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 16 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 304 317 520
Rank change year-on-year +13 +203 +91
Contract jobs citing Driving Licence 228 275 181
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.78% 0.65% 0.32%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 2.30% 2.13% 0.95%
Number of daily rates quoted 125 173 138
10th Percentile £140 £139 £129
25th Percentile £150 £163 £154
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £200 £210 £205
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +2.44% +17.14%
75th Percentile £288 £333 £355
90th Percentile £408 £485 £446
UK excluding London median daily rate £195 £210 £205
% change year-on-year -7.14% +2.44% +20.59%
Number of hourly rates quoted 52 72 11
10th Percentile £13.81 - £17.13
25th Percentile £17.30 £12.15 £17.38
Median hourly rate £18.51 £14.63 £18.50
Median % change year-on-year +26.56% -20.95% +6.20%
75th Percentile £18.87 £15.23 £20.00
90th Percentile £23.86 £28.88 £21.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £18.51 £14.63 £18.06
% change year-on-year +26.56% -19.02% +3.44%

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 9,897 12,895 19,011
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 33.91% 30.30% 33.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,285 8,307 13,055
10th Percentile £300 £269 £313
25th Percentile £411 £413 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £543 £550
Median % change year-on-year -3.23% -1.36% -
75th Percentile £650 £672 £676
90th Percentile £775 £800 £800
UK excluding London median daily rate £480 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -4.00% - +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 395 893 627
10th Percentile £16.11 £12.25 £9.80
25th Percentile £20.23 £15.17 £10.63
Median hourly rate £31.76 £31.25 £22.49
Median % change year-on-year +1.63% +38.98% -18.24%
75th Percentile £63.75 £61.30 £63.75
90th Percentile £83.20 £70.00 £75.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £29.53 £28.50 £22.00
% change year-on-year +3.60% +29.55% +3.53%

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 16 May 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 16 May 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 16 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
UK excluding London +9 198 £195 -7.14% 987
England +18 189 £200 -6.98% 1,024
South East +16 42 £220 +2.33% 255
Midlands +27 39 £150 -14.29% 216
South West +54 35 £185 -50.67% 113
Scotland +23 30 £275 +43.79% 71
London +29 26 £220 +10.00% 149
North of England -43 25 £220 +15.79% 218
East of England +43 24 £225 +4.65% 98
West Midlands +20 24 £150 -25.00% 127
East Midlands +14 15 £150 - 82
Work from Home +12 13 £395 +23.36% 320
Yorkshire -18 13 £275 -23.61% 78
North West -20 10 £220 +39.68% 112
Wales +3 6 £170 - 33
North East -4 2 £200 +5.26% 31

