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 4 October 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 62 33 98
Rank change year-on-year -29 +65 +21
Permanent jobs citing Driving Licence 250 195 143
As % of all permanent jobs in the South West 2.38% 5.44% 2.06%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 10.40% 15.29% 7.56%
Number of salaries quoted 189 115 89
10th Percentile £27,209 £26,050 £29,290
25th Percentile £31,250 £29,000 £30,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £39,909 £34,000 £31,000
Median % change year-on-year +17.38% +9.68% +12.73%
75th Percentile £50,000 £39,650 £43,750
90th Percentile £60,000 £43,750 £67,500
England median annual salary £40,000 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year +6.67% +7.14% +11.11%

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 2,405 1,275 1,891
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 22.90% 35.55% 27.29%
Number of salaries quoted 1,628 747 1,038
10th Percentile £29,175 £27,000 £26,750
25th Percentile £37,500 £31,375 £35,875
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £42,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +23.53% -15.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £71,250 £57,500 £68,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £75,000 £83,750
England median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +4.55% -8.33% -6.90%

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 4 October 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 4 October 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 -9 54 £44,551 +21.64% 29
Gloucestershire -31 53 £36,250 -3.33% 26
Wiltshire -10 51 £46,938 +38.05% 36
Bristol -25 38 £42,500 +34.92% 25
Somerset -39 31 £32,500 -1.20% 18
Cornwall 0 11 £26,500 -19.70% 14
Dorset -12 2 £44,000 +72.55% 17
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 34 (13.60%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (0.40%) Apache
2 1 (0.40%) Apache Airflow
2 1 (0.40%) SharePoint
Applications
1 35 (14.00%) Microsoft Office
2 13 (5.20%) Microsoft Excel
3 9 (3.60%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 3 (1.20%) AutoCAD
4 3 (1.20%) Spreadsheet
5 2 (0.80%) EPLAN
5 2 (0.80%) Revit
6 1 (0.40%) SOLIDWORKS
Business Applications
1 1 (0.40%) C-CURE
Cloud Services
1 44 (17.60%) Microsoft 365
2 24 (9.60%) Azure
3 19 (7.60%) Entra ID
4 5 (2.00%) Power Platform
5 2 (0.80%) AWS
6 1 (0.40%) Copilot Studio
6 1 (0.40%) GCP
6 1 (0.40%) Microsoft Copilot
6 1 (0.40%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 23 (9.20%) VPN
2 17 (6.80%) Firewall
3 15 (6.00%) Wi-Fi
4 11 (4.40%) LAN
4 11 (4.40%) WAN
5 10 (4.00%) Wireless
6 8 (3.20%) TCP/IP
6 8 (3.20%) WLAN
7 7 (2.80%) DHCP
7 7 (2.80%) DNS
8 4 (1.60%) Network Security
9 3 (1.20%) VoIP
10 2 (0.80%) Broadband
10 2 (0.80%) DMZ
10 2 (0.80%) Ethernet
10 2 (0.80%) MPLS
10 2 (0.80%) NGFW
10 2 (0.80%) SD-WAN
10 2 (0.80%) Structured Cabling
10 2 (0.80%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (1.60%) Data Warehouse
1 4 (1.60%) OLAP
1 4 (1.60%) Power BI
1 4 (1.60%) SQL Server Analysis Services
1 4 (1.60%) SQL Server Integration Services
1 4 (1.60%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 3 (1.20%) Git
General
1 81 (32.40%) Social Skills
2 43 (17.20%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 32 (12.80%) Analytical Skills
4 29 (11.60%) Manufacturing
5 24 (9.60%) Telecoms
6 22 (8.80%) Electronics
7 20 (8.00%) Aerospace
7 20 (8.00%) Automotive
7 20 (8.00%) Organisational Skills
8 18 (7.20%) Presentation Skills
9 17 (6.80%) Retail
10 16 (6.40%) Public Sector
11 14 (5.60%) Finance
12 13 (5.20%) Military
13 12 (4.80%) Advertising
14 11 (4.40%) Marketing
15 10 (4.00%) Law
15 10 (4.00%) Legal
16 7 (2.80%) Back Office
