Software Licensing Job Trends in England

Software Licensing
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in England requiring Software Licensing skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 1 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 444 556 581
Rank change year-on-year +112 +25 +73
Permanent jobs citing Software Licensing 156 120 85
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.30% 0.24% 0.19%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.37% 0.27% 0.21%
Number of salaries quoted 55 62 51
10th Percentile £31,250 £30,000 £30,000
25th Percentile £36,875 £37,814 £41,938
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £53,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.77% +17.78% -5.26%
75th Percentile £71,250 £69,063 £60,000
90th Percentile £82,000 £94,500 £68,750
UK median annual salary £55,000 £53,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year +3.77% +17.78% -5.26%

All Process & Methodology Skills
England

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

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 42,728 44,744 41,388
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 82.15% 90.24% 91.27%
Number of salaries quoted 25,461 22,347 32,089
10th Percentile £28,500 £35,000 £32,500
25th Percentile £37,500 £45,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%
75th Percentile £76,000 £81,250 £80,000
90th Percentile £96,250 £100,000 £100,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%

Software Licensing
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Software Licensing relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in England.

Software Licensing job vacancy trend in England

Software Licensing
Salary Trend in England

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing Software Licensing.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing Software Licensing

Software Licensing
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Software Licensing in England over the 6 months to 1 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Software Licensing in England

Software Licensing
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Software Licensing within the England region over the 6 months to 1 January 2026. 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
London +40 45 £59,000 -15.71% 15
North of England +38 38 £39,500 -7.06% 5
North West +40 34 £37,000 -15.43% 3
South East +49 33 £67,500 +58.82% 8
West Midlands +17 29 £90,000 +132.23% 1
Midlands +17 29 £90,000 +132.23% 2
South West +5 10 £32,500 -2.26% 7
East of England +24 3 £57,500 -47.73% 2
Yorkshire -6 3 - - 2
North East - 1 £42,000 -
Software Licensing
UK

