Driving Licence Contracts in the UK excluding London

Drivers' Licence
UK > UK excluding London

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Driving Licence in contract job vacancies in the UK excluding London. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Driving Licence over the 6 months leading up to 2 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 165 170 275
Rank change year-on-year +5 +105 +32
Contract jobs citing Driving Licence 191 254 174
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 1.49% 1.22% 0.73%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 4.50% 4.15% 2.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 101 161 127
10th Percentile £140 £133 £129
25th Percentile £150 £163 £150
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £200 £210 £200
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% +21.21%
75th Percentile £288 £330 £355
90th Percentile £372 £413 £433
UK median daily rate £200 £210 £205
% change year-on-year -4.76% +2.44% +19.71%
Number of hourly rates quoted 45 72 12
10th Percentile £13.81 - £15.89
25th Percentile £16.75 £12.15 £17.22
Median hourly rate £18.51 £14.63 £18.06
Median % change year-on-year +26.56% -19.02% +5.92%
75th Percentile £18.87 £15.23 £20.00
90th Percentile £21.01 £28.88 £20.90
UK median hourly rate £18.51 £14.63 £18.50
% change year-on-year +26.56% -20.95% +8.50%

All Generic Skills
UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 4,246 6,122 7,798
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 33.19% 29.50% 32.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,608 3,666 5,259
10th Percentile £210 £210 £213
25th Percentile £363 £376 £388
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £495 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -1.00% - +5.26%
75th Percentile £588 £595 £618
90th Percentile £665 £688 £700
UK median daily rate £525 £538 £550
% change year-on-year -2.33% -2.27% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 304 724 436
10th Percentile £16.81 £12.15 £9.80
25th Percentile £20.28 £14.06 £10.63
Median hourly rate £31.42 £28.13 £22.00
Median % change year-on-year +11.72% +27.84% +9.64%
75th Percentile £64.64 £61.30 £65.00
90th Percentile £82.99 £70.00 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £32.28 £30.00 £22.49
% change year-on-year +7.58% +33.42% -18.24%

Driving Licence
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing Driving Licence as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Driving Licence in the UK excluding London

Driving Licence
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Driving Licence in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for Driving Licence in the UK excluding London

Driving Licence
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Driving Licence in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 2 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Driving Licence in the UK excluding London

Driving Licence
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Driving Licence in the UK excluding London.

Hourly rate trend for Driving Licence in the UK excluding London

Driving Licence
Hourly Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Driving Licence in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 2 May 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Driving Licence in the UK excluding London

Driving Licence
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 2 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
Midlands +30 40 £150 -21.05% 272
South East +4 40 £220 +2.33% 309
South West +51 31 £160 -28.89% 165
Scotland +25 28 £263 +37.25% 79
West Midlands +25 26 £150 -25.00% 152
East of England +47 24 £225 +4.65% 161
North of England -41 24 £210 +10.53% 278
East Midlands +15 14 £150 - 111
North West -13 11 £200 +26.98% 136
Yorkshire -27 11 £275 -32.52% 105
Wales +7 7 £170 +11.48% 44
North East -6 2 £200 +5.26% 41
Driving Licence
UK

