Software Asset Management Contracts

Software Asset Management
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies requiring Software Asset Management skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Software Asset Management over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 498 540 646
Rank change year-on-year +42 +106 +95
Contract jobs citing Software Asset Management 22 42 72
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.075% 0.096% 0.12%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.083% 0.11% 0.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 13 31 52
10th Percentile £300 £180 £200
25th Percentile £400 £201 £225
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £460 £410
Median % change year-on-year -7.61% +12.20% -8.89%
75th Percentile £538 £531 £538
90th Percentile £618 £588 £656
UK excluding London median daily rate £525 £500 £325
% change year-on-year +5.00% +53.85% -23.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 2
10th Percentile - - £15.68
25th Percentile - - £16.14
Median hourly rate - - £16.90
75th Percentile - - £17.66
90th Percentile - - £18.12
UK excluding London median hourly rate - - £16.90
% change year-on-year - - -49.36%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Software Asset 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.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 26,594 37,597 53,655
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 90.84% 86.31% 89.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 17,149 24,227 37,238
10th Percentile £308 £300 £325
25th Percentile £413 £413 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -0.95% -4.55% +4.76%
75th Percentile £630 £638 £650
90th Percentile £743 £750 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £483 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -3.50% - +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,071 2,443 1,746
10th Percentile £14.41 £12.75 £11.00
25th Percentile £18.21 £16.00 £16.25
Median hourly rate £29.00 £35.65 £37.30
Median % change year-on-year -18.65% -4.42% +49.20%
75th Percentile £60.38 £59.98 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £72.50 £75.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £27.50 £37.34 £36.00
% change year-on-year -26.35% +3.72% +80.00%

Software Asset Management
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Software Asset Management as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Software Asset Management in the UK

Software Asset Management
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Software Asset Management.

Daily rate trend for Software Asset Management in the UK

Software Asset Management
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Software Asset Management over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Software Asset Management in the UK

Software Asset Management
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Software Asset Management.

Hourly rate trend for Software Asset Management in the UK

Software Asset Management
Top 11 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Software Asset Management within the UK over the 6 months to 1 May 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
England +42 19 £525 +20.00% 37
UK excluding London +52 13 £525 +5.00% 22
Work from Home +38 11 £525 - 20
London +31 6 £400 +100.00% 17
North of England +15 6 £525 +5.00% 4
Yorkshire +11 4 £525 - 3
Midlands - 4 £293 -
West Midlands - 4 £293 -
South West +40 2 £410 -18.00% 1
North West +10 2 - - 1
East of England - 1 £625 -

Software Asset Management
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 4 (18.18%) Confluence
2 1 (4.55%) Microsoft Exchange
Business Applications
1 1 (4.55%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 3 (13.64%) Azure
2 2 (9.09%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (4.55%) Entra ID
Development Applications
1 4 (18.18%) JIRA
General
1 7 (31.82%) Social Skills
2 6 (27.27%) Finance
3 2 (9.09%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (9.09%) Legal
3 2 (9.09%) Presentation Skills
4 1 (4.55%) Organisational Skills
4 1 (4.55%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 5 (22.73%) Software Asset Manager
2 4 (18.18%) Consultant
2 4 (18.18%) Project Manager
2 4 (18.18%) ServiceNow Consultant
3 3 (13.64%) Asset Management Project Manager
3 3 (13.64%) Software Project Manager
4 2 (9.09%) Full-Stack Engineer
4 2 (9.09%) Full-Stack Software Engineer
4 2 (9.09%) JIRA Engineer
4 2 (9.09%) Software Engineer
4 2 (9.09%) Software Manager
5 1 (4.55%) Administrator
5 1 (4.55%) Analyst
5 1 (4.55%) Architect
5 1 (4.55%) IT Manager
5 1 (4.55%) Migration Project Manager
5 1 (4.55%) Senior
5 1 (4.55%) Senior Consultant
5 1 (4.55%) Senior ServiceNow Consultant
5 1 (4.55%) Software Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 1 (4.55%) CMDB
1 1 (4.55%) Microsoft Licensing
1 1 (4.55%) Security Posture
Processes & Methodologies
1 22 (100.00%) Asset Management
2 7 (31.82%) ITIL
3 6 (27.27%) Software Licensing
4 5 (22.73%) Service Management
5 4 (18.18%) Architectural Design
5 4 (18.18%) Change Management
5 4 (18.18%) Cost Optimisation
5 4 (18.18%) ITSM
5 4 (18.18%) Project Management
6 3 (13.64%) Incident Management
7 2 (9.09%) Business Strategy
7 2 (9.09%) Full-Stack Development
7 2 (9.09%) IT Asset Management
7 2 (9.09%) Problem-Solving
7 2 (9.09%) Process Improvement
7 2 (9.09%) Software Engineering
8 1 (4.55%) Budget Management
8 1 (4.55%) Contract Negotiation
8 1 (4.55%) Roadmaps
8 1 (4.55%) Technical Leadership
Qualifications
1 1 (4.55%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
1 1 (4.55%) Microsoft Certification
1 1 (4.55%) SC Cleared
1 1 (4.55%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 1 (4.55%) Active Directory
1 1 (4.55%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (4.55%) SCCM
Vendors
1 7 (31.82%) ServiceNow
2 6 (27.27%) Microsoft
3 4 (18.18%) Atlassian
4 3 (13.64%) SAP
4 3 (13.64%) Snow
5 2 (9.09%) IBM
5 2 (9.09%) Oracle
5 2 (9.09%) VMware
6 1 (4.55%) Ariba
6 1 (4.55%) Broadcom
6 1 (4.55%) Cisco
6 1 (4.55%) Veeam