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

6 months to
19 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 43 20 108
Rank change year-on-year -23 +88 +14
Permanent jobs citing Driving Licence 471 423 218
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 3.01% 7.55% 2.16%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 13.69% 17.80% 7.79%
Number of salaries quoted 337 201 72
10th Percentile £26,394 £25,750 £24,500
25th Percentile £30,000 £27,250 £26,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £39,194 £31,500 £31,750
Median % change year-on-year +24.42% -0.79% +3.49%
75th Percentile £51,250 £43,750 £35,250
90th Percentile £57,500 £58,000 £45,820
England median annual salary £39,500 £37,500 £33,500
% change year-on-year +5.33% +11.94% +3.08%

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 3,441 2,376 2,797
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 22.02% 42.38% 27.71%
Number of salaries quoted 2,236 1,212 1,244
10th Percentile £29,750 £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% -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 19 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 19 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 -21 261 £36,470 +15.78% 120
West Midlands +25 210 £41,250 +14.58% 152
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 (5.31%) SharePoint
2 17 (3.61%) Microsoft Exchange
3 3 (0.64%) IIS
4 2 (0.42%) ArchestrA
4 2 (0.42%) CMS
Applications
1 44 (9.34%) Microsoft Office
2 11 (2.34%) Microsoft Excel
3 6 (1.27%) AutoCAD
3 6 (1.27%) Simulink
3 6 (1.27%) Spreadsheet
4 5 (1.06%) Microsoft Project
5 4 (0.85%) Chatbot
6 3 (0.64%) EPLAN
7 2 (0.42%) Adobe Premiere
7 2 (0.42%) CapCut
8 1 (0.21%) Adobe Illustrator
8 1 (0.21%) CorelDRAW
8 1 (0.21%) Photoshop
8 1 (0.21%) Siemens NX
Business Applications
1 10 (2.12%) Sonata
2 5 (1.06%) Oracle ERP
2 5 (1.06%) Salesforce CRM
3 4 (0.85%) Dynamics CRM
4 2 (0.42%) Infor CloudSuite Industrial (formerly SyteLine)
4 2 (0.42%) Infor LN
4 2 (0.42%) MFGPRO
4 2 (0.42%) Sage X3
5 1 (0.21%) Maximo
Cloud Services
1 97 (20.59%) Microsoft 365
2 55 (11.68%) Azure
3 39 (8.28%) Entra ID
4 16 (3.40%) Google Workspace
5 15 (3.18%) AWS
6 9 (1.91%) Power Platform
7 7 (1.49%) OneDrive
8 6 (1.27%) Microsoft Copilot
8 6 (1.27%) SaaS
9 4 (0.85%) Amazon EKS
9 4 (0.85%) Copilot Studio
9 4 (0.85%) PowerApps
10 3 (0.64%) Power Automate
11 2 (0.42%) Azure DevOps
11 2 (0.42%) Azure Monitor
11 2 (0.42%) Azure Sentinel
11 2 (0.42%) Microsoft Purview
12 1 (0.21%) Cloud Computing
12 1 (0.21%) Cloudflare
Communications & Networking
1 42 (8.92%) Wireless
2 29 (6.16%) Firewall
3 19 (4.03%) DHCP
3 19 (4.03%) DNS
4 16 (3.40%) VPN
5 14 (2.97%) TCP/IP
5 14 (2.97%) VLAN
6 13 (2.76%) WAN
7 12 (2.55%) Broadband
8 9 (1.91%) Internet
8 9 (1.91%) Wi-Fi
9 8 (1.70%) IP Telephony
9 8 (1.70%) SD-WAN
10 7 (1.49%) LAN
11 6 (1.27%) VoIP
12 5 (1.06%) Ethernet
12 5 (1.06%) Structured Cabling
13 4 (0.85%) Profibus
14 3 (0.64%) Remote Desktop
14 3 (0.64%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (1.91%) Power BI
2 7 (1.49%) SQL Server
3 3 (0.64%) MySQL
3 3 (0.64%) Neo4j
4 2 (0.42%) Azure SQL Database
Development Applications
1 7 (1.49%) JIRA
2 2 (0.42%) GitLab
3 1 (0.21%) Hudson
3 1 (0.21%) LabVIEW
General
1 217 (46.07%) Social Skills
2 81 (17.20%) Finance
3 55 (11.68%) Telecoms
4 49 (10.40%) Law
5 46 (9.77%) Manufacturing
6 40 (8.49%) Analytical Skills
7 39 (8.28%) Military
8 37 (7.86%) Back Office
8 37 (7.86%) Organisational Skills
9 27 (5.73%) Marketing
10 18 (3.82%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 15 (3.18%) Legal
11 15 (3.18%) Retail
12 14 (2.97%) Automotive
13 13 (2.76%) Aerospace
14 12 (2.55%) Influencing Skills
15 9 (1.91%) Presentation Skills
16 8 (1.70%) Advertising
16 8 (1.70%) Public Sector
17 6 (1.27%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 77 (16.35%) IT Support
2 67 (14.23%) Support Engineer
3 60 (12.74%) Business Development Manager
3 60 (12.74%) Business Manager
3 60 (12.74%) Development Manager
4 50 (10.62%) IT Engineer
5 46 (9.77%) Project Manager
6 42 (8.92%) IT Support Engineer
7 33 (7.01%) IT Technician
