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

6 months to
16 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 78 58 76
Rank change year-on-year -20 +18 +88
Permanent jobs citing Driving Licence 247 212 361
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 2.06% 4.40% 3.23%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 7.74% 11.60% 9.48%
Number of salaries quoted 185 83 288
10th Percentile £24,750 £24,000 £23,763
25th Percentile £26,500 £26,375 £25,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £32,500 £30,500 £31,750
Median % change year-on-year +6.56% -3.94% -20.63%
75th Percentile £47,500 £42,500 £46,563
90th Percentile £53,750 £53,750 £57,500
England median annual salary £35,000 £36,500 £31,250
% change year-on-year -4.11% +16.80% -10.71%

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 3,191 1,828 3,808
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 26.67% 37.90% 34.07%
Number of salaries quoted 1,376 1,069 2,690
10th Percentile £26,500 £27,500 £25,750
25th Percentile £32,750 £36,925 £33,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £50,000 £49,500
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% +1.01% -8.33%
75th Percentile £65,000 £63,750 £61,250
90th Percentile £80,000 £73,750 £72,500
England median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year - +9.09% -15.38%

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 16 April 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 16 April 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 -27 131 £30,000 -0.81% 56
West Midlands -17 116 £39,500 +29.51% 78
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 20 (8.10%) SharePoint
2 12 (4.86%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 13 (5.26%) Microsoft Office
2 10 (4.05%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.40%) AutoCAD
3 1 (0.40%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 1 (0.40%) Infor M3
1 1 (0.40%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 91 (36.84%) Microsoft 365
2 32 (12.96%) Azure
3 16 (6.48%) Entra ID
4 11 (4.45%) Google Workspace
5 6 (2.43%) AWS
6 3 (1.21%) Adobe Creative Cloud
7 2 (0.81%) Google Ads
7 2 (0.81%) Google Analytics
7 2 (0.81%) Power Platform
7 2 (0.81%) SaaS
8 1 (0.40%) Azure Monitor
8 1 (0.40%) Azure Storage
8 1 (0.40%) Dynamics 365
8 1 (0.40%) GCP
8 1 (0.40%) Microsoft Purview
8 1 (0.40%) Mimecast
8 1 (0.40%) Nutanix
8 1 (0.40%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 37 (14.98%) DHCP
1 37 (14.98%) DNS
2 27 (10.93%) VPN
3 20 (8.10%) WAN
4 15 (6.07%) Firewall
4 15 (6.07%) Wi-Fi
5 14 (5.67%) TCP/IP
6 12 (4.86%) LAN
6 12 (4.86%) Wireless
7 9 (3.64%) IP Telephony
8 8 (3.24%) SD-WAN
9 6 (2.43%) Broadband
10 5 (2.02%) Internet
11 4 (1.62%) VLAN
11 4 (1.62%) VoIP
11 4 (1.62%) WLAN
12 3 (1.21%) LoRaWAN
12 3 (1.21%) MQTT
12 3 (1.21%) Remote Desktop
12 3 (1.21%) Structured Cabling
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (2.83%) SQL Server
2 3 (1.21%) MySQL
2 3 (1.21%) Neo4j
3 2 (0.81%) Power BI
4 1 (0.40%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 1 (0.40%) Burp Suite
1 1 (0.40%) Metasploit
General
1 98 (39.68%) Social Skills
2 24 (9.72%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 21 (8.50%) Organisational Skills
4 20 (8.10%) Finance
5 19 (7.69%) Analytical Skills
6 18 (7.29%) Marketing
7 14 (5.67%) Multimedia
8 12 (4.86%) Manufacturing
9 11 (4.45%) Legal
9 11 (4.45%) Telecoms
10 10 (4.05%) Public Sector
11 6 (2.43%) Advertising
12 5 (2.02%) Local Government
13 4 (1.62%) Law
14 3 (1.21%) Documentation Skills
14 3 (1.21%) Retail
15 2 (0.81%) Automotive
15 2 (0.81%) Electronics
16 1 (0.40%) Health Technology
16 1 (0.40%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 92 (37.25%) IT Support
2 65 (26.32%) IT Engineer
3 64 (25.91%) Support Engineer
4 57 (23.08%) IT Support Engineer
5 34 (13.77%) Support Technician
6 25 (10.12%) IT Technician
