Driving Licence Job Trends in England

Drivers' Licence
UK > England

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Driving Licence in permanent job vacancies in England. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Driving Licence over the 6 months leading up to 19 April 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 114 146 126
Rank change year-on-year +32 -20 +177
Permanent jobs citing Driving Licence 1,262 812 1,908
As % of all permanent jobs in England 1.64% 2.18% 2.31%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 5.62% 5.50% 6.55%
Number of salaries quoted 1,009 415 1,289
10th Percentile £26,000 £24,175 £23,450
25th Percentile £29,000 £29,250 £26,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 £36,500 £31,250
Median % change year-on-year -4.11% +16.80% -10.71%
75th Percentile £48,750 £50,000 £43,750
90th Percentile £55,000 £60,000 £57,500
UK median annual salary £35,000 £37,500 £31,625
% change year-on-year -6.67% +18.58% -9.64%

All Generic Skills
England

Driving Licence falls under the General and Transferable Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring generic IT skills in England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 22,455 14,761 29,126
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 29.10% 39.57% 35.31%
Number of salaries quoted 11,668 8,256 20,818
10th Percentile £30,000 £31,250 £28,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £42,500 £38,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - +9.09% -15.38%
75th Percentile £80,000 £83,750 £76,250
90th Percentile £100,000 £115,000 £98,750
UK median annual salary £59,720 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -0.47% +9.09% -15.38%

Driving Licence
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Driving Licence job vacancy trend in England

Driving Licence
Salary Trend in England

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing Driving Licence.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing Driving Licence

Driving Licence
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Driving Licence in England over the 6 months to 19 April 2026.

Salary histogram for Driving Licence in England

Driving Licence
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Driving Licence within the England region over the 6 months to 19 April 2026. 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
North of England +75 374 £37,000 -16.85% 174
North West +105 251 £40,000 +17.65% 94
Midlands -23 251 £32,500 +6.56% 139
South East -1 223 £35,000 -22.22% 197
South West -39 154 £33,500 -8.84% 77
East Midlands -30 132 £30,000 -0.81% 57
London +69 124 £38,000 -7.72% 72
West Midlands -24 119 £39,500 +29.51% 81
East of England -17 117 £34,500 +15.00% 63
Yorkshire -13 108 £30,000 -40.00% 63
North East -20 15 £40,000 +11.11% 20
Driving Licence
UK

