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 22 September 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 42 100 158
Rank change year-on-year +58 +58 -39
Permanent jobs citing Driving Licence 128 54 23
As % of all permanent jobs in Scotland 3.16% 2.16% 0.58%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 11.43% 7.29% 1.65%
Number of salaries quoted 69 41 14
10th Percentile £26,255 £24,500 -
25th Percentile £27,500 £25,000 £24,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 £33,000 £37,750
Median % change year-on-year +6.06% -12.58% +21.77%
75th Percentile £46,750 £37,000 £50,625
90th Percentile £64,000 £55,000 £57,650
UK median annual salary £40,000 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year +6.67% +7.14% +8.53%

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 1,120 741 1,390
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 27.64% 29.65% 34.85%
Number of salaries quoted 586 273 495
10th Percentile £27,500 £25,000 £35,000
25th Percentile £31,500 £31,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £53,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.54% -2.73% -5.17%
75th Percentile £70,000 £71,250 £71,250
90th Percentile £96,250 £89,500 £85,000
UK median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +4.55% -8.33% -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 22 September 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 22 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
Edinburgh +33 29 £30,000 - 18
Glasgow +10 28 £37,500 +4.17% 27
Dumfries and Galloway - 13 - - 2
West Lothian +9 12 - - 4
Dunbartonshire - 8 £60,000 - 1
North Ayrshire - 7 £35,000 -
Highlands -2 5 £45,500 - 6
Argyll and Bute - 4 £20,000 - 1
Perthshire -1 3 £30,000 -7.98% 4
Perth and Kinross -5 3 £30,000 +20.00% 1
Aberdeenshire -6 3 - - 8
Dundee - 3 £35,625 - 4
North Lanarkshire - 3 - - 3
South Ayrshire - 2 £60,000 -
Stirling - 2 - - 6
Lanarkshire - 2 £32,750 - 21
Aberdeen -15 1 £40,000 +52.96% 8
Orkney Islands - 1 - -
Scottish Borders - 1 £38,993 -
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 17 (13.28%) SharePoint
2 4 (3.13%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 3 (2.34%) Microsoft Excel
1 3 (2.34%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 49 (38.28%) Microsoft 365
2 26 (20.31%) Entra ID
3 6 (4.69%) Azure
4 4 (3.13%) SaaS
5 3 (2.34%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 30 (23.44%) VoIP
2 19 (14.84%) VPN
3 17 (13.28%) Firewall
4 15 (11.72%) DNS
4 15 (11.72%) LAN
4 15 (11.72%) WAN
5 12 (9.38%) DHCP
5 12 (9.38%) MPLS
6 8 (6.25%) VLAN
7 6 (4.69%) Broadband
8 3 (2.34%) Network Security
8 3 (2.34%) PBX
9 2 (1.56%) Remote Desktop
9 2 (1.56%) TCP/IP
10 1 (0.78%) 4G
10 1 (0.78%) ADSL
10 1 (0.78%) NAS
10 1 (0.78%) RS-232
10 1 (0.78%) RS-422
10 1 (0.78%) VSAT
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (2.34%) SQL Server Reporting Services
General
1 63 (49.22%) Social Skills
2 16 (12.50%) Telecoms
3 13 (10.16%) Finance
4 10 (7.81%) Analytical Skills
5 8 (6.25%) Documentation Skills
5 8 (6.25%) Legal
6 5 (3.91%) Marketing
6 5 (3.91%) Organisational Skills
6 5 (3.91%) Presentation Skills
6 5 (3.91%) Retail
7 3 (2.34%) Aerospace
7 3 (2.34%) Games
7 3 (2.34%) Military
7 3 (2.34%) Public Sector
8 2 (1.56%) Brand Awareness
8 2 (1.56%) Electronics
