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

6 months to
15 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 623 548 569
Rank change year-on-year -75 +21 +99
Permanent jobs citing Software Licensing 181 109 186
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.15% 0.22% 0.26%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.21% 0.25% 0.32%
Number of salaries quoted 116 46 100
10th Percentile £31,375 £35,500 £30,000
25th Percentile £37,500 £38,500 £33,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £56,250 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -2.22% +18.42% -4.99%
75th Percentile £73,750 £69,688 £62,500
90th Percentile £91,250 £94,500 £75,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,000 £50,000 £42,500
% change year-on-year +4.00% +17.65% -7.61%

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 87,229 43,738 58,305
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 73.43% 88.90% 82.16%
Number of salaries quoted 59,718 24,553 31,325
10th Percentile £31,250 £28,250 £32,925
25th Percentile £41,250 £36,250 £44,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% -8.33% -
75th Percentile £78,243 £75,000 £78,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £95,000 £97,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £47,500 £52,600
% change year-on-year +15.79% -9.70% -2.59%

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 15 October 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 15 October 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 -63 177 £55,000 -4.35% 104
UK excluding London -99 144 £52,000 +4.00% 74
Work from Home -48 67 £70,752 +43.73% 50
South East -32 44 £45,000 -30.77% 21
London -60 35 £67,500 -10.00% 42
North of England -64 33 £55,000 +48.65% 21
North West -29 25 £37,500 +1.35% 10
Midlands -40 24 £50,000 +31.14% 10
South West -54 22 £87,500 +224.07% 2
East of England -28 18 £44,500 -22.61% 6
West Midlands -52 14 £65,000 +70.48% 3
East Midlands - 10 £50,000 - 7
Yorkshire -28 8 £55,000 - 10
Wales - 3 £27,500 - 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 8 (4.42%) SharePoint
2 2 (1.10%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (0.55%) WordPress
Applications
1 17 (9.39%) Microsoft Excel
2 16 (8.84%) Microsoft Office
3 10 (5.52%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (1.10%) Microsoft Project
4 2 (1.10%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 15 (8.29%) Cloudability
2 1 (0.55%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 31 (17.13%) Microsoft 365
2 26 (14.36%) Azure
3 20 (11.05%) SaaS
4 15 (8.29%) AWS
4 15 (8.29%) GCP
5 13 (7.18%) Entra ID
6 11 (6.08%) Microsoft Copilot
7 9 (4.97%) OneDrive
8 8 (4.42%) Cloud Computing
8 8 (4.42%) Dynamics 365
8 8 (4.42%) Power Platform
9 4 (2.21%) Azure DevOps
10 2 (1.10%) Stripe
11 1 (0.55%) Asana
11 1 (0.55%) Azure Monitor
11 1 (0.55%) Azure Sentinel
11 1 (0.55%) Google Gemini
11 1 (0.55%) Google Workspace
Communications & Networking
1 9 (4.97%) Firewall
2 8 (4.42%) DNS
2 8 (4.42%) Wi-Fi
3 6 (3.31%) VoIP
4 5 (2.76%) DHCP
4 5 (2.76%) TCP/IP
4 5 (2.76%) VPN
5 3 (1.66%) DKIM
5 3 (1.66%) DMARC
5 3 (1.66%) FTP
5 3 (1.66%) LAN
5 3 (1.66%) Network Security
5 3 (1.66%) PBX
5 3 (1.66%) Unified Communications
5 3 (1.66%) VLAN
5 3 (1.66%) WAN
6 2 (1.10%) Broadband
6 2 (1.10%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (1.66%) Power BI
2 1 (0.55%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 3 (1.66%) JIRA
General
1 74 (40.88%) Social Skills
2 45 (24.86%) Analytical Skills
3 43 (23.76%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 42 (23.20%) Finance
5 41 (22.65%) Legal
6 33 (18.23%) Law
7 27 (14.92%) Manufacturing
8 22 (12.15%) Organisational Skills
