Software Licensing Contract Job Trends in the Midlands

Software Licensing
England > Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the Midlands requiring Software Licensing skills. It covers vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 18 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 143 128 141
Rank change year-on-year -15 +13 +71
Contract jobs citing Software Licensing 5 4 1
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Midlands 0.19% 0.15% 0.034%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.21% 0.18% 0.040%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 0 1
10th Percentile £500 - -
25th Percentile £575 - £185
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £650 - £190
Median % change year-on-year - - -55.29%
75th Percentile £725 - £195
90th Percentile - - -
England median daily rate £525 £300 £525
% change year-on-year +75.00% -42.86% +5.00%

All Process and Methodology Skills
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 Midlands.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,337 2,244 2,498
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Midlands 87.82% 82.23% 85.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,520 1,438 1,709
10th Percentile £235 £256 £250
25th Percentile £361 £380 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £464 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -7.25% - +1.01%
75th Percentile £575 £612 £600
90th Percentile £650 £700 £700
England median daily rate £510 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -2.86% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 176 74 96
10th Percentile £13.47 £12.88 £13.08
25th Percentile £17.87 £15.11 £17.72
Median hourly rate £21.39 £21.55 £27.50
Median % change year-on-year -0.72% -21.65% +52.78%
75th Percentile £26.69 £41.61 £51.50
90th Percentile £47.00 £55.00 £68.13
England median hourly rate £25.15 £43.00 £43.90
% change year-on-year -41.51% -2.05% +51.38%

Software Licensing
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for Software Licensing in the Midlands

Software Licensing
Daily Rate Trend in the Midlands

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

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

Software Licensing
Daily Rate Histogram in the Midlands

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Software Licensing in the Midlands over the 6 months to 18 September 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Software Licensing in the Midlands

Software Licensing
Hourly Rate Trend in the Midlands

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

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

Software Licensing
Contract Job Locations in the 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 Midlands region over the 6 months to 18 September 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
West Midlands -9 5 £650 - 6
Software Licensing
England

Software Licensing
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Midlands 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 2 (40.00%) FileNet
Cloud Services
1 4 (80.00%) Azure
2 2 (40.00%) PaaS
2 2 (40.00%) Power Platform
General
1 1 (20.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (20.00%) Finance
1 1 (20.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 4 (80.00%) Azure Specialist
1 4 (80.00%) Oracle Specialist
1 4 (80.00%) Software Licensing Manager
1 4 (80.00%) Software Licensing Specialist
1 4 (80.00%) Software Manager
2 1 (20.00%) Analyst
2 1 (20.00%) Commercial Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 2 (40.00%) Data Centre
Operating Systems
1 2 (40.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (80.00%) Asset Management
1 4 (80.00%) Software Asset Management
2 2 (40.00%) Migration
3 1 (20.00%) Continuous Improvement
3 1 (20.00%) Data Analysis
3 1 (20.00%) Decision-Making
3 1 (20.00%) Kanban
3 1 (20.00%) Performance Management
3 1 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (20.00%) Process Improvement
Programming Languages
1 2 (40.00%) Java
1 2 (40.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (20.00%) Degree
Vendors
1 4 (80.00%) Adobe
1 4 (80.00%) IBM
1 4 (80.00%) Microsoft
1 4 (80.00%) Oracle