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 1 October 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 39 20 101
Rank change year-on-year -19 +81 +9
Permanent jobs citing Driving Licence 500 424 213
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 3.18% 7.55% 2.19%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 14.16% 18.03% 7.78%
Number of salaries quoted 357 196 60
10th Percentile £26,750 £25,750 £24,500
25th Percentile £30,000 £27,250 £27,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £39,500 £32,875 £32,500
Median % change year-on-year +20.15% +1.15% +8.33%
75th Percentile £51,250 £43,750 £36,031
90th Percentile £57,500 £58,000 £51,200
England median annual salary £40,000 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year +6.67% +7.14% +11.11%

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 3,530 2,352 2,739
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 22.43% 41.87% 28.22%
Number of salaries quoted 2,266 1,171 1,119
10th Percentile £29,875 £26,375 £30,750
25th Percentile £36,250 £31,250 £38,357
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £45,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% -14.29% -
75th Percentile £63,750 £62,500 £64,875
90th Percentile £80,000 £75,000 £77,500
England median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +4.55% -8.33% -6.93%

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 1 October 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 1 October 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 -19 274 £37,500 +19.05% 129
West Midlands +22 226 £40,000 +8.11% 184
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 28 (5.60%) SharePoint
2 19 (3.80%) Microsoft Exchange
3 3 (0.60%) IIS
4 2 (0.40%) ArchestrA
4 2 (0.40%) CMS
Applications
1 50 (10.00%) Microsoft Office
2 13 (2.60%) Microsoft Excel
3 7 (1.40%) EPLAN
3 7 (1.40%) Simulink
4 6 (1.20%) AutoCAD
4 6 (1.20%) Chatbot
4 6 (1.20%) Microsoft Project
4 6 (1.20%) Spreadsheet
5 2 (0.40%) Adobe Premiere
5 2 (0.40%) CapCut
6 1 (0.20%) Adobe Illustrator
6 1 (0.20%) CorelDRAW
6 1 (0.20%) Photoshop
6 1 (0.20%) Siemens NX
Business Applications
1 10 (2.00%) Sonata
2 6 (1.20%) Dynamics CRM
3 5 (1.00%) Oracle ERP
3 5 (1.00%) Salesforce CRM
4 2 (0.40%) Infor CloudSuite Industrial (formerly SyteLine)
4 2 (0.40%) Infor LN
4 2 (0.40%) MFGPRO
4 2 (0.40%) Sage X3
5 1 (0.20%) Maximo
Cloud Services
1 108 (21.60%) Microsoft 365
2 56 (11.20%) Azure
3 43 (8.60%) Entra ID
4 21 (4.20%) Google Workspace
5 17 (3.40%) AWS
6 11 (2.20%) Power Platform
7 8 (1.60%) Microsoft Copilot
7 8 (1.60%) OneDrive
8 6 (1.20%) Copilot Studio
8 6 (1.20%) PowerApps
8 6 (1.20%) SaaS
9 4 (0.80%) Amazon EKS
10 3 (0.60%) Power Automate
11 2 (0.40%) Azure DevOps
11 2 (0.40%) Azure Monitor
11 2 (0.40%) Azure Sentinel
11 2 (0.40%) Microsoft Purview
12 1 (0.20%) Cloud Computing
12 1 (0.20%) Cloudflare
