Software Licensing Contract Job Trends in South Yorkshire

Software Licensing
Yorkshire > South Yorkshire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in South Yorkshire requiring Software Licensing skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 21 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 102 52 -
Rank change year-on-year -50 - -
Contract jobs citing Software Licensing 1 2 0
As % of all contract jobs in South Yorkshire 0.097% 0.54% -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.11% 0.56% -
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 -
Yorkshire median daily rate £600 £380 -
% change year-on-year +57.79% - -

All Process & Methodology Skills
South Yorkshire

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 South Yorkshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 944 354 384
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in South Yorkshire 91.74% 95.42% 89.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 621 231 228
10th Percentile £355 £220 £309
25th Percentile £413 £387 £409
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £482 £475 £450
Median % change year-on-year +1.47% +5.56% -18.18%
75th Percentile £550 £578 £588
90th Percentile £669 £650 £650
Yorkshire median daily rate £482 £475 £475
% change year-on-year +1.47% - -9.52%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 3 14
10th Percentile £15.27 - £10.90
25th Percentile £15.29 £18.10 £12.64
Median hourly rate £16.67 £18.21 £17.62
Median % change year-on-year -8.43% +3.35% +65.71%
75th Percentile £18.67 £18.41 £23.75
90th Percentile £19.07 £18.47 -
Yorkshire median hourly rate £23.79 £21.24 £13.50
% change year-on-year +11.99% +57.33% +27.00%

Software Licensing
Job Vacancy Trend in South Yorkshire

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

Software Licensing job vacancy trend in South Yorkshire

Software Licensing
Daily Rate Trend in South Yorkshire

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

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

Software Licensing
Contract Job Locations in South Yorkshire

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 Yorkshire region over the 6 months to 21 April 2026. 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
Sheffield -46 1 £550 +44.64% 1
Software Licensing
Yorkshire

Software Licensing
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in South Yorkshire 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