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

6 months to
19 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 57 23 105
Rank change year-on-year -34 +82 +33
Permanent jobs citing Driving Licence 348 404 230
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 2.40% 6.98% 2.15%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 11.51% 16.32% 7.62%
Number of salaries quoted 244 184 107
10th Percentile £25,155 £24,461 £24,500
25th Percentile £29,563 £27,750 £26,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £38,500 £31,500 £31,000
Median % change year-on-year +22.22% +1.61% -27.06%
75th Percentile £48,750 £42,813 £37,500
90th Percentile £57,125 £58,000 £50,000
England median annual salary £38,500 £37,000 £32,500
% change year-on-year +4.05% +13.85% -1.52%

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 3,023 2,475 3,020
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 20.81% 42.75% 28.21%
Number of salaries quoted 2,021 1,262 1,622
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,375 £27,500
25th Percentile £36,750 £31,250 £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 £61,438 £63,678
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 19 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 19 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 -31 195 £37,500 +17.19% 108
West Midlands +20 153 £39,000 +27.87% 145
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 (3.74%) SharePoint
2 9 (2.59%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (0.57%) ArchestrA
3 2 (0.57%) IIS
4 1 (0.29%) CMS
Applications
1 33 (9.48%) Microsoft Office
2 6 (1.72%) AutoCAD
2 6 (1.72%) Microsoft Excel
3 5 (1.44%) Microsoft Project
4 3 (0.86%) Spreadsheet
5 2 (0.57%) Simulink
6 1 (0.29%) Adobe Premiere
6 1 (0.29%) CapCut
6 1 (0.29%) Siemens NX
Business Applications
1 5 (1.44%) Oracle ERP
1 5 (1.44%) Salesforce CRM
2 3 (0.86%) Dynamics CRM
3 2 (0.57%) Infor CloudSuite Industrial (formerly SyteLine)
3 2 (0.57%) Infor LN
3 2 (0.57%) MFGPRO
3 2 (0.57%) Sage X3
4 1 (0.29%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 58 (16.67%) Microsoft 365
2 31 (8.91%) Azure
3 19 (5.46%) Entra ID
4 9 (2.59%) Google Workspace
5 5 (1.44%) Power Platform
6 4 (1.15%) SaaS
7 3 (0.86%) AWS
7 3 (0.86%) Power Automate
7 3 (0.86%) PowerApps
8 2 (0.57%) Azure Sentinel
8 2 (0.57%) Microsoft Copilot
8 2 (0.57%) 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 (10.06%) Wireless
2 12 (3.45%) Firewall
2 12 (3.45%) VLAN
3 11 (3.16%) DHCP
3 11 (3.16%) DNS
4 10 (2.87%) Broadband
4 10 (2.87%) Internet
4 10 (2.87%) TCP/IP
5 9 (2.59%) VPN
6 8 (2.30%) WAN
7 7 (2.01%) SD-WAN
8 4 (1.15%) LoRaWAN
8 4 (1.15%) MQTT
8 4 (1.15%) Structured Cabling
8 4 (1.15%) Wi-Fi
9 3 (0.86%) Ethernet
9 3 (0.86%) LAN
9 3 (0.86%) Modbus
9 3 (0.86%) Profibus
10 2 (0.57%) Software-Defined Networking
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (1.44%) Power BI
2 4 (1.15%) MySQL
2 4 (1.15%) Neo4j
2 4 (1.15%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 7 (2.01%) JIRA
2 2 (0.57%) GitLab
3 1 (0.29%) LabVIEW
General
1 155 (44.54%) Social Skills
2 62 (17.82%) Finance
3 48 (13.79%) Law
4 47 (13.51%) Telecoms
5 37 (10.63%) Military
6 36 (10.34%) Back Office
7 31 (8.91%) Analytical Skills
8 29 (8.33%) Organisational Skills
9 22 (6.32%) Manufacturing
10 16 (4.60%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 16 (4.60%) Marketing
11 9 (2.59%) Legal
12 8 (2.30%) Advertising
12 8 (2.30%) Retail
13 5 (1.44%) Cantonese Language
13 5 (1.44%) Mandarin Language
13 5 (1.44%) Public Sector
14 4 (1.15%) Hindi Language
14 4 (1.15%) Local Government
14 4 (1.15%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 59 (16.95%) IT Support
2 48 (13.79%) Business Development Manager
2 48 (13.79%) Business Manager
2 48 (13.79%) Development Manager
2 48 (13.79%) Support Engineer
