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 30 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 572 580 639
Rank change year-on-year +8 +59 +61
Permanent jobs citing Software Licensing 171 77 265
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.18% 0.18% 0.26%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.25% 0.19% 0.31%
Number of salaries quoted 77 41 139
10th Percentile £31,250 £25,250 £35,980
25th Percentile £36,250 £36,000 £38,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £50,000 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year +25.00% +17.65% -22.73%
75th Percentile £80,000 £90,000 £57,500
90th Percentile £90,000 £94,500 £63,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £54,000 £38,754 £38,000
% change year-on-year +39.34% +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 68,833 40,438 84,237
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 73.92% 93.25% 83.74%
Number of salaries quoted 44,981 21,310 60,621
10th Percentile £30,000 £29,750 £29,200
25th Percentile £41,000 £40,871 £39,885
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,610 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.15% +4.75% -9.69%
75th Percentile £78,750 £78,750 £72,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £51,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +2.94% +2.00% -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 30 May 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 30 May 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 +42 168 £62,500 +25.00% 20
UK excluding London +30 132 £54,000 +39.34% 17
Work from Home +87 91 £55,000 -9.84% 10
Midlands -3 40 £75,000 +93.53% 5
London -20 34 £66,000 -20.00% 4
West Midlands -8 33 £90,000 +132.23% 1
East of England +4 27 £54,500 -25.85% 1
North of England -35 27 £40,000 -33.33% 4
North West +22 26 £37,500 - 3
South East -15 21 £63,857 +96.48% 4
South West - 17 £32,500 - 3
East Midlands - 7 £75,000 - 4
Yorkshire -47 1 £62,500 +4.17%

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 (5.26%) SharePoint
2 3 (1.75%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (0.58%) FileNet
Applications
1 24 (14.04%) Microsoft Excel
2 22 (12.87%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 15 (8.77%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 24 (14.04%) Cloudability
2 3 (1.75%) Academy Revenues and Benefits
Cloud Services
1 67 (39.18%) Azure
2 47 (27.49%) AWS
3 24 (14.04%) GCP
3 24 (14.04%) Microsoft 365
4 15 (8.77%) Entra ID
5 13 (7.60%) SaaS
6 9 (5.26%) Azure DevOps
7 8 (4.68%) Power Platform
8 3 (1.75%) Microsoft Copilot
8 3 (1.75%) OneDrive
9 2 (1.17%) Dynamics 365
9 2 (1.17%) Microsoft Purview
9 2 (1.17%) Stripe
10 1 (0.58%) Adobe Creative Cloud
10 1 (0.58%) Azure Sentinel
Communications & Networking
1 9 (5.26%) Network Security
2 6 (3.51%) VoIP
3 2 (1.17%) DKIM
3 2 (1.17%) DMARC
3 2 (1.17%) DNS
3 2 (1.17%) Firewall
3 2 (1.17%) PBX
3 2 (1.17%) Unified Communications
3 2 (1.17%) VLAN
3 2 (1.17%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (2.92%) Power BI
1 5 (2.92%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 9 (5.26%) JIRA
General
1 57 (33.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 52 (30.41%) Social Skills
3 35 (20.47%) Finance
4 29 (16.96%) Legal
5 20 (11.70%) Law
6 14 (8.19%) Front Office
6 14 (8.19%) Organisational Skills
7 10 (5.85%) Analytical Skills
7 10 (5.85%) Public Sector
8 9 (5.26%) Automotive
9 6 (3.51%) Retail
10 5 (2.92%) Telecoms
11 4 (2.34%) Documentation Skills
11 4 (2.34%) Military
12 3 (1.75%) Advertising
