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

6 months to
26 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 48 38 106
Rank change year-on-year -10 +68 +1
Permanent jobs citing Driving Licence 169 220 164
As % of all permanent jobs in the South West 3.16% 5.54% 2.77%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 13.12% 14.45% 8.04%
Number of salaries quoted 125 68 131
10th Percentile £24,850 £29,750 £22,750
25th Percentile £27,250 £30,000 £27,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £33,000 £35,500 £31,500
Median % change year-on-year -7.04% +12.70% -1.56%
75th Percentile £40,750 £51,000 £47,500
90th Percentile £45,000 £52,817 £55,000
England median annual salary £35,000 £37,500 £31,500
% change year-on-year -6.67% +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 1,288 1,523 2,041
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 24.08% 38.34% 34.50%
Number of salaries quoted 799 705 1,540
10th Percentile £27,500 £23,750 £28,000
25th Percentile £31,250 £36,250 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £52,000 £50,918
Median % change year-on-year -13.46% +2.12% -3.01%
75th Percentile £62,500 £66,250 £67,500
90th Percentile £75,000 £83,750 £81,304
England median annual salary £55,000 £61,644 £57,500
% change year-on-year -10.78% +7.21% -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 26 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 26 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 -8 39 £33,750 -33.82% 15
Cornwall +5 34 £32,000 -36.00% 5
Bristol -15 28 £31,500 +5.00% 11
Somerset -29 27 £32,500 -14.51% 6
Wiltshire +10 20 £34,000 +1.49% 18
Gloucestershire +25 13 £40,127 +7.01% 10
Dorset +8 8 £25,500 -53.61% 4
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 51 (30.18%) SharePoint
2 37 (21.89%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 18 (10.65%) Microsoft Excel
2 9 (5.33%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.59%) AutoCAD
3 1 (0.59%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (0.59%) Oracle ERP
Cloud Services
1 86 (50.89%) Microsoft 365
2 26 (15.38%) Azure
3 20 (11.83%) Entra ID
4 16 (9.47%) OneDrive
5 6 (3.55%) Power Platform
6 4 (2.37%) PowerApps
7 3 (1.78%) AWS
8 1 (0.59%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 46 (27.22%) Firewall
2 25 (14.79%) DHCP
2 25 (14.79%) DNS
3 19 (11.24%) Structured Cabling
4 17 (10.06%) Wi-Fi
5 12 (7.10%) WAN
6 11 (6.51%) Remote Desktop
7 10 (5.92%) LAN
8 7 (4.14%) VLAN
9 6 (3.55%) VoIP
9 6 (3.55%) VPN
10 5 (2.96%) TCP/IP
11 4 (2.37%) IPsec
12 3 (1.78%) DKIM
12 3 (1.78%) DMARC
13 2 (1.18%) Internet
13 2 (1.18%) Network Security
13 2 (1.18%) SNMP
13 2 (1.18%) SSH
13 2 (1.18%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (2.37%) Metadata
2 2 (1.18%) Power BI
2 2 (1.18%) SQL Server
General
1 77 (45.56%) Social Skills
2 17 (10.06%) Legal
3 11 (6.51%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 11 (6.51%) Military
3 11 (6.51%) Organisational Skills
4 9 (5.33%) Law
4 9 (5.33%) Telecoms
5 6 (3.55%) Presentation Skills
5 6 (3.55%) Retail
6 5 (2.96%) Finance
7 4 (2.37%) Aviation
7 4 (2.37%) Police
8 3 (1.78%) Advertising
8 3 (1.78%) Analytical Skills
8 3 (1.78%) Back Office
8 3 (1.78%) Electronics
8 3 (1.78%) Multimedia
9 2 (1.18%) Documentation Skills
9 2 (1.18%) Public Sector
