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 15 September 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 37 111 129
Rank change year-on-year +74 +18 -37
Permanent jobs citing Driving Licence 177 140 101
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 5.09% 1.87% 2.10%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 14.40% 6.96% 5.07%
Number of salaries quoted 102 96 92
10th Percentile £27,000 £28,000 £22,750
25th Percentile £30,656 £30,000 £26,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £34,000 £31,000 £27,500
Median % change year-on-year +9.68% +12.73% -11.29%
75th Percentile £39,039 £42,500 £37,500
90th Percentile £43,675 £65,000 £47,350
England median annual salary £37,500 £32,500 £32,500
% change year-on-year +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 1,229 2,012 1,992
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 35.36% 26.82% 41.37%
Number of salaries quoted 702 1,134 1,454
10th Percentile £27,000 £28,500 £29,440
25th Percentile £31,750 £38,313 £39,294
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,875 £51,373 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -16.54% -6.60% +9.48%
75th Percentile £58,250 £70,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £73,750 £83,750 £85,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% -7.69% +4.00%

Driving Licence
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

Job postings citing Driving Licence as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South West.

Job vacancy trend for Driving Licence 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 15 September 2025.

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 15 September 2025. 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
Somerset +34 47 £33,288 +13.65% 18
Wiltshire +26 41 £34,000 +7.94% 17
Devon +29 32 £35,813 +27.90% 40
Bristol +22 21 £31,500 +5.00% 46
Gloucestershire +32 18 £37,500 +7.14% 57
Cornwall -2 14 £33,000 +10.00% 5
Dorset +31 3 £25,500 -36.75% 26
Driving Licence
England

