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 6 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
6 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 545 549 659
Rank change year-on-year +4 +110 +24
Permanent jobs citing Software Licensing 165 89 198
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.20% 0.22% 0.22%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.27% 0.23% 0.25%
Number of salaries quoted 74 41 100
10th Percentile £31,250 £25,250 £31,684
25th Percentile £38,500 £36,000 £38,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £63,178 £38,754 £42,250
Median % change year-on-year +63.02% -8.27% -23.18%
75th Percentile £80,000 £60,000 £57,500
90th Percentile £91,750 £90,000 £63,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £63,857 £37,000 £38,000
% change year-on-year +72.59% -2.63% -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 62,259 38,133 78,393
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 76.22% 93.03% 86.30%
Number of salaries quoted 38,393 22,512 58,144
10th Percentile £30,000 £31,250 £29,184
25th Percentile £40,000 £43,487 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,500 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.50% +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 £54,250 £50,000
% change year-on-year -7.83% +8.50% -7.94%

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 6 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 6 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 +23 157 £61,250 +58.05% 53
UK excluding London -9 108 £63,857 +72.59% 41
Work from Home +55 89 £59,500 -0.83% 29
London +40 52 £59,000 -5.60% 13
South East -16 29 £67,500 +164.71% 7
Midlands -27 27 £85,000 +119.33% 12
West Midlands -10 23 £90,000 +132.23% 7
North of England -62 18 £52,500 +25.00% 11
South West - 17 £32,500 - 10
East of England -23 15 £80,000 +8.84% 5
North West -27 14 £56,250 - 7
East Midlands - 4 £45,000 - 5
Yorkshire -53 3 £62,500 +48.81% 4
Scotland -28 2 - - 1
North East - 1 £42,000 - 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 9 (5.45%) SharePoint
2 4 (2.42%) Microsoft Exchange
3 3 (1.82%) FileNet
4 1 (0.61%) IIS
Applications
1 24 (14.55%) Microsoft Excel
2 22 (13.33%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 19 (11.52%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 5 (3.03%) Cloudability
2 3 (1.82%) Academy Revenues and Benefits
2 3 (1.82%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 52 (31.52%) Azure
2 35 (21.21%) SaaS
3 29 (17.58%) Microsoft 365
4 28 (16.97%) AWS
5 11 (6.67%) Entra ID
6 8 (4.85%) Power Platform
7 6 (3.64%) GCP
8 4 (2.42%) Azure DevOps
9 3 (1.82%) OneDrive
10 2 (1.21%) Microsoft Purview
10 2 (1.21%) PaaS
11 1 (0.61%) Adobe Creative Cloud
11 1 (0.61%) Azure Sentinel
11 1 (0.61%) Google Workspace
11 1 (0.61%) IaaS
11 1 (0.61%) Microsoft Copilot
11 1 (0.61%) OCI
11 1 (0.61%) Power Automate
11 1 (0.61%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 5 (3.03%) Network Security
2 4 (2.42%) DHCP
2 4 (2.42%) DNS
2 4 (2.42%) TCP/IP
2 4 (2.42%) VoIP
3 2 (1.21%) Firewall
3 2 (1.21%) LAN
3 2 (1.21%) VPN
3 2 (1.21%) WAN
4 1 (0.61%) Remote Desktop
4 1 (0.61%) Telnet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (3.03%) Power BI
1 5 (3.03%) Tableau
2 1 (0.61%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 4 (2.42%) JIRA
General
1 56 (33.94%) Legal
2 55 (33.33%) Social Skills
3 49 (29.70%) Finance
4 38 (23.03%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 32 (19.39%) Law
6 25 (15.15%) Retail
7 24 (14.55%) Public Sector
8 11 (6.67%) Banking
