Driving Licence Contracts

Drivers' Licence
UK

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

6 months to
2 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 291 339 497
Rank change year-on-year +48 +158 +141
Contract jobs citing Driving Licence 258 257 190
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.83% 0.59% 0.34%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 2.40% 1.96% 1.04%
Number of daily rates quoted 130 149 143
10th Percentile £140 £142 £132
25th Percentile £153 £170 £170
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £222 £215 £220
Median % change year-on-year +3.02% -2.27% +15.79%
75th Percentile £336 £375 £355
90th Percentile £439 £538 £450
UK excluding London median daily rate £220 £215 £220
% change year-on-year +2.33% -2.27% +15.79%
Number of hourly rates quoted 73 72 10
10th Percentile £13.81 - £17.09
25th Percentile £17.30 £12.15 £17.69
Median hourly rate £18.51 £14.63 £19.59
Median % change year-on-year +26.56% -25.34% +11.94%
75th Percentile £18.87 £15.23 £20.00
90th Percentile £25.15 £29.89 £22.40
UK excluding London median hourly rate £18.51 £14.63 £18.84
% change year-on-year +26.56% -22.37% +7.66%

All Generic Skills
UK

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.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 10,751 13,103 18,334
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 34.66% 30.19% 32.86%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,673 8,321 12,606
10th Percentile £300 £280 £313
25th Percentile £406 £413 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £540 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% -1.82% -
75th Percentile £650 £663 £676
90th Percentile £775 £800 £800
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.00% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 499 926 580
10th Percentile £15.50 £12.25 £9.80
25th Percentile £18.87 £15.39 £11.87
Median hourly rate £30.81 £35.65 £22.50
Median % change year-on-year -13.59% +58.44% -16.60%
75th Percentile £57.55 £62.00 £60.64
90th Percentile £78.71 £72.50 £75.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £30.00 £35.50 £22.50
% change year-on-year -15.49% +57.78% +4.65%

Driving Licence
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Driving Licence in the UK

Driving Licence
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Driving Licence in the UK

Driving Licence
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Driving Licence over the 6 months to 2 July 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Driving Licence in the UK

Driving Licence
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for Driving Licence in the UK

Driving Licence
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Driving Licence over the 6 months to 2 July 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Driving Licence in the UK

Driving Licence
Top 17 Contract Locations

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 over the 6 months to 2 July 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
UK excluding London +35 217 £220 +2.33% 2,428
England +35 213 £205 -4.65% 2,813
South East +25 50 £193 -39.84% 561
Midlands +31 48 £150 - 446
South West +53 37 £278 -47.05% 286
Scotland +30 32 £325 +41.30% 189
London +48 31 £212 -6.00% 617
West Midlands +26 31 £150 -25.00% 245
East of England +41 25 £225 +16.88% 281
North of England -54 22 £220 +15.79% 577
East Midlands +12 17 £175 +16.67% 198
Work from Home +32 14 £415 +29.69% 617
North West -17 11 £190 +14.29% 331
Yorkshire -36 9 £275 +17.02% 171
Wales +4 4 £140 -64.22% 80
North East -4 2 £200 +5.26% 79
Northern Ireland -10 2 - - 43

