Software Licensing Job Trends

Software Licensing
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs requiring Software Licensing skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 19 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 541 553 637
Rank change year-on-year +12 +84 +32
Permanent jobs citing Software Licensing 175 94 231
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.20% 0.23% 0.24%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.27% 0.24% 0.28%
Number of salaries quoted 75 41 117
10th Percentile £31,250 £25,250 £37,000
25th Percentile £39,250 £36,000 £38,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £38,754 £42,250
Median % change year-on-year +74.18% -8.27% -25.55%
75th Percentile £80,000 £62,500 £57,500
90th Percentile £91,500 £90,000 £63,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £67,500 £38,754 £38,000
% change year-on-year +74.18% +1.98% -25.85%

All Process & Methodology Skills
UK

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.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 65,473 38,805 81,335
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 75.33% 92.93% 85.93%
Number of salaries quoted 40,444 22,598 59,573
10th Percentile £30,000 £31,250 £29,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £42,500 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.17% +9.09% -10.57%
75th Percentile £77,500 £80,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £97,500 £102,500 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £52,600 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.94% +5.20% -8.90%

Software Licensing
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Software Licensing job vacancy trend in the UK

Software Licensing
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Software Licensing.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Software Licensing

Software Licensing
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Software Licensing over the 6 months to 19 April 2026.

Salary histogram for Software Licensing in the UK

Software Licensing
Top 15 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Software Licensing within the UK over the 6 months to 19 April 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
England +21 167 £66,000 +70.31% 46
UK excluding London +3 125 £67,500 +74.18% 27
Work from Home +51 92 £60,000 -12.73% 23
London +21 45 £59,500 -20.67% 19
Midlands -27 34 £82,500 +112.88% 5
South East -33 28 £67,500 +145.45% 5
West Midlands -20 27 £90,000 +132.23% 1
North of England -56 22 £52,500 -12.50% 8
East of England -21 20 £80,000 +8.84% 4
South West - 19 £32,500 - 5
North West -18 18 £56,250 - 4
East Midlands - 7 £75,000 - 4
Yorkshire -49 3 £62,500 +4.17% 4
Scotland -30 2 - -
North East - 1 £42,000 -

