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 12 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 451 574 602
Rank change year-on-year +123 +28 +47
Permanent jobs citing Software Licensing 146 105 88
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.28% 0.22% 0.18%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.34% 0.24% 0.20%
Number of salaries quoted 51 54 51
10th Percentile £31,250 £30,000 £30,000
25th Percentile £36,875 £37,435 £41,938
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,450 £52,099 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.00% +15.78% -5.26%
75th Percentile £71,250 £69,063 £61,750
90th Percentile £85,000 £90,000 £68,750
UK median annual salary £55,000 £51,198 £45,000
% change year-on-year +7.43% +13.77% -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 42,425 43,642 44,587
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 81.21% 90.74% 89.79%
Number of salaries quoted 25,405 21,401 34,519
10th Percentile £28,675 £35,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £37,500 £45,628 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%
75th Percentile £76,250 £81,250 £80,000
90th Percentile £97,500 £100,000 £98,750
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 12 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 12 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 +71 46 £59,000 -15.71% 11
North of England +22 32 £39,500 +18.80% 1
South East +52 31 £67,500 +50.00% 8
North West +45 28 £37,000 -12.94% 1
West Midlands +22 26 £90,000 +132.23%
Midlands +18 26 £90,000 +132.23% 1
South West +11 10 £32,500 -2.99% 2
East of England +24 3 - - 2
Yorkshire -12 3 - -
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 6 (4.11%) SharePoint
2 3 (2.05%) FileNet
3 2 (1.37%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 17 (11.64%) Microsoft Excel
1 17 (11.64%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 16 (10.96%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 3 (2.05%) NetSuite
2 1 (0.68%) Dynamics AX
Cloud Services
1 41 (28.08%) SaaS
2 40 (27.40%) Azure
3 26 (17.81%) Microsoft 365
4 23 (15.75%) AWS
5 4 (2.74%) IaaS
5 4 (2.74%) Salesforce Service Cloud
6 2 (1.37%) Power Platform
7 1 (0.68%) Adobe Creative Cloud
7 1 (0.68%) Entra ID
7 1 (0.68%) GCP
7 1 (0.68%) Google Workspace
7 1 (0.68%) OCI
7 1 (0.68%) OneDrive
7 1 (0.68%) PaaS
7 1 (0.68%) Power Automate
7 1 (0.68%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 7 (4.79%) VoIP
2 6 (4.11%) VPN
3 4 (2.74%) DMZ
3 4 (2.74%) STUN
3 4 (2.74%) VLAN
4 3 (2.05%) DHCP
4 3 (2.05%) DNS
4 3 (2.05%) TCP/IP
5 2 (1.37%) LAN
5 2 (1.37%) WAN
6 1 (0.68%) Firewall
6 1 (0.68%) Remote Desktop
6 1 (0.68%) Telnet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (2.74%) SQL Server
General
1 57 (39.04%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 52 (35.62%) Social Skills
3 47 (32.19%) Legal
4 36 (24.66%) Finance
5 34 (23.29%) Law
6 28 (19.18%) Public Sector
7 23 (15.75%) Retail
8 9 (6.16%) Banking
8 9 (6.16%) Telecoms
9 8 (5.48%) Analytical Skills
9 8 (5.48%) Organisational Skills
9 8 (5.48%) Pharmaceutical
10 5 (3.42%) Documentation Skills
11 3 (2.05%) Influencing Skills
12 2 (1.37%) Billing
13 1 (0.68%) Financial Institution
13 1 (0.68%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 30 (20.55%) Analyst