Software Licensing
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 7 (4.49%) SharePoint
2 3 (1.92%) FileNet
2 3 (1.92%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 18 (11.54%) Microsoft Excel
2 17 (10.90%) Microsoft Office
2 17 (10.90%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 3 (1.92%) NetSuite
2 1 (0.64%) Dynamics AX
Cloud Services
1 42 (26.92%) SaaS
2 41 (26.28%) Azure
3 34 (21.79%) Microsoft 365
4 22 (14.10%) AWS
5 5 (3.21%) IaaS
5 5 (3.21%) Salesforce Service Cloud
6 3 (1.92%) Power Platform
7 2 (1.28%) Entra ID
8 1 (0.64%) Adobe Creative Cloud
8 1 (0.64%) GCP
8 1 (0.64%) Google Workspace
8 1 (0.64%) OCI
8 1 (0.64%) OneDrive
8 1 (0.64%) PaaS
8 1 (0.64%) Power Automate
8 1 (0.64%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 8 (5.13%) VoIP
1 8 (5.13%) VPN
2 5 (3.21%) DMZ
2 5 (3.21%) STUN
2 5 (3.21%) VLAN
3 4 (2.56%) DNS
4 3 (1.92%) DHCP
4 3 (1.92%) Firewall
4 3 (1.92%) TCP/IP
5 2 (1.28%) LAN
5 2 (1.28%) WAN
6 1 (0.64%) Fibre Channel
6 1 (0.64%) Remote Desktop
6 1 (0.64%) SAN
6 1 (0.64%) Telnet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (3.21%) SQL Server
2 1 (0.64%) Power BI
General
1 67 (42.95%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 59 (37.82%) Social Skills
3 48 (30.77%) Legal
4 36 (23.08%) Finance
5 34 (21.79%) Law
6 28 (17.95%) Public Sector
7 24 (15.38%) Retail
8 9 (5.77%) Analytical Skills
8 9 (5.77%) Banking
8 9 (5.77%) Telecoms
9 8 (5.13%) Pharmaceutical
10 7 (4.49%) Organisational Skills
11 6 (3.85%) Documentation Skills
12 3 (1.92%) Influencing Skills
13 1 (0.64%) Billing
13 1 (0.64%) Financial Institution
13 1 (0.64%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 29 (18.59%) Analyst
2 21 (13.46%) IT Support
3 18 (11.54%) Architect
4 16 (10.26%) Senior
5 12 (7.69%) Microsoft Specialist
6 10 (6.41%) IT Analyst
6 10 (6.41%) Support Engineer
7 9 (5.77%) IT Support Analyst
7 9 (5.77%) Support Analyst
8 8 (5.13%) Asset and Configuration Manager
8 8 (5.13%) Configuration Manager
8 8 (5.13%) IT Manager
8 8 (5.13%) Senior IT Support
8 8 (5.13%) Service Manager
9 7 (4.49%) Applications Support
9 7 (4.49%) Infrastructure Engineer
9 7 (4.49%) Infrastructure Support
9 7 (4.49%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
10 6 (3.85%) Applications Support Engineer
10 6 (3.85%) Procurement Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (3.21%) FreeSWITCH
2 4 (2.56%) Software Packaging
Miscellaneous
1 31 (19.87%) Onboarding
2 20 (12.82%) Data Centre
3 19 (12.18%) Microsoft Licensing
4 17 (10.90%) Public Cloud
5 15 (9.62%) Enterprise Cloud
6 10 (6.41%) Driving Licence
7 8 (5.13%) CMDB
8 5 (3.21%) Self-Motivation
9 2 (1.28%) Hybrid Cloud
9 2 (1.28%) Web Conferencing
10 1 (0.64%) Clustering
10 1 (0.64%) Enterprise Software
10 1 (0.64%) Greenfield Project
10 1 (0.64%) PKI
10 1 (0.64%) Renewable Energy
10 1 (0.64%) Security Posture
10 1 (0.64%) Smart Energy
Operating Systems
1 30 (19.23%) Windows
2 16 (10.26%) Windows Server
3 8 (5.13%) Windows 10
4 7 (4.49%) Linux
5 5 (3.21%) Apple iOS
5 5 (3.21%) Debian
6 1 (0.64%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 73 (46.79%) AI
2 69 (44.23%) Cybersecurity
3 33 (21.15%) Customer Engagement
4 32 (20.51%) Problem-Solving
5 31 (19.87%) Time Management
6 25 (16.03%) Contract Negotiation
7 24 (15.38%) ITIL
8 20 (12.82%) Cost Optimisation
8 20 (12.82%) Service Management
9 19 (12.18%) Asset Management
10 18 (11.54%) Customer Service
10 18 (11.54%) FinOps
11 17 (10.90%) Client Onboarding
11 17 (10.90%) Continuous Improvement
11 17 (10.90%) Data Privacy
11 17 (10.90%) Data Protection
11 17 (10.90%) Stakeholder Management
12 15 (9.62%) Customer Experience
13 14 (8.97%) Roadmaps
14 13 (8.33%) Software Asset Management
Programming Languages
1 6 (3.85%) SQL
2 5 (3.21%) PowerShell
3 1 (0.64%) Bash
3 1 (0.64%) Java
Qualifications
1 54 (34.62%) Degree
2 17 (10.90%) AWS Certification
3 9 (5.77%) Network+ Certification
4 5 (3.21%) DBS Check
4 5 (3.21%) Security Cleared
5 4 (2.56%) A+ Certification
5 4 (2.56%) SC Cleared
6 3 (1.92%) DV Cleared
7 1 (0.64%) Computer Science Degree
7 1 (0.64%) MCP
7 1 (0.64%) NVQ Level 3
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (10.90%) GDPR
2 10 (6.41%) ISO/IEC 19770
2 10 (6.41%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 8 (5.13%) EU AI Act
4 6 (3.85%) Cyber Essentials
5 5 (3.21%) ISO 9001
6 3 (1.92%) IFRS
7 1 (0.64%) California Consumer Privacy Act
7 1 (0.64%) GLBA
7 1 (0.64%) GRC
7 1 (0.64%) SLA
System Software
1 14 (8.97%) Active Directory
2 11 (7.05%) Hyper-V
3 10 (6.41%) Virtual Machines
4 9 (5.77%) VMware Infrastructure
5 5 (3.21%) Kamailio
6 1 (0.64%) Virtual Servers
6 1 (0.64%) VMware Server
Systems Management
1 11 (7.05%) Microsoft Intune
2 4 (2.56%) Jamf Pro
3 3 (1.92%) SCCM
4 1 (0.64%) Microsoft Clustering
4 1 (0.64%) NetBackup
4 1 (0.64%) Puppet
4 1 (0.64%) WhatsUp Gold
Vendors
1 95 (60.90%) Microsoft
2 48 (30.77%) Adobe
3 47 (30.13%) Apple
4 18 (11.54%) Palo Alto
5 11 (7.05%) ServiceNow
6 9 (5.77%) VMware
7 8 (5.13%) Salesforce
8 6 (3.85%) Oracle
9 3 (1.92%) Facebook
9 3 (1.92%) IBM
9 3 (1.92%) YouTube
10 2 (1.28%) Dell
10 2 (1.28%) Snow
11 1 (0.64%) Autodesk
11 1 (0.64%) Cisco
11 1 (0.64%) HP
11 1 (0.64%) SAP