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

6 months to
16 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 44 19 106
Rank change year-on-year -25 +87 +10
Permanent jobs citing Driving Licence 438 420 214
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 2.86% 7.50% 2.13%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 13.09% 17.75% 7.74%
Number of salaries quoted 308 200 70
10th Percentile £25,750 £25,750 £24,500
25th Percentile £30,000 £27,250 £25,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £38,500 £32,125 £30,750
Median % change year-on-year +19.84% +4.47% +0.23%
75th Percentile £50,000 £43,750 £34,688
90th Percentile £57,500 £58,000 £42,869
England median annual salary £39,000 £37,500 £33,000
% change year-on-year +4.00% +13.64% +1.54%

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 3,347 2,366 2,764
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 21.82% 42.25% 27.53%
Number of salaries quoted 2,174 1,208 1,238
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,375 £30,000
25th Percentile £36,250 £31,250 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £45,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% -14.29% -2.78%
75th Percentile £63,750 £61,313 £63,750
90th Percentile £80,000 £75,000 £75,000
England median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +4.55% -8.33% -6.98%

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 16 September 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 16 September 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 -25 238 £35,000 +11.11% 131
West Midlands +27 200 £42,500 +18.06% 160
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 25 (5.71%) SharePoint
2 16 (3.65%) Microsoft Exchange
3 3 (0.68%) IIS
4 2 (0.46%) ArchestrA
4 2 (0.46%) CMS
Applications
1 41 (9.36%) Microsoft Office
2 9 (2.05%) Microsoft Excel
3 6 (1.37%) AutoCAD
3 6 (1.37%) Simulink
4 5 (1.14%) Microsoft Project
4 5 (1.14%) Spreadsheet
5 4 (0.91%) Chatbot
6 2 (0.46%) Adobe Premiere
6 2 (0.46%) CapCut
6 2 (0.46%) EPLAN
7 1 (0.23%) Adobe Illustrator
7 1 (0.23%) CorelDRAW
7 1 (0.23%) Photoshop
7 1 (0.23%) Siemens NX
Business Applications
1 5 (1.14%) Oracle ERP
1 5 (1.14%) Salesforce CRM
2 3 (0.68%) Dynamics CRM
3 2 (0.46%) Infor CloudSuite Industrial (formerly SyteLine)
3 2 (0.46%) Infor LN
3 2 (0.46%) MFGPRO
3 2 (0.46%) Sage X3
4 1 (0.23%) Maximo
Cloud Services
1 91 (20.78%) Microsoft 365
2 54 (12.33%) Azure
3 38 (8.68%) Entra ID
4 14 (3.20%) AWS
4 14 (3.20%) Google Workspace
5 9 (2.05%) Power Platform
6 7 (1.60%) OneDrive
7 6 (1.37%) Microsoft Copilot
7 6 (1.37%) SaaS
8 4 (0.91%) Amazon EKS
8 4 (0.91%) Copilot Studio
8 4 (0.91%) PowerApps
9 3 (0.68%) Azure Monitor
9 3 (0.68%) Power Automate
10 2 (0.46%) Azure DevOps
10 2 (0.46%) Azure Sentinel
10 2 (0.46%) Microsoft Purview
11 1 (0.23%) Azure Storage
