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

6 months to
26 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 40 20 105
Rank change year-on-year -20 +85 +9
Permanent jobs citing Driving Licence 493 427 217
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 3.13% 7.60% 2.20%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 14.05% 18.07% 7.76%
Number of salaries quoted 354 203 65
10th Percentile £26,750 £25,750 £24,500
25th Percentile £30,000 £27,250 £27,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £39,347 £31,500 £32,000
Median % change year-on-year +24.91% -1.56% +8.47%
75th Percentile £50,938 £43,750 £35,000
90th Percentile £57,500 £57,900 £48,476
England median annual salary £40,000 £37,500 £34,000
% change year-on-year +6.67% +10.29% +7.09%

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 3,510 2,363 2,797
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 22.31% 42.03% 28.32%
Number of salaries quoted 2,272 1,192 1,176
10th Percentile £29,775 £26,375 £30,000
25th Percentile £36,250 £31,250 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £49,617 £45,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +10.26% -14.29% -1.87%
75th Percentile £63,750 £62,500 £64,269
90th Percentile £80,000 £75,000 £77,500
England median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +4.55% -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 26 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 26 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 -19 272 £37,500 +19.05% 154
West Midlands +32 221 £40,000 +8.11% 178
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 27 (5.48%) SharePoint
2 19 (3.85%) Microsoft Exchange
3 3 (0.61%) IIS
4 2 (0.41%) ArchestrA
4 2 (0.41%) CMS
Applications
1 48 (9.74%) Microsoft Office
2 12 (2.43%) Microsoft Excel
3 6 (1.22%) AutoCAD
3 6 (1.22%) EPLAN
3 6 (1.22%) Simulink
3 6 (1.22%) Spreadsheet
4 5 (1.01%) Chatbot
4 5 (1.01%) Microsoft Project
5 2 (0.41%) Adobe Premiere
5 2 (0.41%) CapCut
6 1 (0.20%) Adobe Illustrator
6 1 (0.20%) CorelDRAW
6 1 (0.20%) Photoshop
6 1 (0.20%) Siemens NX
Business Applications
1 10 (2.03%) Sonata
2 5 (1.01%) Dynamics CRM
2 5 (1.01%) Oracle ERP
2 5 (1.01%) Salesforce CRM
3 2 (0.41%) Infor CloudSuite Industrial (formerly SyteLine)
3 2 (0.41%) Infor LN
3 2 (0.41%) MFGPRO
3 2 (0.41%) Sage X3
4 1 (0.20%) Maximo
Cloud Services
1 106 (21.50%) Microsoft 365
2 56 (11.36%) Azure
3 42 (8.52%) Entra ID
4 20 (4.06%) Google Workspace
5 16 (3.25%) AWS
6 10 (2.03%) Power Platform
7 8 (1.62%) OneDrive
8 7 (1.42%) Microsoft Copilot
9 6 (1.22%) SaaS
10 5 (1.01%) Copilot Studio
10 5 (1.01%) PowerApps
11 4 (0.81%) Amazon EKS
12 3 (0.61%) Power Automate
13 2 (0.41%) Azure DevOps
13 2 (0.41%) Azure Monitor
13 2 (0.41%) Azure Sentinel
13 2 (0.41%) Microsoft Purview
14 1 (0.20%) Cloud Computing
14 1 (0.20%) Cloudflare
Communications & Networking
