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 20 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 539 565 664
Rank change year-on-year +26 +99 +57
Permanent jobs citing Software Licensing 151 89 163
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.20% 0.21% 0.19%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.26% 0.22% 0.22%
Number of salaries quoted 65 41 86
10th Percentile £30,500 £25,250 £29,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £36,000 £38,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £38,754 £42,250
Median % change year-on-year +41.92% -8.27% -19.52%
75th Percentile £71,250 £62,500 £56,875
90th Percentile £99,273 £90,000 £64,375
UK excluding London median annual salary £45,000 £37,000 £38,000
% change year-on-year +21.62% -2.63% -25.85%

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 58,555 39,559 74,495
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 77.69% 93.50% 87.13%
Number of salaries quoted 35,503 22,222 56,291
10th Percentile £29,750 £31,750 £29,035
25th Percentile £40,000 £43,910 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -11.29%
75th Percentile £77,500 £80,000 £73,750
90th Percentile £97,500 £102,410 £93,750
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 20 March 2026.

Salary histogram for Software Licensing in the UK

Software Licensing
Top 15 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 20 March 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 +33 139 £48,450 +25.02% 53
UK excluding London -7 87 £45,000 +21.62% 40
Work from Home +68 82 £60,000 -4.00% 26
London +36 55 £59,000 -12.59% 13
South East -3 26 £67,500 +164.71% 10
Midlands -26 20 £80,000 +106.43% 10
West Midlands +4 18 £90,000 +132.23% 4
South West -16 16 £32,500 -36.52% 7
North of England -46 16 £48,450 +15.36% 9
North West -21 13 £48,450 - 6
East of England -13 7 - - 5
Scotland -22 2 - - 1
Yorkshire -46 2 - - 3
East Midlands - 2 £43,750 - 6
North East - 1 £42,000 - 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 9 (5.96%) SharePoint
2 4 (2.65%) Microsoft Exchange
3 3 (1.99%) FileNet
4 1 (0.66%) IIS
Applications
1 24 (15.89%) Microsoft Excel
2 22 (14.57%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 19 (12.58%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 5 (3.31%) NetSuite
2 1 (0.66%) Academy Revenues and Benefits
Cloud Services
1 45 (29.80%) Azure
2 36 (23.84%) SaaS
3 29 (19.21%) Microsoft 365
4 23 (15.23%) AWS
5 8 (5.30%) Entra ID
5 8 (5.30%) Power Platform
6 3 (1.99%) OneDrive
7 2 (1.32%) Azure DevOps
7 2 (1.32%) Microsoft Purview
7 2 (1.32%) PaaS
8 1 (0.66%) Adobe Creative Cloud
8 1 (0.66%) Azure Sentinel
8 1 (0.66%) GCP
8 1 (0.66%) Google Workspace
8 1 (0.66%) IaaS
8 1 (0.66%) Microsoft Copilot
8 1 (0.66%) OCI
8 1 (0.66%) Power Automate
8 1 (0.66%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 4 (2.65%) DHCP
1 4 (2.65%) DNS
1 4 (2.65%) TCP/IP
1 4 (2.65%) VoIP
2 3 (1.99%) Network Security
3 2 (1.32%) Firewall
3 2 (1.32%) LAN
3 2 (1.32%) VPN
3 2 (1.32%) WAN
4 1 (0.66%) Remote Desktop
4 1 (0.66%) Telnet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (3.31%) Power BI
1 5 (3.31%) Tableau
2 1 (0.66%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 2 (1.32%) JIRA
General
1 57 (37.75%) Legal
1 57 (37.75%) Social Skills
2 46 (30.46%) Finance
3 35 (23.18%) Law
4 32 (21.19%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 25 (16.56%) Public Sector
5 25 (16.56%) Retail
