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 23 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
23 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 598 591 627
Rank change year-on-year -7 +36 +73
Permanent jobs citing Software Licensing 143 80 276
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.15% 0.18% 0.25%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.21% 0.19% 0.31%
Number of salaries quoted 72 38 148
10th Percentile £31,250 £25,250 £30,000
25th Percentile £33,500 £36,000 £38,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £40,341
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% +23.94% -19.32%
75th Percentile £80,000 £75,000 £53,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £94,500 £62,650
UK excluding London median annual salary £45,000 £44,377 £38,000
% change year-on-year +1.40% +16.78% -21.03%

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 69,314 41,679 88,914
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 73.17% 92.27% 81.73%
Number of salaries quoted 47,751 22,444 62,987
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,750 £29,750
25th Percentile £41,250 £38,750 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% -9.41%
75th Percentile £78,750 £77,500 £72,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £92,159
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +5.00% - -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 23 June 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 23 June 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 +23 141 £55,000 +10.00% 35
UK excluding London -7 112 £45,000 +1.40% 21
Work from Home +48 65 £45,000 -25.00% 18
Midlands -13 32 £75,000 +93.53% 4
East of England +5 29 £34,000 -8.11% 2
London -21 27 £75,000 +20.00% 13
West Midlands -5 25 £87,500 +125.78% 2
North of England -17 22 £37,500 -37.50% 3
North West +23 21 £37,500 - 2
South West - 15 £30,750 - 7
South East -32 14 £54,000 +66.15% 5
East Midlands - 7 £75,000 - 2
Yorkshire -32 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 4 (2.80%) SharePoint
2 1 (0.70%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (0.70%) WordPress
Applications
1 9 (6.29%) Microsoft Excel
2 7 (4.90%) Microsoft Office
2 7 (4.90%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 24 (16.78%) Cloudability
2 3 (2.10%) Academy Revenues and Benefits
Cloud Services
1 49 (34.27%) Azure
2 30 (20.98%) AWS
3 24 (16.78%) GCP
3 24 (16.78%) Microsoft 365
4 15 (10.49%) Entra ID
5 9 (6.29%) Azure DevOps
6 8 (5.59%) Power Platform
7 4 (2.80%) Microsoft Copilot
7 4 (2.80%) OneDrive
8 3 (2.10%) SaaS
9 2 (1.40%) Dynamics 365
9 2 (1.40%) Microsoft Purview
9 2 (1.40%) Stripe
10 1 (0.70%) Asana
10 1 (0.70%) Azure Sentinel
10 1 (0.70%) Google Gemini
Communications & Networking
1 9 (6.29%) Network Security
2 7 (4.90%) VoIP
3 5 (3.50%) Firewall
4 3 (2.10%) DKIM
4 3 (2.10%) DMARC
4 3 (2.10%) DNS
4 3 (2.10%) PBX
4 3 (2.10%) Unified Communications
4 3 (2.10%) VLAN
4 3 (2.10%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (3.50%) Power BI
1 5 (3.50%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 9 (6.29%) JIRA
General
1 37 (25.87%) Social Skills
2 36 (25.17%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 27 (18.88%) Finance
4 20 (13.99%) Legal
5 14 (9.79%) Front Office
5 14 (9.79%) Organisational Skills
6 13 (9.09%) Law
7 11 (7.69%) Analytical Skills
8 9 (6.29%) Automotive
9 6 (4.20%) Telecoms
10 5 (3.50%) Advertising
10 5 (3.50%) Manufacturing