Driving Licence
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 2 (0.78%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (0.39%) ArcGIS
2 1 (0.39%) SharePoint
2 1 (0.39%) WinCC
Applications
1 25 (9.69%) Microsoft Office
2 16 (6.20%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (1.16%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (0.78%) AutoCAD
4 2 (0.78%) Simulink
5 1 (0.39%) Acrobat
5 1 (0.39%) Revit
Cloud Services
1 33 (12.79%) Microsoft 365
2 20 (7.75%) Azure
3 11 (4.26%) Entra ID
4 3 (1.16%) AWS
4 3 (1.16%) Azure Sentinel
5 1 (0.39%) Dynamics 365
5 1 (0.39%) GCP
5 1 (0.39%) OneDrive
5 1 (0.39%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 12 (4.65%) Broadband
1 12 (4.65%) LAN
2 11 (4.26%) WAN
2 11 (4.26%) Wireless
3 8 (3.10%) ATM
3 8 (3.10%) TCP/IP
4 7 (2.71%) DNS
4 7 (2.71%) Firewall
5 6 (2.33%) Remote Desktop
5 6 (2.33%) VPN
6 5 (1.94%) 3G
6 5 (1.94%) 4G
7 4 (1.55%) 5G
7 4 (1.55%) Ethernet
7 4 (1.55%) Wi-Fi
8 3 (1.16%) 2G
8 3 (1.16%) Cisco Nexus
8 3 (1.16%) SDH
8 3 (1.16%) VLAN
9 2 (0.78%) DHCP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (1.16%) SQL Server
2 2 (0.78%) NoSQL
3 1 (0.39%) GIS
3 1 (0.39%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 1 (0.39%) MSI
General
1 91 (35.27%) Social Skills
2 33 (12.79%) Public Sector
3 29 (11.24%) Finance
4 17 (6.59%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 15 (5.81%) Telecoms
6 13 (5.04%) Analytical Skills
7 6 (2.33%) Banking
7 6 (2.33%) Law
8 5 (1.94%) Electronics
9 3 (1.16%) Organisational Skills
10 2 (0.78%) Automotive
10 2 (0.78%) Fire and Rescue
10 2 (0.78%) Manufacturing
10 2 (0.78%) Marketing
10 2 (0.78%) Police
11 1 (0.39%) Dutch Language
11 1 (0.39%) Italian Language
11 1 (0.39%) Local Government
11 1 (0.39%) Polish Language
11 1 (0.39%) Portuguese Language
Job Titles
1 38 (14.73%) IT Engineer
2 35 (13.57%) Desktop Support
3 31 (12.02%) Analyst
4 26 (10.08%) Support Engineer
5 20 (7.75%) Desktop Engineer
6 18 (6.98%) Field Engineer
7 17 (6.59%) Desktop Support Engineer
8 15 (5.81%) IT Support
9 13 (5.04%) Support Analyst
10 11 (4.26%) EPoS Engineer
11 9 (3.49%) Installations Engineer
12 8 (3.10%) SC Cleared Desktop Support
13 7 (2.71%) Deployment Engineer
13 7 (2.71%) Network Engineer
14 6 (2.33%) IT Analyst
14 6 (2.33%) Project Manager
15 5 (1.94%) Administration Assistant
15 5 (1.94%) Field Service Engineer
15 5 (1.94%) Support Officer
15 5 (1.94%) Technology Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (1.55%) .NET
2 2 (0.78%) .NET Core
2 2 (0.78%) .NET Framework
2 2 (0.78%) ASP.NET
2 2 (0.78%) ASP.NET MVC
2 2 (0.78%) Blazor
2 2 (0.78%) XML
3 1 (0.39%) 802.1X
3 1 (0.39%) Java RMI
Miscellaneous
1 17 (6.59%) Data Centre
2 11 (4.26%) EPoS
3 10 (3.88%) Smartphone
4 7 (2.71%) Fibre Optics
5 6 (2.33%) Analytical Mindset
6 4 (1.55%) IoT
6 4 (1.55%) Onboarding
7 3 (1.16%) CCTV
7 3 (1.16%) SCADA
7 3 (1.16%) Self-Motivation
8 2 (0.78%) Cyber Threat
