Driving Licence Job Trends

Drivers' Licence
UK

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Driving Licence in permanent job vacancies. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Driving Licence over the 6 months leading up to 9 May 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 120 75 129
Rank change year-on-year -45 +54 +167
Permanent jobs citing Driving Licence 1,436 1,663 2,099
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 1.58% 3.82% 2.18%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 5.80% 9.19% 6.06%
Number of salaries quoted 1,134 524 1,415
10th Percentile £26,250 £25,500 £23,250
25th Percentile £29,000 £29,750 £25,911
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £37,500 £37,500 £31,900
Median % change year-on-year - +17.55% -7.75%
75th Percentile £48,750 £51,000 £43,750
90th Percentile £57,500 £58,773 £57,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £37,000 £36,000 £31,500
% change year-on-year +2.78% +14.29% -3.08%

All Generic Skills
UK

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.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 24,751 18,088 34,640
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 27.30% 41.57% 35.91%
Number of salaries quoted 13,411 9,290 23,040
10th Percentile £30,000 £31,250 £28,000
25th Percentile £40,750 £42,000 £38,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - +9.09% -15.38%
75th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £112,500 £97,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% -9.09%

Driving Licence
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Driving Licence job vacancy trend in the UK

Driving Licence
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Driving Licence.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Driving Licence

Driving Licence
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Driving Licence over the 6 months to 9 May 2026.

Salary histogram for Driving Licence in the UK

Driving Licence
Top 17 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Driving Licence within the UK over the 6 months to 9 May 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
England -46 1,283 £37,000 -1.33% 661
UK excluding London -46 1,230 £37,000 +2.78% 647
North of England +77 363 £38,500 -19.37% 189
Work from Home +70 278 £42,500 +11.57% 175
Midlands -49 265 £35,000 +14.75% 119
South East -66 236 £37,500 -16.67% 176
North West +109 229 £40,000 +17.65% 100
South West -40 155 £33,500 -6.94% 65
East Midlands -45 135 £28,500 -9.52% 46
West Midlands +5 130 £42,500 +39.34% 73
London +55 126 £45,000 +9.28% 80
East of England -64 126 £34,500 +9.52% 63
Yorkshire -14 111 £30,000 -40.00% 68
Scotland +43 77 £45,000 +26.76% 32
North East -24 23 £40,000 +5.26% 26
Wales -68 13 £31,500 -12.50% 14
Northern Ireland -36 2 £52,500 - 5

