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

6 months to
5 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 630 564 563
Rank change year-on-year -66 -1 +124
Permanent jobs citing Software Licensing 161 119 262
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.15% 0.24% 0.31%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.21% 0.27% 0.39%
Number of salaries quoted 94 46 156
10th Percentile £29,675 £27,000 £30,000
25th Percentile £36,250 £35,500 £38,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £40,341
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% +23.94% -19.32%
75th Percentile £80,000 £67,500 £57,500
90th Percentile £91,750 £94,500 £63,125
UK excluding London median annual salary £45,901 £44,377 £38,000
% change year-on-year +3.43% +16.78% -17.39%

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 76,763 44,374 67,952
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 73.58% 89.45% 81.06%
Number of salaries quoted 52,880 25,244 44,456
10th Percentile £30,750 £28,500 £31,246
25th Percentile £41,250 £37,500 £41,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% - -8.71%
75th Percentile £78,750 £75,246 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £97,500 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £49,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +12.24% -2.00% -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 5 August 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 5 August 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 -25 157 £58,750 +17.50% 98
UK excluding London -46 128 £45,901 +3.43% 63
Work from Home -17 69 £58,750 +17.50% 57
London -41 31 £80,000 +45.45% 43
Midlands -24 29 £75,000 +93.53% 7
East of England -6 26 £63,750 +10.87% 1
South East -33 26 £54,000 +22.73% 17
North of England -35 26 £38,750 +4.73% 21
North West +1 23 £37,500 +1.35% 7
West Midlands -29 22 £87,500 +125.78% 7
South West - 18 £35,249 - 9
East Midlands - 7 £75,000 -
Yorkshire -30 3 £62,500 +4.17% 10
Wales - 3 £27,500 - 2

