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 27 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

	6 months to 27 Oct 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Rank	645	554	582
Rank change year-on-year	-91	+28	+86
Permanent jobs citing Software Licensing	176	114	166
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK	0.15%	0.23%	0.24%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category	0.20%	0.26%	0.30%
Number of salaries quoted	117	48	92
10^th Percentile	£31,400	£35,500	£30,000
25^th Percentile	£37,500	£38,500	£33,375
Median annual salary (50^th Percentile)	£55,000	£52,500	£49,250
Median % change year-on-year	+4.76%	+6.60%	+3.68%
75^th Percentile	£72,500	£68,750	£62,500
90^th Percentile	£91,250	£94,500	£75,000
UK excluding London median annual salary	£50,000	£50,000	£40,000
% change year-on-year	-	+25.00%	-9.89%

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 27 Oct 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Permanent vacancies citing process or methodology skills	89,161	43,476	56,183
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK	73.55%	88.06%	82.51%
Number of salaries quoted	60,237	25,076	29,761
10^th Percentile	£31,250	£28,250	£33,750
25^th Percentile	£41,250	£35,500	£45,000
Median annual salary (50^th Percentile)	£60,000	£53,725	£60,000
Median % change year-on-year	+11.68%	-10.46%	-
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	£45,500	£54,000
% change year-on-year	+20.88%	-15.74%	+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 27 October 2026.

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 27 October 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	-78	172	£55,000	+13.52%	36
UK excluding London	-71	139	£50,000	-	31
Work from Home	-52	63	£70,752	+46.03%	14
South East	-41	47	£45,000	-30.77%	13
London	-64	35	£70,000	+18.64%	8
North of England	-69	32	£47,500	+28.38%	9
North West	-38	24	£37,500	+1.35%	5
Midlands	-66	24	£50,000	+33.33%	6
South West	-67	20	£87,500	+224.07%	4
West Midlands	-54	14	£50,000	+33.33%	4
East of England	-36	13	£55,000	-4.35%	2
East Midlands	-	10	£50,000	-	2
Yorkshire	-27	8	£55,000	-	4
Wales	-	3	£27,500	-

Software Licensing Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities

For the 6 months to 27 October 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	45.5%	80
2	Cybersecurity	43.8%	77
3	AI	27.8%	49
4	Data Protection	21.0%	37
5	Stakeholder Management	19.9%	35
6	Decision-Making	19.3%	34
7	Problem-Solving	18.2%	32
8	Customer Service	17.0%	30
8	Microsoft 365	17.0%	30
10	Asset Management	16.5%	29
11	Continuous Improvement	15.9%	28
12	ITIL	14.8%	26
13	Service Management	13.6%	24
14	Cost Optimisation	13.1%	23
14	Digital Transformation Programme	13.1%	23
14	Risk Management	13.1%	23
17	Adobe	11.4%	20
17	SaaS	11.4%	20
17	Windows	11.4%	20
20	Apple	10.8%	19
20	Azure	10.8%	19
22	IT Asset Management	10.2%	18
22	Project Management	10.2%	18
22	Service Delivery	10.2%	18
25	Microsoft Excel	9.7%	17
26	Collaborative Culture	9.1%	16
26	ITSM	9.1%	16
26	Microsoft Office	9.1%	16
26	Software Asset Management	9.1%	16
30	Contract Negotiation	8.5%	15

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	43.8%	77
2	AI	27.8%	49
3	Data Protection	21.0%	37
4	Stakeholder Management	19.9%	35
5	Decision-Making	19.3%	34
6	Problem-Solving	18.2%	32
7	Customer Service	17.0%	30
8	Asset Management	16.5%	29
9	Continuous Improvement	15.9%	28
10	ITIL	14.8%	26
11	Service Management	13.6%	24
12	Cost Optimisation	13.1%	23
12	Digital Transformation Programme	13.1%	23
12	Risk Management	13.1%	23
15	IT Asset Management	10.2%	18
15	Project Management	10.2%	18
15	Service Delivery	10.2%	18
18	Collaborative Culture	9.1%	16
18	ITSM	9.1%	16
18	Software Asset Management	9.1%	16