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 3 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 528 560 664
Rank change year-on-year +32 +104 +30
Permanent jobs citing Software Licensing 162 87 196
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.20% 0.21% 0.22%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.26% 0.23% 0.25%
Number of salaries quoted 74 41 98
10th Percentile £30,375 £25,250 £31,310
25th Percentile £38,500 £36,000 £38,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £61,250 £38,754 £42,250
Median % change year-on-year +58.05% -8.27% -22.48%
75th Percentile £80,000 £60,000 £56,875
90th Percentile £91,750 £90,000 £63,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £63,178 £37,000 £38,000
% change year-on-year +70.75% -2.63% -25.85%

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 61,258 38,052 77,913
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 76.49% 93.03% 86.40%
Number of salaries quoted 37,754 22,305 57,991
10th Percentile £30,000 £31,250 £29,079
25th Percentile £40,000 £43,750 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -10.57%
75th Percentile £77,500 £80,000 £73,410
90th Percentile £97,500 £102,500 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% -8.26%

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 3 April 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 3 April 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 +9 154 £59,500 +53.53% 53
UK excluding London -13 105 £63,178 +70.75% 41
Work from Home +54 85 £59,000 -1.67% 29
London +33 52 £59,000 -5.60% 13
South East -14 30 £67,500 +164.71% 7
Midlands -33 24 £80,000 +106.43% 12
West Midlands -20 20 £90,000 +132.23% 7
South West - 18 £30,750 - 10
North of England -68 16 £52,500 +25.00% 11
East of England -18 15 £80,000 +8.84% 5
North West -30 12 £56,250 - 7
East Midlands - 4 £45,000 - 5
Yorkshire -58 3 £62,500 +48.81% 4
Scotland -28 2 - - 1
North East - 1 £42,000 - 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 9 (5.56%) SharePoint
2 4 (2.47%) Microsoft Exchange
3 3 (1.85%) FileNet
4 1 (0.62%) IIS
Applications
1 24 (14.81%) Microsoft Excel
2 22 (13.58%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 19 (11.73%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 3 (1.85%) Academy Revenues and Benefits
1 3 (1.85%) NetSuite
2 2 (1.23%) Cloudability
Cloud Services
1 47 (29.01%) Azure
2 36 (22.22%) SaaS
3 29 (17.90%) Microsoft 365
4 25 (15.43%) AWS
5 11 (6.79%) Entra ID
6 8 (4.94%) Power Platform
7 4 (2.47%) Azure DevOps
8 3 (1.85%) GCP
8 3 (1.85%) OneDrive
9 2 (1.23%) Microsoft Purview
9 2 (1.23%) PaaS
10 1 (0.62%) Adobe Creative Cloud
10 1 (0.62%) Azure Sentinel
10 1 (0.62%) Google Workspace
10 1 (0.62%) IaaS
10 1 (0.62%) Microsoft Copilot
10 1 (0.62%) OCI
10 1 (0.62%) Power Automate
10 1 (0.62%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 5 (3.09%) Network Security
2 4 (2.47%) DHCP
2 4 (2.47%) DNS
2 4 (2.47%) TCP/IP
2 4 (2.47%) VoIP
3 2 (1.23%) Firewall
3 2 (1.23%) LAN
3 2 (1.23%) VPN
3 2 (1.23%) WAN
4 1 (0.62%) Remote Desktop
4 1 (0.62%) Telnet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (3.09%) Power BI
1 5 (3.09%) Tableau
2 1 (0.62%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 4 (2.47%) JIRA
General
1 57 (35.19%) Legal
2 56 (34.57%) Social Skills
3 49 (30.25%) Finance
4 35 (21.60%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 32 (19.75%) Law
6 25 (15.43%) Retail
7 24 (14.81%) Public Sector
8 11 (6.79%) Banking
9 10 (6.17%) Organisational Skills
10 8 (4.94%) Telecoms