Driving Licence
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England 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
1 129 (10.22%) SharePoint
2 100 (7.92%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (0.16%) CMS
3 2 (0.16%) Exchange Server 2013
3 2 (0.16%) WordPress
4 1 (0.079%) Confluence
Applications
1 116 (9.19%) Microsoft Office
2 34 (2.69%) Microsoft Excel
3 5 (0.40%) Microsoft Project
4 4 (0.32%) AutoCAD
4 4 (0.32%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 2 (0.16%) Adobe Premiere
5 2 (0.16%) Avid Media Composer
5 2 (0.16%) EPLAN
5 2 (0.16%) Pro Tools
5 2 (0.16%) Simulink
5 2 (0.16%) Spreadsheet
6 1 (0.079%) 3ds Max
6 1 (0.079%) Blender
6 1 (0.079%) CINEMA 4D
6 1 (0.079%) Fusion 360
6 1 (0.079%) Maya
6 1 (0.079%) MS Visio
6 1 (0.079%) Photoshop
6 1 (0.079%) Siemens NX
6 1 (0.079%) SOLIDWORKS
Business Applications
1 7 (0.55%) Dynamics CRM
2 5 (0.40%) Magento
2 5 (0.40%) NetSuite
3 3 (0.24%) Infor M3
3 3 (0.24%) Oracle EBS
4 2 (0.16%) C-CURE
4 2 (0.16%) JDE OneWorld
4 2 (0.16%) JDE World
4 2 (0.16%) Misys Midas
5 1 (0.079%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 370 (29.32%) Microsoft 365
2 142 (11.25%) Azure
3 90 (7.13%) Entra ID
4 35 (2.77%) OneDrive
5 21 (1.66%) Mimecast
6 19 (1.51%) Google Workspace
7 17 (1.35%) SaaS
8 16 (1.27%) Power Platform
9 12 (0.95%) AWS
10 9 (0.71%) Google Analytics
11 8 (0.63%) Azure Sentinel
12 3 (0.24%) Adobe Creative Cloud
12 3 (0.24%) Azure Monitor
12 3 (0.24%) Azure Storage
12 3 (0.24%) Power Automate
13 2 (0.16%) Azure AKS
13 2 (0.16%) Azure DevOps
13 2 (0.16%) GitHub
13 2 (0.16%) Google Ads
13 2 (0.16%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 146 (11.57%) DHCP
1 146 (11.57%) DNS
2 130 (10.30%) Firewall
3 113 (8.95%) VPN
4 86 (6.81%) Wi-Fi
5 72 (5.71%) TCP/IP
6 63 (4.99%) WAN
7 51 (4.04%) Structured Cabling
8 49 (3.88%) VLAN
9 48 (3.80%) LAN
10 46 (3.65%) Wireless
11 40 (3.17%) VoIP
12 27 (2.14%) Network Security
13 21 (1.66%) Broadband
14 12 (0.95%) Intrusion Detection
15 11 (0.87%) Internet
16 10 (0.79%) IP Telephony
16 10 (0.79%) Remote Desktop
16 10 (0.79%) SD-WAN
17 8 (0.63%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 20 (1.58%) SQL Server
2 16 (1.27%) Power BI
3 7 (0.55%) MySQL
3 7 (0.55%) PostgreSQL
4 5 (0.40%) Metadata
4 5 (0.40%) Relational Database
5 3 (0.24%) Looker
5 3 (0.24%) Neo4j
6 1 (0.079%) Data Warehouse
6 1 (0.079%) GIS
6 1 (0.079%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 13 (1.03%) JIRA
2 2 (0.16%) Git
3 1 (0.079%) Burp Suite
3 1 (0.079%) LabVIEW
3 1 (0.079%) Metasploit
3 1 (0.079%) Visual Studio
General
1 449 (35.58%) Social Skills
2 138 (10.94%) Finance
3 114 (9.03%) Organisational Skills
4 89 (7.05%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 89 (7.05%) Retail
5 69 (5.47%) Telecoms
6 62 (4.91%) Marketing
7 58 (4.60%) Analytical Skills
8 54 (4.28%) Law
9 45 (3.57%) Manufacturing
10 42 (3.33%) Legal
10 42 (3.33%) Multimedia
11 38 (3.01%) Military
12 35 (2.77%) Advertising
13 30 (2.38%) Presentation Skills
14 29 (2.30%) Automotive
15 26 (2.06%) Public Sector
16 25 (1.98%) Local Government
17 16 (1.27%) Back Office
17 16 (1.27%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 366 (29.00%) IT Support
2 274 (21.71%) Support Engineer
3 209 (16.56%) IT Engineer
4 191 (15.13%) IT Support Engineer
5 125 (9.90%) Support Technician
6 102 (8.08%) IT Technician
7 93 (7.37%) IT Support Technician
8 88 (6.97%) Analyst
9 72 (5.71%) 2nd Line Support
10 69 (5.47%) Business Manager
11 68 (5.39%) Senior
12 67 (5.31%) Business Development Manager
12 67 (5.31%) Development Manager
13 63 (4.99%) Technical Support
14 61 (4.83%) Support Analyst
15 56 (4.44%) Technical Engineer
16 52 (4.12%) Project Manager
16 52 (4.12%) Technical Support Engineer
17 50 (3.96%) Systems Engineer
18 49 (3.88%) Field Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (0.32%) .NET
1 4 (0.32%) HTML
2 3 (0.24%) JSON
2 3 (0.24%) XML
3 2 (0.16%) ARM Templates
3 2 (0.16%) Software Packaging
4 1 (0.079%) CSS
4 1 (0.079%) REST
4 1 (0.079%) SAP CAF
4 1 (0.079%) Unreal Engine
4 1 (0.079%) V-Ray
4 1 (0.079%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 79 (6.26%) Onboarding
2 73 (5.78%) Self-Motivation
3 58 (4.60%) CCTV
4 37 (2.93%) EPoS
5 28 (2.22%) Management Information System
