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 November 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 52 60 77
Rank change year-on-year +8 +17 +4
Permanent jobs citing Driving Licence 262 331 166
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 4.35% 3.79% 3.38%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 14.11% 12.46% 8.72%
Number of salaries quoted 203 48 130
10th Percentile £24,500 £23,850 £23,950
25th Percentile £26,250 £27,750 £25,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £30,000 £32,500 £30,680
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% +5.93% -23.30%
75th Percentile £42,375 £46,517 £50,375
90th Percentile £48,750 £54,875 £57,500
England median annual salary £35,000 £36,783 £32,500
% change year-on-year -4.85% +13.18% -9.72%

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 1,857 2,657 1,903
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 30.81% 30.46% 38.73%
Number of salaries quoted 1,195 1,078 1,383
10th Percentile £25,750 £32,000 £27,100
25th Percentile £29,750 £40,000 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £54,000 £52,170
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% +3.51% +2.29%
75th Percentile £65,000 £66,650 £65,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £76,359 £75,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -8.33% -4.00% -2.34%

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 November 2025.

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 November 2025. 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 +35 153 £28,500 -12.31% 64
West Midlands -13 109 £33,000 +1.54% 97
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 18 (6.87%) SharePoint
2 11 (4.20%) Microsoft Exchange
3 6 (2.29%) WinCC
4 4 (1.53%) Confluence
4 4 (1.53%) FactoryTalk
5 2 (0.76%) ArchestrA
6 1 (0.38%) ArcGIS
Applications
1 21 (8.02%) Microsoft Office
2 17 (6.49%) Microsoft Excel
3 4 (1.53%) CATIA
4 1 (0.38%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 1 (0.38%) Dynamics NAV
1 1 (0.38%) Infor M3
1 1 (0.38%) Magento
1 1 (0.38%) Sage 200
1 1 (0.38%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 91 (34.73%) Microsoft 365
2 49 (18.70%) Azure
3 15 (5.73%) Entra ID
4 14 (5.34%) AWS
5 4 (1.53%) SaaS
6 3 (1.15%) Power Platform
7 2 (0.76%) Azure Sentinel
7 2 (0.76%) Dynamics 365
7 2 (0.76%) Google Ads
7 2 (0.76%) Google Analytics
8 1 (0.38%) BigCommerce
8 1 (0.38%) Google Drive
8 1 (0.38%) Mimecast
8 1 (0.38%) OneDrive
8 1 (0.38%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 39 (14.89%) DNS
2 33 (12.60%) DHCP
3 31 (11.83%) Firewall
4 19 (7.25%) Wi-Fi
5 17 (6.49%) WAN
6 16 (6.11%) VPN
7 15 (5.73%) LAN
8 13 (4.96%) Structured Cabling
8 13 (4.96%) TCP/IP
9 9 (3.44%) VLAN
10 7 (2.67%) 3G
10 7 (2.67%) 4G
10 7 (2.67%) ADSL
10 7 (2.67%) Broadband
10 7 (2.67%) IP Telephony
11 6 (2.29%) Modbus
12 5 (1.91%) SAN
13 3 (1.15%) Ethernet
13 3 (1.15%) PSTN
13 3 (1.15%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (1.53%) SQL Server
2 3 (1.15%) Power BI
3 2 (0.76%) Big Data
4 1 (0.38%) Geospatial Data
4 1 (0.38%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 4 (1.53%) JIRA
2 2 (0.76%) RStudio
General
1 110 (41.98%) Social Skills
2 27 (10.31%) Manufacturing
3 26 (9.92%) Marketing
3 26 (9.92%) Telecoms
4 24 (9.16%) Analytical Skills
5 22 (8.40%) Finance
6 19 (7.25%) Legal
7 15 (5.73%) Retail
8 13 (4.96%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 12 (4.58%) Public Sector
10 9 (3.44%) Advertising
10 9 (3.44%) Organisational Skills
11 8 (3.05%) Pharmaceutical
12 7 (2.67%) Electronics
13 6 (2.29%) Law
13 6 (2.29%) Military
14 5 (1.91%) Documentation Skills
15 3 (1.15%) Billing
16 2 (0.76%) Presentation Skills
17 1 (0.38%) Police
Job Titles
1 92 (35.11%) IT Support
2 72 (27.48%) Support Engineer
3 52 (19.85%) IT Engineer
