Software Licensing Specialist Job Trends in the UK excluding London

Software Licensing Specialist
UK > UK excluding London

The median Software Licensing Specialist salary in the UK excluding London is £90,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 29 January 2026.

The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
29 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 514 - 620
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs requiring a Software Licensing Specialist 3 0 1
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.007% - 0.002%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.007% - 0.002%
Number of salaries quoted 3 0 1
10th Percentile £78,000 - -
25th Percentile £82,500 - £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £90,000 - £52,500
75th Percentile - - £53,750
90th Percentile - - -
UK median annual salary £90,000 - £52,500
% change year-on-year - - -34.38%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
UK excluding London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the UK excluding London. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in the UK excluding London with a recognized job title 40,537 32,198 42,350
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.61% 92.29% 95.28%
Number of salaries quoted 24,956 15,502 32,728
10th Percentile £28,000 £31,250 £26,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £40,748 £35,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £54,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.41% +8.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £65,000 £68,750 £65,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £82,500 £77,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -8.41%

Software Licensing Specialist
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Software Licensing Specialist' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Software Licensing Specialist job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

Software Licensing Specialist
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution trend for Software Licensing Specialist job vacancies in the UK excluding London.

Salary distribution trend for Software Licensing Specialist job vacancies in the UK excluding London

Software Licensing Specialist
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Software Licensing Specialist within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 29 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
Midlands - 3 £90,000 -
West Midlands - 3 £90,000 -
Software Licensing Specialist
UK

Software Licensing Specialist Skill Set
Top 14 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 29 January 2026, Software Licensing Specialist job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the UK excluding London region featuring Software Licensing Specialist in the job title.

1 3 (100.00%) Asset Management
1 3 (100.00%) Azure
1 3 (100.00%) FileNet
1 3 (100.00%) IBM
1 3 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 3 (100.00%) Oracle
1 3 (100.00%) Software Asset Management
1 3 (100.00%) Software Licensing
2 1 (33.33%) Adobe
2 1 (33.33%) Java
2 1 (33.33%) PaaS
2 1 (33.33%) Power Platform
2 1 (33.33%) SQL
2 1 (33.33%) Windows

Software Licensing Specialist Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 3 (100.00%) FileNet
Cloud Services
1 3 (100.00%) Azure
2 1 (33.33%) PaaS
2 1 (33.33%) Power Platform
Operating Systems
1 1 (33.33%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Asset Management
1 3 (100.00%) Software Asset Management
1 3 (100.00%) Software Licensing
Programming Languages
1 1 (33.33%) Java
1 1 (33.33%) SQL
Vendors
1 3 (100.00%) IBM
1 3 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 3 (100.00%) Oracle
2 1 (33.33%) Adobe