2 20 (13.70%) IT Support
3 18 (12.33%) Senior
4 14 (9.59%) Architect
5 10 (6.85%) IT Analyst
6 9 (6.16%) IT Manager
6 9 (6.16%) IT Support Analyst
6 9 (6.16%) Support Analyst
7 8 (5.48%) Asset and Configuration Manager
7 8 (5.48%) Configuration Manager
7 8 (5.48%) Senior IT Support
7 8 (5.48%) Service Manager
7 8 (5.48%) Support Engineer
8 7 (4.79%) Senior IT Manager
8 7 (4.79%) Senior Manager
9 6 (4.11%) Applications Support
9 6 (4.11%) Coordinator
9 6 (4.11%) Microsoft Specialist
9 6 (4.11%) Procurement Manager
10 5 (3.42%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (2.74%) FreeSWITCH
1 4 (2.74%) Software Packaging
Miscellaneous
1 30 (20.55%) Onboarding
2 17 (11.64%) Public Cloud
3 16 (10.96%) Data Centre
4 15 (10.27%) Enterprise Cloud
5 13 (8.90%) Microsoft Licensing
6 9 (6.16%) Driving Licence
7 8 (5.48%) CMDB
8 5 (3.42%) Self-Motivation
9 2 (1.37%) Hybrid Cloud
9 2 (1.37%) Web Conferencing
10 1 (0.68%) Enterprise Software
10 1 (0.68%) Greenfield Project
10 1 (0.68%) Renewable Energy
10 1 (0.68%) Security Posture
10 1 (0.68%) Smart Energy
Operating Systems
1 28 (19.18%) Windows
2 14 (9.59%) Windows Server
3 8 (5.48%) Windows 10
4 5 (3.42%) Apple iOS
4 5 (3.42%) Linux
5 4 (2.74%) Debian
6 1 (0.68%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 66 (45.21%) Cybersecurity
2 63 (43.15%) AI
3 33 (22.60%) Problem-Solving
4 29 (19.86%) Customer Engagement
5 25 (17.12%) Contract Negotiation
6 24 (16.44%) ITIL
7 22 (15.07%) Cost Optimisation
8 21 (14.38%) Time Management
9 20 (13.70%) Asset Management
9 20 (13.70%) Service Management
10 18 (12.33%) FinOps
11 17 (11.64%) Client Onboarding
11 17 (11.64%) Continuous Improvement
11 17 (11.64%) Data Privacy
11 17 (11.64%) Stakeholder Management
12 16 (10.96%) Data Protection
13 15 (10.27%) Customer Experience
14 14 (9.59%) Software Asset Management
15 11 (7.53%) Information Security
15 11 (7.53%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 5 (3.42%) PowerShell
1 5 (3.42%) SQL
2 1 (0.68%) Bash
2 1 (0.68%) Java
Qualifications
1 44 (30.14%) Degree
2 17 (11.64%) AWS Certification
3 9 (6.16%) Network+ Certification
4 6 (4.11%) DBS Check
5 5 (3.42%) Security Cleared
6 4 (2.74%) A+ Certification
6 4 (2.74%) SC Cleared
7 3 (2.05%) DV Cleared
8 1 (0.68%) Computer Science Degree
8 1 (0.68%) MCP
8 1 (0.68%) NVQ Level 3
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (11.64%) GDPR
2 10 (6.85%) ISO/IEC 19770
3 8 (5.48%) EU AI Act
3 8 (5.48%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 4 (2.74%) Cyber Essentials
4 4 (2.74%) ISO 9001
5 3 (2.05%) IFRS
6 1 (0.68%) California Consumer Privacy Act
6 1 (0.68%) GLBA
6 1 (0.68%) GRC
6 1 (0.68%) SLA
System Software
1 12 (8.22%) Active Directory
2 10 (6.85%) Hyper-V
2 10 (6.85%) Virtual Machines
3 9 (6.16%) VMware Infrastructure
4 4 (2.74%) Kamailio
5 1 (0.68%) Virtual Servers
5 1 (0.68%) VMware Server
Systems Management
1 9 (6.16%) Microsoft Intune
2 4 (2.74%) Jamf Pro
3 3 (2.05%) SCCM
Vendors
1 83 (56.85%) Microsoft
2 44 (30.14%) Adobe
3 43 (29.45%) Apple
4 14 (9.59%) Palo Alto
5 11 (7.53%) ServiceNow
6 9 (6.16%) VMware
7 7 (4.79%) Salesforce
8 6 (4.11%) Oracle
9 3 (2.05%) Facebook
9 3 (2.05%) IBM
9 3 (2.05%) YouTube
10 2 (1.37%) Dell
10 2 (1.37%) Snow
11 1 (0.68%) Autodesk