Communications & Networking
1 43 (8.60%) Wireless
2 31 (6.20%) Firewall
3 22 (4.40%) DHCP
3 22 (4.40%) DNS
4 16 (3.20%) VPN
5 15 (3.00%) TCP/IP
6 14 (2.80%) VLAN
6 14 (2.80%) WAN
7 12 (2.40%) Broadband
8 10 (2.00%) IP Telephony
8 10 (2.00%) Wi-Fi
9 9 (1.80%) Internet
10 8 (1.60%) Ethernet
10 8 (1.60%) LAN
10 8 (1.60%) SD-WAN
11 7 (1.40%) Profibus
12 6 (1.20%) Structured Cabling
12 6 (1.20%) VoIP
13 3 (0.60%) Remote Desktop
13 3 (0.60%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (2.20%) Power BI
2 8 (1.60%) SQL Server
3 2 (0.40%) Azure SQL Database
3 2 (0.40%) MySQL
3 2 (0.40%) Neo4j
Development Applications
1 8 (1.60%) JIRA
2 2 (0.40%) GitLab
2 2 (0.40%) Hudson
3 1 (0.20%) LabVIEW
General
1 236 (47.20%) Social Skills
2 86 (17.20%) Finance
3 57 (11.40%) Telecoms
4 49 (9.80%) Law
4 49 (9.80%) Manufacturing
5 47 (9.40%) Analytical Skills
6 41 (8.20%) Organisational Skills
7 39 (7.80%) Military
8 37 (7.40%) Back Office
9 29 (5.80%) Marketing
10 19 (3.80%) Automotive
10 19 (3.80%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 17 (3.40%) Aerospace
11 17 (3.40%) Legal
11 17 (3.40%) Retail
12 12 (2.40%) Influencing Skills
13 10 (2.00%) Public Sector
14 9 (1.80%) Pharmaceutical
14 9 (1.80%) Presentation Skills
15 7 (1.40%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 82 (16.40%) IT Support
2 73 (14.60%) Support Engineer
3 60 (12.00%) Business Development Manager
3 60 (12.00%) Business Manager
3 60 (12.00%) Development Manager
4 55 (11.00%) IT Engineer
5 47 (9.40%) IT Support Engineer
5 47 (9.40%) Project Manager
6 32 (6.40%) IT Technician
7 30 (6.00%) Support Technician
8 25 (5.00%) Technical Engineer
9 23 (4.60%) IT Support Technician
9 23 (4.60%) Technical Support
10 22 (4.40%) Technical Support Engineer
11 18 (3.60%) Analyst
11 18 (3.60%) Network Engineer
11 18 (3.60%) Systems Engineer
12 15 (3.00%) Coordinator
12 15 (3.00%) Lead
13 14 (2.80%) Field Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (1.60%) Terraform
2 5 (1.00%) STL
3 3 (0.60%) JSON
4 2 (0.40%) RESTEasy
5 1 (0.20%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 61 (12.20%) Self-Motivation
2 39 (7.80%) CCTV
3 20 (4.00%) Onboarding
4 14 (2.80%) NHS
5 13 (2.60%) SCADA
6 10 (2.00%) Management Information System
7 7 (1.40%) Data Centre
7 7 (1.40%) Renewable Energy
7 7 (1.40%) Robotics
8 6 (1.20%) CAN bus
8 6 (1.20%) Enterprise Software
8 6 (1.20%) Video Conferencing
9 5 (1.00%) Life Science
10 4 (0.80%) Hybrid Cloud
10 4 (0.80%) Legacy Systems
11 3 (0.60%) Analytical Mindset
11 3 (0.60%) Fibre Optics
11 3 (0.60%) Private Cloud
11 3 (0.60%) Social Media
11 3 (0.60%) Web Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 96 (19.20%) Windows
2 36 (7.20%) Windows Server
3 25 (5.00%) Linux
4 11 (2.20%) Windows 10
5 7 (1.40%) Apple iOS
6 6 (1.20%) Android
7 4 (0.80%) Mac OS
8 3 (0.60%) Windows Server 2012
9 2 (0.40%) Ubuntu
10 1 (0.20%) Windows 7
10 1 (0.20%) Windows NT
