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 30 December 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 47 107 128
Rank change year-on-year +60 +21 +86
Permanent jobs citing Driving Licence 401 199 171
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 3.81% 2.10% 2.29%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 9.76% 6.90% 6.48%
Number of salaries quoted 343 65 100
10th Percentile £27,000 £29,000 £23,879
25th Percentile £30,780 £34,000 £26,468
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £43,500 £44,500 £30,000
Median % change year-on-year -2.25% +48.33% -7.69%
75th Percentile £53,000 £50,000 £35,250
90th Percentile - £58,000 £43,750
England median annual salary £35,000 £37,500 £32,500
% change year-on-year -6.67% +15.38% -7.14%

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 4,107 2,882 2,640
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 39.04% 30.44% 35.32%
Number of salaries quoted 1,592 1,323 2,025
10th Percentile £26,250 £31,250 £31,125
25th Percentile £32,500 £41,250 £40,988
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - -9.09% -
75th Percentile £67,500 £65,603 £71,000
90th Percentile £81,250 £78,750 £86,250
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 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 30 December 2025.

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 30 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
North West +101 313 £48,360 +17.24% 78
Yorkshire -26 72 £32,000 -36.00% 42
North East +4 16 £40,000 +11.11% 21
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 24 (5.99%) Microsoft Exchange
2 22 (5.49%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.25%) CMS
3 1 (0.25%) Site Server
3 1 (0.25%) WordPress
Applications
1 40 (9.98%) Microsoft Office
2 15 (3.74%) Microsoft Excel
3 8 (2.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.25%) Adobe Premiere
4 1 (0.25%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 7 (1.75%) Dynamics CRM
2 6 (1.50%) Magento
Cloud Services
1 80 (19.95%) Microsoft 365
2 46 (11.47%) Azure
3 24 (5.99%) Entra ID
4 6 (1.50%) Google Analytics
4 6 (1.50%) SaaS
5 5 (1.25%) AWS
5 5 (1.25%) IaaS
5 5 (1.25%) Salesforce Service Cloud
6 4 (1.00%) Azure Sentinel
7 2 (0.50%) Azure AI
7 2 (0.50%) Azure AKS
7 2 (0.50%) Azure DevOps
7 2 (0.50%) Azure Functions
7 2 (0.50%) Azure Logic Apps
7 2 (0.50%) Azure Monitor
7 2 (0.50%) Azure Storage
7 2 (0.50%) GitHub Actions
7 2 (0.50%) Microsoft Copilot
7 2 (0.50%) Power Platform
7 2 (0.50%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 37 (9.23%) VPN
2 26 (6.48%) DHCP
2 26 (6.48%) DNS
3 24 (5.99%) Firewall
4 21 (5.24%) TCP/IP
5 18 (4.49%) VoIP
6 12 (2.99%) Wi-Fi
7 10 (2.49%) WAN
8 9 (2.24%) LAN
8 9 (2.24%) VLAN
9 8 (2.00%) DMZ
10 7 (1.75%) Internet
10 7 (1.75%) Network Security
10 7 (1.75%) Wireless
11 5 (1.25%) Structured Cabling
11 5 (1.25%) STUN
12 3 (0.75%) Modbus
13 2 (0.50%) ATM
13 2 (0.50%) Broadband
14 1 (0.25%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (1.25%) SQL Server
2 4 (1.00%) Tableau
3 2 (0.50%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 2 (0.50%) Git
General
1 150 (37.41%) Social Skills
2 66 (16.46%) Finance
3 45 (11.22%) Automotive
3 45 (11.22%) Retail
4 27 (6.73%) Manufacturing
5 25 (6.23%) Marketing
5 25 (6.23%) Telecoms
6 20 (4.99%) Advertising
6 20 (4.99%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 18 (4.49%) Organisational Skills
8 17 (4.24%) Analytical Skills
8 17 (4.24%) Law
9 16 (3.99%) Military
10 15 (3.74%) Back Office
11 13 (3.24%) Pharmaceutical
11 13 (3.24%) Presentation Skills
12 7 (1.75%) Electronics
12 7 (1.75%) Fire and Rescue
12 7 (1.75%) Public Sector
13 6 (1.50%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 61 (15.21%) IT Support
2 57 (14.21%) Support Engineer
3 32 (7.98%) 2nd Line Support