1 43 (8.72%) Wireless
2 30 (6.09%) Firewall
3 22 (4.46%) DHCP
3 22 (4.46%) DNS
4 16 (3.25%) VPN
5 15 (3.04%) TCP/IP
6 14 (2.84%) VLAN
6 14 (2.84%) WAN
7 12 (2.43%) Broadband
8 10 (2.03%) Wi-Fi
9 9 (1.83%) Internet
9 9 (1.83%) IP Telephony
10 8 (1.62%) LAN
10 8 (1.62%) SD-WAN
11 7 (1.42%) Ethernet
12 6 (1.22%) Profibus
12 6 (1.22%) Structured Cabling
12 6 (1.22%) VoIP
13 3 (0.61%) Remote Desktop
13 3 (0.61%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (2.03%) Power BI
2 8 (1.62%) SQL Server
3 2 (0.41%) Azure SQL Database
3 2 (0.41%) MySQL
3 2 (0.41%) Neo4j
Development Applications
1 7 (1.42%) JIRA
2 2 (0.41%) GitLab
2 2 (0.41%) Hudson
3 1 (0.20%) LabVIEW
General
1 232 (47.06%) Social Skills
2 85 (17.24%) Finance
3 56 (11.36%) Telecoms
4 49 (9.94%) Law
5 47 (9.53%) Manufacturing
6 44 (8.92%) Analytical Skills
7 40 (8.11%) Organisational Skills
8 39 (7.91%) Military
9 37 (7.51%) Back Office
10 28 (5.68%) Marketing
11 18 (3.65%) Automotive
11 18 (3.65%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 16 (3.25%) Aerospace
12 16 (3.25%) Legal
12 16 (3.25%) Retail
13 12 (2.43%) Influencing Skills
14 10 (2.03%) Public Sector
15 9 (1.83%) Presentation Skills
16 8 (1.62%) Advertising
16 8 (1.62%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 82 (16.63%) IT Support
2 73 (14.81%) Support Engineer
3 62 (12.58%) Business Development Manager
3 62 (12.58%) Business Manager
3 62 (12.58%) Development Manager
4 55 (11.16%) IT Engineer
5 47 (9.53%) IT Support Engineer
6 46 (9.33%) Project Manager
7 32 (6.49%) IT Technician
8 30 (6.09%) Support Technician
9 25 (5.07%) Technical Engineer
10 23 (4.67%) IT Support Technician
10 23 (4.67%) Technical Support
11 22 (4.46%) Technical Support Engineer
12 18 (3.65%) Analyst
12 18 (3.65%) Network Engineer
13 17 (3.45%) Systems Engineer
14 15 (3.04%) Coordinator
15 14 (2.84%) Field Engineer
16 13 (2.64%) Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (1.62%) Terraform
2 4 (0.81%) STL
3 3 (0.61%) JSON
4 1 (0.20%) RESTEasy
4 1 (0.20%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 62 (12.58%) Self-Motivation
2 38 (7.71%) CCTV
3 20 (4.06%) Onboarding
4 14 (2.84%) NHS
5 12 (2.43%) SCADA
6 10 (2.03%) Management Information System
7 7 (1.42%) Data Centre
8 6 (1.22%) CAN bus
8 6 (1.22%) Renewable Energy
8 6 (1.22%) Robotics
8 6 (1.22%) Video Conferencing
9 5 (1.01%) Enterprise Software
9 5 (1.01%) Life Science
10 4 (0.81%) Hybrid Cloud
11 3 (0.61%) Analytical Mindset
11 3 (0.61%) Fibre Optics
11 3 (0.61%) Legacy Systems
11 3 (0.61%) Private Cloud
11 3 (0.61%) Social Media
11 3 (0.61%) Web Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 96 (19.47%) Windows
2 35 (7.10%) Windows Server
3 24 (4.87%) Linux
4 11 (2.23%) Windows 10
5 7 (1.42%) Apple iOS
6 6 (1.22%) Android
7 4 (0.81%) Mac OS
8 2 (0.41%) Ubuntu
8 2 (0.41%) Windows Server 2012
9 1 (0.20%) Windows 7
