licensing manager
Licensing managers oversee licenses and rights of a company regarding use of its products or intellectual property. They ensure that third parties comply with specified agreements and contracts, and negotiate with and maintain relationships between both parties.
licensing manager licensing managers oversee licenses and rights of a company regarding use of its products or intellectual property. The role shows moderate AI exposure (0.50 on a 0-1 scale) — some tasks are being automated but the role adapts. The most in-demand skills for the role include intellectual property law, contract law, financial capability, apply company policies, carry out strategic research.
Pay in the UK
UK: median £57,625 a year for Sales accounts and business development managers (ONS ASHE 2025, full-time)
Middle half of full-time jobs: £43,049 to £79,598 a year
UK jobs are grouped differently; this is the closest UK occupation group (ONS SOC 2020 3556). ONS rates this estimate precise. 2025 provisional figures; ONS revises them a year later. Source: ONS Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings (Open Government Licence)
Pay in India (occupation group)
Average monthly earnings of salaried employees in the occupation group “Managers” in India, from the Government of India's Periodic Labour Force Survey (January–December 2025). It covers everyone in this group, not only licensing manager, and it is not US pay converted to rupees.
Source: MoSPI (Government of India), Periodic Labour Force Survey Annual Report 2025, Table 51 — average wage/salary earnings of regular wage/salaried employees, NCO-2015 division 1. Official India data gives one average per occupation group: there are no official India figures for single careers, experience levels or cities. Read the report
Top skills
Frequently asked questions
What does licensing manager do?
Licensing managers oversee licenses and rights of a company regarding use of its products or intellectual property. They ensure that third parties comply with specified agreements and contracts, and negotiate with and maintain relationships between both parties.
What skills does licensing manager need?
The most in-demand skills for this role include intellectual property law, contract law, financial capability, apply company policies, carry out strategic research, establish usage policies. These are the skills O*NET identifies as most important for competent performance.
Will AI replace licensing manager?
Our AI-durability model gives licensing manager a score of 0.50 on a 0-1 scale (higher = more exposure). That places it at moderate AI exposure — some tasks are being automated but the role adapts. Learning to work with AI tools rather than against them is the path forward.