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

6 months to
9 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 75 26 83
Rank change year-on-year -49 +57 +78
Permanent jobs citing Driving Licence 265 353 351
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 2.05% 6.95% 3.01%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 8.01% 16.52% 9.02%
Number of salaries quoted 191 110 279
10th Percentile £25,250 £24,461 £23,500
25th Percentile £26,750 £27,750 £24,823
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 £30,500 £31,500
Median % change year-on-year +14.75% -3.17% -28.38%
75th Percentile £48,750 £40,000 £45,625
90th Percentile £55,000 £56,375 £57,500
England median annual salary £37,000 £37,500 £31,250
% change year-on-year -1.33% +20.00% -9.93%

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 3,307 2,137 3,892
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 25.59% 42.10% 33.32%
Number of salaries quoted 1,497 1,076 2,666
10th Percentile £27,694 £27,000 £25,750
25th Percentile £35,750 £33,938 £33,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £49,500 £47,500 £49,745
Median % change year-on-year +4.21% -4.51% -6.58%
75th Percentile £65,000 £62,500 £61,250
90th Percentile £80,000 £73,750 £73,750
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 9 May 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 9 May 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 -45 135 £28,500 -9.52% 48
West Midlands +5 130 £42,500 +39.34% 75
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 15 (5.66%) SharePoint
2 12 (4.53%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (0.38%) ArchestrA
Applications
1 19 (7.17%) Microsoft Office
2 6 (2.26%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.75%) Spreadsheet
4 1 (0.38%) AutoCAD
4 1 (0.38%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 1 (0.38%) Dynamics CRM
1 1 (0.38%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 75 (28.30%) Microsoft 365
2 25 (9.43%) Azure
3 11 (4.15%) Google Workspace
4 10 (3.77%) Entra ID
5 3 (1.13%) Adobe Creative Cloud
5 3 (1.13%) SaaS
6 2 (0.75%) AWS
6 2 (0.75%) Power Platform
7 1 (0.38%) Azure Monitor
7 1 (0.38%) Azure Storage
7 1 (0.38%) GCP
7 1 (0.38%) Microsoft Purview
7 1 (0.38%) Nutanix
7 1 (0.38%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 32 (12.08%) DHCP
1 32 (12.08%) DNS
2 30 (11.32%) Wireless
3 24 (9.06%) VPN
3 24 (9.06%) WAN
4 15 (5.66%) TCP/IP
5 14 (5.28%) Wi-Fi
6 12 (4.53%) LAN
6 12 (4.53%) SD-WAN
7 11 (4.15%) VLAN
8 10 (3.77%) Internet
9 9 (3.40%) Broadband
9 9 (3.40%) Firewall
10 5 (1.89%) IP Telephony
10 5 (1.89%) Structured Cabling
11 4 (1.51%) VoIP
11 4 (1.51%) WLAN
12 3 (1.13%) LoRaWAN
12 3 (1.13%) MQTT
13 2 (0.75%) Remote Desktop
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (2.26%) SQL Server
2 3 (1.13%) MySQL
2 3 (1.13%) Neo4j
3 2 (0.75%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 1 (0.38%) Burp Suite
1 1 (0.38%) JIRA
1 1 (0.38%) Metasploit
General
1 101 (38.11%) Social Skills
2 29 (10.94%) Finance
3 27 (10.19%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 23 (8.68%) Analytical Skills
5 19 (7.17%) Organisational Skills
6 16 (6.04%) Telecoms
7 14 (5.28%) Law
7 14 (5.28%) Marketing
7 14 (5.28%) Multimedia
8 9 (3.40%) Back Office
8 9 (3.40%) Legal
8 9 (3.40%) Military
8 9 (3.40%) Public Sector
9 6 (2.26%) Advertising
9 6 (2.26%) Manufacturing
10 5 (1.89%) Documentation Skills
10 5 (1.89%) Local Government
11 4 (1.51%) Retail
12 2 (0.75%) Automotive
12 2 (0.75%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 80 (30.19%) IT Support
2 64 (24.15%) Support Engineer
3 58 (21.89%) IT Engineer
4 49 (18.49%) IT Support Engineer
5 31 (11.70%) Support Technician
6 25 (9.43%) IT Technician
7 24 (9.06%) IT Support Technician
