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

6 months to
30 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 54 23 116
Rank change year-on-year -31 +93 +16
Permanent jobs citing Driving Licence 366 409 212
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 2.46% 7.02% 2.02%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 11.83% 16.34% 7.31%
Number of salaries quoted 256 192 86
10th Percentile £25,250 £24,515 £24,500
25th Percentile £30,000 £27,625 £25,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £38,500 £31,500 £30,500
Median % change year-on-year +22.22% +3.28% -23.75%
75th Percentile £49,444 £43,750 £35,813
90th Percentile £57,500 £58,000 £42,250
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 3,094 2,503 2,899
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 20.83% 42.96% 27.63%
Number of salaries quoted 2,057 1,287 1,483
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,375 £28,000
25th Percentile £37,000 £31,250 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £45,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% -10.00% -7.41%
75th Percentile £65,000 £61,250 £63,750
90th Percentile £80,000 £74,250 £75,000
England median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £58,500
% change year-on-year +4.55% -5.98% -10.00%

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 30 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 30 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 -28 203 £37,500 +19.05% 111
West Midlands +20 163 £40,000 +21.21% 151
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 (4.92%) SharePoint
2 11 (3.01%) Microsoft Exchange
3 3 (0.82%) IIS
4 2 (0.55%) ArchestrA
4 2 (0.55%) CMS
Applications
1 35 (9.56%) Microsoft Office
2 6 (1.64%) AutoCAD
2 6 (1.64%) Microsoft Excel
3 5 (1.37%) Microsoft Project
4 4 (1.09%) Simulink
5 3 (0.82%) Spreadsheet
6 2 (0.55%) Adobe Premiere
6 2 (0.55%) CapCut
7 1 (0.27%) Chatbot
7 1 (0.27%) Siemens NX
Business Applications
1 5 (1.37%) Oracle ERP
1 5 (1.37%) Salesforce CRM
2 3 (0.82%) Dynamics CRM
3 2 (0.55%) Infor CloudSuite Industrial (formerly SyteLine)
3 2 (0.55%) Infor LN
3 2 (0.55%) MFGPRO
3 2 (0.55%) Sage X3
Cloud Services
1 67 (18.31%) Microsoft 365
2 37 (10.11%) Azure
3 24 (6.56%) Entra ID
4 10 (2.73%) Google Workspace
5 6 (1.64%) AWS
5 6 (1.64%) Power Platform
6 5 (1.37%) SaaS
7 4 (1.09%) OneDrive
8 3 (0.82%) Microsoft Copilot
8 3 (0.82%) Power Automate
8 3 (0.82%) PowerApps
9 2 (0.55%) Amazon EKS
9 2 (0.55%) Azure Sentinel
10 1 (0.27%) Azure Monitor
10 1 (0.27%) Azure Storage
10 1 (0.27%) Cloudflare
10 1 (0.27%) Copilot Studio
10 1 (0.27%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 37 (10.11%) Wireless
2 18 (4.92%) Firewall
3 13 (3.55%) VLAN
4 12 (3.28%) Broadband
4 12 (3.28%) DHCP
4 12 (3.28%) DNS
5 11 (3.01%) VPN
6 10 (2.73%) Internet
6 10 (2.73%) TCP/IP
7 8 (2.19%) WAN
8 6 (1.64%) SD-WAN
9 5 (1.37%) LAN
9 5 (1.37%) Wi-Fi
10 4 (1.09%) LoRaWAN
10 4 (1.09%) MQTT
10 4 (1.09%) Structured Cabling
10 4 (1.09%) VoIP
11 3 (0.82%) Remote Desktop
12 2 (0.55%) NX-OS
12 2 (0.55%) Software-Defined Networking
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (1.64%) Power BI
2 4 (1.09%) MySQL
2 4 (1.09%) Neo4j
2 4 (1.09%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 7 (1.91%) JIRA
2 2 (0.55%) GitLab
3 1 (0.27%) LabVIEW
General
1 169 (46.17%) Social Skills
2 64 (17.49%) Finance
3 49 (13.39%) Telecoms
4 48 (13.11%) Law
5 38 (10.38%) Military
6 36 (9.84%) Back Office
7 30 (8.20%) Analytical Skills
8 28 (7.65%) Organisational Skills
9 23 (6.28%) Manufacturing
10 18 (4.92%) Marketing
11 17 (4.64%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 9 (2.46%) Retail
13 8 (2.19%) Advertising
14 7 (1.91%) Legal
15 6 (1.64%) Presentation Skills
16 5 (1.37%) Cantonese Language
16 5 (1.37%) Mandarin Language
16 5 (1.37%) Public Sector
17 4 (1.09%) Hindi Language
17 4 (1.09%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 61 (16.67%) IT Support
2 52 (14.21%) Business Development Manager
2 52 (14.21%) Business Manager
2 52 (14.21%) Development Manager
