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

6 months to
10 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 63 55 75
Rank change year-on-year -8 +20 +68
Permanent jobs citing Driving Licence 239 298 191
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 3.07% 4.65% 3.40%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 8.81% 13.38% 10.16%
Number of salaries quoted 184 47 160
10th Percentile £24,750 £23,500 £23,500
25th Percentile £26,250 £27,567 £25,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £30,000 £32,500 £32,500
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% - -12.16%
75th Percentile £41,500 £47,500 £57,500
90th Percentile £48,750 £55,250 £65,000
England median annual salary £35,000 £38,016 £32,500
% change year-on-year -7.93% +16.97% -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 2,714 2,228 1,879
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 34.83% 34.79% 33.46%
Number of salaries quoted 1,121 919 1,514
10th Percentile £26,000 £31,250 £26,250
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% -6.54%
75th Percentile £63,750 £67,500 £63,688
90th Percentile £77,500 £77,500 £75,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -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 10 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 10 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 +17 142 £28,500 +0.88% 61
West Midlands -34 97 £37,000 +13.85% 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 17 (7.11%) SharePoint
2 9 (3.77%) Microsoft Exchange
3 6 (2.51%) WinCC
4 4 (1.67%) Confluence
4 4 (1.67%) FactoryTalk
5 2 (0.84%) ArchestrA
Applications
1 15 (6.28%) Microsoft Office
2 14 (5.86%) Microsoft Excel
3 4 (1.67%) CATIA
4 1 (0.42%) AutoCAD
4 1 (0.42%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 1 (0.42%) Infor M3
Cloud Services
1 87 (36.40%) Microsoft 365
2 37 (15.48%) Azure
3 15 (6.28%) Entra ID
4 12 (5.02%) AWS
5 2 (0.84%) Google Ads
5 2 (0.84%) Google Analytics
5 2 (0.84%) SaaS
6 1 (0.42%) Adobe Creative Cloud
6 1 (0.42%) Azure Sentinel
6 1 (0.42%) Dynamics 365
6 1 (0.42%) GCP
6 1 (0.42%) Mimecast
Communications & Networking
1 41 (17.15%) DNS
2 38 (15.90%) DHCP
3 26 (10.88%) Firewall
4 20 (8.37%) Wi-Fi
5 15 (6.28%) VPN
6 14 (5.86%) WAN
7 13 (5.44%) LAN
7 13 (5.44%) Structured Cabling
8 10 (4.18%) TCP/IP
9 8 (3.35%) Broadband
10 7 (2.93%) IP Telephony
11 6 (2.51%) Modbus
11 6 (2.51%) VLAN
12 5 (2.09%) 3G
12 5 (2.09%) 4G
12 5 (2.09%) ADSL
13 4 (1.67%) VoIP
13 4 (1.67%) WLAN
14 3 (1.26%) Ethernet
14 3 (1.26%) PSTN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (1.67%) SQL Server
2 1 (0.42%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 4 (1.67%) JIRA
2 1 (0.42%) Burp Suite
2 1 (0.42%) Metasploit
General
1 90 (37.66%) Social Skills
2 27 (11.30%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 25 (10.46%) Telecoms
4 23 (9.62%) Analytical Skills
5 20 (8.37%) Legal
5 20 (8.37%) Manufacturing
6 19 (7.95%) Marketing
7 17 (7.11%) Finance
8 12 (5.02%) Public Sector
8 12 (5.02%) Retail
9 7 (2.93%) Electronics
9 7 (2.93%) Organisational Skills
10 4 (1.67%) Law
10 4 (1.67%) Military
11 3 (1.26%) Advertising
11 3 (1.26%) Documentation Skills
12 2 (0.84%) Pharmaceutical
13 1 (0.42%) Digital Healthcare
13 1 (0.42%) Health Technology
13 1 (0.42%) Multimedia
Job Titles
1 86 (35.98%) IT Support
2 60 (25.10%) Support Engineer
3 52 (21.76%) IT Engineer
4 49 (20.50%) IT Support Engineer
5 32 (13.39%) Support Technician
6 22 (9.21%) Senior
7 18 (7.53%) IT Support Technician
7 18 (7.53%) IT Technician
8 14 (5.86%) 1st Line Support
