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

6 months to
29 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 77 26 75
Rank change year-on-year -51 +49 +86
Permanent jobs citing Driving Licence 255 325 355
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 2.02% 6.51% 3.09%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 7.75% 16.68% 9.29%
Number of salaries quoted 190 94 280
10th Percentile £24,750 £24,138 £23,500
25th Percentile £26,750 £27,476 £24,840
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £32,500 £30,500 £31,250
Median % change year-on-year +6.56% -2.40% -34.21%
75th Percentile £47,500 £38,750 £47,500
90th Percentile £53,750 £52,625 £57,500
England median annual salary £35,000 £37,250 £31,250
% change year-on-year -6.04% +19.20% -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 3,290 1,949 3,821
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 26.00% 39.03% 33.29%
Number of salaries quoted 1,452 1,070 2,654
10th Percentile £27,000 £27,250 £25,750
25th Percentile £35,000 £35,125 £33,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,500 £48,000 £49,357
Median % change year-on-year +1.04% -2.75% -8.60%
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 29 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 29 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 -52 132 £29,250 -7.14% 50
West Midlands -25 123 £42,500 +39.34% 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 16 (6.27%) SharePoint
2 12 (4.71%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (0.39%) ArchestrA
Applications
1 19 (7.45%) Microsoft Office
2 10 (3.92%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.39%) AutoCAD
3 1 (0.39%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 1 (0.39%) Infor M3
1 1 (0.39%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 84 (32.94%) Microsoft 365
2 29 (11.37%) Azure
3 13 (5.10%) Entra ID
4 11 (4.31%) Google Workspace
5 4 (1.57%) AWS
6 3 (1.18%) Adobe Creative Cloud
7 2 (0.78%) Power Platform
7 2 (0.78%) SaaS
8 1 (0.39%) Azure Monitor
8 1 (0.39%) Azure Storage
8 1 (0.39%) Dynamics 365
8 1 (0.39%) GCP
8 1 (0.39%) Google Ads
8 1 (0.39%) Google Analytics
8 1 (0.39%) Microsoft Purview
8 1 (0.39%) Mimecast
8 1 (0.39%) Nutanix
8 1 (0.39%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 34 (13.33%) DHCP
1 34 (13.33%) DNS
2 27 (10.59%) VPN
3 25 (9.80%) Wireless
4 23 (9.02%) WAN
5 16 (6.27%) TCP/IP
6 15 (5.88%) Wi-Fi
7 12 (4.71%) Firewall
7 12 (4.71%) LAN
8 11 (4.31%) SD-WAN
9 8 (3.14%) Broadband
9 8 (3.14%) Internet
9 8 (3.14%) VLAN
10 7 (2.75%) IP Telephony
11 4 (1.57%) Structured Cabling
11 4 (1.57%) VoIP
11 4 (1.57%) WLAN
12 3 (1.18%) LoRaWAN
12 3 (1.18%) MQTT
12 3 (1.18%) Remote Desktop
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (2.75%) SQL Server
2 3 (1.18%) MySQL
2 3 (1.18%) Neo4j
3 2 (0.78%) Power BI
4 1 (0.39%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 1 (0.39%) Burp Suite
1 1 (0.39%) Metasploit
General
1 92 (36.08%) Social Skills
2 24 (9.41%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 22 (8.63%) Analytical Skills
4 20 (7.84%) Finance
4 20 (7.84%) Organisational Skills
5 14 (5.49%) Marketing
5 14 (5.49%) Multimedia
6 10 (3.92%) Legal
7 9 (3.53%) Manufacturing
8 8 (3.14%) Public Sector
9 7 (2.75%) Advertising
9 7 (2.75%) Telecoms
10 5 (1.96%) Documentation Skills
10 5 (1.96%) Local Government
11 4 (1.57%) Law
12 3 (1.18%) Retail
13 2 (0.78%) Automotive
13 2 (0.78%) Presentation Skills
14 1 (0.39%) Digital Healthcare
14 1 (0.39%) Health Technology
Job Titles
1 88 (34.51%) IT Support
2 67 (26.27%) Support Engineer
3 61 (23.92%) IT Engineer
4 54 (21.18%) IT Support Engineer
5 33 (12.94%) Support Technician
6 26 (10.20%) IT Technician
7 25 (9.80%) IT Support Technician
8 21 (8.24%) Technical Support
9 18 (7.06%) Analyst
