Software Licensing Jobs

Software Licensing
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies requiring Software Licensing skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Software Licensing over the 6 months leading up to 22 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 641 653 708
Rank change year-on-year +12 +55 -34
Permanent jobs citing Software Licensing 73 264 258
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.13% 0.26% 0.26%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.14% 0.31% 0.27%
Number of salaries quoted 40 137 103
10th Percentile £25,250 £37,000 £27,000
25th Percentile £36,000 £38,000 £35,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £42,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +17.65% -29.17% +20.00%
75th Percentile £80,625 £57,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £96,050 £63,000 £85,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £38,754 £38,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +1.98% -24.00% +17.65%

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 51,521 85,132 94,507
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 93.87% 85.14% 95.59%
Number of salaries quoted 25,367 59,760 55,710
10th Percentile £29,625 £29,078 £34,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £40,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £55,000 £61,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% -9.84% +1.67%
75th Percentile £75,000 £72,500 £81,250
90th Percentile £97,500 £92,500 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £51,645 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +3.29% -9.09% +4.76%

Software Licensing
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Software Licensing as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Software Licensing in the UK

Software Licensing
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Software Licensing.

Salary trend for Software Licensing in the UK

Software Licensing
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Software Licensing over the 6 months to 22 May 2025.

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 22 May 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 -35 57 £50,000 +17.65% 102
UK excluding London +24 43 £38,754 +1.98% 76
London +93 20 £82,500 +36.36% 47
Work from Home -50 19 £61,000 +60.53% 54
South East +31 15 £32,500 -26.55% 32
West Midlands +38 8 £38,754 +1.98% 8
East of England +31 8 £73,500 +73.96% 4
Midlands +25 8 £38,754 +1.98% 10
North of England -11 6 £60,000 +57.89% 13
Scotland +127 4 - - 4
North West -54 4 - - 8
Yorkshire +58 2 £60,000 +50.00% 3
Isle of Man - 2 £91,000 -

Software Licensing
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 12 (16.44%) SharePoint
Applications
1 5 (6.85%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (2.74%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 17 (23.29%) Azure
2 15 (20.55%) Microsoft 365
3 9 (12.33%) Microsoft Copilot
4 7 (9.59%) Entra ID
4 7 (9.59%) SaaS
5 2 (2.74%) AWS
5 2 (2.74%) GCP
6 1 (1.37%) Power Platform
6 1 (1.37%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 2 (2.74%) Internet
1 2 (2.74%) Remote Desktop
2 1 (1.37%) Firewall
2 1 (1.37%) Intranet
2 1 (1.37%) LAN
2 1 (1.37%) TCP/IP
2 1 (1.37%) VPN
2 1 (1.37%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.37%) Power BI
General
1 30 (41.10%) Social Skills
2 22 (30.14%) Analytical Skills
3 17 (23.29%) Finance
4 9 (12.33%) Presentation Skills
5 5 (6.85%) Legal
5 5 (6.85%) Marketing
6 4 (5.48%) Police
7 3 (4.11%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 2 (2.74%) Influencing Skills
8 2 (2.74%) Retail
8 2 (2.74%) Telecoms
9 1 (1.37%) Law
9 1 (1.37%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 16 (21.92%) Analyst
2 14 (19.18%) IT Manager
3 12 (16.44%) Asset Management Analyst
3 12 (16.44%) Software Analyst
4 9 (12.33%) Architect
4 9 (12.33%) Cloud Architect
5 7 (9.59%) IT Support
6 5 (6.85%) Consultant
7 4 (5.48%) Head of Engineering
7 4 (5.48%) Senior
8 3 (4.11%) IT Technician
8 3 (4.11%) Principal Consultant
8 3 (4.11%) Service Manager
9 2 (2.74%) Commercial Manager
9 2 (2.74%) IT Procurement Manager
9 2 (2.74%) Procurement Manager
9 2 (2.74%) Senior IT Manager
9 2 (2.74%) Senior Manager
9 2 (2.74%) ServiceNow Consultant
9 2 (2.74%) Vendor Manager
Miscellaneous
1 18 (24.66%) Microsoft Licensing
2 6 (8.22%) CMDB
3 5 (6.85%) CCTV
4 4 (5.48%) PKI
5 3 (4.11%) Private Cloud
5 3 (4.11%) Self-Motivation
6 2 (2.74%) Data Centre
6 2 (2.74%) Enterprise Software
6 2 (2.74%) Product Ownership
7 1 (1.37%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 9 (12.33%) Windows
2 3 (4.11%) Windows 10
3 2 (2.74%) Apple iOS
4 1 (1.37%) Windows Server
4 1 (1.37%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 33 (45.21%) Roadmaps
2 32 (43.84%) Asset Management
3 25 (34.25%) ITIL
3 25 (34.25%) Technology Roadmap
4 22 (30.14%) Stakeholder Management
5 14 (19.18%) Customer Service
5 14 (19.18%) Performance Metrics
5 14 (19.18%) Software Asset Management
6 12 (16.44%) Agile
6 12 (16.44%) CI/CD
6 12 (16.44%) Continuous Delivery
6 12 (16.44%) Continuous Improvement
6 12 (16.44%) Continuous Integration
6 12 (16.44%) Decision-Making
6 12 (16.44%) DevOps
6 12 (16.44%) IT Asset Management
6 12 (16.44%) Service Delivery
7 11 (15.07%) Presales
8 10 (13.70%) Problem-Solving
9 9 (12.33%) Business Strategy
Programming Languages
1 1 (1.37%) Python
1 1 (1.37%) SQL
Qualifications
1 5 (6.85%) ITIL Certification
2 2 (2.74%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
3 1 (1.37%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (16.44%) Sarbanes-Oxley
2 8 (10.96%) GDPR
3 4 (5.48%) SLA
System Software
1 12 (16.44%) Active Directory
2 1 (1.37%) Virtual Desktop
2 1 (1.37%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 1 (1.37%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 27 (36.99%) Microsoft
2 20 (27.40%) ServiceNow
3 3 (4.11%) Apple
4 2 (2.74%) Google
5 1 (1.37%) Citrix
5 1 (1.37%) Snow