12 3 (1.75%) Influencing Skills
12 3 (1.75%) Manufacturing
12 3 (1.75%) Marketing
13 2 (1.17%) Billing
13 2 (1.17%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 60 (35.09%) Analyst
2 36 (21.05%) Senior
3 24 (14.04%) IT Support
3 24 (14.04%) Senior Analyst
4 16 (9.36%) Service Manager
5 15 (8.77%) IT Engineer
6 13 (7.60%) IT Manager
6 13 (7.60%) IT Support Engineer
6 13 (7.60%) Support Engineer
7 11 (6.43%) IT Analyst
7 11 (6.43%) IT Support Analyst
7 11 (6.43%) Support Analyst
8 9 (5.26%) Azure Engineer
8 9 (5.26%) Category Manager
8 9 (5.26%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
8 9 (5.26%) Server Engineer
8 9 (5.26%) Server Support
8 9 (5.26%) Systems Engineer
9 7 (4.09%) Systems Support
9 7 (4.09%) Systems Support Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 32 (18.71%) Onboarding
2 24 (14.04%) Microsoft Licensing
3 19 (11.11%) Public Cloud
4 7 (4.09%) Self-Motivation
5 6 (3.51%) Enterprise Cloud
6 4 (2.34%) CMDB
6 4 (2.34%) Culture of Ownership
7 3 (1.75%) Life Science
7 3 (1.75%) Team-Oriented Environment
8 2 (1.17%) CCTV
8 2 (1.17%) Driving Licence
8 2 (1.17%) Enterprise Software
8 2 (1.17%) Management Information System
8 2 (1.17%) Oracle Licensing
9 1 (0.58%) Cyberattack
9 1 (0.58%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 16 (9.36%) Linux
2 12 (7.02%) Windows
3 5 (2.92%) Unix
3 5 (2.92%) Windows 10
4 3 (1.75%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 71 (41.52%) Cybersecurity
2 60 (35.09%) AI
3 54 (31.58%) Cost Optimisation
4 42 (24.56%) FinOps
5 33 (19.30%) Mentoring
6 32 (18.71%) Problem-Solving
7 30 (17.54%) Asset Management
8 28 (16.37%) Continuous Improvement
9 27 (15.79%) Cost Management
10 19 (11.11%) Software Asset Management
10 19 (11.11%) Stakeholder Management
11 17 (9.94%) Client Onboarding
12 16 (9.36%) ITIL
12 16 (9.36%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 15 (8.77%) Decision-Making
14 14 (8.19%) Collaborative Working
15 12 (7.02%) Contract Negotiation
16 11 (6.43%) Contract Management
16 11 (6.43%) DevOps
16 11 (6.43%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 5 (2.92%) Python
1 5 (2.92%) VB
1 5 (2.92%) VBA
1 5 (2.92%) VBScript
2 2 (1.17%) SQL
3 1 (0.58%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 41 (23.98%) AWS Certification
2 24 (14.04%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
3 9 (5.26%) DBS Check
3 9 (5.26%) Security Cleared
4 5 (2.92%) SC Cleared
5 4 (2.34%) A+ Certification
5 4 (2.34%) DV Cleared
6 2 (1.17%) CCNA
6 2 (1.17%) Cisco Certification
6 2 (1.17%) CompTIA Security+
6 2 (1.17%) ITIL Certification
7 1 (0.58%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (2.34%) GDPR
2 3 (1.75%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 2 (1.17%) Cyber Essentials
3 2 (1.17%) PCI DSS
3 2 (1.17%) QA
4 1 (0.58%) COBIT
4 1 (0.58%) ISO/IEC 19770
4 1 (0.58%) NIST
4 1 (0.58%) SLA
System Software
1 16 (9.36%) Active Directory
2 9 (5.26%) Docker
3 7 (4.09%) VMware Infrastructure
4 4 (2.34%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 9 (5.26%) SCCM
2 2 (1.17%) cPanel
2 2 (1.17%) Plesk
3 1 (0.58%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 98 (57.31%) Microsoft
2 53 (30.99%) Adobe
3 47 (27.49%) Apple
4 25 (14.62%) ServiceNow
5 8 (4.68%) IBM
5 8 (4.68%) Oracle
6 7 (4.09%) VMware
7 6 (3.51%) Snow
8 2 (1.17%) Acronis
8 2 (1.17%) Cisco
8 2 (1.17%) Datto
8 2 (1.17%) Facebook
8 2 (1.17%) NETGEAR
8 2 (1.17%) Palo Alto
8 2 (1.17%) SonicWALL
8 2 (1.17%) Veeam
8 2 (1.17%) WatchGuard
8 2 (1.17%) YouTube
9 1 (0.58%) Autodesk
9 1 (0.58%) HubSpot