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

6 months to
23 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 55 124 142
Rank change year-on-year +69 +18 +34
Permanent jobs citing Driving Licence 99 22 39
As % of all permanent jobs in Scotland 3.60% 0.80% 1.43%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 13.13% 2.69% 3.49%
Number of salaries quoted 76 13 31
10th Percentile £24,500 £26,700 £26,000
25th Percentile £28,438 £30,000 £28,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £36,000 £37,500 £35,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% +7.14% +27.27%
75th Percentile £45,000 £56,250 £45,000
90th Percentile £46,250 £68,650 £57,500
UK median annual salary £35,000 £37,500 £32,500
% change year-on-year -6.67% +15.38% -7.14%

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 754 819 1,117
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 27.45% 29.77% 40.93%
Number of salaries quoted 352 353 617
10th Percentile £25,116 £36,800 £31,250
25th Percentile £30,000 £43,750 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,000 £55,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -23.64% -8.33% +3.79%
75th Percentile £65,000 £72,500 £72,500
90th Percentile £74,875 £93,522 £96,539
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -8.33% -4.00% -3.85%

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 23 December 2025.

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 23 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
Glasgow +57 37 £36,000 - 9
Edinburgh 0 11 £45,000 -33.33% 4
Highlands - 11 £45,000 - 1
Aberdeenshire +5 8 £33,000 - 1
West Lothian - 8 - - 2
Perth and Kinross 0 6 £25,000 -52.61% 1
Aberdeen - 6 £45,000 - 2
Dundee +2 5 £45,000 +59.29%
Argyll and Bute +2 3 £37,500 - 4
North Lanarkshire - 1 £30,500 - 2
Banffshire - 1 - -
Renfrewshire - 1 £42,500 -
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 1 (1.01%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (1.01%) WinCC
Applications
1 4 (4.04%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (3.03%) Navisworks
2 3 (3.03%) Revit
Business Applications
1 1 (1.01%) Pegasus Opera
Cloud Services
1 6 (6.06%) OneDrive
2 2 (2.02%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (1.01%) Azure
3 1 (1.01%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 8 (8.08%) Firewall
2 6 (6.06%) LAN
2 6 (6.06%) WAN
3 3 (3.03%) ATM
4 2 (2.02%) DHCP
4 2 (2.02%) DNS
4 2 (2.02%) TCP/IP
4 2 (2.02%) VPN
5 1 (1.01%) IMAP
5 1 (1.01%) Internet
5 1 (1.01%) Modbus
5 1 (1.01%) SAN
5 1 (1.01%) VLAN
5 1 (1.01%) VoIP
5 1 (1.01%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.01%) Power BI
1 1 (1.01%) SQL Server
General
1 37 (37.37%) Social Skills
2 11 (11.11%) Telecoms
3 9 (9.09%) Organisational Skills
4 8 (8.08%) Fire and Rescue
5 5 (5.05%) Finance
5 5 (5.05%) Manufacturing
5 5 (5.05%) Public Sector
6 4 (4.04%) Electronics
6 4 (4.04%) Marketing
6 4 (4.04%) Police
6 4 (4.04%) Retail
7 3 (3.03%) Analytical Skills
8 2 (2.02%) Legal
9 1 (1.01%) Advertising
9 1 (1.01%) Back Office
9 1 (1.01%) Law
Job Titles
1 31 (31.31%) IT Support
2 23 (23.23%) Technical Engineer
3 13 (13.13%) IT Engineer
4 12 (12.12%) Support Engineer
5 11 (11.11%) IT Support Engineer
6 9 (9.09%) Field Engineer
7 8 (8.08%) IT Support Specialist
7 8 (8.08%) Service Desk Support
7 8 (8.08%) Support Specialist
8 7 (7.07%) Lead
8 7 (7.07%) Sales Manager
9 6 (6.06%) 1st Line Engineer
9 6 (6.06%) 1st Line Support
9 6 (6.06%) 1st Line Support Engineer
9 6 (6.06%) First Line Help Desk Support
9 6 (6.06%) Help Desk Engineer
9 6 (6.06%) Help Desk Support
9 6 (6.06%) Help Desk Support Engineer
10 5 (5.05%) CCTV Engineer
10 5 (5.05%) Sales Account Manager
Miscellaneous
1 23 (23.23%) Renewable Energy
2 10 (10.10%) Self-Motivation
3 5 (5.05%) CCTV
4 3 (3.03%) Housing Association
4 3 (3.03%) Learning Management System
5 2 (2.02%) Analytical Mindset
5 2 (2.02%) PDA
5 2 (2.02%) Smartphone
6 1 (1.01%) Data Centre
6 1 (1.01%) Legacy Systems
6 1 (1.01%) Operational Technology
6 1 (1.01%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 24 (24.24%) Windows
2 8 (8.08%) Windows 7
3 3 (3.03%) Android
3 3 (3.03%) Windows Server
4 1 (1.01%) AIX
4 1 (1.01%) Apple iOS
4 1 (1.01%) Linux
4 1 (1.01%) Solaris
4 1 (1.01%) Windows Server 2016
4 1 (1.01%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (16.16%) Problem-Solving
2 13 (13.13%) Asset Management
3 12 (12.12%) ITSM
4 11 (11.11%) Cybersecurity
4 11 (11.11%) Project Delivery
5 10 (10.10%) Continuous Improvement
6 7 (7.07%) Collaborative Culture
6 7 (7.07%) Logistics
7 6 (6.06%) Business Development
7 6 (6.06%) Lead Generation
7 6 (6.06%) Service Delivery
8 5 (5.05%) Business Intelligence
8 5 (5.05%) Business Strategy
8 5 (5.05%) ERP
8 5 (5.05%) Mentoring
8 5 (5.05%) Preventative Maintenance
8 5 (5.05%) Stakeholder Management
8 5 (5.05%) Statistics
8 5 (5.05%) Telesales
9 4 (4.04%) Programme Management
Qualifications
1 11 (11.11%) Degree
2 8 (8.08%) HNC
3 6 (6.06%) CCNA
3 6 (6.06%) Cisco Certification
4 5 (5.05%) A+ Certification
4 5 (5.05%) Security Cleared
5 3 (3.03%) HND
6 2 (2.02%) City & Guilds
7 1 (1.01%) BPSS Clearance
7 1 (1.01%) ITIL Certification
7 1 (1.01%) Master's Degree
7 1 (1.01%) MCSE
7 1 (1.01%) Microsoft Certification
7 1 (1.01%) Network+ Certification
7 1 (1.01%) Numerate Degree
7 1 (1.01%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (9.09%) SLA
2 5 (5.05%) QA
3 3 (3.03%) ISO 19650
4 1 (1.01%) IEC 61131
4 1 (1.01%) IEC 61508
System Software
1 8 (8.08%) VMware Infrastructure
2 3 (3.03%) Hyper-V
3 2 (2.02%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 5 (5.05%) Cisco CUCM
2 1 (1.01%) Proxmox
Vendors
1 20 (20.20%) Microsoft
2 8 (8.08%) VMware
3 5 (5.05%) Cisco
4 4 (4.04%) SAP
5 3 (3.03%) Autodesk
6 2 (2.02%) Dell
7 1 (1.01%) BT
7 1 (1.01%) iManage
7 1 (1.01%) Openreach
7 1 (1.01%) Pegasus
7 1 (1.01%) Rockwell
7 1 (1.01%) Sage
7 1 (1.01%) Siemens
7 1 (1.01%) Xero