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 25 March 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
25 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 72 35 82
Rank change year-on-year -37 +47 +41
Permanent jobs citing Driving Licence 144 188 257
As % of all permanent jobs in the South West 2.20% 6.90% 3.27%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 10.46% 15.73% 9.99%
Number of salaries quoted 113 62 206
10th Percentile £24,550 £29,750 £23,375
25th Percentile £27,250 £31,000 £28,290
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £32,500 £37,500 £31,250
Median % change year-on-year -13.33% +20.00% -3.85%
75th Percentile £41,250 £51,000 £43,750
90th Percentile £53,660 £57,057 £55,000
England median annual salary £33,500 £37,500 £31,500
% change year-on-year -10.67% +19.05% -10.00%

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 1,377 1,195 2,573
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 21.01% 43.84% 32.74%
Number of salaries quoted 831 620 1,991
10th Percentile £27,625 £29,750 £27,778
25th Percentile £32,000 £39,500 £36,045
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -18.18% +10.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £63,750 £68,525 £65,000
90th Percentile £76,250 £81,375 £81,786
England median annual salary £57,500 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -4.17% +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 25 March 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 25 March 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 +2 32 £43,500 +20.83% 20
Devon -27 30 £25,000 -50.98% 9
Cornwall -4 25 £29,000 -7.94% 8
Somerset -34 23 £32,500 -42.09% 16
Wiltshire -8 18 £37,000 +10.45% 18
Gloucestershire +1 10 £32,875 +1.15% 19
Dorset -15 5 £34,500 -37.24% 5
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 47 (32.64%) SharePoint
2 17 (11.81%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 10 (6.94%) Microsoft Excel
2 7 (4.86%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.69%) AutoCAD
3 1 (0.69%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 69 (47.92%) Microsoft 365
2 38 (26.39%) Azure
3 33 (22.92%) Entra ID
4 28 (19.44%) OneDrive
5 2 (1.39%) AWS
5 2 (1.39%) IaaS
5 2 (1.39%) PaaS
5 2 (1.39%) SaaS
6 1 (0.69%) Asana
6 1 (0.69%) Canva
6 1 (0.69%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 31 (21.53%) DHCP
1 31 (21.53%) DNS
2 21 (14.58%) Firewall
3 16 (11.11%) Structured Cabling
4 15 (10.42%) Wi-Fi
5 10 (6.94%) WAN
6 9 (6.25%) LAN
6 9 (6.25%) VLAN
6 9 (6.25%) VPN
7 6 (4.17%) IPsec
8 5 (3.47%) Internet
8 5 (3.47%) Remote Desktop
8 5 (3.47%) TCP/IP
9 2 (1.39%) DKIM
9 2 (1.39%) DMARC
9 2 (1.39%) Wireless
10 1 (0.69%) BGP
10 1 (0.69%) OSPF
10 1 (0.69%) SSH
10 1 (0.69%) TETRA
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (0.69%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 1 (0.69%) JIRA
General
1 47 (32.64%) Social Skills
2 15 (10.42%) Law
3 14 (9.72%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 13 (9.03%) Military
5 8 (5.56%) Legal
6 7 (4.86%) Organisational Skills
7 6 (4.17%) Retail
8 5 (3.47%) Manufacturing
8 5 (3.47%) Telecoms
9 4 (2.78%) Finance
9 4 (2.78%) Local Government
10 3 (2.08%) Advertising
10 3 (2.08%) Multimedia
11 2 (1.39%) Analytical Skills
11 2 (1.39%) Back Office
11 2 (1.39%) Documentation Skills
11 2 (1.39%) Marketing
12 1 (0.69%) Aviation
12 1 (0.69%) Avionics
12 1 (0.69%) Police
Job Titles
1 54 (37.50%) IT Support