8 23 (8.68%) Technical Support
9 19 (7.17%) Business Development Manager
9 19 (7.17%) Business Manager
9 19 (7.17%) Development Manager
10 16 (6.04%) Analyst
11 15 (5.66%) Project Manager
11 15 (5.66%) Technical Engineer
11 15 (5.66%) Technical Support Engineer
12 12 (4.53%) Consultant
13 11 (4.15%) Lead
13 11 (4.15%) Trainee
13 11 (4.15%) Trainee IT Support
13 11 (4.15%) Trainee Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (0.38%) SAP CAF
Miscellaneous
1 18 (6.79%) Onboarding
2 16 (6.04%) CCTV
3 9 (3.40%) Self-Motivation
4 6 (2.26%) Management Information System
5 5 (1.89%) NHS
5 5 (1.89%) Web Conferencing
6 4 (1.51%) Enterprise Software
7 3 (1.13%) Digital Media
7 3 (1.13%) e-Learning
7 3 (1.13%) IoT
7 3 (1.13%) Learning Management System
7 3 (1.13%) Replication
7 3 (1.13%) SCADA
7 3 (1.13%) SCORM
7 3 (1.13%) Smart Home
8 2 (0.75%) Client/Server
8 2 (0.75%) Fibre Optics
8 2 (0.75%) Social Media
9 1 (0.38%) EPoS
9 1 (0.38%) Handset
Operating Systems
1 78 (29.43%) Windows
2 33 (12.45%) Windows Server
3 6 (2.26%) Linux
4 4 (1.51%) Android
4 4 (1.51%) Apple iOS
4 4 (1.51%) Windows 10
4 4 (1.51%) Windows Server 2019
5 3 (1.13%) Ubuntu
6 1 (0.38%) Mac OS
6 1 (0.38%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 102 (38.49%) Problem-Solving
2 64 (24.15%) Customer Service
3 44 (16.60%) Continuous Improvement
4 26 (9.81%) ITIL
5 25 (9.43%) Mentoring
6 21 (7.92%) Cybersecurity
7 19 (7.17%) Business Development
8 18 (6.79%) Collaborative Working
8 18 (6.79%) Logistics
9 17 (6.42%) Root Cause Analysis
10 16 (6.04%) Incident Management
11 14 (5.28%) Collaborative Culture
11 14 (5.28%) Decision-Making
11 14 (5.28%) Service Delivery
12 13 (4.91%) Project Delivery
13 12 (4.53%) B2B
13 12 (4.53%) CRM
14 11 (4.15%) Infrastructure Engineering
14 11 (4.15%) Time Management
15 10 (3.77%) Process Improvement
Programming Languages
1 4 (1.51%) SQL
2 2 (0.75%) Python
3 1 (0.38%) C
3 1 (0.38%) Ladder Logic
Qualifications
1 22 (8.30%) Security Cleared
2 21 (7.92%) Degree
3 19 (7.17%) DBS Check
4 18 (6.79%) SC Cleared
5 10 (3.77%) Microsoft Certification
6 7 (2.64%) BPSS Clearance
7 4 (1.51%) HND
8 2 (0.75%) CCNA
8 2 (0.75%) Cisco Certification
8 2 (0.75%) CompTIA Security+
8 2 (0.75%) HNC
8 2 (0.75%) ITIL Certification
8 2 (0.75%) Master's Degree
9 1 (0.38%) Azure Certification
9 1 (0.38%) CHECK Team Member
9 1 (0.38%) CISM
9 1 (0.38%) City & Guilds
9 1 (0.38%) CREST Certified
9 1 (0.38%) GPEN
9 1 (0.38%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (5.28%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 11 (4.15%) Cyber Essentials
3 9 (3.40%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 5 (1.89%) GDPR
5 4 (1.51%) NIST
5 4 (1.51%) SLA
6 3 (1.13%) California Consumer Privacy Act
6 3 (1.13%) Data Quality
6 3 (1.13%) HIPAA
6 3 (1.13%) QA
6 3 (1.13%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 3 (1.13%) SOC 2
7 2 (0.75%) PCI DSS
8 1 (0.38%) GRC
8 1 (0.38%) HL7
8 1 (0.38%) IEC 61508
System Software
1 49 (18.49%) Active Directory
2 5 (1.89%) VMware Infrastructure
3 4 (1.51%) vSphere
4 3 (1.13%) Firmware
4 3 (1.13%) Hyper-V
5 1 (0.38%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 10 (3.77%) Microsoft Intune
2 3 (1.13%) Galera Cluster
2 3 (1.13%) SCCM
2 3 (1.13%) vCenter Server
3 2 (0.75%) FortiGate
3 2 (0.75%) Nagios
4 1 (0.38%) Functional Safety
4 1 (0.38%) Nessus
4 1 (0.38%) Nmap
Vendors
1 73 (27.55%) Microsoft
2 13 (4.91%) Cisco
2 13 (4.91%) Fortinet
3 11 (4.15%) Fujitsu
3 11 (4.15%) Google
3 11 (4.15%) Virgin Media
4 8 (3.02%) ConnectWise
5 7 (2.64%) Apple
5 7 (2.64%) Meraki
5 7 (2.64%) OpenText
5 7 (2.64%) Sage
6 5 (1.89%) VMware
7 3 (1.13%) Adobe
7 3 (1.13%) ESET
7 3 (1.13%) Salesforce
7 3 (1.13%) ServiceNow
7 3 (1.13%) Ubiquiti
8 2 (0.75%) Palo Alto
8 2 (0.75%) SolarWinds
8 2 (0.75%) TP-LINK