Software Licensing Jobs

Software Licensing
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies requiring Software Licensing skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Software Licensing over the 6 months leading up to 13 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 619 626 710
Rank change year-on-year +7 +84 -60
Permanent jobs citing Software Licensing 102 280 180
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.17% 0.27% 0.21%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.19% 0.33% 0.22%
Number of salaries quoted 43 148 73
10th Percentile £25,950 £31,310 £24,000
25th Percentile £36,000 £38,000 £30,932
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £40,681 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +22.91% -9.60% -10.00%
75th Percentile £67,500 £57,813 £62,500
90th Percentile £94,500 £63,225 £76,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £38,000 £42,143
% change year-on-year +31.58% -9.83% -1.99%

All Process and 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 54,039 85,405 81,707
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 89.90% 82.58% 95.50%
Number of salaries quoted 28,455 58,267 52,492
10th Percentile £27,500 £29,862 £33,750
25th Percentile £38,000 £40,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £60,249
Median % change year-on-year - -8.71% +0.42%
75th Percentile £75,000 £72,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £92,500 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year - -9.09% +4.76%

Software Licensing
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Software Licensing as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Software Licensing in the UK

Software Licensing
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Software Licensing.

Salary trend for Software Licensing in the UK

Software Licensing
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Software Licensing over the 6 months to 13 July 2025.

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 13 July 2025. 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 -13 83 £50,000 +25.00% 86
UK excluding London +10 73 £50,000 +31.58% 63
Work from Home -74 48 £60,000 +57.89% 56
South East +24 28 £38,000 -15.56% 27
London +63 17 £55,000 -4.35% 33
North of England -23 16 £60,000 +57.89% 12
Midlands +57 14 £38,754 -29.54% 10
West Midlands +35 14 £38,754 +1.98% 10
North West -39 14 £53,500 +40.79% 10
East of England +25 8 £47,250 +18.13% 7
Scotland +93 4 - - 4
Isle of Man - 3 £91,000 -
Yorkshire +26 1 £60,000 +50.00% 2
North East - 1 - - 1

