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 20 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 614 575 557
Rank change year-on-year -39 -18 +116
Permanent jobs citing Software Licensing 172 117 258
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.16% 0.23% 0.31%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.22% 0.26% 0.38%
Number of salaries quoted 104 44 156
10th Percentile £31,250 £27,050 £30,000
25th Percentile £37,188 £35,500 £38,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,891 £50,000 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year +15.78% +17.65% -15.00%
75th Percentile £77,500 £67,500 £58,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £94,500 £64,375
UK excluding London median annual salary £54,000 £38,754 £38,000
% change year-on-year +39.34% +1.98% -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 78,808 44,479 67,117
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 73.30% 89.14% 80.83%
Number of salaries quoted 54,325 25,171 42,850
10th Percentile £31,000 £28,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £41,250 £36,750 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% - -8.71%
75th Percentile £78,750 £75,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £97,250 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £47,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +15.79% -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 20 August 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 20 August 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 -27 168 £61,641 +54.10% 86
UK excluding London -43 143 £54,000 +39.34% 73
Work from Home -23 69 £55,000 +10.00% 46
South East -29 33 £54,000 +8.00% 19
North of England -30 32 £41,250 +11.49% 18
Midlands -19 28 £75,000 +93.53% 11
East of England -1 27 £72,500 +26.09% 3
North West -14 27 £40,000 +8.11% 7
London -37 27 £70,000 +40.00% 28
West Midlands -28 21 £87,500 +125.78% 9
South West - 20 £41,498 - 13
East Midlands - 7 £75,000 - 2
Yorkshire - 5 £62,500 - 7
Wales - 3 £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 (3.49%) SharePoint
2 2 (1.16%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (0.58%) WordPress
Applications
1 11 (6.40%) Microsoft Office
2 10 (5.81%) Microsoft Excel
3 8 (4.65%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 24 (13.95%) Cloudability
2 3 (1.74%) Academy Revenues and Benefits
3 1 (0.58%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 46 (26.74%) Azure
2 33 (19.19%) Microsoft 365
3 25 (14.53%) AWS
4 24 (13.95%) GCP
5 18 (10.47%) Entra ID
6 14 (8.14%) SaaS
7 10 (5.81%) Azure DevOps
8 7 (4.07%) Microsoft Copilot
8 7 (4.07%) Power Platform
9 6 (3.49%) Dynamics 365
10 5 (2.91%) OneDrive
11 2 (1.16%) Stripe
12 1 (0.58%) Asana
12 1 (0.58%) Azure Monitor
12 1 (0.58%) Azure Sentinel
12 1 (0.58%) Google Gemini
12 1 (0.58%) Google Workspace
Communications & Networking
1 9 (5.23%) Firewall
1 9 (5.23%) Network Security
2 6 (3.49%) VoIP
3 4 (2.33%) DNS
3 4 (2.33%) Wi-Fi
4 3 (1.74%) DKIM
4 3 (1.74%) DMARC
4 3 (1.74%) FTP
4 3 (1.74%) LAN
4 3 (1.74%) PBX
4 3 (1.74%) Unified Communications
4 3 (1.74%) VLAN
4 3 (1.74%) WAN
5 1 (0.58%) DHCP
5 1 (0.58%) TCP/IP
5 1 (0.58%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (2.33%) Power BI
2 2 (1.16%) Tableau
3 1 (0.58%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 9 (5.23%) JIRA
General
1 51 (29.65%) Social Skills
2 46 (26.74%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 31 (18.02%) Finance
4 27 (15.70%) Legal
5 26 (15.12%) Analytical Skills
6 22 (12.79%) Law
7 18 (10.47%) Manufacturing
8 16 (9.30%) Front Office
8 16 (9.30%) Organisational Skills
9 13 (7.56%) Public Sector
10 12 (6.98%) Retail
11 9 (5.23%) Automotive
