Driving Licence Contract Job Trends in Wales

Drivers' Licence
UK > Wales

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Driving Licence in contract job vacancies in Wales. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Driving Licence over the 6 months leading up to 23 December 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
23 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 34 37 46
Rank change year-on-year +3 +9 +5
Contract jobs citing Driving Licence 12 8 7
As % of all contract jobs in Wales 2.53% 1.97% 1.61%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 8.22% 5.88% 5.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 4 4
10th Percentile £163 - -
25th Percentile £163 £145 £133
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £168 £173 £135
Median % change year-on-year -2.90% +27.78% -22.86%
75th Percentile £201 £226 £156
90th Percentile £212 £263 £189
UK median daily rate £170 £180 £210
% change year-on-year -5.56% -14.29% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 2 0
10th Percentile £16.26 £17.08 -
25th Percentile - £17.56 -
Median hourly rate £17.30 £18.75 -
Median % change year-on-year -7.73% - -
75th Percentile - £19.56 -
90th Percentile £17.48 £19.83 -
UK median hourly rate £18.87 £24.18 £18.59
% change year-on-year -21.96% +30.07% +6.05%

All Generic Skills
Wales

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 Wales.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 146 136 140
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Wales 30.80% 33.50% 32.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 90 87 100
10th Percentile £163 £149 £160
25th Percentile £202 £205 £206
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £325 £375 £339
Median % change year-on-year -13.33% +10.70% -23.01%
75th Percentile £439 £550 £538
90th Percentile £568 £700 £675
UK median daily rate £505 £535 £550
% change year-on-year -5.70% -2.73% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 26 16 7
10th Percentile £16.26 £19.07 £21.70
25th Percentile £17.30 £21.44 £31.50
Median hourly rate £21.00 £25.60 £53.50
Median % change year-on-year -17.97% -52.15% +234.38%
75th Percentile £28.21 £27.50 £55.25
90th Percentile £85.00 £33.02 £55.75
UK median hourly rate £27.21 £33.00 £42.50
% change year-on-year -17.55% -22.35% +21.43%

Driving Licence
Job Vacancy Trend in Wales

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

Driving Licence job vacancy trend in Wales

Driving Licence
Daily Rate Trend in Wales

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Wales citing Driving Licence.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Wales citing Driving Licence

Driving Licence
Hourly Rate Trend in Wales

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Wales citing Driving Licence.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Wales citing Driving Licence

Driving Licence
Contract Job Locations in Wales

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 Wales region over the 6 months to 23 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
South Wales +2 6 £165 -17.50% 6
North Wales -8 5 - -
West Wales +2 1 £170 +17.24% 2
Driving Licence
UK

Driving Licence
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Wales 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (8.33%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 2 (16.67%) Structured Cabling
2 1 (8.33%) VoIP
General
1 3 (25.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (16.67%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 2 (16.67%) Cabling Engineer
1 2 (16.67%) Trainer
2 1 (8.33%) Data Engineer
2 1 (8.33%) Desktop Engineer
2 1 (8.33%) Desktop Support
2 1 (8.33%) Desktop Support Engineer
2 1 (8.33%) Field Engineer
2 1 (8.33%) IT Engineer
2 1 (8.33%) Support Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (16.67%) Data Centre
1 2 (16.67%) EPoS
1 2 (16.67%) Fibre Optics
2 1 (8.33%) Handset
Operating Systems
1 3 (25.00%) Windows
2 2 (16.67%) Windows 10
3 1 (8.33%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (50.00%) Service Delivery
2 3 (25.00%) Customer Service
3 1 (8.33%) Break/Fix
3 1 (8.33%) Coaching
3 1 (8.33%) Technology Transformation
Vendors
1 1 (8.33%) Microsoft