Software Licensing Contract Job Trends in Sheffield

Software Licensing
South Yorkshire > Sheffield

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Sheffield requiring Software Licensing skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 22 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 95 50 -
Rank change year-on-year -45 - -
Contract jobs citing Software Licensing 1 2 0
As % of all contract jobs in Sheffield 0.10% 0.63% -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.11% 0.66% -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 2 0
10th Percentile - £364 -
25th Percentile £525 £368 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £380 -
Median % change year-on-year +44.64% - -
75th Percentile £575 £387 -
90th Percentile - £388 -
South Yorkshire median daily rate £550 £380 -
% change year-on-year +44.64% - -

All Process & Methodology Skills
Sheffield

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 Sheffield.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 885 302 328
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Sheffield 92.28% 95.57% 92.39%
Number of daily rates quoted 599 200 188
10th Percentile £358 £283 £371
25th Percentile £413 £388 £414
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £482 £475 £475
Median % change year-on-year +1.47% - -13.64%
75th Percentile £553 £598 £588
90th Percentile £669 £650 £658
South Yorkshire median daily rate £482 £475 £450
% change year-on-year +1.47% +5.56% -18.18%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 3 10
10th Percentile £15.74 - £10.90
25th Percentile £16.34 £18.10 £11.33
Median hourly rate £18.01 £18.21 £22.00
Median % change year-on-year -1.10% -17.25% +91.30%
75th Percentile £19.01 £18.41 £23.75
90th Percentile £19.21 £18.47 -
South Yorkshire median hourly rate £16.67 £18.21 £17.62
% change year-on-year -8.43% +3.35% +65.71%

Software Licensing
Job Vacancy Trend in Sheffield

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

Software Licensing job vacancy trend in Sheffield

Software Licensing
Daily Rate Trend in Sheffield

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

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

Software Licensing
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Sheffield 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:

Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
1 1 (100.00%) Legal
1 1 (100.00%) Organisational Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Data Protection Act
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) Asset Management
1 1 (100.00%) Data Protection
1 1 (100.00%) DevSecOps
1 1 (100.00%) Open Source
1 1 (100.00%) Software Asset Management
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Black Duck