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 13 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
13 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 632 701 676
Rank change year-on-year +69 -25 +119
Permanent jobs citing Software Licensing 255 280 658
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.26% 0.28% 0.41%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.30% 0.29% 0.43%
Number of salaries quoted 129 108 138
10th Percentile £37,250 £28,875 £30,000
25th Percentile £38,000 £36,000 £38,313
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,250 £59,250 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -28.69% +18.50% -9.09%
75th Percentile £53,750 £67,500 £70,000
90th Percentile £63,150 £85,000 £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 84,735 96,775 152,013
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 85.57% 95.60% 95.70%
Number of salaries quoted 59,708 57,079 82,921
10th Percentile £29,000 £34,000 £33,740
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £61,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.84% +1.67% +9.09%
75th Percentile £72,500 £81,250 £80,000
90th Percentile £92,500 £100,000 £96,250
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 13 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 13 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 +86 249 £42,250 -27.78% 43
Work from Home +139 207 £38,000 -30.59% 24
UK excluding London -22 204 £38,000 -24.00% 34
South East +5 71 £40,250 -32.92% 13
North of England +47 67 £38,000 -33.91% 6
North West +23 57 £38,000 -36.67% 3
London +105 45 £60,500 +0.83% 14
Midlands +4 38 £38,000 -13.87% 2
West Midlands +26 37 £38,000 -17.82% 2
East of England +23 19 £42,250 +5.63% 3
Yorkshire +62 10 £40,000 -30.43% 3
South West -25 6 £28,500 -7.86% 4
Scotland -62 3 £22,000 -56.44% 3
East Midlands -10 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 (7.84%) SharePoint
2 19 (7.45%) Microsoft Exchange
3 6 (2.35%) IBM Notes
Applications
1 24 (9.41%) Microsoft Office
2 19 (7.45%) Microsoft Excel
3 16 (6.27%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (0.78%) Notion
5 1 (0.39%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 1 (0.39%) Dynamics CRM
1 1 (0.39%) Sage 200
Cloud Services
1 54 (21.18%) Microsoft 365
2 30 (11.76%) SaaS
3 21 (8.24%) Entra ID
4 17 (6.67%) Azure
5 14 (5.49%) AWS
5 14 (5.49%) Power Platform
6 12 (4.71%) Amazon EC2
6 12 (4.71%) Amazon S3
7 6 (2.35%) Azure Data Factory
7 6 (2.35%) Azure Synapse Analytics
7 6 (2.35%) Serverless
8 4 (1.57%) Microsoft Purview
8 4 (1.57%) Power Automate
8 4 (1.57%) PowerApps
9 3 (1.18%) OneDrive
9 3 (1.18%) ShareGate
10 2 (0.78%) Asana
10 2 (0.78%) Nutanix
10 2 (0.78%) WhatsApp
10 2 (0.78%) Zapier
Communications & Networking
1 40 (15.69%) WAN
2 36 (14.12%) SD-WAN
3 24 (9.41%) Unified Communications
4 21 (8.24%) Cisco Firepower
5 14 (5.49%) DHCP
5 14 (5.49%) DNS
6 7 (2.75%) Wi-Fi
7 5 (1.96%) LAN
8 4 (1.57%) Wireless
9 3 (1.18%) Firewall
9 3 (1.18%) TCP/IP
10 2 (0.78%) Network Security
10 2 (0.78%) SAN
10 2 (0.78%) VLAN
11 1 (0.39%) Ethernet
11 1 (0.39%) Internet
11 1 (0.39%) NAS
11 1 (0.39%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (6.27%) SQL Server
2 13 (5.10%) Power BI
3 6 (2.35%) Azure SQL Database
3 6 (2.35%) Data Lake
3 6 (2.35%) Tableau
4 1 (0.39%) Crystal Reports
Development Applications
1 4 (1.57%) Cucumber
1 4 (1.57%) SpecFlow
2 3 (1.18%) Git
2 3 (1.18%) JIRA
General
1 44 (17.25%) Finance
2 42 (16.47%) Social Skills
3 25 (9.80%) Marketing
4 15 (5.88%) Analytical Skills
5 12 (4.71%) Legal
6 10 (3.92%) Aerospace
6 10 (3.92%) Law
6 10 (3.92%) Presentation Skills
7 9 (3.53%) Manufacturing
8 7 (2.75%) Public Sector
8 7 (2.75%) Retail
9 6 (2.35%) Organisational Skills
10 5 (1.96%) Telecoms
11 3 (1.18%) Pharmaceutical
12 2 (0.78%) Documentation Skills
13 1 (0.39%) Games
Job Titles
1 49 (19.22%) Consultant
2 43 (16.86%) Architect
3 38 (14.90%) Senior
4 36 (14.12%) Cisco Architect
4 36 (14.12%) Senior Architect
4 36 (14.12%) Senior Cisco Architect
5 30 (11.76%) Analyst
