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 14 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 590 598 632
Rank change year-on-year +8 +34 +57
Permanent jobs citing Software Licensing 151 75 279
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.16% 0.17% 0.26%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.22% 0.18% 0.32%
Number of salaries quoted 71 39 152
10th Percentile £31,250 £25,250 £30,187
25th Percentile £33,500 £36,000 £38,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £42,250
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% +18.34% -23.18%
75th Percentile £80,000 £72,500 £54,688
90th Percentile £90,000 £94,500 £62,950
UK excluding London median annual salary £45,901 £38,754 £38,000
% change year-on-year +18.44% +1.98% -24.00%

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 67,701 41,203 88,451
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 72.85% 92.64% 82.16%
Number of salaries quoted 46,469 21,965 62,595
10th Percentile £30,000 £29,000 £29,613
25th Percentile £41,250 £39,500 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% -9.69%
75th Percentile £78,750 £77,500 £72,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +5.00% - -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 14 June 2026.

Salary histogram for Software Licensing in the UK

Software Licensing
Top 13 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 14 June 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 +31 149 £55,000 +22.22% 39
UK excluding London -9 120 £45,901 +18.44% 25
Work from Home +57 75 £45,000 -25.00% 20
Midlands +9 36 £75,000 +93.53% 3
West Midlands +3 29 £87,500 +125.78% 3
East of England +1 29 £34,000 -8.11% 2
London -13 27 £75,000 +20.00% 13
North of England -24 24 £37,500 -37.50% 7
North West +8 23 £37,500 - 4
South West - 16 £32,500 - 5
South East -29 15 £54,000 +66.15% 8
East Midlands - 7 £75,000 -
Yorkshire -45 1 £62,500 +4.17% 1

