Driving Licence Contract Job Trends in Northern Ireland

Drivers' Licence
UK > Northern Ireland

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

6 months to
6 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 24 20 25
Rank change year-on-year -4 +5 +7
Contract jobs citing Driving Licence 9 8 4
As % of all contract jobs in Northern Ireland 3.95% 5.16% 2.27%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 13.85% 10.67% 7.69%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 1 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - £173 £143
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £150 £175 £145
Median % change year-on-year -14.29% +20.69% -65.88%
75th Percentile - £178 £148
90th Percentile - - -
UK median daily rate £170 £180 £210
% change year-on-year -5.56% -14.29% +2.44%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 0 3
10th Percentile £14.45 - -
25th Percentile £15.00 - £18.67
Median hourly rate £19.10 - £21.10
75th Percentile - - £23.54
90th Percentile £24.18 - -
UK median hourly rate £18.40 £19.97 £17.50
% change year-on-year -7.86% +14.11% -0.34%

All Generic Skills
Northern Ireland

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 Northern Ireland.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 65 75 52
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Northern Ireland 28.51% 48.39% 29.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 26 37 24
10th Percentile £150 £135 £222
25th Percentile £329 £155 £258
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £320 £500
Median % change year-on-year +48.44% -36.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £569 £425 £508
90th Percentile £656 £562 £638
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £527
% change year-on-year -4.76% -0.28% -4.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 10 13
10th Percentile £12.31 £22.50 -
25th Percentile £13.63 £24.18 £12.25
Median hourly rate £17.13 £26.59 £12.99
Median % change year-on-year -35.60% +104.70% -6.16%
75th Percentile £21.22 £67.94 £23.54
90th Percentile £29.50 £80.05 -
UK median hourly rate £29.00 £35.00 £32.12
% change year-on-year -17.14% +8.98% +44.05%

Driving Licence
Job Vacancy Trend in Northern Ireland

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

Driving Licence job vacancy trend in Northern Ireland

Driving Licence
Daily Rate Trend in Northern Ireland

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Northern Ireland citing Driving Licence

Driving Licence
Hourly Rate Trend in Northern Ireland

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Northern Ireland citing Driving Licence

Driving Licence
Contract Job Locations in Northern Ireland

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 Northern Ireland region over the 6 months to 6 February 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
County Down - 5 £150 -
County Antrim -6 4 - - 6
Driving Licence
UK

Driving Licence
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Northern Ireland 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:

Applications
1 2 (22.22%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (22.22%) Microsoft Office
Communications & Networking
1 1 (11.11%) Internet
1 1 (11.11%) Intranet
General
1 4 (44.44%) Public Sector
1 4 (44.44%) Telecoms
2 3 (33.33%) Finance
2 3 (33.33%) Social Skills
3 2 (22.22%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (22.22%) Organisational Skills
4 1 (11.11%) Legal
Job Titles
1 3 (33.33%) Project Manager
2 1 (11.11%) ICT Technician
Operating Systems
1 1 (11.11%) Windows
1 1 (11.11%) Windows Server
1 1 (11.11%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (55.56%) Problem-Solving
2 4 (44.44%) Logistics
3 2 (22.22%) Budgeting and Resource Allocation
3 2 (22.22%) Collaborative Working
3 2 (22.22%) Continuous Improvement
3 2 (22.22%) People Management
3 2 (22.22%) Project Delivery
3 2 (22.22%) Resource Allocation
3 2 (22.22%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 1 (11.11%) Business Case
4 1 (11.11%) Inventory Management
4 1 (11.11%) Performance Management
4 1 (11.11%) PRINCE2
4 1 (11.11%) Programme Management
4 1 (11.11%) Project Management
4 1 (11.11%) Service Delivery
Qualifications
1 4 (44.44%) Degree
2 3 (33.33%) HND
3 1 (11.11%) PMI Certification
3 1 (11.11%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (11.11%) QA
Vendors
1 3 (33.33%) Microsoft