9 1 (0.20%) Windows NT
9 1 (0.20%) Windows Server 2016
9 1 (0.20%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 167 (33.87%) Problem-Solving
2 112 (22.72%) Customer Service
3 66 (13.39%) Business Development
4 62 (12.58%) CRM
5 61 (12.37%) Continuous Improvement
6 60 (12.17%) Commercial Awareness
7 57 (11.56%) Decision-Making
8 34 (6.90%) Project Delivery
9 33 (6.69%) ITIL
10 32 (6.49%) Cybersecurity
10 32 (6.49%) Service Delivery
11 30 (6.09%) Infrastructure Engineering
11 30 (6.09%) Mentoring
12 29 (5.88%) Logistics
13 28 (5.68%) Collaborative Working
14 25 (5.07%) Preventative Maintenance
15 23 (4.67%) Project Management
16 20 (4.06%) ERP
16 20 (4.06%) ITSM
16 20 (4.06%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 10 (2.03%) SQL
2 8 (1.62%) PowerShell
3 6 (1.22%) MATLAB
4 4 (0.81%) Ladder Logic
4 4 (0.81%) Python
Qualifications
1 47 (9.53%) Degree
2 26 (5.27%) Microsoft Certification
3 23 (4.67%) DBS Check
4 21 (4.26%) Security Cleared
5 17 (3.45%) SC Cleared
6 15 (3.04%) CCNA
6 15 (3.04%) Cisco Certification
7 13 (2.64%) City & Guilds
8 11 (2.23%) HND
8 11 (2.23%) MCSE
9 10 (2.03%) CCNP
9 10 (2.03%) HNC
10 9 (1.83%) MCSA
10 9 (1.83%) Microsoft Certified Professional
11 7 (1.42%) Master's Degree
12 6 (1.22%) BPSS Clearance
12 6 (1.22%) Chartered Engineer
13 5 (1.01%) NVQ Level 3
14 3 (0.61%) AAT
14 3 (0.61%) ACCA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (3.65%) Cyber Essentials
2 14 (2.84%) QA
3 11 (2.23%) SLA
4 10 (2.03%) GDPR
5 6 (1.22%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 4 (0.81%) ISO 9001
7 3 (0.61%) GMP
7 3 (0.61%) ISO/IEC 17025
7 3 (0.61%) NIST
8 2 (0.41%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 2 (0.41%) PCI DSS
9 1 (0.20%) Accessibility
9 1 (0.20%) California Consumer Privacy Act
9 1 (0.20%) COSHH
9 1 (0.20%) HIPAA
9 1 (0.20%) ISO 14001
9 1 (0.20%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 1 (0.20%) SOC 2
System Software
1 55 (11.16%) Active Directory
2 22 (4.46%) Hyper-V
3 12 (2.43%) VMware Infrastructure
4 10 (2.03%) Virtual Desktop
5 7 (1.42%) Virtual Machines
5 7 (1.42%) vSphere
6 4 (0.81%) Docker
7 2 (0.41%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 30 (6.09%) Microsoft Intune
2 11 (2.23%) SCCM
3 4 (0.81%) Backup Exec
3 4 (0.81%) FortiGate
3 4 (0.81%) Kubernetes
4 3 (0.61%) Functional Safety
5 2 (0.41%) Galera Cluster
5 2 (0.41%) Single Sign-On
5 2 (0.41%) vCenter Server
5 2 (0.41%) WSUS
6 1 (0.20%) BMC PATROL
Vendors
1 134 (27.18%) Microsoft
2 22 (4.46%) Google
2 22 (4.46%) VMware
3 18 (3.65%) Cisco
4 12 (2.43%) Sage
5 11 (2.23%) ServiceNow
6 9 (1.83%) Draytek
6 9 (1.83%) Mitel
6 9 (1.83%) WatchGuard
7 8 (1.62%) Apple
7 8 (1.62%) Oracle
8 6 (1.22%) DIgSILENT
8 6 (1.22%) Rockwell
8 6 (1.22%) Siemens
8 6 (1.22%) Ubiquiti
8 6 (1.22%) YouTube
9 5 (1.01%) Meraki
9 5 (1.01%) Salesforce
9 5 (1.01%) Veeam
9 5 (1.01%) Xero