9 21 (11.60%) Telecoms
10 20 (11.05%) Public Sector
11 15 (8.29%) Retail
12 11 (6.08%) Marketing
13 7 (3.87%) Front Office
14 5 (2.76%) Automotive
15 4 (2.21%) Presentation Skills
16 3 (1.66%) Advertising
17 2 (1.10%) Documentation Skills
17 2 (1.10%) Influencing Skills
17 2 (1.10%) Military
17 2 (1.10%) Police
Job Titles
1 38 (20.99%) IT Manager
2 28 (15.47%) Analyst
3 23 (12.71%) IT Support
4 17 (9.39%) Senior
5 15 (8.29%) Senior Analyst
6 13 (7.18%) Service Manager
7 12 (6.63%) IT Engineer
7 12 (6.63%) IT Services Manager
8 9 (4.97%) IT Analyst
8 9 (4.97%) Sales Executive
8 9 (4.97%) Support Engineer
9 8 (4.42%) Account Manager
9 8 (4.42%) Communications Manager
9 8 (4.42%) IT Support Analyst
9 8 (4.42%) IT Support Engineer
9 8 (4.42%) Support Analyst
10 7 (3.87%) IT Support Technician
10 7 (3.87%) IT Technician
10 7 (3.87%) Support Technician
11 5 (2.76%) Head of IT
Miscellaneous
1 24 (13.26%) Microsoft Licensing
2 19 (10.50%) Onboarding
3 16 (8.84%) Driving Licence
4 15 (8.29%) Life Science
5 11 (6.08%) Social Media
6 9 (4.97%) CMDB
7 7 (3.87%) Self-Motivation
8 4 (2.21%) Management Information System
9 3 (1.66%) Data Centre
10 2 (1.10%) CCTV
10 2 (1.10%) Culture of Ownership
10 2 (1.10%) Robotics
11 1 (0.55%) Enterprise Software
11 1 (0.55%) Handset
11 1 (0.55%) Mobile App
11 1 (0.55%) Product Ownership
11 1 (0.55%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 20 (11.05%) Windows
2 5 (2.76%) Linux
3 4 (2.21%) Windows Server
4 3 (1.66%) macOS
5 2 (1.10%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 80 (44.20%) Cybersecurity
2 53 (29.28%) AI
3 36 (19.89%) Data Protection
4 34 (18.78%) Stakeholder Management
5 33 (18.23%) Decision-Making
5 33 (18.23%) Problem-Solving
6 29 (16.02%) Continuous Improvement
6 29 (16.02%) Customer Service
7 28 (15.47%) Asset Management
8 26 (14.36%) Cost Optimisation
8 26 (14.36%) ITIL
9 24 (13.26%) Digital Transformation Programme
10 22 (12.15%) Risk Management
11 21 (11.60%) Service Management
12 19 (10.50%) IT Asset Management
13 18 (9.94%) Mentoring
13 18 (9.94%) Service Delivery
14 16 (8.84%) Collaborative Culture
15 15 (8.29%) Cost Management
15 15 (8.29%) FinOps
Programming Languages
1 2 (1.10%) SQL
2 1 (0.55%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 15 (8.29%) AWS Certification
1 15 (8.29%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
2 9 (4.97%) Security Cleared
3 7 (3.87%) DBS Check
4 6 (3.31%) SC Cleared
5 5 (2.76%) ITIL Certification
6 3 (1.66%) CompTIA Security+
7 2 (1.10%) CCNA
7 2 (1.10%) Cisco Certification
7 2 (1.10%) Degree
7 2 (1.10%) Microsoft Certification
8 1 (0.55%) Azure Certification
8 1 (0.55%) DV Cleared
8 1 (0.55%) Network+ Certification
8 1 (0.55%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (4.42%) Cyber Essentials
2 5 (2.76%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 3 (1.66%) ISO/IEC 20000
3 3 (1.66%) PMO
4 2 (1.10%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 2 (1.10%) PCI DSS
4 2 (1.10%) QA
5 1 (0.55%) Data Quality
5 1 (0.55%) GDPR
5 1 (0.55%) NIST
5 1 (0.55%) SLA
System Software
1 12 (6.63%) Active Directory
2 6 (3.31%) Hyper-V
3 4 (2.21%) VMware Infrastructure
4 3 (1.66%) Docker
5 1 (0.55%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 10 (5.52%) Microsoft Intune
2 3 (1.66%) cPanel
2 3 (1.66%) Plesk
Vendors
1 85 (46.96%) Microsoft
2 25 (13.81%) Adobe
3 24 (13.26%) Apple
4 19 (10.50%) ServiceNow
5 4 (2.21%) VMware
6 3 (1.66%) Acronis
6 3 (1.66%) Capita
6 3 (1.66%) Datto
6 3 (1.66%) NETGEAR
6 3 (1.66%) SonicWALL
6 3 (1.66%) Veeam
6 3 (1.66%) WatchGuard
7 2 (1.10%) Cisco
7 2 (1.10%) Google
7 2 (1.10%) Palo Alto
7 2 (1.10%) SAP
8 1 (0.55%) CA Agile Central
8 1 (0.55%) HubSpot
8 1 (0.55%) Oracle
8 1 (0.55%) YouTube