Hybrid/Remote Software Licensing Contract Job Trends

Software Licensing
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for remote or hybrid contract work requiring Software Licensing skills. It covers vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 17 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 293 302 404
Rank change year-on-year +9 +102 +180
Contract jobs citing Software Licensing 24 24 14
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.24% 0.19% 0.069%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.26% 0.22% 0.077%
Number of daily rates quoted 22 17 8
10th Percentile £315 £194 £425
25th Percentile £513 £200 £481
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £300 £540
Median % change year-on-year +79.17% -44.44% +8.54%
75th Percentile £588 £325 £543
90th Percentile £633 £494 £588
UK median daily rate £525 £300 £520
% change year-on-year +75.00% -42.31% +4.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £21.50 -
UK median hourly rate £34.50 £21.50 £18.75
% change year-on-year +60.47% +14.67% -72.49%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Work from Home

Software Licensing falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with remote or hybrid options requiring process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 9,093 11,116 18,089
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 92.29% 87.83% 89.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,050 7,120 12,745
10th Percentile £325 £325 £350
25th Percentile £413 £425 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £507 £525 £535
Median % change year-on-year -3.43% -1.87% -2.73%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £738 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £540
% change year-on-year -4.76% -2.78% -1.82%
Number of hourly rates quoted 278 296 432
10th Percentile £12.62 £18.38 £17.75
25th Percentile £20.40 £30.36 £26.18
Median hourly rate £36.00 £43.00 £52.32
Median % change year-on-year -16.28% -17.81% +4.63%
75th Percentile £65.00 £67.14 £70.00
90th Percentile £68.00 £75.00 £81.35
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £43.00 £42.50
% change year-on-year -41.51% +1.18% +47.01%

Software Licensing
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with remote working options citing Software Licensing as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Software Licensing trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

Software Licensing
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with Hybrid Work Options

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs with remote work options citing Software Licensing.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs with remote work options citing Software Licensing

Software Licensing
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with remote working options citing Software Licensing over the 6 months to 17 September 2025.

Software Licensing daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Software Licensing
Hourly Rate Trend for Jobs with Hybrid Work Options

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs with remote work options citing Software Licensing.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs with remote work options citing Software Licensing

Software Licensing
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 3 (12.50%) Microsoft Exchange
2 2 (8.33%) FileNet
3 1 (4.17%) Exchange Server 2010
3 1 (4.17%) Exchange Server 2013
3 1 (4.17%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (8.33%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (4.17%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 10 (41.67%) Azure
2 3 (12.50%) PaaS
3 2 (8.33%) Power Platform
4 1 (4.17%) Cloud Computing
4 1 (4.17%) Entra ID
4 1 (4.17%) IaaS
4 1 (4.17%) Microsoft 365
4 1 (4.17%) Microsoft Purview
4 1 (4.17%) SaaS
4 1 (4.17%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 8 (33.33%) Firewall
1 8 (33.33%) VPN
2 7 (29.17%) DHCP
2 7 (29.17%) DNS
2 7 (29.17%) LAN
2 7 (29.17%) TCP/IP
3 6 (25.00%) 4G
3 6 (25.00%) Network Security
3 6 (25.00%) WAN
3 6 (25.00%) Wireless
4 1 (4.17%) NAS
4 1 (4.17%) Remote Desktop
4 1 (4.17%) SAN
4 1 (4.17%) Structured Cabling
4 1 (4.17%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (4.17%) Amazon RDS
1 1 (4.17%) SQL Server
General
1 12 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 8 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
2 8 (33.33%) Finance
3 6 (25.00%) Public Sector
4 5 (20.83%) Documentation Skills
4 5 (20.83%) Electronics
4 5 (20.83%) Manufacturing
4 5 (20.83%) Marketing
4 5 (20.83%) Telecoms
5 1 (4.17%) Legal
Job Titles
1 7 (29.17%) Senior
2 6 (25.00%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 6 (25.00%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
3 5 (20.83%) Incident Manager
3 5 (20.83%) ITIL Incident Manager
3 5 (20.83%) ITIL Manager
4 3 (12.50%) IT Manager
5 2 (8.33%) Azure Specialist
5 2 (8.33%) Oracle Specialist
5 2 (8.33%) Software Licensing Manager
5 2 (8.33%) Software Licensing Specialist
5 2 (8.33%) Software Manager
6 1 (4.17%) Azure Consultant
6 1 (4.17%) Commercial Analyst
6 1 (4.17%) IT Engineer
6 1 (4.17%) IT Support
6 1 (4.17%) Lead
6 1 (4.17%) Microsoft 365 Consultant
6 1 (4.17%) Windows Engineer
6 1 (4.17%) Windows Support Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 7 (29.17%) Self-Motivation
2 6 (25.00%) CMDB
2 6 (25.00%) Security Operations Centre
3 2 (8.33%) Data Centre
4 1 (4.17%) ASIC
4 1 (4.17%) FPGA
4 1 (4.17%) Hybrid Cloud
4 1 (4.17%) Legacy Applications
4 1 (4.17%) Microsoft Licensing
Operating Systems
1 12 (50.00%) Windows
2 3 (12.50%) Windows Server
3 1 (4.17%) VMS
3 1 (4.17%) Windows 10
3 1 (4.17%) Windows Server 2003
3 1 (4.17%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (37.50%) ITIL
2 8 (33.33%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 7 (29.17%) Business Continuity
3 7 (29.17%) Data Privacy
3 7 (29.17%) Incident Management
3 7 (29.17%) Infrastructure Management
3 7 (29.17%) Inventory Management
3 7 (29.17%) Proactive Management
3 7 (29.17%) Service Management
4 6 (25.00%) Asset Management
4 6 (25.00%) Business Strategy
4 6 (25.00%) High Availability
4 6 (25.00%) Mentoring
4 6 (25.00%) Security Operations
4 6 (25.00%) Stakeholder Management
5 5 (20.83%) Compliance Audit
5 5 (20.83%) Configuration Management
5 5 (20.83%) Programme Management
5 5 (20.83%) Service Asset and Configuration Management
5 5 (20.83%) Service Catalogue
Programming Languages
1 2 (8.33%) Java
1 2 (8.33%) PowerShell
1 2 (8.33%) SQL
Qualifications
1 8 (33.33%) SC Cleared
1 8 (33.33%) Security Cleared
2 6 (25.00%) CCNA
2 6 (25.00%) Cisco Certification
3 5 (20.83%) CCNP
4 1 (4.17%) Degree
4 1 (4.17%) DV Cleared
4 1 (4.17%) MCSA
4 1 (4.17%) MCSE
4 1 (4.17%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (8.33%) ISO/IEC 19770
2 1 (4.17%) QA
2 1 (4.17%) SLA
System Software
1 3 (12.50%) Active Directory
2 1 (4.17%) Hyper-V
2 1 (4.17%) Terminal Services
2 1 (4.17%) Virtual Desktop
2 1 (4.17%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (4.17%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 7 (29.17%) FortiGate
2 1 (4.17%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 8 (33.33%) Microsoft
2 5 (20.83%) Remedy
2 5 (20.83%) SAP
3 3 (12.50%) IBM
3 3 (12.50%) Oracle
3 3 (12.50%) ServiceNow
3 3 (12.50%) Snow
4 2 (8.33%) Adobe
5 1 (4.17%) Cisco
5 1 (4.17%) Symantec
5 1 (4.17%) Veeam
5 1 (4.17%) VMware