8 2 (1.56%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 2 (1.56%) Manufacturing
9 1 (0.78%) Agriculture
9 1 (0.78%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 39 (30.47%) IT Support
2 38 (29.69%) Support Engineer
3 35 (27.34%) IT Engineer
4 26 (20.31%) IT Support Engineer
5 20 (15.63%) 2nd Line Engineer
5 20 (15.63%) 2nd Line Support
5 20 (15.63%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
6 12 (9.38%) 2nd Line Technical Support
6 12 (9.38%) 2nd Line Technical Support Engineer
6 12 (9.38%) Technical Engineer
6 12 (9.38%) Technical Support
6 12 (9.38%) Technical Support Engineer
7 9 (7.03%) 1st Line Engineer
7 9 (7.03%) 1st Line Support
7 9 (7.03%) 1st Line Support Engineer
7 9 (7.03%) IT Technician
8 8 (6.25%) Consultant
8 8 (6.25%) Network Engineer
8 8 (6.25%) Project Manager
8 8 (6.25%) SAP Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (0.78%) EDI
Miscellaneous
1 6 (4.69%) Management Information System
2 5 (3.91%) Cyber Security Posture
2 5 (3.91%) Security Posture
2 5 (3.91%) Smartphone
3 4 (3.13%) Onboarding
4 3 (2.34%) Renewable Energy
4 3 (2.34%) Self-Motivation
5 2 (1.56%) Chip and PIN
5 2 (1.56%) Digital Media
5 2 (1.56%) PDA
6 1 (0.78%) CCTV
6 1 (0.78%) Enterprise Software
6 1 (0.78%) EPoS
6 1 (0.78%) Fibre Optics
6 1 (0.78%) Photovoltaics
6 1 (0.78%) Replication
6 1 (0.78%) Smart Meter
Operating Systems
1 40 (31.25%) Windows
2 20 (15.63%) Mac OS
3 12 (9.38%) Windows 10
4 10 (7.81%) Windows Server
5 3 (2.34%) Apple iOS
6 1 (0.78%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 31 (24.22%) Customer Service
2 29 (22.66%) Problem-Solving
3 21 (16.41%) Collaborative Working
4 20 (15.63%) Project Delivery
5 16 (12.50%) Continuous Improvement
6 15 (11.72%) Business Development
6 15 (11.72%) Remote Monitoring and Management
7 13 (10.16%) Stakeholder Management
8 12 (9.38%) Technology Transformation
9 11 (8.59%) Mentoring
10 10 (7.81%) Lead Generation
10 10 (7.81%) Mathematics
10 10 (7.81%) Time Management
11 9 (7.03%) Cybersecurity
12 7 (5.47%) Infrastructure Engineering
12 7 (5.47%) Telesales
13 6 (4.69%) Disaster Recovery
13 6 (4.69%) Proactive Maintenance
13 6 (4.69%) Service Delivery
13 6 (4.69%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 3 (2.34%) PowerShell
2 1 (0.78%) SQL
Qualifications
1 10 (7.81%) HND
2 8 (6.25%) Degree
3 6 (4.69%) HNC
4 5 (3.91%) CCNA
4 5 (3.91%) Cisco Certification
4 5 (3.91%) Microsoft Certification
5 3 (2.34%) Azure Certification
5 3 (2.34%) BPSS Clearance
5 3 (2.34%) City & Guilds
5 3 (2.34%) IRCA
5 3 (2.34%) MCSA
6 2 (1.56%) A+ Certification
6 2 (1.56%) DBS Check
6 2 (1.56%) MCSE
6 2 (1.56%) NVQ Level 3
7 1 (0.78%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (6.25%) NEBOSH
2 7 (5.47%) QA
3 3 (2.34%) Cyber Essentials
3 3 (2.34%) ISO 14001
3 3 (2.34%) ISO 9001
3 3 (2.34%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 2 (1.56%) HAZOP
5 1 (0.78%) GDPR
System Software
1 31 (24.22%) Active Directory
2 5 (3.91%) Hyper-V
2 5 (3.91%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 6 (4.69%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 50 (39.06%) Microsoft
2 13 (10.16%) Meraki
3 12 (9.38%) Fortinet
4 8 (6.25%) SAP
5 6 (4.69%) Cisco
6 5 (3.91%) VMware
7 3 (2.34%) Dell
8 2 (1.56%) Citrix
8 2 (1.56%) NEC
8 2 (1.56%) ServiceNow
9 1 (0.78%) HubSpot
9 1 (0.78%) QNAP
9 1 (0.78%) Siemens
9 1 (0.78%) Veeam