6 29 (11.37%) Technical Consultant
7 21 (8.24%) Cisco Security Architect
7 21 (8.24%) Security Architect
7 21 (8.24%) Senior Security Architect
7 21 (8.24%) Solutions Architect
8 15 (5.88%) Cisco Solutions Architect
8 15 (5.88%) Senior Cisco Solutions Architect
8 15 (5.88%) Senior Solutions Architect
9 14 (5.49%) Cloud Consultant
9 14 (5.49%) IT Manager
9 14 (5.49%) Software Analyst
10 12 (4.71%) Infrastructure Consultant
10 12 (4.71%) Technical Infrastructure Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (1.96%) CSS
1 5 (1.96%) HTML
2 4 (1.57%) RESTful
2 4 (1.57%) Web Services
3 3 (1.18%) Software Packaging
3 3 (1.18%) WPF
4 1 (0.39%) CSS3
4 1 (0.39%) HTML5
4 1 (0.39%) React
4 1 (0.39%) REST
4 1 (0.39%) RESTEasy
Miscellaneous
1 118 (46.27%) Data Centre
2 30 (11.76%) Public Cloud
3 26 (10.20%) Private Cloud
4 13 (5.10%) Self-Motivation
5 10 (3.92%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 9 (3.53%) Onboarding
7 8 (3.14%) FMCG
7 8 (3.14%) Microsoft Licensing
8 6 (2.35%) Culture of Ownership
8 6 (2.35%) Enterprise Software
9 4 (1.57%) Product Ownership
10 3 (1.18%) Management Information System
11 2 (0.78%) Data Protection Act
12 1 (0.39%) Blog
12 1 (0.39%) Enterprise Storage
12 1 (0.39%) Low-Code
12 1 (0.39%) Renewable Energy
Operating Systems
1 72 (28.24%) Windows
2 36 (14.12%) Windows 10
3 14 (5.49%) Windows Server
4 11 (4.31%) Linux
5 10 (3.92%) Mac OS
6 9 (3.53%) Windows Server 2012
6 9 (3.53%) Windows Server 2016
6 9 (3.53%) Windows Server 2019
7 4 (1.57%) Apple iOS
8 1 (0.39%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 153 (60.00%) Cybersecurity
2 133 (52.16%) Presales
3 50 (19.61%) Time Management
4 44 (17.25%) Asset Management
5 42 (16.47%) Customer Engagement
5 42 (16.47%) User Experience
6 41 (16.08%) IT Asset Management
7 40 (15.69%) Analytics
8 32 (12.55%) Value Proposition
9 29 (11.37%) Project Management
10 28 (10.98%) Software Asset Management
11 22 (8.63%) Contract Management
12 21 (8.24%) Migration
13 20 (7.84%) Problem-Solving
13 20 (7.84%) Service Delivery
14 18 (7.06%) Agile
14 18 (7.06%) ITIL
15 17 (6.67%) Business Intelligence
15 17 (6.67%) Cost Reduction
16 14 (5.49%) Requirements Gathering
Programming Languages
1 8 (3.14%) SQL
2 6 (2.35%) JavaScript
2 6 (2.35%) Python
2 6 (2.35%) R
3 4 (1.57%) C
3 4 (1.57%) C#
3 4 (1.57%) Go
3 4 (1.57%) Java
3 4 (1.57%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 127 (49.80%) Degree
2 37 (14.51%) CCNA
2 37 (14.51%) Cisco Certification
3 36 (14.12%) CCNP
4 33 (12.94%) Microsoft Certification
5 28 (10.98%) MCP
6 12 (4.71%) AWS Certification
6 12 (4.71%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
7 6 (2.35%) Azure Certification
8 4 (1.57%) Computer Science Degree
9 3 (1.18%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
10 1 (0.39%) A+ Certification
10 1 (0.39%) MCDST
10 1 (0.39%) MCSA
10 1 (0.39%) Network+ Certification
10 1 (0.39%) NVQ Level 3
10 1 (0.39%) SC Cleared
10 1 (0.39%) Security Cleared
10 1 (0.39%) VTSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (1.96%) QA
2 4 (1.57%) Cyber Essentials
2 4 (1.57%) GDPR
3 3 (1.18%) Actionable Recommendations
3 3 (1.18%) ISO 9001
3 3 (1.18%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 3 (1.18%) SLA
4 2 (0.78%) Data Quality
5 1 (0.39%) NIST
5 1 (0.39%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 57 (22.35%) Active Directory
2 3 (1.18%) Microsoft App-V
3 2 (0.78%) Hyper-V
3 2 (0.78%) Virtual Servers
3 2 (0.78%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 21 (8.24%) Stealthwatch
2 15 (5.88%) CASB
3 14 (5.49%) Microsoft Intune
4 3 (1.18%) Jamf Pro
4 3 (1.18%) SCCM
5 1 (0.39%) Backup Exec
Vendors
1 201 (78.82%) Microsoft
2 147 (57.65%) Adobe
3 146 (57.25%) Apple
4 38 (14.90%) Cisco
4 38 (14.90%) Meraki
5 32 (12.55%) Dell
5 32 (12.55%) HP
5 32 (12.55%) Samsung
6 17 (6.67%) Intel
7 14 (5.49%) SAP
8 13 (5.10%) VMware
9 12 (4.71%) IBM
9 12 (4.71%) Oracle
9 12 (4.71%) Snow
10 7 (2.75%) ServiceNow
11 5 (1.96%) Xero
12 3 (1.18%) Symantec
13 2 (0.78%) Citrix
13 2 (0.78%) Computacenter
13 2 (0.78%) Veritas