Driving Licence Job Trends in the South West

Drivers' Licence
England > South West

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Driving Licence in permanent job vacancies in the South West. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Driving Licence over the 6 months leading up to 8 January 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 39 40 109
Rank change year-on-year +1 +69 -6
Permanent jobs citing Driving Licence 183 231 112
As % of all permanent jobs in the South West 3.61% 5.42% 2.43%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 14.30% 14.27% 6.90%
Number of salaries quoted 132 80 86
10th Percentile £25,000 £29,750 £22,750
25th Percentile £27,438 £30,000 £27,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £33,250 £34,750 £32,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.32% +8.59% +1.59%
75th Percentile £40,750 £51,000 £41,107
90th Percentile £45,000 £57,057 £47,500
England median annual salary £35,000 £38,016 £32,500
% change year-on-year -7.93% +16.97% -7.14%

All Generic Skills
South West

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 the South West.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 1,280 1,619 1,624
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 25.27% 38.01% 35.27%
Number of salaries quoted 828 786 1,196
10th Percentile £27,000 £10,258 £29,440
25th Percentile £31,219 £34,404 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £50,000 £53,125
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% -5.88% +1.19%
75th Percentile £60,000 £65,000 £68,750
90th Percentile £73,750 £81,875 £84,056
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -7.69%

Driving Licence
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

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

Driving Licence job vacancy trend in the South West

Driving Licence
Salary Trend in the South West

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South West citing Driving Licence.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South West citing Driving Licence

Driving Licence
Salary Histogram in the South West

Salary distribution for jobs citing Driving Licence in the South West over the 6 months to 8 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Driving Licence in the South West

Driving Licence
Job Locations in the South West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Driving Licence within the South West region over the 6 months to 8 January 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
Devon -9 40 £35,813 -29.78% 21
Cornwall 0 35 £32,000 -36.00% 2
Somerset -23 35 £32,500 -14.51% 9
Bristol -12 27 £31,500 +5.00% 23
Wiltshire +9 24 £34,000 +1.49% 19
Gloucestershire +35 14 £40,741 -5.25% 15
Dorset +9 7 £25,500 -53.61% 11
Driving Licence
England

