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

6 months to
27 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 535 543 663
Rank change year-on-year +8 +120 +43
Permanent jobs citing Software Licensing 159 89 182
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.20% 0.22% 0.21%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.27% 0.23% 0.24%
Number of salaries quoted 72 43 96
10th Percentile £31,250 £25,250 £30,000
25th Percentile £38,500 £36,000 £38,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,000 £38,754 £42,250
Median % change year-on-year +47.08% -8.27% -22.48%
75th Percentile £80,000 £61,250 £57,500
90th Percentile £98,595 £90,000 £63,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £48,450 £37,877 £38,000
% change year-on-year +27.91% -0.32% -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 59,873 37,939 76,774
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 77.17% 93.46% 86.66%
Number of salaries quoted 36,505 22,139 57,454
10th Percentile £30,000 £31,250 £29,079
25th Percentile £40,000 £43,750 £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 £93,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% -8.41%

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 27 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 27 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 +22 149 £57,000 +47.08% 53
UK excluding London -10 98 £48,450 +27.91% 41
Work from Home +57 83 £59,000 -3.67% 29
London +34 54 £59,000 -9.23% 13
South East -16 29 £67,500 +164.71% 7
Midlands -29 22 £80,000 +106.43% 12
West Midlands -11 19 £87,500 +125.78% 7
South West -23 16 £32,500 -36.52% 10
North of England -50 16 £48,450 +15.36% 11
East of England -16 13 £80,000 +8.84% 5
North West -21 13 £48,450 - 7
East Midlands - 3 £45,000 - 5
Scotland -27 2 - - 1
Yorkshire -59 2 - - 4
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 (5.66%) SharePoint
2 4 (2.52%) Microsoft Exchange
3 3 (1.89%) FileNet
4 1 (0.63%) IIS
Applications
1 24 (15.09%) Microsoft Excel
2 22 (13.84%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 19 (11.95%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 4 (2.52%) NetSuite
2 2 (1.26%) Academy Revenues and Benefits
Cloud Services
1 45 (28.30%) Azure
2 36 (22.64%) SaaS
3 29 (18.24%) Microsoft 365
4 23 (14.47%) AWS
5 9 (5.66%) Entra ID
6 8 (5.03%) Power Platform
7 3 (1.89%) Azure DevOps
7 3 (1.89%) OneDrive
8 2 (1.26%) Microsoft Purview
8 2 (1.26%) PaaS
9 1 (0.63%) Adobe Creative Cloud
9 1 (0.63%) Azure Sentinel
9 1 (0.63%) GCP
9 1 (0.63%) Google Workspace
9 1 (0.63%) IaaS
9 1 (0.63%) Microsoft Copilot
9 1 (0.63%) OCI
9 1 (0.63%) Power Automate
9 1 (0.63%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 4 (2.52%) DHCP
1 4 (2.52%) DNS
1 4 (2.52%) Network Security
1 4 (2.52%) TCP/IP
1 4 (2.52%) VoIP
2 2 (1.26%) Firewall
2 2 (1.26%) LAN
2 2 (1.26%) VPN
2 2 (1.26%) WAN
3 1 (0.63%) Remote Desktop
3 1 (0.63%) Telnet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (3.14%) Power BI
1 5 (3.14%) Tableau
2 1 (0.63%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 3 (1.89%) JIRA
General
1 57 (35.85%) Legal
1 57 (35.85%) Social Skills
2 48 (30.19%) Finance
3 36 (22.64%) Law
4 33 (20.75%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 26 (16.35%) Public Sector
6 25 (15.72%) Retail
7 11 (6.92%) Banking
7 11 (6.92%) Organisational Skills
8 8 (5.03%) Analytical Skills
8 8 (5.03%) Telecoms
