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

6 months to
3 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 564 552 631
Rank change year-on-year -12 +79 +58
Permanent jobs citing Software Licensing 167 88 249
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.18% 0.21% 0.26%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.25% 0.22% 0.30%
Number of salaries quoted 71 39 126
10th Percentile £31,250 £25,250 £37,500
25th Percentile £41,250 £36,000 £38,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £38,754 £42,250
Median % change year-on-year +74.18% -8.27% -28.69%
75th Percentile £80,000 £63,125 £56,563
90th Percentile £90,000 £94,000 £63,375
UK excluding London median annual salary £67,500 £38,754 £38,000
% change year-on-year +74.18% +1.98% -24.00%

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 67,443 39,485 82,053
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 74.64% 92.88% 85.58%
Number of salaries quoted 41,986 22,655 59,675
10th Percentile £30,000 £30,668 £29,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £42,500 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £58,599 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -2.34% +9.09% -10.57%
75th Percentile £78,750 £80,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £102,500 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,001 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% -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 3 May 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 May 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 +38 161 £67,500 +74.18% 45
UK excluding London -5 124 £67,500 +74.18% 31
Work from Home +72 92 £61,250 -2.00% 23
London +10 38 £66,000 -12.00% 17
Midlands -14 38 £80,000 +106.43% 8
West Midlands -7 31 £90,000 +132.23% 3
East of England -4 23 £80,000 +8.84% 2
North of England -50 23 £42,500 -29.17% 10
South East -15 22 £67,500 +128.81% 7
North West -8 21 £42,500 - 6
South West - 17 £32,500 - 2
East Midlands - 7 £75,000 - 5
Scotland -23 1 - -
Yorkshire -60 1 £62,500 +4.17% 4
North East - 1 £42,000 -

