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 28 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 476 578 622
Rank change year-on-year +102 +44 +55
Permanent jobs citing Software Licensing 169 127 85
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.28% 0.23% 0.16%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.35% 0.25% 0.18%
Number of salaries quoted 62 64 54
10th Percentile £31,675 £30,000 £30,000
25th Percentile £38,500 £37,374 £41,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £53,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.77% +17.78% -5.26%
75th Percentile £71,250 £70,000 £59,375
90th Percentile £89,500 £93,500 £68,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £48,450 £38,754 £44,388
% change year-on-year +25.02% -12.69% +3.23%

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 48,914 49,911 47,327
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 82.01% 89.84% 91.50%
Number of salaries quoted 28,739 24,946 36,141
10th Percentile £28,500 £35,000 £31,552
25th Percentile £36,500 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%
75th Percentile £75,000 £80,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £97,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% -4.34%

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 28 December 2025.

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 28 December 2025. 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 +112 155 £56,250 +6.13% 69
UK excluding London +76 114 £48,450 +25.02% 47
Work from Home +106 102 £67,500 +27.36% 35
London +77 45 £59,000 -15.71% 30
North of England +33 38 £39,500 -7.06% 6
North West +35 34 £37,000 -15.43% 4
South East +55 33 £67,500 +58.82% 18
West Midlands +31 29 £90,000 +132.23% 3
Midlands +18 29 £90,000 +132.23% 5
South West +5 9 £29,750 -10.53% 12
East of England +27 3 £57,500 -47.73% 2
Yorkshire -9 3 - - 2
Scotland +5 2 - - 2
North East - 1 £42,000 -

