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 29 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 512 597 657
Rank change year-on-year +85 +60 -33
Permanent jobs citing Software Licensing 137 164 66
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.25% 0.25% 0.13%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.30% 0.29% 0.14%
Number of salaries quoted 56 80 52
10th Percentile £35,500 £30,000 £24,000
25th Percentile £38,500 £33,500 £30,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £49,279 £46,750 £44,388
Median % change year-on-year +5.41% +5.32% -1.36%
75th Percentile £71,250 £63,750 £54,063
90th Percentile £87,500 £76,000 £68,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £48,450 £38,754 £44,388
% change year-on-year +25.02% -12.69% +4.44%

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 45,730 56,495 47,974
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 84.51% 85.27% 93.76%
Number of salaries quoted 27,916 29,477 36,918
10th Percentile £28,250 £34,000 £32,500
25th Percentile £36,250 £45,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% - -
75th Percentile £75,000 £80,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £97,500 £98,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £47,500 £54,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -12.84% +3.81% -0.94%

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 29 November 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 29 November 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 +69 124 £48,450 -0.10% 50
UK excluding London +53 92 £48,450 +25.02% 36
Work from Home +72 77 £54,500 +9.00% 23
London +66 36 £59,000 -5.60% 26
North of England +51 31 £39,500 +12.86% 5
South East +58 29 £65,000 +30.00% 22
North West +57 27 £37,000 -15.43% 5
West Midlands +45 21 £85,000 +119.33% 1
Midlands +40 21 £85,000 +119.33% 1
South West +12 7 £27,000 -18.80% 5
Yorkshire -1 3 - -
East of England +32 2 £57,500 -47.73%
Scotland +3 2 - - 3
North East - 1 £42,000 -