9 13 (5.44%) Cabling Engineer
9 13 (5.44%) Data Engineer
10 10 (4.18%) 2nd Line Support
10 10 (4.18%) Analyst
10 10 (4.18%) Technical Engineer
11 9 (3.77%) Field Engineer
12 8 (3.35%) Coordinator
12 8 (3.35%) IT Analyst
12 8 (3.35%) IT Support Analyst
12 8 (3.35%) Lead
12 8 (3.35%) Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (1.67%) EDI
Miscellaneous
1 31 (12.97%) Onboarding
2 13 (5.44%) Self-Motivation
3 11 (4.60%) e-Learning
3 11 (4.60%) SCADA
4 9 (3.77%) CCTV
5 6 (2.51%) Operational Technology
5 6 (2.51%) PDA
5 6 (2.51%) Renewable Energy
6 5 (2.09%) EPoS
6 5 (2.09%) NHS
7 4 (1.67%) Enterprise Software
7 4 (1.67%) FMCG
7 4 (1.67%) Legacy Systems
7 4 (1.67%) Web Conferencing
8 3 (1.26%) Digital Media
8 3 (1.26%) Mobile App
8 3 (1.26%) Smartphone
9 2 (0.84%) Fibre Optics
9 2 (0.84%) Social Media
10 1 (0.42%) iSeries
Operating Systems
1 89 (37.24%) Windows
2 53 (22.18%) Windows Server
3 16 (6.69%) Linux
4 6 (2.51%) Windows Server 2019
5 4 (1.67%) Windows 10
5 4 (1.67%) Windows Server 2016
6 3 (1.26%) Mac OS
6 3 (1.26%) Mac OS X
7 2 (0.84%) Windows Server 2012
8 1 (0.42%) Android
8 1 (0.42%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 105 (43.93%) Problem-Solving
2 102 (42.68%) Customer Service
3 31 (12.97%) Incident Management
4 30 (12.55%) Cybersecurity
5 20 (8.37%) ITIL
6 17 (7.11%) Mentoring
7 16 (6.69%) Data Analysis
7 16 (6.69%) Project Management
8 15 (6.28%) Process Improvement
8 15 (6.28%) User Experience
9 13 (5.44%) Mathematics
9 13 (5.44%) Service Management
10 12 (5.02%) Collaborative Working
10 12 (5.02%) ITSM
10 12 (5.02%) Service Delivery
11 11 (4.60%) ERP
11 11 (4.60%) Time Management
12 10 (4.18%) Continuous Improvement
12 10 (4.18%) Decision-Making
12 10 (4.18%) Presales
Programming Languages
1 4 (1.67%) SQL
2 3 (1.26%) C
2 3 (1.26%) Ladder Logic
3 2 (0.84%) VB
3 2 (0.84%) VBA
4 1 (0.42%) C#
4 1 (0.42%) C++
4 1 (0.42%) PHP
Qualifications
1 36 (15.06%) Degree
2 29 (12.13%) Security Cleared
3 17 (7.11%) Microsoft Certification
4 10 (4.18%) MCP
4 10 (4.18%) MCSA
4 10 (4.18%) MCSE
5 9 (3.77%) HND
6 7 (2.93%) CCNA
6 7 (2.93%) CCNP
6 7 (2.93%) Cisco Certification
6 7 (2.93%) HNC
7 6 (2.51%) SC Cleared
8 5 (2.09%) BPSS Clearance
9 3 (1.26%) Computer Science Degree
10 2 (0.84%) Master's Degree
11 1 (0.42%) CHECK Team Member
11 1 (0.42%) CISM
11 1 (0.42%) City & Guilds
11 1 (0.42%) CREST Certified
11 1 (0.42%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (4.60%) Cyber Essentials
2 9 (3.77%) QA
3 7 (2.93%) IEC 61508
4 6 (2.51%) SLA
5 5 (2.09%) IEC 61131
5 5 (2.09%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 5 (2.09%) PMO
6 4 (1.67%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 4 (1.67%) Data Quality
7 2 (0.84%) ISO 9001
8 1 (0.42%) Accessibility
8 1 (0.42%) GRC
8 1 (0.42%) HL7
8 1 (0.42%) ISO/IEC 17025
8 1 (0.42%) ISO/IEC 20000
8 1 (0.42%) NIST
System Software
1 70 (29.29%) Active Directory
2 20 (8.37%) Hyper-V
3 15 (6.28%) VMware Infrastructure
4 4 (1.67%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 12 (5.02%) Microsoft Intune
2 4 (1.67%) SCCM
3 3 (1.26%) FortiGate
4 1 (0.42%) EnCase
4 1 (0.42%) Functional Safety
4 1 (0.42%) Nessus
4 1 (0.42%) Nmap
4 1 (0.42%) Symantec Endpoint Protection
Vendors
1 76 (31.80%) Microsoft
2 22 (9.21%) VMware
3 17 (7.11%) SAP
4 10 (4.18%) Cisco
5 8 (3.35%) Draytek
5 8 (3.35%) Rockwell
5 8 (3.35%) Siemens
6 7 (2.93%) Apple
6 7 (2.93%) Mitel
6 7 (2.93%) WatchGuard
7 5 (2.09%) OpenText
7 5 (2.09%) Sage
8 4 (1.67%) BT
8 4 (1.67%) QAD
8 4 (1.67%) ServiceNow
8 4 (1.67%) SonicWALL
9 3 (1.26%) Fortinet
9 3 (1.26%) HP
9 3 (1.26%) Meraki
10 2 (0.84%) Juniper