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 2 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 621 569 577
Rank change year-on-year -52 +8 +98
Permanent jobs citing Software Licensing 160 118 265
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.15% 0.24% 0.32%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.21% 0.27% 0.39%
Number of salaries quoted 92 45 156
10th Percentile £31,250 £26,650 £30,000
25th Percentile £36,250 £35,500 £38,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £58,750 £50,000 £40,341
Median % change year-on-year +17.50% +23.94% -19.32%
75th Percentile £80,000 £67,500 £57,500
90th Percentile £94,750 £94,500 £63,125
UK excluding London median annual salary £46,801 £50,000 £38,000
% change year-on-year -6.40% +31.58% -15.92%

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 76,271 44,428 67,881
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 73.70% 89.49% 81.01%
Number of salaries quoted 52,568 25,332 44,788
10th Percentile £30,750 £28,500 £31,199
25th Percentile £41,250 £37,500 £41,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% - -8.33%
75th Percentile £78,750 £76,250 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £97,500 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +10.00% - -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 2 August 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 2 August 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 -22 156 £63,857 +27.71% 92
UK excluding London -36 125 £46,801 -6.40% 61
Work from Home -19 68 £62,500 +13.64% 47
London -24 31 £80,000 +45.45% 39
Midlands -20 29 £75,000 +93.53% 9
South East -29 26 £54,000 +22.73% 15
North of England -37 26 £38,750 +4.73% 19
East of England -5 25 £72,500 +26.09% 1
North West -4 23 £37,500 +1.35% 6
West Midlands -35 22 £87,500 +125.78% 8
South West - 17 £29,000 - 10
East Midlands - 7 £75,000 - 1
Yorkshire -33 3 £62,500 +4.17% 9
Wales - 2 £27,500 - 2

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 6 (3.75%) SharePoint
2 2 (1.25%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (0.63%) WordPress
Applications
1 9 (5.63%) Microsoft Excel
1 9 (5.63%) Microsoft Office
2 7 (4.38%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 24 (15.00%) Cloudability
2 3 (1.88%) Academy Revenues and Benefits
3 1 (0.63%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 47 (29.38%) Azure
2 29 (18.13%) Microsoft 365
3 25 (15.63%) AWS
4 24 (15.00%) GCP
5 18 (11.25%) Entra ID
6 10 (6.25%) Azure DevOps
6 10 (6.25%) SaaS
7 8 (5.00%) Power Platform
8 6 (3.75%) Microsoft Copilot
9 5 (3.13%) OneDrive
10 3 (1.88%) Dynamics 365
11 2 (1.25%) Microsoft Purview
11 2 (1.25%) Stripe
12 1 (0.63%) Asana
12 1 (0.63%) Azure Monitor
12 1 (0.63%) Azure Sentinel
12 1 (0.63%) Google Gemini
Communications & Networking
1 9 (5.63%) Network Security
2 7 (4.38%) Firewall
3 6 (3.75%) VoIP
4 4 (2.50%) Wi-Fi
5 3 (1.88%) DKIM
5 3 (1.88%) DMARC
5 3 (1.88%) DNS
5 3 (1.88%) PBX
5 3 (1.88%) Unified Communications
5 3 (1.88%) VLAN
6 2 (1.25%) FTP
7 1 (0.63%) LAN
7 1 (0.63%) TCP/IP
7 1 (0.63%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (3.13%) Power BI
2 4 (2.50%) Tableau
3 1 (0.63%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 9 (5.63%) JIRA
General
1 48 (30.00%) Social Skills
2 42 (26.25%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 30 (18.75%) Finance
4 28 (17.50%) Legal
5 22 (13.75%) Law
6 19 (11.88%) Analytical Skills
7 16 (10.00%) Front Office
8 14 (8.75%) Manufacturing
9 11 (6.88%) Organisational Skills
10 10 (6.25%) Public Sector
11 9 (5.63%) Automotive