6 25 (1.98%) Social Media
7 21 (1.66%) Data Centre
8 18 (1.43%) Renewable Energy
8 18 (1.43%) SCADA
8 18 (1.43%) Web Conferencing
9 17 (1.35%) Digital Media
10 12 (0.95%) Fibre Optics
11 9 (0.71%) Analytical Mindset
11 9 (0.71%) Enterprise Software
11 9 (0.71%) NHS
12 8 (0.63%) CMDB
13 7 (0.55%) Replication
14 6 (0.48%) Blog
14 6 (0.48%) Client/Server
14 6 (0.48%) Podcast
Operating Systems
1 386 (30.59%) Windows
2 167 (13.23%) Windows Server
3 85 (6.74%) Windows 10
4 32 (2.54%) Android
5 30 (2.38%) Linux
6 18 (1.43%) Mac OS
7 17 (1.35%) Apple iOS
8 14 (1.11%) Windows Server 2019
9 10 (0.79%) Windows Server 2016
10 7 (0.55%) Windows 7
11 5 (0.40%) Unix
11 5 (0.40%) Windows Server 2012
12 3 (0.24%) Ubuntu
13 2 (0.16%) Mac OS X
13 2 (0.16%) VMS
14 1 (0.079%) Debian
14 1 (0.079%) OpenWrt
Processes & Methodologies
1 415 (32.88%) Problem-Solving
2 352 (27.89%) Customer Service
3 140 (11.09%) ITIL
4 128 (10.14%) Continuous Improvement
5 126 (9.98%) Mentoring
6 105 (8.32%) Business Development
7 103 (8.16%) Cybersecurity
8 81 (6.42%) Project Delivery
9 77 (6.10%) Service Delivery
10 69 (5.47%) Time Management
11 66 (5.23%) B2B
12 61 (4.83%) CRM
13 56 (4.44%) Project Management
14 49 (3.88%) Decision-Making
14 49 (3.88%) ITSM
15 43 (3.41%) Infrastructure Engineering
15 43 (3.41%) Remote Monitoring and Management
16 42 (3.33%) Mathematics
17 41 (3.25%) Agile
18 40 (3.17%) Customer Experience
Programming Languages
1 40 (3.17%) PowerShell
2 32 (2.54%) SQL
3 16 (1.27%) Python
4 13 (1.03%) C++
5 11 (0.87%) C
6 8 (0.63%) Java
6 8 (0.63%) PL/SQL
6 8 (0.63%) VB
7 6 (0.48%) PHP
8 5 (0.40%) C#
9 4 (0.32%) Delphi
9 4 (0.32%) JavaScript
9 4 (0.32%) MATLAB
9 4 (0.32%) Pascal
10 2 (0.16%) Bicep
10 2 (0.16%) Ladder Logic
10 2 (0.16%) T-SQL
10 2 (0.16%) VBA
11 1 (0.079%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 143 (11.33%) Degree
2 71 (5.63%) Security Cleared
3 66 (5.23%) DBS Check
4 48 (3.80%) Microsoft Certification
5 47 (3.72%) SC Cleared
6 39 (3.09%) HNC
7 24 (1.90%) HND
8 23 (1.82%) BPSS Clearance
9 20 (1.58%) Network+ Certification
10 18 (1.43%) Microsoft Certified Professional
11 16 (1.27%) A+ Certification
12 14 (1.11%) CCNA
12 14 (1.11%) Cisco Certification
13 12 (0.95%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
13 12 (0.95%) Master's Degree
13 12 (0.95%) NVQ Level 3
14 10 (0.79%) ITIL Certification
15 9 (0.71%) CCNP
15 9 (0.71%) City & Guilds
16 8 (0.63%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 52 (4.12%) SLA
2 32 (2.54%) Cyber Essentials
3 21 (1.66%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 18 (1.43%) GDPR
5 16 (1.27%) ISO 9001
6 15 (1.19%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 12 (0.95%) QA
8 7 (0.55%) Accessibility
8 7 (0.55%) NEBOSH
9 6 (0.48%) NIST
10 4 (0.32%) Data Quality
10 4 (0.32%) PMO
11 3 (0.24%) GRC
12 2 (0.16%) California Consumer Privacy Act
12 2 (0.16%) Def Stans
12 2 (0.16%) HIPAA
12 2 (0.16%) ISO 14001
12 2 (0.16%) PCI DSS
12 2 (0.16%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 2 (0.16%) SOC 2
System Software
1 260 (20.60%) Active Directory
2 48 (3.80%) Hyper-V
3 30 (2.38%) VMware Infrastructure
4 11 (0.87%) Firmware
5 5 (0.40%) XenApp
6 4 (0.32%) vSphere
7 3 (0.24%) Microsoft Virtual Server
7 3 (0.24%) Virtual Desktop
7 3 (0.24%) Virtual Machines
7 3 (0.24%) Virtual Servers
8 2 (0.16%) Docker
9 1 (0.079%) iptables
Systems Management
1 55 (4.36%) Microsoft Intune
2 20 (1.58%) BMC PATROL
3 14 (1.11%) SCCM
4 10 (0.79%) FortiGate
5 4 (0.32%) Progress Chef
6 3 (0.24%) Autotask
6 3 (0.24%) Galera Cluster
6 3 (0.24%) vCenter Server
7 2 (0.16%) Jamf Pro
7 2 (0.16%) Kubernetes
7 2 (0.16%) Nagios
7 2 (0.16%) Terraform
7 2 (0.16%) WSUS
8 1 (0.079%) Ansible
8 1 (0.079%) Functional Safety
8 1 (0.079%) Nessus
8 1 (0.079%) Nmap
8 1 (0.079%) Plesk
8 1 (0.079%) Symantec Endpoint Protection
Vendors
1 430 (34.07%) Microsoft
2 46 (3.65%) Fortinet
3 43 (3.41%) Apple
4 40 (3.17%) VMware
5 39 (3.09%) Fujitsu
5 39 (3.09%) Virgin Media
6 38 (3.01%) Cisco
7 34 (2.69%) Google
8 21 (1.66%) Sophos
9 18 (1.43%) Meraki
10 17 (1.35%) ServiceNow
11 15 (1.19%) Siemens
11 15 (1.19%) Veeam
12 12 (0.95%) ConnectWise
12 12 (0.95%) Salesforce
13 9 (0.71%) Allen-Bradley
13 9 (0.71%) BT
13 9 (0.71%) HP
13 9 (0.71%) OpenText
13 9 (0.71%) Sage