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

6 months to
2 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 50 23 109
Rank change year-on-year -27 +86 +20
Permanent jobs citing Driving Licence 376 410 217
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 2.53% 7.08% 2.06%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 12.09% 16.55% 7.44%
Number of salaries quoted 263 192 85
10th Percentile £25,300 £24,515 £24,500
25th Percentile £30,000 £27,250 £25,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £37,500 £31,500 £30,000
Median % change year-on-year +19.05% +5.00% -7.69%
75th Percentile £50,000 £43,750 £35,250
90th Percentile £57,500 £58,000 £42,000
England median annual salary £38,500 £37,000 £32,500
% change year-on-year +4.05% +13.85% -

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 3,110 2,478 2,916
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 20.96% 42.76% 27.71%
Number of salaries quoted 2,056 1,274 1,470
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,375 £28,225
25th Percentile £37,000 £31,250 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £45,000 £50,154
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% -10.28% -8.81%
75th Percentile £65,000 £60,469 £63,750
90th Percentile £80,000 £74,625 £75,000
England median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £59,000
% change year-on-year +4.55% -6.78% -9.23%

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 2 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 2 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 -28 209 £36,470 +15.78% 114
West Midlands +18 167 £40,000 +21.21% 162
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 19 (5.05%) SharePoint
2 11 (2.93%) Microsoft Exchange
3 3 (0.80%) IIS
4 2 (0.53%) ArchestrA
4 2 (0.53%) CMS
Applications
1 35 (9.31%) Microsoft Office
2 6 (1.60%) AutoCAD
2 6 (1.60%) Microsoft Excel
3 5 (1.33%) Microsoft Project
4 4 (1.06%) Simulink
5 3 (0.80%) Spreadsheet
6 2 (0.53%) Adobe Premiere
6 2 (0.53%) CapCut
6 2 (0.53%) Chatbot
7 1 (0.27%) Adobe Illustrator
7 1 (0.27%) CorelDRAW
7 1 (0.27%) Photoshop
7 1 (0.27%) Siemens NX
Business Applications
1 5 (1.33%) Oracle ERP
1 5 (1.33%) Salesforce CRM
2 3 (0.80%) Dynamics CRM
3 2 (0.53%) Infor CloudSuite Industrial (formerly SyteLine)
3 2 (0.53%) Infor LN
3 2 (0.53%) MFGPRO
3 2 (0.53%) Sage X3
Cloud Services
1 71 (18.88%) Microsoft 365
2 40 (10.64%) Azure
3 26 (6.91%) Entra ID
4 11 (2.93%) Google Workspace
5 8 (2.13%) AWS
6 7 (1.86%) Power Platform
7 5 (1.33%) SaaS
8 4 (1.06%) Microsoft Copilot
8 4 (1.06%) OneDrive
9 3 (0.80%) Amazon EKS
9 3 (0.80%) Power Automate
9 3 (0.80%) PowerApps
10 2 (0.53%) Azure Monitor
10 2 (0.53%) Azure Sentinel
10 2 (0.53%) Copilot Studio
11 1 (0.27%) Azure DevOps
11 1 (0.27%) Azure Storage
11 1 (0.27%) Cloudflare
11 1 (0.27%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 37 (9.84%) Wireless
2 20 (5.32%) Firewall
3 13 (3.46%) VLAN
4 12 (3.19%) Broadband
4 12 (3.19%) DHCP
4 12 (3.19%) DNS
4 12 (3.19%) VPN
5 10 (2.66%) Internet
6 9 (2.39%) TCP/IP
7 8 (2.13%) WAN
8 6 (1.60%) SD-WAN
9 5 (1.33%) Wi-Fi
10 4 (1.06%) LAN
10 4 (1.06%) LoRaWAN
10 4 (1.06%) MQTT
10 4 (1.06%) Structured Cabling
10 4 (1.06%) VoIP
11 3 (0.80%) IP Telephony
11 3 (0.80%) Remote Desktop
12 2 (0.53%) OSPF
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (1.86%) Power BI
2 5 (1.33%) SQL Server
3 4 (1.06%) MySQL
3 4 (1.06%) Neo4j
4 1 (0.27%) Azure SQL Database
Development Applications
1 7 (1.86%) JIRA
2 2 (0.53%) GitLab
3 1 (0.27%) LabVIEW
General
1 175 (46.54%) Social Skills
2 66 (17.55%) Finance
3 50 (13.30%) Telecoms
4 48 (12.77%) Law
5 38 (10.11%) Military
6 36 (9.57%) Back Office
7 31 (8.24%) Analytical Skills
8 25 (6.65%) Manufacturing
9 24 (6.38%) Organisational Skills
10 18 (4.79%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 18 (4.79%) Marketing
11 9 (2.39%) Retail
12 8 (2.13%) Advertising
13 7 (1.86%) Legal
14 6 (1.60%) Presentation Skills
15 5 (1.33%) Cantonese Language
15 5 (1.33%) Mandarin Language
15 5 (1.33%) Public Sector
16 4 (1.06%) Hindi Language
16 4 (1.06%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 63 (16.76%) IT Support
2 54 (14.36%) Business Development Manager
2 54 (14.36%) Business Manager