6 11 (7.28%) Banking
6 11 (7.28%) Organisational Skills
7 8 (5.30%) Analytical Skills
7 8 (5.30%) Telecoms
8 4 (2.65%) Influencing Skills
8 4 (2.65%) Marketing
8 4 (2.65%) Pharmaceutical
9 2 (1.32%) Automotive
9 2 (1.32%) Billing
10 1 (0.66%) Advertising
10 1 (0.66%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 35 (23.18%) Analyst
2 24 (15.89%) IT Support
3 23 (15.23%) Senior
4 11 (7.28%) IT Analyst
5 10 (6.62%) Asset and Configuration Manager
5 10 (6.62%) Configuration Manager
5 10 (6.62%) IT Support Analyst
5 10 (6.62%) Senior IT Support
5 10 (6.62%) Service Manager
5 10 (6.62%) Support Analyst
6 9 (5.96%) IT Manager
7 8 (5.30%) Procurement Specialist
7 8 (5.30%) Software Analyst
8 7 (4.64%) Category Manager
9 6 (3.97%) Consultant
9 6 (3.97%) Coordinator
9 6 (3.97%) IT Technician
10 5 (3.31%) Senior Consultant
10 5 (3.31%) Senior Manager
10 5 (3.31%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (2.65%) Software Packaging
Miscellaneous
1 35 (23.18%) Onboarding
2 20 (13.25%) Microsoft Licensing
3 19 (12.58%) Public Cloud
4 15 (9.93%) Enterprise Cloud
5 10 (6.62%) CMDB
6 9 (5.96%) Self-Motivation
7 4 (2.65%) Driving Licence
8 3 (1.99%) Team-Oriented Environment
9 1 (0.66%) Cyberattack
9 1 (0.66%) Enterprise Software
9 1 (0.66%) Renewable Energy
9 1 (0.66%) Security Posture
9 1 (0.66%) Smart Energy
Operating Systems
1 27 (17.88%) Windows
2 13 (8.61%) Windows Server
3 9 (5.96%) Windows 10
4 8 (5.30%) Linux
5 6 (3.97%) Apple iOS
6 5 (3.31%) Unix
7 2 (1.32%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 55 (36.42%) Cybersecurity
2 48 (31.79%) Problem-Solving
3 41 (27.15%) AI
4 35 (23.18%) Asset Management
5 33 (21.85%) ITIL
6 28 (18.54%) Contract Negotiation
7 27 (17.88%) Cost Optimisation
7 27 (17.88%) Service Management
8 26 (17.22%) Software Asset Management
9 23 (15.23%) Stakeholder Management
10 21 (13.91%) Data Privacy
11 20 (13.25%) Continuous Improvement
12 19 (12.58%) Customer Experience
12 19 (12.58%) Mentoring
13 18 (11.92%) FinOps
14 17 (11.26%) Client Onboarding
15 16 (10.60%) Customer Engagement
15 16 (10.60%) Service Delivery
16 15 (9.93%) Data Protection
16 15 (9.93%) Decision-Making
Programming Languages
1 6 (3.97%) PowerShell
2 5 (3.31%) Python
2 5 (3.31%) VB
2 5 (3.31%) VBA
2 5 (3.31%) VBScript
3 1 (0.66%) Bash
3 1 (0.66%) Java
3 1 (0.66%) SQL
Qualifications
1 21 (13.91%) Degree
2 17 (11.26%) AWS Certification
3 11 (7.28%) DBS Check
3 11 (7.28%) Network+ Certification
4 6 (3.97%) Security Cleared
5 5 (3.31%) A+ Certification
5 5 (3.31%) SC Cleared
6 4 (2.65%) DV Cleared
7 1 (0.66%) Microsoft Certified Professional
7 1 (0.66%) NVQ Level 3
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (8.61%) GDPR
2 12 (7.95%) ISO/IEC 19770
3 5 (3.31%) IFRS
4 4 (2.65%) EU AI Act
5 1 (0.66%) COBIT
5 1 (0.66%) GRC
5 1 (0.66%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 1 (0.66%) NIST
5 1 (0.66%) SLA
System Software
1 18 (11.92%) Active Directory
2 15 (9.93%) VMware Infrastructure
3 12 (7.95%) Hyper-V
3 12 (7.95%) Virtual Machines
4 2 (1.32%) Docker
5 1 (0.66%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 13 (8.61%) Microsoft Intune
2 9 (5.96%) SCCM
3 4 (2.65%) Jamf Pro
Vendors
1 83 (54.97%) Microsoft
2 33 (21.85%) Adobe
3 27 (17.88%) Apple
4 15 (9.93%) VMware
5 13 (8.61%) ServiceNow
6 11 (7.28%) Oracle
7 8 (5.30%) IBM
8 7 (4.64%) Snow
9 5 (3.31%) Salesforce
10 3 (1.99%) Facebook
10 3 (1.99%) YouTube
11 2 (1.32%) Cisco
12 1 (0.66%) Autodesk