project Management
7 3 (8.33%) Actionable Insight
Programming Languages
1 2 (5.56%) Java
1 2 (5.56%) PowerShell
1 2 (5.56%) SQL
2 1 (2.78%) Data Analysis Expressions
Qualifications
1 7 (19.44%) SC Cleared
1 7 (19.44%) Security Cleared
2 5 (13.89%) Degree
3 2 (5.56%) CCNA
3 2 (5.56%) CCNP
3 2 (5.56%) Cisco Certification
4 1 (2.78%) DV Cleared
4 1 (2.78%) Master's Degree
4 1 (2.78%) MBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (8.33%) ISO/IEC 19770
2 1 (2.78%) GDPR
2 1 (2.78%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 2 (5.56%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (5.56%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 16 (44.44%) Microsoft
2 9 (25.00%) Oracle
3 8 (22.22%) ServiceNow
4 6 (16.67%) Adobe
4 6 (16.67%) IBM
5 5 (13.89%) Remedy
5 5 (13.89%) SAP
6 4 (11.11%) Snow
7 3 (8.33%) Google
8 1 (2.78%) Autodesk