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 1 May 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 73 32 89
Rank change year-on-year -41 +57 +12
Permanent jobs citing Driving Licence 156 178 259
As % of all permanent jobs in the South West 2.07% 6.65% 2.91%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 10.37% 16.89% 9.03%
Number of salaries quoted 123 64 202
10th Percentile £25,000 £29,000 £24,000
25th Percentile £27,250 £30,719 £29,073
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £33,500 £36,250 £31,250
Median % change year-on-year -7.59% +16.00% +0.81%
75th Percentile £45,000 £51,000 £41,205
90th Percentile £53,240 £57,057 £55,000
England median annual salary £35,750 £36,750 £31,250
% change year-on-year -2.72% +17.60% -10.71%

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 1,505 1,054 2,868
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 19.94% 39.40% 32.23%
Number of salaries quoted 934 590 2,043
10th Percentile £28,000 £28,500 £28,000
25th Percentile £33,750 £33,313 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £51,058 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.97% +2.12% -4.76%
75th Percentile £65,000 £68,525 £66,250
90th Percentile £78,800 £80,000 £82,500
England median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year - +9.09% -15.38%

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 1 May 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 1 May 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 -31 35 £25,000 -50.98% 8
Bristol -10 32 £42,250 +17.36% 17
Cornwall +7 24 £29,000 -7.94% 5
Wiltshire -5 24 £42,500 +26.87% 9
Somerset -47 21 £32,500 -42.09% 9
Gloucestershire -22 14 £32,875 +9.58% 8
Dorset -13 7 £34,500 -37.24% 8
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 39 (25.00%) SharePoint
2 10 (6.41%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 11 (7.05%) Microsoft Office
2 10 (6.41%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.64%) AutoCAD
3 1 (0.64%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (0.64%) C-CURE
Cloud Services
1 53 (33.97%) Microsoft 365
2 38 (24.36%) Azure
3 31 (19.87%) Entra ID
4 26 (16.67%) OneDrive
5 2 (1.28%) IaaS
5 2 (1.28%) PaaS
5 2 (1.28%) SaaS
6 1 (0.64%) Asana
6 1 (0.64%) Canva
6 1 (0.64%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 26 (16.67%) DHCP
1 26 (16.67%) DNS
2 14 (8.97%) Firewall
3 13 (8.33%) Structured Cabling
4 12 (7.69%) Wi-Fi
5 10 (6.41%) VPN
5 10 (6.41%) WAN
6 9 (5.77%) LAN
7 8 (5.13%) VLAN
8 5 (3.21%) Internet
8 5 (3.21%) IPsec
9 4 (2.56%) Wireless
10 3 (1.92%) Broadband
11 2 (1.28%) TCP/IP
11 2 (1.28%) WLAN
12 1 (0.64%) BGP
12 1 (0.64%) OSPF
12 1 (0.64%) SNMP
12 1 (0.64%) SSH
12 1 (0.64%) TETRA
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (0.64%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 3 (1.92%) JIRA
General
1 45 (28.85%) Social Skills
2 19 (12.18%) Law
3 17 (10.90%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 17 (10.90%) Military
4 10 (6.41%) Legal
5 9 (5.77%) Finance
5 9 (5.77%) Retail
6 7 (4.49%) Local Government
6 7 (4.49%) Telecoms
7 6 (3.85%) Organisational Skills
8 5 (3.21%) Manufacturing
9 4 (2.56%) Advertising
9 4 (2.56%) Back Office
10 3 (1.92%) Multimedia
10 3 (1.92%) Public Sector
11 2 (1.28%) Aerospace
11 2 (1.28%) Analytical Skills
11 2 (1.28%) Aviation
11 2 (1.28%) Avionics
11 2 (1.28%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 43 (27.56%) IT Support
2 35 (22.44%) Support Engineer
