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

6 months to
26 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 80 38 100
Rank change year-on-year -42 +62 +45
Permanent jobs citing Driving Licence 203 164 174
As % of all permanent jobs in the South West 2.18% 4.71% 2.14%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 9.58% 13.34% 7.92%
Number of salaries quoted 158 97 131
10th Percentile £26,250 £26,500 £25,500
25th Percentile £31,250 £29,750 £30,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £38,500 £34,000 £31,250
Median % change year-on-year +13.24% +8.80% +13.64%
75th Percentile £47,445 £38,750 £40,563
90th Percentile £57,500 £45,850 £55,000
England median annual salary £38,500 £37,000 £32,500
% change year-on-year +4.05% +13.85% -0.76%

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 2,119 1,229 2,197
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 22.71% 35.29% 27.05%
Number of salaries quoted 1,401 728 1,374
10th Percentile £28,600 £26,925 £29,392
25th Percentile £36,750 £31,750 £37,274
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £45,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +16.67% -10.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £73,250 £60,000 £68,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £75,000 £82,915
England median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +4.55% -4.35% -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 August 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 August 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
Wiltshire -13 43 £38,378 +12.88% 10
Devon -8 40 £44,551 +37.08% 9
Gloucestershire -41 36 £35,000 -6.67% 25
Bristol -13 35 £40,000 +26.98% 25
Somerset -44 25 £33,000 -9.94% 11
Cornwall +3 11 £26,500 -16.54% 8
Dorset - 6 £34,500 - 7
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 27 (13.30%) Microsoft Exchange
2 6 (2.96%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.49%) Apache
3 1 (0.49%) Apache Airflow
Applications
1 26 (12.81%) Microsoft Office
2 7 (3.45%) Microsoft Excel
3 4 (1.97%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (0.99%) AutoCAD
4 2 (0.99%) Revit
5 1 (0.49%) EPLAN
5 1 (0.49%) SOLIDWORKS
Business Applications
1 1 (0.49%) C-CURE
Cloud Services
1 47 (23.15%) Microsoft 365
2 28 (13.79%) Azure
3 23 (11.33%) Entra ID
4 6 (2.96%) Power Platform
5 3 (1.48%) OneDrive
6 2 (0.99%) AWS
6 2 (0.99%) IaaS
6 2 (0.99%) PaaS
6 2 (0.99%) SaaS
7 1 (0.49%) Asana
7 1 (0.49%) Canva
7 1 (0.49%) Copilot Studio
7 1 (0.49%) GCP
7 1 (0.49%) Microsoft Copilot
7 1 (0.49%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 23 (11.33%) VPN
2 18 (8.87%) Firewall
3 17 (8.37%) Wi-Fi
4 11 (5.42%) LAN
4 11 (5.42%) WAN
4 11 (5.42%) Wireless
5 9 (4.43%) TCP/IP
6 8 (3.94%) DHCP
6 8 (3.94%) DNS
6 8 (3.94%) WLAN
7 6 (2.96%) Structured Cabling
8 4 (1.97%) Network Security
9 3 (1.48%) Internet
9 3 (1.48%) VoIP
10 2 (0.99%) Broadband
10 2 (0.99%) DMZ
10 2 (0.99%) Ethernet
10 2 (0.99%) MPLS
10 2 (0.99%) NGFW
10 2 (0.99%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (2.46%) Power BI
2 4 (1.97%) Data Warehouse
2 4 (1.97%) OLAP
2 4 (1.97%) SQL Server Analysis Services
2 4 (1.97%) SQL Server Integration Services
2 4 (1.97%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 3 (1.48%) Git
1 3 (1.48%) JIRA
General
1 77 (37.93%) Social Skills
2 27 (13.30%) Analytical Skills
2 27 (13.30%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 20 (9.85%) Retail
4 17 (8.37%) Manufacturing
5 16 (7.88%) Military
5 16 (7.88%) Public Sector
6 12 (5.91%) Advertising
7 11 (5.42%) Finance
7 11 (5.42%) Law
7 11 (5.42%) Organisational Skills
8 10 (4.93%) Local Government
8 10 (4.93%) Telecoms
9 9 (4.43%) Legal
10 8 (3.94%) Back Office
11 7 (3.45%) Aerospace
12 6 (2.96%) Documentation Skills
12 6 (2.96%) Marketing
13 5 (2.46%) Automotive
14 4 (1.97%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 43 (21.18%) IT Support