11 7 (4.32%) Front Office
12 6 (3.70%) Analytical Skills
13 4 (2.47%) Automotive
13 4 (2.47%) Influencing Skills
13 4 (2.47%) Pharmaceutical
14 3 (1.85%) Advertising
14 3 (1.85%) Marketing
15 2 (1.23%) Billing
15 2 (1.23%) Documentation Skills
16 1 (0.62%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 36 (22.22%) Analyst
2 23 (14.20%) IT Support
3 21 (12.96%) Senior
4 17 (10.49%) Service Manager
5 12 (7.41%) IT Manager
6 10 (6.17%) Asset and Configuration Manager
6 10 (6.17%) Configuration Manager
6 10 (6.17%) IT Analyst
6 10 (6.17%) IT Support Analyst
6 10 (6.17%) Support Analyst
7 9 (5.56%) Category Manager
8 8 (4.94%) Support Engineer
9 7 (4.32%) IT Engineer
9 7 (4.32%) IT Support Engineer
9 7 (4.32%) Software Analyst
10 6 (3.70%) Consultant
10 6 (3.70%) Coordinator
10 6 (3.70%) IT Technician
10 6 (3.70%) Procurement Manager
10 6 (3.70%) Senior IT Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (2.47%) Software Packaging
Miscellaneous
1 34 (20.99%) Onboarding
2 19 (11.73%) Microsoft Licensing
2 19 (11.73%) Public Cloud
3 15 (9.26%) Enterprise Cloud
4 11 (6.79%) CMDB
5 8 (4.94%) Self-Motivation
6 4 (2.47%) Driving Licence
7 3 (1.85%) Team-Oriented Environment
8 1 (0.62%) Culture of Ownership
8 1 (0.62%) Cyberattack
8 1 (0.62%) Enterprise Software
8 1 (0.62%) Life Science
8 1 (0.62%) Oracle Licensing
8 1 (0.62%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 23 (14.20%) Windows
2 10 (6.17%) Linux
3 9 (5.56%) Windows 10
3 9 (5.56%) Windows Server
4 5 (3.09%) Apple iOS
4 5 (3.09%) Unix
5 1 (0.62%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 57 (35.19%) Cybersecurity
2 47 (29.01%) Problem-Solving
3 44 (27.16%) AI
4 36 (22.22%) Asset Management
5 29 (17.90%) Cost Optimisation
5 29 (17.90%) ITIL
6 27 (16.67%) Continuous Improvement
6 27 (16.67%) Software Asset Management
6 27 (16.67%) Stakeholder Management
7 26 (16.05%) Contract Negotiation
8 24 (14.81%) Service Management
9 20 (12.35%) FinOps
10 19 (11.73%) Customer Experience
10 19 (11.73%) Data Privacy
11 18 (11.11%) Mentoring
12 17 (10.49%) Client Onboarding
12 17 (10.49%) Data Protection
12 17 (10.49%) Decision-Making
13 16 (9.88%) Customer Engagement
14 15 (9.26%) Collaborative Working
Programming Languages
1 6 (3.70%) PowerShell
2 5 (3.09%) Python
2 5 (3.09%) VB
2 5 (3.09%) VBA
2 5 (3.09%) VBScript
3 2 (1.23%) SQL
4 1 (0.62%) Bash
4 1 (0.62%) Java
Qualifications
1 19 (11.73%) AWS Certification
2 13 (8.02%) Degree
3 11 (6.79%) DBS Check
4 7 (4.32%) Network+ Certification
4 7 (4.32%) Security Cleared
5 5 (3.09%) A+ Certification
5 5 (3.09%) SC Cleared
6 4 (2.47%) DV Cleared
7 2 (1.23%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 1 (0.62%) Microsoft Certified Professional
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (8.64%) GDPR
2 12 (7.41%) ISO/IEC 19770
3 4 (2.47%) EU AI Act
4 3 (1.85%) IFRS
5 1 (0.62%) COBIT
5 1 (0.62%) GRC
5 1 (0.62%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 1 (0.62%) NIST
5 1 (0.62%) SLA
System Software
1 16 (9.88%) Active Directory
2 12 (7.41%) Virtual Machines
3 11 (6.79%) VMware Infrastructure
4 8 (4.94%) Hyper-V
5 4 (2.47%) Docker
6 1 (0.62%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 9 (5.56%) Microsoft Intune
1 9 (5.56%) SCCM
2 4 (2.47%) Jamf Pro
Vendors
1 82 (50.62%) Microsoft
2 33 (20.37%) Adobe
3 29 (17.90%) Apple
4 15 (9.26%) ServiceNow
5 11 (6.79%) VMware
6 10 (6.17%) Oracle
7 9 (5.56%) IBM
8 7 (4.32%) Snow
9 3 (1.85%) Facebook
9 3 (1.85%) Salesforce
9 3 (1.85%) YouTube
10 2 (1.23%) Cisco
11 1 (0.62%) Autodesk