Software Licensing Job Trends

Software Licensing
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs citing Software Licensing skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 11 November 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

	6 months to 11 Nov 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Rank	666	516	581
Rank change year-on-year	-150	+65	+96
Permanent jobs citing Software Licensing	172	140	167
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK	0.14%	0.27%	0.25%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category	0.19%	0.31%	0.30%
Number of salaries quoted	119	58	86
10^th Percentile	£31,450	£35,500	£30,000
25^th Percentile	£37,625	£38,500	£33,125
Median annual salary (50^th Percentile)	£55,000	£55,000	£50,000
Median % change year-on-year	-	+10.00%	+12.64%
75^th Percentile	£72,500	£70,938	£62,500
90^th Percentile	£91,250	£94,500	£75,000
UK excluding London median annual salary	£50,000	£50,000	£41,250
% change year-on-year	-	+21.21%	-7.07%

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 citing process or methodology skills.

	6 months to 11 Nov 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Permanent vacancies citing process or methodology skills	90,817	45,079	55,612
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK	73.68%	86.72%	82.82%
Number of salaries quoted	60,145	26,713	28,851
10^th Percentile	£31,250	£28,250	£34,000
25^th Percentile	£42,000	£35,500	£45,000
Median annual salary (50^th Percentile)	£59,999	£54,000	£60,000
Median % change year-on-year	+11.11%	-10.00%	-
75^th Percentile	£77,500	£75,000	£78,750
90^th Percentile	£100,000	£95,000	£97,500
UK excluding London median annual salary	£55,000	£47,000	£54,000
% change year-on-year	+17.02%	-12.96%	+2.86%

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 Salary Trend

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 11 November 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 11 November 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	Job Ads Past 6 Months	Median Salary Past 6 Months	Median Salary % Change on Same Period Last Year	Live Jobs
England	-131	167	£55,000	+11.73%	109
UK excluding London	-139	135	£50,000	-	67
Work from Home	-99	53	£70,752	+41.50%	45
South East	-58	49	£45,000	-30.77%	25
London	-69	37	£70,000	+18.64%	43
North of England	-98	27	£47,500	+20.25%	14
Midlands	-77	23	£57,500	+53.33%	13
South West	-69	20	£87,500	+224.07%	7
North West	-68	19	£37,500	+1.35%	8
East Midlands	-	12	£57,500	-	3
East of England	-46	11	£55,000	-4.35%	4
West Midlands	-66	11	£57,500	+53.33%	10
Yorkshire	-38	8	£55,000	-	6
Wales	-	3	£27,500	-
Scotland	-11	2	-	-	3

Software Licensing Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities

For the 6 months to 11 November 2026, job vacancies citing Software Licensing also mentioned the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads citing Software Licensing.

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	Microsoft	41.3%	71
2	Cybersecurity	38.4%	66
3	AI	23.8%	41
4	Data Protection	21.5%	37
4	Decision-Making	21.5%	37
4	Stakeholder Management	21.5%	37
7	Asset Management	18.6%	32
8	Problem-Solving	18.0%	31
9	Customer Service	17.4%	30
10	Microsoft 365	16.9%	29
11	Continuous Improvement	16.3%	28
11	ITIL	16.3%	28
13	Service Management	14.5%	25
14	Risk Management	14.0%	24
15	Digital Transformation Programme	13.4%	23
16	SaaS	12.8%	22
17	Project Management	12.2%	21
18	Service Delivery	11.0%	19
19	IT Asset Management	10.5%	18
19	Microsoft Excel	10.5%	18
19	Software Asset Management	10.5%	18
19	Windows	10.5%	18
23	Contract Negotiation	9.9%	17
23	ERP	9.9%	17
23	ITSM	9.9%	17
26	Microsoft Office	9.3%	16
27	Business Development	8.7%	15
27	Collaborative Culture	8.7%	15
27	Cost Optimisation	8.7%	15
30	Commercial Awareness	8.1%	14

Software Licensing Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities by Category

The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.

Processes & Methodologies

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	Cybersecurity	38.4%	66
2	AI	23.8%	41
3	Data Protection	21.5%	37
3	Decision-Making	21.5%	37
3	Stakeholder Management	21.5%	37
6	Asset Management	18.6%	32
7	Problem-Solving	18.0%	31
8	Customer Service	17.4%	30
9	Continuous Improvement	16.3%	28
9	ITIL	16.3%	28
11	Service Management	14.5%	25
12	Risk Management	14.0%	24
13	Digital Transformation Programme	13.4%	23
14	Project Management	12.2%	21
15	Service Delivery	11.0%	19
16	IT Asset Management	10.5%	18
16	Software Asset Management	10.5%	18
18	Contract Negotiation	9.9%	17
18	ERP	9.9%	17
18	ITSM	9.9%	17