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 18 August 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 78 41 95
Rank change year-on-year -37 +54 +43
Permanent jobs citing Driving Licence 200 162 173
As % of all permanent jobs in the South West 2.19% 4.66% 2.16%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 9.54% 13.28% 8.02%
Number of salaries quoted 156 97 136
10th Percentile £26,250 £26,800 £25,500
25th Percentile £29,656 £29,750 £30,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £38,189 £34,000 £31,250
Median % change year-on-year +12.32% +8.80% +13.64%
75th Percentile £47,445 £40,750 £40,812
90th Percentile £56,250 £48,874 £55,000
England median annual salary £38,500 £37,000 £32,500
% change year-on-year +4.05% +13.85% -1.52%

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 2,097 1,220 2,158
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 22.97% 35.09% 27.00%
Number of salaries quoted 1,379 722 1,393
10th Percentile £28,500 £26,638 £29,750
25th Percentile £36,250 £31,750 £37,199
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £45,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +16.67% -10.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £72,500 £60,000 £68,750
90th Percentile £88,150 £75,000 £82,500
England median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +4.55% -4.35% -11.54%

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 18 August 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 18 August 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
Wiltshire -9 42 £38,189 +12.32% 15
Devon -7 37 £42,275 +30.08% 12
Bristol -13 36 £40,000 +3.35% 27
Gloucestershire -40 34 £35,000 -6.67% 28
Somerset -49 27 £32,500 -20.10% 11
Cornwall +4 13 £26,500 -15.87% 8
Dorset - 6 £34,500 - 10
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 27 (13.50%) Microsoft Exchange
2 9 (4.50%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.50%) Apache
3 1 (0.50%) Apache Airflow
Applications
1 25 (12.50%) Microsoft Office
2 6 (3.00%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (1.50%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (1.00%) AutoCAD
4 2 (1.00%) Revit
5 1 (0.50%) EPLAN
5 1 (0.50%) SOLIDWORKS
Business Applications
1 1 (0.50%) C-CURE
Cloud Services
1 50 (25.00%) Microsoft 365
2 32 (16.00%) Azure
3 27 (13.50%) Entra ID
4 6 (3.00%) OneDrive
4 6 (3.00%) Power Platform
5 2 (1.00%) AWS
5 2 (1.00%) IaaS
5 2 (1.00%) PaaS
5 2 (1.00%) SaaS
6 1 (0.50%) Asana
6 1 (0.50%) Canva
6 1 (0.50%) Copilot Studio
6 1 (0.50%) GCP
6 1 (0.50%) Microsoft Copilot
6 1 (0.50%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 23 (11.50%) VPN
2 18 (9.00%) Firewall
2 18 (9.00%) Wi-Fi
3 11 (5.50%) DHCP
3 11 (5.50%) DNS
3 11 (5.50%) LAN
3 11 (5.50%) WAN
3 11 (5.50%) Wireless
4 9 (4.50%) TCP/IP
5 8 (4.00%) WLAN
6 7 (3.50%) Structured Cabling
7 4 (2.00%) Internet
7 4 (2.00%) Network Security
8 3 (1.50%) VoIP
9 2 (1.00%) Broadband
9 2 (1.00%) DMZ
9 2 (1.00%) Ethernet
9 2 (1.00%) MPLS
9 2 (1.00%) NGFW
9 2 (1.00%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (2.50%) Power BI
2 4 (2.00%) Data Warehouse
2 4 (2.00%) OLAP
2 4 (2.00%) SQL Server Analysis Services
2 4 (2.00%) SQL Server Integration Services
2 4 (2.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 3 (1.50%) Git
1 3 (1.50%) JIRA
General
1 77 (38.50%) Social Skills
2 26 (13.00%) Analytical Skills
2 26 (13.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 21 (10.50%) Retail
4 16 (8.00%) Military
5 15 (7.50%) Manufacturing
5 15 (7.50%) Public Sector
6 12 (6.00%) Advertising
6 12 (6.00%) Law
6 12 (6.00%) Local Government
7 11 (5.50%) Finance
7 11 (5.50%) Legal
8 10 (5.00%) Telecoms
9 9 (4.50%) Organisational Skills
10 8 (4.00%) Back Office
11 7 (3.50%) Aerospace
12 6 (3.00%) Documentation Skills
13 5 (2.50%) Marketing
14 4 (2.00%) Automotive
14 4 (2.00%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 48 (24.00%) IT Support
