Software Licensing Contract Job Trends in London

Software Licensing
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in London requiring Software Licensing skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 19 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 342 357 413
Rank change year-on-year +15 +56 +147
Contract jobs citing Software Licensing 18 25 22
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.14% 0.16% 0.11%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.15% 0.18% 0.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 18 15 17
10th Percentile £492 £263 £295
25th Percentile £513 £333 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £425 £475
Median % change year-on-year +35.29% -10.53% -11.63%
75th Percentile £633 £563 £540
90th Percentile £665 £588 £554
England median daily rate £525 £325 £500
% change year-on-year +61.54% -35.00% -

All Process and Methodology Skills
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 London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 12,287 14,247 18,843
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 92.44% 89.25% 89.99%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,085 9,211 13,622
10th Percentile £333 £350 £363
25th Percentile £425 £450 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £543 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year -1.36% -4.35% -2.13%
75th Percentile £664 £675 £688
90th Percentile £775 £800 £800
England median daily rate £510 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -2.86% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 243 176 231
10th Percentile £18.03 £17.75 £18.50
25th Percentile £25.00 £24.17 £21.63
Median hourly rate £30.50 £37.79 £39.42
Median % change year-on-year -19.28% -4.15% +5.12%
75th Percentile £47.75 £57.81 £62.75
90th Percentile £64.95 £78.75 £76.25
England median hourly rate £25.15 £41.50 £45.00
% change year-on-year -39.40% -7.78% +28.77%

Software Licensing
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Software Licensing job vacancy trend in London

Software Licensing
Daily Rate Trend in London

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

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

Software Licensing
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Software Licensing in London over the 6 months to 19 October 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Software Licensing in London

Software Licensing
Hourly Rate Trend in London

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

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

Software Licensing
Contract Job Locations in 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 London region over the 6 months to 19 October 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
Central London +5 3 £525 - 6
Software Licensing
England

Software Licensing
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (5.56%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 3 (16.67%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (11.11%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (5.56%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 6 (33.33%) Azure
2 3 (16.67%) SaaS
3 2 (11.11%) AWS
4 1 (5.56%) Entra ID
4 1 (5.56%) Microsoft 365
4 1 (5.56%) Microsoft Purview
4 1 (5.56%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 6 (33.33%) Firewall
1 6 (33.33%) LAN
1 6 (33.33%) VPN
2 5 (27.78%) 4G
2 5 (27.78%) DHCP
2 5 (27.78%) DNS
2 5 (27.78%) Network Security
2 5 (27.78%) TCP/IP
2 5 (27.78%) WAN
2 5 (27.78%) Wireless
3 1 (5.56%) Wi-Fi
General
1 7 (38.89%) Finance
1 7 (38.89%) Social Skills
2 6 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
2 6 (33.33%) Legal
3 2 (11.11%) Telecoms
4 1 (5.56%) Banking
4 1 (5.56%) Public Sector
4 1 (5.56%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 6 (33.33%) Senior
2 5 (27.78%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 5 (27.78%) Lead
2 5 (27.78%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
3 2 (11.11%) Consultant
4 1 (5.56%) Category Manager
4 1 (5.56%) Functional Consultant
4 1 (5.56%) IT Manager
4 1 (5.56%) Procurement Consultant
4 1 (5.56%) Supplier Manager
4 1 (5.56%) Technical Leader
4 1 (5.56%) Vendor Manager
Miscellaneous
1 6 (33.33%) Self-Motivation
2 5 (27.78%) Security Operations Centre
3 4 (22.22%) Enterprise Software
4 1 (5.56%) Data Protection Act
4 1 (5.56%) Industry 4.0
Operating Systems
1 6 (33.33%) Windows
2 1 (5.56%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (33.33%) Business Continuity
1 6 (33.33%) Data Privacy
1 6 (33.33%) Incident Management
1 6 (33.33%) Infrastructure Engineering
1 6 (33.33%) Infrastructure Management
1 6 (33.33%) Inventory Management
1 6 (33.33%) Proactive Management
2 5 (27.78%) Business Strategy
2 5 (27.78%) High Availability
2 5 (27.78%) Mentoring
2 5 (27.78%) Security Operations
3 4 (22.22%) Contract Negotiation
4 3 (16.67%) Contract Management
5 2 (11.11%) Analytics
5 2 (11.11%) Data Analysis
5 2 (11.11%) Data Protection
5 2 (11.11%) Risk Management
5 2 (11.11%) Service Delivery
5 2 (11.11%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 2 (11.11%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (5.56%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 4 (22.22%) CCNA
1 4 (22.22%) CCNP
1 4 (22.22%) Cisco Certification
2 3 (16.67%) Degree
3 1 (5.56%) Master's Degree
3 1 (5.56%) MBA
3 1 (5.56%) SC Cleared
3 1 (5.56%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (5.56%) SLA
System Software
1 1 (5.56%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 6 (33.33%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 7 (38.89%) Microsoft
2 4 (22.22%) Oracle
3 2 (11.11%) Adobe
3 2 (11.11%) ServiceNow