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

6 months to
2 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 77 27 82
Rank change year-on-year -50 +55 +71
Permanent jobs citing Driving Licence 256 330 355
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 2.01% 6.62% 3.08%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 7.75% 16.83% 9.27%
Number of salaries quoted 189 99 282
10th Percentile £25,220 £24,000 £23,500
25th Percentile £26,750 £27,567 £24,840
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £33,000 £30,500 £31,250
Median % change year-on-year +8.20% -2.40% -28.57%
75th Percentile £48,750 £38,750 £47,188
90th Percentile £53,750 £50,750 £57,500
England median annual salary £35,500 £37,000 £31,250
% change year-on-year -4.05% +18.40% -10.71%

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 3,305 1,961 3,831
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 25.92% 39.34% 33.28%
Number of salaries quoted 1,462 1,074 2,658
10th Percentile £27,500 £27,250 £25,750
25th Percentile £35,000 £35,000 £33,094
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,500 £48,000 £49,500
Median % change year-on-year +1.04% -3.03% -7.48%
75th Percentile £65,000 £62,500 £61,250
90th Percentile £80,000 £73,750 £73,750
England median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year - +9.09% -15.38%

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 2 May 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 2 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
East Midlands -45 132 £30,000 -4.76% 54
West Midlands -18 124 £42,500 +39.34% 87
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 16 (6.25%) SharePoint
2 12 (4.69%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (0.39%) ArchestrA
Applications
1 19 (7.42%) Microsoft Office
2 9 (3.52%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.39%) AutoCAD
3 1 (0.39%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 1 (0.39%) Infor M3
1 1 (0.39%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 81 (31.64%) Microsoft 365
2 27 (10.55%) Azure
3 13 (5.08%) Entra ID
4 11 (4.30%) Google Workspace
5 4 (1.56%) AWS
6 3 (1.17%) Adobe Creative Cloud
7 2 (0.78%) Power Platform
7 2 (0.78%) SaaS
8 1 (0.39%) Azure Monitor
8 1 (0.39%) Azure Storage
8 1 (0.39%) Dynamics 365
8 1 (0.39%) GCP
8 1 (0.39%) Microsoft Purview
8 1 (0.39%) Nutanix
8 1 (0.39%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 32 (12.50%) DHCP
1 32 (12.50%) DNS
2 26 (10.16%) VPN
2 26 (10.16%) Wireless
3 23 (8.98%) WAN
4 16 (6.25%) TCP/IP
5 15 (5.86%) Wi-Fi
6 12 (4.69%) LAN
7 11 (4.30%) Firewall
7 11 (4.30%) SD-WAN
8 8 (3.13%) Broadband
8 8 (3.13%) Internet
8 8 (3.13%) VLAN
9 7 (2.73%) IP Telephony
10 4 (1.56%) Structured Cabling
10 4 (1.56%) VoIP
10 4 (1.56%) WLAN
11 3 (1.17%) LoRaWAN
11 3 (1.17%) MQTT
12 2 (0.78%) OSPF
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (2.73%) SQL Server
2 3 (1.17%) MySQL
2 3 (1.17%) Neo4j
3 2 (0.78%) Power BI
4 1 (0.39%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 1 (0.39%) Burp Suite
1 1 (0.39%) Metasploit
General
1 94 (36.72%) Social Skills
2 26 (10.16%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 23 (8.98%) Analytical Skills
3 23 (8.98%) Finance
4 19 (7.42%) Organisational Skills
5 14 (5.47%) Multimedia
6 13 (5.08%) Marketing
7 10 (3.91%) Telecoms
8 9 (3.52%) Legal
9 8 (3.13%) Public Sector
10 7 (2.73%) Law
10 7 (2.73%) Manufacturing
11 6 (2.34%) Advertising
12 5 (1.95%) Documentation Skills
12 5 (1.95%) Local Government
13 3 (1.17%) Back Office
13 3 (1.17%) Military
13 3 (1.17%) Retail
14 2 (0.78%) Automotive
14 2 (0.78%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 84 (32.81%) IT Support
2 66 (25.78%) Support Engineer
3 61 (23.83%) IT Engineer
4 53 (20.70%) IT Support Engineer
5 31 (12.11%) Support Technician
6 24 (9.38%) IT Technician
7 23 (8.98%) IT Support Technician
