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 13 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 631 579 605
Rank change year-on-year -52 +26 +89
Permanent jobs citing Software Licensing 143 102 280
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.14% 0.21% 0.28%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.20% 0.23% 0.34%
Number of salaries quoted 77 43 148
10th Percentile £30,350 £25,950 £31,310
25th Percentile £33,500 £36,000 £38,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £40,681
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% +22.91% -9.60%
75th Percentile £80,000 £67,500 £57,813
90th Percentile £93,500 £94,500 £63,225
UK excluding London median annual salary £45,000 £50,000 £38,000
% change year-on-year -10.00% +31.58% -9.83%

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 72,820 44,444 83,107
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 73.76% 90.26% 82.20%
Number of salaries quoted 50,274 24,878 58,156
10th Percentile £30,250 £28,750 £29,750
25th Percentile £41,250 £38,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% -8.71%
75th Percentile £78,750 £77,500 £72,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £98,750 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +10.00% - -9.09%

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 13 July 2026.

Salary histogram for Software Licensing in the UK

Software Licensing
Top 14 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 13 July 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 -10 140 £62,500 +25.00% 58
UK excluding London -32 111 £45,000 -10.00% 35
Work from Home +9 66 £55,000 -8.33% 32
Midlands -17 29 £75,000 +93.53% 4
London -15 28 £80,000 +45.45% 31
East of England +2 27 £34,000 -28.04% 3
North of England -21 23 £37,500 -37.50% 9
West Midlands -13 22 £87,500 +125.78% 2
North West -8 21 £37,500 -29.91% 3
South East -32 17 £54,000 +42.11% 9
South West - 14 £29,000 - 6
East Midlands - 7 £75,000 - 2
Yorkshire -33 2 £63,750 +6.25% 3
Wales - 1 £27,500 - 2

