Software Licensing Job Trends in the South West

Software Licensing
England > South West

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the South West requiring Software Licensing skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 19 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 167 197 212
Rank change year-on-year +30 +15 +80
Permanent jobs citing Software Licensing 3 23 9
As % of all permanent jobs in the South West 0.083% 0.36% 0.19%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.10% 0.47% 0.21%
Number of salaries quoted 2 22 7
10th Percentile - - £30,372
25th Percentile £26,500 £30,000 £34,238
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £27,000 £31,500 £37,500
Median % change year-on-year -14.29% -16.00% +7.91%
75th Percentile £27,500 £37,438 £38,782
90th Percentile - £55,500 £42,488
England median annual salary £49,225 £48,500 £46,870
% change year-on-year +1.49% +3.48% +4.16%

All Process and Methodology Skills
South West

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 the South West.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,935 4,927 4,387
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 81.32% 76.27% 94.45%
Number of salaries quoted 1,862 2,781 3,338
10th Percentile £27,500 £30,000 £30,000
25th Percentile £31,250 £40,000 £40,875
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -13.64% - +10.00%
75th Percentile £65,000 £68,750 £70,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £82,500 £82,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,500
% change year-on-year -8.33% -0.83% +0.83%

Software Licensing
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

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

Software Licensing job vacancy trend in the South West

Software Licensing
Salary Trend in the South West

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South West citing Software Licensing.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South West citing Software Licensing

Software Licensing
Job Locations in the South West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Software Licensing within the South West region over the 6 months to 19 October 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Bristol +43 2 £27,000 -47.26% 4
Somerset - 1 - - 1
Software Licensing
England

Software Licensing
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South West 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:

Cloud Services
1 2 (66.67%) Microsoft 365
General
1 3 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (100.00%) IT Support
2 2 (66.67%) Analyst
2 2 (66.67%) IT Analyst
2 2 (66.67%) IT Support Analyst
2 2 (66.67%) Support Analyst
3 1 (33.33%) IT Assistant
3 1 (33.33%) IT Engineer
3 1 (33.33%) IT Support Assistant
3 1 (33.33%) IT Support Engineer
3 1 (33.33%) Support Assistant
3 1 (33.33%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (66.67%) Software Packaging
Miscellaneous
1 2 (66.67%) Driving Licence
1 2 (66.67%) Onboarding
2 1 (33.33%) Renewable Energy
2 1 (33.33%) Smart Energy
Operating Systems
1 3 (100.00%) Apple iOS
1 3 (100.00%) Windows
2 2 (66.67%) Windows 10
3 1 (33.33%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
2 2 (66.67%) Customer Service
2 2 (66.67%) Mobile Device Management
2 2 (66.67%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (33.33%) Collaborative Culture
3 1 (33.33%) Inventory Control
3 1 (33.33%) Inventory Management
Qualifications
1 1 (33.33%) NVQ Level 3
System Software
1 1 (33.33%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (66.67%) Jamf Pro
Vendors
1 2 (66.67%) Apple
1 2 (66.67%) Microsoft