12 8 (5.00%) Retail
12 8 (5.00%) Telecoms
13 6 (3.75%) Advertising
14 5 (3.13%) Marketing
15 4 (2.50%) Documentation Skills
15 4 (2.50%) Military
15 4 (2.50%) Presentation Skills
16 2 (1.25%) Influencing Skills
17 1 (0.63%) Banking
Job Titles
1 36 (22.50%) Analyst
2 30 (18.75%) Senior
3 27 (16.88%) IT Support
4 24 (15.00%) Senior Analyst
5 19 (11.88%) IT Engineer
6 18 (11.25%) Service Manager
6 18 (11.25%) Support Engineer
7 17 (10.63%) IT Support Engineer
8 16 (10.00%) IT Manager
9 9 (5.63%) Azure Engineer
9 9 (5.63%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
9 9 (5.63%) Server Engineer
9 9 (5.63%) Server Support
9 9 (5.63%) Systems Engineer
10 8 (5.00%) IT Analyst
10 8 (5.00%) IT Support Analyst
10 8 (5.00%) Support Analyst
11 7 (4.38%) Systems Support
11 7 (4.38%) Systems Support Engineer
12 5 (3.13%) IT Technician
Miscellaneous
1 26 (16.25%) Microsoft Licensing
2 14 (8.75%) Onboarding
3 11 (6.88%) Life Science
4 8 (5.00%) Self-Motivation
5 7 (4.38%) Driving Licence
6 5 (3.13%) CMDB
7 4 (2.50%) Culture of Ownership
8 3 (1.88%) Social Media
8 3 (1.88%) Team-Oriented Environment
9 2 (1.25%) CCTV
9 2 (1.25%) Management Information System
9 2 (1.25%) Oracle Licensing
10 1 (0.63%) Cyberattack
10 1 (0.63%) Enterprise Software
10 1 (0.63%) Product Ownership
10 1 (0.63%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 15 (9.38%) Linux
2 14 (8.75%) Windows
3 4 (2.50%) Unix
4 3 (1.88%) Windows Server
5 2 (1.25%) Mac OS
6 1 (0.63%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 61 (38.13%) Cybersecurity
2 46 (28.75%) AI
3 30 (18.75%) Continuous Improvement
4 29 (18.13%) Mentoring
4 29 (18.13%) Problem-Solving
5 27 (16.88%) Cost Management
5 27 (16.88%) Cost Optimisation
6 25 (15.63%) FinOps
7 20 (12.50%) Asset Management
7 20 (12.50%) Data Protection
8 19 (11.88%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 19 (11.88%) Stakeholder Management
9 18 (11.25%) Digital Transformation Programme
9 18 (11.25%) ITIL
10 16 (10.00%) Risk Management
11 15 (9.38%) Decision-Making
11 15 (9.38%) Service Delivery
12 12 (7.50%) DevOps
12 12 (7.50%) Process Improvement
12 12 (7.50%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 4 (2.50%) Python
1 4 (2.50%) VB
1 4 (2.50%) VBA
1 4 (2.50%) VBScript
2 3 (1.88%) SQL
Qualifications
1 24 (15.00%) AWS Certification
1 24 (15.00%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
2 9 (5.63%) Security Cleared
3 5 (3.13%) DBS Check
3 5 (3.13%) SC Cleared
4 4 (2.50%) ITIL Certification
5 2 (1.25%) CCNA
5 2 (1.25%) Cisco Certification
5 2 (1.25%) CompTIA Security+
6 1 (0.63%) Degree
6 1 (0.63%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (2.50%) Cyber Essentials
1 4 (2.50%) GDPR
1 4 (2.50%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 2 (1.25%) ISO/IEC 20000
2 2 (1.25%) NIST
2 2 (1.25%) PCI DSS
2 2 (1.25%) QA
3 1 (0.63%) COBIT
3 1 (0.63%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
System Software
1 16 (10.00%) Active Directory
2 9 (5.63%) Docker
3 7 (4.38%) VMware Infrastructure
4 5 (3.13%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 4 (2.50%) SCCM
2 3 (1.88%) cPanel
2 3 (1.88%) Microsoft Intune
2 3 (1.88%) Plesk
Vendors
1 82 (51.25%) Microsoft
2 31 (19.38%) Adobe
3 28 (17.50%) Apple
4 25 (15.63%) ServiceNow
5 7 (4.38%) Oracle
5 7 (4.38%) VMware
6 6 (3.75%) IBM
7 4 (2.50%) Snow
8 3 (1.88%) Acronis
8 3 (1.88%) Capita
8 3 (1.88%) Datto
8 3 (1.88%) NETGEAR
8 3 (1.88%) SonicWALL
8 3 (1.88%) Veeam
8 3 (1.88%) WatchGuard
9 2 (1.25%) Cisco
9 2 (1.25%) Palo Alto
10 1 (0.63%) Ariba
10 1 (0.63%) HubSpot
10 1 (0.63%) SAP