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 17 February 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 68 123 171
Rank change year-on-year +55 +48 -2
Permanent jobs citing Driving Licence 91 20 57
As % of all permanent jobs in Scotland 3.05% 0.84% 1.38%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 10.92% 2.65% 3.31%
Number of salaries quoted 70 16 48
10th Percentile £24,500 £27,375 £24,240
25th Percentile £26,375 £29,625 £26,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £37,500 £36,750 £32,500
Median % change year-on-year +2.04% +13.08% +18.18%
75th Percentile £45,000 £53,438 £45,000
90th Percentile £70,000 £64,750 £57,500
UK median annual salary £34,500 £37,500 £31,500
% change year-on-year -8.00% +19.05% -10.00%

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 833 755 1,721
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 27.92% 31.64% 41.64%
Number of salaries quoted 385 330 747
10th Percentile £25,500 £37,225 £28,750
25th Percentile £30,000 £45,000 £40,800
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -25.00% +9.09% -7.60%
75th Percentile £66,250 £76,840 £72,433
90th Percentile £76,110 £110,000 £91,250
UK median annual salary £55,000 £62,500 £55,440
% change year-on-year -12.00% +12.73% -14.71%

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 17 February 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 17 February 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
Glasgow +32 32 £35,250 -0.70% 13
Edinburgh +10 15 £45,000 -33.33% 9
Highlands - 9 £45,000 - 3
West Lothian - 8 - - 2
Aberdeenshire +6 7 £33,000 - 2
Aberdeen +2 5 £45,000 +55.17% 2
Dundee -1 5 £45,000 +59.29% 2
Perth and Kinross -4 5 £25,000 -52.61%
Argyll and Bute - 3 £37,500 -
North Lanarkshire - 1 £30,500 -
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 (1.10%) WinCC
Applications
1 1 (1.10%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (1.10%) Microsoft Project
1 1 (1.10%) Navisworks
1 1 (1.10%) Revit
Cloud Services
1 5 (5.49%) OneDrive
2 1 (1.10%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (1.10%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 7 (7.69%) Firewall
2 3 (3.30%) ATM
3 1 (1.10%) DHCP
3 1 (1.10%) DNS
3 1 (1.10%) Internet
3 1 (1.10%) LAN
3 1 (1.10%) Modbus
3 1 (1.10%) SAN
3 1 (1.10%) TCP/IP
3 1 (1.10%) VLAN
3 1 (1.10%) VPN
3 1 (1.10%) WAN
3 1 (1.10%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.10%) Power BI
General
1 38 (41.76%) Social Skills
2 11 (12.09%) Organisational Skills
3 8 (8.79%) Fire and Rescue
4 6 (6.59%) Retail
4 6 (6.59%) Telecoms
5 5 (5.49%) Finance
5 5 (5.49%) Manufacturing
5 5 (5.49%) Public Sector
6 4 (4.40%) Electronics
6 4 (4.40%) Marketing
6 4 (4.40%) Police
7 2 (2.20%) Analytical Skills
7 2 (2.20%) Legal
8 1 (1.10%) Back Office
8 1 (1.10%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 1 (1.10%) Law
Job Titles
1 29 (31.87%) IT Support
2 23 (25.27%) Technical Engineer
3 13 (14.29%) Support Engineer
4 11 (12.09%) IT Engineer
5 10 (10.99%) Field Engineer
5 10 (10.99%) IT Support Engineer
6 9 (9.89%) Account Manager
6 9 (9.89%) Sales Account Manager
6 9 (9.89%) Sales Manager
7 8 (8.79%) Service Desk Support
8 7 (7.69%) IT Support Specialist
8 7 (7.69%) Lead
8 7 (7.69%) Support Specialist
9 6 (6.59%) Field Support Engineer
10 5 (5.49%) 1st Line Support Engineer
10 5 (5.49%) Field Service Engineer
10 5 (5.49%) Help Desk Engineer
10 5 (5.49%) Help Desk Support
10 5 (5.49%) Help Desk Support Engineer
10 5 (5.49%) Technical Leader
Miscellaneous
1 23 (25.27%) Renewable Energy
2 12 (13.19%) Self-Motivation
3 3 (3.30%) Housing Association
3 3 (3.30%) Learning Management System
4 2 (2.20%) PDA
4 2 (2.20%) Smartphone
5 1 (1.10%) Analytical Mindset
5 1 (1.10%) Data Centre
5 1 (1.10%) Legacy Systems
5 1 (1.10%) Operational Technology
5 1 (1.10%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 22 (24.18%) Windows
2 7 (7.69%) Windows 7
3 3 (3.30%) Android
4 2 (2.20%) Windows Server
5 1 (1.10%) Apple iOS
5 1 (1.10%) Linux
5 1 (1.10%) Windows Server 2016
5 1 (1.10%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (16.48%) Problem-Solving
2 12 (13.19%) Asset Management
2 12 (13.19%) ITSM
3 11 (12.09%) Project Delivery
4 10 (10.99%) Continuous Improvement
5 9 (9.89%) Business Development
5 9 (9.89%) Lead Generation
5 9 (9.89%) Telesales
6 8 (8.79%) Cybersecurity
7 7 (7.69%) Collaborative Culture
7 7 (7.69%) Logistics
8 6 (6.59%) Service Delivery
9 5 (5.49%) Business Intelligence
9 5 (5.49%) Business Strategy
9 5 (5.49%) ERP
9 5 (5.49%) Mentoring
9 5 (5.49%) Stakeholder Management
9 5 (5.49%) Statistics
10 4 (4.40%) Customer Service
10 4 (4.40%) Digital Marketing
Qualifications
1 9 (9.89%) Degree
2 7 (7.69%) A+ Certification
2 7 (7.69%) Security Cleared
3 6 (6.59%) HNC
4 2 (2.20%) City & Guilds
4 2 (2.20%) Server+ Certification
5 1 (1.10%) BPSS Clearance
5 1 (1.10%) CCNA
5 1 (1.10%) Cisco Certification
5 1 (1.10%) HND
5 1 (1.10%) ITIL Certification
5 1 (1.10%) Master's Degree
5 1 (1.10%) MCSE
5 1 (1.10%) Microsoft Certification
5 1 (1.10%) Network+ Certification
5 1 (1.10%) Numerate Degree
5 1 (1.10%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (12.09%) SLA
2 5 (5.49%) QA
3 1 (1.10%) IEC 61131
3 1 (1.10%) IEC 61508
3 1 (1.10%) ISO 19650
System Software
1 7 (7.69%) VMware Infrastructure
2 2 (2.20%) Active Directory
2 2 (2.20%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 5 (5.49%) Cisco CUCM
2 1 (1.10%) Proxmox
Vendors
1 17 (18.68%) Microsoft
2 7 (7.69%) VMware
3 5 (5.49%) Cisco
4 4 (4.40%) SAP
5 2 (2.20%) Dell
6 1 (1.10%) Autodesk
6 1 (1.10%) BT
6 1 (1.10%) iManage
6 1 (1.10%) Openreach
6 1 (1.10%) Rockwell
6 1 (1.10%) Siemens