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

6 months to
12 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 81 44 97
Rank change year-on-year -37 +53 +46
Permanent jobs citing Driving Licence 197 160 178
As % of all permanent jobs in the South West 2.20% 4.56% 2.22%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 9.44% 12.68% 8.12%
Number of salaries quoted 155 96 141
10th Percentile £26,250 £26,750 £25,500
25th Percentile £29,375 £29,938 £30,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £37,000 £34,000 £31,000
Median % change year-on-year +8.82% +9.68% +12.73%
75th Percentile £46,250 £40,750 £40,812
90th Percentile £52,063 £49,104 £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 2,087 1,262 2,192
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 23.33% 36.00% 27.28%
Number of salaries quoted 1,349 728 1,431
10th Percentile £28,470 £26,625 £30,000
25th Percentile £36,250 £31,750 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,375 £45,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +14.17% -10.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £72,500 £60,313 £68,750
90th Percentile £87,500 £75,000 £82,500
England median annual salary £57,591 £55,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +4.71% -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 12 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 12 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
Bristol -7 39 £40,000 -11.11% 29
Wiltshire -15 38 £37,500 +10.29% 18
Devon -4 37 £40,000 +23.08% 21
Gloucestershire -32 33 £35,000 -6.67% 28
Somerset -47 28 £32,500 -20.10% 10
Cornwall +9 13 £26,500 -15.87% 6
Dorset - 6 £34,500 - 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 28 (14.21%) Microsoft Exchange
2 11 (5.58%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.51%) Apache
3 1 (0.51%) Apache Airflow
Applications
1 25 (12.69%) Microsoft Office
2 6 (3.05%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (1.52%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (1.02%) AutoCAD
4 2 (1.02%) Revit
5 1 (0.51%) EPLAN
5 1 (0.51%) SOLIDWORKS
Business Applications
1 1 (0.51%) C-CURE
Cloud Services
1 51 (25.89%) Microsoft 365
2 35 (17.77%) Azure
3 30 (15.23%) Entra ID
4 7 (3.55%) OneDrive
5 6 (3.05%) Power Platform
6 2 (1.02%) AWS
6 2 (1.02%) IaaS
6 2 (1.02%) PaaS
6 2 (1.02%) SaaS
7 1 (0.51%) Asana
7 1 (0.51%) Canva
7 1 (0.51%) Copilot Studio
7 1 (0.51%) GCP
7 1 (0.51%) Microsoft Copilot
7 1 (0.51%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 24 (12.18%) VPN
2 20 (10.15%) Wi-Fi
3 18 (9.14%) Firewall
4 13 (6.60%) DHCP
4 13 (6.60%) DNS
5 12 (6.09%) LAN
5 12 (6.09%) WAN
6 11 (5.58%) Wireless
7 9 (4.57%) TCP/IP
8 8 (4.06%) Structured Cabling
8 8 (4.06%) WLAN
9 4 (2.03%) Internet
9 4 (2.03%) Network Security
10 3 (1.52%) VoIP
11 2 (1.02%) Broadband
11 2 (1.02%) DMZ
11 2 (1.02%) Ethernet
11 2 (1.02%) MPLS
11 2 (1.02%) SD-WAN
11 2 (1.02%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (2.54%) Power BI
2 4 (2.03%) Data Warehouse
2 4 (2.03%) OLAP
2 4 (2.03%) SQL Server Analysis Services
2 4 (2.03%) SQL Server Integration Services
2 4 (2.03%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 3 (1.52%) Git
1 3 (1.52%) JIRA
General
1 75 (38.07%) Social Skills
2 27 (13.71%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 25 (12.69%) Analytical Skills
4 22 (11.17%) Retail
5 17 (8.63%) Military
6 15 (7.61%) Manufacturing
7 14 (7.11%) Public Sector
8 13 (6.60%) Law
8 13 (6.60%) Legal
8 13 (6.60%) Local Government
9 12 (6.09%) Advertising
9 12 (6.09%) Finance
10 10 (5.08%) Telecoms
11 9 (4.57%) Organisational Skills
12 8 (4.06%) Back Office
13 6 (3.05%) Aerospace
13 6 (3.05%) Documentation Skills
14 4 (2.03%) Influencing Skills
14 4 (2.03%) Marketing
14 4 (2.03%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 50 (25.38%) IT Support
2 45 (22.84%) Support Engineer