2 40 (27.78%) Support Engineer
3 29 (20.14%) IT Engineer
4 24 (16.67%) IT Support Engineer
5 17 (11.81%) Analyst
6 16 (11.11%) 2nd Line Engineer
6 16 (11.11%) 2nd Line Support
6 16 (11.11%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
6 16 (11.11%) Cabling Engineer
6 16 (11.11%) IT Analyst
7 15 (10.42%) IT Support Technician
7 15 (10.42%) IT Technician
7 15 (10.42%) Support Analyst
7 15 (10.42%) Support Technician
8 14 (9.72%) Field Engineer
8 14 (9.72%) IT Support Analyst
9 13 (9.03%) 1st Line Support
10 11 (7.64%) 1st Line Engineer
10 11 (7.64%) 1st Line Support Engineer
11 10 (6.94%) Development Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (2.78%) Software Packaging
2 1 (0.69%) JSON
2 1 (0.69%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 13 (9.03%) Onboarding
2 9 (6.25%) Self-Motivation
3 6 (4.17%) Data Centre
4 4 (2.78%) CCTV
4 4 (2.78%) EPoS
5 2 (1.39%) Legacy Systems
6 1 (0.69%) Derivative
6 1 (0.69%) Digital Media
6 1 (0.69%) Embedded Systems
6 1 (0.69%) Fibre Optics
6 1 (0.69%) Home Automation
6 1 (0.69%) Operational Technology
6 1 (0.69%) PDA
6 1 (0.69%) Raspberry Pi
6 1 (0.69%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 56 (38.89%) Windows
2 33 (22.92%) Windows Server
3 9 (6.25%) Windows 10
4 7 (4.86%) Mac OS
5 4 (2.78%) Apple iOS
6 2 (1.39%) Android
6 2 (1.39%) Linux
7 1 (0.69%) Debian
7 1 (0.69%) OpenWrt
Processes & Methodologies
1 60 (41.67%) Customer Service
2 41 (28.47%) ITIL
3 30 (20.83%) Problem-Solving
4 15 (10.42%) Business Development
5 13 (9.03%) Continuous Improvement
6 10 (6.94%) Break/Fix
6 10 (6.94%) Change Control
6 10 (6.94%) Cybersecurity
7 8 (5.56%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 8 (5.56%) Remote Monitoring and Management
8 7 (4.86%) Service Delivery
9 6 (4.17%) Asset Management
9 6 (4.17%) ITSM
9 6 (4.17%) Project Delivery
9 6 (4.17%) Tech Ops
10 5 (3.47%) Agile
10 5 (3.47%) Mathematics
10 5 (3.47%) Migration
10 5 (3.47%) Service Management
11 4 (2.78%) B2B
Programming Languages
1 4 (2.78%) PowerShell
2 2 (1.39%) SQL
3 1 (0.69%) C
3 1 (0.69%) C++
3 1 (0.69%) Java
3 1 (0.69%) Python
3 1 (0.69%) VB
Qualifications
1 23 (15.97%) Security Cleared
2 16 (11.11%) BPSS Clearance
3 9 (6.25%) SC Cleared
4 3 (2.08%) Degree
4 3 (2.08%) Network+ Certification
5 2 (1.39%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
5 2 (1.39%) Microsoft Certification
6 1 (0.69%) A+ Certification
6 1 (0.69%) Chartered Engineer
6 1 (0.69%) City & Guilds
6 1 (0.69%) CompTIA Security+
6 1 (0.69%) DBS Check
6 1 (0.69%) ITIL Certification
6 1 (0.69%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (6.25%) SLA
2 6 (4.17%) Cyber Essentials
2 6 (4.17%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
3 5 (3.47%) NEBOSH
4 2 (1.39%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 1 (0.69%) QA
System Software
1 45 (31.25%) Active Directory
2 6 (4.17%) Hyper-V
3 1 (0.69%) Firmware
3 1 (0.69%) iptables
3 1 (0.69%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 13 (9.03%) Microsoft Intune
2 5 (3.47%) SCCM
3 4 (2.78%) Jamf Pro
4 1 (0.69%) Ansible
Vendors
1 43 (29.86%) Microsoft
2 12 (8.33%) Apple
3 6 (4.17%) ConnectWise
3 6 (4.17%) Sophos
3 6 (4.17%) VMware
4 5 (3.47%) Cisco
4 5 (3.47%) Ubiquiti
5 4 (2.78%) Fortinet
5 4 (2.78%) Progress
6 3 (2.08%) Fujitsu
6 3 (2.08%) Virgin Media
7 2 (1.39%) Meraki
8 1 (0.69%) BT
8 1 (0.69%) CheckPoint
8 1 (0.69%) MikroTik
8 1 (0.69%) Openreach
8 1 (0.69%) ServiceNow
8 1 (0.69%) SolarWinds