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 (5.33%) SharePoint
2 4 (2.37%) Microsoft Exchange
3 3 (1.78%) FileNet
4 1 (0.59%) IIS
Applications
1 18 (10.65%) Microsoft Excel
2 17 (10.06%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 16 (9.47%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 5 (2.96%) NetSuite
2 1 (0.59%) Dynamics AX
Cloud Services
1 47 (27.81%) SaaS
2 44 (26.04%) Azure
3 36 (21.30%) Microsoft 365
4 22 (13.02%) AWS
5 6 (3.55%) IaaS
6 5 (2.96%) Salesforce Service Cloud
7 3 (1.78%) Entra ID
7 3 (1.78%) Power Platform
8 2 (1.18%) OneDrive
8 2 (1.18%) PaaS
9 1 (0.59%) Adobe Creative Cloud
9 1 (0.59%) GCP
9 1 (0.59%) Google Workspace
9 1 (0.59%) OCI
9 1 (0.59%) Power Automate
9 1 (0.59%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 8 (4.73%) VPN
2 7 (4.14%) VoIP
3 5 (2.96%) DMZ
3 5 (2.96%) DNS
3 5 (2.96%) STUN
3 5 (2.96%) VLAN
4 4 (2.37%) DHCP
4 4 (2.37%) Firewall
4 4 (2.37%) TCP/IP
5 2 (1.18%) LAN
5 2 (1.18%) WAN
6 1 (0.59%) Fibre Channel
6 1 (0.59%) Network Security
6 1 (0.59%) Remote Desktop
6 1 (0.59%) SAN
6 1 (0.59%) Telnet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (3.55%) SQL Server
2 1 (0.59%) Power BI
General
1 67 (39.64%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 66 (39.05%) Social Skills
3 55 (32.54%) Legal
4 41 (24.26%) Finance
5 37 (21.89%) Law
6 29 (17.16%) Public Sector
7 26 (15.38%) Retail
8 11 (6.51%) Banking
9 9 (5.33%) Analytical Skills
9 9 (5.33%) Telecoms
10 8 (4.73%) Pharmaceutical
11 7 (4.14%) Organisational Skills
12 6 (3.55%) Documentation Skills
13 3 (1.78%) Influencing Skills
13 3 (1.78%) Marketing
14 1 (0.59%) Billing
14 1 (0.59%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 28 (16.57%) Analyst
2 22 (13.02%) IT Support
3 18 (10.65%) Architect
3 18 (10.65%) Senior
4 12 (7.10%) Microsoft Specialist
5 10 (5.92%) Asset and Configuration Manager
5 10 (5.92%) Configuration Manager
5 10 (5.92%) Senior IT Support
5 10 (5.92%) Service Manager
5 10 (5.92%) Support Engineer
6 9 (5.33%) IT Analyst
6 9 (5.33%) IT Manager
7 8 (4.73%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 8 (4.73%) IT Support Analyst
7 8 (4.73%) Support Analyst
8 7 (4.14%) Applications Support
8 7 (4.14%) Infrastructure Support
8 7 (4.14%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
9 6 (3.55%) Applications Engineer
9 6 (3.55%) Procurement Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (2.96%) FreeSWITCH
2 4 (2.37%) Software Packaging
Miscellaneous
1 33 (19.53%) Onboarding
2 20 (11.83%) Data Centre
3 19 (11.24%) Microsoft Licensing
4 17 (10.06%) Public Cloud
5 15 (8.88%) Enterprise Cloud
6 10 (5.92%) CMDB
6 10 (5.92%) Driving Licence
7 7 (4.14%) Self-Motivation
8 2 (1.18%) Hybrid Cloud
8 2 (1.18%) Web Conferencing
9 1 (0.59%) Clustering
9 1 (0.59%) Enterprise Software
9 1 (0.59%) Greenfield Project
9 1 (0.59%) PKI
9 1 (0.59%) Renewable Energy
9 1 (0.59%) Security Posture
9 1 (0.59%) Smart Energy
Operating Systems
1 32 (18.93%) Windows
2 19 (11.24%) Windows Server
3 7 (4.14%) Linux
3 7 (4.14%) Windows 10
4 6 (3.55%) Apple iOS
5 5 (2.96%) Debian
6 2 (1.18%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 73 (43.20%) AI
2 72 (42.60%) Cybersecurity
3 37 (21.89%) Problem-Solving
4 33 (19.53%) Customer Engagement
5 31 (18.34%) Time Management
6 28 (16.57%) ITIL
7 25 (14.79%) Contract Negotiation
8 23 (13.61%) Service Management
9 20 (11.83%) Asset Management
9 20 (11.83%) Cost Optimisation
10 19 (11.24%) Continuous Improvement
10 19 (11.24%) Customer Service
10 19 (11.24%) Data Protection
11 18 (10.65%) FinOps
12 17 (10.06%) Client Onboarding
12 17 (10.06%) Data Privacy
12 17 (10.06%) Stakeholder Management
13 15 (8.88%) Customer Experience
13 15 (8.88%) Software Asset Management
14 14 (8.28%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 6 (3.55%) PowerShell
1 6 (3.55%) SQL
2 1 (0.59%) Bash
2 1 (0.59%) Java
Qualifications
1 58 (34.32%) Degree
2 17 (10.06%) AWS Certification
3 11 (6.51%) Network+ Certification
4 5 (2.96%) DBS Check
5 4 (2.37%) Security Cleared
6 3 (1.78%) A+ Certification
6 3 (1.78%) SC Cleared
7 2 (1.18%) DV Cleared
8 1 (0.59%) Computer Science Degree
8 1 (0.59%) MCP
8 1 (0.59%) NVQ Level 3
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (10.65%) GDPR
2 12 (7.10%) ISO/IEC 19770
3 10 (5.92%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 8 (4.73%) EU AI Act
5 6 (3.55%) Cyber Essentials
6 5 (2.96%) IFRS
6 5 (2.96%) ISO 9001
7 1 (0.59%) California Consumer Privacy Act
7 1 (0.59%) GLBA
7 1 (0.59%) GRC
7 1 (0.59%) SLA
System Software
1 17 (10.06%) Active Directory
2 13 (7.69%) Hyper-V
3 12 (7.10%) Virtual Machines
4 11 (6.51%) VMware Infrastructure
5 5 (2.96%) Kamailio
6 1 (0.59%) Virtual Servers
6 1 (0.59%) VMware Server
Systems Management
1 14 (8.28%) Microsoft Intune
2 4 (2.37%) Jamf Pro
3 2 (1.18%) SCCM
4 1 (0.59%) Microsoft Clustering
4 1 (0.59%) NetBackup
4 1 (0.59%) Puppet
4 1 (0.59%) WhatsUp Gold
Vendors
1 97 (57.40%) Microsoft
2 48 (28.40%) Adobe
3 47 (27.81%) Apple
4 18 (10.65%) Palo Alto
5 13 (7.69%) ServiceNow
6 11 (6.51%) VMware
7 10 (5.92%) Salesforce
8 6 (3.55%) Oracle
9 3 (1.78%) Facebook
9 3 (1.78%) IBM
9 3 (1.78%) YouTube
10 2 (1.18%) Dell
10 2 (1.18%) Snow
11 1 (0.59%) Autodesk
11 1 (0.59%) Cisco
11 1 (0.59%) HP
11 1 (0.59%) SAP