3 51 (13.93%) Support Engineer
4 45 (12.30%) Project Manager
5 34 (9.29%) IT Engineer
6 30 (8.20%) IT Support Engineer
7 29 (7.92%) IT Technician
8 25 (6.83%) Support Technician
9 24 (6.56%) Technical Support
10 21 (5.74%) Technical Engineer
10 21 (5.74%) Technical Support Engineer
11 20 (5.46%) IT Support Technician
12 19 (5.19%) Analyst
13 17 (4.64%) Network Engineer
14 12 (3.28%) Systems Engineer
15 11 (3.01%) Consultant
15 11 (3.01%) Lead
15 11 (3.01%) Sales Executive
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (1.09%) Terraform
2 3 (0.82%) JSON
3 1 (0.27%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 47 (12.84%) Self-Motivation
2 18 (4.92%) CCTV
3 13 (3.55%) Onboarding
4 7 (1.91%) SCADA
5 6 (1.64%) Data Centre
5 6 (1.64%) Management Information System
6 5 (1.37%) Life Science
6 5 (1.37%) Renewable Energy
7 4 (1.09%) IoT
7 4 (1.09%) NHS
7 4 (1.09%) Replication
7 4 (1.09%) Social Media
7 4 (1.09%) Video Conferencing
8 3 (0.82%) Enterprise Software
8 3 (0.82%) Fibre Optics
8 3 (0.82%) Private Cloud
8 3 (0.82%) Web Conferencing
9 2 (0.55%) Cyber Threat
9 2 (0.55%) EPoS
9 2 (0.55%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 68 (18.58%) Windows
2 19 (5.19%) Windows Server
3 16 (4.37%) Linux
4 8 (2.19%) Apple iOS
5 6 (1.64%) Android
5 6 (1.64%) Windows 10
6 4 (1.09%) Mac OS
6 4 (1.09%) Ubuntu
7 1 (0.27%) Windows 7
7 1 (0.27%) Windows NT
7 1 (0.27%) Windows Server 2012
7 1 (0.27%) Windows Server 2016
7 1 (0.27%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 127 (34.70%) Problem-Solving
2 79 (21.58%) Customer Service
3 55 (15.03%) Business Development
4 52 (14.21%) Commercial Awareness
4 52 (14.21%) Continuous Improvement
5 34 (9.29%) CRM
6 29 (7.92%) Decision-Making
7 26 (7.10%) ITIL
8 25 (6.83%) Infrastructure Engineering
9 23 (6.28%) Project Delivery
10 22 (6.01%) Mentoring
11 21 (5.74%) Service Delivery
12 20 (5.46%) Cybersecurity
13 18 (4.92%) Collaborative Working
13 18 (4.92%) Time Management
14 17 (4.64%) Root Cause Analysis
15 16 (4.37%) Logistics
15 16 (4.37%) Project Management
15 16 (4.37%) Stakeholder Management
16 14 (3.83%) Customer Experience
Programming Languages
1 7 (1.91%) SQL
2 4 (1.09%) MATLAB
2 4 (1.09%) PowerShell
3 3 (0.82%) Ladder Logic
3 3 (0.82%) Python
Qualifications
1 32 (8.74%) Degree
2 21 (5.74%) DBS Check
2 21 (5.74%) Security Cleared
3 17 (4.64%) SC Cleared
4 15 (4.10%) Microsoft Certification
5 7 (1.91%) CCNA
5 7 (1.91%) Cisco Certification
6 5 (1.37%) City & Guilds
7 4 (1.09%) BPSS Clearance
7 4 (1.09%) Chartered Engineer
7 4 (1.09%) Master's Degree
7 4 (1.09%) MCSE
8 3 (0.82%) HNC
8 3 (0.82%) HND
9 2 (0.55%) CCNP
9 2 (0.55%) CompTIA Security+
9 2 (0.55%) Computer Science Degree
9 2 (0.55%) MCSA
9 2 (0.55%) Microsoft Certified Professional
10 1 (0.27%) Azure Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (2.73%) SLA
2 9 (2.46%) Cyber Essentials
2 9 (2.46%) QA
3 8 (2.19%) GDPR
4 7 (1.91%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 5 (1.37%) NIST
6 3 (0.82%) California Consumer Privacy Act
6 3 (0.82%) GMP
6 3 (0.82%) HIPAA
6 3 (0.82%) ISO 9001
6 3 (0.82%) ISO/IEC 17025
6 3 (0.82%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 3 (0.82%) SOC 2
7 2 (0.55%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 2 (0.55%) PCI DSS
8 1 (0.27%) ISO 14001
System Software
1 45 (12.30%) Active Directory
2 9 (2.46%) Hyper-V
2 9 (2.46%) Virtual Desktop
3 8 (2.19%) VMware Infrastructure
4 6 (1.64%) vSphere
5 4 (1.09%) Virtual Machines
6 3 (0.82%) Firmware
7 2 (0.55%) Docker
Systems Management
1 16 (4.37%) Microsoft Intune
2 8 (2.19%) SCCM
3 4 (1.09%) FortiGate
3 4 (1.09%) Galera Cluster
3 4 (1.09%) vCenter Server
4 2 (0.55%) Kubernetes
4 2 (0.55%) WSUS
Vendors
1 93 (25.41%) Microsoft
2 12 (3.28%) Google
3 11 (3.01%) Cisco
4 10 (2.73%) Sage
4 10 (2.73%) VMware
5 8 (2.19%) Apple
5 8 (2.19%) Oracle
5 8 (2.19%) ServiceNow
6 6 (1.64%) OpenText
7 5 (1.37%) Salesforce
7 5 (1.37%) Ubiquiti
8 4 (1.09%) DIgSILENT
8 4 (1.09%) YouTube
9 3 (0.82%) ESET
9 3 (0.82%) SAP
10 2 (0.55%) Adobe
10 2 (0.55%) Epicor
10 2 (0.55%) Fortinet
10 2 (0.55%) Mitel
10 2 (0.55%) QAD