Driving Licence Job Trends in Scotland

Drivers' Licence
UK > Scotland

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Driving Licence in permanent job vacancies in Scotland. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Driving Licence over the 6 months leading up to 13 July 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 56 122 209
Rank change year-on-year +66 +87 -95
Permanent jobs citing Driving Licence 97 26 52
As % of all permanent jobs in Scotland 2.90% 1.04% 0.85%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 10.81% 3.58% 1.90%
Number of salaries quoted 61 21 42
10th Percentile £25,300 £27,250 £23,750
25th Percentile £26,750 £29,000 £24,240
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 £32,600 £32,500
Median % change year-on-year +7.36% +0.31% +17.36%
75th Percentile £70,000 £47,500 £40,250
90th Percentile - £55,000 £44,875
UK median annual salary £37,000 £37,000 £32,000
% change year-on-year - +15.63% -1.54%

All Generic Skills
Scotland

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 Scotland.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 897 726 2,744
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 26.82% 28.92% 45.08%
Number of salaries quoted 506 295 811
10th Percentile £27,063 £29,000 £29,087
25th Percentile £31,500 £43,425 £39,942
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £60,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% +14.29% -8.70%
75th Percentile £70,000 £75,000 £69,875
90th Percentile £80,000 £97,500 £80,000
UK median annual salary £58,577 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +1.87% +4.55% -14.06%

Driving Licence
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

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

Driving Licence job vacancy trend in Scotland

Driving Licence
Salary Trend in Scotland

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Scotland citing Driving Licence.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Scotland citing Driving Licence

Driving Licence
Salary Histogram in Scotland

Salary distribution for jobs citing Driving Licence in Scotland over the 6 months to 13 July 2026.

Salary histogram for Driving Licence in Scotland

Driving Licence
Job Locations in Scotland

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Driving Licence within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 13 July 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
Edinburgh +37 30 £31,750 - 3
Glasgow +27 27 £60,000 +66.67% 11
Dumfries and Galloway - 13 - -
West Lothian - 5 - - 1
Perthshire -2 4 £30,000 -7.98%
Perth and Kinross - 4 £30,000 -
North Ayrshire - 4 £36,500 - 2
Highlands -1 3 - - 1
North Lanarkshire -4 3 - - 1
Argyll and Bute - 3 £20,000 - 2
Dunbartonshire - 3 - - 2
Dundee - 1 £27,000 -
Driving Licence
UK

Driving Licence
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Scotland 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 13 (13.40%) SharePoint
2 3 (3.09%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 3 (3.09%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (1.03%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 33 (34.02%) Microsoft 365
2 16 (16.49%) Entra ID
3 6 (6.19%) Azure
4 3 (3.09%) OneDrive
4 3 (3.09%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 21 (21.65%) VoIP
2 9 (9.28%) DNS
3 8 (8.25%) Firewall
3 8 (8.25%) LAN
3 8 (8.25%) VPN
3 8 (8.25%) WAN
4 6 (6.19%) Broadband
4 6 (6.19%) DHCP
4 6 (6.19%) VLAN
5 5 (5.15%) MPLS
6 3 (3.09%) Network Security
6 3 (3.09%) PBX
7 1 (1.03%) Intrusion Detection
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (3.09%) SQL Server Reporting Services
General
1 58 (59.79%) Social Skills
2 11 (11.34%) Finance
3 8 (8.25%) Analytical Skills
3 8 (8.25%) Legal
3 8 (8.25%) Retail
3 8 (8.25%) Telecoms
4 7 (7.22%) Organisational Skills
5 5 (5.15%) Documentation Skills
6 3 (3.09%) Aerospace
6 3 (3.09%) Games
6 3 (3.09%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 3 (3.09%) Marketing
6 3 (3.09%) Military
6 3 (3.09%) Presentation Skills
7 2 (2.06%) Agriculture
8 1 (1.03%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 28 (28.87%) IT Support
2 27 (27.84%) Support Engineer
3 23 (23.71%) IT Engineer
4 20 (20.62%) Account Manager
4 20 (20.62%) Sales Account Manager
4 20 (20.62%) Sales Manager
5 19 (19.59%) IT Support Engineer
6 13 (13.40%) 2nd Line Engineer
6 13 (13.40%) 2nd Line Support
6 13 (13.40%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
7 9 (9.28%) Project Manager
8 8 (8.25%) 1st Line Support
8 8 (8.25%) SAP Manager
8 8 (8.25%) SAP Project Manager
9 7 (7.22%) 1st Line Engineer
9 7 (7.22%) 1st Line Support Engineer
9 7 (7.22%) IT Technician
9 7 (7.22%) Support Technician
10 6 (6.19%) Field Engineer
11 5 (5.15%) Technical Support
Miscellaneous
1 6 (6.19%) Self-Motivation
2 4 (4.12%) Onboarding
3 3 (3.09%) Cyber Security Posture
3 3 (3.09%) Digital Media
3 3 (3.09%) Security Posture
3 3 (3.09%) Smartphone
4 1 (1.03%) CCTV
4 1 (1.03%) Hybrid Cloud
Operating Systems
1 28 (28.87%) Windows
2 15 (15.46%) Mac OS
3 8 (8.25%) Windows 10
4 7 (7.22%) Windows Server
5 3 (3.09%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 24 (24.74%) Business Development
2 23 (23.71%) Lead Generation
3 21 (21.65%) Customer Service
4 20 (20.62%) Telesales
5 18 (18.56%) Collaborative Working
5 18 (18.56%) Problem-Solving
6 9 (9.28%) Continuous Improvement
6 9 (9.28%) Mathematics
7 8 (8.25%) Project Delivery
7 8 (8.25%) Remote Monitoring and Management
7 8 (8.25%) Time Management
8 7 (7.22%) Cybersecurity
8 7 (7.22%) Line Management
8 7 (7.22%) Mentoring
9 6 (6.19%) Proactive Maintenance
9 6 (6.19%) Service Delivery
10 5 (5.15%) Service Management
10 5 (5.15%) Stakeholder Management
10 5 (5.15%) Technology Transformation
11 4 (4.12%) Disaster Recovery
Programming Languages
1 4 (4.12%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 6 (6.19%) Degree
1 6 (6.19%) Security Cleared
2 5 (5.15%) A+ Certification
2 5 (5.15%) Server+ Certification
3 4 (4.12%) Microsoft Certification
4 3 (3.09%) Azure Certification
4 3 (3.09%) CCNA
4 3 (3.09%) Cisco Certification
4 3 (3.09%) MCSA
5 2 (2.06%) DBS Check
5 2 (2.06%) HNC
5 2 (2.06%) HND
6 1 (1.03%) BPSS Clearance
6 1 (1.03%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (8.25%) NEBOSH
2 6 (6.19%) QA
3 3 (3.09%) Cyber Essentials
3 3 (3.09%) SLA
System Software
1 19 (19.59%) Active Directory
2 4 (4.12%) VMware Infrastructure
3 3 (3.09%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 7 (7.22%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 35 (36.08%) Microsoft
2 8 (8.25%) SAP
3 5 (5.15%) Fortinet
3 5 (5.15%) Meraki
4 4 (4.12%) Cisco
4 4 (4.12%) VMware
5 1 (1.03%) HubSpot
5 1 (1.03%) ServiceNow