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 18 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 564 572 681
Rank change year-on-year +8 +109 0
Permanent jobs citing Software Licensing 107 177 73
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.22% 0.25% 0.13%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.25% 0.31% 0.14%
Number of salaries quoted 46 97 60
10th Percentile £35,500 £30,000 £24,000
25th Percentile £38,500 £33,500 £38,425
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £49,995
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% +0.01% +11.10%
75th Percentile £68,750 £62,500 £60,000
90th Percentile £94,500 £75,000 £72,550
UK excluding London median annual salary £49,225 £42,500 £46,000
% change year-on-year +15.82% -7.61% +6.98%

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 43,423 57,271 53,298
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 88.70% 82.20% 94.05%
Number of salaries quoted 24,627 30,673 40,835
10th Percentile £28,250 £33,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £35,854 £45,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% - -
75th Percentile £75,000 £78,750 £80,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £97,500 £97,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £46,500 £53,928 £53,500
% change year-on-year -13.77% +0.80% +1.90%

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 18 October 2025.

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 18 October 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 +38 97 £50,000 - 79
UK excluding London +19 79 £49,225 +15.82% 63
Work from Home +12 64 £48,450 +7.67% 35
North of England +17 28 £37,000 -2.63% 13
North West +20 26 £37,000 -12.94% 9
South East +18 23 £65,000 +30.00% 30
London +41 21 £63,750 +2.00% 27
West Midlands +52 20 £38,127 -52.34% 1
Midlands +30 20 £38,127 -36.46% 2
South West +28 3 £27,000 -14.29% 14
Isle of Man - 3 £91,000 -
East of England +10 2 £57,500 -23.33% 3
Yorkshire +8 1 - - 4
North East - 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 3 (2.80%) SharePoint
2 2 (1.87%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 14 (13.08%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (1.87%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.93%) AutoCAD
3 1 (0.93%) Autodesk Inventor
3 1 (0.93%) SOLIDWORKS
Business Applications
1 3 (2.80%) NetSuite
2 1 (0.93%) Dynamics AX
Cloud Services
1 36 (33.64%) Microsoft 365
2 21 (19.63%) SaaS
3 19 (17.76%) Azure
4 6 (5.61%) IaaS
5 5 (4.67%) Entra ID
5 5 (4.67%) Salesforce Service Cloud
6 3 (2.80%) AWS
7 2 (1.87%) GCP
7 2 (1.87%) Power Platform
8 1 (0.93%) OneDrive
8 1 (0.93%) Power Automate
8 1 (0.93%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 6 (5.61%) VPN
2 5 (4.67%) DMZ
2 5 (4.67%) STUN
2 5 (4.67%) VLAN
2 5 (4.67%) VoIP
3 2 (1.87%) Firewall
4 1 (0.93%) DNS
4 1 (0.93%) Fibre Channel
4 1 (0.93%) Remote Desktop
4 1 (0.93%) SAN
4 1 (0.93%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (4.67%) SQL Server
2 1 (0.93%) Power BI
General
1 51 (47.66%) Social Skills
2 47 (43.93%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 21 (19.63%) Legal
4 15 (14.02%) Finance
5 14 (13.08%) Law
6 11 (10.28%) Public Sector
7 7 (6.54%) Analytical Skills
7 7 (6.54%) Marketing
7 7 (6.54%) Telecoms
8 5 (4.67%) Documentation Skills
8 5 (4.67%) Organisational Skills
9 4 (3.74%) Pharmaceutical
10 2 (1.87%) Influencing Skills
11 1 (0.93%) Financial Institution
