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 29 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 536 515 603
Rank change year-on-year -21 +88 +177
Contract jobs citing Software Asset Management 27 57 57
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.082% 0.15% 0.11%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.091% 0.17% 0.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 18 36 38
10th Percentile £335 £207 £163
25th Percentile £406 £275 £211
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £450 £500
Median % change year-on-year +13.89% -10.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £631 £504 £628
90th Percentile £725 £625 £650
UK excluding London median daily rate £625 £468 £501
% change year-on-year +33.69% -6.59% +92.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 6 11
10th Percentile £31.00 - £13.23
25th Percentile £32.50 - £15.98
Median hourly rate £35.00 £15.00 £20.28
Median % change year-on-year +133.33% -26.04% -76.14%
75th Percentile £37.50 - £20.58
90th Percentile £39.00 - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £35.00 £15.00 £20.28
% change year-on-year +133.33% -26.04% -

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 29,656 32,976 45,282
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 90.44% 85.44% 89.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 18,434 20,802 30,960
10th Percentile £300 £310 £320
25th Percentile £402 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £545
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -3.67% -0.91%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £725 £750 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.00% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,762 1,620 1,512
10th Percentile £14.20 £14.16 £14.25
25th Percentile £17.30 £18.50 £18.93
Median hourly rate £25.15 £42.03 £41.90
Median % change year-on-year -40.16% +0.31% +52.36%
75th Percentile £47.00 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £67.23 £75.00 £77.49
UK excluding London median hourly rate £22.63 £43.00 £39.55
% change year-on-year -47.37% +8.72% +75.78%

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
Daily Rate Trend

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Software Asset Management.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Software Asset Management

Software Asset Management
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Software Asset Management over the 6 months to 29 August 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Software Asset Management in the UK

Software Asset Management
Hourly Rate Trend

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Software Asset Management.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Software Asset Management

Software Asset Management
Top 14 Contract Job 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 29 August 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 +1 21 £525 +20.00% 14
UK excluding London -19 17 £625 +33.69% 14
Work from Home +17 16 £500 +0.70% 7
London +17 7 £400 -3.61% 11
West Midlands -2 7 £650 +100.00%
Midlands -3 7 £650 +100.00%
North of England -21 4 £525 +5.00%
Scotland +1 2 - - 3
Yorkshire -10 2 £525 -
North West -16 2 - -
South West +15 1 - -
Wales +4 1 - - 3
South East -3 1 £575 +91.67% 6
East of England - 1 £625 - 2

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 (14.81%) Confluence
2 2 (7.41%) FileNet
Applications
1 3 (11.11%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (7.41%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 1 (3.70%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 8 (29.63%) Azure
2 3 (11.11%) SaaS
3 2 (7.41%) AWS
3 2 (7.41%) Microsoft 365
3 2 (7.41%) PaaS
3 2 (7.41%) Power Platform
4 1 (3.70%) Azure Cosmos DB
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (3.70%) IBM InfoSphere
Development Applications
1 4 (14.81%) JIRA
General
1 7 (25.93%) Social Skills
2 4 (14.81%) Analytical Skills
2 4 (14.81%) Finance
3 3 (11.11%) Legal
4 2 (7.41%) Billing
4 2 (7.41%) Local Government
4 2 (7.41%) Organisational Skills
4 2 (7.41%) Presentation Skills
5 1 (3.70%) Advertising
5 1 (3.70%) Law
5 1 (3.70%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 5 (18.52%) Software Manager
2 4 (14.81%) Analyst
2 4 (14.81%) Azure Specialist
2 4 (14.81%) Oracle Specialist
2 4 (14.81%) Software Licensing Manager
2 4 (14.81%) Software Licensing Specialist
3 3 (11.11%) Lead
3 3 (11.11%) Software Analyst
4 2 (7.41%) Consultant
4 2 (7.41%) Full-Stack Engineer
4 2 (7.41%) Full-Stack Software Engineer
4 2 (7.41%) JIRA Engineer
4 2 (7.41%) Project Manager
4 2 (7.41%) ServiceNow Consultant
4 2 (7.41%) Software Asset Manager
4 2 (7.41%) Software Engineer
5 1 (3.70%) Asset Management Analyst
5 1 (3.70%) Asset Management Consultant
5 1 (3.70%) Asset Management Project Manager
5 1 (3.70%) Procurement Advisor
Miscellaneous
1 4 (14.81%) CMDB
2 3 (11.11%) Data Centre
3 1 (3.70%) Analytical Mindset
3 1 (3.70%) Enterprise Software
3 1 (3.70%) Microsoft Licensing
3 1 (3.70%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 3 (11.11%) Windows
2 1 (3.70%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 27 (100.00%) Asset Management
2 7 (25.93%) ITIL
2 7 (25.93%) Software Licensing
3 4 (14.81%) Architectural Design
3 4 (14.81%) Configuration Management
3 4 (14.81%) Cybersecurity
3 4 (14.81%) Migration
3 4 (14.81%) Service Management
4 3 (11.11%) Dashboard Development
4 3 (11.11%) ITSM
4 3 (11.11%) Problem-Solving
5 2 (7.41%) Business Strategy
5 2 (7.41%) Contract Negotiation
5 2 (7.41%) Cost Control
5 2 (7.41%) Cost Optimisation
5 2 (7.41%) Data Analysis
5 2 (7.41%) Full-Stack Development
5 2 (7.41%) Project Management
5 2 (7.41%) Roadmaps
5 2 (7.41%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 2 (7.41%) Java
1 2 (7.41%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (7.41%) SC Cleared
1 2 (7.41%) Security Cleared
2 1 (3.70%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (11.11%) ISO/IEC 19770
2 2 (7.41%) Data Quality
3 1 (3.70%) SLA
System Software
1 1 (3.70%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 13 (48.15%) Microsoft
2 8 (29.63%) ServiceNow
3 7 (25.93%) IBM
4 6 (22.22%) Oracle
4 6 (22.22%) SAP
5 4 (14.81%) Adobe
5 4 (14.81%) Atlassian
6 3 (11.11%) Snow
7 1 (3.70%) Ariba
7 1 (3.70%) Broadcom
7 1 (3.70%) Cisco
7 1 (3.70%) VMware