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

6 months to
17 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 59 23 105
Rank change year-on-year -36 +82 +27
Permanent jobs citing Driving Licence 346 400 229
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 2.38% 6.88% 2.15%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 11.46% 16.14% 7.63%
Number of salaries quoted 242 181 108
10th Percentile £25,128 £24,461 £24,500
25th Percentile £29,000 £27,750 £25,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £38,000 £31,500 £31,000
Median % change year-on-year +20.63% +1.61% -27.06%
75th Percentile £48,750 £42,500 £37,500
90th Percentile £56,250 £58,000 £50,000
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 3,020 2,478 3,002
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 20.79% 42.61% 28.22%
Number of salaries quoted 2,020 1,274 1,625
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,375 £27,500
25th Percentile £36,750 £31,750 £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 £62,500 £63,750
90th Percentile £80,000 £75,000 £75,000
England median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +4.55% -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 17 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 17 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 -34 193 £37,500 +15.38% 95
West Midlands +27 153 £38,500 +26.23% 130
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 13 (3.76%) SharePoint
2 9 (2.60%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (0.58%) ArchestrA
3 2 (0.58%) IIS
4 1 (0.29%) CMS
Applications
1 33 (9.54%) Microsoft Office
2 6 (1.73%) AutoCAD
3 5 (1.45%) Microsoft Excel
4 3 (0.87%) Microsoft Project
4 3 (0.87%) Spreadsheet
5 2 (0.58%) Simulink
6 1 (0.29%) Adobe Premiere
6 1 (0.29%) CapCut
6 1 (0.29%) Siemens NX
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 58 (16.76%) Microsoft 365
2 31 (8.96%) Azure
3 19 (5.49%) Entra ID
4 9 (2.60%) Google Workspace
5 5 (1.45%) Power Platform
6 4 (1.16%) SaaS
7 3 (0.87%) AWS
7 3 (0.87%) Power Automate
7 3 (0.87%) PowerApps
8 2 (0.58%) Azure Sentinel
8 2 (0.58%) Microsoft Copilot
8 2 (0.58%) OneDrive
9 1 (0.29%) Amazon EKS
9 1 (0.29%) Azure Monitor
9 1 (0.29%) Azure Storage
9 1 (0.29%) Cloudflare
9 1 (0.29%) Microsoft Purview
9 1 (0.29%) Nutanix
Communications & Networking
1 35 (10.12%) Wireless
2 12 (3.47%) VLAN
3 10 (2.89%) Broadband
3 10 (2.89%) Firewall
3 10 (2.89%) Internet
3 10 (2.89%) TCP/IP
4 9 (2.60%) DHCP
4 9 (2.60%) DNS
4 9 (2.60%) VPN
5 8 (2.31%) WAN
6 7 (2.02%) SD-WAN
7 4 (1.16%) LoRaWAN
7 4 (1.16%) MQTT
7 4 (1.16%) Structured Cabling
7 4 (1.16%) Wi-Fi
8 3 (0.87%) Ethernet
8 3 (0.87%) LAN
8 3 (0.87%) Modbus
8 3 (0.87%) Profibus
9 2 (0.58%) OSPF
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (1.45%) Power BI
2 4 (1.16%) MySQL
2 4 (1.16%) Neo4j
2 4 (1.16%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 5 (1.45%) JIRA
2 1 (0.29%) LabVIEW
General
1 156 (45.09%) Social Skills
2 62 (17.92%) Finance
3 47 (13.58%) Telecoms
4 45 (13.01%) Law
5 36 (10.40%) Back Office
5 36 (10.40%) Military
6 31 (8.96%) Analytical Skills
7 28 (8.09%) Organisational Skills
8 22 (6.36%) Manufacturing
9 17 (4.91%) Marketing
10 16 (4.62%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 9 (2.60%) Legal
12 8 (2.31%) Advertising
12 8 (2.31%) Retail
13 5 (1.45%) Cantonese Language
13 5 (1.45%) Mandarin Language
13 5 (1.45%) Public Sector
14 4 (1.16%) Hindi Language
14 4 (1.16%) Local Government
15 3 (0.87%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 59 (17.05%) IT Support
2 49 (14.16%) Business Development Manager
2 49 (14.16%) Business Manager
2 49 (14.16%) Development Manager
3 48 (13.87%) Support Engineer
4 43 (12.43%) Project Manager
5 30 (8.67%) IT Technician
6 29 (8.38%) IT Engineer
7 28 (8.09%) Technical Support
8 26 (7.51%) IT Support Engineer
