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 21 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 532 575 679
Rank change year-on-year +43 +104 +34
Permanent jobs citing Software Licensing 145 95 126
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.21% 0.20% 0.17%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.27% 0.21% 0.19%
Number of salaries quoted 61 40 55
10th Percentile £31,250 £28,225 £28,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £36,995 £38,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £59,000 £49,849 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +18.36% +10.78% -17.43%
75th Percentile £77,500 £65,313 £61,750
90th Percentile £99,273 £90,000 £70,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £48,450 £38,754 £42,250
% change year-on-year +25.02% -8.27% -23.18%

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 54,494 44,927 66,578
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 79.19% 92.59% 88.37%
Number of salaries quoted 32,685 22,191 51,489
10th Percentile £29,000 £34,000 £29,448
25th Percentile £38,000 £46,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,001 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -12.00%
75th Percentile £76,000 £81,250 £75,000
90th Percentile £96,250 £102,500 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% -8.90%

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 21 February 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 21 February 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 +76 133 £60,000 +17.19% 39
UK excluding London +19 81 £48,450 +25.02% 26
Work from Home +67 73 £67,500 +12.50% 18
London +68 55 £66,000 -5.71% 13
South East +12 27 £67,500 +81.21% 10
West Midlands -1 18 £90,000 +132.23% 2
Midlands -3 18 £90,000 +132.23% 5
North of England -33 16 £48,450 +101.88% 5
North West -7 12 £48,450 +7.67% 3
South West -3 11 £32,500 -38.68% 6
East of England +18 7 - - 1
Yorkshire -33 3 - - 2
Scotland +1 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 (6.21%) SharePoint
2 4 (2.76%) Microsoft Exchange
3 3 (2.07%) FileNet
4 1 (0.69%) IIS
Applications
1 23 (15.86%) Microsoft Excel
2 21 (14.48%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 19 (13.10%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 5 (3.45%) NetSuite
2 1 (0.69%) Dynamics AX
Cloud Services
1 42 (28.97%) Azure
2 39 (26.90%) SaaS
3 26 (17.93%) Microsoft 365
4 23 (15.86%) AWS
5 7 (4.83%) Power Platform
6 4 (2.76%) Entra ID
7 3 (2.07%) OneDrive
8 2 (1.38%) Microsoft Purview
8 2 (1.38%) PaaS
9 1 (0.69%) Adobe Creative Cloud
9 1 (0.69%) Azure Sentinel
9 1 (0.69%) GCP
9 1 (0.69%) Google Workspace
9 1 (0.69%) IaaS
9 1 (0.69%) Microsoft Copilot
9 1 (0.69%) OCI
9 1 (0.69%) Power Automate
9 1 (0.69%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 4 (2.76%) DHCP
1 4 (2.76%) DNS
1 4 (2.76%) TCP/IP
1 4 (2.76%) VoIP
2 2 (1.38%) Firewall
2 2 (1.38%) LAN
2 2 (1.38%) VPN
2 2 (1.38%) WAN
3 1 (0.69%) Network Security
3 1 (0.69%) Remote Desktop
3 1 (0.69%) Telnet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (2.76%) Power BI
1 4 (2.76%) Tableau
2 1 (0.69%) SQL Server
General
1 59 (40.69%) Legal
2 54 (37.24%) Social Skills
3 46 (31.72%) Finance
4 38 (26.21%) Law
5 34 (23.45%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 27 (18.62%) Public Sector
7 25 (17.24%) Retail
8 11 (7.59%) Banking
8 11 (7.59%) Organisational Skills