10 1 (0.59%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 53 (31.36%) IT Support
2 40 (23.67%) Support Engineer
3 24 (14.20%) 1st Line Support
3 24 (14.20%) Analyst
4 23 (13.61%) 2nd Line Engineer
5 22 (13.02%) 2nd Line Support
5 22 (13.02%) IT Analyst
5 22 (13.02%) IT Engineer
6 19 (11.24%) IT Support Engineer
7 18 (10.65%) 1st Line Engineer
7 18 (10.65%) 1st Line Support Engineer
8 17 (10.06%) Cabling Engineer
8 17 (10.06%) IT Support Analyst
8 17 (10.06%) Support Analyst
9 16 (9.47%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
9 16 (9.47%) Technical Engineer
10 13 (7.69%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
11 12 (7.10%) Data Engineer
11 12 (7.10%) Field Engineer
12 9 (5.33%) Support Technician
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (2.37%) Software Packaging
2 1 (0.59%) Oracle Fusion
2 1 (0.59%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 20 (11.83%) Onboarding
2 7 (4.14%) Renewable Energy
3 5 (2.96%) Legacy Systems
3 5 (2.96%) Self-Motivation
4 4 (2.37%) CCTV
4 4 (2.37%) EPoS
4 4 (2.37%) Video Conferencing
5 2 (1.18%) Data Centre
5 2 (1.18%) Digital Signage
6 1 (0.59%) Blog
6 1 (0.59%) Derivative
6 1 (0.59%) Digital Media
6 1 (0.59%) Fibre Optics
6 1 (0.59%) Life Science
6 1 (0.59%) Operational Technology
6 1 (0.59%) Podcast
Operating Systems
1 64 (37.87%) Windows
2 36 (21.30%) Windows Server
3 8 (4.73%) Windows 10
4 7 (4.14%) Apple iOS
4 7 (4.14%) Mac OS
5 4 (2.37%) Android
6 1 (0.59%) Debian
6 1 (0.59%) Linux
6 1 (0.59%) OpenWrt
Processes & Methodologies
1 68 (40.24%) Customer Service
2 51 (30.18%) Problem-Solving
3 26 (15.38%) ITIL
4 17 (10.06%) Continuous Improvement
5 15 (8.88%) Cybersecurity
5 15 (8.88%) Remote Monitoring and Management
6 11 (6.51%) Mentoring
7 9 (5.33%) Asset Management
7 9 (5.33%) Break/Fix
8 8 (4.73%) Change Control
8 8 (4.73%) ITSM
8 8 (4.73%) Logistics
8 8 (4.73%) Service Management
9 7 (4.14%) Process Improvement
9 7 (4.14%) Ticket Management
10 6 (3.55%) ERP
11 5 (2.96%) Business Development
11 5 (2.96%) Line Management
11 5 (2.96%) Mobile Device Management
11 5 (2.96%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 5 (2.96%) PowerShell
2 1 (0.59%) SQL
2 1 (0.59%) VB
Qualifications
1 27 (15.98%) Security Cleared
2 21 (12.43%) BPSS Clearance
3 10 (5.92%) SC Cleared
4 6 (3.55%) Degree
5 5 (2.96%) Network+ Certification
6 2 (1.18%) MCP
7 1 (0.59%) City & Guilds
7 1 (0.59%) CompTIA Security+
7 1 (0.59%) DBS Check
7 1 (0.59%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (3.55%) SLA
2 5 (2.96%) NEBOSH
3 4 (2.37%) GDPR
4 2 (1.18%) QA
5 1 (0.59%) ISO 13485
System Software
1 48 (28.40%) Active Directory
2 9 (5.33%) Hyper-V
3 6 (3.55%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.59%) iptables
Systems Management
1 8 (4.73%) Microsoft Intune
2 5 (2.96%) SCCM
3 4 (2.37%) Jamf Pro
4 1 (0.59%) Ansible
4 1 (0.59%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 74 (43.79%) Microsoft
2 19 (11.24%) Apple
3 13 (7.69%) ConnectWise
3 13 (7.69%) Sophos
4 11 (6.51%) Progress
5 9 (5.33%) VMware
6 4 (2.37%) Fortinet
7 3 (1.78%) Cisco
7 3 (1.78%) Fujitsu
7 3 (1.78%) Virgin Media
8 2 (1.18%) CheckPoint
8 2 (1.18%) SolarWinds
9 1 (0.59%) BT
9 1 (0.59%) MikroTik
9 1 (0.59%) Openreach
9 1 (0.59%) Oracle
9 1 (0.59%) Salesforce
9 1 (0.59%) Ubiquiti