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 30 April 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Apr 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 317 330 512
Rank change year-on-year +13 +182 +73
Contract jobs citing Driving Licence 216 287 201
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.74% 0.66% 0.34%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 2.18% 2.17% 1.01%
Number of daily rates quoted 119 185 150
10th Percentile £140 £137 £130
25th Percentile £150 £163 £159
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £200 £210 £205
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +2.44% +19.71%
75th Percentile £283 £330 £355
90th Percentile £387 £415 £450
UK excluding London median daily rate £200 £210 £200
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% +21.21%
Number of hourly rates quoted 48 73 13
10th Percentile £13.81 - £16.03
25th Percentile £17.16 £12.15 £17.25
Median hourly rate £18.51 £14.63 £18.50
Median % change year-on-year +26.56% -20.95% +8.50%
75th Percentile £20.25 £15.23 £20.00
90th Percentile £26.62 £29.78 £20.80
UK excluding London median hourly rate £18.51 £14.63 £18.06
% change year-on-year +26.56% -19.02% +5.92%

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 9,915 13,252 19,898
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 33.91% 30.40% 33.34%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,331 8,505 13,670
10th Percentile £300 £263 £308
25th Percentile £413 £413 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £538 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.42% -2.18% -
75th Percentile £650 £660 £680
90th Percentile £775 £788 £800
UK excluding London median daily rate £496 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -0.90% - +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 394 910 640
10th Percentile £16.46 £12.25 £9.80
25th Percentile £21.00 £15.17 £10.63
Median hourly rate £32.05 £30.00 £22.49
Median % change year-on-year +6.83% +33.42% -18.24%
75th Percentile £63.75 £60.66 £65.00
90th Percentile £82.99 £70.00 £75.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £30.93 £27.75 £22.00
% change year-on-year +11.46% +26.14% +9.64%

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 30 April 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 30 April 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Driving Licence in the UK

Driving Licence
Top 16 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 30 April 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 +10 189 £200 -4.76% 949
England -8 178 £200 -5.88% 979
South East -1 40 £220 +2.33% 229
Midlands +33 39 £150 -21.05% 209
South West +53 31 £160 -28.89% 114
Scotland +21 28 £263 +37.25% 68
West Midlands +25 25 £150 -25.00% 115
North of England -36 24 £210 +10.53% 202
East of England +50 23 £225 +4.65% 103
London +35 23 £220 +10.00% 130
Work from Home +36 14 £375 -0.13% 202
East Midlands +11 14 £150 - 89
North West -16 11 £200 +26.98% 101
Yorkshire -19 11 £275 -32.52% 79
Wales +8 7 £170 - 33
North East -4 2 £200 +5.26% 24