3 44 (12.64%) Project Manager
4 30 (8.62%) IT Technician
5 29 (8.33%) IT Engineer
6 27 (7.76%) Technical Support
7 26 (7.47%) IT Support Engineer
8 24 (6.90%) Support Technician
9 22 (6.32%) Technical Engineer
9 22 (6.32%) Technical Support Engineer
10 21 (6.03%) IT Support Technician
11 20 (5.75%) Analyst
12 17 (4.89%) Network Engineer
13 12 (3.45%) Systems Engineer
14 11 (3.16%) Sales Executive
15 10 (2.87%) Lead
16 9 (2.59%) Account Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (0.86%) JSON
2 1 (0.29%) SAP CAF
Miscellaneous
1 42 (12.07%) Self-Motivation
2 17 (4.89%) CCTV
3 8 (2.30%) Onboarding
3 8 (2.30%) SCADA
4 7 (2.01%) Management Information System
5 5 (1.44%) Data Centre
5 5 (1.44%) Life Science
6 4 (1.15%) IoT
6 4 (1.15%) NHS
6 4 (1.15%) Replication
7 3 (0.86%) Enterprise Software
7 3 (0.86%) Fibre Optics
7 3 (0.86%) Renewable Energy
7 3 (0.86%) Social Media
7 3 (0.86%) Web Conferencing
8 2 (0.57%) Client/Server
8 2 (0.57%) Cyber Threat
8 2 (0.57%) EPoS
8 2 (0.57%) Operational Technology
8 2 (0.57%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 64 (18.39%) Windows
2 16 (4.60%) Windows Server
3 11 (3.16%) Linux
4 7 (2.01%) Apple iOS
5 6 (1.72%) Windows 10
6 5 (1.44%) Android
7 4 (1.15%) Mac OS
7 4 (1.15%) 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 (35.06%) Problem-Solving
2 68 (19.54%) Customer Service
3 55 (15.80%) Continuous Improvement
4 51 (14.66%) Business Development
5 47 (13.51%) Commercial Awareness
6 27 (7.76%) CRM
6 27 (7.76%) Decision-Making
7 24 (6.90%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 22 (6.32%) ITIL
9 21 (6.03%) Collaborative Working
9 21 (6.03%) Project Delivery
10 19 (5.46%) Mentoring
11 18 (5.17%) Root Cause Analysis
11 18 (5.17%) Time Management
12 17 (4.89%) Service Delivery
13 15 (4.31%) Cybersecurity
14 14 (4.02%) Logistics
15 13 (3.74%) ERP
15 13 (3.74%) Project Management
15 13 (3.74%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 7 (2.01%) SQL
2 4 (1.15%) Ladder Logic
2 4 (1.15%) Python
3 3 (0.86%) PowerShell
4 2 (0.57%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 28 (8.05%) Degree
2 21 (6.03%) DBS Check
3 19 (5.46%) Security Cleared
4 15 (4.31%) SC Cleared
5 10 (2.87%) Microsoft Certification
6 5 (1.44%) CCNA
6 5 (1.44%) Cisco Certification
6 5 (1.44%) City & Guilds
7 3 (0.86%) HNC
7 3 (0.86%) HND
8 2 (0.57%) BPSS Clearance
8 2 (0.57%) Chartered Engineer
8 2 (0.57%) CompTIA Security+
8 2 (0.57%) Master's Degree
8 2 (0.57%) MCSE
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 9 (2.59%) QA
2 8 (2.30%) SLA
3 7 (2.01%) GDPR
4 6 (1.72%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 5 (1.44%) Cyber Essentials
5 5 (1.44%) NIST
6 3 (0.86%) California Consumer Privacy Act
6 3 (0.86%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 3 (0.86%) HIPAA
6 3 (0.86%) ISO/IEC 17025
6 3 (0.86%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 3 (0.86%) SOC 2
7 2 (0.57%) GMP
7 2 (0.57%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 43 (12.36%) Active Directory
2 8 (2.30%) VMware Infrastructure
3 7 (2.01%) Virtual Desktop
3 7 (2.01%) vSphere
4 5 (1.44%) Hyper-V
5 3 (0.86%) Firmware
5 3 (0.86%) Virtual Machines
6 1 (0.29%) Docker
Systems Management
1 10 (2.87%) Microsoft Intune
2 8 (2.30%) SCCM
3 4 (1.15%) FortiGate
3 4 (1.15%) Galera Cluster
3 4 (1.15%) vCenter Server
4 3 (0.86%) Terraform
5 2 (0.57%) WSUS
6 1 (0.29%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 84 (24.14%) Microsoft
2 11 (3.16%) Google
3 10 (2.87%) Sage
4 9 (2.59%) Cisco
5 8 (2.30%) Apple
5 8 (2.30%) Oracle
5 8 (2.30%) VMware
6 7 (2.01%) ServiceNow
7 6 (1.72%) OpenText
7 6 (1.72%) Salesforce
8 4 (1.15%) SAP
9 3 (0.86%) ConnectWise
9 3 (0.86%) ESET
9 3 (0.86%) Ubiquiti
10 2 (0.57%) DIgSILENT
10 2 (0.57%) FIS
10 2 (0.57%) Palo Alto
10 2 (0.57%) SYSPRO
10 2 (0.57%) Xero
10 2 (0.57%) YouTube