Driving Licence Job Trends in the North of England

Drivers' Licence
England > North of England

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Driving Licence in permanent job vacancies in the North of England. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Driving Licence over the 6 months leading up to 10 September 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 87 114 156
Rank change year-on-year +27 +42 +70
Permanent jobs citing Driving Licence 411 257 191
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 1.76% 2.74% 1.35%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 8.29% 6.77% 5.00%
Number of salaries quoted 318 195 90
10th Percentile £26,948 £27,000 £23,425
25th Percentile £29,340 £31,000 £27,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 £43,500 £32,000
Median % change year-on-year -19.54% +35.94% -1.54%
75th Percentile £48,750 £53,000 £41,563
90th Percentile £57,500 £58,000 £65,000
England median annual salary £38,500 £37,500 £32,500
% change year-on-year +2.67% +15.38% -

All Generic Skills
North of 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 the North of England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 4,958 3,794 3,823
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 21.22% 40.40% 26.94%
Number of salaries quoted 3,506 1,528 1,827
10th Percentile £29,750 £25,750 £29,178
25th Percentile £37,500 £32,750 £38,530
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £46,000 £51,000
Median % change year-on-year +19.57% -9.80% -11.30%
75th Percentile £74,985 £66,250 £66,355
90th Percentile £92,125 £81,250 £80,000
England median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +4.55% -8.33% -7.69%

Driving Licence
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

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

Driving Licence job vacancy trend in the North of England

Driving Licence
Salary Trend in the North of England

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

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing Driving Licence

Driving Licence
Salary Histogram in the North of England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Driving Licence in the North of England over the 6 months to 10 September 2026.

Salary histogram for Driving Licence in the North of England

Driving Licence
Job Locations in the North of 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 North of England region over the 6 months to 10 September 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 West +25 212 £35,000 -33.33% 117
Yorkshire +23 151 £34,000 -21.84% 110
North East -35 48 £40,000 - 44
Driving Licence
England

