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 1 July 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 76 55 92
Rank change year-on-year -21 +37 +48
Permanent jobs citing Driving Licence 166 119 261
As % of all permanent jobs in the South West 2.06% 3.94% 2.57%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 9.09% 11.00% 9.10%
Number of salaries quoted 136 71 214
10th Percentile £26,125 £25,000 £24,250
25th Percentile £28,500 £28,875 £29,290
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 £34,000 £31,000
Median % change year-on-year +2.94% +9.68% +12.73%
75th Percentile £46,105 £38,750 £43,750
90th Percentile £50,406 £51,657 £62,500
England median annual salary £37,500 £37,500 £31,250
% change year-on-year - +20.00% -5.30%

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 1,827 1,082 2,869
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 22.68% 35.78% 28.25%
Number of salaries quoted 1,183 604 2,031
10th Percentile £28,000 £27,000 £27,945
25th Percentile £35,000 £31,750 £36,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £48,507 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.08% -2.99% -9.09%
75th Percentile £70,000 £65,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £81,250 £80,000 £82,500
England median annual salary £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% -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 1 July 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 1 July 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 -9 36 £40,000 +16.95% 18
Devon -10 32 £36,000 +23.08% 7
Wiltshire -12 31 £37,000 +5.71% 22
Gloucestershire -34 22 £33,500 -10.67% 18
Somerset -48 20 £32,500 -11.31% 5
Cornwall +11 18 £27,750 -11.90% 4
Dorset - 7 £34,500 - 2
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 22 (13.25%) SharePoint
2 16 (9.64%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 24 (14.46%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (3.01%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.60%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 1 (0.60%) C-CURE
Cloud Services
1 48 (28.92%) Microsoft 365
2 36 (21.69%) Azure
3 27 (16.27%) Entra ID
4 16 (9.64%) OneDrive
5 3 (1.81%) Power Platform
6 2 (1.20%) IaaS
6 2 (1.20%) PaaS
6 2 (1.20%) SaaS
7 1 (0.60%) Asana
7 1 (0.60%) AWS
7 1 (0.60%) Canva
Communications & Networking
1 20 (12.05%) VPN
2 18 (10.84%) DHCP
2 18 (10.84%) DNS
3 17 (10.24%) Firewall
3 17 (10.24%) Wi-Fi
4 16 (9.64%) LAN
4 16 (9.64%) WAN
5 11 (6.63%) Structured Cabling
6 8 (4.82%) WLAN
7 6 (3.61%) Wireless
8 5 (3.01%) VLAN
9 4 (2.41%) Internet
9 4 (2.41%) TCP/IP
10 3 (1.81%) IPsec
10 3 (1.81%) VoIP
11 2 (1.20%) Broadband
11 2 (1.20%) DMZ
11 2 (1.20%) Ethernet
11 2 (1.20%) MPLS
11 2 (1.20%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (1.81%) Power BI
2 2 (1.20%) Data Warehouse
2 2 (1.20%) OLAP
2 2 (1.20%) SQL Server Analysis Services
2 2 (1.20%) SQL Server Integration Services
2 2 (1.20%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 3 (1.81%) Git
1 3 (1.81%) JIRA
General
1 60 (36.14%) Social Skills
2 23 (13.86%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 16 (9.64%) Military
3 16 (9.64%) Retail
4 13 (7.83%) Law
4 13 (7.83%) Local Government
5 12 (7.23%) Legal
6 11 (6.63%) Finance
7 10 (6.02%) Public Sector
8 8 (4.82%) Organisational Skills
8 8 (4.82%) Telecoms
9 7 (4.22%) Manufacturing
10 6 (3.61%) Analytical Skills
10 6 (3.61%) Back Office
11 4 (2.41%) Advertising
11 4 (2.41%) Multimedia
12 3 (1.81%) Aerospace
13 2 (1.20%) Aviation
13 2 (1.20%) Avionics
13 2 (1.20%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 48 (28.92%) IT Support