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 (5.39%) SharePoint
2 4 (2.40%) Microsoft Exchange
3 3 (1.80%) FileNet
4 1 (0.60%) IIS
Applications
1 24 (14.37%) Microsoft Excel
2 22 (13.17%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 15 (8.98%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 17 (10.18%) Cloudability
2 3 (1.80%) Academy Revenues and Benefits
3 1 (0.60%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 62 (37.13%) Azure
2 40 (23.95%) AWS
3 23 (13.77%) Microsoft 365
4 18 (10.78%) SaaS
5 17 (10.18%) GCP
6 15 (8.98%) Entra ID
7 9 (5.39%) Azure DevOps
7 9 (5.39%) Power Platform
8 2 (1.20%) Dynamics 365
8 2 (1.20%) Microsoft Purview
8 2 (1.20%) OneDrive
8 2 (1.20%) PaaS
9 1 (0.60%) Adobe Creative Cloud
9 1 (0.60%) Azure Sentinel
9 1 (0.60%) Google Workspace
9 1 (0.60%) IaaS
9 1 (0.60%) Microsoft Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 10 (5.99%) Network Security
2 4 (2.40%) VoIP
3 2 (1.20%) DHCP
3 2 (1.20%) DNS
3 2 (1.20%) TCP/IP
4 1 (0.60%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (2.99%) Power BI
1 5 (2.99%) Tableau
2 1 (0.60%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 9 (5.39%) JIRA
General
1 50 (29.94%) Social Skills
2 49 (29.34%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 43 (25.75%) Finance
4 41 (24.55%) Legal
5 25 (14.97%) Law
6 16 (9.58%) Public Sector
7 15 (8.98%) Retail
8 14 (8.38%) Front Office
9 12 (7.19%) Organisational Skills
10 9 (5.39%) Automotive
11 7 (4.19%) Analytical Skills
12 6 (3.59%) Banking
13 5 (2.99%) Documentation Skills
14 4 (2.40%) Influencing Skills
14 4 (2.40%) Military
15 3 (1.80%) Advertising
15 3 (1.80%) Manufacturing
15 3 (1.80%) Marketing
15 3 (1.80%) Telecoms
16 2 (1.20%) Billing
Job Titles
1 49 (29.34%) Analyst
2 30 (17.96%) Senior
3 21 (12.57%) IT Support
4 19 (11.38%) Service Manager
5 17 (10.18%) Senior Analyst
6 14 (8.38%) IT Engineer
7 13 (7.78%) IT Support Engineer
7 13 (7.78%) Support Engineer
8 11 (6.59%) IT Manager
9 9 (5.39%) Azure Engineer
9 9 (5.39%) Category Manager
9 9 (5.39%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
9 9 (5.39%) Server Engineer
9 9 (5.39%) Server Support
10 8 (4.79%) IT Analyst
10 8 (4.79%) IT Support Analyst
10 8 (4.79%) Software Licensing Specialist
10 8 (4.79%) Support Analyst
10 8 (4.79%) Systems Engineer
11 7 (4.19%) Systems Support
Miscellaneous
1 29 (17.37%) Onboarding
2 21 (12.57%) Microsoft Licensing
3 19 (11.38%) Public Cloud
4 10 (5.99%) Enterprise Cloud
5 9 (5.39%) CMDB
6 6 (3.59%) Self-Motivation
7 4 (2.40%) Culture of Ownership
8 3 (1.80%) Life Science
8 3 (1.80%) Team-Oriented Environment
9 2 (1.20%) Oracle Licensing
10 1 (0.60%) CCTV
10 1 (0.60%) Cyberattack
10 1 (0.60%) Driving Licence
10 1 (0.60%) Enterprise Software
10 1 (0.60%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 15 (8.98%) Linux
2 12 (7.19%) Windows
3 5 (2.99%) Unix
3 5 (2.99%) Windows 10
4 3 (1.80%) Windows Server
5 1 (0.60%) Android
5 1 (0.60%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 66 (39.52%) Cybersecurity
2 56 (33.53%) AI
3 47 (28.14%) Cost Optimisation
4 37 (22.16%) Asset Management
5 35 (20.96%) FinOps
6 34 (20.36%) Problem-Solving
7 29 (17.37%) Continuous Improvement
8 27 (16.17%) Mentoring
9 25 (14.97%) Software Asset Management
10 23 (13.77%) Stakeholder Management
11 20 (11.98%) Cost Management
11 20 (11.98%) ITIL
12 17 (10.18%) Client Onboarding
12 17 (10.18%) Decision-Making
13 16 (9.58%) Contract Negotiation
14 14 (8.38%) Collaborative Working
14 14 (8.38%) Customer Experience
14 14 (8.38%) Data Privacy
14 14 (8.38%) Stakeholder Engagement
15 13 (7.78%) Data Protection
Programming Languages
1 5 (2.99%) Python
1 5 (2.99%) VB
1 5 (2.99%) VBA
1 5 (2.99%) VBScript
2 3 (1.80%) SQL
3 2 (1.20%) PowerShell
4 1 (0.60%) Java
Qualifications
1 34 (20.36%) AWS Certification
2 17 (10.18%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
3 11 (6.59%) DBS Check
4 9 (5.39%) Security Cleared
5 5 (2.99%) SC Cleared
6 4 (2.40%) A+ Certification
6 4 (2.40%) DV Cleared
7 1 (0.60%) CCNA
7 1 (0.60%) Cisco Certification
7 1 (0.60%) CompTIA Security+
7 1 (0.60%) Degree
7 1 (0.60%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (4.19%) ISO/IEC 19770
2 5 (2.99%) GDPR
3 2 (1.20%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (0.60%) COBIT
4 1 (0.60%) Cyber Essentials
4 1 (0.60%) IFRS
4 1 (0.60%) NIST
4 1 (0.60%) PCI DSS
4 1 (0.60%) SLA
System Software
1 16 (9.58%) Active Directory
2 9 (5.39%) Docker
3 5 (2.99%) Virtual Machines
3 5 (2.99%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.60%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 9 (5.39%) SCCM
2 2 (1.20%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 89 (53.29%) Microsoft
2 47 (28.14%) Adobe
3 40 (23.95%) Apple
4 24 (14.37%) ServiceNow
5 10 (5.99%) IBM
5 10 (5.99%) Oracle
6 7 (4.19%) Snow
7 5 (2.99%) VMware
8 3 (1.80%) Facebook
8 3 (1.80%) YouTube
9 2 (1.20%) Cisco
10 1 (0.60%) Autodesk
10 1 (0.60%) Palo Alto
10 1 (0.60%) Salesforce