Driving Licence
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South West 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 54 (29.51%) SharePoint
2 42 (22.95%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 21 (11.48%) Microsoft Excel
2 10 (5.46%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.55%) AutoCAD
3 1 (0.55%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 2 (1.09%) Oracle ERP
Cloud Services
1 92 (50.27%) Microsoft 365
2 28 (15.30%) Azure
3 22 (12.02%) Entra ID
4 14 (7.65%) OneDrive
5 6 (3.28%) Power Platform
6 4 (2.19%) PowerApps
7 3 (1.64%) AWS
8 2 (1.09%) SaaS
9 1 (0.55%) Azure Monitor
Communications & Networking
1 54 (29.51%) Firewall
2 25 (13.66%) DHCP
2 25 (13.66%) DNS
3 21 (11.48%) Structured Cabling
4 16 (8.74%) Wi-Fi
5 13 (7.10%) Remote Desktop
5 13 (7.10%) WAN
6 10 (5.46%) LAN
7 9 (4.92%) VPN
8 8 (4.37%) VLAN
9 7 (3.83%) TCP/IP
9 7 (3.83%) VoIP
10 3 (1.64%) DKIM
10 3 (1.64%) DMARC
10 3 (1.64%) IPsec
10 3 (1.64%) Network Security
10 3 (1.64%) Wireless
11 2 (1.09%) BGP
11 2 (1.09%) Internet
11 2 (1.09%) OSPF
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (2.19%) Metadata
2 2 (1.09%) Power BI
2 2 (1.09%) SQL Server
General
1 89 (48.63%) Social Skills
2 17 (9.29%) Legal
3 13 (7.10%) Organisational Skills
4 11 (6.01%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 11 (6.01%) Military
5 10 (5.46%) Telecoms
6 9 (4.92%) Law
7 8 (4.37%) Retail
8 6 (3.28%) Police
8 6 (3.28%) Presentation Skills
9 5 (2.73%) Analytical Skills
10 4 (2.19%) Advertising
10 4 (2.19%) Aviation
10 4 (2.19%) Finance
10 4 (2.19%) Public Sector
11 3 (1.64%) Back Office
11 3 (1.64%) Electronics
12 2 (1.09%) Documentation Skills
12 2 (1.09%) Influencing Skills
12 2 (1.09%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 50 (27.32%) IT Support
2 39 (21.31%) Support Engineer
3 28 (15.30%) 1st Line Support
4 22 (12.02%) 2nd Line Engineer
4 22 (12.02%) Analyst
5 21 (11.48%) 1st Line Engineer
5 21 (11.48%) 1st Line Support Engineer
5 21 (11.48%) 2nd Line Support
6 20 (10.93%) IT Analyst
6 20 (10.93%) Technical Engineer
7 17 (9.29%) Cabling Engineer
7 17 (9.29%) IT Engineer
8 16 (8.74%) IT Support Analyst
8 16 (8.74%) Support Analyst
9 15 (8.20%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
10 14 (7.65%) Field Engineer
10 14 (7.65%) IT Support Engineer
11 13 (7.10%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
12 12 (6.56%) Data Engineer
13 10 (5.46%) Support Technician
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (2.19%) Software Packaging
2 2 (1.09%) Oracle Fusion
2 2 (1.09%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 22 (12.02%) Onboarding
2 10 (5.46%) Renewable Energy
3 8 (4.37%) Self-Motivation
4 6 (3.28%) Video Conferencing
5 4 (2.19%) CCTV
5 4 (2.19%) Data Centre
5 4 (2.19%) Digital Signage
5 4 (2.19%) EPoS
5 4 (2.19%) Legacy Systems
6 2 (1.09%) Operational Technology
7 1 (0.55%) Blog
7 1 (0.55%) Cyber Threat
7 1 (0.55%) Data Protection Act
7 1 (0.55%) Derivative
7 1 (0.55%) Digital Media
7 1 (0.55%) Fibre Optics
7 1 (0.55%) Life Science
7 1 (0.55%) Management Information System
7 1 (0.55%) Podcast
7 1 (0.55%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 69 (37.70%) Windows
2 40 (21.86%) Windows Server
3 9 (4.92%) Windows 10
4 8 (4.37%) Mac OS
5 7 (3.83%) Apple iOS
6 3 (1.64%) Android
7 1 (0.55%) Debian
7 1 (0.55%) Linux
7 1 (0.55%) OpenWrt
7 1 (0.55%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 72 (39.34%) Customer Service
2 59 (32.24%) Problem-Solving
3 22 (12.02%) ITIL
4 18 (9.84%) Continuous Improvement
4 18 (9.84%) Remote Monitoring and Management
5 17 (9.29%) Cybersecurity
6 11 (6.01%) Asset Management
6 11 (6.01%) Mentoring
7 10 (5.46%) Break/Fix
7 10 (5.46%) Logistics
7 10 (5.46%) Service Management
8 8 (4.37%) Business Development
8 8 (4.37%) Change Control
8 8 (4.37%) Ticket Management
9 7 (3.83%) Customer Engagement
9 7 (3.83%) Decision-Making
9 7 (3.83%) Process Improvement
10 6 (3.28%) ERP
10 6 (3.28%) ITSM
10 6 (3.28%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 5 (2.73%) PowerShell
2 1 (0.55%) SQL
2 1 (0.55%) VB
Qualifications
1 28 (15.30%) Security Cleared
2 21 (11.48%) BPSS Clearance
3 12 (6.56%) SC Cleared
4 10 (5.46%) Degree
5 7 (3.83%) Network+ Certification
6 5 (2.73%) MCP
7 1 (0.55%) A+ Certification
7 1 (0.55%) City & Guilds
7 1 (0.55%) CompTIA Security+
7 1 (0.55%) DBS Check
7 1 (0.55%) HNC
7 1 (0.55%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (3.28%) SLA
2 5 (2.73%) NEBOSH
3 4 (2.19%) GDPR
4 2 (1.09%) QA
5 1 (0.55%) ISO 13485
System Software
1 52 (28.42%) Active Directory
2 10 (5.46%) Hyper-V
3 9 (4.92%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.55%) iptables
Systems Management
1 12 (6.56%) Microsoft Intune
2 7 (3.83%) SCCM
3 4 (2.19%) Jamf Pro
4 2 (1.09%) Single Sign-On
5 1 (0.55%) Ansible
5 1 (0.55%) WSUS
Vendors
1 84 (45.90%) Microsoft
2 22 (12.02%) Apple
3 14 (7.65%) Progress
3 14 (7.65%) Sophos
4 13 (7.10%) ConnectWise
5 11 (6.01%) VMware
6 3 (1.64%) Cisco
6 3 (1.64%) SolarWinds
7 2 (1.09%) CheckPoint
7 2 (1.09%) Fortinet
7 2 (1.09%) Oracle
8 1 (0.55%) Allen-Bradley
8 1 (0.55%) BT
8 1 (0.55%) Clearswift
8 1 (0.55%) McAfee
8 1 (0.55%) MobileIron
8 1 (0.55%) Openreach
8 1 (0.55%) Rockwell
8 1 (0.55%) Salesforce
8 1 (0.55%) Siemens