2 54 (14.36%) Development Manager
3 52 (13.83%) Support Engineer
4 46 (12.23%) Project Manager
5 36 (9.57%) IT Engineer
6 31 (8.24%) IT Support Engineer
7 30 (7.98%) IT Technician
8 26 (6.91%) Support Technician
9 23 (6.12%) Technical Support
10 21 (5.59%) IT Support Technician
10 21 (5.59%) Technical Engineer
10 21 (5.59%) Technical Support Engineer
11 20 (5.32%) Analyst
12 17 (4.52%) Network Engineer
13 12 (3.19%) Consultant
13 12 (3.19%) Sales Executive
13 12 (3.19%) Systems Engineer
14 10 (2.66%) Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (1.60%) Terraform
2 3 (0.80%) JSON
3 1 (0.27%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 48 (12.77%) Self-Motivation
2 19 (5.05%) CCTV
3 14 (3.72%) Onboarding
4 7 (1.86%) Data Centre
4 7 (1.86%) SCADA
5 6 (1.60%) Management Information System
5 6 (1.60%) Renewable Energy
6 5 (1.33%) Life Science
7 4 (1.06%) Enterprise Software
7 4 (1.06%) IoT
7 4 (1.06%) NHS
7 4 (1.06%) Replication
7 4 (1.06%) Video Conferencing
8 3 (0.80%) Fibre Optics
8 3 (0.80%) Private Cloud
8 3 (0.80%) Social Media
8 3 (0.80%) Web Conferencing
9 2 (0.53%) Cyber Threat
9 2 (0.53%) Hybrid Cloud
9 2 (0.53%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 70 (18.62%) Windows
2 20 (5.32%) Windows Server
3 18 (4.79%) Linux
4 7 (1.86%) Apple iOS
5 5 (1.33%) Android
5 5 (1.33%) Windows 10
6 4 (1.06%) Mac OS
6 4 (1.06%) Ubuntu
7 2 (0.53%) Windows Server 2012
8 1 (0.27%) Windows 7
8 1 (0.27%) Windows NT
8 1 (0.27%) Windows Server 2016
8 1 (0.27%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 133 (35.37%) Problem-Solving
2 80 (21.28%) Customer Service
3 58 (15.43%) Business Development
4 53 (14.10%) Commercial Awareness
5 51 (13.56%) Continuous Improvement
6 36 (9.57%) CRM
7 32 (8.51%) Decision-Making
8 26 (6.91%) Infrastructure Engineering
9 25 (6.65%) ITIL
9 25 (6.65%) Project Delivery
10 23 (6.12%) Mentoring
11 22 (5.85%) Cybersecurity
12 20 (5.32%) Service Delivery
13 19 (5.05%) Logistics
13 19 (5.05%) Project Management
14 18 (4.79%) Collaborative Working
14 18 (4.79%) Time Management
15 17 (4.52%) Root Cause Analysis
15 17 (4.52%) Stakeholder Management
16 15 (3.99%) Agile
Programming Languages
1 9 (2.39%) SQL
2 5 (1.33%) PowerShell
3 4 (1.06%) MATLAB
4 3 (0.80%) Ladder Logic
5 2 (0.53%) Python
Qualifications
1 32 (8.51%) Degree
2 22 (5.85%) Security Cleared
3 21 (5.59%) DBS Check
4 18 (4.79%) SC Cleared
5 17 (4.52%) Microsoft Certification
6 8 (2.13%) CCNA
6 8 (2.13%) Cisco Certification
7 5 (1.33%) City & Guilds
7 5 (1.33%) MCSE
8 4 (1.06%) BPSS Clearance
8 4 (1.06%) Chartered Engineer
8 4 (1.06%) Master's Degree
9 3 (0.80%) CCNP
9 3 (0.80%) HNC
9 3 (0.80%) HND
9 3 (0.80%) MCSA
9 3 (0.80%) Microsoft Certified Professional
10 2 (0.53%) Azure Certification
10 2 (0.53%) CompTIA Security+
10 2 (0.53%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (2.66%) Cyber Essentials
1 10 (2.66%) SLA
2 9 (2.39%) QA
3 8 (2.13%) GDPR
4 7 (1.86%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 5 (1.33%) NIST
6 3 (0.80%) California Consumer Privacy Act
6 3 (0.80%) GMP
6 3 (0.80%) HIPAA
6 3 (0.80%) ISO 9001
6 3 (0.80%) ISO/IEC 17025
6 3 (0.80%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 3 (0.80%) SOC 2
7 2 (0.53%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 2 (0.53%) PCI DSS
8 1 (0.27%) ISO 14001
System Software
1 44 (11.70%) Active Directory
2 10 (2.66%) Hyper-V
3 9 (2.39%) Virtual Desktop
4 8 (2.13%) VMware Infrastructure
5 6 (1.60%) vSphere
6 4 (1.06%) Virtual Machines
7 3 (0.80%) Docker
7 3 (0.80%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 17 (4.52%) Microsoft Intune
2 8 (2.13%) SCCM
3 4 (1.06%) FortiGate
3 4 (1.06%) Galera Cluster
3 4 (1.06%) vCenter Server
4 3 (0.80%) Kubernetes
5 2 (0.53%) WSUS
6 1 (0.27%) BMC PATROL
6 1 (0.27%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 96 (25.53%) Microsoft
2 13 (3.46%) Google
3 11 (2.93%) Cisco
3 11 (2.93%) VMware
4 10 (2.66%) Sage
5 8 (2.13%) Apple
5 8 (2.13%) Oracle
5 8 (2.13%) ServiceNow
6 6 (1.60%) OpenText
7 5 (1.33%) Salesforce
7 5 (1.33%) Ubiquiti
8 4 (1.06%) DIgSILENT
8 4 (1.06%) YouTube
9 3 (0.80%) Adobe
9 3 (0.80%) Draytek
9 3 (0.80%) ESET
9 3 (0.80%) Mitel
9 3 (0.80%) SAP
9 3 (0.80%) WatchGuard
10 2 (0.53%) Epicor