4 51 (19.47%) IT Support Engineer
5 27 (10.31%) Technical Engineer
6 26 (9.92%) Support Technician
7 17 (6.49%) Senior
7 17 (6.49%) Technical Support
7 17 (6.49%) Technical Support Engineer
8 16 (6.11%) 2nd Line Support
8 16 (6.11%) Analyst
9 14 (5.34%) 1st Line Support
10 13 (4.96%) Cabling Engineer
10 13 (4.96%) Data Engineer
11 12 (4.58%) IT Analyst
11 12 (4.58%) IT Support Analyst
11 12 (4.58%) IT Support Technician
11 12 (4.58%) IT Technician
11 12 (4.58%) Support Analyst
12 10 (3.82%) Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (1.53%) EDI
Miscellaneous
1 29 (11.07%) Onboarding
2 17 (6.49%) Self-Motivation
3 13 (4.96%) Renewable Energy
4 12 (4.58%) SCADA
5 10 (3.82%) e-Learning
6 9 (3.44%) CCTV
7 7 (2.67%) Operational Technology
8 6 (2.29%) EPoS
8 6 (2.29%) PDA
9 5 (1.91%) FMCG
10 4 (1.53%) Legacy Systems
10 4 (1.53%) NHS
11 3 (1.15%) Enterprise Software
11 3 (1.15%) Smartphone
11 3 (1.15%) Web Conferencing
12 2 (0.76%) Digital Media
12 2 (0.76%) Fibre Optics
12 2 (0.76%) Mobile App
12 2 (0.76%) Social Media
13 1 (0.38%) iSeries
Operating Systems
1 98 (37.40%) Windows
2 53 (20.23%) Windows Server
3 19 (7.25%) Linux
4 5 (1.91%) Mac OS X
4 5 (1.91%) Windows 10
5 4 (1.53%) Windows Server 2016
5 4 (1.53%) Windows Server 2019
6 3 (1.15%) Mac OS
7 2 (0.76%) Windows Server 2012
8 1 (0.38%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 108 (41.22%) Problem-Solving
2 105 (40.08%) Customer Service
3 32 (12.21%) Cybersecurity
4 28 (10.69%) Incident Management
5 21 (8.02%) ERP
5 21 (8.02%) ITIL
6 20 (7.63%) Project Management
7 17 (6.49%) Continuous Improvement
7 17 (6.49%) Mentoring
8 15 (5.73%) Process Improvement
8 15 (5.73%) User Experience
9 14 (5.34%) Mathematics
9 14 (5.34%) Service Delivery
10 13 (4.96%) Collaborative Working
10 13 (4.96%) ITSM
10 13 (4.96%) Service Management
11 11 (4.20%) Logistics
11 11 (4.20%) Time Management
12 10 (3.82%) Business Intelligence
12 10 (3.82%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 6 (2.29%) SQL
2 5 (1.91%) PowerShell
3 3 (1.15%) C
3 3 (1.15%) Ladder Logic
4 2 (0.76%) VB
4 2 (0.76%) VBA
5 1 (0.38%) C#
5 1 (0.38%) C++
5 1 (0.38%) PHP
Qualifications
1 31 (11.83%) Security Cleared
2 28 (10.69%) Degree
3 17 (6.49%) Microsoft Certification
4 13 (4.96%) HND
5 12 (4.58%) MCP
5 12 (4.58%) MCSA
5 12 (4.58%) MCSE
6 11 (4.20%) HNC
7 10 (3.82%) CCNA
7 10 (3.82%) Cisco Certification
8 7 (2.67%) CCNP
8 7 (2.67%) City & Guilds
8 7 (2.67%) DBS Check
9 5 (1.91%) Computer Science Degree
9 5 (1.91%) SC Cleared
10 4 (1.53%) BPSS Clearance
11 2 (0.76%) PRINCE2 Certification
12 1 (0.38%) A+ Certification
12 1 (0.38%) CISM
12 1 (0.38%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (3.82%) QA
2 8 (3.05%) Cyber Essentials
3 7 (2.67%) Accessibility
4 6 (2.29%) IEC 61508
4 6 (2.29%) SLA
5 5 (1.91%) IEC 61131
5 5 (1.91%) PMO
6 3 (1.15%) Data Quality
7 2 (0.76%) ISO 9001
7 2 (0.76%) ISO/IEC 20000
7 2 (0.76%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 1 (0.38%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 1 (0.38%) HL7
8 1 (0.38%) ISO 22301
8 1 (0.38%) ISO/IEC 17025
8 1 (0.38%) NIST
System Software
1 78 (29.77%) Active Directory
2 23 (8.78%) Hyper-V
3 17 (6.49%) VMware Infrastructure
4 4 (1.53%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 15 (5.73%) Microsoft Intune
2 6 (2.29%) SCCM
3 4 (1.53%) FortiGate
4 3 (1.15%) Autotask
5 1 (0.38%) EnCase
5 1 (0.38%) Symantec Endpoint Protection
Vendors
1 93 (35.50%) Microsoft
2 26 (9.92%) VMware
3 18 (6.87%) SAP
4 15 (5.73%) Cisco
5 10 (3.82%) Siemens
6 8 (3.05%) Rockwell
7 7 (2.67%) Apple
7 7 (2.67%) Draytek
7 7 (2.67%) HP
7 7 (2.67%) Mitel
7 7 (2.67%) WatchGuard
8 6 (2.29%) Sage
9 5 (1.91%) OpenText
10 4 (1.53%) BT
10 4 (1.53%) Fortinet
10 4 (1.53%) QAD
10 4 (1.53%) ServiceNow
10 4 (1.53%) SonicWALL
11 3 (1.15%) Aruba
11 3 (1.15%) Juniper