Driving Licence Job Trends in the North East

Drivers' Licence
England > North East

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Driving Licence in permanent job vacancies in the North East. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Driving Licence over the 6 months leading up to 11 January 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 64 69 47
Rank change year-on-year +5 -22 +28
Permanent jobs citing Driving Licence 15 16 24
As % of all permanent jobs in the North East 1.49% 1.72% 3.20%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 5.12% 5.57% 10.08%
Number of salaries quoted 13 7 18
10th Percentile - £33,400 -
25th Percentile £37,500 £35,500 £27,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £36,000 £32,500
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% +10.77% -13.33%
75th Percentile £42,500 £37,625 £33,750
90th Percentile - £42,550 £35,700
England median annual salary £35,000 £38,258 £32,500
% change year-on-year -8.52% +17.72% -7.14%

All Generic Skills
North East

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 the North East.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 293 287 238
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North East 29.18% 30.86% 31.73%
Number of salaries quoted 169 99 206
10th Percentile £28,400 £33,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £37,500 £42,244 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £50,500 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -0.99% +6.32% -5.00%
75th Percentile £67,500 £69,082 £64,688
90th Percentile £77,750 £91,250 £80,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -7.69%

Driving Licence
Job Vacancy Trend in the North East

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

Driving Licence job vacancy trend in the North East

Driving Licence
Salary Trend in the North East

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the North East citing Driving Licence.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the North East citing Driving Licence

Driving Licence
Job Locations in the North East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Driving Licence within the North East region over the 6 months to 11 January 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
Tyne and Wear +9 15 £40,000 +11.11% 23
Driving Licence
England

Driving Licence
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North East 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:

Applications
1 13 (86.67%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (13.33%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (13.33%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 2 (13.33%) Azure
1 2 (13.33%) Azure AI
1 2 (13.33%) Microsoft 365
1 2 (13.33%) Microsoft Copilot
1 2 (13.33%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 1 (6.67%) Internet
1 1 (6.67%) LAN
1 1 (6.67%) WAN
General
1 11 (73.33%) Advertising
2 2 (13.33%) Organisational Skills
2 2 (13.33%) Social Skills
3 1 (6.67%) Finance
3 1 (6.67%) Legal
Job Titles
1 11 (73.33%) Support Engineer
1 11 (73.33%) Technical Engineer
1 11 (73.33%) Technical Support
1 11 (73.33%) Technical Support Engineer
2 2 (13.33%) Trainer
3 1 (6.67%) Network Engineer
3 1 (6.67%) Technical Specialist
Miscellaneous
1 12 (80.00%) Renewable Energy
2 1 (6.67%) Solar Panel
Operating Systems
1 1 (6.67%) Windows
1 1 (6.67%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (80.00%) Business Development
2 11 (73.33%) B2B
2 11 (73.33%) B2B Sales
2 11 (73.33%) Commercial Awareness
2 11 (73.33%) Customer Experience
2 11 (73.33%) Customer Service
2 11 (73.33%) Data Entry
2 11 (73.33%) Mathematics
2 11 (73.33%) Telesales
3 2 (13.33%) AI
3 2 (13.33%) Change Management
3 2 (13.33%) Collaborative Working
3 2 (13.33%) Continuous Improvement
3 2 (13.33%) Data Science
3 2 (13.33%) Programme Delivery
3 2 (13.33%) Prompt Engineering
3 2 (13.33%) Roadmaps
3 2 (13.33%) Strategic Thinking
3 2 (13.33%) Workflow
3 2 (13.33%) Workshop Facilitation
Qualifications
1 11 (73.33%) HNC
2 1 (6.67%) CCNA
2 1 (6.67%) Cisco Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (13.33%) ISO 9001
Vendors
1 14 (93.33%) Microsoft
2 1 (6.67%) Aruba
2 1 (6.67%) Cisco
2 1 (6.67%) HP