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 11 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 585 607 633
Rank change year-on-year +22 +26 +37
Permanent jobs citing Software Licensing 148 77 277
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.16% 0.17% 0.26%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.22% 0.19% 0.32%
Number of salaries quoted 71 40 147
10th Percentile £31,250 £25,250 £32,249
25th Percentile £33,500 £36,000 £38,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% +17.65% -22.73%
75th Percentile £80,000 £80,625 £53,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £94,500 £63,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £45,901 £38,754 £38,000
% change year-on-year +18.44% +1.98% -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 67,331 40,980 87,741
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 72.88% 92.69% 82.42%
Number of salaries quoted 46,057 21,831 62,274
10th Percentile £30,000 £29,000 £29,500
25th Percentile £41,250 £40,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% -9.54%
75th Percentile £78,750 £77,500 £72,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +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 11 June 2026.

Salary histogram for Software Licensing in the UK

Software Licensing
Top 13 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 11 June 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 +22 146 £55,000 +37.50% 37
UK excluding London +30 119 £45,901 +18.44% 25
Work from Home +59 72 £45,000 -26.23% 20
Midlands +9 36 £75,000 +93.53% 4
East of England +6 29 £34,000 -8.11% 3
West Midlands 0 29 £87,500 +125.78% 4
London -15 25 £75,000 - 10
North of England -13 23 £40,000 -33.33% 7
North West +26 22 £37,500 - 4
South West - 17 £32,500 - 5
South East -26 14 £54,000 +66.15% 7
East Midlands - 7 £75,000 -
Yorkshire -42 1 £62,500 +4.17% 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 5 (3.38%) SharePoint
2 1 (0.68%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 17 (11.49%) Microsoft Excel
2 15 (10.14%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 11 (7.43%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 24 (16.22%) Cloudability
2 3 (2.03%) Academy Revenues and Benefits
Cloud Services
1 57 (38.51%) Azure
2 38 (25.68%) AWS
3 24 (16.22%) GCP
4 23 (15.54%) Microsoft 365
5 15 (10.14%) Entra ID
6 9 (6.08%) Azure DevOps
7 8 (5.41%) Power Platform
8 4 (2.70%) SaaS
9 3 (2.03%) Microsoft Copilot
9 3 (2.03%) OneDrive
10 2 (1.35%) Dynamics 365
10 2 (1.35%) Microsoft Purview
10 2 (1.35%) Stripe
11 1 (0.68%) Azure Sentinel
Communications & Networking
1 9 (6.08%) Network Security
2 6 (4.05%) VoIP
3 2 (1.35%) DKIM
3 2 (1.35%) DMARC
3 2 (1.35%) DNS
3 2 (1.35%) Firewall
3 2 (1.35%) PBX
3 2 (1.35%) Unified Communications
3 2 (1.35%) VLAN
3 2 (1.35%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (3.38%) Power BI
1 5 (3.38%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 9 (6.08%) JIRA
General
1 45 (30.41%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 41 (27.70%) Social Skills
3 27 (18.24%) Finance
4 20 (13.51%) Legal
5 14 (9.46%) Front Office
6 13 (8.78%) Law
6 13 (8.78%) Organisational Skills
7 9 (6.08%) Analytical Skills
7 9 (6.08%) Automotive
8 5 (3.38%) Public Sector
8 5 (3.38%) Telecoms
9 4 (2.70%) Documentation Skills
9 4 (2.70%) Manufacturing
9 4 (2.70%) Military
10 3 (2.03%) Advertising
