Software Licensing Specialist Job Trends

Software Licensing Specialist
UK

The median Software Licensing Specialist salary in the UK 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 646 711 768
Rank change year-on-year +65 +57 +230
Permanent jobs requiring a Software Licensing Specialist 3 1 2
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.005% 0.002% 0.003%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.005% 0.002% 0.003%
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
Median % change year-on-year - - -34.38%
75th Percentile - - £53,750
90th Percentile - - -
UK excluding London median annual salary £90,000 - £52,500

All Permanent IT Job Roles
UK

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies. 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 with a recognized job title 57,468 48,384 64,674
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.83% 92.28% 95.12%
Number of salaries quoted 35,727 24,872 50,479
10th Percentile £28,785 £33,750 £29,000
25th Percentile £37,500 £45,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -8.41%
75th Percentile £75,000 £79,648 £75,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £54,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -7.41% +8.00% -4.76%

Software Licensing Specialist
Job Vacancy Trend

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.

Software Licensing Specialist job vacancy trend in the UK

Software Licensing Specialist
Salary Trend

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

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

Software Licensing Specialist
Top 5 Job Locations

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 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
Work from Home - 3 £90,000 - 1
UK excluding London - 3 £90,000 - 1
Midlands - 3 £90,000 -
West Midlands - 3 £90,000 -
England - 3 £90,000 - 1

Software Licensing Specialist Skill Set
Top 14 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities

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 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 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