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

6 months to
7 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 57 26 97
Rank change year-on-year -31 +71 +42
Permanent jobs citing Driving Licence 344 387 243
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 2.41% 6.75% 2.26%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 11.53% 15.78% 7.80%
Number of salaries quoted 246 171 118
10th Percentile £25,182 £24,461 £24,500
25th Percentile £28,925 £27,750 £25,563
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £37,500 £31,500 £30,000
Median % change year-on-year +19.05% +5.00% -33.33%
75th Percentile £48,750 £42,500 £37,156
90th Percentile £56,250 £58,000 £50,000
England median annual salary £37,500 £37,000 £32,500
% change year-on-year +1.35% +13.85% -0.76%

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 2,983 2,453 3,114
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 20.87% 42.79% 28.98%
Number of salaries quoted 2,013 1,254 1,688
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,375 £27,500
25th Percentile £36,250 £32,000 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £45,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% -10.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £65,000 £61,500 £62,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £73,750 £75,000
England median annual salary £58,497 £55,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +6.36% -4.35% -11.54%

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 7 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 7 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 -32 192 £35,000 +6.87% 81
West Midlands +19 152 £39,500 +29.51% 110
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 15 (4.36%) SharePoint
2 10 (2.91%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (0.58%) ArchestrA
4 1 (0.29%) IIS
Applications
1 34 (9.88%) Microsoft Office
2 6 (1.74%) AutoCAD
3 4 (1.16%) Microsoft Excel
4 3 (0.87%) Microsoft Project
4 3 (0.87%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 5 (1.45%) Oracle ERP
1 5 (1.45%) Salesforce CRM
2 3 (0.87%) Dynamics CRM
3 2 (0.58%) Infor CloudSuite Industrial (formerly SyteLine)
3 2 (0.58%) Infor LN
3 2 (0.58%) MFGPRO
3 2 (0.58%) Sage X3
4 1 (0.29%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 66 (19.19%) Microsoft 365
2 31 (9.01%) Azure
3 19 (5.52%) Entra ID
4 12 (3.49%) Google Workspace
5 4 (1.16%) Power Platform
6 3 (0.87%) SaaS
7 2 (0.58%) AWS
7 2 (0.58%) Azure Sentinel
7 2 (0.58%) Microsoft Copilot
7 2 (0.58%) OneDrive
7 2 (0.58%) Power Automate
7 2 (0.58%) PowerApps
8 1 (0.29%) Azure Monitor
8 1 (0.29%) Azure Storage
8 1 (0.29%) Cloudflare
8 1 (0.29%) Microsoft Purview
8 1 (0.29%) Nutanix
Communications & Networking
1 37 (10.76%) Wireless
2 13 (3.78%) TCP/IP
2 13 (3.78%) VPN
3 12 (3.49%) VLAN
3 12 (3.49%) WAN
4 11 (3.20%) Broadband
4 11 (3.20%) DHCP
4 11 (3.20%) DNS
4 11 (3.20%) Firewall
5 10 (2.91%) Internet
6 9 (2.62%) SD-WAN
7 6 (1.74%) Wi-Fi
8 4 (1.16%) LAN
8 4 (1.16%) LoRaWAN
8 4 (1.16%) MQTT
8 4 (1.16%) Structured Cabling
9 3 (0.87%) VoIP
10 2 (0.58%) BGP
10 2 (0.58%) Ethernet
10 2 (0.58%) OSPF
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (1.16%) MySQL
1 4 (1.16%) Neo4j
1 4 (1.16%) Power BI
1 4 (1.16%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 5 (1.45%) JIRA
2 1 (0.29%) LabVIEW
General
1 157 (45.64%) Social Skills
2 62 (18.02%) Finance
3 48 (13.95%) Telecoms
4 45 (13.08%) Law
5 36 (10.47%) Back Office
5 36 (10.47%) Military
6 32 (9.30%) Analytical Skills
7 29 (8.43%) Organisational Skills
8 21 (6.10%) Manufacturing
9 18 (5.23%) Marketing
10 16 (4.65%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 9 (2.62%) Legal
12 8 (2.33%) Advertising
12 8 (2.33%) Retail
13 7 (2.03%) Public Sector
14 6 (1.74%) Local Government
15 4 (1.16%) Hindi Language
16 3 (0.87%) Cantonese Language
16 3 (0.87%) Mandarin Language
16 3 (0.87%) Social Housing
Job Titles