11 1 (0.23%) Cloud Computing
11 1 (0.23%) Cloudflare
Communications & Networking
1 42 (9.59%) Wireless
2 27 (6.16%) Firewall
3 17 (3.88%) DHCP
3 17 (3.88%) DNS
4 16 (3.65%) VPN
5 14 (3.20%) TCP/IP
5 14 (3.20%) VLAN
6 13 (2.97%) WAN
7 12 (2.74%) Broadband
8 9 (2.05%) Internet
9 8 (1.83%) SD-WAN
9 8 (1.83%) Wi-Fi
10 7 (1.60%) IP Telephony
10 7 (1.60%) LAN
11 6 (1.37%) VoIP
12 5 (1.14%) Ethernet
13 4 (0.91%) Profibus
13 4 (0.91%) Structured Cabling
14 3 (0.68%) MQTT
14 3 (0.68%) Remote Desktop
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (2.05%) Power BI
2 6 (1.37%) SQL Server
3 3 (0.68%) MySQL
3 3 (0.68%) Neo4j
4 2 (0.46%) Azure SQL Database
Development Applications
1 7 (1.60%) JIRA
2 2 (0.46%) GitLab
3 1 (0.23%) LabVIEW
General
1 203 (46.35%) Social Skills
2 70 (15.98%) Finance
3 54 (12.33%) Telecoms
4 49 (11.19%) Law
5 40 (9.13%) Manufacturing
6 39 (8.90%) Military
7 37 (8.45%) Analytical Skills
8 36 (8.22%) Back Office
9 32 (7.31%) Organisational Skills
10 18 (4.11%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 17 (3.88%) Marketing
12 12 (2.74%) Automotive
12 12 (2.74%) Retail
13 10 (2.28%) Aerospace
14 8 (1.83%) Advertising
14 8 (1.83%) Presentation Skills
15 7 (1.60%) Public Sector
16 6 (1.37%) Local Government
17 5 (1.14%) Cantonese Language
17 5 (1.14%) Mandarin Language
Job Titles
1 73 (16.67%) IT Support
2 61 (13.93%) Support Engineer
3 60 (13.70%) Business Development Manager
3 60 (13.70%) Business Manager
3 60 (13.70%) Development Manager
4 46 (10.50%) IT Engineer
4 46 (10.50%) Project Manager
5 38 (8.68%) IT Support Engineer
6 32 (7.31%) IT Technician
7 30 (6.85%) Support Technician
8 23 (5.25%) IT Support Technician
8 23 (5.25%) Technical Engineer
9 22 (5.02%) Technical Support
10 21 (4.79%) Analyst
10 21 (4.79%) Technical Support Engineer
11 18 (4.11%) Network Engineer
12 16 (3.65%) Systems Engineer
13 12 (2.74%) Consultant
13 12 (2.74%) Field Engineer
13 12 (2.74%) Lead
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (1.83%) Terraform
2 3 (0.68%) JSON
3 1 (0.23%) SOAP
3 1 (0.23%) STL
Miscellaneous
1 55 (12.56%) Self-Motivation
2 31 (7.08%) CCTV
3 19 (4.34%) Onboarding
4 9 (2.05%) SCADA
5 8 (1.83%) Management Information System
6 7 (1.60%) Data Centre
7 6 (1.37%) Renewable Energy
7 6 (1.37%) Video Conferencing
8 5 (1.14%) Enterprise Software
8 5 (1.14%) Life Science
9 4 (0.91%) CAN bus
9 4 (0.91%) Hybrid Cloud
9 4 (0.91%) NHS
10 3 (0.68%) Fibre Optics
10 3 (0.68%) IoT
10 3 (0.68%) Private Cloud
10 3 (0.68%) Replication
10 3 (0.68%) Social Media
10 3 (0.68%) Web Conferencing
11 2 (0.46%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 86 (19.63%) Windows
2 28 (6.39%) Windows Server
3 23 (5.25%) Linux
4 7 (1.60%) Apple iOS
4 7 (1.60%) Windows 10
5 6 (1.37%) Android
6 4 (0.91%) Mac OS
7 3 (0.68%) Ubuntu
8 2 (0.46%) Windows Server 2012
9 1 (0.23%) Windows 7
9 1 (0.23%) Windows NT