2 41 (20.20%) Support Engineer
3 34 (16.75%) IT Engineer
4 31 (15.27%) IT Support Engineer
5 20 (9.85%) Senior
6 18 (8.87%) Business Development Manager
6 18 (8.87%) Business Manager
6 18 (8.87%) Development Manager
6 18 (8.87%) Field Engineer
7 14 (6.90%) Field Support Engineer
8 11 (5.42%) IT Technician
8 11 (5.42%) Technical Support
9 10 (4.93%) Business Development Executive
9 10 (4.93%) Lead
10 9 (4.43%) Analyst
11 8 (3.94%) IT Support Technician
11 8 (3.94%) Project Manager
11 8 (3.94%) Support Technician
11 8 (3.94%) Team Leader
11 8 (3.94%) Technical Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (1.97%) PySpark
2 3 (1.48%) .NET
2 3 (1.48%) .NET Core
2 3 (1.48%) JSON
2 3 (1.48%) React
2 3 (1.48%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 20 (9.85%) Self-Motivation
2 18 (8.87%) Onboarding
3 8 (3.94%) CCTV
3 8 (3.94%) Management Information System
4 5 (2.46%) NHS
4 5 (2.46%) Renewable Energy
5 3 (1.48%) Data Centre
5 3 (1.48%) FMCG
5 3 (1.48%) Social Media
6 2 (0.99%) Embedded Systems
6 2 (0.99%) EPoS
6 2 (0.99%) Learning Management System
6 2 (0.99%) Raspberry Pi
6 2 (0.99%) Smart Meter
6 2 (0.99%) Smartphone
6 2 (0.99%) Web Conferencing
7 1 (0.49%) Analytical Mindset
7 1 (0.49%) Distributed Systems
7 1 (0.49%) Low-Code
7 1 (0.49%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 40 (19.70%) Windows
2 22 (10.84%) Mac OS
3 9 (4.43%) Windows Server
4 6 (2.96%) Apple iOS
5 3 (1.48%) Linux
5 3 (1.48%) Windows 10
6 1 (0.49%) Android
6 1 (0.49%) Windows Server 2016
6 1 (0.49%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 54 (26.60%) Problem-Solving
2 47 (23.15%) Customer Service
3 28 (13.79%) Business Development
4 27 (13.30%) Continuous Improvement
5 26 (12.81%) Cybersecurity
6 20 (9.85%) Decision-Making
7 17 (8.37%) B2B
8 15 (7.39%) ITIL
8 15 (7.39%) Project Delivery
9 14 (6.90%) CRM
10 13 (6.40%) Mentoring
11 12 (5.91%) Service Delivery
12 11 (5.42%) Infrastructure Engineering
12 11 (5.42%) Remote Monitoring and Management
13 10 (4.93%) Line Management
14 9 (4.43%) Collaborative Working
15 8 (3.94%) B2B Sales
15 8 (3.94%) Business Intelligence
15 8 (3.94%) Programme Management
15 8 (3.94%) Root Cause Analysis
Programming Languages
1 15 (7.39%) SQL
2 7 (3.45%) C#
3 4 (1.97%) Kusto Query Language
4 3 (1.48%) C
4 3 (1.48%) Python
5 2 (0.99%) C++
5 2 (0.99%) Java
6 1 (0.49%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 36 (17.73%) Degree
2 13 (6.40%) Security Cleared
3 10 (4.93%) Microsoft Certification
4 8 (3.94%) BPSS Clearance
5 7 (3.45%) DBS Check
5 7 (3.45%) HNC
5 7 (3.45%) HND
6 6 (2.96%) Chartered Engineer
6 6 (2.96%) SC Cleared
7 4 (1.97%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
8 3 (1.48%) CCNA
8 3 (1.48%) Cisco Certification
8 3 (1.48%) Master's Degree
8 3 (1.48%) Postgraduate
9 2 (0.99%) A+ Certification
9 2 (0.99%) City & Guilds
9 2 (0.99%) NVQ Level 3
10 1 (0.49%) DV Cleared
10 1 (0.49%) MCSE
10 1 (0.49%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (6.90%) Cyber Essentials
2 8 (3.94%) SLA
3 4 (1.97%) NEBOSH
4 2 (0.99%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 2 (0.99%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 2 (0.99%) PCI DSS
5 1 (0.49%) Data Quality
5 1 (0.49%) GDPR
System Software
1 23 (11.33%) Active Directory
2 8 (3.94%) Hyper-V
2 8 (3.94%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (0.99%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 22 (10.84%) Microsoft Intune
2 5 (2.46%) BMC PATROL
3 1 (0.49%) Functional Safety
Vendors
1 65 (32.02%) Microsoft
2 13 (6.40%) Ubiquiti
3 9 (4.43%) VMware
4 4 (1.97%) Cisco
4 4 (1.97%) Freshdesk
4 4 (1.97%) NEC
5 3 (1.48%) Facebook
6 2 (0.99%) Allen-Bradley
6 2 (0.99%) Apple
6 2 (0.99%) Instagram
6 2 (0.99%) Juniper
6 2 (0.99%) ServiceNow
6 2 (0.99%) Siemens
7 1 (0.49%) Citrix
7 1 (0.49%) Dell
7 1 (0.49%) Google
7 1 (0.49%) Meraki
7 1 (0.49%) Rockwell
7 1 (0.49%) Salesforce
7 1 (0.49%) Veeam