Software License Management Contract Job Trends in the UK excluding London

Software License Management
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the UK excluding London requiring Software License Management skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 19 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 465 - 371
Rank change year-on-year - - +50
Contract jobs citing Software License Management 15 0 7
As % of all contract jobs in the UK excluding London 0.053% - 0.039%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.065% - 0.047%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 0 7
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £325 - £275
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £350 - £300
Median % change year-on-year - - +81.82%
75th Percentile £375 - £444
90th Percentile - - £568
UK median daily rate £350 - £300
% change year-on-year - - +53.85%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 0 0
10th Percentile £63.88 - -
25th Percentile - - -
Median hourly rate £65.00 - -
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate £65.00 - -

All Process & Methodology Skills
UK excluding London

Software License Management 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 UK excluding London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 22,913 13,810 14,893
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 80.92% 89.26% 83.07%
Number of daily rates quoted 13,037 8,306 8,563
10th Percentile £300 £235 £242
25th Percentile £409 £368 £388
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -
75th Percentile £600 £575 £600
90th Percentile £688 £663 £688
UK median daily rate £525 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -2.78%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,735 1,447 1,212
10th Percentile £13.50 £14.00 £14.65
25th Percentile £17.00 £17.04 £18.00
Median hourly rate £41.00 £22.50 £43.00
Median % change year-on-year +82.22% -47.67% +1.18%
75th Percentile £67.50 £42.50 £66.00
90th Percentile £78.75 £67.35 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £40.00 £25.15 £43.00
% change year-on-year +59.05% -41.51% -1.91%

Software License Management
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Software License Management job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

Software License Management
Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Software License Management.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Software License Management

Software License Management
Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Software License Management.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Software License Management

Software License Management
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Software License Management within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 19 September 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
East of England - 9 - - 5
South West - 6 £350 -
Software License Management
UK

Software License Management
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding 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:

General
1 6 (40.00%) Finance
2 1 (6.67%) Aerospace
2 1 (6.67%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (6.67%) Law
2 1 (6.67%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 9 (60.00%) Software Asset Manager
1 9 (60.00%) Software Manager
2 8 (53.33%) IT Manager
Miscellaneous
1 1 (6.67%) Analytical Mindset
1 1 (6.67%) CMDB
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (46.67%) Asset Management
2 6 (40.00%) Software Licensing
3 2 (13.33%) Cost Optimisation
4 1 (6.67%) Collaborative Working
4 1 (6.67%) IT Asset Management
4 1 (6.67%) IT Governance
4 1 (6.67%) ITIL
4 1 (6.67%) ITSM
4 1 (6.67%) Process Improvement
4 1 (6.67%) Service Management
4 1 (6.67%) Software Asset Management
Qualifications
1 5 (33.33%) Security Cleared
2 4 (26.67%) SC Cleared
3 2 (13.33%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (6.67%) GRC
Vendors
1 9 (60.00%) Snow
2 1 (6.67%) Apple
2 1 (6.67%) ServiceNow