Software Asset Manager Contracts

Software Asset Manager
UK

The median Software Asset Manager daily rate in the UK is £525, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 513 542 698
Rank change year-on-year +29 +156 +113
Contract jobs requiring a Software Asset Manager 7 40 20
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.024% 0.092% 0.034%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.026% 0.099% 0.035%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 39 17
10th Percentile £263 £481 £313
25th Percentile £405 £513 £380
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £700 £425
Median % change year-on-year -25.00% +64.71% -22.73%
75th Percentile £538 £800 £494
90th Percentile - - £577
UK excluding London median daily rate £525 £500 £448
% change year-on-year +5.00% +11.73% -3.24%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in the UK with a recognized job title 27,084 40,415 56,464
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.52% 92.78% 94.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 17,692 26,309 39,470
10th Percentile £300 £275 £313
25th Percentile £406 £410 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £515 £525 £540
Median % change year-on-year -1.90% -2.78% +2.86%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £738 £750 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £492 £500
% change year-on-year -3.46% -1.60% +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,035 2,664 1,570
10th Percentile £14.07 £12.86 £14.29
25th Percentile £18.50 £16.30 £19.50
Median hourly rate £29.00 £36.42 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -20.37% -19.07% +91.49%
75th Percentile £62.50 £60.75 £65.75
90th Percentile £75.00 £72.50 £75.75
UK excluding London median hourly rate £28.00 £39.55 £42.50
% change year-on-year -29.20% -6.94% +117.95%

Software Asset Manager
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings that featured Software Asset Manager in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Software Asset Manager in the UK

Software Asset Manager
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Software Asset Manager in the UK

Software Asset Manager
Daily Rate Histogram

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

Daily rate histogram for Software Asset Manager in the UK

Software Asset Manager
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for Software Asset Manager in the UK

Software Asset Manager
Top 10 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 Manager 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 +24 7 £525 -25.00%
UK excluding London +55 6 £525 +5.00%
North of England +14 4 £525 +7.09%
Work from Home +36 3 £525 +2.44%
Yorkshire +10 3 £525 -
South West +43 1 £410 -20.00%
Midlands +22 1 £185 -66.36%
London +14 1 - -
West Midlands +14 1 £185 -66.36%
North West +10 1 - -

Software Asset Manager Skill Set
Top 26 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 1 May 2025, Software Asset Manager contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads featuring Software Asset Manager in the job title.

1 6 (85.71%) Asset Management
2 5 (71.43%) Software Asset Management
3 3 (42.86%) Project Management
4 2 (28.57%) IT Asset Management
4 2 (28.57%) Microsoft
5 1 (14.29%) IBM
5 1 (14.29%) Snow
5 1 (14.29%) Performance Measurement
5 1 (14.29%) Problem-Solving
5 1 (14.29%) GRC
5 1 (14.29%) Social Skills
5 1 (14.29%) Cost Optimisation
5 1 (14.29%) Cost Management
5 1 (14.29%) Product Ownership
5 1 (14.29%) ITSM
5 1 (14.29%) Finance
5 1 (14.29%) VMware
5 1 (14.29%) Software License Management
5 1 (14.29%) Software Licensing
5 1 (14.29%) Analytical Skills
5 1 (14.29%) CMDB
5 1 (14.29%) VMware Infrastructure
5 1 (14.29%) Veeam
5 1 (14.29%) Azure
5 1 (14.29%) AWS
5 1 (14.29%) Process Improvement

Software Asset Manager Skill Set
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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (14.29%) AWS
1 1 (14.29%) Azure
General
1 1 (14.29%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (14.29%) Finance
1 1 (14.29%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (14.29%) CMDB
1 1 (14.29%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (85.71%) Asset Management
2 5 (71.43%) Software Asset Management
3 3 (42.86%) Project Management
4 2 (28.57%) IT Asset Management
5 1 (14.29%) Cost Management
5 1 (14.29%) Cost Optimisation
5 1 (14.29%) ITSM
5 1 (14.29%) Performance Measurement
5 1 (14.29%) Problem-Solving
5 1 (14.29%) Process Improvement
5 1 (14.29%) Software License Management
5 1 (14.29%) Software Licensing
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (14.29%) GRC
System Software
1 1 (14.29%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 2 (28.57%) Microsoft
2 1 (14.29%) IBM
2 1 (14.29%) Snow
2 1 (14.29%) Veeam
2 1 (14.29%) VMware