9 9 (6.21%) Telecoms
10 8 (5.52%) Analytical Skills
11 6 (4.14%) Pharmaceutical
12 4 (2.76%) Influencing Skills
12 4 (2.76%) Marketing
13 2 (1.38%) Billing
14 1 (0.69%) Advertising
14 1 (0.69%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 35 (24.14%) Analyst
2 23 (15.86%) IT Support
2 23 (15.86%) Senior
3 11 (7.59%) IT Analyst
4 10 (6.90%) Asset and Configuration Manager
4 10 (6.90%) Configuration Manager
4 10 (6.90%) IT Support Analyst
4 10 (6.90%) Senior IT Support
4 10 (6.90%) Service Manager
4 10 (6.90%) Support Analyst
5 9 (6.21%) IT Manager
6 8 (5.52%) Software Analyst
7 7 (4.83%) Category Manager
8 6 (4.14%) Coordinator
8 6 (4.14%) Procurement Specialist
8 6 (4.14%) Senior IT Manager
8 6 (4.14%) Senior Manager
9 5 (3.45%) Consultant
9 5 (3.45%) Procurement Manager
9 5 (3.45%) Senior Category Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (2.76%) Software Packaging
Miscellaneous
1 34 (23.45%) Onboarding
2 19 (13.10%) Public Cloud
3 15 (10.34%) Enterprise Cloud
4 14 (9.66%) Microsoft Licensing
5 10 (6.90%) CMDB
6 6 (4.14%) Self-Motivation
7 4 (2.76%) Driving Licence
8 1 (0.69%) Cyberattack
8 1 (0.69%) Enterprise Software
8 1 (0.69%) Greenfield Project
8 1 (0.69%) Renewable Energy
8 1 (0.69%) Security Posture
8 1 (0.69%) Smart Energy
Operating Systems
1 28 (19.31%) Windows
2 13 (8.97%) Windows Server
3 9 (6.21%) Windows 10
4 6 (4.14%) Apple iOS
5 5 (3.45%) Linux
6 4 (2.76%) Unix
7 2 (1.38%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 52 (35.86%) Cybersecurity
2 44 (30.34%) Problem-Solving
3 41 (28.28%) AI
4 33 (22.76%) Asset Management
5 32 (22.07%) ITIL
6 27 (18.62%) Contract Negotiation
6 27 (18.62%) Cost Optimisation
6 27 (18.62%) Service Management
7 25 (17.24%) Software Asset Management
8 20 (13.79%) Continuous Improvement
9 19 (13.10%) Data Privacy
9 19 (13.10%) Stakeholder Management
10 18 (12.41%) FinOps
10 18 (12.41%) Mentoring
11 17 (11.72%) Client Onboarding
11 17 (11.72%) Data Protection
12 16 (11.03%) Customer Engagement
12 16 (11.03%) Customer Experience
13 15 (10.34%) Service Delivery
14 14 (9.66%) Information Security
Programming Languages
1 6 (4.14%) PowerShell
2 4 (2.76%) Python
2 4 (2.76%) VB
2 4 (2.76%) VBA
2 4 (2.76%) VBScript
3 1 (0.69%) Bash
3 1 (0.69%) Java
3 1 (0.69%) SQL
Qualifications
1 24 (16.55%) Degree
2 17 (11.72%) AWS Certification
3 11 (7.59%) DBS Check
3 11 (7.59%) Network+ Certification
4 6 (4.14%) Security Cleared
5 5 (3.45%) A+ Certification
5 5 (3.45%) SC Cleared
6 4 (2.76%) DV Cleared
7 1 (0.69%) Computer Science Degree
7 1 (0.69%) Microsoft Certified Professional
7 1 (0.69%) NVQ Level 3
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (11.03%) GDPR
2 12 (8.28%) ISO/IEC 19770
3 6 (4.14%) EU AI Act
4 5 (3.45%) IFRS
4 5 (3.45%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 1 (0.69%) COBIT
5 1 (0.69%) GRC
5 1 (0.69%) NIST
5 1 (0.69%) SLA
System Software
1 15 (10.34%) Active Directory
1 15 (10.34%) VMware Infrastructure
2 12 (8.28%) Hyper-V
2 12 (8.28%) Virtual Machines
3 1 (0.69%) Virtual Servers
3 1 (0.69%) VMware Server
Systems Management
1 13 (8.97%) Microsoft Intune
2 8 (5.52%) SCCM
3 4 (2.76%) Jamf Pro
Vendors
1 74 (51.03%) Microsoft
2 32 (22.07%) Adobe
3 27 (18.62%) Apple
4 15 (10.34%) VMware
5 13 (8.97%) ServiceNow
6 10 (6.90%) Oracle
7 7 (4.83%) IBM
8 6 (4.14%) Snow
9 5 (3.45%) Salesforce
10 3 (2.07%) Facebook
10 3 (2.07%) YouTube
11 1 (0.69%) Autodesk
11 1 (0.69%) Cisco