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 (1.32%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (0.44%) SharePoint
2 1 (0.44%) WinCC
Applications
1 20 (8.77%) Microsoft Office
2 9 (3.95%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.88%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.44%) Acrobat
4 1 (0.44%) Simulink
Cloud Services
1 31 (13.60%) Microsoft 365
2 23 (10.09%) Azure
3 13 (5.70%) Entra ID
4 3 (1.32%) AWS
5 1 (0.44%) Azure Sentinel
5 1 (0.44%) GCP
5 1 (0.44%) OneDrive
5 1 (0.44%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 12 (5.26%) ATM
1 12 (5.26%) WAN
2 11 (4.82%) Broadband
2 11 (4.82%) LAN
3 8 (3.51%) TCP/IP
3 8 (3.51%) VPN
4 7 (3.07%) Firewall
4 7 (3.07%) Structured Cabling
5 6 (2.63%) DNS
5 6 (2.63%) Remote Desktop
5 6 (2.63%) Wi-Fi
5 6 (2.63%) Wireless
6 5 (2.19%) 3G
6 5 (2.19%) 4G
7 4 (1.75%) 5G
8 3 (1.32%) 2G
8 3 (1.32%) Ethernet
8 3 (1.32%) SDH
8 3 (1.32%) VLAN
9 2 (0.88%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (1.32%) SQL Server
2 2 (0.88%) NoSQL
3 1 (0.44%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 1 (0.44%) MSI
General
1 86 (37.72%) Social Skills
2 31 (13.60%) Public Sector
3 30 (13.16%) Finance
4 15 (6.58%) Analytical Skills
5 12 (5.26%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 12 (5.26%) Telecoms
6 6 (2.63%) Law
7 5 (2.19%) Electronics
8 3 (1.32%) Manufacturing
9 2 (0.88%) Banking
9 2 (0.88%) Local Government
9 2 (0.88%) Marketing
9 2 (0.88%) Police
10 1 (0.44%) Aviation
10 1 (0.44%) Dutch Language
10 1 (0.44%) Fire and Rescue
10 1 (0.44%) Influencing Skills
10 1 (0.44%) Italian Language
10 1 (0.44%) Polish Language
10 1 (0.44%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 38 (16.67%) IT Engineer
2 33 (14.47%) Desktop Support
3 31 (13.60%) Support Engineer
4 25 (10.96%) Analyst
4 25 (10.96%) Desktop Engineer
5 24 (10.53%) Desktop Support Engineer
6 22 (9.65%) Field Engineer
7 15 (6.58%) EPoS Engineer
8 14 (6.14%) IT Support
9 9 (3.95%) SC Cleared Desktop Support
9 9 (3.95%) Support Analyst
10 8 (3.51%) 2nd Line Support
10 8 (3.51%) Project Engineer
11 7 (3.07%) Cabling Engineer
11 7 (3.07%) Field Service Engineer
11 7 (3.07%) Infrastructure Engineer
12 6 (2.63%) Deployment Engineer
12 6 (2.63%) IT Analyst
12 6 (2.63%) Service Analyst
12 6 (2.63%) Service Desk Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (1.75%) .NET
2 2 (0.88%) .NET Core
2 2 (0.88%) .NET Framework
2 2 (0.88%) ASP.NET
2 2 (0.88%) ASP.NET MVC
2 2 (0.88%) Blazor
2 2 (0.88%) XML
3 1 (0.44%) Java RMI
Miscellaneous
1 15 (6.58%) EPoS
2 11 (4.82%) Data Centre
3 10 (4.39%) Smartphone
4 7 (3.07%) Analytical Mindset
4 7 (3.07%) Fibre Optics
5 4 (1.75%) IoT
6 3 (1.32%) CCTV
6 3 (1.32%) SCADA
6 3 (1.32%) Self-Motivation
7 2 (0.88%) Data Protection Act
7 2 (0.88%) iPad
8 1 (0.44%) CMDB
8 1 (0.44%) Handset
8 1 (0.44%) Housing Association
8 1 (0.44%) NHS
8 1 (0.44%) Onboarding
8 1 (0.44%) Operational Technology
8 1 (0.44%) Product Ownership
8 1 (0.44%) Smart Meter
8 1 (0.44%) W3C
Operating Systems
1 48 (21.05%) Windows
2 22 (9.65%) Windows 10
3 6 (2.63%) Apple iOS
3 6 (2.63%) Linux
4 5 (2.19%) Windows Server
5 4 (1.75%) Android
5 4 (1.75%) Windows 7
6 2 (0.88%) Mac OS
7 1 (0.44%) VMS
7 1 (0.44%) Windows Server 2016
7 1 (0.44%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 40 (17.54%) Customer Experience
2 32 (14.04%) Problem-Solving
3 29 (12.72%) Asset Management
4 27 (11.84%) Customer Service
5 25 (10.96%) ITIL
5 25 (10.96%) Mathematics
6 24 (10.53%) Ticket Management
7 17 (7.46%) Break/Fix
8 13 (5.70%) Project Management
9 10 (4.39%) Infrastructure Engineering
10 8 (3.51%) Inventory Management
10 8 (3.51%) Risk Management
10 8 (3.51%) Stakeholder Management
11 7 (3.07%) Change Management
11 7 (3.07%) Collaborative Working
11 7 (3.07%) Project Planning
11 7 (3.07%) Service Delivery
12 6 (2.63%) Incident Management
12 6 (2.63%) ITSM
12 6 (2.63%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 2 (0.88%) C#
1 2 (0.88%) SQL
2 1 (0.44%) Kusto Query Language
2 1 (0.44%) PowerShell
2 1 (0.44%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 78 (34.21%) Security Cleared
2 75 (32.89%) SC Cleared
3 25 (10.96%) Dell Certification
4 14 (6.14%) DBS Check
5 11 (4.82%) Degree
6 6 (2.63%) BPSS Clearance
7 4 (1.75%) Microsoft Certification
8 3 (1.32%) A+ Certification
8 3 (1.32%) AWS Certification
8 3 (1.32%) HNC
8 3 (1.32%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
9 2 (0.88%) CCNP
9 2 (0.88%) Cisco Certification
9 2 (0.88%) DV Cleared
9 2 (0.88%) ITIL Certification
9 2 (0.88%) MCSE
10 1 (0.44%) BC Cleared
10 1 (0.44%) GCIA
10 1 (0.44%) GCIH
10 1 (0.44%) NVQ Level 3
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 37 (16.23%) SLA
2 8 (3.51%) Accessibility
3 6 (2.63%) COSHH
4 5 (2.19%) QA
5 2 (0.88%) GDPR
6 1 (0.44%) HIPAA
6 1 (0.44%) IEC 61131
6 1 (0.44%) ISO 9001
6 1 (0.44%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 1 (0.44%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 26 (11.40%) Active Directory
2 8 (3.51%) VMware Infrastructure
3 4 (1.75%) Hyper-V
4 1 (0.44%) Firmware
4 1 (0.44%) Microsoft App-V
4 1 (0.44%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 11 (4.82%) Microsoft Intune
2 9 (3.95%) SCCM
3 2 (0.88%) SCOM
4 1 (0.44%) FortiGate
4 1 (0.44%) Jamf Pro
Vendors
1 71 (31.14%) Microsoft
2 66 (28.95%) Dell
3 59 (25.88%) HP
4 21 (9.21%) ServiceNow
5 17 (7.46%) Cisco
6 12 (5.26%) Citrix
7 11 (4.82%) BT
8 10 (4.39%) VMware
9 8 (3.51%) Nokia
10 3 (1.32%) Computacenter
10 3 (1.32%) Juniper
11 2 (0.88%) Apple
11 2 (0.88%) Fujitsu
11 2 (0.88%) IBM
11 2 (0.88%) Palo Alto
11 2 (0.88%) SAP
11 2 (0.88%) SolarWinds
12 1 (0.44%) Extreme Networks
12 1 (0.44%) Meraki
12 1 (0.44%) Rockwell