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 8 December 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 63 58 78
Rank change year-on-year -5 +20 +15
Permanent jobs citing Driving Licence 264 331 167
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 3.70% 4.20% 3.45%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 10.39% 12.86% 9.02%
Number of salaries quoted 206 48 130
10th Percentile £24,500 £23,850 £24,446
25th Percentile £26,250 £27,750 £25,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £30,000 £32,500 £30,680
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% +5.93% -23.30%
75th Percentile £41,688 £47,500 £50,000
90th Percentile £48,750 £54,875 £57,500
England median annual salary £34,500 £37,500 £32,500
% change year-on-year -8.00% +15.38% -9.72%

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 2,542 2,574 1,852
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 35.66% 32.62% 38.30%
Number of salaries quoted 1,182 1,049 1,393
10th Percentile £25,750 £32,000 £26,768
25th Percentile £29,750 £40,500 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £55,000 £51,128
Median % change year-on-year -18.18% +7.57% -2.00%
75th Percentile £65,000 £66,967 £64,250
90th Percentile £77,500 £77,500 £75,000
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 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 8 December 2025.

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 8 December 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
East Midlands +28 156 £28,500 -6.53% 84
West Midlands -32 108 £34,500 +2.64% 114
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 19 (7.20%) SharePoint
2 13 (4.92%) Microsoft Exchange
3 6 (2.27%) WinCC
4 4 (1.52%) Confluence
4 4 (1.52%) FactoryTalk
5 2 (0.76%) ArchestrA
6 1 (0.38%) ArcGIS
Applications
1 20 (7.58%) Microsoft Office
2 15 (5.68%) Microsoft Excel
3 4 (1.52%) CATIA
4 1 (0.38%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 1 (0.38%) Dynamics NAV
1 1 (0.38%) Infor M3
1 1 (0.38%) Magento
1 1 (0.38%) Sage 200
1 1 (0.38%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 94 (35.61%) Microsoft 365
2 46 (17.42%) Azure
3 15 (5.68%) Entra ID
4 14 (5.30%) AWS
5 4 (1.52%) SaaS
6 2 (0.76%) Azure Sentinel
6 2 (0.76%) Dynamics 365
6 2 (0.76%) Google Ads
6 2 (0.76%) Google Analytics
7 1 (0.38%) BigCommerce
7 1 (0.38%) Mimecast
7 1 (0.38%) OneDrive
7 1 (0.38%) Power Automate
7 1 (0.38%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 43 (16.29%) DNS
2 38 (14.39%) DHCP
3 29 (10.98%) Firewall
4 18 (6.82%) Wi-Fi
5 17 (6.44%) WAN
6 16 (6.06%) VPN
7 15 (5.68%) LAN
8 13 (4.92%) Structured Cabling
9 12 (4.55%) TCP/IP
10 8 (3.03%) VLAN
11 7 (2.65%) Broadband
11 7 (2.65%) IP Telephony
12 6 (2.27%) Modbus
13 5 (1.89%) 3G
13 5 (1.89%) 4G
13 5 (1.89%) ADSL
14 4 (1.52%) WLAN
15 3 (1.14%) Ethernet
15 3 (1.14%) PSTN
15 3 (1.14%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (1.89%) SQL Server
2 1 (0.38%) Geospatial Data
2 1 (0.38%) Power BI
2 1 (0.38%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 4 (1.52%) JIRA
General
1 105 (39.77%) Social Skills
2 27 (10.23%) Analytical Skills
2 27 (10.23%) Manufacturing
3 26 (9.85%) Marketing
4 25 (9.47%) Telecoms
5 21 (7.95%) Finance
5 21 (7.95%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 20 (7.58%) Legal
7 14 (5.30%) Retail
8 12 (4.55%) Public Sector
9 9 (3.41%) Advertising
9 9 (3.41%) Organisational Skills
10 8 (3.03%) Pharmaceutical
11 7 (2.65%) Electronics
12 5 (1.89%) Documentation Skills
12 5 (1.89%) Law
12 5 (1.89%) Military
13 2 (0.76%) Billing
13 2 (0.76%) Presentation Skills
14 1 (0.38%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 94 (35.61%) IT Support
2 71 (26.89%) Support Engineer
3 53 (20.08%) IT Engineer
4 52 (19.70%) IT Support Engineer
