Driving Licence Contract Job Trends in the South East

Drivers' Licence
England > South East

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Driving Licence in contract job vacancies in the South East. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Driving Licence over the 6 months leading up to 27 September 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
27 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 118 118 123
Rank change year-on-year 0 +5 +103
Contract jobs citing Driving Licence 43 67 92
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South East 1.21% 1.49% 1.63%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 3.87% 5.00% 5.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 24 37 65
10th Percentile £146 £159 £178
25th Percentile £170 £189 £205
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £176 £400 £215
Median % change year-on-year -56.00% +86.05% +13.16%
75th Percentile £333 £485 £373
90th Percentile £450 £530 £425
England median daily rate £200 £200 £250
% change year-on-year - -20.00% +16.28%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 1 5
10th Percentile - - £15.65
25th Percentile - £27.00 £16.25
Median hourly rate £22.50 £29.00 £17.50
Median % change year-on-year -22.41% +65.71% -12.50%
75th Percentile - £31.00 £32.32
90th Percentile £24.09 - -
England median hourly rate £18.87 £14.63 £18.00
% change year-on-year +29.03% -18.75% +2.51%

All Generic Skills
South 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 South East.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 1,111 1,341 1,782
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 31.34% 29.80% 31.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 699 773 1,209
10th Percentile £204 £238 £205
25th Percentile £351 £375 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £490 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -2.00% - -2.44%
75th Percentile £588 £608 £615
90th Percentile £675 £688 £700
England median daily rate £525 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -4.55% - -2.22%
Number of hourly rates quoted 94 95 108
10th Percentile £15.13 £13.25 £16.25
25th Percentile £16.95 £27.25 £21.25
Median hourly rate £33.05 £57.35 £54.69
Median % change year-on-year -42.37% +4.87% +139.43%
75th Percentile £58.00 £73.38 £64.69
90th Percentile £70.16 £75.16 £76.82
England median hourly rate £30.50 £57.35 £45.11
% change year-on-year -46.82% +27.15% +76.26%

Driving Licence
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Job postings citing Driving Licence as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Job vacancy trend for Driving Licence in the South East

Driving Licence
Daily Rate Trend in the South East

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

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

Driving Licence
Daily Rate Histogram in the South East

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Driving Licence in the South East over the 6 months to 27 September 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Driving Licence in the South East

Driving Licence
Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

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

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

Driving Licence
Contract Job Locations in the South 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 South East region over the 6 months to 27 September 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
Hampshire -4 18 £333 -21.65% 48
Thames Valley +6 10 £192 -23.30% 81
West Sussex +4 9 £170 - 15
Oxfordshire -8 8 £200 -57.33% 24
Kent -11 5 £146 -33.26% 36
Berkshire +10 2 £150 +3.45% 41
East Sussex 0 1 - - 6
Driving Licence
England

Driving Licence
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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 12 (27.91%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (6.98%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (2.33%) Microsoft Project
3 1 (2.33%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 4 (9.30%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 3 (6.98%) ATM
2 2 (4.65%) Firewall
2 2 (4.65%) Network Security
3 1 (2.33%) Cisco Firepower
3 1 (2.33%) Internet
General
1 30 (69.77%) Social Skills
2 5 (11.63%) Public Sector
3 3 (6.98%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 1 (2.33%) Finance
4 1 (2.33%) Influencing Skills
4 1 (2.33%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 6 (13.95%) Desktop Support
2 4 (9.30%) Desktop Engineer
2 4 (9.30%) IT Engineer
2 4 (9.30%) Network Engineer
3 3 (6.98%) Build Engineer
3 3 (6.98%) Deployment Engineer
3 3 (6.98%) Desktop Build Engineer
3 3 (6.98%) EPoS Engineer
3 3 (6.98%) Senior
4 2 (4.65%) Analyst
4 2 (4.65%) Field Engineer
4 2 (4.65%) Network Security Engineer
4 2 (4.65%) Security Engineer
5 1 (2.33%) 2nd Line Support
5 1 (2.33%) Administrator
5 1 (2.33%) Data Analyst
5 1 (2.33%) Fibre Engineer
5 1 (2.33%) Senior Network Engineer
5 1 (2.33%) Senior Network Security Engineer
5 1 (2.33%) Senior Security Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 5 (11.63%) Onboarding
2 4 (9.30%) Digital Media
3 3 (6.98%) EPoS
4 2 (4.65%) Data Centre
4 2 (4.65%) Handset
4 2 (4.65%) Self-Motivation
5 1 (2.33%) CMDB
5 1 (2.33%) Fibre Optics
5 1 (2.33%) Smartphone
5 1 (2.33%) W3C
Operating Systems
1 4 (9.30%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (27.91%) Customer Service
2 7 (16.28%) Inventory Management
3 6 (13.95%) Inventory Control
3 6 (13.95%) Migration
3 6 (13.95%) Storage Management
3 6 (13.95%) Workflow
3 6 (13.95%) Workflow Management
4 4 (9.30%) Asset Management
4 4 (9.30%) Digital Forensics
4 4 (9.30%) ITIL
5 3 (6.98%) Data Management
5 3 (6.98%) Service Delivery
6 2 (4.65%) Business Case
6 2 (4.65%) Economics
6 2 (4.65%) Feasibility Study
6 2 (4.65%) Problem-Solving
7 1 (2.33%) Co-Creation
7 1 (2.33%) Collaborative Working
7 1 (2.33%) Customer-Centricity
7 1 (2.33%) Service Design
Qualifications
1 12 (27.91%) Security Cleared
2 11 (25.58%) Degree
2 11 (25.58%) SC Cleared
3 6 (13.95%) DBS Check
4 1 (2.33%) BPSS Clearance
4 1 (2.33%) CCNA
4 1 (2.33%) Cisco Certification
4 1 (2.33%) IBM Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (6.98%) ISO 9001
1 3 (6.98%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (2.33%) COSHH
2 1 (2.33%) SLA
System Software
1 3 (6.98%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 3 (6.98%) SCCM
2 2 (4.65%) Active Directory Federation Services
3 1 (2.33%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 7 (16.28%) Microsoft
2 4 (9.30%) Cellebrite
3 2 (4.65%) Cisco
3 2 (4.65%) Dell
3 2 (4.65%) Samsung
4 1 (2.33%) CheckPoint
4 1 (2.33%) Fortinet
4 1 (2.33%) IBM
4 1 (2.33%) Juniper
4 1 (2.33%) Openreach
4 1 (2.33%) SolarWinds