Driving Licence Contract Job Trends in Cheshire

Drivers' Licence
North West > Cheshire

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Driving Licence in contract job vacancies in Cheshire. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Driving Licence over the 6 months leading up to 6 October 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
6 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 71 68 49
Rank change year-on-year -3 -19 +3
Contract jobs citing Driving Licence 5 10 9
As % of all contract jobs in Cheshire 0.65% 1.46% 1.68%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.79% 4.22% 4.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 4
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £243
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £155 - £289
Median % change year-on-year - - -42.25%
75th Percentile - - £387
90th Percentile - - £477
North West median daily rate £208 £170 £180
% change year-on-year +22.06% -5.56% -55.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £16.01 - £15.22
Median hourly rate £17.12 - £16.19
75th Percentile £18.22 - £17.16
90th Percentile - - -
North West median hourly rate £15.69 £17.30 £16.19
% change year-on-year -9.31% +6.86% -15.90%

All Generic Skills
Cheshire

Driving Licence falls under the General and Transferable Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring generic IT skills in Cheshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 280 237 195
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Cheshire 36.13% 34.70% 36.38%
Number of daily rates quoted 173 181 106
10th Percentile £282 £255 £350
25th Percentile £400 £358 £430
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £438 £500
Median % change year-on-year +8.57% -12.50% -9.09%
75th Percentile £575 £500 £568
90th Percentile £636 £638 £638
North West median daily rate £500 £450 £490
% change year-on-year +11.11% -8.16% -2.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 16 9 4
10th Percentile £15.97 - £16.97
25th Percentile £18.49 £15.50 £19.59
Median hourly rate £26.75 £16.00 £23.14
Median % change year-on-year +67.19% -30.84% +5.16%
75th Percentile £64.25 £31.50 £40.01
90th Percentile £86.25 £67.25 £68.50
North West median hourly rate £43.96 £35.00 £31.75
% change year-on-year +25.60% +10.24% -22.17%

Driving Licence
Job Vacancy Trend in Cheshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Driving Licence relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Cheshire.

Driving Licence job vacancy trend in Cheshire

Driving Licence
Daily Rate Trend in Cheshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Cheshire citing Driving Licence.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Cheshire citing Driving Licence

Driving Licence
Hourly Rate Trend in Cheshire

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Cheshire citing Driving Licence.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Cheshire citing Driving Licence

Driving Licence
Contract Job Locations in Cheshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Driving Licence within the Cheshire region over the 6 months to 6 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Warrington -17 2 - - 14
Crewe - 2 - - 5
Driving Licence
North West

Driving Licence
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Cheshire 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 1 (20.00%) Confluence
Communications & Networking
1 1 (20.00%) Firewall
1 1 (20.00%) LAN
1 1 (20.00%) SD-WAN
1 1 (20.00%) Structured Cabling
1 1 (20.00%) WAN
1 1 (20.00%) Wi-Fi
1 1 (20.00%) Wireless
Development Applications
1 1 (20.00%) JIRA
1 1 (20.00%) Robot Framework
General
1 2 (40.00%) Automotive
2 1 (20.00%) German Language
2 1 (20.00%) Military
2 1 (20.00%) Public Sector
2 1 (20.00%) Retail
2 1 (20.00%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 2 (40.00%) Test Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) EPoS Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) Field Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) Field Service Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) Integration Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) IT Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) Network Field Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) Test and Integration Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (20.00%) EPoS
1 1 (20.00%) Infotainment
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (40.00%) Collaborative Working
1 2 (40.00%) Project Delivery
2 1 (20.00%) Computer Science
2 1 (20.00%) Customer Experience
2 1 (20.00%) Cybersecurity
2 1 (20.00%) Logistics
2 1 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (20.00%) Regression Testing
2 1 (20.00%) Service Delivery
2 1 (20.00%) Software Testing
2 1 (20.00%) Telematics
2 1 (20.00%) Test Automation
2 1 (20.00%) Test Planning
2 1 (20.00%) Validation
2 1 (20.00%) Vehicle Telematics
Programming Languages
1 1 (20.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 1 (20.00%) Computer Science Degree
1 1 (20.00%) Degree
1 1 (20.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (20.00%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 1 (20.00%) Aruba
1 1 (20.00%) Cisco
1 1 (20.00%) Fortinet
1 1 (20.00%) Juniper
1 1 (20.00%) Meraki
1 1 (20.00%) ServiceNow