Driving Licence
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North of 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 30 (7.30%) Microsoft Exchange
2 27 (6.57%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.24%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
3 1 (0.24%) HCL Domino
3 1 (0.24%) HCL Notes
Applications
1 44 (10.71%) Microsoft Office
2 12 (2.92%) Microsoft Project
3 9 (2.19%) Microsoft Excel
4 3 (0.73%) AutoCAD
5 2 (0.49%) Revit
6 1 (0.24%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 1 (0.24%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 10 (2.43%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (0.73%) Magento
2 3 (0.73%) Salesforce CRM
3 2 (0.49%) Oracle ERP
4 1 (0.24%) SAP ERP
4 1 (0.24%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 115 (27.98%) Microsoft 365
2 47 (11.44%) Azure
3 20 (4.87%) Entra ID
4 13 (3.16%) AWS
4 13 (3.16%) SaaS
5 11 (2.68%) IaaS
6 10 (2.43%) OneDrive
7 3 (0.73%) Google Analytics
7 3 (0.73%) Google Workspace
8 2 (0.49%) Microsoft Purview
8 2 (0.49%) Serverless
9 1 (0.24%) Azure Sentinel
9 1 (0.24%) Power Platform
9 1 (0.24%) Zapier
Communications & Networking
1 62 (15.09%) DNS
2 61 (14.84%) DHCP
3 51 (12.41%) Firewall
4 44 (10.71%) TCP/IP
5 38 (9.25%) VLAN
5 38 (9.25%) VPN
6 28 (6.81%) Wi-Fi
7 21 (5.11%) VoIP
8 19 (4.62%) LAN
8 19 (4.62%) Structured Cabling
8 19 (4.62%) WAN
9 14 (3.41%) Wireless
10 13 (3.16%) Broadband
10 13 (3.16%) Network Security
11 10 (2.43%) SAN
12 9 (2.19%) Intrusion Detection
13 6 (1.46%) Internet
14 5 (1.22%) Remote Desktop
15 4 (0.97%) Cisco ASA
15 4 (0.97%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (0.73%) Amazon RDS
1 3 (0.73%) Looker
2 1 (0.24%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (0.24%) GIS
2 1 (0.24%) Power BI
2 1 (0.24%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 16 (3.89%) JIRA
2 2 (0.49%) GitLab
General
1 176 (42.82%) Social Skills
2 55 (13.38%) Finance
3 41 (9.98%) Manufacturing
4 39 (9.49%) Telecoms
5 31 (7.54%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 26 (6.33%) Law
6 26 (6.33%) Marketing
7 25 (6.08%) Organisational Skills
8 22 (5.35%) Advertising
9 21 (5.11%) Analytical Skills
10 19 (4.62%) Military
11 15 (3.65%) Presentation Skills
11 15 (3.65%) Retail
12 13 (3.16%) Documentation Skills
13 9 (2.19%) Automotive
14 8 (1.95%) Pharmaceutical
15 6 (1.46%) Legal
15 6 (1.46%) Local Government
16 5 (1.22%) Public Sector
17 4 (0.97%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 96 (23.36%) IT Support
2 55 (13.38%) Support Engineer
3 42 (10.22%) IT Engineer
3 42 (10.22%) IT Technician
4 40 (9.73%) Project Manager
5 38 (9.25%) IT Support Technician
5 38 (9.25%) Support Technician
6 37 (9.00%) IT Support Engineer
7 33 (8.03%) Senior
8 29 (7.06%) 2nd Line Support
9 28 (6.81%) Analyst
10 26 (6.33%) Business Development Manager
10 26 (6.33%) Business Manager
10 26 (6.33%) Development Manager
11 23 (5.60%) IT Manager
12 21 (5.11%) Technical Support
13 19 (4.62%) Sales Executive
13 19 (4.62%) Technical Engineer
14 18 (4.38%) Data Centre Manager
14 18 (4.38%) Technical Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (1.70%) HTML
2 4 (0.97%) JSON
3 2 (0.49%) Lightning Web Components
3 2 (0.49%) Terraform
4 1 (0.24%) .NET
4 1 (0.24%) .NET Core
4 1 (0.24%) .NET Framework
4 1 (0.24%) Node.js
4 1 (0.24%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 40 (9.73%) Onboarding
2 37 (9.00%) Self-Motivation
3 32 (7.79%) Data Centre
4 25 (6.08%) CCTV
5 16 (3.89%) Renewable Energy
6 14 (3.41%) Enterprise Software
7 11 (2.68%) Management Information System
8 10 (2.43%) Enterprise Storage
9 5 (1.22%) Fibre Optics
9 5 (1.22%) FMCG
10 4 (0.97%) Clustering
10 4 (0.97%) Life Science
10 4 (0.97%) Social Media
11 3 (0.73%) Cyber Threat
11 3 (0.73%) Cyberattack
11 3 (0.73%) Educational Technology
11 3 (0.73%) Microsoft Licensing
12 2 (0.49%) Cloud Native
12 2 (0.49%) Digital Signage
12 2 (0.49%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 115 (27.98%) Windows
2 60 (14.60%) Windows Server
3 33 (8.03%) Windows 10
4 15 (3.65%) Linux
5 13 (3.16%) Mac OS
6 9 (2.19%) Android
7 8 (1.95%) Apple iOS
8 7 (1.70%) Windows Server 2019
9 5 (1.22%) Unix
10 2 (0.49%) Windows Server 2016
11 1 (0.24%) AIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 134 (32.60%) Problem-Solving
2 117 (28.47%) Customer Service
3 56 (13.63%) Business Development
4 54 (13.14%) Commercial Awareness
5 52 (12.65%) Cybersecurity
6 47 (11.44%) CRM
7 46 (11.19%) Project Delivery
8 45 (10.95%) Project Management
9 43 (10.46%) Service Delivery
10 35 (8.52%) ITIL
11 34 (8.27%) Infrastructure Engineering
12 31 (7.54%) B2B
12 31 (7.54%) Customer Retention
12 31 (7.54%) Decision-Making
13 30 (7.30%) Continuous Improvement
14 27 (6.57%) Cost Control
15 25 (6.08%) People Management
16 24 (5.84%) Time Management
17 23 (5.60%) Agile
17 23 (5.60%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 19 (4.62%) PowerShell
2 13 (3.16%) SQL
3 9 (2.19%) Python
4 8 (1.95%) C++
5 5 (1.22%) C
6 4 (0.97%) C#
6 4 (0.97%) JavaScript
6 4 (0.97%) VBScript
7 3 (0.73%) Java
7 3 (0.73%) PL/SQL
8 2 (0.49%) Shell Script
9 1 (0.24%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 41 (9.98%) Degree
2 25 (6.08%) HNC
3 23 (5.60%) SC Cleared
3 23 (5.60%) Security Cleared
4 19 (4.62%) Microsoft Certification
5 15 (3.65%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
6 11 (2.68%) Network+ Certification
7 10 (2.43%) DBS Check
8 9 (2.19%) A+ Certification
9 8 (1.95%) CCNA
9 8 (1.95%) Cisco Certification
10 7 (1.70%) Chartered Engineer
11 6 (1.46%) CCNP
11 6 (1.46%) HND
12 5 (1.22%) NVQ Level 3
13 4 (0.97%) Azure Certification
13 4 (0.97%) City & Guilds
13 4 (0.97%) MCSA
13 4 (0.97%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
14 2 (0.49%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (4.14%) GDPR
1 17 (4.14%) ISO 14000
1 17 (4.14%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 15 (3.65%) Cyber Essentials
3 8 (1.95%) QA
4 7 (1.70%) SLA
5 3 (0.73%) PMO
6 2 (0.49%) ISO 14001
6 2 (0.49%) ISO 9001
7 1 (0.24%) Accessibility
System Software
1 79 (19.22%) Active Directory
2 25 (6.08%) VMware Infrastructure
3 13 (3.16%) Hyper-V
4 9 (2.19%) Firmware
5 4 (0.97%) BitLocker
5 4 (0.97%) Virtual Machines
5 4 (0.97%) vSphere
6 2 (0.49%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 20 (4.87%) Microsoft Intune
2 9 (2.19%) FortiGate
3 5 (1.22%) SCCM
4 4 (0.97%) Microsoft Clustering
5 2 (0.49%) Ansible
5 2 (0.49%) Proxmox
6 1 (0.24%) Jamf Pro
Vendors
1 173 (42.09%) Microsoft
2 30 (7.30%) VMware
3 26 (6.33%) Cisco
4 17 (4.14%) ServiceNow
5 16 (3.89%) SAP
6 13 (3.16%) Oracle
6 13 (3.16%) SonicWALL
7 10 (2.43%) Salesforce
8 8 (1.95%) Google
9 7 (1.70%) Sophos
10 6 (1.46%) Draytek
10 6 (1.46%) Fortinet
10 6 (1.46%) HubSpot
10 6 (1.46%) Siemens
11 4 (0.97%) Allen-Bradley
11 4 (0.97%) Apple
11 4 (0.97%) Aruba
11 4 (0.97%) HP
11 4 (0.97%) Veeam
12 3 (0.73%) Citrix