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 (2.92%) SharePoint
2 3 (2.19%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (1.46%) FileNet
4 1 (0.73%) IIS
Applications
1 11 (8.03%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.73%) AutoCAD
2 1 (0.73%) Autodesk Inventor
2 1 (0.73%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.73%) SOLIDWORKS
Business Applications
1 5 (3.65%) NetSuite
2 1 (0.73%) Dynamics AX
Cloud Services
1 42 (30.66%) Microsoft 365
2 38 (27.74%) SaaS
3 25 (18.25%) Azure
4 7 (5.11%) IaaS
5 5 (3.65%) Salesforce Service Cloud
6 4 (2.92%) Entra ID
7 3 (2.19%) Power Platform
8 2 (1.46%) AWS
8 2 (1.46%) OneDrive
8 2 (1.46%) PaaS
9 1 (0.73%) GCP
9 1 (0.73%) Google Workspace
9 1 (0.73%) OCI
9 1 (0.73%) Power Automate
9 1 (0.73%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 8 (5.84%) VPN
2 5 (3.65%) DMZ
2 5 (3.65%) DNS
2 5 (3.65%) STUN
2 5 (3.65%) VLAN
2 5 (3.65%) VoIP
3 4 (2.92%) DHCP
3 4 (2.92%) Firewall
3 4 (2.92%) TCP/IP
4 2 (1.46%) LAN
4 2 (1.46%) WAN
5 1 (0.73%) Fibre Channel
5 1 (0.73%) Network Security
5 1 (0.73%) Remote Desktop
5 1 (0.73%) SAN
5 1 (0.73%) Telnet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (4.38%) SQL Server
2 1 (0.73%) Power BI
General
1 55 (40.15%) Social Skills
2 51 (37.23%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 44 (32.12%) Legal
4 32 (23.36%) Finance
5 28 (20.44%) Law
6 24 (17.52%) Public Sector
7 20 (14.60%) Retail
8 10 (7.30%) Banking
9 9 (6.57%) Telecoms
10 8 (5.84%) Analytical Skills
10 8 (5.84%) Pharmaceutical
11 6 (4.38%) Documentation Skills
12 5 (3.65%) Marketing
12 5 (3.65%) Organisational Skills
13 1 (0.73%) Financial Institution
13 1 (0.73%) Influencing Skills
13 1 (0.73%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 19 (13.87%) IT Support
2 18 (13.14%) Architect
2 18 (13.14%) Microsoft Specialist
3 16 (11.68%) Senior
4 11 (8.03%) Support Engineer
5 10 (7.30%) Asset and Configuration Manager
5 10 (7.30%) Configuration Manager
5 10 (7.30%) Senior IT Support
5 10 (7.30%) Service Manager
6 9 (6.57%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 7 (5.11%) Analyst
7 7 (5.11%) Applications Support
7 7 (5.11%) Infrastructure Support
7 7 (5.11%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
7 7 (5.11%) IT Manager
7 7 (5.11%) Procurement Manager
8 6 (4.38%) Applications Engineer
8 6 (4.38%) Applications Support Engineer
8 6 (4.38%) IT Analyst
9 5 (3.65%) Cloud Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (3.65%) FreeSWITCH
2 4 (2.92%) Software Packaging
Miscellaneous
1 23 (16.79%) Microsoft Licensing
2 20 (14.60%) Data Centre
3 10 (7.30%) CMDB
3 10 (7.30%) Driving Licence
4 9 (6.57%) Enterprise Cloud
4 9 (6.57%) Onboarding
5 8 (5.84%) Self-Motivation
6 2 (1.46%) Hybrid Cloud
6 2 (1.46%) Social Media
6 2 (1.46%) Web Conferencing
7 1 (0.73%) Clustering
7 1 (0.73%) Greenfield Project
7 1 (0.73%) PKI
7 1 (0.73%) Renewable Energy
7 1 (0.73%) Security Posture
7 1 (0.73%) Smart Energy
7 1 (0.73%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 29 (21.17%) Windows
2 19 (13.87%) Windows Server
3 7 (5.11%) Linux
4 6 (4.38%) Apple iOS
5 5 (3.65%) Debian
6 4 (2.92%) Windows 10
7 2 (1.46%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 50 (36.50%) AI
2 46 (33.58%) Cybersecurity
3 37 (27.01%) Time Management
4 34 (24.82%) Problem-Solving
5 27 (19.71%) Customer Engagement
6 25 (18.25%) Customer Service
6 25 (18.25%) ITIL
7 21 (15.33%) Service Management
8 20 (14.60%) Contract Negotiation
8 20 (14.60%) Sales Enablement
9 19 (13.87%) Roadmaps
10 18 (13.14%) Business Strategy
10 18 (13.14%) Product Roadmap
11 15 (10.95%) Asset Management
11 15 (10.95%) Data Protection
12 14 (10.22%) Information Security
13 12 (8.76%) Change Management
13 12 (8.76%) Computer Science
13 12 (8.76%) Continuous Improvement
13 12 (8.76%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 6 (4.38%) PowerShell
1 6 (4.38%) SQL
2 2 (1.46%) Bash
3 1 (0.73%) Java
Qualifications
1 66 (48.18%) Degree
2 11 (8.03%) Network+ Certification
3 3 (2.19%) A+ Certification
4 2 (1.46%) Computer Science Degree
4 2 (1.46%) DBS Check
4 2 (1.46%) Security Cleared
5 1 (0.73%) CompTIA Security+
5 1 (0.73%) MCITP
5 1 (0.73%) MCP
5 1 (0.73%) Microsoft Certification
5 1 (0.73%) NVQ Level 3
5 1 (0.73%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (13.14%) GDPR
2 11 (8.03%) ISO/IEC 19770
3 10 (7.30%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 8 (5.84%) EU AI Act
5 6 (4.38%) Cyber Essentials
6 5 (3.65%) IFRS
6 5 (3.65%) ISO 9001
7 1 (0.73%) California Consumer Privacy Act
7 1 (0.73%) GLBA
7 1 (0.73%) GRC
System Software
1 17 (12.41%) Active Directory
2 13 (9.49%) Hyper-V
3 12 (8.76%) Virtual Machines
4 11 (8.03%) VMware Infrastructure
5 5 (3.65%) Kamailio
6 1 (0.73%) Virtual Servers
6 1 (0.73%) VMware Server
Systems Management
1 14 (10.22%) Microsoft Intune
2 4 (2.92%) Jamf Pro
3 1 (0.73%) Microsoft Clustering
3 1 (0.73%) NetBackup
3 1 (0.73%) Puppet
3 1 (0.73%) WhatsUp Gold
Vendors
1 80 (58.39%) Microsoft
2 26 (18.98%) Adobe
2 26 (18.98%) Apple
3 18 (13.14%) Palo Alto
4 12 (8.76%) ServiceNow
5 11 (8.03%) VMware
6 10 (7.30%) Salesforce
7 5 (3.65%) Oracle
8 2 (1.46%) Dell
8 2 (1.46%) IBM
9 1 (0.73%) Cisco
9 1 (0.73%) Facebook
9 1 (0.73%) HP
9 1 (0.73%) SAP
9 1 (0.73%) Snow
9 1 (0.73%) YouTube