Driving Licence Contract Job Trends in the North East

Drivers' Licence
England > North East

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Driving Licence in contract job vacancies in the North East. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Driving Licence over the 6 months leading up to 1 January 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 44 43 30
Rank change year-on-year -1 -13 +34
Contract jobs citing Driving Licence 7 1 3
As % of all contract jobs in the North East 1.69% 0.34% 1.18%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 7.45% 0.98% 4.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 1 1
10th Percentile £146 - -
25th Percentile £150 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £163 £140 £150
Median % change year-on-year +16.43% -6.67% -
75th Percentile £176 - -
90th Percentile £181 - -
England median daily rate £170 £180 £210
% change year-on-year -5.56% -14.29% -2.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Median hourly rate - - £13.00
England median hourly rate £18.87 £24.18 £18.00
% change year-on-year -21.96% +34.33% +2.86%

All Generic Skills
North East

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 the North East.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 94 102 75
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North East 22.65% 34.46% 29.53%
Number of daily rates quoted 62 39 49
10th Percentile £147 £323 £140
25th Percentile £170 £400 £370
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £429 £495 £454
Median % change year-on-year -13.38% +9.03% -17.45%
75th Percentile £550 £588 £525
90th Percentile £600 £660 £662
England median daily rate £513 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -6.82% - -3.51%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 3 6
10th Percentile £18.42 - £14.63
25th Percentile £27.72 - £16.25
Median hourly rate £43.24 £46.18 £31.84
Median % change year-on-year -6.38% +45.04% -51.76%
75th Percentile £58.75 - £46.18
90th Percentile £68.06 - £53.09
England median hourly rate £29.00 £36.25 £43.75
% change year-on-year -20.00% -17.14% +32.58%

Driving Licence
Job Vacancy Trend in the North East

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

Driving Licence job vacancy trend in the North East

Driving Licence
Daily Rate Trend in the North East

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the North East citing Driving Licence.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the North East citing Driving Licence

Driving Licence
Hourly Rate Trend in the North East

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the North East citing Driving Licence.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the North East citing Driving Licence

Driving Licence
Contract Job Locations in the North East

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 North East region over the 6 months to 1 January 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
Tyne and Wear -4 7 £163 +16.43% 16
Driving Licence
England

Driving Licence
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North East 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:

Communications & Networking
1 3 (42.86%) ATM
General
1 5 (71.43%) Social Skills
2 1 (14.29%) Finance
2 1 (14.29%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 4 (57.14%) Trainer
2 2 (28.57%) ATM Engineer
3 1 (14.29%) Field Engineer
3 1 (14.29%) Field Service Engineer
3 1 (14.29%) Trainee
Miscellaneous
1 4 (57.14%) EPoS
2 1 (14.29%) Smartphone
Operating Systems
1 1 (14.29%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (42.86%) Coaching
1 3 (42.86%) Customer Service
Qualifications
1 2 (28.57%) DBS Check
1 2 (28.57%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 1 (14.29%) NCR