1 64 (18.60%) IT Support
2 49 (14.24%) Support Engineer
3 45 (13.08%) Business Development Manager
3 45 (13.08%) Business Manager
3 45 (13.08%) Development Manager
4 42 (12.21%) Project Manager
5 32 (9.30%) IT Engineer
5 32 (9.30%) IT Technician
6 29 (8.43%) Support Technician
6 29 (8.43%) Technical Support
7 28 (8.14%) IT Support Engineer
8 24 (6.98%) IT Support Technician
9 21 (6.10%) Analyst
9 21 (6.10%) Technical Engineer
9 21 (6.10%) Technical Support Engineer
10 17 (4.94%) Network Engineer
11 11 (3.20%) Account Manager
11 11 (3.20%) Sales Executive
11 11 (3.20%) Systems Engineer
12 9 (2.62%) IT Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (0.58%) JSON
2 1 (0.29%) SAP CAF
Miscellaneous
1 39 (11.34%) Self-Motivation
2 18 (5.23%) CCTV
3 12 (3.49%) Onboarding
4 8 (2.33%) SCADA
5 7 (2.03%) Management Information System
6 5 (1.45%) Life Science
7 4 (1.16%) Fibre Optics
7 4 (1.16%) IoT
7 4 (1.16%) NHS
7 4 (1.16%) Replication
8 3 (0.87%) Enterprise Software
8 3 (0.87%) Web Conferencing
9 2 (0.58%) Client/Server
9 2 (0.58%) Cyber Threat
9 2 (0.58%) EPoS
9 2 (0.58%) Operational Technology
9 2 (0.58%) Renewable Energy
9 2 (0.58%) Smart Home
9 2 (0.58%) Social Media
9 2 (0.58%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 71 (20.64%) Windows
2 17 (4.94%) Windows Server
3 9 (2.62%) Linux
4 7 (2.03%) Apple iOS
4 7 (2.03%) Windows 10
5 5 (1.45%) Android
6 4 (1.16%) Mac OS
6 4 (1.16%) Ubuntu
7 1 (0.29%) Windows 7
7 1 (0.29%) Windows NT
7 1 (0.29%) Windows Server 2016
7 1 (0.29%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 123 (35.76%) Problem-Solving
2 71 (20.64%) Customer Service
3 58 (16.86%) Continuous Improvement
4 48 (13.95%) Business Development
5 46 (13.37%) Commercial Awareness
6 26 (7.56%) CRM
7 24 (6.98%) Decision-Making
7 24 (6.98%) ITIL
8 23 (6.69%) Collaborative Working
9 22 (6.40%) Infrastructure Engineering
10 20 (5.81%) Root Cause Analysis
11 19 (5.52%) Cybersecurity
11 19 (5.52%) Mentoring
11 19 (5.52%) Service Delivery
12 18 (5.23%) Project Delivery
13 17 (4.94%) Time Management
14 15 (4.36%) B2B
14 15 (4.36%) ERP
15 14 (4.07%) Logistics
16 13 (3.78%) Customer Experience
Programming Languages
1 6 (1.74%) SQL
2 3 (0.87%) Ladder Logic
3 2 (0.58%) Python
4 1 (0.29%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 22 (6.40%) DBS Check
1 22 (6.40%) Degree
2 18 (5.23%) Security Cleared
3 14 (4.07%) SC Cleared
4 9 (2.62%) Microsoft Certification
5 5 (1.45%) City & Guilds
6 3 (0.87%) CCNA
6 3 (0.87%) Cisco Certification
6 3 (0.87%) HNC
6 3 (0.87%) HND
7 2 (0.58%) CompTIA Security+
8 1 (0.29%) Azure Certification
8 1 (0.29%) BPSS Clearance
8 1 (0.29%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
8 1 (0.29%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (2.33%) QA
2 7 (2.03%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 6 (1.74%) Cyber Essentials
3 6 (1.74%) GDPR
3 6 (1.74%) SLA
4 5 (1.45%) NIST
5 4 (1.16%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 3 (0.87%) California Consumer Privacy Act
6 3 (0.87%) HIPAA
6 3 (0.87%) ISO/IEC 17025
6 3 (0.87%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 3 (0.87%) SOC 2
7 2 (0.58%) PCI DSS
8 1 (0.29%) GMP
System Software
1 45 (13.08%) Active Directory
2 6 (1.74%) VMware Infrastructure
3 5 (1.45%) Virtual Desktop
3 5 (1.45%) vSphere
4 4 (1.16%) Hyper-V
5 3 (0.87%) Firmware
6 1 (0.29%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 11 (3.20%) Microsoft Intune
2 6 (1.74%) SCCM
3 4 (1.16%) Galera Cluster
3 4 (1.16%) vCenter Server
4 2 (0.58%) FortiGate
4 2 (0.58%) WSUS
Vendors
1 90 (26.16%) Microsoft
2 14 (4.07%) Google
3 10 (2.91%) Sage
4 8 (2.33%) Apple
4 8 (2.33%) Cisco
4 8 (2.33%) Oracle
4 8 (2.33%) Salesforce
5 7 (2.03%) ServiceNow
6 6 (1.74%) ConnectWise
6 6 (1.74%) OpenText
6 6 (1.74%) VMware
7 4 (1.16%) SAP
8 3 (0.87%) ESET
8 3 (0.87%) Ubiquiti
9 2 (0.58%) Epicor
9 2 (0.58%) MobileIron
9 2 (0.58%) Palo Alto
9 2 (0.58%) QAD
9 2 (0.58%) SYSPRO
9 2 (0.58%) Xero