Driving Licence Contracts 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 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 88 113 138
Rank change year-on-year +25 +25 0
Contract jobs citing Driving Licence 28 16 25
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Scotland 1.72% 0.72% 0.87%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 4.53% 2.19% 2.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 16 16 24
10th Percentile £140 £129 £115
25th Percentile £140 £142 £121
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £263 £191 £133
Median % change year-on-year +37.25% +44.34% +12.29%
75th Percentile £338 £200 £179
90th Percentile £362 £233 £326
UK median daily rate £200 £210 £205
% change year-on-year -4.76% +2.44% +19.71%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - -
Median hourly rate £17.30 - -
75th Percentile £17.60 - -
90th Percentile £18.51 - -
UK median hourly rate £18.51 £14.63 £18.50
% change year-on-year +26.56% -20.95% +8.50%

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 618 732 1,037
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Scotland 38.03% 33.02% 36.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 316 426 712
10th Percentile £221 £203 £250
25th Percentile £400 £400 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £467 £475 £488
Median % change year-on-year -1.68% -2.56% +2.63%
75th Percentile £538 £588 £560
90th Percentile £600 £675 £675
UK median daily rate £525 £538 £550
% change year-on-year -2.33% -2.27% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 28 36 23
10th Percentile - £13.75 -
25th Percentile £17.30 £16.25 £10.63
Median hourly rate £22.00 £18.14 £12.30
Median % change year-on-year +21.31% +47.44% -71.40%
75th Percentile £24.66 £38.25 £28.81
90th Percentile £42.00 £60.38 £52.55
UK median hourly rate £32.05 £30.00 £22.49
% change year-on-year +6.83% +33.42% -18.24%

Driving Licence
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

Job postings citing Driving Licence as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Scotland.

Job vacancy trend for Driving Licence in Scotland

Driving Licence
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Scotland

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Driving Licence in Scotland.

Daily rate trend for Driving Licence in Scotland

Driving Licence
Daily Rate Histogram in Scotland

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Driving Licence in Scotland over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Driving Licence in Scotland

Driving Licence
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Scotland

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Driving Licence in Scotland.

Hourly rate trend for Driving Licence in Scotland

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 1 May 2025. 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
Edinburgh +13 10 £140 -31.71% 16
Glasgow +6 9 £325 +117.76% 16
Fife - 2 - - 3
Dundee - 2 £193 - 6
Highlands +1 1 - - 3
West Dunbartonshire - 1 £141 - 2
Driving Licence
UK

Driving Licence
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Scotland by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Applications
1 3 (10.71%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (3.57%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 2 (7.14%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 6 (21.43%) LAN
1 6 (21.43%) Remote Desktop
2 5 (17.86%) WAN
3 4 (14.29%) ATM
4 3 (10.71%) SDH
5 2 (7.14%) Ethernet
5 2 (7.14%) Firewall
5 2 (7.14%) Wireless
6 1 (3.57%) 4G
6 1 (3.57%) ADSL
6 1 (3.57%) BGP
6 1 (3.57%) Cisco IOS
6 1 (3.57%) Cisco Nexus
6 1 (3.57%) MPLS
6 1 (3.57%) OSPF
6 1 (3.57%) PSTN
6 1 (3.57%) TCP/IP
6 1 (3.57%) VPN
General
1 10 (35.71%) Telecoms
2 5 (17.86%) Public Sector
3 4 (14.29%) Electronics
4 3 (10.71%) Social Skills
5 2 (7.14%) Analytical Skills
5 2 (7.14%) Finance
6 1 (3.57%) Banking
6 1 (3.57%) Manufacturing
6 1 (3.57%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 7 (25.00%) Field Engineer
2 6 (21.43%) Desktop Support
3 4 (14.29%) EPoS Engineer
3 4 (14.29%) IT Engineer
3 4 (14.29%) Network Engineer
4 3 (10.71%) Project Engineer
4 3 (10.71%) Telecoms Engineer
5 2 (7.14%) 2nd Line Support
5 2 (7.14%) 2nd Line Support Analyst
5 2 (7.14%) Analyst
5 2 (7.14%) Field Telecoms Engineer
5 2 (7.14%) Network Field Engineer
5 2 (7.14%) Support Analyst
6 1 (3.57%) Break Fix Engineer
6 1 (3.57%) Cisco Engineer
6 1 (3.57%) Cisco Network Engineer
6 1 (3.57%) Hardware Engineer
6 1 (3.57%) IT Technician
6 1 (3.57%) Senior
6 1 (3.57%) Senior Network Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (3.57%) Java RMI
Miscellaneous
1 7 (25.00%) Data Centre
2 4 (14.29%) EPoS
3 3 (10.71%) Fibre Optics
4 2 (7.14%) iPad
4 2 (7.14%) SCADA
5 1 (3.57%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 2 (7.14%) Apple iOS
1 2 (7.14%) Windows
1 2 (7.14%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (32.14%) Break/Fix
2 8 (28.57%) Customer Service
3 4 (14.29%) Ticket Management
4 3 (10.71%) Asset Management
4 3 (10.71%) Problem-Solving
4 3 (10.71%) Process Management
4 3 (10.71%) Project Delivery
5 2 (7.14%) Analytical Thinking
5 2 (7.14%) Incident Management
5 2 (7.14%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 2 (7.14%) Project Management
5 2 (7.14%) Software Deployment
5 2 (7.14%) Strategic Planning
6 1 (3.57%) Budgeting and Resource Allocation
6 1 (3.57%) Continuous Improvement
6 1 (3.57%) Critical Success Factor
6 1 (3.57%) Network Monitoring
6 1 (3.57%) Performance Monitoring
6 1 (3.57%) Resource Allocation
6 1 (3.57%) Signal Processing
Qualifications
1 6 (21.43%) SC Cleared
1 6 (21.43%) Security Cleared
2 4 (14.29%) DBS Check
3 3 (10.71%) BPSS Clearance
3 3 (10.71%) HNC
4 2 (7.14%) CCNP
4 2 (7.14%) Cisco Certification
5 1 (3.57%) A+ Certification
5 1 (3.57%) BC Cleared
5 1 (3.57%) Degree
5 1 (3.57%) Dell Certification
5 1 (3.57%) NVQ Level 3
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (7.14%) SLA
2 1 (3.57%) Disclosure Scotland
2 1 (3.57%) QA
System Software
1 2 (7.14%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (7.14%) SCCM
2 1 (3.57%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 10 (35.71%) Cisco
1 10 (35.71%) Dell
2 7 (25.00%) Nokia
2 7 (25.00%) ServiceNow
3 6 (21.43%) Citrix
4 4 (14.29%) HP
5 3 (10.71%) Microsoft
6 2 (7.14%) Palo Alto
7 1 (3.57%) CheckPoint
7 1 (3.57%) Computacenter
7 1 (3.57%) Juniper
7 1 (3.57%) SAP