4 27 (6.73%) Technical Support
5 21 (5.24%) Senior
5 21 (5.24%) Systems Engineer
6 20 (4.99%) IT Engineer
7 19 (4.74%) 1st/2nd Line Support
7 19 (4.74%) IT Support Engineer
7 19 (4.74%) Project Manager
7 19 (4.74%) Support Technician
7 19 (4.74%) Technical Engineer
7 19 (4.74%) Technical Support Engineer
8 17 (4.24%) IT Support Technician
8 17 (4.24%) IT Technician
9 15 (3.74%) 1st Line Support
10 12 (2.99%) Desktop Support
11 11 (2.74%) Sales Manager
11 11 (2.74%) Systems Support Engineer
12 10 (2.49%) Security Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (1.75%) .NET
2 5 (1.25%) FreeSWITCH
3 2 (0.50%) ARM Templates
Miscellaneous
1 31 (7.73%) Self-Motivation
2 14 (3.49%) CCTV
2 14 (3.49%) Data Centre
3 13 (3.24%) Onboarding
3 13 (3.24%) Renewable Energy
3 13 (3.24%) SCADA
4 11 (2.74%) EPoS
5 10 (2.49%) NHS
6 9 (2.24%) Management Information System
7 8 (2.00%) Replication
7 8 (2.00%) Social Media
8 7 (1.75%) Analytical Mindset
8 7 (1.75%) Hybrid Cloud
8 7 (1.75%) iPad
9 6 (1.50%) Home Automation
9 6 (1.50%) IoT
10 5 (1.25%) Cloud Native
11 4 (1.00%) Legacy Systems
11 4 (1.00%) Machine to Machine
12 3 (0.75%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 83 (20.70%) Windows
2 38 (9.48%) Windows Server
3 27 (6.73%) Windows 10
4 21 (5.24%) Linux
5 11 (2.74%) Android
6 9 (2.24%) Mac OS
7 5 (1.25%) Debian
8 4 (1.00%) Unix
9 3 (0.75%) Windows 7
10 2 (0.50%) Apple iOS
10 2 (0.50%) Windows Server 2016
11 1 (0.25%) Windows 8
Processes & Methodologies
1 201 (50.12%) Problem-Solving
2 72 (17.96%) Customer Service
3 37 (9.23%) Continuous Improvement
4 34 (8.48%) CRM
5 33 (8.23%) Mentoring
6 30 (7.48%) Commercial Awareness
6 30 (7.48%) Service Delivery
7 27 (6.73%) B2B
7 27 (6.73%) ITIL
8 21 (5.24%) Business Development
8 21 (5.24%) Mathematics
9 19 (4.74%) Cybersecurity
10 18 (4.49%) Remote Monitoring and Management
11 17 (4.24%) ITSM
11 17 (4.24%) Telesales
12 14 (3.49%) B2B Sales
12 14 (3.49%) E-Commerce
12 14 (3.49%) Project Delivery
13 13 (3.24%) Customer Experience
13 13 (3.24%) Logistics
Programming Languages
1 25 (6.23%) SQL
2 9 (2.24%) C++
3 8 (2.00%) C
3 8 (2.00%) Java
3 8 (2.00%) PL/SQL
4 7 (1.75%) MATLAB
5 6 (1.50%) Python
6 4 (1.00%) PowerShell
7 2 (0.50%) Bicep
7 2 (0.50%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 46 (11.47%) Degree
2 17 (4.24%) HNC
3 11 (2.74%) ITIL Certification
3 11 (2.74%) Security Cleared
4 10 (2.49%) MCP
5 9 (2.24%) SC Cleared
6 8 (2.00%) BPSS Clearance
6 8 (2.00%) Computer Science Degree
7 7 (1.75%) NVQ Level 4
8 6 (1.50%) A+ Certification
9 5 (1.25%) DBS Check
9 5 (1.25%) HND
9 5 (1.25%) Microsoft Certification
10 4 (1.00%) Network+ Certification
11 3 (0.75%) Azure Certification
12 2 (0.50%) CCNA
12 2 (0.50%) Cisco Certification
13 1 (0.25%) CCNP
13 1 (0.25%) City & Guilds
13 1 (0.25%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (3.74%) SLA
2 14 (3.49%) Cyber Essentials
3 11 (2.74%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 8 (2.00%) ISO 9001
5 4 (1.00%) QA
6 3 (0.75%) NIST
7 1 (0.25%) ISO 14001
7 1 (0.25%) NEBOSH
System Software
1 49 (12.22%) Active Directory
2 30 (7.48%) Hyper-V
3 16 (3.99%) VMware Infrastructure
4 5 (1.25%) Kamailio
5 2 (0.50%) Docker
5 2 (0.50%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 40 (9.98%) BMC PATROL
2 20 (4.99%) Microsoft Intune
3 2 (0.50%) Kubernetes
3 2 (0.50%) Plesk
3 2 (0.50%) Terraform
4 1 (0.25%) Autotask
Vendors
1 103 (25.69%) Microsoft
2 18 (4.49%) VMware
3 9 (2.24%) Apple
4 8 (2.00%) Allen-Bradley
4 8 (2.00%) Datto
4 8 (2.00%) Freshdesk
4 8 (2.00%) Rockwell
4 8 (2.00%) Siemens
4 8 (2.00%) Veeam
5 7 (1.75%) Google
6 5 (1.25%) Adobe
6 5 (1.25%) Citrix
6 5 (1.25%) Salesforce
6 5 (1.25%) TOWER Software
7 4 (1.00%) EXASOL
8 3 (0.75%) Cisco
8 3 (0.75%) HP
8 3 (0.75%) YouTube
9 2 (0.50%) Dell
9 2 (0.50%) IBM