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

6 months to
8 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 54 26 101
Rank change year-on-year -28 +75 +39
Permanent jobs citing Driving Licence 344 387 241
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 2.41% 6.75% 2.26%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 11.48% 15.76% 7.79%
Number of salaries quoted 243 171 117
10th Percentile £25,141 £24,461 £24,500
25th Percentile £28,950 £27,750 £25,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £37,500 £31,500 £30,000
Median % change year-on-year +19.05% +5.00% -33.33%
75th Percentile £48,750 £42,500 £37,500
90th Percentile £56,250 £58,000 £50,000
England median annual salary £37,677 £37,000 £32,500
% change year-on-year +1.83% +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 2,997 2,456 3,092
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 20.97% 42.81% 28.94%
Number of salaries quoted 2,020 1,256 1,674
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,375 £27,500
25th Percentile £36,250 £32,000 £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 £61,697 £62,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £74,375 £75,000
England median annual salary £57,591 £55,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +4.71% -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 8 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 8 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 -31 192 £35,000 +6.87% 84
West Midlands +18 152 £39,500 +29.51% 112
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 14 (4.07%) SharePoint
2 10 (2.91%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (0.58%) ArchestrA
4 1 (0.29%) IIS
Applications
1 34 (9.88%) Microsoft Office
2 6 (1.74%) AutoCAD
3 4 (1.16%) Microsoft Excel
4 3 (0.87%) Microsoft Project
4 3 (0.87%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 5 (1.45%) Oracle ERP
1 5 (1.45%) Salesforce CRM
2 3 (0.87%) Dynamics CRM
3 2 (0.58%) Infor CloudSuite Industrial (formerly SyteLine)
3 2 (0.58%) Infor LN
3 2 (0.58%) MFGPRO
3 2 (0.58%) Sage X3
4 1 (0.29%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 65 (18.90%) Microsoft 365
2 31 (9.01%) Azure
3 20 (5.81%) Entra ID
4 12 (3.49%) Google Workspace
5 4 (1.16%) Power Platform
6 3 (0.87%) SaaS
7 2 (0.58%) AWS
7 2 (0.58%) Azure Sentinel
7 2 (0.58%) Microsoft Copilot
7 2 (0.58%) OneDrive
7 2 (0.58%) Power Automate
7 2 (0.58%) PowerApps
8 1 (0.29%) Azure Monitor
8 1 (0.29%) Azure Storage
8 1 (0.29%) Cloudflare
8 1 (0.29%) Microsoft Purview
8 1 (0.29%) Nutanix
Communications & Networking
1 36 (10.47%) Wireless
2 12 (3.49%) TCP/IP
2 12 (3.49%) VLAN
3 11 (3.20%) Broadband
3 11 (3.20%) VPN
3 11 (3.20%) WAN
4 10 (2.91%) DHCP
4 10 (2.91%) DNS
4 10 (2.91%) Firewall
4 10 (2.91%) Internet
5 8 (2.33%) SD-WAN
6 6 (1.74%) Wi-Fi
7 4 (1.16%) LAN
7 4 (1.16%) LoRaWAN
7 4 (1.16%) MQTT
7 4 (1.16%) Structured Cabling
8 3 (0.87%) Modbus
9 2 (0.58%) Profibus
9 2 (0.58%) Software-Defined Networking
9 2 (0.58%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (1.16%) MySQL
1 4 (1.16%) Neo4j
1 4 (1.16%) Power BI
1 4 (1.16%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 5 (1.45%) JIRA
2 1 (0.29%) LabVIEW
General
1 156 (45.35%) Social Skills
2 62 (18.02%) Finance
3 48 (13.95%) Telecoms
4 45 (13.08%) Law
5 36 (10.47%) Back Office
5 36 (10.47%) Military
6 31 (9.01%) Analytical Skills
7 29 (8.43%) Organisational Skills
8 21 (6.10%) Manufacturing
9 18 (5.23%) Marketing
10 16 (4.65%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 9 (2.62%) Legal
12 8 (2.33%) Advertising
12 8 (2.33%) Retail
13 6 (1.74%) Public Sector
14 5 (1.45%) Local Government
15 4 (1.16%) Hindi Language
16 3 (0.87%) Cantonese Language
16 3 (0.87%) Mandarin Language
16 3 (0.87%) Social Housing
Job Titles
1 63 (18.31%) IT Support
2 49 (14.24%) Support Engineer
3 45 (13.08%) Business Development Manager
