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

6 months to
20 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 59 52 76
Rank change year-on-year -7 +24 +66
Permanent jobs citing Driving Licence 252 301 214
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 3.17% 4.82% 3.33%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 9.29% 13.83% 9.88%
Number of salaries quoted 185 49 182
10th Percentile £24,750 £23,500 £23,500
25th Percentile £26,250 £27,384 £25,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £30,000 £32,500 £31,502
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% +3.17% +5.01%
75th Percentile £41,250 £47,500 £55,000
90th Percentile £48,750 £57,500 £65,000
England median annual salary £35,000 £38,750 £32,500
% change year-on-year -9.68% +19.23% -7.14%

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 2,713 2,177 2,166
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 34.07% 34.85% 33.72%
Number of salaries quoted 1,120 903 1,733
10th Percentile £26,000 £32,000 £25,750
25th Percentile £29,750 £41,250 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -18.18% +10.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £64,000 £67,500 £62,500
90th Percentile £77,500 £77,500 £75,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,569 £60,000
% change year-on-year -9.19% +0.95% -7.69%

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 January 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 January 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 +11 147 £28,500 +0.88% 67
West Midlands -27 105 £38,500 +18.46% 90
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 18 (7.14%) SharePoint
2 9 (3.57%) Microsoft Exchange
3 6 (2.38%) WinCC
4 4 (1.59%) Confluence
4 4 (1.59%) FactoryTalk
5 2 (0.79%) ArchestrA
Applications
1 14 (5.56%) Microsoft Excel
2 13 (5.16%) Microsoft Office
3 4 (1.59%) CATIA
4 1 (0.40%) AutoCAD
4 1 (0.40%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 1 (0.40%) Infor M3
Cloud Services
1 90 (35.71%) Microsoft 365
2 36 (14.29%) Azure
3 16 (6.35%) Entra ID
4 11 (4.37%) AWS
5 2 (0.79%) Adobe Creative Cloud
5 2 (0.79%) Google Ads
5 2 (0.79%) Google Analytics
5 2 (0.79%) Google Workspace
6 1 (0.40%) Azure Sentinel
6 1 (0.40%) Dynamics 365
6 1 (0.40%) GCP
6 1 (0.40%) Mimecast
6 1 (0.40%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 44 (17.46%) DNS
2 41 (16.27%) DHCP
3 26 (10.32%) Firewall
4 21 (8.33%) Wi-Fi
5 16 (6.35%) VPN
5 16 (6.35%) WAN
6 13 (5.16%) LAN
6 13 (5.16%) Structured Cabling
7 10 (3.97%) TCP/IP
8 8 (3.17%) Broadband
8 8 (3.17%) IP Telephony
9 7 (2.78%) VLAN
10 6 (2.38%) Modbus
11 4 (1.59%) 3G
11 4 (1.59%) 4G
11 4 (1.59%) ADSL
11 4 (1.59%) VoIP
11 4 (1.59%) WLAN
12 3 (1.19%) Ethernet
12 3 (1.19%) PSTN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (1.59%) SQL Server
2 1 (0.40%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 4 (1.59%) JIRA
2 1 (0.40%) Burp Suite
2 1 (0.40%) Metasploit
General
1 88 (34.92%) Social Skills
2 28 (11.11%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 24 (9.52%) Telecoms
4 23 (9.13%) Analytical Skills
5 19 (7.54%) Legal
5 19 (7.54%) Manufacturing
6 17 (6.75%) Finance
6 17 (6.75%) Marketing
7 14 (5.56%) Public Sector
8 13 (5.16%) Multimedia
9 11 (4.37%) Retail
10 7 (2.78%) Electronics
11 6 (2.38%) Organisational Skills
12 4 (1.59%) Law
12 4 (1.59%) Military
13 3 (1.19%) Documentation Skills
14 2 (0.79%) Advertising
14 2 (0.79%) Local Government
15 1 (0.40%) Automotive
15 1 (0.40%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 97 (38.49%) IT Support
2 72 (28.57%) Support Engineer
3 67 (26.59%) IT Engineer
4 63 (25.00%) IT Support Engineer
5 33 (13.10%) Support Technician
6 22 (8.73%) Senior
7 18 (7.14%) IT Support Technician