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 3 (1.39%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (0.46%) SharePoint
2 1 (0.46%) WinCC
Applications
1 20 (9.26%) Microsoft Office
2 8 (3.70%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.93%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.46%) Acrobat
Cloud Services
1 28 (12.96%) Microsoft 365
2 20 (9.26%) Azure
3 12 (5.56%) Entra ID
4 2 (0.93%) AWS
5 1 (0.46%) GCP
5 1 (0.46%) OneDrive
5 1 (0.46%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 14 (6.48%) ATM
2 12 (5.56%) WAN
3 11 (5.09%) LAN
4 10 (4.63%) Broadband
5 8 (3.70%) TCP/IP
5 8 (3.70%) VPN
6 7 (3.24%) Structured Cabling
6 7 (3.24%) Wi-Fi
7 6 (2.78%) 4G
7 6 (2.78%) DNS
7 6 (2.78%) Firewall
7 6 (2.78%) Remote Desktop
7 6 (2.78%) Wireless
8 5 (2.31%) 3G
9 4 (1.85%) 5G
10 3 (1.39%) 2G
10 3 (1.39%) Ethernet
10 3 (1.39%) SDH
10 3 (1.39%) VLAN
11 2 (0.93%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (0.93%) SQL Server
2 1 (0.46%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 1 (0.46%) MSI
General
1 76 (35.19%) Social Skills
2 30 (13.89%) Finance
3 29 (13.43%) Public Sector
4 17 (7.87%) Analytical Skills
5 11 (5.09%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 11 (5.09%) Telecoms
6 6 (2.78%) Law
7 5 (2.31%) Electronics
8 3 (1.39%) Manufacturing
9 2 (0.93%) Banking
9 2 (0.93%) Local Government
9 2 (0.93%) Marketing
9 2 (0.93%) Police
10 1 (0.46%) Aviation
10 1 (0.46%) Dutch Language
10 1 (0.46%) Fire and Rescue
10 1 (0.46%) Influencing Skills
10 1 (0.46%) Italian Language
10 1 (0.46%) Polish Language
10 1 (0.46%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 35 (16.20%) Desktop Support
2 34 (15.74%) IT Engineer
3 29 (13.43%) Support Engineer
4 27 (12.50%) Analyst
5 24 (11.11%) Desktop Engineer
5 24 (11.11%) Field Engineer
6 23 (10.65%) Desktop Support Engineer
7 17 (7.87%) EPoS Engineer
8 14 (6.48%) IT Support
9 12 (5.56%) Support Analyst
10 9 (4.17%) 2nd Line Support
10 9 (4.17%) SC Cleared Desktop Support
11 8 (3.70%) Field Service Engineer
11 8 (3.70%) Project Engineer
12 7 (3.24%) Cabling Engineer
12 7 (3.24%) Infrastructure Engineer
13 6 (2.78%) IT Analyst
13 6 (2.78%) Network Engineer
13 6 (2.78%) Service Analyst
13 6 (2.78%) Service Desk Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (1.39%) .NET
2 2 (0.93%) .NET Framework
2 2 (0.93%) XML
3 1 (0.46%) .NET Core
3 1 (0.46%) ASP.NET
3 1 (0.46%) ASP.NET MVC
3 1 (0.46%) Blazor
3 1 (0.46%) Java RMI
Miscellaneous
1 17 (7.87%) EPoS
2 11 (5.09%) Data Centre
3 10 (4.63%) Smartphone
4 7 (3.24%) Analytical Mindset
4 7 (3.24%) Fibre Optics
5 4 (1.85%) IoT
6 3 (1.39%) CCTV
6 3 (1.39%) SCADA
6 3 (1.39%) Self-Motivation
7 2 (0.93%) Data Protection Act
7 2 (0.93%) iPad
8 1 (0.46%) CMDB
8 1 (0.46%) Handset
8 1 (0.46%) Housing Association
8 1 (0.46%) NHS
8 1 (0.46%) Onboarding
8 1 (0.46%) Product Ownership
8 1 (0.46%) Smart Meter
8 1 (0.46%) Video Conferencing
8 1 (0.46%) W3C
Operating Systems
1 39 (18.06%) Windows
2 19 (8.80%) Windows 10
3 6 (2.78%) Apple iOS
4 4 (1.85%) Android
4 4 (1.85%) Linux
4 4 (1.85%) Windows Server
5 3 (1.39%) Windows 7
6 2 (0.93%) Mac OS
7 1 (0.46%) VMS
7 1 (0.46%) Windows Server 2016
7 1 (0.46%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 39 (18.06%) Customer Experience
2 32 (14.81%) Problem-Solving
3 25 (11.57%) Customer Service
3 25 (11.57%) ITIL
3 25 (11.57%) Mathematics
4 22 (10.19%) Asset Management
5 18 (8.33%) Ticket Management
6 16 (7.41%) Break/Fix
7 12 (5.56%) Project Management
8 10 (4.63%) Infrastructure Engineering
9 9 (4.17%) ITSM
10 8 (3.70%) Inventory Management
10 8 (3.70%) Risk Management
11 7 (3.24%) Change Management
11 7 (3.24%) Collaborative Working
11 7 (3.24%) Project Planning
11 7 (3.24%) Service Delivery
11 7 (3.24%) Stakeholder Management
12 6 (2.78%) Incident Management
12 6 (2.78%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 2 (0.93%) C#
2 1 (0.46%) PowerShell
2 1 (0.46%) SQL
2 1 (0.46%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 70 (32.41%) Security Cleared
2 66 (30.56%) SC Cleared
3 25 (11.57%) Dell Certification
4 16 (7.41%) DBS Check
5 9 (4.17%) Degree
6 5 (2.31%) BPSS Clearance
7 3 (1.39%) A+ Certification
7 3 (1.39%) HNC
7 3 (1.39%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
7 3 (1.39%) Microsoft Certification
8 2 (0.93%) AWS Certification
8 2 (0.93%) CCNP
8 2 (0.93%) Cisco Certification
8 2 (0.93%) MCSE
9 1 (0.46%) BC Cleared
9 1 (0.46%) DV Cleared
9 1 (0.46%) ECDL
9 1 (0.46%) IBM Certification
9 1 (0.46%) ITIL Certification
9 1 (0.46%) NVQ Level 3
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 38 (17.59%) SLA
2 8 (3.70%) Accessibility
3 6 (2.78%) COSHH
4 5 (2.31%) QA
5 1 (0.46%) Disclosure Scotland
5 1 (0.46%) GDPR
5 1 (0.46%) HIPAA
5 1 (0.46%) IEC 61131
5 1 (0.46%) ISO 9001
5 1 (0.46%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 1 (0.46%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 24 (11.11%) Active Directory
2 8 (3.70%) VMware Infrastructure
3 3 (1.39%) Hyper-V
4 1 (0.46%) Microsoft App-V
4 1 (0.46%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 12 (5.56%) Microsoft Intune
2 8 (3.70%) SCCM
3 2 (0.93%) SCOM
4 1 (0.46%) FortiGate
4 1 (0.46%) Jamf Pro
Vendors
1 69 (31.94%) Microsoft
2 60 (27.78%) Dell
3 53 (24.54%) HP
4 22 (10.19%) ServiceNow
5 19 (8.80%) Cisco
6 12 (5.56%) Citrix
7 10 (4.63%) BT
7 10 (4.63%) VMware
8 8 (3.70%) Nokia
9 3 (1.39%) Juniper
10 2 (0.93%) Apple
10 2 (0.93%) Computacenter
10 2 (0.93%) Ericsson
10 2 (0.93%) Fujitsu
10 2 (0.93%) IBM
10 2 (0.93%) Palo Alto
10 2 (0.93%) SAP
10 2 (0.93%) SolarWinds
11 1 (0.46%) Extreme Networks
11 1 (0.46%) Rockwell