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 8 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 615 594 626
Rank change year-on-year -21 +32 +56
Permanent jobs citing Software Licensing 142 89 274
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.15% 0.18% 0.27%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.20% 0.20% 0.32%
Number of salaries quoted 76 42 146
10th Percentile £31,250 £25,600 £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% -13.93%
75th Percentile £80,000 £67,500 £57,500
90th Percentile £91,250 £94,500 £62,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £45,000 £50,000 £38,000
% change year-on-year -10.00% +31.58% -12.17%

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 71,935 43,736 84,643
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 73.79% 90.86% 82.47%
Number of salaries quoted 49,710 24,302 59,641
10th Percentile £30,250 £28,822 £29,750
25th Percentile £41,250 £38,500 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% -8.71%
75th Percentile £78,750 £77,500 £72,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £54,068 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +8.14% - -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 8 July 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 8 July 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 -4 140 £55,000 +10.00% 57
UK excluding London -8 111 £45,000 -10.00% 34
Work from Home +30 66 £55,000 -8.33% 31
Midlands -5 29 £75,000 +93.53% 3
East of England -3 28 £34,000 -28.04% 4
London -21 27 £80,000 +33.33% 31
North of England -29 23 £37,500 -37.50% 5
West Midlands -3 22 £87,500 +125.78% 1
North West +4 21 £37,500 - 2
South East -35 16 £54,000 +42.11% 12
South West - 15 £29,000 - 8
East Midlands - 7 £75,000 - 2
Yorkshire -27 2 £63,750 +6.25% 1

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 5 (3.52%) SharePoint
2 2 (1.41%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (0.70%) WordPress
Applications
1 8 (5.63%) Microsoft Excel
2 6 (4.23%) Microsoft Office
3 5 (3.52%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 24 (16.90%) Cloudability
2 3 (2.11%) Academy Revenues and Benefits
Cloud Services
1 47 (33.10%) Azure
2 26 (18.31%) AWS
2 26 (18.31%) Microsoft 365
3 24 (16.90%) GCP
4 17 (11.97%) Entra ID
5 10 (7.04%) Azure DevOps
6 9 (6.34%) Power Platform
7 5 (3.52%) Microsoft Copilot
7 5 (3.52%) SaaS
8 4 (2.82%) OneDrive
9 2 (1.41%) Dynamics 365
9 2 (1.41%) Microsoft Purview
9 2 (1.41%) Stripe
10 1 (0.70%) Asana
10 1 (0.70%) Azure Monitor
10 1 (0.70%) Azure Sentinel
10 1 (0.70%) Google Gemini
Communications & Networking
1 9 (6.34%) Network Security
2 7 (4.93%) VoIP
3 6 (4.23%) Firewall
4 3 (2.11%) DKIM
4 3 (2.11%) DMARC
4 3 (2.11%) DNS
4 3 (2.11%) PBX
4 3 (2.11%) Unified Communications
4 3 (2.11%) VLAN
4 3 (2.11%) Wi-Fi
5 1 (0.70%) LAN
5 1 (0.70%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (4.23%) Power BI
2 5 (3.52%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 9 (6.34%) JIRA
General
1 39 (27.46%) Social Skills
2 34 (23.94%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 27 (19.01%) Finance
4 23 (16.20%) Legal
5 16 (11.27%) Law
6 14 (9.86%) Front Office
7 13 (9.15%) Analytical Skills
7 13 (9.15%) Organisational Skills
8 9 (6.34%) Automotive
9 6 (4.23%) Advertising
9 6 (4.23%) Telecoms
10 5 (3.52%) Manufacturing
10 5 (3.52%) Public Sector
11 4 (2.82%) Documentation Skills
11 4 (2.82%) Military
12 3 (2.11%) Marketing