3 45 (13.08%) Business Manager
3 45 (13.08%) Development Manager
4 42 (12.21%) Project Manager
5 32 (9.30%) IT Engineer
5 32 (9.30%) IT Technician
6 29 (8.43%) Technical Support
7 28 (8.14%) IT Support Engineer
8 27 (7.85%) Support Technician
9 23 (6.69%) IT Support Technician
10 21 (6.10%) Technical Engineer
10 21 (6.10%) Technical Support Engineer
11 20 (5.81%) Analyst
12 17 (4.94%) Network Engineer
13 11 (3.20%) Account Manager
13 11 (3.20%) Sales Executive
13 11 (3.20%) Systems Engineer
14 9 (2.62%) Lead
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (0.58%) JSON
2 1 (0.29%) SAP CAF
Miscellaneous
1 39 (11.34%) Self-Motivation
2 18 (5.23%) CCTV
3 10 (2.91%) Onboarding
4 8 (2.33%) SCADA
5 7 (2.03%) Management Information System
6 5 (1.45%) Life Science
7 4 (1.16%) Fibre Optics
7 4 (1.16%) IoT
7 4 (1.16%) NHS
7 4 (1.16%) Replication
8 3 (0.87%) Enterprise Software
8 3 (0.87%) Web Conferencing
9 2 (0.58%) Client/Server
9 2 (0.58%) Cyber Threat
9 2 (0.58%) EPoS
9 2 (0.58%) Operational Technology
9 2 (0.58%) Renewable Energy
9 2 (0.58%) Smart Home
9 2 (0.58%) Social Media
9 2 (0.58%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 70 (20.35%) Windows
2 16 (4.65%) Windows Server
3 9 (2.62%) Linux
4 7 (2.03%) Apple iOS
4 7 (2.03%) Windows 10
5 5 (1.45%) Android
6 4 (1.16%) Mac OS
6 4 (1.16%) Ubuntu
7 1 (0.29%) Windows 7
7 1 (0.29%) Windows NT
7 1 (0.29%) Windows Server 2016
7 1 (0.29%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 125 (36.34%) Problem-Solving
2 72 (20.93%) Customer Service
3 57 (16.57%) Continuous Improvement
4 48 (13.95%) Business Development
5 46 (13.37%) Commercial Awareness
6 26 (7.56%) CRM
7 24 (6.98%) Decision-Making
7 24 (6.98%) ITIL
8 22 (6.40%) Collaborative Working
8 22 (6.40%) Infrastructure Engineering
9 19 (5.52%) Mentoring
9 19 (5.52%) Root Cause Analysis
9 19 (5.52%) Service Delivery
10 18 (5.23%) Project Delivery
10 18 (5.23%) Time Management
11 17 (4.94%) Cybersecurity
12 15 (4.36%) B2B
13 14 (4.07%) ERP
14 13 (3.78%) Customer Experience
14 13 (3.78%) Logistics
Programming Languages
1 6 (1.74%) SQL
2 4 (1.16%) Ladder Logic
3 2 (0.58%) Python
4 1 (0.29%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 22 (6.40%) DBS Check
1 22 (6.40%) Degree
2 18 (5.23%) Security Cleared
3 14 (4.07%) SC Cleared
4 9 (2.62%) Microsoft Certification
5 5 (1.45%) City & Guilds
6 3 (0.87%) CCNA
6 3 (0.87%) Cisco Certification
6 3 (0.87%) HNC
6 3 (0.87%) HND
7 2 (0.58%) CompTIA Security+
8 1 (0.29%) Azure Certification
8 1 (0.29%) BPSS Clearance
8 1 (0.29%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
8 1 (0.29%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (2.33%) QA
2 7 (2.03%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 6 (1.74%) Cyber Essentials
3 6 (1.74%) GDPR
3 6 (1.74%) SLA
4 5 (1.45%) NIST
5 4 (1.16%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 3 (0.87%) California Consumer Privacy Act
6 3 (0.87%) HIPAA
6 3 (0.87%) ISO/IEC 17025
6 3 (0.87%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 3 (0.87%) SOC 2
7 2 (0.58%) PCI DSS
8 1 (0.29%) GMP
System Software
1 44 (12.79%) Active Directory
2 6 (1.74%) Virtual Desktop
2 6 (1.74%) VMware Infrastructure
3 5 (1.45%) vSphere
4 4 (1.16%) Hyper-V
5 3 (0.87%) Firmware
6 1 (0.29%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 11 (3.20%) Microsoft Intune
2 7 (2.03%) SCCM
3 4 (1.16%) Galera Cluster
3 4 (1.16%) vCenter Server
4 2 (0.58%) FortiGate
4 2 (0.58%) WSUS
Vendors
1 89 (25.87%) Microsoft
2 14 (4.07%) Google
3 10 (2.91%) Sage
4 8 (2.33%) Apple
4 8 (2.33%) Cisco
4 8 (2.33%) Oracle
4 8 (2.33%) Salesforce
5 7 (2.03%) ServiceNow
6 6 (1.74%) OpenText
6 6 (1.74%) VMware
7 5 (1.45%) ConnectWise
8 4 (1.16%) SAP
9 3 (0.87%) ESET
9 3 (0.87%) Ubiquiti
10 2 (0.58%) Epicor
10 2 (0.58%) Fortinet
10 2 (0.58%) MobileIron
10 2 (0.58%) Palo Alto
10 2 (0.58%) QAD
10 2 (0.58%) Xero