8 21 (8.20%) Technical Support
9 18 (7.03%) Business Development Manager
9 18 (7.03%) Business Manager
9 18 (7.03%) Development Manager
10 17 (6.64%) Analyst
11 13 (5.08%) Consultant
11 13 (5.08%) Technical Engineer
11 13 (5.08%) Technical Support Engineer
12 11 (4.30%) Trainee
12 11 (4.30%) Trainee IT Support
12 11 (4.30%) Trainee Support Engineer
13 10 (3.91%) Lead
14 9 (3.52%) Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (0.39%) SAP CAF
Miscellaneous
1 20 (7.81%) Onboarding
2 18 (7.03%) CCTV
3 7 (2.73%) Self-Motivation
4 5 (1.95%) Management Information System
4 5 (1.95%) NHS
4 5 (1.95%) Web Conferencing
5 4 (1.56%) Enterprise Software
5 4 (1.56%) SCADA
6 3 (1.17%) Digital Media
6 3 (1.17%) e-Learning
6 3 (1.17%) IoT
6 3 (1.17%) Learning Management System
6 3 (1.17%) Replication
6 3 (1.17%) SCORM
6 3 (1.17%) Smart Home
7 2 (0.78%) Client/Server
7 2 (0.78%) Fibre Optics
7 2 (0.78%) Smartphone
7 2 (0.78%) Social Media
8 1 (0.39%) EPoS
Operating Systems
1 82 (32.03%) Windows
2 36 (14.06%) Windows Server
3 8 (3.13%) Linux
4 5 (1.95%) Windows 10
5 4 (1.56%) Windows Server 2019
6 3 (1.17%) Android
6 3 (1.17%) Apple iOS
6 3 (1.17%) Ubuntu
7 1 (0.39%) Mac OS
7 1 (0.39%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 103 (40.23%) Problem-Solving
2 65 (25.39%) Customer Service
3 43 (16.80%) Continuous Improvement
4 30 (11.72%) ITIL
5 26 (10.16%) Mentoring
6 23 (8.98%) Cybersecurity
7 19 (7.42%) Collaborative Working
8 18 (7.03%) Business Development
9 16 (6.25%) Incident Management
9 16 (6.25%) Logistics
10 14 (5.47%) Collaborative Culture
10 14 (5.47%) Process Improvement
10 14 (5.47%) Project Delivery
10 14 (5.47%) Root Cause Analysis
10 14 (5.47%) Time Management
11 12 (4.69%) Decision-Making
11 12 (4.69%) ITSM
11 12 (4.69%) Service Delivery
12 11 (4.30%) B2B
13 10 (3.91%) ERP
Programming Languages
1 4 (1.56%) SQL
2 2 (0.78%) C
2 2 (0.78%) Ladder Logic
2 2 (0.78%) Python
3 1 (0.39%) C#
3 1 (0.39%) C++
3 1 (0.39%) PHP
3 1 (0.39%) VB
3 1 (0.39%) VBA
Qualifications
1 22 (8.59%) Degree
1 22 (8.59%) Security Cleared
2 18 (7.03%) DBS Check
2 18 (7.03%) SC Cleared
3 11 (4.30%) Microsoft Certification
4 7 (2.73%) BPSS Clearance
5 6 (2.34%) HND
6 3 (1.17%) CCNA
6 3 (1.17%) Cisco Certification
6 3 (1.17%) HNC
7 2 (0.78%) CCNP
7 2 (0.78%) ITIL Certification
7 2 (0.78%) Master's Degree
7 2 (0.78%) MCSA
7 2 (0.78%) MCSE
7 2 (0.78%) Microsoft Certified Professional
8 1 (0.39%) Azure Certification
8 1 (0.39%) CHECK Team Member
8 1 (0.39%) City & Guilds
8 1 (0.39%) CREST Certified
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (5.08%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 12 (4.69%) Cyber Essentials
3 9 (3.52%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 4 (1.56%) Data Quality
4 4 (1.56%) GDPR
4 4 (1.56%) NIST
4 4 (1.56%) SLA
5 3 (1.17%) California Consumer Privacy Act
5 3 (1.17%) HIPAA
5 3 (1.17%) QA
5 3 (1.17%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 3 (1.17%) SOC 2
6 1 (0.39%) GRC
6 1 (0.39%) HL7
6 1 (0.39%) IEC 61508
6 1 (0.39%) PCI DSS
6 1 (0.39%) PMO
System Software
1 50 (19.53%) Active Directory
2 6 (2.34%) VMware Infrastructure
3 5 (1.95%) Hyper-V
4 4 (1.56%) vSphere
5 3 (1.17%) Firmware
6 1 (0.39%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 13 (5.08%) Microsoft Intune
2 4 (1.56%) SCCM
3 3 (1.17%) Galera Cluster
3 3 (1.17%) vCenter Server
4 2 (0.78%) FortiGate
4 2 (0.78%) Nagios
5 1 (0.39%) Functional Safety
5 1 (0.39%) Nessus
5 1 (0.39%) Nmap
Vendors
1 76 (29.69%) Microsoft
2 13 (5.08%) Cisco
2 13 (5.08%) Fortinet
3 11 (4.30%) Fujitsu
3 11 (4.30%) Google
3 11 (4.30%) Virgin Media
4 8 (3.13%) ConnectWise
4 8 (3.13%) VMware
5 7 (2.73%) Apple
5 7 (2.73%) Meraki
5 7 (2.73%) OpenText
5 7 (2.73%) Sage
6 3 (1.17%) Adobe
6 3 (1.17%) Draytek
6 3 (1.17%) Salesforce
6 3 (1.17%) ServiceNow
7 2 (0.78%) Epicor
7 2 (0.78%) Mitel
7 2 (0.78%) SolarWinds
7 2 (0.78%) WatchGuard