Driving Licence
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities 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
1 116 (8.08%) SharePoint
2 98 (6.82%) Microsoft Exchange
3 3 (0.21%) Exchange Server 2013
4 2 (0.14%) CMS
4 2 (0.14%) WordPress
5 1 (0.070%) ArchestrA
5 1 (0.070%) Confluence
Applications
1 127 (8.84%) Microsoft Office
2 28 (1.95%) Microsoft Excel
3 11 (0.77%) Microsoft Project
4 5 (0.35%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 3 (0.21%) AutoCAD
5 3 (0.21%) Simulink
5 3 (0.21%) Spreadsheet
6 2 (0.14%) Adobe Premiere
6 2 (0.14%) Avid Media Composer
6 2 (0.14%) EPLAN
6 2 (0.14%) Pro Tools
7 1 (0.070%) 3ds Max
7 1 (0.070%) Blender
7 1 (0.070%) CINEMA 4D
7 1 (0.070%) Fusion 360
7 1 (0.070%) Maya
7 1 (0.070%) MS Visio
7 1 (0.070%) Photoshop
7 1 (0.070%) Siemens NX
7 1 (0.070%) SOLIDWORKS
Business Applications
1 9 (0.63%) Dynamics CRM
2 7 (0.49%) NetSuite
3 4 (0.28%) Infor M3
3 4 (0.28%) JDE OneWorld
3 4 (0.28%) JDE World
4 3 (0.21%) Magento
4 3 (0.21%) Oracle EBS
5 2 (0.14%) C-CURE
5 2 (0.14%) Misys Midas
5 2 (0.14%) SAP S/4HANA
6 1 (0.070%) Raiser’s Edge
6 1 (0.070%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 356 (24.79%) Microsoft 365
2 145 (10.10%) Azure
3 79 (5.50%) Entra ID
4 30 (2.09%) OneDrive
5 20 (1.39%) Google Workspace
6 19 (1.32%) Mimecast
6 19 (1.32%) SaaS
7 16 (1.11%) Power Platform
8 9 (0.63%) AWS
9 8 (0.56%) Azure Sentinel
10 5 (0.35%) Google Analytics
11 3 (0.21%) Adobe Creative Cloud
12 2 (0.14%) IaaS
12 2 (0.14%) PaaS
13 1 (0.070%) Asana
13 1 (0.070%) Azure Monitor
13 1 (0.070%) Canva
13 1 (0.070%) GCP
13 1 (0.070%) Serverless
13 1 (0.070%) Zapier
Communications & Networking
1 139 (9.68%) DNS
2 137 (9.54%) DHCP
3 126 (8.77%) Firewall
4 113 (7.87%) VPN
5 83 (5.78%) Wi-Fi
6 76 (5.29%) WAN
7 69 (4.81%) TCP/IP
8 65 (4.53%) Wireless
9 59 (4.11%) VLAN
10 58 (4.04%) LAN
11 46 (3.20%) Structured Cabling
12 38 (2.65%) VoIP
13 26 (1.81%) Broadband
13 26 (1.81%) Network Security
14 21 (1.46%) Intrusion Detection
15 19 (1.32%) Internet
16 15 (1.04%) SD-WAN
17 10 (0.70%) WLAN
18 8 (0.56%) OSPF
19 7 (0.49%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 21 (1.46%) SQL Server
2 16 (1.11%) Power BI
3 7 (0.49%) PostgreSQL
4 6 (0.42%) Metadata
4 6 (0.42%) MySQL
5 5 (0.35%) GIS
6 4 (0.28%) Relational Database
7 3 (0.21%) Looker
7 3 (0.21%) Neo4j
8 2 (0.14%) EDRMS
8 2 (0.14%) Spatial Data
9 1 (0.070%) Data Warehouse
9 1 (0.070%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 18 (1.25%) JIRA
2 3 (0.21%) LabVIEW
2 3 (0.21%) Visual Studio
3 2 (0.14%) Git
4 1 (0.070%) Burp Suite
4 1 (0.070%) Metasploit
General
1 536 (37.33%) Social Skills
2 164 (11.42%) Finance
3 112 (7.80%) Organisational Skills
4 102 (7.10%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 97 (6.75%) Retail
6 77 (5.36%) Telecoms
7 76 (5.29%) Marketing
8 66 (4.60%) Analytical Skills
9 56 (3.90%) Law
10 53 (3.69%) Military
11 43 (2.99%) Legal
11 43 (2.99%) Manufacturing
12 42 (2.92%) Multimedia
13 41 (2.86%) Public Sector
14 40 (2.79%) Presentation Skills
15 33 (2.30%) Advertising
16 27 (1.88%) Electronics
16 27 (1.88%) Local Government
17 26 (1.81%) Documentation Skills
18 25 (1.74%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 362 (25.21%) IT Support
2 275 (19.15%) Support Engineer
3 207 (14.42%) IT Engineer
4 184 (12.81%) IT Support Engineer
5 137 (9.54%) Support Technician
6 112 (7.80%) IT Technician
7 105 (7.31%) Business Manager
8 103 (7.17%) Business Development Manager
8 103 (7.17%) Development Manager
9 99 (6.89%) IT Support Technician
10 92 (6.41%) Senior
11 88 (6.13%) Technical Engineer
12 87 (6.06%) Analyst
13 76 (5.29%) Technical Support
14 72 (5.01%) Project Manager
15 64 (4.46%) Technical Support Engineer
16 63 (4.39%) Field Engineer
17 62 (4.32%) Systems Engineer
18 57 (3.97%) 2nd Line Support
19 55 (3.83%) Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (0.42%) .NET
2 4 (0.28%) HTML
3 3 (0.21%) JSON
3 3 (0.21%) XML
4 2 (0.14%) .NET Core
4 2 (0.14%) React
5 1 (0.070%) CSS
5 1 (0.070%) OpenAPI
5 1 (0.070%) REST
5 1 (0.070%) Ruby on Rails
5 1 (0.070%) SAP CAF
5 1 (0.070%) Spring
5 1 (0.070%) Spring Boot
5 1 (0.070%) Unreal Engine
5 1 (0.070%) V-Ray
5 1 (0.070%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 109 (7.59%) Self-Motivation
2 68 (4.74%) Onboarding
3 63 (4.39%) CCTV
