Driving Licence Job Trends in the Thames Valley

Drivers' Licence
South East > Thames Valley

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Driving Licence in permanent job vacancies in the Thames Valley. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Driving Licence over the 6 months leading up to 1 January 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 103 86 130
Rank change year-on-year -17 +44 -11
Permanent jobs citing Driving Licence 71 102 55
As % of all permanent jobs in the Thames Valley 1.78% 2.94% 1.63%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 6.51% 8.31% 5.09%
Number of salaries quoted 50 36 49
10th Percentile £27,000 £32,750 £27,500
25th Percentile £31,250 £40,013 £29,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £32,750 £60,000 £34,500
Median % change year-on-year -45.42% +73.91% -1.43%
75th Percentile £36,500 £122,500 £40,000
90th Percentile £46,125 - £58,800
South East median annual salary £33,500 £52,500 £34,500
% change year-on-year -36.19% +52.17% -8.00%

All Generic Skills
Thames Valley

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 Thames Valley.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 1,091 1,227 1,081
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 27.35% 35.32% 31.97%
Number of salaries quoted 599 530 754
10th Percentile £26,700 £36,250 £32,500
25th Percentile £33,500 £43,911 £40,622
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -25.00% +9.09% -
75th Percentile £67,500 £73,833 £67,500
90th Percentile £75,000 £90,000 £83,750
South East median annual salary £45,000 £56,509 £55,000
% change year-on-year -20.37% +2.74% -2.65%

Driving Licence
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Driving Licence relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley.

Driving Licence job vacancy trend in the Thames Valley

Driving Licence
Salary Trend in the Thames Valley

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing Driving Licence.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing Driving Licence

Driving Licence
Salary Histogram in the Thames Valley

Salary distribution for jobs citing Driving Licence in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 1 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Driving Licence in the Thames Valley

Driving Licence
Job Locations in the Thames Valley

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Driving Licence within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 1 January 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
Berkshire -6 46 £32,750 -45.42% 17
Oxfordshire -5 15 £28,000 -21.68% 6
Buckinghamshire +11 13 £36,000 - 17
Driving Licence
South East

Driving Licence
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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 4 (5.63%) SharePoint
2 3 (4.23%) WinCC
3 2 (2.82%) FactoryTalk
4 1 (1.41%) ArchestrA
Applications
1 19 (26.76%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (2.82%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (1.41%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 2 (2.82%) C-CURE
Cloud Services
1 24 (33.80%) Microsoft 365
2 4 (5.63%) Azure
2 4 (5.63%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 11 (15.49%) Firewall
2 5 (7.04%) WAN
3 4 (5.63%) DHCP
3 4 (5.63%) DNS
3 4 (5.63%) Internet
3 4 (5.63%) LAN
3 4 (5.63%) TCP/IP
3 4 (5.63%) VoIP
3 4 (5.63%) VPN
4 3 (4.23%) Modbus
5 2 (2.82%) SDH
6 1 (1.41%) BGP
6 1 (1.41%) Broadband
6 1 (1.41%) Network Security
6 1 (1.41%) Profibus
6 1 (1.41%) SD-WAN
6 1 (1.41%) Wireless
General
1 34 (47.89%) Social Skills
2 16 (22.54%) Telecoms
3 7 (9.86%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 6 (8.45%) Presentation Skills
5 5 (7.04%) Marketing
6 3 (4.23%) Brand Awareness
6 3 (4.23%) Retail
7 2 (2.82%) Banking
7 2 (2.82%) Law
7 2 (2.82%) Manufacturing
8 1 (1.41%) Finance
8 1 (1.41%) Influencing Skills
8 1 (1.41%) Military
8 1 (1.41%) Organisational Skills
8 1 (1.41%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 23 (32.39%) IT Support
2 16 (22.54%) Analyst
2 16 (22.54%) IT Analyst
2 16 (22.54%) IT Support Analyst
2 16 (22.54%) Support Analyst
3 10 (14.08%) 2nd Line Support
4 9 (12.68%) 2nd Line Support Analyst
5 6 (8.45%) Field Engineer
6 5 (7.04%) Senior
6 5 (7.04%) Support Engineer
7 4 (5.63%) IT Engineer
7 4 (5.63%) IT Support Engineer
7 4 (5.63%) Junior
7 4 (5.63%) Operations Engineer
8 3 (4.23%) Cabling Engineer
8 3 (4.23%) Cisco Engineer
8 3 (4.23%) Cisco Network Engineer
8 3 (4.23%) Head of IT
8 3 (4.23%) Installations Engineer
8 3 (4.23%) Project Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 7 (9.86%) CCTV
2 5 (7.04%) Self-Motivation
3 4 (5.63%) Onboarding
4 3 (4.23%) Fibre Optics
4 3 (4.23%) iPad
4 3 (4.23%) Operational Technology
4 3 (4.23%) SCADA
5 2 (2.82%) Legacy Systems
5 2 (2.82%) Renewable Energy
6 1 (1.41%) Data Centre
6 1 (1.41%) Social Media
6 1 (1.41%) Video Editing
Operating Systems
1 27 (38.03%) Windows
2 4 (5.63%) Windows 10
3 3 (4.23%) Windows Server
4 2 (2.82%) Windows Server 2016
5 1 (1.41%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 25 (35.21%) Customer Service
2 24 (33.80%) Cybersecurity
3 22 (30.99%) Problem-Solving
4 20 (28.17%) Customer-Centric Approach
4 20 (28.17%) Customer-Centricity
5 9 (12.68%) Project Delivery
6 6 (8.45%) Collaborative Culture
6 6 (8.45%) Mentoring
7 5 (7.04%) B2B
7 5 (7.04%) Business Development
7 5 (7.04%) Service Delivery
8 4 (5.63%) Commercial Awareness
8 4 (5.63%) Presales
8 4 (5.63%) Project Management
8 4 (5.63%) Software Testing
9 3 (4.23%) Cost-Benefit Analysis
9 3 (4.23%) Decision-Making
9 3 (4.23%) IT Strategy
9 3 (4.23%) Migration
9 3 (4.23%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 1 (1.41%) C
1 1 (1.41%) Ladder Logic
Qualifications
1 6 (8.45%) City & Guilds
2 5 (7.04%) Degree
3 4 (5.63%) NVQ Level 3
3 4 (5.63%) Security Cleared
4 3 (4.23%) HNC
5 2 (2.82%) SC Cleared
6 1 (1.41%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (7.04%) Cyber Essentials
2 4 (5.63%) QA
2 4 (5.63%) SLA
3 3 (4.23%) IEC 61508
4 2 (2.82%) IEC 61131
5 1 (1.41%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 1 (1.41%) GDPR
System Software
1 23 (32.39%) Active Directory
2 3 (4.23%) Hyper-V
2 3 (4.23%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 4 (5.63%) Microsoft Intune
1 4 (5.63%) Progress Chef
2 1 (1.41%) FortiGate
2 1 (1.41%) SCCM
Vendors
1 26 (36.62%) Microsoft
2 5 (7.04%) Cisco
3 3 (4.23%) Draytek
3 3 (4.23%) Forcepoint
3 3 (4.23%) Rockwell
3 3 (4.23%) Siemens
3 3 (4.23%) Sophos
3 3 (4.23%) VMware
4 1 (1.41%) Meraki
4 1 (1.41%) Openreach
4 1 (1.41%) Peplink
4 1 (1.41%) Ubiquiti