2 44 (22.00%) Support Engineer
3 37 (18.50%) IT Engineer
4 34 (17.00%) IT Support Engineer
5 20 (10.00%) Senior
6 18 (9.00%) Field Engineer
7 16 (8.00%) Business Development Manager
7 16 (8.00%) Business Manager
7 16 (8.00%) Development Manager
8 15 (7.50%) Field Support Engineer
9 12 (6.00%) IT Technician
10 11 (5.50%) Business Development Executive
10 11 (5.50%) Lead
10 11 (5.50%) Technical Support
11 9 (4.50%) IT Support Technician
11 9 (4.50%) Support Technician
11 9 (4.50%) Team Leader
12 8 (4.00%) Project Manager
12 8 (4.00%) Technical Engineer
12 8 (4.00%) Technical Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (2.00%) PySpark
2 3 (1.50%) .NET
2 3 (1.50%) .NET Core
2 3 (1.50%) JSON
2 3 (1.50%) React
2 3 (1.50%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 21 (10.50%) Self-Motivation
2 17 (8.50%) Onboarding
3 8 (4.00%) CCTV
3 8 (4.00%) Management Information System
4 5 (2.50%) NHS
5 4 (2.00%) Data Centre
5 4 (2.00%) Renewable Energy
6 3 (1.50%) Social Media
7 2 (1.00%) Embedded Systems
7 2 (1.00%) EPoS
7 2 (1.00%) FMCG
7 2 (1.00%) Learning Management System
7 2 (1.00%) Raspberry Pi
7 2 (1.00%) Smartphone
7 2 (1.00%) Web Conferencing
8 1 (0.50%) Analytical Mindset
8 1 (0.50%) Distributed Systems
8 1 (0.50%) Low-Code
8 1 (0.50%) Video Conferencing
8 1 (0.50%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 44 (22.00%) Windows
2 23 (11.50%) Mac OS
3 12 (6.00%) Windows Server
4 6 (3.00%) Apple iOS
5 3 (1.50%) Linux
5 3 (1.50%) Windows 10
6 1 (0.50%) Android
6 1 (0.50%) Windows Server 2016
6 1 (0.50%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 50 (25.00%) Customer Service
1 50 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
2 27 (13.50%) Business Development
3 26 (13.00%) Cybersecurity
4 24 (12.00%) Continuous Improvement
5 18 (9.00%) ITIL
6 17 (8.50%) Decision-Making
6 17 (8.50%) Project Delivery
7 16 (8.00%) B2B
8 13 (6.50%) Service Delivery
9 11 (5.50%) CRM
9 11 (5.50%) Infrastructure Engineering
9 11 (5.50%) Remote Monitoring and Management
10 9 (4.50%) Mentoring
11 8 (4.00%) B2B Sales
11 8 (4.00%) Business Intelligence
11 8 (4.00%) Coaching
11 8 (4.00%) Line Management
11 8 (4.00%) Programme Management
11 8 (4.00%) Root Cause Analysis
Programming Languages
1 15 (7.50%) SQL
2 7 (3.50%) C#
3 4 (2.00%) Kusto Query Language
4 3 (1.50%) C
4 3 (1.50%) Python
5 2 (1.00%) C++
5 2 (1.00%) Java
6 1 (0.50%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 36 (18.00%) Degree
2 13 (6.50%) Security Cleared
3 10 (5.00%) Microsoft Certification
4 8 (4.00%) BPSS Clearance
5 7 (3.50%) DBS Check
5 7 (3.50%) HNC
5 7 (3.50%) HND
6 6 (3.00%) Chartered Engineer
6 6 (3.00%) SC Cleared
7 3 (1.50%) A+ Certification
7 3 (1.50%) CCNA
7 3 (1.50%) Cisco Certification
7 3 (1.50%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
7 3 (1.50%) Master's Degree
7 3 (1.50%) Postgraduate
8 1 (0.50%) City & Guilds
8 1 (0.50%) Computer Science Degree
8 1 (0.50%) MCSE
8 1 (0.50%) Network+ Certification
8 1 (0.50%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (7.50%) Cyber Essentials
2 7 (3.50%) SLA
3 4 (2.00%) NEBOSH
4 3 (1.50%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 2 (1.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 2 (1.00%) PCI DSS
6 1 (0.50%) Data Quality
6 1 (0.50%) GDPR
System Software
1 27 (13.50%) Active Directory
2 8 (4.00%) Hyper-V
2 8 (4.00%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (1.00%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 23 (11.50%) Microsoft Intune
2 4 (2.00%) BMC PATROL
3 1 (0.50%) Functional Safety
Vendors
1 64 (32.00%) Microsoft
2 14 (7.00%) Ubiquiti
3 9 (4.50%) VMware
4 4 (2.00%) Cisco
4 4 (2.00%) Freshdesk
4 4 (2.00%) NEC
5 3 (1.50%) Facebook
5 3 (1.50%) ServiceNow
6 2 (1.00%) Allen-Bradley
6 2 (1.00%) Apple
6 2 (1.00%) Instagram
6 2 (1.00%) Juniper
6 2 (1.00%) Siemens
7 1 (0.50%) Citrix
7 1 (0.50%) Dell
7 1 (0.50%) Google
7 1 (0.50%) Meraki
7 1 (0.50%) Rockwell
7 1 (0.50%) Veeam