11 9 (5.23%) Telecoms
12 7 (4.07%) Marketing
13 5 (2.91%) Advertising
14 4 (2.33%) Documentation Skills
14 4 (2.33%) Military
14 4 (2.33%) Presentation Skills
15 1 (0.58%) Influencing Skills
15 1 (0.58%) Police
Job Titles
1 36 (20.93%) Analyst
2 28 (16.28%) IT Support
2 28 (16.28%) Senior
3 24 (13.95%) IT Manager
3 24 (13.95%) Senior Analyst
4 19 (11.05%) IT Engineer
5 18 (10.47%) Service Manager
5 18 (10.47%) Support Engineer
6 17 (9.88%) IT Support Engineer
7 9 (5.23%) Azure Engineer
7 9 (5.23%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
7 9 (5.23%) Server Engineer
7 9 (5.23%) Server Support
7 9 (5.23%) Systems Engineer
8 8 (4.65%) IT Analyst
8 8 (4.65%) IT Support Analyst
8 8 (4.65%) Support Analyst
9 7 (4.07%) Systems Support
9 7 (4.07%) Systems Support Engineer
10 6 (3.49%) Communications Manager
Miscellaneous
1 23 (13.37%) Microsoft Licensing
2 16 (9.30%) Onboarding
3 13 (7.56%) Life Science
4 9 (5.23%) Driving Licence
5 8 (4.65%) Self-Motivation
6 7 (4.07%) CMDB
7 6 (3.49%) Social Media
8 4 (2.33%) Culture of Ownership
9 3 (1.74%) Team-Oriented Environment
10 2 (1.16%) CCTV
10 2 (1.16%) Data Centre
10 2 (1.16%) Management Information System
10 2 (1.16%) Oracle Licensing
11 1 (0.58%) Enterprise Software
11 1 (0.58%) Product Ownership
11 1 (0.58%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 18 (10.47%) Windows
2 13 (7.56%) Linux
3 4 (2.33%) Windows Server
4 3 (1.74%) Mac OS
5 2 (1.16%) Unix
5 2 (1.16%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 70 (40.70%) Cybersecurity
2 54 (31.40%) AI
3 32 (18.60%) Problem-Solving
4 31 (18.02%) Continuous Improvement
5 28 (16.28%) Cost Optimisation
5 28 (16.28%) Mentoring
6 27 (15.70%) Cost Management
7 25 (14.53%) FinOps
8 23 (13.37%) Stakeholder Management
9 22 (12.79%) Digital Transformation Programme
10 21 (12.21%) Asset Management
10 21 (12.21%) Data Protection
11 20 (11.63%) ITIL
12 18 (10.47%) Risk Management
13 17 (9.88%) Decision-Making
13 17 (9.88%) Service Delivery
14 15 (8.72%) Stakeholder Engagement
15 14 (8.14%) Customer Service
15 14 (8.14%) IT Asset Management
16 13 (7.56%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 4 (2.33%) SQL
2 2 (1.16%) Python
2 2 (1.16%) VB
2 2 (1.16%) VBA
2 2 (1.16%) VBScript
3 1 (0.58%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 24 (13.95%) AWS Certification
1 24 (13.95%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
2 11 (6.40%) Security Cleared
3 6 (3.49%) SC Cleared
4 5 (2.91%) DBS Check
4 5 (2.91%) ITIL Certification
5 3 (1.74%) CompTIA Security+
6 2 (1.16%) CCNA
6 2 (1.16%) Cisco Certification
6 2 (1.16%) Microsoft Certification
7 1 (0.58%) Azure Certification
7 1 (0.58%) Degree
7 1 (0.58%) DV Cleared
7 1 (0.58%) Network+ Certification
7 1 (0.58%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (3.49%) Cyber Essentials
2 3 (1.74%) ISO/IEC 20000
2 3 (1.74%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 2 (1.16%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
3 2 (1.16%) GDPR
3 2 (1.16%) PCI DSS
3 2 (1.16%) QA
4 1 (0.58%) NIST
4 1 (0.58%) SLA
System Software
1 17 (9.88%) Active Directory
2 9 (5.23%) Docker
3 6 (3.49%) Hyper-V
3 6 (3.49%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.58%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 4 (2.33%) Microsoft Intune
2 3 (1.74%) cPanel
2 3 (1.74%) Plesk
3 2 (1.16%) SCCM
Vendors
1 87 (50.58%) Microsoft
2 33 (19.19%) Adobe
3 31 (18.02%) Apple
4 27 (15.70%) ServiceNow
5 6 (3.49%) VMware
6 5 (2.91%) Oracle
7 4 (2.33%) IBM
8 3 (1.74%) Acronis
8 3 (1.74%) Capita
8 3 (1.74%) Datto
8 3 (1.74%) NETGEAR
8 3 (1.74%) SonicWALL
8 3 (1.74%) Veeam
8 3 (1.74%) WatchGuard
9 2 (1.16%) Palo Alto
9 2 (1.16%) Snow
10 1 (0.58%) Ariba
10 1 (0.58%) Google
10 1 (0.58%) HubSpot
10 1 (0.58%) SAP