Driving Licence
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (0.52%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (0.52%) WinCC
Applications
1 18 (9.42%) Microsoft Office
2 6 (3.14%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.52%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.52%) Simulink
Cloud Services
1 25 (13.09%) Microsoft 365
2 15 (7.85%) Azure
3 10 (5.24%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 14 (7.33%) ATM
2 10 (5.24%) Broadband
3 9 (4.71%) LAN
4 8 (4.19%) TCP/IP
4 8 (4.19%) VPN
4 8 (4.19%) WAN
5 6 (3.14%) 4G
5 6 (3.14%) DNS
5 6 (3.14%) Firewall
5 6 (3.14%) Remote Desktop
5 6 (3.14%) Wireless
6 5 (2.62%) Wi-Fi
7 4 (2.09%) 5G
8 3 (1.57%) 2G
8 3 (1.57%) 3G
8 3 (1.57%) Ethernet
8 3 (1.57%) SDH
8 3 (1.57%) VLAN
9 2 (1.05%) Internet
9 2 (1.05%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (0.52%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (0.52%) MSI
General
1 68 (35.60%) Social Skills
2 29 (15.18%) Finance
3 22 (11.52%) Public Sector
4 15 (7.85%) Analytical Skills
5 10 (5.24%) Telecoms
6 9 (4.71%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 6 (3.14%) Law
8 4 (2.09%) Electronics
9 2 (1.05%) Manufacturing
9 2 (1.05%) Police
10 1 (0.52%) Automotive
10 1 (0.52%) Banking
10 1 (0.52%) Fire and Rescue
10 1 (0.52%) Influencing Skills
10 1 (0.52%) Local Government
10 1 (0.52%) Marketing
10 1 (0.52%) Military
10 1 (0.52%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 35 (18.32%) Desktop Support
2 29 (15.18%) IT Engineer
3 28 (14.66%) Support Engineer
4 26 (13.61%) Analyst
5 24 (12.57%) Desktop Engineer
6 23 (12.04%) Desktop Support Engineer
7 20 (10.47%) Field Engineer
8 15 (7.85%) EPoS Engineer
9 12 (6.28%) IT Support
10 11 (5.76%) Support Analyst
11 9 (4.71%) SC Cleared Desktop Support
12 8 (4.19%) 2nd Line Support
13 7 (3.66%) Infrastructure Engineer
14 6 (3.14%) Field Service Engineer
14 6 (3.14%) Network Engineer
14 6 (3.14%) Service Analyst
14 6 (3.14%) Service Desk Analyst
15 5 (2.62%) IT Analyst
15 5 (2.62%) Support Officer
16 4 (2.09%) Administration Assistant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (0.52%) Java RMI
Miscellaneous
1 15 (7.85%) EPoS
2 10 (5.24%) Data Centre
2 10 (5.24%) Smartphone
3 7 (3.66%) Analytical Mindset
4 5 (2.62%) Fibre Optics
5 4 (2.09%) IoT
6 3 (1.57%) CCTV
6 3 (1.57%) SCADA
6 3 (1.57%) Self-Motivation
7 2 (1.05%) iPad
8 1 (0.52%) CMDB
8 1 (0.52%) Data Protection Act
8 1 (0.52%) Handset
8 1 (0.52%) Housing Association
8 1 (0.52%) Onboarding
8 1 (0.52%) Operational Technology
8 1 (0.52%) Product Ownership
8 1 (0.52%) Smart Meter
8 1 (0.52%) Video Conferencing
8 1 (0.52%) W3C
Operating Systems
1 38 (19.90%) Windows
2 18 (9.42%) Windows 10
3 5 (2.62%) Apple iOS
4 4 (2.09%) Android
4 4 (2.09%) Windows Server
5 3 (1.57%) Linux
5 3 (1.57%) Windows 7
6 1 (0.52%) Mac OS
6 1 (0.52%) VMS
6 1 (0.52%) Windows Server 2016
6 1 (0.52%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 39 (20.42%) Customer Experience
2 23 (12.04%) Customer Service
2 23 (12.04%) Mathematics
3 22 (11.52%) Asset Management
4 21 (10.99%) ITIL
5 19 (9.95%) Problem-Solving
6 18 (9.42%) Ticket Management
7 15 (7.85%) Break/Fix
8 10 (5.24%) Infrastructure Engineering
9 9 (4.71%) ITSM
10 8 (4.19%) Project Management
11 7 (3.66%) Inventory Management
12 6 (3.14%) Project Delivery
12 6 (3.14%) Service Delivery
13 5 (2.62%) Collaborative Working
13 5 (2.62%) IT Strategy
14 4 (2.09%) Change Management
14 4 (2.09%) Incident Management
14 4 (2.09%) Project Planning
14 4 (2.09%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (0.52%) PowerShell
1 1 (0.52%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 65 (34.03%) Security Cleared
2 62 (32.46%) SC Cleared
3 24 (12.57%) Dell Certification
4 16 (8.38%) DBS Check
5 9 (4.71%) Degree
6 5 (2.62%) BPSS Clearance
7 3 (1.57%) HNC
8 2 (1.05%) A+ Certification
8 2 (1.05%) CCNP
8 2 (1.05%) Cisco Certification
8 2 (1.05%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
8 2 (1.05%) Microsoft Certification
9 1 (0.52%) BC Cleared
9 1 (0.52%) ECDL
9 1 (0.52%) IBM Certification
9 1 (0.52%) MCP
9 1 (0.52%) MCSE
9 1 (0.52%) NVQ Level 3
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 38 (19.90%) SLA
2 8 (4.19%) Accessibility
3 5 (2.62%) COSHH
4 2 (1.05%) QA
5 1 (0.52%) Disclosure Scotland
5 1 (0.52%) IEC 61131
5 1 (0.52%) ISO 9001
5 1 (0.52%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 19 (9.95%) Active Directory
2 7 (3.66%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (1.05%) Hyper-V
4 1 (0.52%) Microsoft App-V
Systems Management
1 9 (4.71%) Microsoft Intune
2 7 (3.66%) SCCM
3 2 (1.05%) SCOM
4 1 (0.52%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 62 (32.46%) Microsoft
2 58 (30.37%) Dell
3 51 (26.70%) HP
4 22 (11.52%) ServiceNow
5 16 (8.38%) Cisco
6 12 (6.28%) Citrix
7 10 (5.24%) BT
8 9 (4.71%) VMware
9 8 (4.19%) Nokia
10 2 (1.05%) Computacenter
10 2 (1.05%) Ericsson
10 2 (1.05%) IBM
10 2 (1.05%) Juniper
10 2 (1.05%) Palo Alto
10 2 (1.05%) SolarWinds
11 1 (0.52%) Aruba
11 1 (0.52%) Extreme Networks
11 1 (0.52%) Openreach
11 1 (0.52%) Rockwell
11 1 (0.52%) Samsung