10 1 (0.20%) Windows Server 2016
10 1 (0.20%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 168 (33.60%) Problem-Solving
2 111 (22.20%) Customer Service
3 64 (12.80%) Business Development
4 63 (12.60%) CRM
5 61 (12.20%) Commercial Awareness
5 61 (12.20%) Continuous Improvement
6 57 (11.40%) Decision-Making
7 35 (7.00%) Project Delivery
8 34 (6.80%) ITIL
9 33 (6.60%) Cybersecurity
10 32 (6.40%) Service Delivery
11 31 (6.20%) Logistics
12 30 (6.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
12 30 (6.00%) Mentoring
13 29 (5.80%) Collaborative Working
14 25 (5.00%) Preventative Maintenance
15 24 (4.80%) Project Management
16 21 (4.20%) ERP
16 21 (4.20%) ITSM
16 21 (4.20%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 10 (2.00%) SQL
2 8 (1.60%) PowerShell
3 7 (1.40%) MATLAB
4 4 (0.80%) Ladder Logic
4 4 (0.80%) Python
Qualifications
1 48 (9.60%) Degree
2 28 (5.60%) Microsoft Certification
3 24 (4.80%) DBS Check
4 22 (4.40%) Security Cleared
5 18 (3.60%) SC Cleared
6 16 (3.20%) CCNA
6 16 (3.20%) Cisco Certification
7 14 (2.80%) City & Guilds
8 12 (2.40%) MCSE
9 11 (2.20%) CCNP
9 11 (2.20%) HND
10 10 (2.00%) HNC
10 10 (2.00%) MCSA
10 10 (2.00%) Microsoft Certified Professional
11 8 (1.60%) Master's Degree
12 7 (1.40%) BPSS Clearance
12 7 (1.40%) Chartered Engineer
13 6 (1.20%) NVQ Level 3
14 3 (0.60%) AAT
14 3 (0.60%) ACCA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 19 (3.80%) Cyber Essentials
2 14 (2.80%) QA
3 11 (2.20%) SLA
4 10 (2.00%) GDPR
5 6 (1.20%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 4 (0.80%) ISO 9001
7 3 (0.60%) GMP
7 3 (0.60%) ISO/IEC 17025
7 3 (0.60%) NIST
8 2 (0.40%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 2 (0.40%) PCI DSS
9 1 (0.20%) Accessibility
9 1 (0.20%) California Consumer Privacy Act
9 1 (0.20%) COSHH
9 1 (0.20%) HIPAA
9 1 (0.20%) ISO 14001
9 1 (0.20%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 1 (0.20%) SOC 2
System Software
1 55 (11.00%) Active Directory
2 23 (4.60%) Hyper-V
3 12 (2.40%) VMware Infrastructure
4 10 (2.00%) Virtual Desktop
5 7 (1.40%) Virtual Machines
5 7 (1.40%) vSphere
6 4 (0.80%) Docker
7 2 (0.40%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 31 (6.20%) Microsoft Intune
2 11 (2.20%) SCCM
3 4 (0.80%) Backup Exec
3 4 (0.80%) FortiGate
3 4 (0.80%) Functional Safety
3 4 (0.80%) Kubernetes
4 2 (0.40%) Galera Cluster
4 2 (0.40%) Single Sign-On
4 2 (0.40%) vCenter Server
4 2 (0.40%) WSUS
5 1 (0.20%) BMC PATROL
Vendors
1 137 (27.40%) Microsoft
2 23 (4.60%) Google
2 23 (4.60%) VMware
3 18 (3.60%) Cisco
4 12 (2.40%) ServiceNow
5 11 (2.20%) Sage
6 10 (2.00%) Draytek
6 10 (2.00%) Mitel
6 10 (2.00%) WatchGuard
7 9 (1.80%) Oracle
8 7 (1.40%) Apple
8 7 (1.40%) DIgSILENT
8 7 (1.40%) Rockwell
8 7 (1.40%) Siemens
8 7 (1.40%) YouTube
9 6 (1.20%) Ubiquiti
10 5 (1.00%) Meraki
10 5 (1.00%) Salesforce
10 5 (1.00%) Veeam
10 5 (1.00%) Xero