9 10 (6.06%) Organisational Skills
10 8 (4.85%) Telecoms
11 7 (4.24%) Front Office
12 6 (3.64%) Analytical Skills
13 4 (2.42%) Automotive
13 4 (2.42%) Influencing Skills
13 4 (2.42%) Pharmaceutical
14 3 (1.82%) Advertising
14 3 (1.82%) Marketing
15 2 (1.21%) Billing
15 2 (1.21%) Documentation Skills
16 1 (0.61%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 38 (23.03%) Analyst
2 24 (14.55%) Senior
3 22 (13.33%) IT Support
4 17 (10.30%) Service Manager
5 11 (6.67%) IT Manager
6 10 (6.06%) Asset and Configuration Manager
6 10 (6.06%) Configuration Manager
7 9 (5.45%) Category Manager
7 9 (5.45%) IT Analyst
7 9 (5.45%) IT Support Analyst
7 9 (5.45%) Support Analyst
8 8 (4.85%) Support Engineer
9 7 (4.24%) IT Engineer
9 7 (4.24%) IT Support Engineer
9 7 (4.24%) Software Analyst
9 7 (4.24%) Software Licensing Specialist
10 6 (3.64%) Consultant
10 6 (3.64%) IT Technician
10 6 (3.64%) Procurement Manager
10 6 (3.64%) Senior IT Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (1.82%) Software Packaging
Miscellaneous
1 32 (19.39%) Onboarding
2 20 (12.12%) Microsoft Licensing
3 19 (11.52%) Public Cloud
4 15 (9.09%) Enterprise Cloud
5 11 (6.67%) CMDB
6 8 (4.85%) Self-Motivation
7 3 (1.82%) Driving Licence
7 3 (1.82%) Team-Oriented Environment
8 2 (1.21%) Oracle Licensing
9 1 (0.61%) Culture of Ownership
9 1 (0.61%) Cyberattack
9 1 (0.61%) Enterprise Software
9 1 (0.61%) Life Science
9 1 (0.61%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 23 (13.94%) Windows
2 10 (6.06%) Linux
3 9 (5.45%) Windows Server
4 8 (4.85%) Windows 10
5 5 (3.03%) Unix
6 4 (2.42%) Apple iOS
7 1 (0.61%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 59 (35.76%) Cybersecurity
2 47 (28.48%) AI
3 46 (27.88%) Problem-Solving
4 38 (23.03%) Asset Management
5 32 (19.39%) Cost Optimisation
6 29 (17.58%) ITIL
6 29 (17.58%) Software Asset Management
7 27 (16.36%) Continuous Improvement
7 27 (16.36%) Stakeholder Management
8 25 (15.15%) Contract Negotiation
9 24 (14.55%) Service Management
10 23 (13.94%) FinOps
11 21 (12.73%) Mentoring
12 19 (11.52%) Customer Experience
12 19 (11.52%) Data Privacy
13 17 (10.30%) Client Onboarding
13 17 (10.30%) Data Protection
13 17 (10.30%) Decision-Making
14 16 (9.70%) Customer Engagement
15 15 (9.09%) Collaborative Working
Programming Languages
1 6 (3.64%) PowerShell
2 5 (3.03%) Python
2 5 (3.03%) VB
2 5 (3.03%) VBA
2 5 (3.03%) VBScript
3 3 (1.82%) SQL
4 1 (0.61%) Bash
4 1 (0.61%) Java
Qualifications
1 22 (13.33%) AWS Certification
2 13 (7.88%) Degree
3 11 (6.67%) DBS Check
4 7 (4.24%) Network+ Certification
4 7 (4.24%) Security Cleared
5 5 (3.03%) A+ Certification
5 5 (3.03%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
5 5 (3.03%) SC Cleared
6 4 (2.42%) DV Cleared
7 1 (0.61%) Microsoft Certified Professional
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (7.88%) GDPR
2 12 (7.27%) ISO/IEC 19770
3 4 (2.42%) EU AI Act
4 3 (1.82%) IFRS
5 1 (0.61%) COBIT
5 1 (0.61%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 1 (0.61%) NIST
5 1 (0.61%) SLA
System Software
1 16 (9.70%) Active Directory
2 12 (7.27%) Virtual Machines
3 11 (6.67%) VMware Infrastructure
4 8 (4.85%) Hyper-V
5 4 (2.42%) Docker
6 1 (0.61%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 9 (5.45%) Microsoft Intune
1 9 (5.45%) SCCM
2 3 (1.82%) Jamf Pro
Vendors
1 86 (52.12%) Microsoft
2 36 (21.82%) Adobe
3 31 (18.79%) Apple
4 18 (10.91%) ServiceNow
5 11 (6.67%) Oracle
5 11 (6.67%) VMware
6 10 (6.06%) IBM
7 7 (4.24%) Snow
8 3 (1.82%) Facebook
8 3 (1.82%) Salesforce
8 3 (1.82%) YouTube
9 2 (1.21%) Cisco
10 1 (0.61%) Autodesk