Software Licensing
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 11 (10.78%) SharePoint
2 2 (1.96%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 11 (10.78%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (2.94%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.98%) AutoCAD
3 1 (0.98%) Autodesk Inventor
3 1 (0.98%) SOLIDWORKS
Cloud Services
1 36 (35.29%) Microsoft 365
2 21 (20.59%) Azure
3 8 (7.84%) Entra ID
3 8 (7.84%) SaaS
4 6 (5.88%) Microsoft Copilot
5 3 (2.94%) AWS
6 2 (1.96%) GCP
6 2 (1.96%) IaaS
6 2 (1.96%) Power Platform
7 1 (0.98%) PowerApps
7 1 (0.98%) Salesforce Service Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 3 (2.94%) Firewall
1 3 (2.94%) VPN
2 2 (1.96%) Internet
2 2 (1.96%) Remote Desktop
3 1 (0.98%) DMZ
3 1 (0.98%) DNS
3 1 (0.98%) Fibre Channel
3 1 (0.98%) Intranet
3 1 (0.98%) LAN
3 1 (0.98%) SAN
3 1 (0.98%) STUN
3 1 (0.98%) TCP/IP
3 1 (0.98%) VLAN
3 1 (0.98%) VoIP
3 1 (0.98%) WAN
3 1 (0.98%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (1.96%) Power BI
2 1 (0.98%) SQL Server
General
1 56 (54.90%) Social Skills
2 27 (26.47%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 23 (22.55%) Analytical Skills
4 18 (17.65%) Finance
5 9 (8.82%) Presentation Skills
6 7 (6.86%) Legal
7 5 (4.90%) Marketing
8 4 (3.92%) Public Sector
9 3 (2.94%) Retail
9 3 (2.94%) Telecoms
10 2 (1.96%) Influencing Skills
10 2 (1.96%) Police
11 1 (0.98%) Documentation Skills
11 1 (0.98%) Law
11 1 (0.98%) Manufacturing
11 1 (0.98%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 18 (17.65%) Microsoft Specialist
2 16 (15.69%) Analyst
3 14 (13.73%) IT Manager
4 13 (12.75%) Architect
5 12 (11.76%) Asset Management Analyst
5 12 (11.76%) Software Analyst
6 9 (8.82%) Cloud Architect
6 9 (8.82%) Senior
7 8 (7.84%) IT Support
8 4 (3.92%) Marketing Executive
8 4 (3.92%) Senior Marketing Executive
9 3 (2.94%) Commercial Lawyer
9 3 (2.94%) Infrastructure Engineer
9 3 (2.94%) IT Procurement Manager
9 3 (2.94%) IT Technician
9 3 (2.94%) Procurement Manager
9 3 (2.94%) Senior IT Manager
9 3 (2.94%) Senior Manager
9 3 (2.94%) Senior Procurement Manager
9 3 (2.94%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (0.98%) FreeSWITCH
Miscellaneous
1 33 (32.35%) Microsoft Licensing
2 7 (6.86%) Data Centre
3 6 (5.88%) CMDB
4 5 (4.90%) CCTV
5 4 (3.92%) PKI
5 4 (3.92%) Social Media
6 3 (2.94%) Self-Motivation
7 2 (1.96%) Driving Licence
7 2 (1.96%) Enterprise Software
7 2 (1.96%) Onboarding
7 2 (1.96%) Product Ownership
8 1 (0.98%) Clustering
8 1 (0.98%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 11 (10.78%) Windows
2 4 (3.92%) Windows Server
3 3 (2.94%) Windows 10
4 2 (1.96%) Apple iOS
4 2 (1.96%) Linux
5 1 (0.98%) Debian
5 1 (0.98%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 46 (45.10%) Roadmaps
2 34 (33.33%) Customer Service
3 30 (29.41%) Asset Management
4 27 (26.47%) Business Strategy
5 26 (25.49%) Artificial Intelligence
5 26 (25.49%) ITIL
6 25 (24.51%) Technology Roadmap
7 24 (23.53%) Time Management
8 22 (21.57%) Sales Enablement
9 20 (19.61%) Stakeholder Management
10 18 (17.65%) Product Roadmap
11 14 (13.73%) Software Asset Management
12 13 (12.75%) DevOps
12 13 (12.75%) Problem-Solving
13 12 (11.76%) Agile
13 12 (11.76%) CI/CD
13 12 (11.76%) Continuous Delivery
13 12 (11.76%) Continuous Integration
13 12 (11.76%) IT Asset Management
13 12 (11.76%) Performance Metrics
Programming Languages
1 2 (1.96%) SQL
2 1 (0.98%) Bash
2 1 (0.98%) PowerShell
2 1 (0.98%) Python
Qualifications
1 24 (23.53%) Degree
2 5 (4.90%) ITIL Certification
3 2 (1.96%) A+ Certification
3 2 (1.96%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
4 1 (0.98%) CompTIA Security+
4 1 (0.98%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (0.98%) HND
4 1 (0.98%) MCITP
4 1 (0.98%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (11.76%) Sarbanes-Oxley
2 10 (9.80%) GDPR
3 4 (3.92%) SLA
4 2 (1.96%) Cyber Essentials
4 2 (1.96%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 1 (0.98%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 14 (13.73%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.98%) Hyper-V
2 1 (0.98%) Kamailio
2 1 (0.98%) Virtual Desktop
2 1 (0.98%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 4 (3.92%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (0.98%) Microsoft Clustering
2 1 (0.98%) NetBackup
2 1 (0.98%) Puppet
2 1 (0.98%) WhatsUp Gold
Vendors
1 52 (50.98%) Microsoft
2 19 (18.63%) ServiceNow
3 11 (10.78%) Apple
4 8 (7.84%) Adobe
5 4 (3.92%) Palo Alto
6 2 (1.96%) Google
7 1 (0.98%) Cisco
7 1 (0.98%) Citrix
7 1 (0.98%) HP
7 1 (0.98%) Salesforce
7 1 (0.98%) SAP
7 1 (0.98%) Snow