Software Licensing Contract Job Trends in the South East

Software Licensing
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the South East requiring Software Licensing skills. It covers vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 168 172 213
Rank change year-on-year +4 +41 +57
Contract jobs citing Software Licensing 4 14 4
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South East 0.12% 0.30% 0.071%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.13% 0.37% 0.079%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 13 3
10th Percentile £469 £193 £519
25th Percentile £497 £263 £529
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £300 £548
Median % change year-on-year +75.00% -45.21% +18.06%
75th Percentile £541 £494 £549
90th Percentile £546 - £550
England median daily rate £525 £300 £525
% change year-on-year +75.00% -42.86% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £21.50 -
England median hourly rate £33.00 £21.50 £18.75
% change year-on-year +53.49% +14.67% -72.49%

All Process and Methodology Skills
South East

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 South East.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 3,091 3,811 5,032
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 89.15% 82.51% 89.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,927 2,290 3,376
10th Percentile £220 £257 £250
25th Percentile £380 £406 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £513 £518
Median % change year-on-year -2.44% -1.14% +3.68%
75th Percentile £600 £625 £623
90th Percentile £656 £690 £700
England median daily rate £508 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -3.33% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 305 261 258
10th Percentile £13.35 £16.00 £15.50
25th Percentile £15.50 £32.00 £23.52
Median hourly rate £20.40 £57.35 £52.50
Median % change year-on-year -64.43% +9.24% +64.96%
75th Percentile £50.00 £71.90 £66.00
90th Percentile £69.65 £78.75 £75.67
England median hourly rate £25.15 £43.00 £43.33
% change year-on-year -41.51% -0.76% +48.85%

Software Licensing
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

Job vacancy trend for Software Licensing in the South East

Software Licensing
Daily Rate Trend in the South East

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

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

Software Licensing
Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

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

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

Software Licensing
Contract Job Locations in the South East

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 South East region over the 6 months to 14 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
Hampshire - 4 £525 - 2
Software Licensing
England

Software Licensing
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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:

General
1 2 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
1 2 (50.00%) Finance
2 1 (25.00%) Public Sector
2 1 (25.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 4 (100.00%) IT Manager
Miscellaneous
1 2 (50.00%) CMDB
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) Asset Management
1 4 (100.00%) IT Asset Management
2 3 (75.00%) Performance Management
3 2 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
4 1 (25.00%) Analytics
4 1 (25.00%) Budget Management
4 1 (25.00%) Cost Management
4 1 (25.00%) Cost Optimisation
4 1 (25.00%) Cost Reduction
4 1 (25.00%) Data Analysis
4 1 (25.00%) Data-Driven Decision Making
4 1 (25.00%) Decision-Making
4 1 (25.00%) ITIL
4 1 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
4 1 (25.00%) Process Improvement
4 1 (25.00%) Software Asset Management
4 1 (25.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 1 (25.00%) Stakeholder Management
4 1 (25.00%) Strategic Planning
4 1 (25.00%) Target Operating Model
Qualifications
1 1 (25.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (25.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (75.00%) ISO/IEC 19770
Vendors
1 3 (75.00%) ServiceNow
1 3 (75.00%) Snow
2 2 (50.00%) IBM
2 2 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 2 (50.00%) Oracle