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 (3.31%) SharePoint
2 1 (0.66%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (0.66%) WordPress
Applications
1 17 (11.26%) Microsoft Excel
2 15 (9.93%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 10 (6.62%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 24 (15.89%) Cloudability
2 3 (1.99%) Academy Revenues and Benefits
Cloud Services
1 57 (37.75%) Azure
2 38 (25.17%) AWS
3 24 (15.89%) GCP
4 23 (15.23%) Microsoft 365
5 15 (9.93%) Entra ID
6 9 (5.96%) Azure DevOps
7 8 (5.30%) Power Platform
8 4 (2.65%) SaaS
9 3 (1.99%) Microsoft Copilot
9 3 (1.99%) OneDrive
10 2 (1.32%) Dynamics 365
10 2 (1.32%) Microsoft Purview
10 2 (1.32%) Stripe
11 1 (0.66%) Asana
11 1 (0.66%) Azure Sentinel
11 1 (0.66%) Google Gemini
Communications & Networking
1 9 (5.96%) Network Security
2 6 (3.97%) VoIP
3 3 (1.99%) Firewall
4 2 (1.32%) DKIM
4 2 (1.32%) DMARC
4 2 (1.32%) DNS
4 2 (1.32%) PBX
4 2 (1.32%) Unified Communications
4 2 (1.32%) VLAN
4 2 (1.32%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (3.31%) Power BI
1 5 (3.31%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 9 (5.96%) JIRA
General
1 45 (29.80%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 43 (28.48%) Social Skills
3 28 (18.54%) Finance
4 20 (13.25%) Legal
5 14 (9.27%) Front Office
5 14 (9.27%) Organisational Skills
6 13 (8.61%) Law
7 10 (6.62%) Analytical Skills
8 9 (5.96%) Automotive
9 5 (3.31%) Public Sector
9 5 (3.31%) Telecoms
10 4 (2.65%) Advertising
10 4 (2.65%) Documentation Skills
10 4 (2.65%) Manufacturing
10 4 (2.65%) Military
11 3 (1.99%) Marketing
12 2 (1.32%) Billing
12 2 (1.32%) Presentation Skills
13 1 (0.66%) Banking
13 1 (0.66%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 54 (35.76%) Analyst
2 32 (21.19%) Senior
3 25 (16.56%) IT Support
4 24 (15.89%) Senior Analyst
5 16 (10.60%) IT Engineer
5 16 (10.60%) Service Manager
6 14 (9.27%) IT Support Engineer
6 14 (9.27%) Support Engineer
7 11 (7.28%) IT Analyst
7 11 (7.28%) IT Manager
7 11 (7.28%) IT Support Analyst
7 11 (7.28%) Support Analyst
8 9 (5.96%) Azure Engineer
8 9 (5.96%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
8 9 (5.96%) Server Engineer
8 9 (5.96%) Server Support
8 9 (5.96%) Systems Engineer
9 8 (5.30%) Software Analyst
10 7 (4.64%) Category Manager
10 7 (4.64%) Systems Support
Miscellaneous
1 24 (15.89%) Microsoft Licensing
2 22 (14.57%) Onboarding
3 12 (7.95%) Public Cloud
4 8 (5.30%) Self-Motivation
5 4 (2.65%) CMDB
5 4 (2.65%) Culture of Ownership
5 4 (2.65%) Life Science
6 3 (1.99%) Driving Licence
6 3 (1.99%) Team-Oriented Environment
7 2 (1.32%) CCTV
7 2 (1.32%) Management Information System
7 2 (1.32%) Oracle Licensing
8 1 (0.66%) Cyberattack
8 1 (0.66%) Enterprise Cloud
8 1 (0.66%) Enterprise Software
8 1 (0.66%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 16 (10.60%) Linux
2 10 (6.62%) Windows
3 5 (3.31%) Unix
4 3 (1.99%) Windows 10
5 2 (1.32%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 59 (39.07%) Cybersecurity
2 46 (30.46%) Cost Optimisation
3 44 (29.14%) AI
4 35 (23.18%) FinOps
5 32 (21.19%) Problem-Solving
6 30 (19.87%) Mentoring
7 27 (17.88%) Asset Management
7 27 (17.88%) Cost Management
8 23 (15.23%) Continuous Improvement
9 17 (11.26%) Software Asset Management
9 17 (11.26%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 15 (9.93%) Decision-Making
11 14 (9.27%) Collaborative Working
11 14 (9.27%) ITIL
12 13 (8.61%) Stakeholder Management
13 11 (7.28%) DevOps
14 10 (6.62%) Client Onboarding
14 10 (6.62%) Contract Management
15 9 (5.96%) Edge Computing
15 9 (5.96%) Hardware-in-the-Loop
Programming Languages
1 5 (3.31%) Python
1 5 (3.31%) VB
1 5 (3.31%) VBA
1 5 (3.31%) VBScript
2 2 (1.32%) SQL
Qualifications
1 34 (22.52%) AWS Certification
2 24 (15.89%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
3 9 (5.96%) DBS Check
3 9 (5.96%) Security Cleared
4 5 (3.31%) SC Cleared
5 3 (1.99%) A+ Certification
5 3 (1.99%) DV Cleared
6 2 (1.32%) CCNA
6 2 (1.32%) Cisco Certification
6 2 (1.32%) CompTIA Security+
6 2 (1.32%) ITIL Certification
7 1 (0.66%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (2.65%) GDPR
1 4 (2.65%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 3 (1.99%) Cyber Essentials
3 2 (1.32%) NIST
3 2 (1.32%) PCI DSS
3 2 (1.32%) QA
4 1 (0.66%) COBIT
System Software
1 14 (9.27%) Active Directory
2 9 (5.96%) Docker
3 7 (4.64%) VMware Infrastructure
4 4 (2.65%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 8 (5.30%) SCCM
2 2 (1.32%) cPanel
2 2 (1.32%) Plesk
3 1 (0.66%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 83 (54.97%) Microsoft
2 41 (27.15%) Adobe
3 36 (23.84%) Apple
4 24 (15.89%) ServiceNow
5 7 (4.64%) IBM
5 7 (4.64%) Oracle
5 7 (4.64%) VMware
6 5 (3.31%) Snow
7 2 (1.32%) Acronis
7 2 (1.32%) Cisco
7 2 (1.32%) Datto
7 2 (1.32%) NETGEAR
7 2 (1.32%) Palo Alto
7 2 (1.32%) SonicWALL
7 2 (1.32%) Veeam
7 2 (1.32%) WatchGuard
8 1 (0.66%) Capita
8 1 (0.66%) HubSpot