13 2 (1.41%) Presentation Skills
13 2 (1.41%) Retail
14 1 (0.70%) Banking
14 1 (0.70%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 41 (28.87%) Analyst
2 30 (21.13%) Senior
3 26 (18.31%) IT Support
4 24 (16.90%) Senior Analyst
5 19 (13.38%) IT Engineer
6 17 (11.97%) IT Support Engineer
6 17 (11.97%) Support Engineer
7 16 (11.27%) Service Manager
8 11 (7.75%) IT Manager
9 9 (6.34%) Azure Engineer
9 9 (6.34%) IT Analyst
9 9 (6.34%) IT Support Analyst
9 9 (6.34%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
9 9 (6.34%) Server Engineer
9 9 (6.34%) Server Support
9 9 (6.34%) Support Analyst
9 9 (6.34%) Systems Engineer
10 7 (4.93%) Software Analyst
10 7 (4.93%) Systems Support
10 7 (4.93%) Systems Support Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 25 (17.61%) Microsoft Licensing
2 14 (9.86%) Onboarding
3 8 (5.63%) Self-Motivation
4 5 (3.52%) Driving Licence
4 5 (3.52%) Life Science
5 4 (2.82%) CMDB
5 4 (2.82%) Culture of Ownership
6 3 (2.11%) Team-Oriented Environment
7 2 (1.41%) CCTV
7 2 (1.41%) Management Information System
7 2 (1.41%) Oracle Licensing
7 2 (1.41%) Public Cloud
8 1 (0.70%) Cyberattack
8 1 (0.70%) Enterprise Software
8 1 (0.70%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 16 (11.27%) Linux
2 12 (8.45%) Windows
3 5 (3.52%) Unix
4 3 (2.11%) Windows Server
5 1 (0.70%) Windows 10
5 1 (0.70%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 50 (35.21%) Cybersecurity
2 35 (24.65%) AI
3 33 (23.24%) Cost Optimisation
3 33 (23.24%) Problem-Solving
4 30 (21.13%) Mentoring
5 27 (19.01%) Cost Management
6 25 (17.61%) Continuous Improvement
6 25 (17.61%) FinOps
7 24 (16.90%) Asset Management
8 20 (14.08%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 17 (11.97%) Decision-Making
10 16 (11.27%) Software Asset Management
11 14 (9.86%) Stakeholder Management
12 13 (9.15%) Collaborative Working
12 13 (9.15%) ITIL
13 12 (8.45%) Data Protection
13 12 (8.45%) DevOps
14 11 (7.75%) Customer Service
14 11 (7.75%) Process Improvement
15 10 (7.04%) Contract Management
Programming Languages
1 5 (3.52%) Python
1 5 (3.52%) VB
1 5 (3.52%) VBA
1 5 (3.52%) VBScript
2 3 (2.11%) SQL
Qualifications
1 24 (16.90%) AWS Certification
1 24 (16.90%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
2 11 (7.75%) DBS Check
3 7 (4.93%) Security Cleared
4 3 (2.11%) SC Cleared
5 2 (1.41%) CCNA
5 2 (1.41%) Cisco Certification
5 2 (1.41%) CompTIA Security+
5 2 (1.41%) ITIL Certification
6 1 (0.70%) A+ Certification
6 1 (0.70%) DV Cleared
6 1 (0.70%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (2.82%) Cyber Essentials
1 4 (2.82%) GDPR
1 4 (2.82%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 2 (1.41%) NIST
2 2 (1.41%) PCI DSS
2 2 (1.41%) QA
3 1 (0.70%) COBIT
3 1 (0.70%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
System Software
1 15 (10.56%) Active Directory
2 9 (6.34%) Docker
3 8 (5.63%) VMware Infrastructure
4 5 (3.52%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 6 (4.23%) SCCM
2 3 (2.11%) cPanel
2 3 (2.11%) Plesk
3 2 (1.41%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 74 (52.11%) Microsoft
2 29 (20.42%) Adobe
3 24 (16.90%) Apple
3 24 (16.90%) ServiceNow
4 8 (5.63%) VMware
5 7 (4.93%) IBM
5 7 (4.93%) Oracle
6 5 (3.52%) Snow
7 3 (2.11%) Acronis
7 3 (2.11%) Datto
7 3 (2.11%) NETGEAR
7 3 (2.11%) SonicWALL
7 3 (2.11%) Veeam
7 3 (2.11%) WatchGuard
8 2 (1.41%) Cisco
8 2 (1.41%) Palo Alto
9 1 (0.70%) Capita
9 1 (0.70%) HubSpot