7 24 (9.72%) IT Support Technician
8 15 (6.07%) Analyst
8 15 (6.07%) Technical Support
9 14 (5.67%) Business Development Manager
9 14 (5.67%) Business Manager
9 14 (5.67%) Development Manager
10 12 (4.86%) Consultant
11 11 (4.45%) Trainee
11 11 (4.45%) Trainee IT Support
11 11 (4.45%) Trainee Support Engineer
12 9 (3.64%) Infrastructure Engineer
12 9 (3.64%) IT Analyst
12 9 (3.64%) Lead
13 8 (3.24%) Account Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (0.40%) SAP CAF
Miscellaneous
1 20 (8.10%) Onboarding
2 14 (5.67%) CCTV
3 7 (2.83%) Self-Motivation
4 5 (2.02%) Digital Media
4 5 (2.02%) Web Conferencing
5 4 (1.62%) Enterprise Software
5 4 (1.62%) EPoS
5 4 (1.62%) Management Information System
5 4 (1.62%) NHS
5 4 (1.62%) Social Media
6 3 (1.21%) e-Learning
6 3 (1.21%) IoT
6 3 (1.21%) Learning Management System
6 3 (1.21%) Mobile App
6 3 (1.21%) PDA
6 3 (1.21%) Replication
6 3 (1.21%) SCADA
6 3 (1.21%) SCORM
6 3 (1.21%) Smart Home
6 3 (1.21%) Smartphone
Operating Systems
1 90 (36.44%) Windows
2 39 (15.79%) Windows Server
3 11 (4.45%) Linux
4 7 (2.83%) Windows 10
5 4 (1.62%) Windows Server 2019
6 3 (1.21%) Android
6 3 (1.21%) Apple iOS
6 3 (1.21%) Mac OS
6 3 (1.21%) Ubuntu
7 1 (0.40%) Windows 7
7 1 (0.40%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 101 (40.89%) Problem-Solving
2 78 (31.58%) Customer Service
3 38 (15.38%) Continuous Improvement
4 35 (14.17%) ITIL
5 26 (10.53%) Cybersecurity
5 26 (10.53%) Mentoring
6 21 (8.50%) Collaborative Working
7 20 (8.10%) Incident Management
8 17 (6.88%) Process Improvement
9 15 (6.07%) ITSM
10 14 (5.67%) Business Development
10 14 (5.67%) Collaborative Culture
10 14 (5.67%) Service Delivery
11 13 (5.26%) Logistics
11 13 (5.26%) Project Delivery
11 13 (5.26%) Time Management
12 12 (4.86%) B2B
12 12 (4.86%) ERP
13 11 (4.45%) Mathematics
13 11 (4.45%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 4 (1.62%) SQL
2 2 (0.81%) C
2 2 (0.81%) Ladder Logic
2 2 (0.81%) Python
2 2 (0.81%) VB
2 2 (0.81%) VBA
3 1 (0.40%) C#
3 1 (0.40%) C++
3 1 (0.40%) PHP
Qualifications
1 25 (10.12%) Degree
2 21 (8.50%) Security Cleared
3 15 (6.07%) SC Cleared
4 14 (5.67%) Microsoft Certification
5 11 (4.45%) DBS Check
6 8 (3.24%) HND
7 7 (2.83%) BPSS Clearance
8 5 (2.02%) HNC
9 4 (1.62%) CCNA
9 4 (1.62%) CCNP
9 4 (1.62%) Cisco Certification
9 4 (1.62%) MCSA
9 4 (1.62%) MCSE
9 4 (1.62%) Microsoft Certified Professional
10 2 (0.81%) ITIL Certification
10 2 (0.81%) Master's Degree
11 1 (0.40%) Azure Certification
11 1 (0.40%) CHECK Team Member
11 1 (0.40%) City & Guilds
11 1 (0.40%) CREST Certified
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (5.26%) Cyber Essentials
2 11 (4.45%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 9 (3.64%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 5 (2.02%) SLA
5 4 (1.62%) Data Quality
6 3 (1.21%) GDPR
6 3 (1.21%) NIST
6 3 (1.21%) PMO
7 2 (0.81%) California Consumer Privacy Act
7 2 (0.81%) HIPAA
7 2 (0.81%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 2 (0.81%) SOC 2
8 1 (0.40%) GRC
8 1 (0.40%) HL7
8 1 (0.40%) IEC 61508
System Software
1 53 (21.46%) Active Directory
2 8 (3.24%) Hyper-V
3 7 (2.83%) VMware Infrastructure
4 4 (1.62%) vSphere
5 1 (0.40%) Firmware
5 1 (0.40%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 17 (6.88%) Microsoft Intune
2 4 (1.62%) SCCM
3 3 (1.21%) Galera Cluster
3 3 (1.21%) vCenter Server
4 2 (0.81%) Nagios
5 1 (0.40%) Functional Safety
5 1 (0.40%) Nessus
5 1 (0.40%) Nmap
5 1 (0.40%) Symantec Endpoint Protection
Vendors
1 85 (34.41%) Microsoft
2 14 (5.67%) Cisco
3 13 (5.26%) Google
4 11 (4.45%) Apple
4 11 (4.45%) Fortinet
4 11 (4.45%) Fujitsu
4 11 (4.45%) Virgin Media
4 11 (4.45%) VMware
5 9 (3.64%) OpenText
5 9 (3.64%) Sage
6 8 (3.24%) ConnectWise
7 7 (2.83%) Meraki
8 5 (2.02%) Draytek
9 4 (1.62%) Mitel
9 4 (1.62%) ServiceNow
9 4 (1.62%) WatchGuard
10 3 (1.21%) Adobe
10 3 (1.21%) HP
10 3 (1.21%) Salesforce
10 3 (1.21%) SAP