Driving Licence Contract Job Trends 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 24 December 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
24 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 158 164 203
Rank change year-on-year +6 +39 +84
Contract jobs citing Driving Licence 289 202 216
As % of all contract jobs in the UK excluding London 1.58% 1.36% 1.11%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 4.80% 4.35% 3.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 160 121 162
10th Percentile £146 £140 £135
25th Percentile £163 £143 £185
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £170 £180 £210
Median % change year-on-year -5.56% -14.29% +13.51%
75th Percentile £238 £248 £373
90th Percentile £403 £438 £436
UK median daily rate £170 £180 £210
% change year-on-year -5.56% -14.29% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 75 9 18
10th Percentile £12.97 £16.44 £14.26
25th Percentile £15.50 £19.97 £16.25
Median hourly rate £18.44 £24.18 £17.97
Median % change year-on-year -23.76% +34.54% +2.35%
75th Percentile £18.99 £30.68 £20.38
90th Percentile £25.00 £30.74 £32.32
UK median hourly rate £18.87 £24.18 £18.00
% change year-on-year -21.96% +34.33% +2.68%

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 6,019 4,649 6,075
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 32.93% 31.30% 31.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,725 2,613 3,841
10th Percentile £204 £201 £210
25th Percentile £358 £358 £373
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% - -
75th Percentile £575 £600 £600
90th Percentile £670 £688 £699
UK median daily rate £505 £533 £550
% change year-on-year -5.25% -3.09% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 472 250 381
10th Percentile £13.08 £17.88 £16.25
25th Percentile £17.07 £22.50 £20.00
Median hourly rate £27.21 £32.50 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -16.28% -27.78% +51.41%
75th Percentile £65.00 £66.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £76.13 £78.47 £78.00
UK median hourly rate £27.00 £33.54 £42.50
% change year-on-year -19.50% -21.08% +21.43%

Driving Licence
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Driving Licence job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

Driving Licence
Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Driving Licence.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Driving Licence

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 24 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Driving Licence in the UK excluding London

Driving Licence
Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Driving Licence.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Driving Licence

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 24 December 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 24 December 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
North of England -23 72 £163 -9.44% 146
Midlands -19 57 £200 +21.21% 117
South West +20 48 £170 +6.25% 73
South East -23 48 £200 -20.20% 134
North West -11 44 £163 -9.44% 82
West Midlands -12 39 £200 +37.93% 68
Scotland +19 27 £213 +18.06% 28
East of England -6 23 £190 -45.71% 65
East Midlands -3 20 £188 +4.17% 49
Yorkshire -33 20 £388 +136.64% 47
Wales +4 12 £168 -2.90% 10
Northern Ireland -2 10 £150 -14.29% 3
North East -1 7 £163 +16.43% 22
Driving Licence
UK