9 1 (0.23%) Windows Server 2016
9 1 (0.23%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 152 (34.70%) Problem-Solving
2 99 (22.60%) Customer Service
3 64 (14.61%) Business Development
4 58 (13.24%) Commercial Awareness
5 56 (12.79%) Continuous Improvement
6 43 (9.82%) CRM
7 39 (8.90%) Decision-Making
8 32 (7.31%) Cybersecurity
9 31 (7.08%) ITIL
9 31 (7.08%) Project Delivery
10 28 (6.39%) Infrastructure Engineering
10 28 (6.39%) Mentoring
11 26 (5.94%) Logistics
12 23 (5.25%) Collaborative Working
13 22 (5.02%) Project Management
14 21 (4.79%) Service Delivery
15 20 (4.57%) Preventative Maintenance
15 20 (4.57%) Time Management
16 17 (3.88%) Root Cause Analysis
16 17 (3.88%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 10 (2.28%) SQL
2 7 (1.60%) PowerShell
3 6 (1.37%) MATLAB
4 4 (0.91%) Ladder Logic
5 3 (0.68%) Python
Qualifications
1 42 (9.59%) Degree
2 24 (5.48%) Microsoft Certification
2 24 (5.48%) Security Cleared
3 22 (5.02%) DBS Check
4 21 (4.79%) SC Cleared
5 13 (2.97%) CCNA
5 13 (2.97%) Cisco Certification
6 9 (2.05%) City & Guilds
6 9 (2.05%) MCSE
7 8 (1.83%) CCNP
7 8 (1.83%) HND
8 7 (1.60%) HNC
8 7 (1.60%) MCSA
8 7 (1.60%) Microsoft Certified Professional
9 6 (1.37%) BPSS Clearance
9 6 (1.37%) Chartered Engineer
9 6 (1.37%) Master's Degree
10 3 (0.68%) Azure Certification
11 2 (0.46%) CompTIA Security+
11 2 (0.46%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (3.65%) Cyber Essentials
2 13 (2.97%) QA
3 11 (2.51%) SLA
4 9 (2.05%) GDPR
5 8 (1.83%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 5 (1.14%) NIST
7 4 (0.91%) ISO 9001
8 3 (0.68%) California Consumer Privacy Act
8 3 (0.68%) GMP
8 3 (0.68%) HIPAA
8 3 (0.68%) ISO/IEC 17025
8 3 (0.68%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 3 (0.68%) SOC 2
9 2 (0.46%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 2 (0.46%) PCI DSS
10 1 (0.23%) COSHH
10 1 (0.23%) ISO 14001
System Software
1 50 (11.42%) Active Directory
2 17 (3.88%) Hyper-V
3 10 (2.28%) Virtual Desktop
3 10 (2.28%) VMware Infrastructure
4 7 (1.60%) Virtual Machines
4 7 (1.60%) vSphere
5 4 (0.91%) Docker
6 2 (0.46%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 27 (6.16%) Microsoft Intune
2 10 (2.28%) SCCM
3 4 (0.91%) FortiGate
3 4 (0.91%) Kubernetes
4 3 (0.68%) Galera Cluster
4 3 (0.68%) vCenter Server
5 2 (0.46%) Single Sign-On
5 2 (0.46%) WSUS
6 1 (0.23%) Backup Exec
6 1 (0.23%) BMC PATROL
6 1 (0.23%) Functional Safety
Vendors
1 118 (26.94%) Microsoft
2 17 (3.88%) VMware
3 16 (3.65%) Cisco
3 16 (3.65%) Google
4 11 (2.51%) Sage
5 10 (2.28%) ServiceNow
6 9 (2.05%) Apple
7 8 (1.83%) Oracle
8 7 (1.60%) Draytek
8 7 (1.60%) Mitel
8 7 (1.60%) WatchGuard
9 6 (1.37%) DIgSILENT
9 6 (1.37%) OpenText
9 6 (1.37%) Ubiquiti
9 6 (1.37%) YouTube
10 5 (1.14%) Salesforce
11 4 (0.91%) Fortinet
11 4 (0.91%) SAP
11 4 (0.91%) Yealink
12 3 (0.68%) FIS