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

6 months to
24 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 603 582 586
Rank change year-on-year -21 +4 +105
Permanent jobs citing Software Licensing 149 113 277
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.15% 0.23% 0.30%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.20% 0.26% 0.37%
Number of salaries quoted 86 44 151
10th Percentile £30,125 £26,300 £30,000
25th Percentile £34,188 £35,875 £38,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £58,750 £50,000 £40,681
Median % change year-on-year +17.50% +22.91% -18.64%
75th Percentile £80,000 £67,500 £57,500
90th Percentile £97,136 £94,500 £62,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £45,000 £50,000 £38,000
% change year-on-year -10.00% +31.58% -17.61%

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 74,007 44,123 74,573
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 73.62% 89.89% 81.72%
Number of salaries quoted 51,106 24,962 50,806
10th Percentile £30,500 £28,750 £30,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £37,500 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% - -8.71%
75th Percentile £78,750 £76,250 £73,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £97,500 £93,750
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 24 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 24 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 -31 145 £63,857 +27.71% 55
UK excluding London -45 114 £45,000 -10.00% 47
Work from Home -17 64 £58,750 -2.08% 29
London -17 31 £80,000 +45.45% 19
Midlands -24 29 £75,000 +93.53% 7
North of England -35 24 £37,500 -22.68% 13
East of England +3 23 £34,000 -40.87% 2
North West -3 22 £37,500 +1.35% 6
West Midlands -30 22 £87,500 +125.78% 6
South East -26 21 £54,000 +22.73% 11
South West - 15 £29,000 - 9
East Midlands - 7 £75,000 - 1
Yorkshire -31 2 £63,750 +6.25% 5
Wales - 2 £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 6 (4.03%) SharePoint
2 2 (1.34%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (0.67%) WordPress
Applications
1 7 (4.70%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (3.36%) Microsoft Office
3 4 (2.68%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 24 (16.11%) Cloudability
2 3 (2.01%) Academy Revenues and Benefits
Cloud Services
1 47 (31.54%) Azure
2 27 (18.12%) Microsoft 365
3 25 (16.78%) AWS
4 24 (16.11%) GCP
5 18 (12.08%) Entra ID
6 10 (6.71%) Azure DevOps
7 9 (6.04%) SaaS
8 8 (5.37%) Power Platform
9 6 (4.03%) Microsoft Copilot
10 5 (3.36%) OneDrive
11 3 (2.01%) Dynamics 365
12 2 (1.34%) Microsoft Purview
12 2 (1.34%) Stripe
13 1 (0.67%) Asana
13 1 (0.67%) Azure Monitor
13 1 (0.67%) Azure Sentinel
13 1 (0.67%) Google Gemini
Communications & Networking
1 9 (6.04%) Network Security
2 6 (4.03%) Firewall
2 6 (4.03%) VoIP
3 4 (2.68%) Wi-Fi
4 3 (2.01%) DKIM
4 3 (2.01%) DMARC
4 3 (2.01%) DNS
4 3 (2.01%) PBX
4 3 (2.01%) Unified Communications
4 3 (2.01%) VLAN
5 1 (0.67%) FTP
5 1 (0.67%) LAN
5 1 (0.67%) TCP/IP
5 1 (0.67%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (3.36%) Power BI
2 4 (2.68%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 9 (6.04%) JIRA
General
1 43 (28.86%) Social Skills
2 38 (25.50%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 29 (19.46%) Finance
4 28 (18.79%) Legal
5 22 (14.77%) Law
6 15 (10.07%) Front Office
7 14 (9.40%) Analytical Skills
8 12 (8.05%) Manufacturing
9 9 (6.04%) Automotive
9 9 (6.04%) Public Sector
