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

6 months to
23 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 86 139 132
Rank change year-on-year +53 -7 -66
Permanent jobs citing Driving Licence 69 18 28
As % of all permanent jobs in Scotland 2.59% 0.54% 1.14%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 8.49% 1.93% 3.29%
Number of salaries quoted 49 8 27
10th Percentile £24,500 £33,925 £22,000
25th Percentile £25,375 £36,250 £26,701
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £33,000 £44,000 £32,500
Median % change year-on-year -25.00% +35.38% +18.18%
75th Percentile £38,750 £53,438 £41,250
90th Percentile £55,050 £56,850 £44,873
UK median annual salary £36,000 £36,000 £32,000
% change year-on-year - +12.50% -8.57%

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 813 935 851
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 30.56% 28.16% 34.71%
Number of salaries quoted 286 421 681
10th Percentile £25,000 £36,000 £32,893
25th Percentile £30,250 £45,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,500 £55,000 £59,526
Median % change year-on-year -17.27% -7.60% +3.59%
75th Percentile £69,713 £71,250 £72,500
90th Percentile £82,500 £88,750 £87,419
UK median annual salary £54,000 £60,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -10.00% -4.00% -

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 October 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 October 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 +34 32 £36,000 -11.66% 21
Aberdeenshire +9 8 £33,000 - 2
Perth and Kinross +3 6 £25,000 -52.61%
Highlands - 6 - - 1
Edinburgh - 5 £45,250 - 20
West Lothian - 4 - - 4
Aberdeen - 2 £26,150 - 2
Dundee +2 1 - - 3
Perthshire 0 1 £32,600 -38.20%
Renfrewshire - 1 £42,500 - 1
North Lanarkshire - 1 £30,500 - 3
Banffshire - 1 - -
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 6 (8.70%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (1.45%) WinCC
Applications
1 4 (5.80%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (4.35%) Navisworks
2 3 (4.35%) Revit
Business Applications
1 1 (1.45%) Pegasus Opera
Cloud Services
1 6 (8.70%) Microsoft 365
1 6 (8.70%) OneDrive
2 3 (4.35%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 8 (11.59%) DHCP
1 8 (11.59%) DNS
1 8 (11.59%) TCP/IP
2 6 (8.70%) Firewall
3 5 (7.25%) LAN
3 5 (7.25%) WAN
4 3 (4.35%) ATM
4 3 (4.35%) VPN
5 2 (2.90%) SAN
6 1 (1.45%) Broadband
6 1 (1.45%) IMAP
6 1 (1.45%) Modbus
6 1 (1.45%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.45%) SQL Server
General
1 30 (43.48%) Social Skills
2 7 (10.14%) Telecoms
3 6 (8.70%) Analytical Skills
4 4 (5.80%) Fire and Rescue
4 4 (5.80%) Marketing
5 3 (4.35%) Retail
6 2 (2.90%) Legal
6 2 (2.90%) Organisational Skills
6 2 (2.90%) Public Sector
7 1 (1.45%) Advertising
7 1 (1.45%) Aviation
7 1 (1.45%) Back Office
7 1 (1.45%) Finance
7 1 (1.45%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 1 (1.45%) Law
7 1 (1.45%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 24 (34.78%) IT Support
2 15 (21.74%) IT Engineer
3 12 (17.39%) Field Engineer
3 12 (17.39%) IT Support Engineer
3 12 (17.39%) Support Engineer
4 8 (11.59%) IT Support Specialist
4 8 (11.59%) Support Specialist
5 6 (8.70%) 1st Line Engineer
5 6 (8.70%) 1st Line Support
5 6 (8.70%) 1st Line Support Engineer
5 6 (8.70%) Field Service Engineer
5 6 (8.70%) First Line Help Desk Support
5 6 (8.70%) Help Desk Engineer
5 6 (8.70%) Help Desk Support
5 6 (8.70%) Help Desk Support Engineer
5 6 (8.70%) Sales Manager
6 5 (7.25%) Business Development Manager
6 5 (7.25%) CCTV Engineer
6 5 (7.25%) Desktop Engineer
6 5 (7.25%) Field Support Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 5 (7.25%) CCTV
1 5 (7.25%) Self-Motivation
2 3 (4.35%) Analytical Mindset
3 2 (2.90%) Data Centre
3 2 (2.90%) PDA
3 2 (2.90%) Smartphone
4 1 (1.45%) FMCG
4 1 (1.45%) Legacy Systems
4 1 (1.45%) Operational Technology
4 1 (1.45%) Renewable Energy
4 1 (1.45%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 25 (36.23%) Windows
2 8 (11.59%) Windows 7
3 5 (7.25%) Windows 10
4 4 (5.80%) Windows Server
5 3 (4.35%) Android
6 2 (2.90%) Linux
6 2 (2.90%) Unix
7 1 (1.45%) AIX
7 1 (1.45%) Solaris
7 1 (1.45%) Windows Server 2016
7 1 (1.45%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (23.19%) Problem-Solving
2 11 (15.94%) Cybersecurity
3 10 (14.49%) Asset Management
3 10 (14.49%) Customer Service
4 8 (11.59%) Business Development
5 6 (8.70%) Collaborative Working
5 6 (8.70%) Continuous Improvement
5 6 (8.70%) Project Delivery
5 6 (8.70%) Telesales
6 5 (7.25%) Mathematics
6 5 (7.25%) Preventative Maintenance
6 5 (7.25%) Virtual Environments
7 4 (5.80%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 4 (5.80%) ITSM
7 4 (5.80%) Lead Generation
8 3 (4.35%) Building Information Modelling
8 3 (4.35%) Collaborative Culture
8 3 (4.35%) Data Privacy
8 3 (4.35%) Digital Marketing
8 3 (4.35%) Servant Leadership
Programming Languages
1 1 (1.45%) R
Qualifications
1 13 (18.84%) Degree
2 7 (10.14%) CCNA
2 7 (10.14%) Cisco Certification
2 7 (10.14%) Microsoft Certification
3 5 (7.25%) HNC
4 4 (5.80%) Network+ Certification
5 3 (4.35%) HND
6 2 (2.90%) A+ Certification
6 2 (2.90%) BPSS Clearance
6 2 (2.90%) City & Guilds
6 2 (2.90%) MCSE
6 2 (2.90%) Security Cleared
7 1 (1.45%) ITIL Certification
7 1 (1.45%) Master's Degree
7 1 (1.45%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (7.25%) QA
2 3 (4.35%) ISO 19650
3 2 (2.90%) SLA
4 1 (1.45%) Accessibility
4 1 (1.45%) IEC 61131
4 1 (1.45%) IEC 61508
4 1 (1.45%) PMO
System Software
1 9 (13.04%) VMware Infrastructure
2 7 (10.14%) Hyper-V
3 6 (8.70%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (2.90%) Cisco CUCM
1 2 (2.90%) FortiGate
1 2 (2.90%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 22 (31.88%) Microsoft
2 9 (13.04%) VMware
3 4 (5.80%) Cisco
4 3 (4.35%) Autodesk
4 3 (4.35%) Google
5 2 (2.90%) Dell
5 2 (2.90%) Fortinet
6 1 (1.45%) BT
6 1 (1.45%) Openreach
6 1 (1.45%) Pegasus
6 1 (1.45%) Rockwell
6 1 (1.45%) Sage
6 1 (1.45%) Siemens
6 1 (1.45%) Virgin Media
6 1 (1.45%) Xero