Driving Licence Job Trends in the Midlands

Drivers' Licence
England > Midlands

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Driving Licence in permanent job vacancies in the Midlands. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Driving Licence over the 6 months leading up to 20 August 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 57 24 108
Rank change year-on-year -33 +84 +30
Permanent jobs citing Driving Licence 346 402 228
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 2.38% 6.94% 2.13%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 11.41% 16.28% 7.58%
Number of salaries quoted 242 183 105
10th Percentile £25,128 £24,569 £24,500
25th Percentile £29,813 £27,750 £25,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £38,500 £31,500 £31,000
Median % change year-on-year +22.22% +1.61% -27.06%
75th Percentile £49,259 £43,750 £37,500
90th Percentile £57,375 £58,000 £49,000
England median annual salary £38,500 £37,000 £32,500
% change year-on-year +4.05% +13.85% -2.14%

All Generic Skills
Midlands

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 Midlands.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 3,033 2,469 3,007
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 20.84% 42.64% 28.15%
Number of salaries quoted 2,025 1,257 1,610
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,375 £27,500
25th Percentile £36,750 £31,750 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £45,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% -10.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £65,000 £61,500 £63,678
90th Percentile £80,000 £75,000 £75,000
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 Midlands

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

Driving Licence job vacancy trend in the Midlands

Driving Licence
Salary Trend in the Midlands

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

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Midlands citing Driving Licence

Driving Licence
Salary Histogram in the Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing Driving Licence in the Midlands over the 6 months to 20 August 2026.

Salary histogram for Driving Licence in the Midlands

Driving Licence
Job Locations in the Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Driving Licence within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 20 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
East Midlands -32 195 £37,500 +15.38% 101
West Midlands +15 151 £40,000 +31.15% 136
Driving Licence
England