9 5 (3.14%) Front Office
10 4 (2.52%) Influencing Skills
10 4 (2.52%) Pharmaceutical
11 3 (1.89%) Automotive
11 3 (1.89%) Marketing
12 2 (1.26%) Advertising
12 2 (1.26%) Billing
13 1 (0.63%) Documentation Skills
13 1 (0.63%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 35 (22.01%) Analyst
2 23 (14.47%) IT Support
3 21 (13.21%) Senior
4 15 (9.43%) Service Manager
5 11 (6.92%) IT Analyst
5 11 (6.92%) IT Manager
6 10 (6.29%) Asset and Configuration Manager
6 10 (6.29%) Configuration Manager
6 10 (6.29%) IT Support Analyst
6 10 (6.29%) Support Analyst
7 8 (5.03%) Category Manager
7 8 (5.03%) Senior IT Support
7 8 (5.03%) Software Analyst
8 7 (4.40%) Procurement Specialist
9 6 (3.77%) Consultant
9 6 (3.77%) Coordinator
9 6 (3.77%) IT Technician
9 6 (3.77%) Support Engineer
10 5 (3.14%) Senior Consultant
10 5 (3.14%) Senior Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (2.52%) Software Packaging
Miscellaneous
1 34 (21.38%) Onboarding
2 21 (13.21%) Microsoft Licensing
3 19 (11.95%) Public Cloud
4 15 (9.43%) Enterprise Cloud
5 10 (6.29%) CMDB
6 9 (5.66%) Self-Motivation
7 4 (2.52%) Driving Licence
8 3 (1.89%) Team-Oriented Environment
9 1 (0.63%) Cyberattack
9 1 (0.63%) Enterprise Software
9 1 (0.63%) Life Science
9 1 (0.63%) Oracle Licensing
9 1 (0.63%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 25 (15.72%) Windows
2 11 (6.92%) Windows Server
3 9 (5.66%) Linux
3 9 (5.66%) Windows 10
4 5 (3.14%) Apple iOS
4 5 (3.14%) Unix
5 1 (0.63%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 56 (35.22%) Cybersecurity
2 47 (29.56%) Problem-Solving
3 42 (26.42%) AI
4 37 (23.27%) Asset Management
5 32 (20.13%) ITIL
6 28 (17.61%) Contract Negotiation
7 27 (16.98%) Cost Optimisation
7 27 (16.98%) Software Asset Management
8 26 (16.35%) Service Management
8 26 (16.35%) Stakeholder Management
9 25 (15.72%) Continuous Improvement
10 21 (13.21%) Data Privacy
11 19 (11.95%) Customer Experience
12 18 (11.32%) FinOps
13 17 (10.69%) Client Onboarding
13 17 (10.69%) Mentoring
14 16 (10.06%) Customer Engagement
14 16 (10.06%) Data Protection
14 16 (10.06%) Decision-Making
14 16 (10.06%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 6 (3.77%) PowerShell
2 5 (3.14%) Python
2 5 (3.14%) VB
2 5 (3.14%) VBA
2 5 (3.14%) VBScript
3 2 (1.26%) SQL
4 1 (0.63%) Bash
4 1 (0.63%) Java
Qualifications
1 18 (11.32%) Degree
2 17 (10.69%) AWS Certification
3 11 (6.92%) DBS Check
4 9 (5.66%) Network+ Certification
5 6 (3.77%) Security Cleared
6 5 (3.14%) A+ Certification
6 5 (3.14%) SC Cleared
7 4 (2.52%) DV Cleared
8 1 (0.63%) Microsoft Certified Professional
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (8.81%) GDPR
2 12 (7.55%) ISO/IEC 19770
3 4 (2.52%) EU AI Act
3 4 (2.52%) IFRS
4 1 (0.63%) COBIT
4 1 (0.63%) GRC
4 1 (0.63%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (0.63%) NIST
4 1 (0.63%) SLA
System Software
1 16 (10.06%) Active Directory
2 13 (8.18%) VMware Infrastructure
3 12 (7.55%) Virtual Machines
4 10 (6.29%) Hyper-V
5 3 (1.89%) Docker
6 1 (0.63%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 11 (6.92%) Microsoft Intune
2 9 (5.66%) SCCM
3 4 (2.52%) Jamf Pro
Vendors
1 83 (52.20%) Microsoft
2 33 (20.75%) Adobe
3 27 (16.98%) Apple
4 13 (8.18%) ServiceNow
4 13 (8.18%) VMware
5 12 (7.55%) Oracle
6 9 (5.66%) IBM
7 7 (4.40%) Snow
8 4 (2.52%) Salesforce
9 3 (1.89%) Facebook
9 3 (1.89%) YouTube
10 2 (1.26%) Cisco
11 1 (0.63%) Autodesk