Driving Licence Contract Job Trends in Scotland

Drivers' Licence
UK > Scotland

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Driving Licence in contract job vacancies in Scotland. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Driving Licence over the 6 months leading up to 4 March 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 84 98 112
Rank change year-on-year +14 +14 +33
Contract jobs citing Driving Licence 27 20 22
As % of all contract jobs in Scotland 1.68% 1.18% 0.95%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 4.63% 3.16% 2.93%
Number of daily rates quoted 22 15 19
10th Percentile £150 £140 £132
25th Percentile £152 £145 £141
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £195 £180 £154
Median % change year-on-year +8.33% +16.88% +13.60%
75th Percentile £275 £294 £200
90th Percentile £369 £338 £203
UK median daily rate £170 £180 £210
% change year-on-year -5.56% -14.29% +2.44%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 2 0
10th Percentile £16.12 - -
25th Percentile £16.17 - -
Median hourly rate £16.25 £18.51 -
Median % change year-on-year -12.21% - -
75th Percentile £16.33 - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate £17.30 £18.51 £14.63
% change year-on-year -6.54% +26.56% -16.43%

All Generic Skills
Scotland

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 Scotland.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 583 633 751
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Scotland 36.19% 37.48% 32.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 345 340 419
10th Percentile £206 £200 £205
25th Percentile £358 £380 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £450 £475
Median % change year-on-year - -5.26% -0.84%
75th Percentile £555 £538 £600
90th Percentile £670 £600 £688
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 19 27 36
10th Percentile £15.66 £19.58 £15.71
25th Percentile £16.17 £21.00 £16.50
Median hourly rate £25.15 £23.59 £19.50
Median % change year-on-year +6.61% +20.97% +44.44%
75th Percentile £63.42 £24.42 £56.68
90th Percentile £70.20 £30.74 £60.75
UK median hourly rate £33.50 £32.50 £30.00
% change year-on-year +3.08% +8.33% +33.42%

Driving Licence
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

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

Driving Licence job vacancy trend in Scotland

Driving Licence
Daily Rate Trend in Scotland

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

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

Driving Licence
Daily Rate Histogram in Scotland

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Driving Licence in Scotland over the 6 months to 4 March 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Driving Licence in Scotland

Driving Licence
Hourly Rate Trend in Scotland

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

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

Driving Licence
Contract Job Locations in Scotland

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 Scotland region over the 6 months to 4 March 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
Glasgow +16 15 £206 +3.13% 13
Edinburgh +3 6 £150 +7.14% 10
Dundee +3 1 £388 +101.30% 1
East Renfrewshire - 1 £163 -
Driving Licence
UK

Driving Licence
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Scotland 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 (3.70%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 3 (11.11%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (3.70%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 1 (3.70%) Dynamics 365
1 1 (3.70%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 9 (33.33%) LAN
1 9 (33.33%) WAN
2 7 (25.93%) MPLS
2 7 (25.93%) SDH
3 2 (7.41%) ATM
Development Applications
1 1 (3.70%) Hudson
General
1 13 (48.15%) Telecoms
2 10 (37.04%) Social Skills
3 5 (18.52%) Legal
4 3 (11.11%) Retail
5 2 (7.41%) Organisational Skills
6 1 (3.70%) Analytical Skills
6 1 (3.70%) Documentation Skills
6 1 (3.70%) Finance
6 1 (3.70%) Influencing Skills
6 1 (3.70%) Presentation Skills
6 1 (3.70%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 16 (59.26%) Field Engineer
2 5 (18.52%) Computer Engineer
2 5 (18.52%) Field Hardware Engineer
2 5 (18.52%) Hardware Engineer
2 5 (18.52%) Printer Engineer
3 3 (11.11%) Telecoms Engineer
4 2 (7.41%) ATM Engineer
4 2 (7.41%) EPoS Engineer
4 2 (7.41%) EPoS Field Engineer
4 2 (7.41%) Field Telecoms Engineer
4 2 (7.41%) Support Engineer
5 1 (3.70%) 2nd Line Engineer
5 1 (3.70%) 2nd Line Support
5 1 (3.70%) Analyst
5 1 (3.70%) Business Analyst
5 1 (3.70%) Cisco Engineer
5 1 (3.70%) Cisco Field Engineer
5 1 (3.70%) Field Support Engineer
5 1 (3.70%) IT Engineer
5 1 (3.70%) IT Support Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 5 (18.52%) Virtual Team
2 2 (7.41%) EPoS
Operating Systems
1 7 (25.93%) Windows
2 1 (3.70%) Windows 10
2 1 (3.70%) Windows Server
2 1 (3.70%) Windows Server 2016
2 1 (3.70%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (44.44%) Problem-Solving
2 8 (29.63%) Customer Service
3 5 (18.52%) Service Management
4 4 (14.81%) Logistics
5 2 (7.41%) Collaborative Working
5 2 (7.41%) Service Delivery
6 1 (3.70%) Agile
6 1 (3.70%) Analytical Modelling
6 1 (3.70%) Business Analysis
6 1 (3.70%) Business Intelligence
6 1 (3.70%) Business Process Analysis
6 1 (3.70%) Customer Experience
6 1 (3.70%) Data Management
6 1 (3.70%) Decision-Making
6 1 (3.70%) Proactive Maintenance
6 1 (3.70%) Project Delivery
6 1 (3.70%) Requirements Workshops
6 1 (3.70%) Risk Management
6 1 (3.70%) User Stories
6 1 (3.70%) Workshop Facilitation
Qualifications
1 9 (33.33%) Security Cleared
2 7 (25.93%) SC Cleared
3 2 (7.41%) BPSS Clearance
3 2 (7.41%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (14.81%) SLA
System Software
1 2 (7.41%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 7 (25.93%) Cisco
2 6 (22.22%) Microsoft
3 5 (18.52%) Canon
3 5 (18.52%) Dell
3 5 (18.52%) HP
4 1 (3.70%) Nokia
4 1 (3.70%) ServiceNow