2 41 (24.70%) Support Engineer
3 33 (19.88%) IT Engineer
4 30 (18.07%) IT Support Engineer
5 16 (9.64%) Business Development Manager
5 16 (9.64%) Business Manager
5 16 (9.64%) Development Manager
5 16 (9.64%) Senior
6 13 (7.83%) IT Technician
7 12 (7.23%) IT Support Technician
7 12 (7.23%) Support Technician
8 11 (6.63%) Lead
9 10 (6.02%) Analyst
9 10 (6.02%) Business Development Executive
9 10 (6.02%) Field Engineer
10 9 (5.42%) Cabling Engineer
10 9 (5.42%) Team Leader
11 8 (4.82%) Field Support Engineer
11 8 (4.82%) Technical Support
12 7 (4.22%) Systems Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (1.81%) .NET
1 3 (1.81%) .NET Core
1 3 (1.81%) JSON
1 3 (1.81%) React
1 3 (1.81%) XML
2 2 (1.20%) PySpark
Miscellaneous
1 16 (9.64%) Self-Motivation
2 12 (7.23%) Onboarding
3 7 (4.22%) CCTV
4 5 (3.01%) NHS
5 4 (2.41%) Data Centre
5 4 (2.41%) Management Information System
6 3 (1.81%) Renewable Energy
7 2 (1.20%) Embedded Systems
7 2 (1.20%) Learning Management System
7 2 (1.20%) Raspberry Pi
8 1 (0.60%) Apple TV
8 1 (0.60%) EPoS
8 1 (0.60%) FMCG
8 1 (0.60%) Home Automation
8 1 (0.60%) Hybrid Cloud
8 1 (0.60%) Legacy Systems
8 1 (0.60%) PDA
8 1 (0.60%) Social Media
8 1 (0.60%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 40 (24.10%) Windows
2 22 (13.25%) Windows Server
3 11 (6.63%) Mac OS
4 5 (3.01%) Windows 10
5 3 (1.81%) Android
5 3 (1.81%) Linux
6 1 (0.60%) Apple iOS
6 1 (0.60%) Windows Server 2016
6 1 (0.60%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 44 (26.51%) Customer Service
2 31 (18.67%) ITIL
3 29 (17.47%) Problem-Solving
4 26 (15.66%) Business Development
5 16 (9.64%) Continuous Improvement
6 14 (8.43%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 13 (7.83%) B2B
7 13 (7.83%) Service Delivery
8 12 (7.23%) Project Delivery
9 10 (6.02%) Decision-Making
10 9 (5.42%) B2B Sales
10 9 (5.42%) Coaching
11 8 (4.82%) Cybersecurity
11 8 (4.82%) Geotechnical Engineering
12 7 (4.22%) CRM
13 6 (3.61%) Asset Management
13 6 (3.61%) Business Intelligence
13 6 (3.61%) ITSM
13 6 (3.61%) Line Management
13 6 (3.61%) Programme Management
Programming Languages
1 12 (7.23%) SQL
2 5 (3.01%) C#
3 3 (1.81%) C
4 2 (1.20%) C++
4 2 (1.20%) Java
4 2 (1.20%) Kusto Query Language
4 2 (1.20%) Python
5 1 (0.60%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 25 (15.06%) Degree
2 16 (9.64%) Security Cleared
3 11 (6.63%) Microsoft Certification
4 7 (4.22%) SC Cleared
5 6 (3.61%) Chartered Engineer
6 5 (3.01%) BPSS Clearance
6 5 (3.01%) DBS Check
7 4 (2.41%) Postgraduate
8 2 (1.20%) A+ Certification
8 2 (1.20%) CCNA
8 2 (1.20%) Cisco Certification
8 2 (1.20%) HNC
8 2 (1.20%) HND
8 2 (1.20%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
9 1 (0.60%) Computer Science Degree
9 1 (0.60%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (6.02%) Cyber Essentials
2 9 (5.42%) SLA
3 6 (3.61%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 4 (2.41%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 2 (1.20%) NEBOSH
5 2 (1.20%) PCI DSS
6 1 (0.60%) GDPR
System Software
1 26 (15.66%) Active Directory
2 11 (6.63%) Hyper-V
3 8 (4.82%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (1.20%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 13 (7.83%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 44 (26.51%) Microsoft
2 12 (7.23%) VMware
3 7 (4.22%) Ubiquiti
4 6 (3.61%) Cisco
5 4 (2.41%) Freshdesk
6 3 (1.81%) Apple
6 3 (1.81%) Fortinet
6 3 (1.81%) Fujitsu
6 3 (1.81%) Meraki
6 3 (1.81%) ServiceNow
6 3 (1.81%) Virgin Media
7 2 (1.20%) Juniper
7 2 (1.20%) NEC
8 1 (0.60%) Citrix
8 1 (0.60%) Google
8 1 (0.60%) Veeam