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 5 (3.50%) SharePoint
2 2 (1.40%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (0.70%) WordPress
Applications
1 8 (5.59%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (3.50%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (3.50%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 24 (16.78%) Cloudability
2 3 (2.10%) Academy Revenues and Benefits
Cloud Services
1 46 (32.17%) Azure
2 25 (17.48%) AWS
2 25 (17.48%) Microsoft 365
3 24 (16.78%) GCP
4 17 (11.89%) Entra ID
5 10 (6.99%) Azure DevOps
6 9 (6.29%) Power Platform
7 6 (4.20%) SaaS
8 5 (3.50%) Microsoft Copilot
9 4 (2.80%) OneDrive
10 2 (1.40%) Dynamics 365
10 2 (1.40%) Microsoft Purview
10 2 (1.40%) Stripe
11 1 (0.70%) Asana
11 1 (0.70%) Azure Monitor
11 1 (0.70%) Azure Sentinel
11 1 (0.70%) Google Gemini
Communications & Networking
1 9 (6.29%) Network Security
2 6 (4.20%) Firewall
2 6 (4.20%) VoIP
3 3 (2.10%) DKIM
3 3 (2.10%) DMARC
3 3 (2.10%) DNS
3 3 (2.10%) PBX
3 3 (2.10%) Unified Communications
3 3 (2.10%) VLAN
3 3 (2.10%) Wi-Fi
4 1 (0.70%) LAN
4 1 (0.70%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (4.20%) Power BI
2 5 (3.50%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 9 (6.29%) JIRA
General
1 40 (27.97%) Social Skills
2 35 (24.48%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 27 (18.88%) Finance
4 25 (17.48%) Legal
5 18 (12.59%) Law
6 14 (9.79%) Front Office
7 13 (9.09%) Analytical Skills
8 12 (8.39%) Organisational Skills
9 9 (6.29%) Automotive
10 7 (4.90%) Manufacturing
11 6 (4.20%) Advertising
11 6 (4.20%) Public Sector
11 6 (4.20%) Telecoms
12 4 (2.80%) Documentation Skills
12 4 (2.80%) Military
13 3 (2.10%) Marketing
13 3 (2.10%) Retail
14 2 (1.40%) Presentation Skills
15 1 (0.70%) Banking
15 1 (0.70%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 40 (27.97%) Analyst
2 29 (20.28%) Senior
3 26 (18.18%) IT Support
4 24 (16.78%) Senior Analyst
5 19 (13.29%) IT Engineer
6 17 (11.89%) IT Support Engineer
6 17 (11.89%) Support Engineer
7 16 (11.19%) Service Manager
8 10 (6.99%) IT Manager
9 9 (6.29%) Azure Engineer
9 9 (6.29%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
9 9 (6.29%) Server Engineer
9 9 (6.29%) Server Support
9 9 (6.29%) Systems Engineer
10 8 (5.59%) IT Analyst
10 8 (5.59%) IT Support Analyst
10 8 (5.59%) Support Analyst
11 7 (4.90%) Software Analyst
11 7 (4.90%) Systems Support
11 7 (4.90%) Systems Support Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 24 (16.78%) Microsoft Licensing
2 14 (9.79%) Onboarding
3 8 (5.59%) Self-Motivation
4 6 (4.20%) Life Science
5 5 (3.50%) Driving Licence
6 4 (2.80%) CMDB
6 4 (2.80%) Culture of Ownership
7 3 (2.10%) Team-Oriented Environment
8 2 (1.40%) CCTV
8 2 (1.40%) Management Information System
8 2 (1.40%) Oracle Licensing
8 2 (1.40%) Public Cloud
9 1 (0.70%) Cyberattack
9 1 (0.70%) Enterprise Software
9 1 (0.70%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 16 (11.19%) Linux
2 11 (7.69%) Windows
3 5 (3.50%) Unix
4 3 (2.10%) Windows Server
5 1 (0.70%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 50 (34.97%) Cybersecurity
2 36 (25.17%) AI
3 32 (22.38%) Cost Optimisation
4 31 (21.68%) Problem-Solving
5 30 (20.98%) Mentoring
6 27 (18.88%) Cost Management
7 25 (17.48%) Continuous Improvement
7 25 (17.48%) FinOps
8 22 (15.38%) Asset Management
9 20 (13.99%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 16 (11.19%) Decision-Making
11 15 (10.49%) Software Asset Management
11 15 (10.49%) Stakeholder Management
12 14 (9.79%) Data Protection
13 12 (8.39%) Collaborative Working
13 12 (8.39%) DevOps
13 12 (8.39%) Digital Transformation Programme
13 12 (8.39%) ITIL
14 11 (7.69%) Customer Service
14 11 (7.69%) Process Improvement
Programming Languages
1 5 (3.50%) Python
1 5 (3.50%) VB
1 5 (3.50%) VBA
1 5 (3.50%) VBScript
2 3 (2.10%) SQL
Qualifications
1 24 (16.78%) AWS Certification
1 24 (16.78%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
2 10 (6.99%) DBS Check
3 7 (4.90%) Security Cleared
4 3 (2.10%) SC Cleared
5 2 (1.40%) CCNA
5 2 (1.40%) Cisco Certification
5 2 (1.40%) CompTIA Security+
5 2 (1.40%) ITIL Certification
6 1 (0.70%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (2.80%) Cyber Essentials
1 4 (2.80%) GDPR
1 4 (2.80%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 2 (1.40%) NIST
2 2 (1.40%) PCI DSS
2 2 (1.40%) QA
3 1 (0.70%) COBIT
3 1 (0.70%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
System Software
1 15 (10.49%) Active Directory
2 9 (6.29%) Docker
3 8 (5.59%) VMware Infrastructure
4 5 (3.50%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 5 (3.50%) SCCM
2 3 (2.10%) cPanel
2 3 (2.10%) Plesk
3 2 (1.40%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 74 (51.75%) Microsoft
2 29 (20.28%) Adobe
3 24 (16.78%) Apple
3 24 (16.78%) ServiceNow
4 8 (5.59%) VMware
5 7 (4.90%) IBM
5 7 (4.90%) Oracle
6 5 (3.50%) Snow
7 3 (2.10%) Acronis
7 3 (2.10%) Datto
7 3 (2.10%) NETGEAR
7 3 (2.10%) SonicWALL
7 3 (2.10%) Veeam
7 3 (2.10%) WatchGuard
8 2 (1.40%) Capita
8 2 (1.40%) Cisco
8 2 (1.40%) Palo Alto
9 1 (0.70%) HubSpot