4 40 (2.79%) Renewable Energy
5 32 (2.23%) Data Centre
6 29 (2.02%) EPoS
7 28 (1.95%) Management Information System
8 18 (1.25%) SCADA
9 17 (1.18%) Social Media
9 17 (1.18%) Web Conferencing
10 13 (0.91%) Enterprise Software
11 12 (0.84%) Digital Media
12 11 (0.77%) Fibre Optics
12 11 (0.77%) NHS
13 10 (0.70%) Analytical Mindset
14 8 (0.56%) CMDB
14 8 (0.56%) Learning Management System
15 7 (0.49%) Algorithms
16 6 (0.42%) Blog
16 6 (0.42%) Podcast
Operating Systems
1 360 (25.07%) Windows
2 158 (11.00%) Windows Server
3 75 (5.22%) Windows 10
4 34 (2.37%) Android
5 23 (1.60%) Linux
6 20 (1.39%) Apple iOS
7 18 (1.25%) Windows Server 2019
8 16 (1.11%) Mac OS
9 13 (0.91%) Windows Server 2016
10 5 (0.35%) Windows 7
11 4 (0.28%) Unix
11 4 (0.28%) Windows Server 2012
12 3 (0.21%) Mac OS X
12 3 (0.21%) Ubuntu
13 2 (0.14%) VMS
14 1 (0.070%) AIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 417 (29.04%) Problem-Solving
2 349 (24.30%) Customer Service
3 168 (11.70%) Business Development
4 135 (9.40%) Continuous Improvement
5 129 (8.98%) ITIL
6 124 (8.64%) Mentoring
7 100 (6.96%) Cybersecurity
8 90 (6.27%) Service Delivery
9 84 (5.85%) Project Delivery
10 79 (5.50%) B2B
11 77 (5.36%) CRM
12 68 (4.74%) Project Management
13 65 (4.53%) Time Management
14 55 (3.83%) Agile
14 55 (3.83%) Infrastructure Engineering
15 53 (3.69%) Decision-Making
16 52 (3.62%) Logistics
17 51 (3.55%) Commercial Awareness
17 51 (3.55%) ITSM
18 48 (3.34%) Remote Monitoring and Management
Programming Languages
1 37 (2.58%) PowerShell
2 36 (2.51%) SQL
3 15 (1.04%) Python
4 13 (0.91%) C++
5 11 (0.77%) C
6 9 (0.63%) C#
6 9 (0.63%) PL/SQL
7 8 (0.56%) Java
8 5 (0.35%) JavaScript
8 5 (0.35%) MATLAB
8 5 (0.35%) PHP
8 5 (0.35%) VB
9 4 (0.28%) Delphi
9 4 (0.28%) Pascal
9 4 (0.28%) T-SQL
10 1 (0.070%) Ladder Logic
10 1 (0.070%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 162 (11.28%) Degree
2 93 (6.48%) Security Cleared
3 69 (4.81%) DBS Check
4 59 (4.11%) SC Cleared
5 53 (3.69%) Microsoft Certification
6 48 (3.34%) HNC
7 27 (1.88%) HND
8 25 (1.74%) A+ Certification
9 22 (1.53%) Network+ Certification
10 20 (1.39%) BPSS Clearance
11 14 (0.97%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
11 14 (0.97%) Microsoft Certified Professional
12 13 (0.91%) Cisco Certification
13 12 (0.84%) CCNA
13 12 (0.84%) Master's Degree
14 10 (0.70%) NVQ Level 3
15 8 (0.56%) Computer Science Degree
15 8 (0.56%) ITIL Certification
16 7 (0.49%) CCNP
16 7 (0.49%) City & Guilds
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 56 (3.90%) SLA
2 28 (1.95%) Cyber Essentials
3 26 (1.81%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 24 (1.67%) GDPR
5 17 (1.18%) ISO 9001
6 15 (1.04%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 15 (1.04%) QA
7 10 (0.70%) Accessibility
7 10 (0.70%) GRC
8 9 (0.63%) NEBOSH
9 7 (0.49%) NIST
10 6 (0.42%) ISO 14000
11 4 (0.28%) Data Quality
11 4 (0.28%) PCI DSS
12 3 (0.21%) California Consumer Privacy Act
12 3 (0.21%) Def Stans
12 3 (0.21%) HIPAA
12 3 (0.21%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 3 (0.21%) SOC 2
13 2 (0.14%) PMO
System Software
1 246 (17.13%) Active Directory
2 54 (3.76%) Hyper-V
3 33 (2.30%) VMware Infrastructure
4 15 (1.04%) Firmware
5 5 (0.35%) vSphere
5 5 (0.35%) XenApp
6 3 (0.21%) Microsoft Virtual Server
6 3 (0.21%) Virtual Servers
7 2 (0.14%) VMware Server
8 1 (0.070%) Docker
8 1 (0.070%) Virtual Desktop
8 1 (0.070%) Virtual Machines
8 1 (0.070%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 50 (3.48%) Microsoft Intune
2 14 (0.97%) SCCM
3 10 (0.70%) BMC PATROL
4 9 (0.63%) FortiGate
5 3 (0.21%) Galera Cluster
5 3 (0.21%) Progress Chef
5 3 (0.21%) vCenter Server
5 3 (0.21%) WSUS
6 2 (0.14%) Kubernetes
6 2 (0.14%) Nagios
7 1 (0.070%) Functional Safety
7 1 (0.070%) Microsoft Clustering
7 1 (0.070%) Nessus
7 1 (0.070%) Nmap
7 1 (0.070%) OpenView
7 1 (0.070%) Proxmox
7 1 (0.070%) RSA Archer
Vendors
1 416 (28.97%) Microsoft
2 56 (3.90%) Cisco
3 48 (3.34%) Fortinet
4 44 (3.06%) VMware
5 39 (2.72%) Fujitsu
5 39 (2.72%) Virgin Media
6 36 (2.51%) Apple
7 35 (2.44%) Google
8 24 (1.67%) SAP
9 22 (1.53%) ServiceNow
10 21 (1.46%) Meraki
11 18 (1.25%) Sophos
12 16 (1.11%) Oracle
13 15 (1.04%) Siemens
14 13 (0.91%) Salesforce
15 12 (0.84%) Veeam
16 11 (0.77%) HP
17 9 (0.63%) Allen-Bradley
17 9 (0.63%) BT
17 9 (0.63%) Ubiquiti