Software Licensing Contracts

Software Licensing
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for Software Licensing skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Software Licensing over the 6 months to 2 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
2 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 565 649 758
Rank change year-on-year +84 +109 -95
Contract jobs citing Software Licensing 18 56 87
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.041% 0.094% 0.098%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.048% 0.10% 0.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 14 45 47
10th Percentile £185 £179 £202
25th Percentile £189 £308 £334
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £290 £330 £450
Median % change year-on-year -12.12% -26.67% -18.18%
75th Percentile £466 £525 £500
90th Percentile £500 £575 £543
UK excluding London median daily rate £195 £315 £450
% change year-on-year -38.10% -30.00% -13.04%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 9
10th Percentile - - £17.47
25th Percentile - £19.00 £21.04
Median hourly rate - £20.00 £34.38
Median % change year-on-year - -41.82% +223.99%
75th Percentile - £21.00 £36.75
90th Percentile - - £40.40
UK excluding London median hourly rate - - £34.38
% change year-on-year - - +223.99%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Software Licensing is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 37,484 53,362 80,393
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 86.34% 89.87% 90.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 24,149 37,016 56,462
10th Percentile £300 £325 £340
25th Percentile £413 £438 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £528
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +4.17% +8.31%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £475
% change year-on-year - +5.26% +8.70%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,454 1,744 1,921
10th Percentile £12.75 £11.00 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.00 £16.25 £15.25
Median hourly rate £35.58 £36.00 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year -1.18% +44.00% -
75th Percentile £60.00 £65.00 £49.25
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £64.25
UK excluding London median hourly rate £37.34 £35.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year +6.69% +75.00% -8.00%

Software Licensing
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Software Licensing in the UK

Software Licensing
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Software Licensing in the UK

Software Licensing
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Software Licensing over the 6 months to 2 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Software Licensing in the UK

Software Licensing
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for Software Licensing in the UK

Software Licensing
Top 7 Contract Locations

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 UK over the 6 months to 2 May 2024. 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 +88 17 £290 -11.45% 45
London +98 9 £378 -28.68% 20
UK excluding London +34 9 £195 -38.10% 29
Work from Home +122 7 £300 -44.44% 25
South West +29 5 £200 -38.46% 3
South East +26 3 £185 -78.24% 13
Wales - 1 - - 1

Software Licensing
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 1 (5.56%) Confluence
1 1 (5.56%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 4 (22.22%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (16.67%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 2 (11.11%) Microsoft 365
1 2 (11.11%) Power Platform
2 1 (5.56%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 1 (5.56%) IP Telephony
1 1 (5.56%) VPN
1 1 (5.56%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (11.11%) Power BI
General
1 9 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 5 (27.78%) Analytical Skills
3 4 (22.22%) Finance
4 2 (11.11%) Billing
4 2 (11.11%) Law
4 2 (11.11%) Presentation Skills
4 2 (11.11%) Public Sector
5 1 (5.56%) Aerospace
5 1 (5.56%) Legal
5 1 (5.56%) Local Government
5 1 (5.56%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 5 (27.78%) Analyst
2 3 (16.67%) Service Analyst
2 3 (16.67%) Service Desk Analyst
3 1 (5.56%) 2nd Line Support
3 1 (5.56%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
3 1 (5.56%) Applications Manager
3 1 (5.56%) Architect
3 1 (5.56%) Business Analyst
3 1 (5.56%) Commercial Manager
3 1 (5.56%) CRM Analyst
3 1 (5.56%) CRM Business Analyst
3 1 (5.56%) Implementation Analyst
3 1 (5.56%) IT Analyst
3 1 (5.56%) IT Support
3 1 (5.56%) IT Support Analyst
3 1 (5.56%) Procurement Specialist
3 1 (5.56%) Project Analyst
3 1 (5.56%) Software Licensing Specialist
3 1 (5.56%) Support Analyst
3 1 (5.56%) Support Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 3 (16.67%) Microsoft Licensing
2 1 (5.56%) Analytical Mindset
2 1 (5.56%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 5 (27.78%) Windows
1 5 (27.78%) Windows 10
2 1 (5.56%) Android
2 1 (5.56%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (33.33%) ITIL
2 4 (22.22%) Asset Management
2 4 (22.22%) Service Management
3 3 (16.67%) Problem-Solving
4 2 (11.11%) B2B
4 2 (11.11%) Business Intelligence
4 2 (11.11%) Creative Thinking
4 2 (11.11%) Critical Thinking
4 2 (11.11%) Customer Service
4 2 (11.11%) Information Management
4 2 (11.11%) Matrix Organization
4 2 (11.11%) Migration
4 2 (11.11%) Performance Management
4 2 (11.11%) Service Delivery
4 2 (11.11%) Software Asset Management
4 2 (11.11%) Supplier Relationship Management
5 1 (5.56%) Change Management
5 1 (5.56%) CRM
5 1 (5.56%) DSDM
5 1 (5.56%) PRINCE2
Qualifications
1 6 (33.33%) SC Cleared
1 6 (33.33%) Security Cleared
2 1 (5.56%) A+ Certification
2 1 (5.56%) ITIL Certification
2 1 (5.56%) MCP
2 1 (5.56%) Microsoft Certification
2 1 (5.56%) MOS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (5.56%) SLA
System Software
1 1 (5.56%) Active Directory
1 1 (5.56%) VMware Infrastructure
1 1 (5.56%) VMware Server
Systems Management
1 2 (11.11%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (5.56%) SCCM
Vendors
1 10 (55.56%) Microsoft
2 2 (11.11%) Ariba
2 2 (11.11%) Cadence
3 1 (5.56%) Adobe
3 1 (5.56%) Apple
3 1 (5.56%) Avaya
3 1 (5.56%) Citrix
3 1 (5.56%) MobileIron
3 1 (5.56%) VMware