7 18 (7.14%) IT Technician
8 14 (5.56%) 1st Line Support
9 13 (5.16%) Cabling Engineer
9 13 (5.16%) Data Engineer
10 11 (4.37%) Trainee
10 11 (4.37%) Trainee IT Support
10 11 (4.37%) Trainee Support Engineer
11 9 (3.57%) 2nd Line Support
11 9 (3.57%) Field Engineer
11 9 (3.57%) Lead
12 8 (3.17%) Analyst
12 8 (3.17%) Coordinator
12 8 (3.17%) Technical Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (1.19%) EDI
Miscellaneous
1 31 (12.30%) Onboarding
2 12 (4.76%) e-Learning
2 12 (4.76%) Self-Motivation
3 11 (4.37%) SCADA
4 9 (3.57%) CCTV
5 6 (2.38%) Operational Technology
5 6 (2.38%) PDA
5 6 (2.38%) Renewable Energy
6 5 (1.98%) EPoS
6 5 (1.98%) NHS
7 4 (1.59%) Digital Media
7 4 (1.59%) Enterprise Software
7 4 (1.59%) Legacy Systems
7 4 (1.59%) Web Conferencing
8 3 (1.19%) FMCG
8 3 (1.19%) Mobile App
8 3 (1.19%) Smartphone
9 2 (0.79%) Learning Management System
9 2 (0.79%) SCORM
9 2 (0.79%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 91 (36.11%) Windows
2 54 (21.43%) Windows Server
3 15 (5.95%) Linux
4 6 (2.38%) Windows Server 2019
5 4 (1.59%) Windows 10
5 4 (1.59%) Windows Server 2016
6 3 (1.19%) Mac OS
7 2 (0.79%) Mac OS X
7 2 (0.79%) Windows Server 2012
8 1 (0.40%) Android
8 1 (0.40%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 108 (42.86%) Problem-Solving
2 105 (41.67%) Customer Service
3 33 (13.10%) Incident Management
4 30 (11.90%) Cybersecurity
5 29 (11.51%) Mentoring
6 22 (8.73%) ITIL
7 16 (6.35%) Data Analysis
7 16 (6.35%) Project Management
8 15 (5.95%) Process Improvement
8 15 (5.95%) User Experience
9 14 (5.56%) Service Management
10 13 (5.16%) ITSM
10 13 (5.16%) Mathematics
10 13 (5.16%) Service Delivery
11 12 (4.76%) Collaborative Working
12 11 (4.37%) Continuous Improvement
12 11 (4.37%) Project Delivery
12 11 (4.37%) Time Management
13 10 (3.97%) Decision-Making
13 10 (3.97%) Presales
Programming Languages
1 4 (1.59%) SQL
2 3 (1.19%) C
2 3 (1.19%) Ladder Logic
3 2 (0.79%) VB
3 2 (0.79%) VBA
4 1 (0.40%) C#
4 1 (0.40%) C++
4 1 (0.40%) PHP
Qualifications
1 36 (14.29%) Degree
2 29 (11.51%) Security Cleared
3 17 (6.75%) Microsoft Certification
4 9 (3.57%) MCP
4 9 (3.57%) MCSA
4 9 (3.57%) MCSE
5 8 (3.17%) HND
6 7 (2.78%) CCNA
6 7 (2.78%) CCNP
6 7 (2.78%) Cisco Certification
6 7 (2.78%) SC Cleared
7 6 (2.38%) BPSS Clearance
7 6 (2.38%) HNC
8 3 (1.19%) Master's Degree
9 2 (0.79%) Computer Science Degree
10 1 (0.40%) CHECK Team Member
10 1 (0.40%) CISSP
10 1 (0.40%) CREST Certified
10 1 (0.40%) ITIL Certification
10 1 (0.40%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (4.76%) Cyber Essentials
2 9 (3.57%) QA
3 7 (2.78%) IEC 61508
4 6 (2.38%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 6 (2.38%) SLA
5 5 (1.98%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 5 (1.98%) IEC 61131
5 5 (1.98%) PMO
6 4 (1.59%) Data Quality
7 2 (0.79%) ISO 9001
8 1 (0.40%) GRC
8 1 (0.40%) HL7
8 1 (0.40%) ISO/IEC 17025
8 1 (0.40%) ISO/IEC 20000
8 1 (0.40%) NIST
System Software
1 69 (27.38%) Active Directory
2 20 (7.94%) Hyper-V
3 14 (5.56%) VMware Infrastructure
4 4 (1.59%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 13 (5.16%) Microsoft Intune
2 4 (1.59%) SCCM
3 3 (1.19%) FortiGate
4 1 (0.40%) EnCase
4 1 (0.40%) Functional Safety
4 1 (0.40%) Nagios
4 1 (0.40%) Nessus
4 1 (0.40%) Nmap
4 1 (0.40%) Symantec Endpoint Protection
Vendors
1 76 (30.16%) Microsoft
2 21 (8.33%) VMware
3 17 (6.75%) SAP
4 14 (5.56%) Fortinet
5 13 (5.16%) Cisco
6 11 (4.37%) Fujitsu
6 11 (4.37%) Virgin Media
7 8 (3.17%) Draytek
7 8 (3.17%) Rockwell
7 8 (3.17%) Siemens
8 7 (2.78%) Apple
8 7 (2.78%) Mitel
8 7 (2.78%) WatchGuard
9 5 (1.98%) OpenText
9 5 (1.98%) Sage
10 4 (1.59%) BT
10 4 (1.59%) Google
10 4 (1.59%) Meraki
10 4 (1.59%) ServiceNow
10 4 (1.59%) SonicWALL