10 3 (2.03%) Marketing
11 2 (1.35%) Billing
11 2 (1.35%) Presentation Skills
12 1 (0.68%) Banking
12 1 (0.68%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 54 (36.49%) Analyst
2 32 (21.62%) Senior
3 25 (16.89%) IT Support
4 24 (16.22%) Senior Analyst
5 16 (10.81%) Service Manager
6 15 (10.14%) IT Engineer
7 13 (8.78%) IT Support Engineer
7 13 (8.78%) Support Engineer
8 12 (8.11%) IT Analyst
8 12 (8.11%) IT Support Analyst
8 12 (8.11%) Support Analyst
9 11 (7.43%) IT Manager
10 9 (6.08%) Azure Engineer
10 9 (6.08%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
10 9 (6.08%) Server Engineer
10 9 (6.08%) Server Support
10 9 (6.08%) Systems Engineer
11 7 (4.73%) Category Manager
11 7 (4.73%) Software Analyst
11 7 (4.73%) Systems Support Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 24 (16.22%) Microsoft Licensing
2 20 (13.51%) Onboarding
3 12 (8.11%) Public Cloud
4 7 (4.73%) Self-Motivation
5 4 (2.70%) CMDB
5 4 (2.70%) Culture of Ownership
5 4 (2.70%) Life Science
6 3 (2.03%) Team-Oriented Environment
7 2 (1.35%) CCTV
7 2 (1.35%) Driving Licence
7 2 (1.35%) Management Information System
7 2 (1.35%) Oracle Licensing
8 1 (0.68%) Cyberattack
8 1 (0.68%) Enterprise Cloud
8 1 (0.68%) Enterprise Software
8 1 (0.68%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 16 (10.81%) Linux
2 10 (6.76%) Windows
3 5 (3.38%) Unix
4 4 (2.70%) Windows 10
5 2 (1.35%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 57 (38.51%) Cybersecurity
2 46 (31.08%) Cost Optimisation
3 43 (29.05%) AI
4 35 (23.65%) FinOps
5 32 (21.62%) Problem-Solving
6 30 (20.27%) Mentoring
7 28 (18.92%) Asset Management
8 27 (18.24%) Cost Management
9 22 (14.86%) Continuous Improvement
10 17 (11.49%) Software Asset Management
11 16 (10.81%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 15 (10.14%) ITIL
13 14 (9.46%) Collaborative Working
14 13 (8.78%) Decision-Making
14 13 (8.78%) Stakeholder Management
15 11 (7.43%) DevOps
16 10 (6.76%) Client Onboarding
16 10 (6.76%) Contract Management
17 9 (6.08%) Edge Computing
17 9 (6.08%) Hardware-in-the-Loop
Programming Languages
1 5 (3.38%) Python
1 5 (3.38%) VB
1 5 (3.38%) VBA
1 5 (3.38%) VBScript
2 2 (1.35%) SQL
Qualifications
1 34 (22.97%) AWS Certification
2 24 (16.22%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
3 9 (6.08%) Security Cleared
4 7 (4.73%) DBS Check
5 5 (3.38%) SC Cleared
6 4 (2.70%) A+ Certification
6 4 (2.70%) DV Cleared
7 2 (1.35%) CCNA
7 2 (1.35%) Cisco Certification
7 2 (1.35%) CompTIA Security+
7 2 (1.35%) ITIL Certification
8 1 (0.68%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (2.03%) GDPR
1 3 (2.03%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 2 (1.35%) Cyber Essentials
2 2 (1.35%) PCI DSS
2 2 (1.35%) QA
3 1 (0.68%) COBIT
3 1 (0.68%) NIST
System Software
1 14 (9.46%) Active Directory
2 9 (6.08%) Docker
3 7 (4.73%) VMware Infrastructure
4 4 (2.70%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 9 (6.08%) SCCM
2 2 (1.35%) cPanel
2 2 (1.35%) Plesk
3 1 (0.68%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 83 (56.08%) Microsoft
2 41 (27.70%) Adobe
3 36 (24.32%) Apple
4 24 (16.22%) ServiceNow
5 7 (4.73%) IBM
5 7 (4.73%) Oracle
5 7 (4.73%) VMware
6 5 (3.38%) Snow
7 2 (1.35%) Acronis
7 2 (1.35%) Cisco
7 2 (1.35%) Datto
7 2 (1.35%) NETGEAR
7 2 (1.35%) Palo Alto
7 2 (1.35%) SonicWALL
7 2 (1.35%) Veeam
7 2 (1.35%) WatchGuard
8 1 (0.68%) HubSpot