9 18 (7.06%) Business Development Manager
9 18 (7.06%) Business Manager
9 18 (7.06%) Development Manager
10 13 (5.10%) Consultant
10 13 (5.10%) Technical Engineer
10 13 (5.10%) Technical Support Engineer
11 11 (4.31%) Trainee
11 11 (4.31%) Trainee IT Support
11 11 (4.31%) Trainee Support Engineer
12 10 (3.92%) Lead
13 9 (3.53%) IT Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (0.39%) SAP CAF
Miscellaneous
1 20 (7.84%) Onboarding
2 17 (6.67%) CCTV
3 6 (2.35%) Self-Motivation
4 5 (1.96%) NHS
4 5 (1.96%) Web Conferencing
5 4 (1.57%) Digital Media
5 4 (1.57%) Enterprise Software
5 4 (1.57%) Management Information System
5 4 (1.57%) SCADA
6 3 (1.18%) e-Learning
6 3 (1.18%) IoT
6 3 (1.18%) Learning Management System
6 3 (1.18%) Replication
6 3 (1.18%) SCORM
6 3 (1.18%) Smart Home
6 3 (1.18%) Social Media
7 2 (0.78%) Client/Server
7 2 (0.78%) Fibre Optics
7 2 (0.78%) Mobile App
7 2 (0.78%) Smartphone
Operating Systems
1 85 (33.33%) Windows
2 38 (14.90%) Windows Server
3 7 (2.75%) Linux
4 5 (1.96%) Windows 10
5 4 (1.57%) Windows Server 2019
6 3 (1.18%) Android
6 3 (1.18%) Apple iOS
6 3 (1.18%) Ubuntu
7 1 (0.39%) Mac OS
7 1 (0.39%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 103 (40.39%) Problem-Solving
2 70 (27.45%) Customer Service
3 44 (17.25%) Continuous Improvement
4 30 (11.76%) ITIL
5 26 (10.20%) Mentoring
6 22 (8.63%) Cybersecurity
7 19 (7.45%) Collaborative Working
8 18 (7.06%) Business Development
9 17 (6.67%) Incident Management
10 15 (5.88%) Time Management
11 14 (5.49%) Collaborative Culture
11 14 (5.49%) Logistics
11 14 (5.49%) Process Improvement
11 14 (5.49%) Project Delivery
12 13 (5.10%) Root Cause Analysis
13 12 (4.71%) ITSM
13 12 (4.71%) Service Delivery
14 11 (4.31%) B2B
14 11 (4.31%) Decision-Making
14 11 (4.31%) ERP
Programming Languages
1 4 (1.57%) SQL
2 2 (0.78%) C
2 2 (0.78%) Ladder Logic
2 2 (0.78%) Python
2 2 (0.78%) VB
2 2 (0.78%) VBA
3 1 (0.39%) C#
3 1 (0.39%) C++
3 1 (0.39%) PHP
Qualifications
1 22 (8.63%) Degree
1 22 (8.63%) Security Cleared
2 18 (7.06%) DBS Check
2 18 (7.06%) SC Cleared
3 11 (4.31%) Microsoft Certification
4 7 (2.75%) BPSS Clearance
5 6 (2.35%) HND
6 4 (1.57%) HNC
7 2 (0.78%) CCNA
7 2 (0.78%) CCNP
7 2 (0.78%) Cisco Certification
7 2 (0.78%) ITIL Certification
7 2 (0.78%) Master's Degree
7 2 (0.78%) MCSA
7 2 (0.78%) MCSE
7 2 (0.78%) Microsoft Certified Professional
8 1 (0.39%) CHECK Team Member
8 1 (0.39%) CREST Certified
8 1 (0.39%) GPEN
8 1 (0.39%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (4.71%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 11 (4.31%) Cyber Essentials
3 9 (3.53%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 4 (1.57%) Data Quality
4 4 (1.57%) GDPR
4 4 (1.57%) NIST
4 4 (1.57%) SLA
5 3 (1.18%) California Consumer Privacy Act
5 3 (1.18%) HIPAA
5 3 (1.18%) QA
5 3 (1.18%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 3 (1.18%) SOC 2
6 2 (0.78%) PMO
7 1 (0.39%) GRC
7 1 (0.39%) HL7
7 1 (0.39%) IEC 61508
System Software
1 51 (20.00%) Active Directory
2 6 (2.35%) VMware Infrastructure
3 4 (1.57%) Hyper-V
3 4 (1.57%) vSphere
4 3 (1.18%) Firmware
5 1 (0.39%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 13 (5.10%) Microsoft Intune
2 4 (1.57%) SCCM
3 3 (1.18%) Galera Cluster
3 3 (1.18%) vCenter Server
4 2 (0.78%) FortiGate
4 2 (0.78%) Nagios
5 1 (0.39%) Functional Safety
5 1 (0.39%) Nessus
5 1 (0.39%) Nmap
5 1 (0.39%) Symantec Endpoint Protection
Vendors
1 79 (30.98%) Microsoft
2 13 (5.10%) Cisco
2 13 (5.10%) Fortinet
3 12 (4.71%) Google
4 11 (4.31%) Fujitsu
4 11 (4.31%) Virgin Media
5 10 (3.92%) Apple
6 9 (3.53%) OpenText
6 9 (3.53%) Sage
7 8 (3.14%) ConnectWise
7 8 (3.14%) VMware
8 7 (2.75%) Meraki
9 3 (1.18%) Adobe
9 3 (1.18%) Draytek
9 3 (1.18%) Salesforce
9 3 (1.18%) ServiceNow
10 2 (0.78%) Epicor
10 2 (0.78%) Mitel
10 2 (0.78%) SolarWinds
10 2 (0.78%) WatchGuard