8 30 (6.37%) Support Technician
9 24 (5.10%) Technical Engineer
10 23 (4.88%) IT Support Technician
11 22 (4.67%) Technical Support
12 21 (4.46%) Technical Support Engineer
13 20 (4.25%) Analyst
14 18 (3.82%) Network Engineer
15 16 (3.40%) Systems Engineer
16 14 (2.97%) Field Engineer
17 13 (2.76%) Coordinator
18 12 (2.55%) Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (1.70%) Terraform
2 3 (0.64%) JSON
3 1 (0.21%) SOAP
3 1 (0.21%) STL
Miscellaneous
1 59 (12.53%) Self-Motivation
2 34 (7.22%) CCTV
3 20 (4.25%) Onboarding
4 14 (2.97%) NHS
5 9 (1.91%) Management Information System
5 9 (1.91%) SCADA
6 7 (1.49%) Data Centre
7 6 (1.27%) CAN bus
7 6 (1.27%) Renewable Energy
7 6 (1.27%) Video Conferencing
8 5 (1.06%) Enterprise Software
8 5 (1.06%) Life Science
9 4 (0.85%) Hybrid Cloud
10 3 (0.64%) Analytical Mindset
10 3 (0.64%) Fibre Optics
10 3 (0.64%) IoT
10 3 (0.64%) Private Cloud
10 3 (0.64%) Replication
10 3 (0.64%) Social Media
10 3 (0.64%) Web Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 91 (19.32%) Windows
2 31 (6.58%) Windows Server
3 24 (5.10%) Linux
4 9 (1.91%) Windows 10
5 7 (1.49%) Apple iOS
6 6 (1.27%) Android
7 4 (0.85%) Mac OS
8 3 (0.64%) Ubuntu
9 2 (0.42%) Windows Server 2012
10 1 (0.21%) Windows 7
10 1 (0.21%) Windows NT
10 1 (0.21%) Windows Server 2016
10 1 (0.21%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 161 (34.18%) Problem-Solving
2 105 (22.29%) Customer Service
3 64 (13.59%) Business Development
4 60 (12.74%) Commercial Awareness
5 59 (12.53%) Continuous Improvement
6 58 (12.31%) CRM
7 52 (11.04%) Decision-Making
8 32 (6.79%) Cybersecurity
8 32 (6.79%) Project Delivery
8 32 (6.79%) Service Delivery
9 31 (6.58%) ITIL
10 30 (6.37%) Mentoring
11 29 (6.16%) Infrastructure Engineering
12 26 (5.52%) Collaborative Working
12 26 (5.52%) Logistics
13 23 (4.88%) Project Management
14 22 (4.67%) Preventative Maintenance
15 20 (4.25%) Time Management
16 18 (3.82%) ERP
17 17 (3.61%) ITSM
Programming Languages
1 10 (2.12%) SQL
2 8 (1.70%) PowerShell
3 6 (1.27%) MATLAB
4 4 (0.85%) Ladder Logic
4 4 (0.85%) Python
Qualifications
1 47 (9.98%) Degree
2 24 (5.10%) Microsoft Certification
3 22 (4.67%) DBS Check
3 22 (4.67%) Security Cleared
4 19 (4.03%) SC Cleared
5 14 (2.97%) CCNA
5 14 (2.97%) Cisco Certification
6 11 (2.34%) City & Guilds
6 11 (2.34%) HND
7 10 (2.12%) HNC
7 10 (2.12%) MCSE
8 9 (1.91%) CCNP
9 8 (1.70%) MCSA
9 8 (1.70%) Microsoft Certified Professional
10 7 (1.49%) Master's Degree
11 6 (1.27%) BPSS Clearance
11 6 (1.27%) Chartered Engineer
12 3 (0.64%) Azure Certification
12 3 (0.64%) Computer Science Degree
12 3 (0.64%) NVQ Level 3
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (3.61%) Cyber Essentials
2 14 (2.97%) QA
3 11 (2.34%) SLA
4 10 (2.12%) GDPR
5 7 (1.49%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 4 (0.85%) ISO 9001
6 4 (0.85%) NIST
7 3 (0.64%) GMP
7 3 (0.64%) ISO/IEC 17025
8 2 (0.42%) California Consumer Privacy Act
8 2 (0.42%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 2 (0.42%) HIPAA
8 2 (0.42%) PCI DSS
8 2 (0.42%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 2 (0.42%) SOC 2
9 1 (0.21%) COSHH
9 1 (0.21%) ISO 14001
System Software
1 52 (11.04%) Active Directory
2 19 (4.03%) Hyper-V
3 11 (2.34%) VMware Infrastructure
4 10 (2.12%) Virtual Desktop
5 7 (1.49%) vSphere
6 6 (1.27%) Virtual Machines
7 4 (0.85%) Docker
8 2 (0.42%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 28 (5.94%) Microsoft Intune
2 10 (2.12%) SCCM
3 4 (0.85%) FortiGate
3 4 (0.85%) Kubernetes
4 3 (0.64%) Galera Cluster
4 3 (0.64%) vCenter Server
5 2 (0.42%) Backup Exec
5 2 (0.42%) Single Sign-On
5 2 (0.42%) WSUS
6 1 (0.21%) BMC PATROL
6 1 (0.21%) Functional Safety
Vendors
1 125 (26.54%) Microsoft
2 20 (4.25%) VMware
3 18 (3.82%) Google
4 17 (3.61%) Cisco
5 12 (2.55%) Sage
6 10 (2.12%) ServiceNow
7 9 (1.91%) Apple
8 8 (1.70%) Draytek
8 8 (1.70%) Mitel
8 8 (1.70%) Oracle
8 8 (1.70%) WatchGuard
9 6 (1.27%) DIgSILENT
9 6 (1.27%) OpenText
9 6 (1.27%) Ubiquiti
9 6 (1.27%) YouTube
10 5 (1.06%) Salesforce
11 4 (0.85%) Fortinet
11 4 (0.85%) SAP
11 4 (0.85%) Xero
11 4 (0.85%) Yealink