Software Licensing
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for Software Licensing skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Software Licensing over the 6 months to 8 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
8 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 643 723 680
Rank change year-on-year +80 -43 +118
Permanent jobs citing Software Licensing 252 274 651
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.25% 0.27% 0.41%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.30% 0.28% 0.43%
Number of salaries quoted 129 103 138
10th Percentile £37,500 £27,000 £30,000
25th Percentile £38,000 £34,716 £38,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,250 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -23.18% +10.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £53,750 £67,125 £70,000
90th Percentile £63,150 £81,600 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £38,000 £50,000 £42,500
% change year-on-year -24.00% +17.65% -

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Software Licensing is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 84,937 97,101 150,579
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 85.64% 95.61% 95.65%
Number of salaries quoted 59,853 57,006 82,680
10th Percentile £29,000 £34,000 £33,515
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £61,180 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.10% +1.97% +9.09%
75th Percentile £72,500 £81,250 £80,000
90th Percentile £92,500 £100,000 £96,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +9.38%

Software Licensing
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Software Licensing as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Software Licensing in the UK

Software Licensing
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Software Licensing.

Salary trend for Software Licensing in the UK

Software Licensing
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Software Licensing over the 6 months to 8 May 2024.

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 8 May 2024. 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 +67 246 £42,250 -23.18% 45
Work from Home +124 205 £38,000 -30.59% 27
UK excluding London -26 201 £38,000 -24.00% 32
South East +6 69 £42,500 -29.17% 13
North of England +40 66 £38,000 -36.67% 7
North West +24 56 £38,000 -36.67% 4
London +117 45 £60,500 +0.83% 17
Midlands +8 37 £38,000 -13.87% 2
West Midlands +20 36 £38,000 -17.82% 2
East of England +20 20 £42,250 +5.63% 4
Yorkshire +62 10 £40,000 -33.33% 3
South West -33 6 £28,500 -7.86% 1
Scotland -66 3 £22,000 -56.44% 3
East Midlands -17 1 £60,000 +79.10%