Software Licensing
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 9 (5.14%) SharePoint
2 4 (2.29%) Microsoft Exchange
3 3 (1.71%) FileNet
4 1 (0.57%) IIS
Applications
1 24 (13.71%) Microsoft Excel
2 22 (12.57%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 17 (9.71%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 9 (5.14%) Cloudability
2 3 (1.71%) Academy Revenues and Benefits
3 2 (1.14%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 56 (32.00%) Azure
2 33 (18.86%) AWS
3 31 (17.71%) SaaS
4 26 (14.86%) Microsoft 365
5 13 (7.43%) Entra ID
6 10 (5.71%) GCP
7 7 (4.00%) Azure DevOps
7 7 (4.00%) Power Platform
8 2 (1.14%) Microsoft Purview
8 2 (1.14%) OneDrive
8 2 (1.14%) PaaS
9 1 (0.57%) Adobe Creative Cloud
9 1 (0.57%) Azure Sentinel
9 1 (0.57%) Google Workspace
9 1 (0.57%) IaaS
9 1 (0.57%) Microsoft Copilot
9 1 (0.57%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 8 (4.57%) Network Security
2 4 (2.29%) DHCP
2 4 (2.29%) DNS
2 4 (2.29%) TCP/IP
2 4 (2.29%) VoIP
3 2 (1.14%) Firewall
3 2 (1.14%) LAN
3 2 (1.14%) VPN
3 2 (1.14%) WAN
4 1 (0.57%) Remote Desktop
4 1 (0.57%) Telnet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (2.86%) Power BI
1 5 (2.86%) Tableau
2 1 (0.57%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 7 (4.00%) JIRA
General
1 55 (31.43%) Legal
2 54 (30.86%) Social Skills
3 52 (29.71%) Finance
4 43 (24.57%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 33 (18.86%) Law
6 25 (14.29%) Retail
7 24 (13.71%) Public Sector
8 12 (6.86%) Front Office
8 12 (6.86%) Organisational Skills
9 11 (6.29%) Banking
10 8 (4.57%) Telecoms
11 7 (4.00%) Automotive
12 5 (2.86%) Analytical Skills
12 5 (2.86%) Documentation Skills
13 4 (2.29%) Influencing Skills
13 4 (2.29%) Military
13 4 (2.29%) Pharmaceutical
14 3 (1.71%) Advertising
14 3 (1.71%) Marketing
15 2 (1.14%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 42 (24.00%) Analyst
2 24 (13.71%) Senior
3 23 (13.14%) IT Support
4 22 (12.57%) Service Manager
5 13 (7.43%) Support Engineer
6 12 (6.86%) IT Engineer
6 12 (6.86%) IT Support Engineer
7 11 (6.29%) IT Manager
8 10 (5.71%) Asset and Configuration Manager
8 10 (5.71%) Configuration Manager
9 9 (5.14%) Category Manager
9 9 (5.14%) IT Analyst
9 9 (5.14%) IT Support Analyst
9 9 (5.14%) Senior Analyst
9 9 (5.14%) Support Analyst
10 8 (4.57%) Software Licensing Specialist
11 7 (4.00%) Azure Engineer
11 7 (4.00%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
11 7 (4.00%) Server Engineer
11 7 (4.00%) Software Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (1.14%) Software Packaging
Miscellaneous
1 31 (17.71%) Onboarding
2 20 (11.43%) Microsoft Licensing
3 19 (10.86%) Public Cloud
4 15 (8.57%) Enterprise Cloud
5 14 (8.00%) CMDB
6 6 (3.43%) Self-Motivation
7 4 (2.29%) Culture of Ownership
8 3 (1.71%) Team-Oriented Environment
9 2 (1.14%) Driving Licence
9 2 (1.14%) Life Science
9 2 (1.14%) Oracle Licensing
10 1 (0.57%) Cyberattack
10 1 (0.57%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 18 (10.29%) Windows
2 13 (7.43%) Linux
3 7 (4.00%) Windows 10
4 5 (2.86%) Unix
4 5 (2.86%) Windows Server
5 3 (1.71%) Apple iOS
6 1 (0.57%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 63 (36.00%) Cybersecurity
2 52 (29.71%) AI
3 44 (25.14%) Problem-Solving
4 42 (24.00%) Asset Management
5 37 (21.14%) Cost Optimisation
6 32 (18.29%) Continuous Improvement
7 30 (17.14%) Software Asset Management
8 28 (16.00%) FinOps
9 27 (15.43%) ITIL
9 27 (15.43%) Stakeholder Management
10 23 (13.14%) Contract Negotiation
11 21 (12.00%) Mentoring
12 19 (10.86%) Customer Experience
12 19 (10.86%) Data Privacy
12 19 (10.86%) Service Management
13 17 (9.71%) Change Management
13 17 (9.71%) Client Onboarding
13 17 (9.71%) Decision-Making
14 16 (9.14%) Data Protection
14 16 (9.14%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 5 (2.86%) PowerShell
1 5 (2.86%) Python
1 5 (2.86%) VB
1 5 (2.86%) VBA
1 5 (2.86%) VBScript
2 3 (1.71%) SQL
3 1 (0.57%) Bash
3 1 (0.57%) Java
Qualifications
1 26 (14.86%) AWS Certification
2 11 (6.29%) DBS Check
3 10 (5.71%) Security Cleared
4 9 (5.14%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
5 8 (4.57%) Degree
6 5 (2.86%) A+ Certification
6 5 (2.86%) SC Cleared
7 4 (2.29%) DV Cleared
8 3 (1.71%) Network+ Certification
9 1 (0.57%) Microsoft Certified Professional
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (6.86%) ISO/IEC 19770
2 11 (6.29%) GDPR
3 4 (2.29%) EU AI Act
4 2 (1.14%) IFRS
5 1 (0.57%) COBIT
5 1 (0.57%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 1 (0.57%) NIST
5 1 (0.57%) SLA
System Software
1 15 (8.57%) Active Directory
2 12 (6.86%) Virtual Machines
3 7 (4.00%) Docker
3 7 (4.00%) VMware Infrastructure
4 4 (2.29%) Hyper-V
5 1 (0.57%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 9 (5.14%) SCCM
2 4 (2.29%) Microsoft Intune
3 2 (1.14%) Jamf Pro
Vendors
1 87 (49.71%) Microsoft
2 40 (22.86%) Adobe
3 34 (19.43%) Apple
4 21 (12.00%) ServiceNow
5 11 (6.29%) Oracle
6 10 (5.71%) IBM
7 7 (4.00%) Snow
7 7 (4.00%) VMware
8 3 (1.71%) Facebook
8 3 (1.71%) YouTube
9 2 (1.14%) Cisco
9 2 (1.14%) Salesforce
10 1 (0.57%) Autodesk