Driving Licence
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 5 (1.73%) SharePoint
2 4 (1.38%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (0.35%) ArcGIS
3 1 (0.35%) HCL Notes
Applications
1 27 (9.34%) Microsoft Office
2 14 (4.84%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.69%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 2 (0.69%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (0.35%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (0.35%) Pegasus Opera
1 1 (0.35%) Primavera
Cloud Services
1 31 (10.73%) Microsoft 365
2 6 (2.08%) Azure
2 6 (2.08%) OneDrive
3 5 (1.73%) Entra ID
4 2 (0.69%) Cloud Computing
5 1 (0.35%) AWS
5 1 (0.35%) Azure Sentinel
5 1 (0.35%) Dynamics 365
Communications & Networking
1 20 (6.92%) LAN
1 20 (6.92%) WAN
2 17 (5.88%) ATM
3 13 (4.50%) TCP/IP
4 12 (4.15%) Structured Cabling
5 7 (2.42%) MPLS
5 7 (2.42%) SDH
5 7 (2.42%) Wi-Fi
5 7 (2.42%) Wireless
6 6 (2.08%) Firewall
7 5 (1.73%) DHCP
7 5 (1.73%) DNS
7 5 (1.73%) Unified Communications
8 3 (1.04%) VoIP
8 3 (1.04%) VPN
9 2 (0.69%) Internet
9 2 (0.69%) Intranet
9 2 (0.69%) Network Security
9 2 (0.69%) TETRA
9 2 (0.69%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (0.35%) GIS
1 1 (0.35%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 2 (0.69%) JIRA
2 1 (0.35%) Hudson
General
1 125 (43.25%) Social Skills
2 30 (10.38%) Public Sector
2 30 (10.38%) Telecoms
3 22 (7.61%) Organisational Skills
4 13 (4.50%) Finance
5 11 (3.81%) Retail
6 8 (2.77%) Analytical Skills
6 8 (2.77%) Legal
6 8 (2.77%) Manufacturing
7 3 (1.04%) Documentation Skills
7 3 (1.04%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 2 (0.69%) Electronics
8 2 (0.69%) Marketing
9 1 (0.35%) Advertising
9 1 (0.35%) Automotive
9 1 (0.35%) Aviation
9 1 (0.35%) Banking
9 1 (0.35%) Influencing Skills
9 1 (0.35%) Local Government
9 1 (0.35%) Military
Job Titles
1 45 (15.57%) Field Engineer
2 37 (12.80%) Trainer
3 31 (10.73%) IT Engineer
4 24 (8.30%) Support Engineer
5 23 (7.96%) Analyst
6 21 (7.27%) IT Support
7 19 (6.57%) Support Analyst
8 17 (5.88%) EPoS Engineer
9 16 (5.54%) Deployment Engineer
10 14 (4.84%) 2nd Line Support
11 13 (4.50%) IT Support Engineer
12 9 (3.11%) Asset Management Analyst
12 9 (3.11%) Project Manager
12 9 (3.11%) Technical Analyst
12 9 (3.11%) Technical Support
12 9 (3.11%) Technical Support Analyst
13 8 (2.77%) EPoS Field Engineer
13 8 (2.77%) Lead
14 7 (2.42%) Cabling Engineer
14 7 (2.42%) IT Support Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 49 (16.96%) EPoS
2 12 (4.15%) Management Information System
3 10 (3.46%) CMDB
4 9 (3.11%) Data Centre
5 8 (2.77%) Self-Motivation
6 7 (2.42%) CCTV
6 7 (2.42%) Fibre Optics
7 6 (2.08%) Handset
7 6 (2.08%) NHS
7 6 (2.08%) Onboarding
7 6 (2.08%) Social Media
8 5 (1.73%) Smartphone
9 4 (1.38%) Digital Media
9 4 (1.38%) Virtual Team
10 3 (1.04%) e-Learning
10 3 (1.04%) Operational Technology
10 3 (1.04%) Web Conferencing
11 2 (0.69%) Cyber Threat
11 2 (0.69%) Data Protection Act
12 1 (0.35%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 71 (24.57%) Windows
2 25 (8.65%) Windows 10
3 13 (4.50%) Windows Server
4 5 (1.73%) Apple iOS
5 4 (1.38%) Android
6 1 (0.35%) Linux
6 1 (0.35%) Windows 7
6 1 (0.35%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 68 (23.53%) Customer Service
2 42 (14.53%) Problem-Solving
3 36 (12.46%) Asset Management
4 32 (11.07%) Service Delivery
5 21 (7.27%) ITIL
6 20 (6.92%) Coaching
7 18 (6.23%) Service Management
8 15 (5.19%) Ticket Management
9 14 (4.84%) Logistics
10 13 (4.50%) Break/Fix
10 13 (4.50%) Cybersecurity
10 13 (4.50%) Migration
11 12 (4.15%) ITSM
11 12 (4.15%) Project Management
12 10 (3.46%) Continuous Improvement
13 9 (3.11%) Collaborative Working
13 9 (3.11%) Project Delivery
13 9 (3.11%) Test Automation
14 8 (2.77%) Change Management
14 8 (2.77%) Data Protection
Programming Languages
1 2 (0.69%) PowerShell
2 1 (0.35%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 67 (23.18%) Security Cleared
2 54 (18.69%) SC Cleared
3 25 (8.65%) Degree
4 23 (7.96%) DBS Check
5 12 (4.15%) A+ Certification
6 10 (3.46%) Microsoft Certification
7 7 (2.42%) CCNA
7 7 (2.42%) Cisco Certification
8 6 (2.08%) BPSS Clearance
8 6 (2.08%) ECDL
9 4 (1.38%) HND
10 3 (1.04%) HNC
11 2 (0.69%) CCNP
11 2 (0.69%) CISSP
12 1 (0.35%) CCSA
12 1 (0.35%) Dell Certification
12 1 (0.35%) ITIL Certification
12 1 (0.35%) MCP
12 1 (0.35%) PMI Certification
12 1 (0.35%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (4.84%) SLA
2 6 (2.08%) ISO 9001
2 6 (2.08%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 3 (1.04%) QA
4 2 (0.69%) Cyber Essentials
4 2 (0.69%) GDPR
5 1 (0.35%) Accessibility
5 1 (0.35%) Actionable Recommendations
5 1 (0.35%) COSHH
5 1 (0.35%) IEC 61131
System Software
1 39 (13.49%) Active Directory
2 2 (0.69%) BitLocker
2 2 (0.69%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (0.35%) Hyper-V
3 1 (0.35%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 5 (1.73%) SCCM
2 2 (0.69%) Microsoft Intune
3 1 (0.35%) Active Directory Federation Services
3 1 (0.35%) AirWatch
Vendors
1 67 (23.18%) Microsoft
2 17 (5.88%) HP
3 16 (5.54%) Dell
3 16 (5.54%) ServiceNow
4 10 (3.46%) Cisco
5 7 (2.42%) Computacenter
6 4 (1.38%) Canon
6 4 (1.38%) Cellebrite
6 4 (1.38%) SAP
7 3 (1.04%) CheckPoint
7 3 (1.04%) Fortinet
7 3 (1.04%) iManage
7 3 (1.04%) NCR
7 3 (1.04%) SolarWinds
8 2 (0.69%) VMware
9 1 (0.35%) Ariba
9 1 (0.35%) Lotus
9 1 (0.35%) NEC
9 1 (0.35%) Nokia
9 1 (0.35%) Sage