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 30 November 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 34 84 116
Rank change year-on-year +50 +32 -32
Permanent jobs citing Driving Licence 211 140 103
As % of all permanent jobs in the South West 4.56% 2.53% 2.37%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 15.59% 8.08% 6.21%
Number of salaries quoted 134 78 77
10th Percentile £26,050 £29,750 £22,750
25th Percentile £29,593 £30,000 £27,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £34,000 £32,000 £35,000
Median % change year-on-year +6.25% -8.57% +12.90%
75th Percentile £39,908 £48,438 £40,812
90th Percentile £44,275 £51,825 £47,500
England median annual salary £34,000 £37,500 £32,500
% change year-on-year -9.33% +15.38% -10.27%

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 1,353 1,732 1,658
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 29.25% 31.28% 38.15%
Number of salaries quoted 849 917 1,249
10th Percentile £27,350 £25,650 £30,000
25th Percentile £31,250 £34,404 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% -9.09% +7.84%
75th Percentile £57,500 £65,000 £71,250
90th Percentile £75,000 £82,500 £85,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -8.33% -4.00% -3.85%

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 30 November 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 30 November 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 +10 53 £32,500 +8.33% 12
Devon +19 41 £35,813 -14.73% 19
Bristol +12 33 £31,500 +5.00% 20
Wiltshire +21 31 £34,000 +7.94% 10
Cornwall -2 28 £33,000 -34.00% 4
Gloucestershire +33 17 £37,500 -12.79% 12
Dorset +13 7 £25,500 -36.75% 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 (24.17%) SharePoint
2 46 (21.80%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 15 (7.11%) Microsoft Excel
2 10 (4.74%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.47%) AutoCAD
3 1 (0.47%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 3 (1.42%) Oracle ERP
Cloud Services
1 101 (47.87%) Microsoft 365
2 31 (14.69%) Entra ID
3 28 (13.27%) Azure
4 12 (5.69%) OneDrive
5 6 (2.84%) Power Platform
6 4 (1.90%) AWS
6 4 (1.90%) PowerApps
7 2 (0.95%) SaaS
8 1 (0.47%) Azure Monitor
8 1 (0.47%) Cloud Computing
8 1 (0.47%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 53 (25.12%) Firewall
2 28 (13.27%) DHCP
2 28 (13.27%) DNS
3 19 (9.00%) Structured Cabling
4 18 (8.53%) Wi-Fi
5 13 (6.16%) Remote Desktop
5 13 (6.16%) WAN
6 12 (5.69%) TCP/IP
7 11 (5.21%) LAN
7 11 (5.21%) VLAN
7 11 (5.21%) VoIP
7 11 (5.21%) VPN
8 3 (1.42%) DKIM
8 3 (1.42%) DMARC
8 3 (1.42%) IPsec
8 3 (1.42%) Wireless
9 2 (0.95%) Internet
9 2 (0.95%) Intrusion Detection
9 2 (0.95%) Network Security
9 2 (0.95%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (1.90%) Metadata
2 2 (0.95%) Power BI
2 2 (0.95%) SQL Server
General
1 112 (53.08%) Social Skills
2 17 (8.06%) Legal
3 13 (6.16%) Organisational Skills
4 10 (4.74%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 9 (4.27%) Telecoms
6 8 (3.79%) Advertising
6 8 (3.79%) Analytical Skills
6 8 (3.79%) Law
6 8 (3.79%) Military
6 8 (3.79%) Police
7 7 (3.32%) Retail
8 6 (2.84%) Manufacturing
8 6 (2.84%) Presentation Skills
9 5 (2.37%) Public Sector
10 4 (1.90%) Aviation
10 4 (1.90%) Finance
11 3 (1.42%) Back Office
11 3 (1.42%) Electronics
12 2 (0.95%) Documentation Skills
12 2 (0.95%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 56 (26.54%) IT Support