9 24 (6.94%) Support Technician
10 22 (6.36%) Technical Engineer
10 22 (6.36%) Technical Support Engineer
11 21 (6.07%) IT Support Technician
12 20 (5.78%) Analyst
13 17 (4.91%) Network Engineer
14 12 (3.47%) Systems Engineer
15 11 (3.18%) Sales Executive
16 10 (2.89%) Lead
17 9 (2.60%) Account Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (0.87%) JSON
2 1 (0.29%) SAP CAF
Miscellaneous
1 42 (12.14%) Self-Motivation
2 17 (4.91%) CCTV
3 8 (2.31%) Onboarding
3 8 (2.31%) SCADA
4 6 (1.73%) Management Information System
5 5 (1.45%) Life Science
6 4 (1.16%) IoT
6 4 (1.16%) NHS
6 4 (1.16%) Replication
7 3 (0.87%) Data Centre
7 3 (0.87%) Enterprise Software
7 3 (0.87%) Fibre Optics
7 3 (0.87%) Renewable Energy
7 3 (0.87%) Social Media
7 3 (0.87%) Web Conferencing
8 2 (0.58%) Client/Server
8 2 (0.58%) Cyber Threat
8 2 (0.58%) EPoS
8 2 (0.58%) Operational Technology
8 2 (0.58%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 63 (18.21%) Windows
2 16 (4.62%) Windows Server
3 11 (3.18%) Linux
4 7 (2.02%) Apple iOS
5 6 (1.73%) Windows 10
6 5 (1.45%) Android
7 4 (1.16%) Mac OS
7 4 (1.16%) Ubuntu
8 1 (0.29%) Windows 7
8 1 (0.29%) Windows NT
8 1 (0.29%) Windows Server 2016
8 1 (0.29%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 122 (35.26%) Problem-Solving
2 67 (19.36%) Customer Service
3 54 (15.61%) Continuous Improvement
4 52 (15.03%) Business Development
5 46 (13.29%) Commercial Awareness
6 27 (7.80%) CRM
6 27 (7.80%) Decision-Making
7 22 (6.36%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 21 (6.07%) Collaborative Working
9 20 (5.78%) ITIL
10 19 (5.49%) Mentoring
11 18 (5.20%) Project Delivery
11 18 (5.20%) Root Cause Analysis
11 18 (5.20%) Time Management
12 17 (4.91%) Service Delivery
13 15 (4.34%) Cybersecurity
14 14 (4.05%) Logistics
15 13 (3.76%) ERP
16 12 (3.47%) B2B
16 12 (3.47%) Computer Science
Programming Languages
1 7 (2.02%) SQL
2 4 (1.16%) Ladder Logic
3 2 (0.58%) MATLAB
3 2 (0.58%) Python
4 1 (0.29%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 26 (7.51%) Degree
2 21 (6.07%) DBS Check
3 19 (5.49%) Security Cleared
4 15 (4.34%) SC Cleared
5 8 (2.31%) Microsoft Certification
6 5 (1.45%) City & Guilds
7 3 (0.87%) CCNA
7 3 (0.87%) Cisco Certification
7 3 (0.87%) HNC
7 3 (0.87%) HND
8 2 (0.58%) BPSS Clearance
8 2 (0.58%) Chartered Engineer
8 2 (0.58%) CompTIA Security+
8 2 (0.58%) Master's Degree
9 1 (0.29%) Azure Certification
9 1 (0.29%) Computer Science Degree
9 1 (0.29%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
9 1 (0.29%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (2.31%) QA
2 7 (2.02%) GDPR
3 6 (1.73%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 6 (1.73%) SLA
4 5 (1.45%) Cyber Essentials
4 5 (1.45%) NIST
5 3 (0.87%) California Consumer Privacy Act
5 3 (0.87%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 3 (0.87%) HIPAA
5 3 (0.87%) ISO/IEC 17025
5 3 (0.87%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 3 (0.87%) SOC 2
6 2 (0.58%) GMP
6 2 (0.58%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 43 (12.43%) Active Directory
2 7 (2.02%) Virtual Desktop
3 6 (1.73%) VMware Infrastructure
4 5 (1.45%) Hyper-V
4 5 (1.45%) vSphere
5 3 (0.87%) Firmware
6 1 (0.29%) Docker
6 1 (0.29%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 10 (2.89%) Microsoft Intune
2 8 (2.31%) SCCM
3 4 (1.16%) Galera Cluster
3 4 (1.16%) vCenter Server
4 2 (0.58%) FortiGate
4 2 (0.58%) WSUS
5 1 (0.29%) Kubernetes
5 1 (0.29%) Terraform
Vendors
1 81 (23.41%) Microsoft
2 11 (3.18%) Google
3 10 (2.89%) Sage
4 8 (2.31%) Apple
4 8 (2.31%) Oracle
5 7 (2.02%) Cisco
5 7 (2.02%) Salesforce
5 7 (2.02%) ServiceNow
6 6 (1.73%) OpenText
6 6 (1.73%) VMware
7 4 (1.16%) SAP
8 3 (0.87%) ConnectWise
8 3 (0.87%) ESET
8 3 (0.87%) Ubiquiti
9 2 (0.58%) Fortinet
9 2 (0.58%) Infor
9 2 (0.58%) Palo Alto
9 2 (0.58%) QAD
9 2 (0.58%) SYSPRO
9 2 (0.58%) Xero