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 16 January 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 42 38 110
Rank change year-on-year -4 +72 -6
Permanent jobs citing Driving Licence 174 232 117
As % of all permanent jobs in the South West 3.39% 5.62% 2.45%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 13.63% 14.66% 6.98%
Number of salaries quoted 127 80 88
10th Percentile £24,900 £29,750 £22,750
25th Percentile £27,250 £30,000 £27,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £33,000 £34,000 £31,250
Median % change year-on-year -2.94% +8.80% +0.81%
75th Percentile £40,750 £51,000 £40,910
90th Percentile £45,000 £57,057 £47,500
England median annual salary £35,000 £37,500 £32,500
% change year-on-year -6.67% +15.38% -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 1,277 1,583 1,676
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 24.88% 38.33% 35.16%
Number of salaries quoted 815 748 1,226
10th Percentile £27,250 £10,258 £29,440
25th Percentile £31,250 £34,500 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £51,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -11.76% -2.86% -
75th Percentile £61,375 £65,000 £69,563
90th Percentile £74,500 £82,500 £83,903
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,250 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.71% +0.42% -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 16 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 16 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 -7 40 £35,000 -31.37% 16
Cornwall +2 33 £32,000 -36.00% 2
Somerset -25 30 £32,500 -14.51% 8
Bristol -14 28 £31,500 +5.00% 18
Wiltshire +5 22 £34,000 +1.49% 22
Gloucestershire +30 13 £40,127 -9.32% 12
Dorset +10 8 £25,500 -53.61% 7
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 52 (29.89%) SharePoint
2 39 (22.41%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 19 (10.92%) Microsoft Excel
2 9 (5.17%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.57%) AutoCAD
3 1 (0.57%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 2 (1.15%) Oracle ERP
Cloud Services
1 88 (50.57%) Microsoft 365
2 28 (16.09%) Azure
3 21 (12.07%) Entra ID
4 15 (8.62%) OneDrive
5 6 (3.45%) Power Platform
6 4 (2.30%) PowerApps
7 3 (1.72%) AWS
8 2 (1.15%) SaaS
9 1 (0.57%) Azure Monitor
Communications & Networking
1 49 (28.16%) Firewall
2 24 (13.79%) DHCP
2 24 (13.79%) DNS
3 21 (12.07%) Structured Cabling
4 17 (9.77%) Wi-Fi
5 12 (6.90%) Remote Desktop
5 12 (6.90%) WAN
6 10 (5.75%) LAN
7 7 (4.02%) VLAN
7 7 (4.02%) VPN
8 6 (3.45%) VoIP
9 5 (2.87%) TCP/IP
10 4 (2.30%) IPsec
11 3 (1.72%) DKIM
11 3 (1.72%) DMARC
12 2 (1.15%) Network Security
12 2 (1.15%) OSPF
12 2 (1.15%) SNMP
12 2 (1.15%) SSH
12 2 (1.15%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (2.30%) Metadata
2 2 (1.15%) Power BI
2 2 (1.15%) SQL Server
General
1 82 (47.13%) Social Skills
2 17 (9.77%) Legal
3 12 (6.90%) Organisational Skills
4 11 (6.32%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 11 (6.32%) Military
5 9 (5.17%) Law
5 9 (5.17%) Telecoms
6 8 (4.60%) Retail
7 6 (3.45%) Presentation Skills
8 5 (2.87%) Finance
8 5 (2.87%) Police
9 4 (2.30%) Aviation
9 4 (2.30%) Public Sector
10 3 (1.72%) Advertising
10 3 (1.72%) Analytical Skills
10 3 (1.72%) Back Office
10 3 (1.72%) Electronics
10 3 (1.72%) Multimedia