2 45 (21.33%) Technical Engineer
3 36 (17.06%) Support Engineer
4 26 (12.32%) 1st Line Support
5 25 (11.85%) 2nd Line Support
6 24 (11.37%) Analyst
7 22 (10.43%) 2nd Line Engineer
8 19 (9.00%) IT Analyst
9 15 (7.11%) 1st Line Engineer
9 15 (7.11%) 1st Line Support Engineer
9 15 (7.11%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
9 15 (7.11%) Cabling Engineer
9 15 (7.11%) IT Support Analyst
9 15 (7.11%) Support Analyst
10 14 (6.64%) IT Engineer
10 14 (6.64%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
11 13 (6.16%) Field Engineer
12 12 (5.69%) IT Support Engineer
12 12 (5.69%) Support Technician
13 10 (4.74%) Data Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (1.90%) Software Packaging
2 2 (0.95%) Oracle Fusion
2 2 (0.95%) SAML
3 1 (0.47%) RESTEasy
Miscellaneous
1 35 (16.59%) Renewable Energy
2 27 (12.80%) Onboarding
3 8 (3.79%) Self-Motivation
4 6 (2.84%) Video Conferencing
5 4 (1.90%) Data Centre
5 4 (1.90%) Digital Signage
5 4 (1.90%) EPoS
5 4 (1.90%) Legacy Systems
6 3 (1.42%) CCTV
7 2 (0.95%) Management Information System
7 2 (0.95%) Operational Technology
8 1 (0.47%) Blog
8 1 (0.47%) Data Protection Act
8 1 (0.47%) Derivative
8 1 (0.47%) Digital Media
8 1 (0.47%) Fibre Optics
8 1 (0.47%) Life Science
8 1 (0.47%) Podcast
8 1 (0.47%) SCADA
8 1 (0.47%) Smartphone
Operating Systems
1 88 (41.71%) Windows
2 50 (23.70%) Windows Server
3 12 (5.69%) Windows 10
4 9 (4.27%) Mac OS
5 8 (3.79%) Apple iOS
6 4 (1.90%) Android
7 2 (0.95%) Windows Server 2016
8 1 (0.47%) Debian
8 1 (0.47%) Linux
8 1 (0.47%) OpenWrt
8 1 (0.47%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 77 (36.49%) Customer Service
2 64 (30.33%) Problem-Solving
3 18 (8.53%) ITIL
4 16 (7.58%) Cybersecurity
4 16 (7.58%) Mentoring
5 15 (7.11%) Continuous Improvement
5 15 (7.11%) Logistics
6 13 (6.16%) Remote Monitoring and Management
7 12 (5.69%) Service Management
7 12 (5.69%) Ticket Management
8 11 (5.21%) Collaborative Working
9 9 (4.27%) Asset Management
10 8 (3.79%) Break/Fix
10 8 (3.79%) Process Improvement
11 7 (3.32%) Business Development
11 7 (3.32%) Customer Engagement
11 7 (3.32%) ERP
12 6 (2.84%) Change Control
12 6 (2.84%) ITSM
12 6 (2.84%) Mobile Device Management
Programming Languages
1 5 (2.37%) PowerShell
2 1 (0.47%) SQL
2 1 (0.47%) VB
Qualifications
1 22 (10.43%) Security Cleared
2 17 (8.06%) BPSS Clearance
2 17 (8.06%) Degree
3 10 (4.74%) MCP
4 8 (3.79%) SC Cleared
5 6 (2.84%) A+ Certification
5 6 (2.84%) Network+ Certification
6 1 (0.47%) City & Guilds
6 1 (0.47%) CompTIA Security+
6 1 (0.47%) HNC
6 1 (0.47%) HND
6 1 (0.47%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (2.37%) GDPR
2 4 (1.90%) NEBOSH
2 4 (1.90%) SLA
3 1 (0.47%) ISO 13485
3 1 (0.47%) QA
System Software
1 55 (26.07%) Active Directory
2 10 (4.74%) Hyper-V
2 10 (4.74%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (0.47%) iptables
Systems Management
1 15 (7.11%) Microsoft Intune
2 4 (1.90%) Jamf Pro
2 4 (1.90%) SCCM
3 2 (0.95%) Single Sign-On
4 1 (0.47%) Ansible
4 1 (0.47%) WSUS
Vendors
1 93 (44.08%) Microsoft
2 16 (7.58%) Apple
3 14 (6.64%) Sophos
4 13 (6.16%) ConnectWise
5 12 (5.69%) Progress
5 12 (5.69%) VMware
6 3 (1.42%) Oracle
7 2 (0.95%) Cisco
7 2 (0.95%) Fortinet
7 2 (0.95%) SolarWinds
7 2 (0.95%) Ubiquiti
8 1 (0.47%) Allen-Bradley
8 1 (0.47%) Clearswift
8 1 (0.47%) Draytek
8 1 (0.47%) McAfee
8 1 (0.47%) MikroTik
8 1 (0.47%) MobileIron
8 1 (0.47%) Openreach
8 1 (0.47%) Rockwell
8 1 (0.47%) Siemens