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 7 (4.35%) SharePoint
2 3 (1.86%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (0.62%) WordPress
Applications
1 9 (5.59%) Microsoft Excel
1 9 (5.59%) Microsoft Office
2 7 (4.35%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 24 (14.91%) Cloudability
2 3 (1.86%) Academy Revenues and Benefits
3 1 (0.62%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 47 (29.19%) Azure
2 30 (18.63%) Microsoft 365
3 25 (15.53%) AWS
4 24 (14.91%) GCP
5 18 (11.18%) Entra ID
6 10 (6.21%) Azure DevOps
6 10 (6.21%) SaaS
7 8 (4.97%) Power Platform
8 6 (3.73%) Microsoft Copilot
8 6 (3.73%) OneDrive
9 3 (1.86%) Dynamics 365
10 2 (1.24%) Stripe
11 1 (0.62%) Asana
11 1 (0.62%) Azure Monitor
11 1 (0.62%) Azure Sentinel
11 1 (0.62%) Google Gemini
11 1 (0.62%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 9 (5.59%) Network Security
2 8 (4.97%) Firewall
3 6 (3.73%) VoIP
4 4 (2.48%) DNS
4 4 (2.48%) Wi-Fi
5 3 (1.86%) DKIM
5 3 (1.86%) DMARC
5 3 (1.86%) PBX
5 3 (1.86%) Unified Communications
5 3 (1.86%) VLAN
6 2 (1.24%) FTP
6 2 (1.24%) LAN
6 2 (1.24%) WAN
7 1 (0.62%) DHCP
7 1 (0.62%) TCP/IP
7 1 (0.62%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (3.11%) Power BI
2 4 (2.48%) Tableau
3 1 (0.62%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 9 (5.59%) JIRA
General
1 48 (29.81%) Social Skills
2 41 (25.47%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 30 (18.63%) Finance
4 28 (17.39%) Legal
5 22 (13.66%) Law
6 19 (11.80%) Analytical Skills
7 16 (9.94%) Front Office
8 15 (9.32%) Manufacturing
9 11 (6.83%) Organisational Skills
10 10 (6.21%) Public Sector
11 9 (5.59%) Automotive
12 8 (4.97%) Retail
12 8 (4.97%) Telecoms
13 5 (3.11%) Advertising
13 5 (3.11%) Marketing
14 4 (2.48%) Documentation Skills
14 4 (2.48%) Military
14 4 (2.48%) Presentation Skills
15 2 (1.24%) Influencing Skills
16 1 (0.62%) Police
Job Titles
1 36 (22.36%) Analyst
2 30 (18.63%) Senior
3 28 (17.39%) IT Support
4 24 (14.91%) Senior Analyst
5 19 (11.80%) IT Engineer
6 18 (11.18%) Service Manager
6 18 (11.18%) Support Engineer
7 17 (10.56%) IT Support Engineer
8 16 (9.94%) IT Manager
9 9 (5.59%) Azure Engineer
9 9 (5.59%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
9 9 (5.59%) Server Engineer
9 9 (5.59%) Server Support
9 9 (5.59%) Systems Engineer
10 8 (4.97%) IT Analyst
10 8 (4.97%) IT Support Analyst
10 8 (4.97%) Support Analyst
11 7 (4.35%) Systems Support
11 7 (4.35%) Systems Support Engineer
12 6 (3.73%) IT Technician
Miscellaneous
1 26 (16.15%) Microsoft Licensing
2 15 (9.32%) Onboarding
3 11 (6.83%) Life Science
4 8 (4.97%) Driving Licence
4 8 (4.97%) Self-Motivation
5 5 (3.11%) CMDB
6 4 (2.48%) Culture of Ownership
7 3 (1.86%) Social Media
7 3 (1.86%) Team-Oriented Environment
8 2 (1.24%) CCTV
8 2 (1.24%) Management Information System
8 2 (1.24%) Oracle Licensing
9 1 (0.62%) Enterprise Software
9 1 (0.62%) Product Ownership
9 1 (0.62%) Public Cloud
9 1 (0.62%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 16 (9.94%) Windows
2 15 (9.32%) Linux
3 4 (2.48%) Unix
3 4 (2.48%) Windows Server
4 2 (1.24%) Mac OS
5 1 (0.62%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 61 (37.89%) Cybersecurity
2 46 (28.57%) AI
3 30 (18.63%) Continuous Improvement
3 30 (18.63%) Mentoring
3 30 (18.63%) Problem-Solving
4 27 (16.77%) Cost Management
4 27 (16.77%) Cost Optimisation
5 25 (15.53%) FinOps
6 20 (12.42%) Asset Management
6 20 (12.42%) Data Protection
7 18 (11.18%) Digital Transformation Programme
7 18 (11.18%) ITIL
7 18 (11.18%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 18 (11.18%) Stakeholder Management
8 15 (9.32%) Decision-Making
8 15 (9.32%) Risk Management
8 15 (9.32%) Service Delivery
9 14 (8.70%) Customer Service
10 12 (7.45%) DevOps
10 12 (7.45%) Process Improvement
Programming Languages
1 4 (2.48%) Python
1 4 (2.48%) VB
1 4 (2.48%) VBA
1 4 (2.48%) VBScript
2 3 (1.86%) SQL
3 1 (0.62%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 24 (14.91%) AWS Certification
1 24 (14.91%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
2 9 (5.59%) Security Cleared
3 5 (3.11%) DBS Check
3 5 (3.11%) SC Cleared
4 4 (2.48%) ITIL Certification
5 3 (1.86%) CompTIA Security+
6 2 (1.24%) CCNA
6 2 (1.24%) Cisco Certification
6 2 (1.24%) Microsoft Certification
7 1 (0.62%) Azure Certification
7 1 (0.62%) Degree
7 1 (0.62%) Network+ Certification
7 1 (0.62%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (3.11%) Cyber Essentials
2 3 (1.86%) GDPR
2 3 (1.86%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 2 (1.24%) ISO/IEC 20000
3 2 (1.24%) PCI DSS
3 2 (1.24%) QA
4 1 (0.62%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 1 (0.62%) NIST
4 1 (0.62%) SLA
System Software
1 17 (10.56%) Active Directory
2 9 (5.59%) Docker
3 8 (4.97%) VMware Infrastructure
4 6 (3.73%) Hyper-V
5 1 (0.62%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 4 (2.48%) Microsoft Intune
1 4 (2.48%) SCCM
2 3 (1.86%) cPanel
2 3 (1.86%) Plesk
Vendors
1 83 (51.55%) Microsoft
2 31 (19.25%) Adobe
3 28 (17.39%) Apple
4 25 (15.53%) ServiceNow
5 8 (4.97%) VMware
6 7 (4.35%) Oracle
7 6 (3.73%) IBM
8 4 (2.48%) Snow
9 3 (1.86%) Acronis
9 3 (1.86%) Capita
9 3 (1.86%) Datto
9 3 (1.86%) NETGEAR
9 3 (1.86%) SonicWALL
9 3 (1.86%) Veeam
9 3 (1.86%) WatchGuard
10 2 (1.24%) Cisco
10 2 (1.24%) Palo Alto
11 1 (0.62%) Ariba
11 1 (0.62%) HubSpot
11 1 (0.62%) SAP