Software Licensing Job Trends

Software Licensing
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs citing Software Licensing skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 30 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

	6 months to 30 Oct 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Rank	647	536	596
Rank change year-on-year	-111	+60	+71
Permanent jobs citing Software Licensing	174	127	164
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK	0.14%	0.25%	0.24%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category	0.19%	0.29%	0.29%
Number of salaries quoted	118	52	90
10^th Percentile	£31,425	£35,500	£29,975
25^th Percentile	£37,500	£38,500	£33,125
Median annual salary (50^th Percentile)	£54,500	£52,500	£50,000
Median % change year-on-year	+3.81%	+5.00%	+2.57%
75^th Percentile	£72,500	£68,750	£62,500
90^th Percentile	£91,250	£92,800	£75,000
UK excluding London median annual salary	£50,000	£50,000	£42,500
% change year-on-year	-	+17.65%	-4.25%

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 citing process or methodology skills.

	6 months to 30 Oct 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Permanent vacancies citing process or methodology skills	89,915	43,867	56,180
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK	73.56%	87.81%	82.56%
Number of salaries quoted	60,503	25,533	29,803
10^th Percentile	£31,250	£28,250	£33,750
25^th Percentile	£41,250	£35,750	£45,000
Median annual salary (50^th Percentile)	£59,623	£54,441	£60,000
Median % change year-on-year	+9.52%	-9.27%	-
75^th Percentile	£77,500	£75,000	£78,750
90^th Percentile	£100,000	£95,000	£97,500
UK excluding London median annual salary	£55,000	£46,500	£54,000
% change year-on-year	+18.28%	-13.89%	+2.86%

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 Salary Trend

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 30 October 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 30 October 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	Job Ads Past 6 Months	Median Salary Past 6 Months	Median Salary % Change on Same Period Last Year	Live Jobs
England	-104	170	£55,000	+13.52%	35
UK excluding London	-100	137	£50,000	-	30
Work from Home	-66	62	£70,752	+46.03%	11
South East	-59	47	£45,000	-30.77%	11
London	-58	35	£70,000	+18.64%	8
North of England	-61	31	£47,500	+28.38%	9
Midlands	-62	25	£50,000	+33.33%	6
North West	-45	23	£37,500	+1.35%	6
South West	-61	19	£87,500	+224.07%	4
West Midlands	-60	15	£50,000	+33.33%	4
East of England	-43	12	£44,500	-22.61%	1
East Midlands	-	10	£50,000	-	2
Yorkshire	-24	8	£55,000	-	3
Wales	-	3	£27,500	-

Software Licensing Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities

For the 6 months to 30 October 2026, job vacancies citing Software Licensing also mentioned the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads citing Software Licensing.

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	Microsoft	45.4%	79
2	Cybersecurity	43.7%	76
3	AI	27.0%	47
4	Data Protection	21.3%	37
5	Decision-Making	20.1%	35
5	Stakeholder Management	20.1%	35
7	Problem-Solving	18.4%	32
8	Customer Service	17.2%	30
9	Asset Management	16.7%	29
9	Microsoft 365	16.7%	29
11	Continuous Improvement	15.5%	27
12	ITIL	14.9%	26
13	Service Management	13.8%	24
14	Digital Transformation Programme	13.2%	23
14	Risk Management	13.2%	23
16	Cost Optimisation	12.1%	21
17	SaaS	11.5%	20
17	Windows	11.5%	20
19	Adobe	10.3%	18
19	IT Asset Management	10.3%	18
19	Project Management	10.3%	18
19	Service Delivery	10.3%	18
23	Apple	9.8%	17
23	Microsoft Excel	9.8%	17
25	Azure	9.2%	16
25	Collaborative Culture	9.2%	16
25	ITSM	9.2%	16
25	Microsoft Office	9.2%	16
25	Software Asset Management	9.2%	16
30	Business Development	8.6%	15

Software Licensing Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities by Category

The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.

Processes & Methodologies

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	Cybersecurity	43.7%	76
2	AI	27.0%	47
3	Data Protection	21.3%	37
4	Decision-Making	20.1%	35
4	Stakeholder Management	20.1%	35
6	Problem-Solving	18.4%	32
7	Customer Service	17.2%	30
8	Asset Management	16.7%	29
9	Continuous Improvement	15.5%	27
10	ITIL	14.9%	26
11	Service Management	13.8%	24
12	Digital Transformation Programme	13.2%	23
12	Risk Management	13.2%	23
14	Cost Optimisation	12.1%	21
15	IT Asset Management	10.3%	18
15	Project Management	10.3%	18
15	Service Delivery	10.3%	18
18	Collaborative Culture	9.2%	16
18	ITSM	9.2%	16
18	Software Asset Management	9.2%	16