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 15 October 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 38 20 80
Rank change year-on-year -18 +60 +27
Permanent jobs citing Driving Licence 539 428 271
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 3.43% 7.74% 2.91%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 14.66% 18.67% 10.23%
Number of salaries quoted 388 193 47
10th Percentile £27,435 £25,350 £26,700
25th Percentile £31,250 £27,000 £30,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £31,500 £32,500
Median % change year-on-year +26.98% -3.08% +17.07%
75th Percentile £51,250 £43,750 £45,000
90th Percentile £57,500 £57,900 £63,200
England median annual salary £40,000 £37,500 £36,000
% change year-on-year +6.67% +4.17% +14.29%

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 3,677 2,292 2,649
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 23.40% 41.45% 28.40%
Number of salaries quoted 2,315 1,149 1,025
10th Percentile £29,750 £26,250 £31,250
25th Percentile £36,250 £31,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,988 £45,000 £54,000
Median % change year-on-year +6.64% -16.67% +2.86%
75th Percentile £62,500 £63,400 £65,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £75,180 £78,750
England median annual salary £56,167 £55,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +2.12% -8.33% -4.00%

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 15 October 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 15 October 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 -18 290 £37,500 +25.00% 63
West Midlands +32 249 £41,250 +3.13% 65
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 28 (5.19%) SharePoint
2 20 (3.71%) Microsoft Exchange
3 3 (0.56%) IIS
4 2 (0.37%) ArchestrA
4 2 (0.37%) CMS
Applications
1 58 (10.76%) Microsoft Office
2 17 (3.15%) Microsoft Excel
3 10 (1.86%) AutoCAD
3 10 (1.86%) EPLAN
4 8 (1.48%) Simulink
5 7 (1.30%) Microsoft Project
6 6 (1.11%) Chatbot
7 5 (0.93%) Spreadsheet
8 2 (0.37%) Adobe Premiere
8 2 (0.37%) CapCut
9 1 (0.19%) Adobe Illustrator
9 1 (0.19%) CorelDRAW
9 1 (0.19%) Photoshop
9 1 (0.19%) Siemens NX
Business Applications
1 10 (1.86%) Sonata
2 7 (1.30%) Dynamics CRM
3 5 (0.93%) Oracle ERP
3 5 (0.93%) Salesforce CRM
4 2 (0.37%) Infor CloudSuite Industrial (formerly SyteLine)
4 2 (0.37%) Infor LN
4 2 (0.37%) MFGPRO
4 2 (0.37%) Sage X3
5 1 (0.19%) Maximo
Cloud Services
1 114 (21.15%) Microsoft 365
2 56 (10.39%) Azure
3 45 (8.35%) Entra ID
4 23 (4.27%) Google Workspace
5 19 (3.53%) AWS
6 10 (1.86%) Power Platform
7 8 (1.48%) Microsoft Copilot
7 8 (1.48%) OneDrive
8 7 (1.30%) SaaS
9 6 (1.11%) Copilot Studio
9 6 (1.11%) PowerApps
10 4 (0.74%) Amazon EKS
11 3 (0.56%) Power Automate
12 2 (0.37%) Azure DevOps
12 2 (0.37%) Azure Monitor
12 2 (0.37%) Azure Sentinel
12 2 (0.37%) Microsoft Purview
13 1 (0.19%) Cloud Computing
13 1 (0.19%) Cloudflare