5 29 (10.98%) Support Technician
6 22 (8.33%) Technical Engineer
7 21 (7.95%) Senior
8 15 (5.68%) IT Support Technician
8 15 (5.68%) IT Technician
8 15 (5.68%) Technical Support
8 15 (5.68%) Technical Support Engineer
9 14 (5.30%) 1st Line Support
9 14 (5.30%) 2nd Line Support
9 14 (5.30%) Analyst
10 13 (4.92%) Cabling Engineer
10 13 (4.92%) Data Engineer
11 12 (4.55%) IT Analyst
11 12 (4.55%) IT Support Analyst
11 12 (4.55%) Support Analyst
12 11 (4.17%) Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (1.52%) EDI
Miscellaneous
1 31 (11.74%) Onboarding
2 16 (6.06%) Self-Motivation
3 12 (4.55%) SCADA
4 10 (3.79%) e-Learning
4 10 (3.79%) Renewable Energy
5 9 (3.41%) CCTV
6 7 (2.65%) Operational Technology
7 6 (2.27%) EPoS
7 6 (2.27%) PDA
8 5 (1.89%) FMCG
8 5 (1.89%) NHS
9 4 (1.52%) Enterprise Software
9 4 (1.52%) Legacy Systems
9 4 (1.52%) Web Conferencing
10 3 (1.14%) Smartphone
11 2 (0.76%) Digital Media
11 2 (0.76%) Fibre Optics
11 2 (0.76%) Mobile App
11 2 (0.76%) Social Media
12 1 (0.38%) Cyber Threat
Operating Systems
1 98 (37.12%) Windows
2 56 (21.21%) Windows Server
3 18 (6.82%) Linux
4 6 (2.27%) Windows Server 2019
5 5 (1.89%) Mac OS X
5 5 (1.89%) Windows 10
6 4 (1.52%) Windows Server 2016
7 3 (1.14%) Mac OS
8 2 (0.76%) Windows Server 2012
9 1 (0.38%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 114 (43.18%) Problem-Solving
2 108 (40.91%) Customer Service
3 33 (12.50%) Cybersecurity
4 31 (11.74%) Incident Management
5 21 (7.95%) ITIL
5 21 (7.95%) Project Management
6 20 (7.58%) ERP
7 19 (7.20%) Mentoring
8 17 (6.44%) Continuous Improvement
9 16 (6.06%) Process Improvement
10 15 (5.68%) User Experience
11 14 (5.30%) Project Delivery
12 13 (4.92%) Collaborative Working
12 13 (4.92%) Data Analysis
12 13 (4.92%) ITSM
12 13 (4.92%) Mathematics
12 13 (4.92%) Service Delivery
12 13 (4.92%) Service Management
13 11 (4.17%) Logistics
13 11 (4.17%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 4 (1.52%) SQL
2 3 (1.14%) C
2 3 (1.14%) Ladder Logic
2 3 (1.14%) PowerShell
3 2 (0.76%) VB
3 2 (0.76%) VBA
4 1 (0.38%) C#
4 1 (0.38%) C++
4 1 (0.38%) PHP
Qualifications
1 34 (12.88%) Degree
2 31 (11.74%) Security Cleared
3 17 (6.44%) Microsoft Certification
4 15 (5.68%) HND
5 13 (4.92%) HNC
6 12 (4.55%) MCP
6 12 (4.55%) MCSA
6 12 (4.55%) MCSE
7 9 (3.41%) CCNA
7 9 (3.41%) Cisco Certification
8 7 (2.65%) CCNP
8 7 (2.65%) City & Guilds
8 7 (2.65%) DBS Check
9 5 (1.89%) Computer Science Degree
9 5 (1.89%) SC Cleared
10 4 (1.52%) BPSS Clearance
11 2 (0.76%) Master's Degree
11 2 (0.76%) PRINCE2 Certification
12 1 (0.38%) A+ Certification
12 1 (0.38%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (3.79%) QA
2 8 (3.03%) Cyber Essentials
3 7 (2.65%) Accessibility
4 6 (2.27%) IEC 61508
4 6 (2.27%) SLA
5 5 (1.89%) IEC 61131
5 5 (1.89%) PMO
6 4 (1.52%) Data Quality
7 2 (0.76%) ISO 9001
7 2 (0.76%) ISO/IEC 20000
7 2 (0.76%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 1 (0.38%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 1 (0.38%) HL7
8 1 (0.38%) ISO 22301
8 1 (0.38%) ISO/IEC 17025
8 1 (0.38%) NIST
System Software
1 78 (29.55%) Active Directory
2 22 (8.33%) Hyper-V
3 17 (6.44%) VMware Infrastructure
4 4 (1.52%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 14 (5.30%) Microsoft Intune
2 6 (2.27%) SCCM
3 4 (1.52%) FortiGate
4 2 (0.76%) Autotask
5 1 (0.38%) EnCase
5 1 (0.38%) Symantec Endpoint Protection
Vendors
1 92 (34.85%) Microsoft
2 25 (9.47%) VMware
3 18 (6.82%) SAP
4 13 (4.92%) Cisco
5 8 (3.03%) Rockwell
5 8 (3.03%) Siemens
6 7 (2.65%) Apple
6 7 (2.65%) Draytek
6 7 (2.65%) Mitel
6 7 (2.65%) WatchGuard
7 6 (2.27%) Sage
8 5 (1.89%) HP
8 5 (1.89%) OpenText
9 4 (1.52%) BT
9 4 (1.52%) Fortinet
9 4 (1.52%) QAD
9 4 (1.52%) ServiceNow
9 4 (1.52%) SonicWALL
10 2 (0.76%) ConnectWise
10 2 (0.76%) Facebook