8 2 (0.78%) Data Protection Act
8 2 (0.78%) Handset
8 2 (0.78%) Management Information System
9 1 (0.39%) CMDB
9 1 (0.39%) Housing Association
9 1 (0.39%) NHS
9 1 (0.39%) Operational Technology
9 1 (0.39%) Social Media
9 1 (0.39%) W3C
Operating Systems
1 48 (18.60%) Windows
2 22 (8.53%) Windows 10
3 8 (3.10%) Android
3 8 (3.10%) Linux
4 6 (2.33%) Mac OS
5 5 (1.94%) Apple iOS
5 5 (1.94%) Windows Server
6 4 (1.55%) Windows 7
7 1 (0.39%) VMS
7 1 (0.39%) Windows Server 2016
7 1 (0.39%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 42 (16.28%) Customer Service
2 34 (13.18%) Customer Experience
3 30 (11.63%) Asset Management
3 30 (11.63%) ITIL
4 27 (10.47%) Problem-Solving
5 23 (8.91%) Ticket Management
6 21 (8.14%) Service Delivery
7 20 (7.75%) Mathematics
8 17 (6.59%) Break/Fix
9 14 (5.43%) Migration
10 13 (5.04%) Inventory Management
11 11 (4.26%) ITSM
12 10 (3.88%) Collaborative Working
13 9 (3.49%) Project Management
14 7 (2.71%) Change Management
14 7 (2.71%) Incident Management
14 7 (2.71%) Infrastructure Engineering
14 7 (2.71%) Risk Management
15 6 (2.33%) IT Strategy
16 5 (1.94%) Resource Allocation
Programming Languages
1 3 (1.16%) Kusto Query Language
1 3 (1.16%) SQL
2 2 (0.78%) C#
3 1 (0.39%) PowerShell
3 1 (0.39%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 86 (33.33%) Security Cleared
2 81 (31.40%) SC Cleared
3 21 (8.14%) Degree
4 18 (6.98%) Dell Certification
5 14 (5.43%) DBS Check
6 8 (3.10%) BPSS Clearance
7 7 (2.71%) DV Cleared
7 7 (2.71%) ITIL Certification
8 5 (1.94%) Cisco Certification
9 3 (1.16%) A+ Certification
9 3 (1.16%) AWS Certification
9 3 (1.16%) CASP
9 3 (1.16%) CCNA
9 3 (1.16%) CISSP
9 3 (1.16%) CompTIA CySA+
9 3 (1.16%) GCIA
9 3 (1.16%) GCIH
9 3 (1.16%) HNC
10 2 (0.78%) CCNP
10 2 (0.78%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 34 (13.18%) SLA
2 9 (3.49%) Accessibility
3 6 (2.33%) COSHH
4 2 (0.78%) GDPR
4 2 (0.78%) ISO 9001
4 2 (0.78%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 2 (0.78%) QA
5 1 (0.39%) HIPAA
5 1 (0.39%) IEC 61131
5 1 (0.39%) ISO/IEC 20000
5 1 (0.39%) PCI DSS
5 1 (0.39%) PMO
System Software
1 28 (10.85%) Active Directory
2 7 (2.71%) VMware Infrastructure
3 3 (1.16%) Hyper-V
4 1 (0.39%) Firmware
4 1 (0.39%) Microsoft App-V
4 1 (0.39%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 10 (3.88%) SCCM
2 7 (2.71%) Microsoft Intune
3 3 (1.16%) FortiGate
4 2 (0.78%) Cisco Prime
4 2 (0.78%) OpenView
4 2 (0.78%) SCOM
5 1 (0.39%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 1 (0.39%) Jamf Pro
Vendors
1 73 (28.29%) Microsoft
2 59 (22.87%) Dell
3 51 (19.77%) HP
4 26 (10.08%) ServiceNow
5 21 (8.14%) Cisco
6 12 (4.65%) BT
7 11 (4.26%) Citrix
8 9 (3.49%) VMware
9 8 (3.10%) Nokia
10 5 (1.94%) Apple
11 3 (1.16%) ArcSight
11 3 (1.16%) Palo Alto
11 3 (1.16%) SAP
11 3 (1.16%) Siemens
12 2 (0.78%) Computacenter
12 2 (0.78%) Juniper
12 2 (0.78%) Logitech
12 2 (0.78%) Samsung
12 2 (0.78%) SolarWinds
13 1 (0.39%) Fortinet