Communications & Networking
1 38 (7.05%) Wireless
2 33 (6.12%) Firewall
3 22 (4.08%) DHCP
3 22 (4.08%) DNS
4 15 (2.78%) TCP/IP
4 15 (2.78%) VPN
5 14 (2.60%) WAN
6 13 (2.41%) VLAN
6 13 (2.41%) Wi-Fi
7 12 (2.23%) Broadband
7 12 (2.23%) IP Telephony
8 10 (1.86%) Ethernet
9 9 (1.67%) Profibus
10 8 (1.48%) Internet
10 8 (1.48%) LAN
10 8 (1.48%) SD-WAN
11 7 (1.30%) VoIP
12 6 (1.11%) Structured Cabling
13 3 (0.56%) Remote Desktop
13 3 (0.56%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (1.86%) Power BI
2 9 (1.67%) SQL Server
3 2 (0.37%) Azure SQL Database
4 1 (0.19%) MySQL
4 1 (0.19%) Neo4j
4 1 (0.19%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 8 (1.48%) JIRA
2 3 (0.56%) Hudson
3 2 (0.37%) GitLab
4 1 (0.19%) LabVIEW
General
1 261 (48.42%) Social Skills
2 85 (15.77%) Finance
3 62 (11.50%) Manufacturing
4 59 (10.95%) Telecoms
5 56 (10.39%) Analytical Skills
6 50 (9.28%) Law
7 49 (9.09%) Organisational Skills
8 41 (7.61%) Military
9 37 (6.86%) Back Office
10 30 (5.57%) Marketing
11 26 (4.82%) Automotive
12 23 (4.27%) Aerospace
13 20 (3.71%) Retail
14 18 (3.34%) Inclusion and Diversity
15 16 (2.97%) Legal
16 12 (2.23%) Influencing Skills
16 12 (2.23%) Pharmaceutical
17 9 (1.67%) Presentation Skills
17 9 (1.67%) Public Sector
18 8 (1.48%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 80 (14.84%) IT Support
2 77 (14.29%) Support Engineer
3 58 (10.76%) Business Development Manager
3 58 (10.76%) Business Manager
3 58 (10.76%) Development Manager
4 56 (10.39%) IT Engineer
5 49 (9.09%) Project Manager
6 47 (8.72%) IT Support Engineer
7 31 (5.75%) IT Technician
7 31 (5.75%) Technical Engineer
8 29 (5.38%) Support Technician
9 26 (4.82%) Technical Support
10 25 (4.64%) Technical Support Engineer
11 22 (4.08%) Field Engineer
11 22 (4.08%) IT Support Technician
12 20 (3.71%) Coordinator
12 20 (3.71%) Systems Engineer
13 18 (3.34%) Network Engineer
14 17 (3.15%) Senior
15 16 (2.97%) Lead
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (1.48%) Terraform
2 7 (1.30%) STL
3 3 (0.56%) JSON
4 2 (0.37%) RESTEasy
5 1 (0.19%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 62 (11.50%) Self-Motivation
2 41 (7.61%) CCTV
3 24 (4.45%) Onboarding
4 18 (3.34%) SCADA
5 14 (2.60%) Management Information System
5 14 (2.60%) NHS
6 11 (2.04%) Robotics
7 8 (1.48%) CAN bus
7 8 (1.48%) Renewable Energy
7 8 (1.48%) Video Conferencing
8 7 (1.30%) Data Centre
9 6 (1.11%) Enterprise Software
10 5 (0.93%) Legacy Systems
10 5 (0.93%) Life Science
10 5 (0.93%) Social Media
11 4 (0.74%) Hybrid Cloud
12 3 (0.56%) Analytical Mindset
12 3 (0.56%) FMCG
12 3 (0.56%) iPhone
12 3 (0.56%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 100 (18.55%) Windows
2 37 (6.86%) Windows Server
3 26 (4.82%) Linux
4 13 (2.41%) Windows 10
5 7 (1.30%) Apple iOS
6 6 (1.11%) Android
7 4 (0.74%) macOS
8 3 (0.56%) Windows Server 2012
9 1 (0.19%) Ubuntu
9 1 (0.19%) Windows 7
9 1 (0.19%) Windows NT