3 39 (19.80%) IT Engineer
4 35 (17.77%) IT Support Engineer
5 21 (10.66%) Senior
6 19 (9.64%) Field Engineer
7 16 (8.12%) Business Development Manager
7 16 (8.12%) Business Manager
7 16 (8.12%) Development Manager
7 16 (8.12%) Field Support Engineer
8 13 (6.60%) IT Technician
9 11 (5.58%) Business Development Executive
9 11 (5.58%) Lead
9 11 (5.58%) Technical Support
10 10 (5.08%) IT Support Technician
10 10 (5.08%) Support Technician
11 9 (4.57%) Team Leader
12 8 (4.06%) Data Engineer
12 8 (4.06%) Technical Engineer
12 8 (4.06%) Technical Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (2.03%) PySpark
2 3 (1.52%) .NET
2 3 (1.52%) .NET Core
2 3 (1.52%) JSON
2 3 (1.52%) React
2 3 (1.52%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 20 (10.15%) Self-Motivation
2 16 (8.12%) Onboarding
3 8 (4.06%) CCTV
4 7 (3.55%) Management Information System
5 5 (2.54%) NHS
6 4 (2.03%) Data Centre
6 4 (2.03%) Renewable Energy
7 2 (1.02%) Embedded Systems
7 2 (1.02%) EPoS
7 2 (1.02%) FMCG
7 2 (1.02%) Learning Management System
7 2 (1.02%) Raspberry Pi
7 2 (1.02%) Social Media
8 1 (0.51%) Digital Media
8 1 (0.51%) Home Automation
8 1 (0.51%) PDA
8 1 (0.51%) Robotics
8 1 (0.51%) SCADA
8 1 (0.51%) Smartphone
8 1 (0.51%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 46 (23.35%) Windows
2 24 (12.18%) Mac OS
3 13 (6.60%) Windows Server
4 6 (3.05%) Apple iOS
5 3 (1.52%) Linux
5 3 (1.52%) Windows 10
6 1 (0.51%) Android
6 1 (0.51%) Windows Server 2016
6 1 (0.51%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 49 (24.87%) Customer Service
2 46 (23.35%) Problem-Solving
3 27 (13.71%) Business Development
4 26 (13.20%) Cybersecurity
5 22 (11.17%) Continuous Improvement
6 19 (9.64%) ITIL
7 18 (9.14%) Project Delivery
8 17 (8.63%) Decision-Making
9 15 (7.61%) B2B
10 14 (7.11%) Service Delivery
11 13 (6.60%) Infrastructure Engineering
12 11 (5.58%) CRM
12 11 (5.58%) Remote Monitoring and Management
13 8 (4.06%) B2B Sales
13 8 (4.06%) Business Intelligence
13 8 (4.06%) Geotechnical Engineering
13 8 (4.06%) Mentoring
13 8 (4.06%) Programme Management
13 8 (4.06%) Root Cause Analysis
14 7 (3.55%) Coaching
Programming Languages
1 15 (7.61%) SQL
2 7 (3.55%) C#
3 4 (2.03%) Kusto Query Language
4 3 (1.52%) C
4 3 (1.52%) Python
5 2 (1.02%) C++
5 2 (1.02%) Java
6 1 (0.51%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 36 (18.27%) Degree
2 14 (7.11%) Security Cleared
3 11 (5.58%) Microsoft Certification
4 8 (4.06%) BPSS Clearance
5 7 (3.55%) Chartered Engineer
5 7 (3.55%) HNC
5 7 (3.55%) HND
5 7 (3.55%) SC Cleared
6 6 (3.05%) DBS Check
7 4 (2.03%) Postgraduate
8 3 (1.52%) A+ Certification
8 3 (1.52%) CCNA
8 3 (1.52%) Cisco Certification
8 3 (1.52%) Master's Degree
9 2 (1.02%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
10 1 (0.51%) DV Cleared
10 1 (0.51%) MCSE
10 1 (0.51%) Network+ Certification
10 1 (0.51%) NVQ Level 3
10 1 (0.51%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (8.63%) Cyber Essentials
2 7 (3.55%) SLA
3 5 (2.54%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 4 (2.03%) NEBOSH
5 3 (1.52%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 2 (1.02%) PCI DSS
7 1 (0.51%) Data Quality
7 1 (0.51%) GDPR
System Software
1 29 (14.72%) Active Directory
2 8 (4.06%) Hyper-V
2 8 (4.06%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (1.02%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 25 (12.69%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (0.51%) Functional Safety
Vendors
1 64 (32.49%) Microsoft
2 15 (7.61%) Ubiquiti
3 9 (4.57%) VMware
4 5 (2.54%) Cisco
5 4 (2.03%) Freshdesk
5 4 (2.03%) NEC
6 3 (1.52%) ServiceNow
7 2 (1.02%) Allen-Bradley
7 2 (1.02%) Apple
7 2 (1.02%) Facebook
7 2 (1.02%) Juniper
7 2 (1.02%) Meraki
7 2 (1.02%) Siemens
8 1 (0.51%) Citrix
8 1 (0.51%) Dell
8 1 (0.51%) Google
8 1 (0.51%) Instagram
8 1 (0.51%) Rockwell
8 1 (0.51%) Veeam