10 7 (4.70%) Organisational Skills
10 7 (4.70%) Telecoms
11 6 (4.03%) Advertising
11 6 (4.03%) Retail
12 4 (2.68%) Documentation Skills
12 4 (2.68%) Military
13 3 (2.01%) Marketing
13 3 (2.01%) Presentation Skills
14 1 (0.67%) Aerospace
14 1 (0.67%) Banking
Job Titles
1 36 (24.16%) Analyst
2 29 (19.46%) Senior
3 27 (18.12%) IT Support
4 24 (16.11%) Senior Analyst
5 19 (12.75%) IT Engineer
6 18 (12.08%) Support Engineer
7 17 (11.41%) IT Support Engineer
7 17 (11.41%) Service Manager
8 12 (8.05%) IT Manager
9 9 (6.04%) Azure Engineer
9 9 (6.04%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
9 9 (6.04%) Server Engineer
9 9 (6.04%) Server Support
9 9 (6.04%) Systems Engineer
10 8 (5.37%) IT Analyst
10 8 (5.37%) IT Support Analyst
10 8 (5.37%) Support Analyst
11 7 (4.70%) Systems Support
11 7 (4.70%) Systems Support Engineer
12 5 (3.36%) IT Technician
Miscellaneous
1 25 (16.78%) Microsoft Licensing
2 14 (9.40%) Onboarding
3 10 (6.71%) Life Science
4 8 (5.37%) Self-Motivation
5 6 (4.03%) Driving Licence
6 4 (2.68%) CMDB
6 4 (2.68%) Culture of Ownership
7 3 (2.01%) Team-Oriented Environment
8 2 (1.34%) CCTV
8 2 (1.34%) Management Information System
8 2 (1.34%) Oracle Licensing
8 2 (1.34%) Public Cloud
9 1 (0.67%) Cyberattack
9 1 (0.67%) Enterprise Software
9 1 (0.67%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 15 (10.07%) Linux
2 13 (8.72%) Windows
3 4 (2.68%) Unix
4 3 (2.01%) Windows Server
5 1 (0.67%) Mac OS
5 1 (0.67%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 54 (36.24%) Cybersecurity
2 41 (27.52%) AI
3 29 (19.46%) Mentoring
4 27 (18.12%) Continuous Improvement
4 27 (18.12%) Cost Management
4 27 (18.12%) Cost Optimisation
4 27 (18.12%) Problem-Solving
5 25 (16.78%) FinOps
6 20 (13.42%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 18 (12.08%) Asset Management
7 18 (12.08%) Data Protection
8 17 (11.41%) Digital Transformation Programme
9 16 (10.74%) Stakeholder Management
10 15 (10.07%) ITIL
11 14 (9.40%) Risk Management
12 13 (8.72%) Decision-Making
13 12 (8.05%) Customer Service
13 12 (8.05%) DevOps
13 12 (8.05%) Service Delivery
14 11 (7.38%) Process Improvement
Programming Languages
1 4 (2.68%) Python
1 4 (2.68%) VB
1 4 (2.68%) VBA
1 4 (2.68%) VBScript
2 3 (2.01%) SQL
Qualifications
1 24 (16.11%) AWS Certification
1 24 (16.11%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
2 8 (5.37%) Security Cleared
3 5 (3.36%) DBS Check
4 4 (2.68%) SC Cleared
5 3 (2.01%) ITIL Certification
6 2 (1.34%) CCNA
6 2 (1.34%) Cisco Certification
6 2 (1.34%) CompTIA Security+
7 1 (0.67%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (2.68%) Cyber Essentials
1 4 (2.68%) GDPR
1 4 (2.68%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 2 (1.34%) NIST
2 2 (1.34%) PCI DSS
2 2 (1.34%) QA
3 1 (0.67%) COBIT
3 1 (0.67%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
3 1 (0.67%) ISO/IEC 20000
System Software
1 16 (10.74%) Active Directory
2 9 (6.04%) Docker
3 7 (4.70%) VMware Infrastructure
4 5 (3.36%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 4 (2.68%) SCCM
2 3 (2.01%) cPanel
2 3 (2.01%) Microsoft Intune
2 3 (2.01%) Plesk
Vendors
1 77 (51.68%) Microsoft
2 28 (18.79%) Adobe
3 25 (16.78%) Apple
4 24 (16.11%) ServiceNow
5 7 (4.70%) VMware
6 6 (4.03%) IBM
6 6 (4.03%) Oracle
7 4 (2.68%) Snow
8 3 (2.01%) Acronis
8 3 (2.01%) Capita
8 3 (2.01%) Datto
8 3 (2.01%) NETGEAR
8 3 (2.01%) SonicWALL
8 3 (2.01%) Veeam
8 3 (2.01%) WatchGuard
9 2 (1.34%) Cisco
9 2 (1.34%) Palo Alto
10 1 (0.67%) HubSpot