11 2 (1.15%) Documentation Skills
12 1 (0.57%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 52 (29.89%) IT Support
2 39 (22.41%) Support Engineer
3 25 (14.37%) 1st Line Support
4 23 (13.22%) 2nd Line Engineer
4 23 (13.22%) Analyst
5 22 (12.64%) 2nd Line Support
6 21 (12.07%) IT Analyst
7 20 (11.49%) IT Engineer
8 19 (10.92%) 1st Line Engineer
8 19 (10.92%) 1st Line Support Engineer
9 17 (9.77%) Cabling Engineer
9 17 (9.77%) IT Support Engineer
9 17 (9.77%) Technical Engineer
10 16 (9.20%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
10 16 (9.20%) IT Support Analyst
10 16 (9.20%) Support Analyst
11 13 (7.47%) Field Engineer
11 13 (7.47%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
12 12 (6.90%) Data Engineer
13 9 (5.17%) IT Technician
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (2.30%) Software Packaging
2 2 (1.15%) Oracle Fusion
2 2 (1.15%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 21 (12.07%) Onboarding
2 8 (4.60%) Renewable Energy
3 6 (3.45%) Self-Motivation
3 6 (3.45%) Video Conferencing
4 5 (2.87%) Legacy Systems
5 4 (2.30%) CCTV
5 4 (2.30%) Digital Signage
5 4 (2.30%) EPoS
6 3 (1.72%) Data Centre
7 1 (0.57%) Blog
7 1 (0.57%) Derivative
7 1 (0.57%) Digital Media
7 1 (0.57%) Fibre Optics
7 1 (0.57%) Life Science
7 1 (0.57%) Operational Technology
7 1 (0.57%) Podcast
Operating Systems
1 65 (37.36%) Windows
2 37 (21.26%) Windows Server
3 8 (4.60%) Mac OS
3 8 (4.60%) Windows 10
4 7 (4.02%) Apple iOS
5 3 (1.72%) Android
6 1 (0.57%) Debian
6 1 (0.57%) Linux
6 1 (0.57%) OpenWrt
Processes & Methodologies
1 71 (40.80%) Customer Service
2 56 (32.18%) Problem-Solving
3 22 (12.64%) ITIL
4 18 (10.34%) Continuous Improvement
5 16 (9.20%) Cybersecurity
5 16 (9.20%) Remote Monitoring and Management
6 13 (7.47%) Mentoring
7 11 (6.32%) Asset Management
8 10 (5.75%) Logistics
9 9 (5.17%) Break/Fix
9 9 (5.17%) Service Management
10 8 (4.60%) Change Control
11 7 (4.02%) ERP
11 7 (4.02%) Process Improvement
11 7 (4.02%) Ticket Management
12 6 (3.45%) Business Development
12 6 (3.45%) ITSM
12 6 (3.45%) Line Management
12 6 (3.45%) Project Management
13 5 (2.87%) Mobile Device Management
Programming Languages
1 5 (2.87%) PowerShell
2 1 (0.57%) SQL
2 1 (0.57%) VB
Qualifications
1 26 (14.94%) Security Cleared
2 21 (12.07%) BPSS Clearance
3 10 (5.75%) SC Cleared
4 8 (4.60%) Degree
5 7 (4.02%) Network+ Certification
6 4 (2.30%) MCP
7 1 (0.57%) City & Guilds
7 1 (0.57%) CompTIA Security+
7 1 (0.57%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (3.45%) SLA
2 5 (2.87%) NEBOSH
3 4 (2.30%) GDPR
4 2 (1.15%) QA
5 1 (0.57%) ISO 13485
System Software
1 49 (28.16%) Active Directory
2 10 (5.75%) Hyper-V
3 7 (4.02%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.57%) iptables
Systems Management
1 11 (6.32%) Microsoft Intune
2 6 (3.45%) SCCM
3 4 (2.30%) Jamf Pro
4 2 (1.15%) Single Sign-On
5 1 (0.57%) Ansible
5 1 (0.57%) WSUS
Vendors
1 78 (44.83%) Microsoft
2 20 (11.49%) Apple
3 14 (8.05%) Sophos
4 13 (7.47%) ConnectWise
5 12 (6.90%) Progress
6 10 (5.75%) VMware
7 5 (2.87%) Fortinet
8 3 (1.72%) Cisco
8 3 (1.72%) Fujitsu
8 3 (1.72%) SolarWinds
8 3 (1.72%) Virgin Media
9 2 (1.15%) CheckPoint
9 2 (1.15%) Oracle
10 1 (0.57%) BT
10 1 (0.57%) Clearswift
10 1 (0.57%) MikroTik
10 1 (0.57%) Openreach
10 1 (0.57%) Salesforce
10 1 (0.57%) Ubiquiti