9 1 (0.19%) Windows Server 2016
9 1 (0.19%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 185 (34.32%) Problem-Solving
2 123 (22.82%) Customer Service
3 70 (12.99%) CRM
4 66 (12.24%) Continuous Improvement
5 65 (12.06%) Commercial Awareness
6 64 (11.87%) Business Development
6 64 (11.87%) Decision-Making
7 39 (7.24%) Project Delivery
8 37 (6.86%) Logistics
9 36 (6.68%) Cybersecurity
10 35 (6.49%) Collaborative Working
10 35 (6.49%) ITIL
11 34 (6.31%) Mentoring
12 32 (5.94%) Preventative Maintenance
12 32 (5.94%) Service Delivery
13 31 (5.75%) Infrastructure Engineering
14 25 (4.64%) ITSM
14 25 (4.64%) Project Management
15 24 (4.45%) ERP
16 22 (4.08%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 11 (2.04%) SQL
2 8 (1.48%) MATLAB
2 8 (1.48%) PowerShell
3 4 (0.74%) Ladder Logic
3 4 (0.74%) Python
4 1 (0.19%) Data Analysis Expressions
Qualifications
1 51 (9.46%) Degree
2 29 (5.38%) Microsoft Certification
3 21 (3.90%) City & Guilds
3 21 (3.90%) DBS Check
3 21 (3.90%) Security Cleared
4 19 (3.53%) CCNA
4 19 (3.53%) Cisco Certification
5 17 (3.15%) SC Cleared
6 15 (2.78%) HND
7 14 (2.60%) HNC
7 14 (2.60%) MCSE
8 13 (2.41%) CCNP
8 13 (2.41%) NVQ Level 3
9 12 (2.23%) MCSA
9 12 (2.23%) Microsoft Certified Professional
10 9 (1.67%) Master's Degree
11 8 (1.48%) BPSS Clearance
11 8 (1.48%) Chartered Engineer
12 3 (0.56%) AAT
12 3 (0.56%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 22 (4.08%) Cyber Essentials
2 16 (2.97%) QA
3 12 (2.23%) GDPR
4 9 (1.67%) SLA
5 6 (1.11%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 4 (0.74%) ISO 9001
7 3 (0.56%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 3 (0.56%) GMP
7 3 (0.56%) ISO/IEC 17025
7 3 (0.56%) NIST
8 2 (0.37%) PCI DSS
9 1 (0.19%) Accessibility
9 1 (0.19%) California Consumer Privacy Act
9 1 (0.19%) COSHH
9 1 (0.19%) Data Quality
9 1 (0.19%) HIPAA
9 1 (0.19%) ISO 14001
9 1 (0.19%) NEBOSH
9 1 (0.19%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 1 (0.19%) SOC 2
System Software
1 51 (9.46%) Active Directory
2 26 (4.82%) Hyper-V
3 12 (2.23%) VMware Infrastructure
4 10 (1.86%) Virtual Desktop
5 7 (1.30%) Virtual Machines
6 6 (1.11%) Firmware
6 6 (1.11%) vSphere
7 4 (0.74%) Docker
Systems Management
1 33 (6.12%) Microsoft Intune
2 11 (2.04%) SCCM
3 6 (1.11%) Backup Exec
4 5 (0.93%) Functional Safety
5 4 (0.74%) FortiGate
5 4 (0.74%) Kubernetes
6 2 (0.37%) Single Sign-On
6 2 (0.37%) WSUS
7 1 (0.19%) BMC PATROL
7 1 (0.19%) Galera Cluster
7 1 (0.19%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 149 (27.64%) Microsoft
2 25 (4.64%) Google
2 25 (4.64%) VMware
3 20 (3.71%) Cisco
4 12 (2.23%) Draytek
4 12 (2.23%) Mitel
4 12 (2.23%) ServiceNow
4 12 (2.23%) WatchGuard
5 9 (1.67%) Oracle
5 9 (1.67%) Rockwell
5 9 (1.67%) Sage
5 9 (1.67%) Siemens
6 8 (1.48%) DIgSILENT
6 8 (1.48%) Meraki
6 8 (1.48%) YouTube
7 7 (1.30%) Veeam
8 6 (1.11%) Apple
8 6 (1.11%) Datto
8 6 (1.11%) Ubiquiti
9 5 (0.93%) Salesforce