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

6 months to
13 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 533 543 659
Rank change year-on-year +10 +116 +25
Permanent jobs citing Software Licensing 171 92 218
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.20% 0.22% 0.23%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.27% 0.24% 0.27%
Number of salaries quoted 73 42 110
10th Percentile £31,250 £25,250 £35,812
25th Percentile £38,500 £36,000 £38,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £66,000 £38,754 £42,875
Median % change year-on-year +70.31% -9.61% -24.45%
75th Percentile £80,000 £61,875 £57,500
90th Percentile £92,000 £90,000 £63,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £67,500 £37,000 £38,000
% change year-on-year +82.43% -2.63% -27.62%

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 64,219 38,320 79,920
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 75.73% 92.97% 86.04%
Number of salaries quoted 39,642 22,523 59,141
10th Percentile £30,000 £31,250 £29,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £42,500 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.17% +9.09% -10.57%
75th Percentile £77,500 £80,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £97,500 £102,500 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £53,300 £50,000
% change year-on-year -6.19% +6.60% -7.83%

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 13 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 13 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 +13 163 £63,857 +64.77% 39
UK excluding London -31 118 £67,500 +82.43% 24
Work from Home +54 92 £60,000 -4.00% 13
London +23 48 £59,000 -14.18% 14
Midlands -32 32 £85,000 +119.33% 4
South East -16 28 £67,500 +164.71% 5
West Midlands -6 27 £90,000 +132.23% 1
North of England -59 22 £52,500 -12.50% 7
North West -26 18 £56,250 - 6
East of England -18 17 £80,000 +8.84% 4
South West - 17 £32,500 - 5
East Midlands - 5 £45,000 - 3
Yorkshire -59 3 £62,500 +4.17% 1
Scotland -14 2 - -
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 (5.26%) SharePoint
2 4 (2.34%) Microsoft Exchange
3 3 (1.75%) FileNet
4 1 (0.58%) IIS
Applications
1 24 (14.04%) Microsoft Excel
2 22 (12.87%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 18 (10.53%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 9 (5.26%) Cloudability
2 3 (1.75%) Academy Revenues and Benefits
3 2 (1.17%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 57 (33.33%) Azure
2 33 (19.30%) AWS
3 32 (18.71%) SaaS
4 27 (15.79%) Microsoft 365
5 12 (7.02%) Entra ID
6 10 (5.85%) GCP
7 8 (4.68%) Power Platform
8 5 (2.92%) Azure DevOps
9 3 (1.75%) OneDrive
10 2 (1.17%) Microsoft Purview
10 2 (1.17%) PaaS
11 1 (0.58%) Adobe Creative Cloud
11 1 (0.58%) Azure Sentinel
11 1 (0.58%) Google Workspace
11 1 (0.58%) IaaS
11 1 (0.58%) Microsoft Copilot
11 1 (0.58%) OCI
11 1 (0.58%) Power Automate
11 1 (0.58%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 6 (3.51%) Network Security
2 4 (2.34%) DHCP
2 4 (2.34%) DNS
2 4 (2.34%) TCP/IP
2 4 (2.34%) VoIP
3 2 (1.17%) Firewall
3 2 (1.17%) LAN
3 2 (1.17%) VPN
3 2 (1.17%) WAN
4 1 (0.58%) Remote Desktop
4 1 (0.58%) Telnet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (2.92%) Power BI
1 5 (2.92%) Tableau
2 1 (0.58%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 5 (2.92%) JIRA
General
1 54 (31.58%) Legal
2 53 (30.99%) Social Skills
3 50 (29.24%) Finance
4 42 (24.56%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 32 (18.71%) Law
6 25 (14.62%) Retail
7 23 (13.45%) Public Sector
