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Microsoft licensing contracts

UK public sector · 210 contracts awarded in the 12 months to 6 October 2026

Covering 600+ buyer portals · 5 years of records · Updated 6 October 2026 · How we count

Contracts awarded
210
Last 12 months
Median contract
£927k
Recorded value
Recorded value
£782m
196 of 206 main-service contracts have a published value
Buyers
177
Suppliers
32

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What stands out

  • The five suppliers that won the most microsoft licensing contracts took 78% of them (164 of 210).
  • Contracts awarded per quarter fell 36% from the first half of the period to the second.
  • The median contract, £927k, is 8.4 times the median across it & software contracts (£110k).

Who buys microsoft licensing

By contracts awarded, the 12 months to 6 October 2026.

  1. 1NHS South, Central and West Commissioning Support Unit3 contracts
  2. 2NHS Midlands and Lancashire Commissioning Support Unit3 contracts
  3. 3CEFAS2 contracts
  4. 4National Audit Office2 contracts
  5. 5City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council2 contracts
  6. 6London Borough of Haringey2 contracts
  7. 7VisitBritain / VisitEngland (British Tourist Authority)2 contracts
  8. 8Stockton-on-Tees Borough Council2 contracts
  9. 9London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham2 contracts
  10. 10Surrey and Borders Partnership NHS Foundation Trust2 contracts

Top microsoft licensing contractors by contracts won

The 12 months to 6 October 2026.

  1. 1Phoenix Software88 contracts
  2. 2Softcat26 contracts
  3. 3Insight21 contracts
  4. 4Bytes Software Services20 contracts
  5. 5SoftwareOne13 contracts
  6. 6Ultima Business Solutions9 contracts
  7. 7Trustmarque8 contracts
  8. 8Microsoft4 contracts
  9. 9Boxxe4 contracts
  10. 10BT3 contracts

Latest and largest awards

Each links to the official notice.

Latest

Largest

Contracts awarded by quarter

41Q4 2025*64Q1 202662Q2 202641Q3 20262Q4 2026*
* part quarter

Where the contracts were awarded

England 185 · Scotland 17 · Wales 6 · Northern Ireland 2

London27Yorkshire and The Humber19South East18North East16South West16North West15East of England15West Midlands10Scotland10East Midlands9Wales6Northern Ireland2UK-wide or not stated47

What is included

Microsoft software licences and subscriptions bought through a Licensing Solution Partner or reseller (Enterprise Agreement, EES, Campus, CSP, Microsoft 365 seats, server and desktop products).

  • Microsoft Enterprise Agreements and renewals
  • EES and Campus Agreements for education
  • Microsoft 365 / Office 365 subscription licences
  • Windows Server, SQL Server, Visio, Project and Power BI licences
  • Microsoft licensing partner appointments
  • Microsoft Unified / Advanced Support

What is not included

  • Microsoft Unified and other enterprise-wide vendor support -> it.infra.vendor-premier-support
  • Microsoft 365 deployment, migration and training -> it.ent.productivity-suite-services
  • Adobe and other vendors' licences -> it.ent.software-licence-resale
  • Azure consumption -> it.infra.public-cloud
  • Dynamics 365 implementation -> it.ent.crm or it.ent.finance-erp-system

Often bought by the same buyers