10 5 (3.50%) Public Sector
11 4 (2.80%) Documentation Skills
11 4 (2.80%) Military
12 3 (2.10%) Marketing
13 2 (1.40%) Billing
13 2 (1.40%) Presentation Skills
14 1 (0.70%) Banking
14 1 (0.70%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 45 (31.47%) Analyst
2 32 (22.38%) Senior
3 25 (17.48%) IT Support
4 24 (16.78%) Senior Analyst
5 17 (11.89%) IT Engineer
6 16 (11.19%) Service Manager
7 15 (10.49%) IT Support Engineer
7 15 (10.49%) Support Engineer
8 12 (8.39%) IT Manager
9 10 (6.99%) IT Analyst
9 10 (6.99%) IT Support Analyst
9 10 (6.99%) Support Analyst
10 9 (6.29%) Azure Engineer
10 9 (6.29%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
10 9 (6.29%) Server Engineer
10 9 (6.29%) Server Support
10 9 (6.29%) Systems Engineer
11 8 (5.59%) Software Analyst
12 7 (4.90%) Systems Support
12 7 (4.90%) Systems Support Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 25 (17.48%) Microsoft Licensing
2 14 (9.79%) Onboarding
3 8 (5.59%) Self-Motivation
4 5 (3.50%) Life Science
5 4 (2.80%) CMDB
5 4 (2.80%) Culture of Ownership
5 4 (2.80%) Driving Licence
5 4 (2.80%) Public Cloud
6 3 (2.10%) Team-Oriented Environment
7 2 (1.40%) CCTV
7 2 (1.40%) Management Information System
7 2 (1.40%) Oracle Licensing
8 1 (0.70%) Cyberattack
8 1 (0.70%) Enterprise Software
8 1 (0.70%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 16 (11.19%) Linux
2 11 (7.69%) Windows
3 5 (3.50%) Unix
4 3 (2.10%) Windows Server
5 2 (1.40%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 52 (36.36%) Cybersecurity
2 38 (26.57%) Cost Optimisation
3 35 (24.48%) AI
4 32 (22.38%) Problem-Solving
5 30 (20.98%) Mentoring
6 27 (18.88%) Cost Management
6 27 (18.88%) FinOps
7 26 (18.18%) Asset Management
8 23 (16.08%) Continuous Improvement
9 18 (12.59%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 17 (11.89%) Software Asset Management
11 16 (11.19%) Decision-Making
12 14 (9.79%) Collaborative Working
13 13 (9.09%) ITIL
14 12 (8.39%) Stakeholder Management
15 11 (7.69%) DevOps
16 10 (6.99%) Contract Management
16 10 (6.99%) Data Protection
16 10 (6.99%) Service Delivery
17 9 (6.29%) Continuous Integration
Programming Languages
1 5 (3.50%) Python
1 5 (3.50%) VB
1 5 (3.50%) VBA
1 5 (3.50%) VBScript
2 2 (1.40%) SQL
Qualifications
1 26 (18.18%) AWS Certification
2 24 (16.78%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
3 10 (6.99%) DBS Check
4 8 (5.59%) Security Cleared
5 4 (2.80%) SC Cleared
6 2 (1.40%) A+ Certification
6 2 (1.40%) CCNA
6 2 (1.40%) Cisco Certification
6 2 (1.40%) CompTIA Security+
6 2 (1.40%) DV Cleared
6 2 (1.40%) ITIL Certification
7 1 (0.70%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (2.80%) GDPR
1 4 (2.80%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 3 (2.10%) Cyber Essentials
3 2 (1.40%) NIST
3 2 (1.40%) PCI DSS
3 2 (1.40%) QA
4 1 (0.70%) COBIT
System Software
1 14 (9.79%) Active Directory
2 9 (6.29%) Docker
3 8 (5.59%) VMware Infrastructure
4 5 (3.50%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 7 (4.90%) SCCM
2 3 (2.10%) cPanel
2 3 (2.10%) Plesk
3 1 (0.70%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 74 (51.75%) Microsoft
2 31 (21.68%) Adobe
3 26 (18.18%) Apple
4 24 (16.78%) ServiceNow
5 8 (5.59%) VMware
6 7 (4.90%) IBM
6 7 (4.90%) Oracle
7 5 (3.50%) Snow
8 3 (2.10%) Acronis
8 3 (2.10%) Datto
8 3 (2.10%) NETGEAR
8 3 (2.10%) SonicWALL
8 3 (2.10%) Veeam
8 3 (2.10%) WatchGuard
9 2 (1.40%) Cisco
9 2 (1.40%) Palo Alto
10 1 (0.70%) Capita
10 1 (0.70%) HubSpot