3 23 (14.74%) IT Engineer
4 20 (12.82%) IT Support Engineer
5 15 (9.62%) Business Development Manager
5 15 (9.62%) Business Manager
5 15 (9.62%) Development Manager
5 15 (9.62%) IT Support Technician
5 15 (9.62%) IT Technician
5 15 (9.62%) Support Technician
6 14 (8.97%) Analyst
7 13 (8.33%) Cabling Engineer
7 13 (8.33%) Senior
8 12 (7.69%) 1st Line Support
9 10 (6.41%) 1st Line Engineer
9 10 (6.41%) 1st Line Support Engineer
10 9 (5.77%) Field Engineer
10 9 (5.77%) IT Analyst
10 9 (5.77%) Project Manager
10 9 (5.77%) Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (1.92%) JSON
1 3 (1.92%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 16 (10.26%) Self-Motivation
2 9 (5.77%) Onboarding
3 8 (5.13%) CCTV
4 6 (3.85%) Data Centre
5 3 (1.92%) EPoS
5 3 (1.92%) Management Information System
5 3 (1.92%) NHS
6 2 (1.28%) Embedded Systems
6 2 (1.28%) Learning Management System
6 2 (1.28%) Legacy Systems
6 2 (1.28%) Raspberry Pi
6 2 (1.28%) Renewable Energy
7 1 (0.64%) Derivative
7 1 (0.64%) Fibre Optics
7 1 (0.64%) Home Automation
7 1 (0.64%) Operational Technology
7 1 (0.64%) PDA
7 1 (0.64%) Social Media
7 1 (0.64%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 44 (28.21%) Windows
2 29 (18.59%) Windows Server
3 6 (3.85%) Mac OS
3 6 (3.85%) Windows 10
4 3 (1.92%) Android
4 3 (1.92%) Linux
5 1 (0.64%) Debian
5 1 (0.64%) OpenWrt
Processes & Methodologies
1 56 (35.90%) Customer Service
2 43 (27.56%) ITIL
3 25 (16.03%) Problem-Solving
4 20 (12.82%) Business Development
5 16 (10.26%) Continuous Improvement
6 14 (8.97%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 11 (7.05%) Change Control
8 9 (5.77%) Break/Fix
9 8 (5.13%) Service Delivery
10 7 (4.49%) Coaching
10 7 (4.49%) Geotechnical Engineering
10 7 (4.49%) Project Delivery
10 7 (4.49%) Remote Monitoring and Management
11 6 (3.85%) B2B
11 6 (3.85%) Customer Experience
11 6 (3.85%) ITSM
11 6 (3.85%) Service Management
11 6 (3.85%) Tech Ops
12 5 (3.21%) Business Intelligence
12 5 (3.21%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 6 (3.85%) SQL
2 2 (1.28%) C
2 2 (1.28%) C++
2 2 (1.28%) Java
2 2 (1.28%) PowerShell
2 2 (1.28%) Python
Qualifications
1 21 (13.46%) Security Cleared
2 12 (7.69%) BPSS Clearance
3 9 (5.77%) SC Cleared
4 8 (5.13%) Degree
5 5 (3.21%) Microsoft Certification
6 4 (2.56%) DBS Check
7 3 (1.92%) Chartered Engineer
7 3 (1.92%) Postgraduate
8 2 (1.28%) A+ Certification
8 2 (1.28%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
8 2 (1.28%) Network+ Certification
9 1 (0.64%) City & Guilds
9 1 (0.64%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (7.69%) SLA
2 6 (3.85%) Cyber Essentials
2 6 (3.85%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
3 5 (3.21%) NEBOSH
4 2 (1.28%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 1 (0.64%) GDPR
5 1 (0.64%) QA
System Software
1 37 (23.72%) Active Directory
2 7 (4.49%) Hyper-V
3 2 (1.28%) Firmware
3 2 (1.28%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.64%) iptables
Systems Management
1 12 (7.69%) Microsoft Intune
2 4 (2.56%) SCCM
3 1 (0.64%) Ansible
Vendors
1 30 (19.23%) Microsoft
2 7 (4.49%) Apple
2 7 (4.49%) VMware
3 5 (3.21%) Cisco
3 5 (3.21%) Ubiquiti
4 4 (2.56%) Fortinet
5 3 (1.92%) Fujitsu
5 3 (1.92%) Progress
5 3 (1.92%) ServiceNow
5 3 (1.92%) Virgin Media
6 2 (1.28%) ConnectWise
6 2 (1.28%) Meraki
6 2 (1.28%) Sophos
7 1 (0.64%) BT
7 1 (0.64%) CheckPoint
7 1 (0.64%) MikroTik
7 1 (0.64%) Openreach
7 1 (0.64%) SolarWinds