8 11 (6.43%) Banking
9 10 (5.85%) Organisational Skills
10 9 (5.26%) Front Office
11 8 (4.68%) Telecoms
12 5 (2.92%) Analytical Skills
12 5 (2.92%) Automotive
13 4 (2.34%) Influencing Skills
13 4 (2.34%) Pharmaceutical
14 3 (1.75%) Advertising
14 3 (1.75%) Documentation Skills
14 3 (1.75%) Marketing
15 2 (1.17%) Billing
15 2 (1.17%) Military
Job Titles
1 41 (23.98%) Analyst
2 26 (15.20%) Senior
3 21 (12.28%) IT Support
4 19 (11.11%) Service Manager
5 11 (6.43%) IT Manager
6 10 (5.85%) Asset and Configuration Manager
6 10 (5.85%) Configuration Manager
6 10 (5.85%) Support Engineer
7 9 (5.26%) Category Manager
7 9 (5.26%) IT Engineer
7 9 (5.26%) IT Support Engineer
7 9 (5.26%) Senior Analyst
8 8 (4.68%) IT Analyst
8 8 (4.68%) IT Support Analyst
8 8 (4.68%) Software Licensing Specialist
8 8 (4.68%) Support Analyst
9 7 (4.09%) Software Analyst
10 6 (3.51%) Systems Engineer
10 6 (3.51%) Systems Support
10 6 (3.51%) Systems Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (1.17%) Software Packaging
Miscellaneous
1 31 (18.13%) Onboarding
2 21 (12.28%) Microsoft Licensing
3 19 (11.11%) Public Cloud
4 15 (8.77%) Enterprise Cloud
5 12 (7.02%) CMDB
6 7 (4.09%) Self-Motivation
7 3 (1.75%) Team-Oriented Environment
8 2 (1.17%) Culture of Ownership
8 2 (1.17%) Driving Licence
8 2 (1.17%) Oracle Licensing
9 1 (0.58%) Cyberattack
9 1 (0.58%) Enterprise Software
9 1 (0.58%) Life Science
9 1 (0.58%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 20 (11.70%) Windows
2 11 (6.43%) Linux
3 7 (4.09%) Windows 10
3 7 (4.09%) Windows Server
4 5 (2.92%) Unix
5 3 (1.75%) Apple iOS
6 1 (0.58%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 62 (36.26%) Cybersecurity
2 51 (29.82%) AI
3 44 (25.73%) Problem-Solving
4 40 (23.39%) Asset Management
5 37 (21.64%) Cost Optimisation
6 30 (17.54%) Software Asset Management
7 29 (16.96%) Continuous Improvement
8 28 (16.37%) FinOps
8 28 (16.37%) ITIL
9 27 (15.79%) Stakeholder Management
10 24 (14.04%) Contract Negotiation
11 23 (13.45%) Mentoring
12 22 (12.87%) Service Management
13 19 (11.11%) Customer Experience
13 19 (11.11%) Data Privacy
14 17 (9.94%) Client Onboarding
14 17 (9.94%) Decision-Making
15 16 (9.36%) Customer Engagement
15 16 (9.36%) Data Protection
16 15 (8.77%) Change Management
Programming Languages
1 6 (3.51%) PowerShell
2 5 (2.92%) Python
2 5 (2.92%) VB
2 5 (2.92%) VBA
2 5 (2.92%) VBScript
3 3 (1.75%) SQL
4 1 (0.58%) Bash
4 1 (0.58%) Java
Qualifications
1 26 (15.20%) AWS Certification
2 11 (6.43%) DBS Check
3 10 (5.85%) Degree
4 9 (5.26%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
5 8 (4.68%) Security Cleared
6 5 (2.92%) A+ Certification
6 5 (2.92%) Network+ Certification
6 5 (2.92%) SC Cleared
7 4 (2.34%) DV Cleared
8 1 (0.58%) Microsoft Certified Professional
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (7.02%) GDPR
1 12 (7.02%) ISO/IEC 19770
2 4 (2.34%) EU AI Act
3 2 (1.17%) IFRS
4 1 (0.58%) COBIT
4 1 (0.58%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (0.58%) NIST
4 1 (0.58%) SLA
System Software
1 15 (8.77%) Active Directory
2 12 (7.02%) Virtual Machines
3 9 (5.26%) VMware Infrastructure
4 6 (3.51%) Hyper-V
5 5 (2.92%) Docker
6 1 (0.58%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 9 (5.26%) SCCM
2 7 (4.09%) Microsoft Intune
3 2 (1.17%) Jamf Pro
Vendors
1 89 (52.05%) Microsoft
2 40 (23.39%) Adobe
3 34 (19.88%) Apple
4 22 (12.87%) ServiceNow
5 11 (6.43%) Oracle
6 10 (5.85%) IBM
7 9 (5.26%) VMware
8 7 (4.09%) Snow
9 3 (1.75%) Facebook
9 3 (1.75%) YouTube
10 2 (1.17%) Cisco
10 2 (1.17%) Salesforce
11 1 (0.58%) Autodesk