Driving Licence
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South West by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 33 (18.64%) SharePoint
2 32 (18.08%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 13 (7.34%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (2.26%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 4 (2.26%) Oracle ERP
2 1 (0.56%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.56%) Magento
Cloud Services
1 80 (45.20%) Microsoft 365
2 27 (15.25%) Entra ID
3 23 (12.99%) Azure
4 7 (3.95%) OneDrive
5 6 (3.39%) Power Platform
6 4 (2.26%) PowerApps
7 3 (1.69%) Cloud Computing
8 2 (1.13%) AWS
8 2 (1.13%) Azure Monitor
8 2 (1.13%) SaaS
9 1 (0.56%) Amazon CloudWatch
9 1 (0.56%) Azure ExpressRoute
9 1 (0.56%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 39 (22.03%) Firewall
2 19 (10.73%) DNS
3 18 (10.17%) DHCP
4 17 (9.60%) Wi-Fi
5 15 (8.47%) VPN
6 14 (7.91%) VLAN
7 13 (7.34%) WAN
8 11 (6.21%) LAN
9 8 (4.52%) Structured Cabling
9 8 (4.52%) VoIP
10 7 (3.95%) Remote Desktop
10 7 (3.95%) TCP/IP
10 7 (3.95%) Wireless
11 5 (2.82%) 5G
11 5 (2.82%) Bluetooth
11 5 (2.82%) GSM
11 5 (2.82%) LTE
11 5 (2.82%) UMTS
12 4 (2.26%) Intrusion Detection
12 4 (2.26%) IPsec
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (2.26%) Metadata
2 2 (1.13%) Power BI
2 2 (1.13%) SQL Server
General
1 103 (58.19%) Social Skills
2 15 (8.47%) Analytical Skills
3 12 (6.78%) Legal
4 10 (5.65%) Police
5 9 (5.08%) Retail
6 8 (4.52%) Electronics
6 8 (4.52%) Finance
6 8 (4.52%) Organisational Skills
6 8 (4.52%) Telecoms
7 7 (3.95%) Back Office
8 6 (3.39%) Manufacturing
8 6 (3.39%) Military
9 5 (2.82%) Advertising
9 5 (2.82%) Law
9 5 (2.82%) Public Sector
10 3 (1.69%) Games
10 3 (1.69%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 3 (1.69%) Presentation Skills
11 2 (1.13%) Aviation
11 2 (1.13%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 46 (25.99%) Technical Engineer
2 45 (25.42%) IT Support
3 26 (14.69%) Support Engineer
4 20 (11.30%) 2nd Line Support
4 20 (11.30%) Analyst
5 18 (10.17%) 1st Line Support
6 11 (6.21%) IT Analyst
7 10 (5.65%) 1st Line Engineer
7 10 (5.65%) 1st Line Support Engineer
7 10 (5.65%) 2nd Line Engineer
7 10 (5.65%) Lead
7 10 (5.65%) Support Team Leader
7 10 (5.65%) Team Leader
8 8 (4.52%) IT Engineer
8 8 (4.52%) IT Support Engineer
9 7 (3.95%) IT Support Analyst
9 7 (3.95%) Support Analyst
9 7 (3.95%) Support Technician
10 6 (3.39%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
10 6 (3.39%) Technical Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (1.69%) RESTEasy
2 2 (1.13%) Oracle Fusion
2 2 (1.13%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 41 (23.16%) Renewable Energy
2 13 (7.34%) Onboarding
3 6 (3.39%) Video Conferencing
4 4 (2.26%) Digital Signage
4 4 (2.26%) Management Information System
4 4 (2.26%) Self-Motivation
5 3 (1.69%) Legacy Systems
6 2 (1.13%) Data Centre
6 2 (1.13%) Learning Management System
7 1 (0.56%) CCTV
7 1 (0.56%) Cloud Native
7 1 (0.56%) Cyber Threat
7 1 (0.56%) Data Protection Act
7 1 (0.56%) EPoS
7 1 (0.56%) Hybrid Cloud
7 1 (0.56%) Life Science
7 1 (0.56%) SCADA
7 1 (0.56%) Smartphone
7 1 (0.56%) Social Media
7 1 (0.56%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 71 (40.11%) Windows
2 38 (21.47%) Windows Server
3 12 (6.78%) Windows 10
4 6 (3.39%) Mac OS
5 5 (2.82%) Windows Server 2016
6 4 (2.26%) Android
6 4 (2.26%) Apple iOS
7 1 (0.56%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 61 (34.46%) Problem-Solving
2 46 (25.99%) Customer Service
3 18 (10.17%) Mentoring
4 17 (9.60%) Logistics
5 16 (9.04%) Continuous Improvement
6 12 (6.78%) Service Management
7 11 (6.21%) Collaborative Working
7 11 (6.21%) Remote Monitoring and Management
8 10 (5.65%) Ticket Management
9 9 (5.08%) ITIL
10 8 (4.52%) Decision-Making
11 7 (3.95%) Business Continuity
11 7 (3.95%) Business Development
11 7 (3.95%) Coaching
11 7 (3.95%) Customer Engagement
11 7 (3.95%) ERP
11 7 (3.95%) Line Management
12 6 (3.39%) Asset Management
12 6 (3.39%) Validation
13 5 (2.82%) Change Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (0.56%) R
1 1 (0.56%) VBA
Qualifications
1 25 (14.12%) Degree
2 10 (5.65%) MCP
3 9 (5.08%) Security Cleared
4 8 (4.52%) A+ Certification
5 6 (3.39%) HND
6 5 (2.82%) BPSS Clearance
6 5 (2.82%) SC Cleared
7 4 (2.26%) Network+ Certification
8 3 (1.69%) Microsoft Certification
9 1 (0.56%) DBS Check
9 1 (0.56%) HNC
9 1 (0.56%) ISTQB
9 1 (0.56%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (2.26%) GDPR
2 2 (1.13%) QA
3 1 (0.56%) ISO 13485
System Software
1 49 (27.68%) Active Directory
2 10 (5.65%) Hyper-V
2 10 (5.65%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 15 (8.47%) Microsoft Intune
2 2 (1.13%) SCCM
2 2 (1.13%) Single Sign-On
3 1 (0.56%) WSUS
Vendors
1 76 (42.94%) Microsoft
2 13 (7.34%) VMware
3 10 (5.65%) Apple
3 10 (5.65%) Progress
4 6 (3.39%) Sophos
5 5 (2.82%) ConnectWise
5 5 (2.82%) Ubiquiti
6 4 (2.26%) Oracle
7 1 (0.56%) Allen-Bradley
7 1 (0.56%) Clearswift
7 1 (0.56%) Draytek
7 1 (0.56%) Fortinet
7 1 (0.56%) Google
7 1 (0.56%) McAfee
7 1 (0.56%) MobileIron
7 1 (0.56%) Rockwell
7 1 (0.56%) Siemens
7 1 (0.56%) SolarWinds