Software Licensing
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 20 (7.94%) SharePoint
2 19 (7.54%) Microsoft Exchange
3 6 (2.38%) IBM Notes
Applications
1 25 (9.92%) Microsoft Office
2 19 (7.54%) Microsoft Excel
3 16 (6.35%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (0.79%) Notion
5 1 (0.40%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 1 (0.40%) Dynamics CRM
1 1 (0.40%) Sage 200
Cloud Services
1 54 (21.43%) Microsoft 365
2 30 (11.90%) SaaS
3 21 (8.33%) Entra ID
4 17 (6.75%) Azure
5 14 (5.56%) AWS
5 14 (5.56%) Power Platform
6 12 (4.76%) Amazon EC2
6 12 (4.76%) Amazon S3
7 6 (2.38%) Azure Data Factory
7 6 (2.38%) Azure Synapse Analytics
7 6 (2.38%) Serverless
8 4 (1.59%) Microsoft Purview
8 4 (1.59%) Power Automate
8 4 (1.59%) PowerApps
9 3 (1.19%) OneDrive
9 3 (1.19%) ShareGate
10 2 (0.79%) Asana
10 2 (0.79%) Google Workspace
10 2 (0.79%) WhatsApp
10 2 (0.79%) Zapier
Communications & Networking
1 38 (15.08%) WAN
2 33 (13.10%) SD-WAN
3 24 (9.52%) Unified Communications
4 18 (7.14%) Cisco Firepower
5 13 (5.16%) DHCP
5 13 (5.16%) DNS
6 7 (2.78%) Wi-Fi
7 6 (2.38%) LAN
8 3 (1.19%) TCP/IP
9 2 (0.79%) Ethernet
9 2 (0.79%) Internet
9 2 (0.79%) Network Security
9 2 (0.79%) SAN
9 2 (0.79%) VLAN
9 2 (0.79%) Wireless
10 1 (0.40%) Firewall
10 1 (0.40%) NAS
10 1 (0.40%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (6.35%) SQL Server
2 13 (5.16%) Power BI
3 6 (2.38%) Azure SQL Database
3 6 (2.38%) Data Lake
3 6 (2.38%) Tableau
4 1 (0.40%) Crystal Reports
Development Applications
1 4 (1.59%) Cucumber
1 4 (1.59%) SpecFlow
2 3 (1.19%) Git
2 3 (1.19%) JIRA
General
1 45 (17.86%) Finance
2 41 (16.27%) Social Skills
3 25 (9.92%) Marketing
4 15 (5.95%) Analytical Skills
5 10 (3.97%) Aerospace
5 10 (3.97%) Law
5 10 (3.97%) Legal
5 10 (3.97%) Presentation Skills
6 9 (3.57%) Manufacturing
7 7 (2.78%) Public Sector
7 7 (2.78%) Retail
8 6 (2.38%) Organisational Skills
9 5 (1.98%) Telecoms
10 3 (1.19%) Pharmaceutical
11 2 (0.79%) Documentation Skills
12 1 (0.40%) Games
Job Titles
1 49 (19.44%) Consultant
2 40 (15.87%) Architect
3 35 (13.89%) Senior
4 33 (13.10%) Cisco Architect
4 33 (13.10%) Senior Architect
4 33 (13.10%) Senior Cisco Architect
5 31 (12.30%) Analyst
6 29 (11.51%) Technical Consultant
7 21 (8.33%) Solutions Architect
8 18 (7.14%) Cisco Security Architect
8 18 (7.14%) Security Architect
8 18 (7.14%) Senior Security Architect
9 15 (5.95%) Cisco Solutions Architect
9 15 (5.95%) Senior Cisco Solutions Architect
9 15 (5.95%) Senior Solutions Architect
10 14 (5.56%) Cloud Consultant
10 14 (5.56%) IT Manager
10 14 (5.56%) Software Analyst
11 12 (4.76%) AWS Consultant
11 12 (4.76%) Software Licensing Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (1.98%) CSS
1 5 (1.98%) HTML
2 4 (1.59%) RESTful
2 4 (1.59%) Web Services
3 3 (1.19%) Software Packaging
3 3 (1.19%) WPF
4 1 (0.40%) CSS3
4 1 (0.40%) HTML5
4 1 (0.40%) React
4 1 (0.40%) REST
4 1 (0.40%) RESTEasy
Miscellaneous
1 115 (45.63%) Data Centre
2 30 (11.90%) Public Cloud
3 26 (10.32%) Private Cloud
4 13 (5.16%) Self-Motivation
5 10 (3.97%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 9 (3.57%) Onboarding
7 8 (3.17%) FMCG
7 8 (3.17%) Microsoft Licensing
8 6 (2.38%) Culture of Ownership
8 6 (2.38%) Enterprise Software
9 4 (1.59%) Product Ownership
10 3 (1.19%) Management Information System
11 1 (0.40%) Blog
11 1 (0.40%) Enterprise Storage
11 1 (0.40%) Low-Code
11 1 (0.40%) Renewable Energy
Operating Systems
1 71 (28.17%) Windows
2 36 (14.29%) Windows 10
3 14 (5.56%) Windows Server
4 10 (3.97%) Mac OS
5 9 (3.57%) Linux
5 9 (3.57%) Windows Server 2012
5 9 (3.57%) Windows Server 2016
5 9 (3.57%) Windows Server 2019
6 4 (1.59%) Apple iOS
7 1 (0.40%) Android
7 1 (0.40%) Windows 7
7 1 (0.40%) Windows NT
7 1 (0.40%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 151 (59.92%) Cybersecurity
2 130 (51.59%) Presales
3 47 (18.65%) Time Management
4 45 (17.86%) Asset Management
5 42 (16.67%) IT Asset Management
5 42 (16.67%) User Experience
6 39 (15.48%) Customer Engagement
7 37 (14.68%) Analytics
8 32 (12.70%) Value Proposition
9 29 (11.51%) Project Management
10 28 (11.11%) Software Asset Management
11 22 (8.73%) Contract Management
12 21 (8.33%) Migration
13 20 (7.94%) Problem-Solving
13 20 (7.94%) Service Delivery
14 19 (7.54%) ITIL
15 18 (7.14%) Agile
16 17 (6.75%) Business Intelligence
16 17 (6.75%) Cost Reduction
17 14 (5.56%) Requirements Gathering
Programming Languages
1 8 (3.17%) SQL
2 6 (2.38%) JavaScript
2 6 (2.38%) Python
2 6 (2.38%) R
3 4 (1.59%) C
3 4 (1.59%) C#
3 4 (1.59%) Go
3 4 (1.59%) Java
3 4 (1.59%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 123 (48.81%) Degree
2 34 (13.49%) CCNA
2 34 (13.49%) Cisco Certification
3 33 (13.10%) CCNP
3 33 (13.10%) Microsoft Certification
4 28 (11.11%) MCP
5 12 (4.76%) AWS Certification
5 12 (4.76%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
6 6 (2.38%) Azure Certification
7 4 (1.59%) Computer Science Degree
8 3 (1.19%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
9 1 (0.40%) A+ Certification
9 1 (0.40%) MCDST
9 1 (0.40%) MCSA
9 1 (0.40%) Network+ Certification
9 1 (0.40%) NVQ Level 3
9 1 (0.40%) SC Cleared
9 1 (0.40%) Security Cleared
9 1 (0.40%) VTSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (1.98%) Cyber Essentials
1 5 (1.98%) QA
2 4 (1.59%) GDPR
3 3 (1.19%) Actionable Recommendations
3 3 (1.19%) ISO 9001
3 3 (1.19%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 3 (1.19%) SLA
4 2 (0.79%) Data Quality
5 1 (0.40%) NIST
5 1 (0.40%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 57 (22.62%) Active Directory
2 3 (1.19%) Microsoft App-V
3 2 (0.79%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 18 (7.14%) Stealthwatch
2 15 (5.95%) CASB
3 14 (5.56%) Microsoft Intune
4 3 (1.19%) Jamf Pro
4 3 (1.19%) SCCM
5 1 (0.40%) Backup Exec
Vendors
1 197 (78.17%) Microsoft
2 144 (57.14%) Adobe
3 143 (56.75%) Apple
4 35 (13.89%) Cisco
4 35 (13.89%) Meraki
5 33 (13.10%) HP
6 32 (12.70%) Dell
6 32 (12.70%) Samsung
7 17 (6.75%) Intel
8 14 (5.56%) SAP
9 12 (4.76%) IBM
9 12 (4.76%) Oracle
9 12 (4.76%) Snow
10 11 (4.37%) VMware
11 8 (3.17%) ServiceNow
12 5 (1.98%) Xero
13 3 (1.19%) Symantec
14 2 (0.79%) Citrix
14 2 (0.79%) Computacenter
14 2 (0.79%) HubSpot