Driving Licence
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Midlands 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 14 (4.05%) SharePoint
2 9 (2.60%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (0.58%) ArchestrA
3 2 (0.58%) IIS
4 1 (0.29%) CMS
Applications
1 33 (9.54%) Microsoft Office
2 6 (1.73%) AutoCAD
2 6 (1.73%) Microsoft Excel
3 5 (1.45%) Microsoft Project
4 3 (0.87%) Spreadsheet
5 2 (0.58%) Simulink
6 1 (0.29%) Adobe Premiere
6 1 (0.29%) CapCut
6 1 (0.29%) Siemens NX
Business Applications
1 5 (1.45%) Oracle ERP
1 5 (1.45%) Salesforce CRM
2 3 (0.87%) Dynamics CRM
3 2 (0.58%) Infor CloudSuite Industrial (formerly SyteLine)
3 2 (0.58%) Infor LN
3 2 (0.58%) MFGPRO
3 2 (0.58%) Sage X3
Cloud Services
1 58 (16.76%) Microsoft 365
2 31 (8.96%) Azure
3 19 (5.49%) Entra ID
4 8 (2.31%) Google Workspace
5 5 (1.45%) Power Platform
5 5 (1.45%) SaaS
6 3 (0.87%) Power Automate
6 3 (0.87%) PowerApps
7 2 (0.58%) AWS
7 2 (0.58%) Azure Sentinel
7 2 (0.58%) Microsoft Copilot
7 2 (0.58%) OneDrive
8 1 (0.29%) Amazon EKS
8 1 (0.29%) Azure Monitor
8 1 (0.29%) Azure Storage
8 1 (0.29%) Cloudflare
Communications & Networking
1 36 (10.40%) Wireless
2 13 (3.76%) Firewall
3 12 (3.47%) VLAN
4 11 (3.18%) Broadband
5 10 (2.89%) DHCP
5 10 (2.89%) DNS
5 10 (2.89%) Internet
6 9 (2.60%) TCP/IP
6 9 (2.60%) VPN
7 8 (2.31%) WAN
8 7 (2.02%) SD-WAN
9 4 (1.16%) LoRaWAN
9 4 (1.16%) MQTT
9 4 (1.16%) Structured Cabling
9 4 (1.16%) Wi-Fi
10 3 (0.87%) Ethernet
10 3 (0.87%) LAN
10 3 (0.87%) Modbus
10 3 (0.87%) Profibus
11 2 (0.58%) Software-Defined Networking
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (1.45%) Power BI
2 4 (1.16%) MySQL
2 4 (1.16%) Neo4j
2 4 (1.16%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 7 (2.02%) JIRA
2 2 (0.58%) GitLab
3 1 (0.29%) LabVIEW
General
1 155 (44.80%) Social Skills
2 62 (17.92%) Finance
3 48 (13.87%) Law
4 47 (13.58%) Telecoms
5 37 (10.69%) Military
6 36 (10.40%) Back Office
7 30 (8.67%) Organisational Skills
8 29 (8.38%) Analytical Skills
9 22 (6.36%) Manufacturing
10 17 (4.91%) Marketing
11 16 (4.62%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 8 (2.31%) Advertising
12 8 (2.31%) Legal
12 8 (2.31%) Retail
13 5 (1.45%) Cantonese Language
13 5 (1.45%) Mandarin Language
13 5 (1.45%) Public Sector
14 4 (1.16%) Hindi Language
14 4 (1.16%) Local Government
14 4 (1.16%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 57 (16.47%) IT Support
2 49 (14.16%) Business Development Manager
2 49 (14.16%) Business Manager
2 49 (14.16%) Development Manager
3 46 (13.29%) Support Engineer
4 45 (13.01%) Project Manager
5 30 (8.67%) IT Technician
6 28 (8.09%) IT Engineer
7 26 (7.51%) Technical Support
8 25 (7.23%) IT Support Engineer
9 24 (6.94%) Support Technician
10 21 (6.07%) IT Support Technician
10 21 (6.07%) Technical Engineer
10 21 (6.07%) Technical Support Engineer
11 19 (5.49%) Analyst
12 17 (4.91%) Network Engineer
13 11 (3.18%) Sales Executive
13 11 (3.18%) Systems Engineer
14 10 (2.89%) Lead
15 9 (2.60%) Account Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (0.87%) JSON
1 3 (0.87%) Terraform
Miscellaneous
1 42 (12.14%) Self-Motivation
2 16 (4.62%) CCTV
3 9 (2.60%) Onboarding
4 8 (2.31%) SCADA
5 7 (2.02%) Management Information System
6 5 (1.45%) Data Centre
6 5 (1.45%) Life Science
7 4 (1.16%) IoT
7 4 (1.16%) NHS
7 4 (1.16%) Replication
8 3 (0.87%) Enterprise Software
8 3 (0.87%) Fibre Optics
8 3 (0.87%) Renewable Energy
8 3 (0.87%) Social Media
8 3 (0.87%) Web Conferencing
9 2 (0.58%) Client/Server
9 2 (0.58%) Cyber Threat
9 2 (0.58%) EPoS
9 2 (0.58%) Operational Technology
9 2 (0.58%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 62 (17.92%) Windows
2 15 (4.34%) Windows Server
3 11 (3.18%) Linux
4 7 (2.02%) Apple iOS
5 6 (1.73%) Windows 10
6 5 (1.45%) Android
7 4 (1.16%) Mac OS
7 4 (1.16%) Ubuntu
8 1 (0.29%) Windows 7
8 1 (0.29%) Windows NT
8 1 (0.29%) Windows Server 2016
8 1 (0.29%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 121 (34.97%) Problem-Solving
2 70 (20.23%) Customer Service
3 54 (15.61%) Continuous Improvement
4 52 (15.03%) Business Development
5 48 (13.87%) Commercial Awareness
6 29 (8.38%) CRM
7 27 (7.80%) Decision-Making
8 24 (6.94%) Infrastructure Engineering
9 23 (6.65%) ITIL
10 22 (6.36%) Project Delivery
11 20 (5.78%) Collaborative Working
11 20 (5.78%) Mentoring
12 18 (5.20%) Root Cause Analysis
12 18 (5.20%) Service Delivery
12 18 (5.20%) Time Management
13 15 (4.34%) Cybersecurity
14 14 (4.05%) Logistics
14 14 (4.05%) Project Management
15 13 (3.76%) ERP
15 13 (3.76%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 7 (2.02%) SQL
2 4 (1.16%) Ladder Logic
3 3 (0.87%) PowerShell
3 3 (0.87%) Python
4 2 (0.58%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 29 (8.38%) Degree
2 21 (6.07%) DBS Check
3 18 (5.20%) Security Cleared
4 14 (4.05%) SC Cleared
5 11 (3.18%) Microsoft Certification
6 5 (1.45%) CCNA
6 5 (1.45%) Cisco Certification
6 5 (1.45%) City & Guilds
7 3 (0.87%) HNC
7 3 (0.87%) HND
8 2 (0.58%) BPSS Clearance
8 2 (0.58%) Chartered Engineer
8 2 (0.58%) CompTIA Security+
8 2 (0.58%) Computer Science Degree
8 2 (0.58%) Master's Degree
8 2 (0.58%) MCSE
9 1 (0.29%) Azure Certification
9 1 (0.29%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
9 1 (0.29%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (2.60%) QA
1 9 (2.60%) SLA
2 7 (2.02%) GDPR
3 6 (1.73%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 5 (1.45%) Cyber Essentials
4 5 (1.45%) NIST
5 3 (0.87%) California Consumer Privacy Act
5 3 (0.87%) HIPAA
5 3 (0.87%) ISO/IEC 17025
5 3 (0.87%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 3 (0.87%) SOC 2
6 2 (0.58%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 2 (0.58%) GMP
6 2 (0.58%) ISO 9001
6 2 (0.58%) PCI DSS
7 1 (0.29%) ISO 14001
System Software
1 42 (12.14%) Active Directory
2 7 (2.02%) Virtual Desktop
2 7 (2.02%) VMware Infrastructure
3 6 (1.73%) vSphere
4 4 (1.16%) Hyper-V
5 3 (0.87%) Firmware
5 3 (0.87%) Virtual Machines
6 1 (0.29%) Docker
Systems Management
1 10 (2.89%) Microsoft Intune
2 8 (2.31%) SCCM
3 4 (1.16%) FortiGate
3 4 (1.16%) Galera Cluster
3 4 (1.16%) vCenter Server
4 2 (0.58%) WSUS
5 1 (0.29%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 84 (24.28%) Microsoft
2 10 (2.89%) Google
2 10 (2.89%) Sage
3 9 (2.60%) Cisco
4 8 (2.31%) Apple
4 8 (2.31%) Oracle
5 7 (2.02%) ServiceNow
5 7 (2.02%) VMware
6 6 (1.73%) OpenText
6 6 (1.73%) Salesforce
7 4 (1.16%) Ubiquiti
8 3 (0.87%) ConnectWise
8 3 (0.87%) ESET
8 3 (0.87%) SAP
9 2 (0.58%) Epicor
9 2 (0.58%) Fortinet
9 2 (0.58%) Infor
9 2 (0.58%) QAD
9 2 (0.58%) Xero
9 2 (0.58%) YouTube