11 1 (0.93%) Manufacturing
11 1 (0.93%) Police
11 1 (0.93%) Retail
Job Titles
1 18 (16.82%) Architect
1 18 (16.82%) Microsoft Specialist
2 16 (14.95%) Senior
3 13 (12.15%) IT Support
4 9 (8.41%) Support Engineer
5 8 (7.48%) IT Manager
6 7 (6.54%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 7 (6.54%) Procurement Manager
6 7 (6.54%) Senior IT Support
7 6 (5.61%) Analyst
7 6 (5.61%) Infrastructure Support
7 6 (5.61%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
8 5 (4.67%) Applications Engineer
8 5 (4.67%) Applications Support
8 5 (4.67%) Applications Support Engineer
8 5 (4.67%) Cloud Infrastructure Engineer
8 5 (4.67%) IT Procurement Manager
8 5 (4.67%) Senior IT Manager
8 5 (4.67%) Senior Manager
8 5 (4.67%) Senior Procurement Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (4.67%) FreeSWITCH
2 2 (1.87%) Software Packaging
Miscellaneous
1 23 (21.50%) Data Centre
2 21 (19.63%) Microsoft Licensing
3 9 (8.41%) Driving Licence
4 7 (6.54%) Onboarding
5 6 (5.61%) Self-Motivation
6 4 (3.74%) Social Media
7 2 (1.87%) Enterprise Software
7 2 (1.87%) Hybrid Cloud
7 2 (1.87%) Web Conferencing
8 1 (0.93%) Clustering
8 1 (0.93%) CMDB
8 1 (0.93%) Greenfield Project
8 1 (0.93%) PKI
8 1 (0.93%) Renewable Energy
8 1 (0.93%) Security Posture
8 1 (0.93%) Smart Energy
8 1 (0.93%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 20 (18.69%) Windows
2 14 (13.08%) Windows Server
3 6 (5.61%) Linux
4 5 (4.67%) Debian
5 4 (3.74%) Apple iOS
6 3 (2.80%) Windows 10
7 1 (0.93%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 42 (39.25%) AI
2 38 (35.51%) Time Management
3 34 (31.78%) Cybersecurity
4 24 (22.43%) Customer Service
5 22 (20.56%) Sales Enablement
6 19 (17.76%) Roadmaps
7 18 (16.82%) Business Strategy
7 18 (16.82%) Customer Engagement
7 18 (16.82%) Product Roadmap
8 15 (14.02%) Problem-Solving
9 14 (13.08%) Contract Negotiation
9 14 (13.08%) ITIL
10 13 (12.15%) Information Security
11 12 (11.21%) Data Protection
12 9 (8.41%) Computer Science
12 9 (8.41%) Mentoring
12 9 (8.41%) Service Management
13 8 (7.48%) Infrastructure Engineering
13 8 (7.48%) Inventory Management
13 8 (7.48%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 5 (4.67%) SQL
2 2 (1.87%) PowerShell
3 1 (0.93%) Bash
Qualifications
1 57 (53.27%) Degree
2 7 (6.54%) Network+ Certification
3 2 (1.87%) A+ Certification
3 2 (1.87%) Computer Science Degree
3 2 (1.87%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
4 1 (0.93%) CompTIA Security+
4 1 (0.93%) ITIL Certification
4 1 (0.93%) MCITP
4 1 (0.93%) Microsoft Certification
4 1 (0.93%) NVQ Level 3
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (14.95%) GDPR
2 10 (9.35%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 6 (5.61%) Cyber Essentials
4 5 (4.67%) ISO 9001
5 4 (3.74%) EU AI Act
6 3 (2.80%) IFRS
7 1 (0.93%) California Consumer Privacy Act
7 1 (0.93%) GLBA
7 1 (0.93%) GRC
7 1 (0.93%) SLA
System Software
1 15 (14.02%) Active Directory
2 8 (7.48%) Hyper-V
2 8 (7.48%) VMware Infrastructure
3 5 (4.67%) Kamailio
4 1 (0.93%) VMware Server
Systems Management
1 11 (10.28%) Microsoft Intune
2 2 (1.87%) Jamf Pro
3 1 (0.93%) Microsoft Clustering
3 1 (0.93%) NetBackup
3 1 (0.93%) Puppet
3 1 (0.93%) WhatsUp Gold
Vendors
1 71 (66.36%) Microsoft
2 27 (25.23%) Apple
3 26 (24.30%) Adobe
4 18 (16.82%) Palo Alto
5 8 (7.48%) Salesforce
5 8 (7.48%) VMware
6 2 (1.87%) Dell
6 2 (1.87%) Google
6 2 (1.87%) Oracle
6 2 (1.87%) ServiceNow
7 1 (0.93%) Cisco
7 1 (0.93%) HP
7 1 (0.93%) SAP