16 7 (2.80%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 45 (18.00%) IT Support
2 36 (14.40%) Support Engineer
3 32 (12.80%) Field Engineer
4 31 (12.40%) IT Engineer
5 30 (12.00%) Senior
6 28 (11.20%) IT Support Engineer
7 16 (6.40%) IT Technician
7 16 (6.40%) Sales Engineer
8 14 (5.60%) Business Development Manager
8 14 (5.60%) Business Manager
8 14 (5.60%) Development Manager
9 13 (5.20%) Electronics Engineer
9 13 (5.20%) IT Support Technician
9 13 (5.20%) Support Technician
10 12 (4.80%) Field Support Engineer
11 10 (4.00%) Analyst
11 10 (4.00%) Technical Support
12 9 (3.60%) Business Development Executive
12 9 (3.60%) Lead
13 8 (3.20%) Senior Support Technician
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (1.60%) PySpark
2 3 (1.20%) .NET
2 3 (1.20%) .NET Core
2 3 (1.20%) React
Miscellaneous
1 35 (14.00%) Self-Motivation
2 24 (9.60%) Onboarding
3 14 (5.60%) Management Information System
4 7 (2.80%) CCTV
5 5 (2.00%) NHS
5 5 (2.00%) Renewable Energy
6 4 (1.60%) Smartphone
6 4 (1.60%) Social Media
7 3 (1.20%) FMCG
8 2 (0.80%) Data Centre
8 2 (0.80%) EPoS
8 2 (0.80%) Learning Management System
8 2 (0.80%) Smart Meter
8 2 (0.80%) Web Conferencing
9 1 (0.40%) Analytical Mindset
9 1 (0.40%) Distributed Systems
9 1 (0.40%) Low-Code
9 1 (0.40%) Robotics
9 1 (0.40%) SCADA
9 1 (0.40%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 43 (17.20%) Windows
2 18 (7.20%) Mac OS
3 7 (2.80%) Windows Server
4 6 (2.40%) Apple iOS
5 1 (0.40%) Android
5 1 (0.40%) Linux
5 1 (0.40%) Windows 10
5 1 (0.40%) Windows Server 2016
5 1 (0.40%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 86 (34.40%) Problem-Solving
2 46 (18.40%) Continuous Improvement
3 44 (17.60%) Customer Service
4 34 (13.60%) CRM
5 31 (12.40%) Project Delivery
6 27 (10.80%) Mentoring
7 26 (10.40%) Cybersecurity
8 23 (9.20%) Business Development
9 21 (8.40%) Customer Engagement
10 20 (8.00%) Collaborative Working
10 20 (8.00%) Decision-Making
11 18 (7.20%) Customer Requirements
11 18 (7.20%) ITIL
12 16 (6.40%) Root Cause Analysis
13 15 (6.00%) Line Management
13 15 (6.00%) Proactive Management
13 15 (6.00%) Stakeholder Management
14 14 (5.60%) B2B
14 14 (5.60%) Business Strategy
14 14 (5.60%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 12 (4.80%) SQL
2 7 (2.80%) C#
3 4 (1.60%) Kusto Query Language
4 1 (0.40%) C
4 1 (0.40%) Python
Qualifications
1 40 (16.00%) Degree
2 13 (5.20%) HNC
2 13 (5.20%) HND
3 12 (4.80%) Security Cleared
4 11 (4.40%) DBS Check
5 9 (3.60%) Microsoft Certification
6 8 (3.20%) BPSS Clearance
7 7 (2.80%) Chartered Engineer
7 7 (2.80%) SC Cleared
8 4 (1.60%) City & Guilds
8 4 (1.60%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
8 4 (1.60%) NVQ Level 3
9 3 (1.20%) CCNA
9 3 (1.20%) Cisco Certification
9 3 (1.20%) Master's Degree
9 3 (1.20%) Postgraduate
10 1 (0.40%) A+ Certification
10 1 (0.40%) MCSE
10 1 (0.40%) Network+ Certification
10 1 (0.40%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (4.80%) Cyber Essentials
2 6 (2.40%) SLA
3 5 (2.00%) NEBOSH
3 5 (2.00%) QA
4 2 (0.80%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 2 (0.80%) PCI DSS
5 1 (0.40%) Data Quality
5 1 (0.40%) GDPR
System Software
1 27 (10.80%) Active Directory
2 8 (3.20%) Hyper-V
2 8 (3.20%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 20 (8.00%) BMC PATROL
2 17 (6.80%) Microsoft Intune
3 1 (0.40%) Functional Safety
Vendors
1 79 (31.60%) Microsoft
2 11 (4.40%) Ubiquiti
3 9 (3.60%) VMware
4 6 (2.40%) Salesforce
5 5 (2.00%) Facebook
5 5 (2.00%) NEC
6 4 (1.60%) Freshdesk
6 4 (1.60%) Instagram
7 3 (1.20%) Allen-Bradley
7 3 (1.20%) Cisco
7 3 (1.20%) Siemens
8 2 (0.80%) Apple
8 2 (0.80%) Juniper
9 1 (0.40%) Citrix
9 1 (0.40%) Dell
9 1 (0.40%) Google
9 1 (0.40%) Meraki
9 1 (0.40%) Rockwell
9 1 (0.40%) ServiceNow
9 1 (0.40%) Veeam