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

6 months to
27 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 56 23 100
Rank change year-on-year -33 +77 +35
Permanent jobs citing Driving Licence 358 411 230
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 2.42% 7.05% 2.14%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 11.68% 16.46% 7.67%
Number of salaries quoted 250 191 101
10th Percentile £25,236 £24,461 £24,500
25th Percentile £30,000 £27,250 £26,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £38,500 £31,500 £32,000
Median % change year-on-year +22.22% -1.56% -20.00%
75th Percentile £49,259 £43,750 £37,500
90th Percentile £57,500 £58,000 £50,000
England median annual salary £38,500 £37,000 £32,500
% change year-on-year +4.05% +13.85% -0.76%

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 3,064 2,497 2,999
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 20.72% 42.84% 27.84%
Number of salaries quoted 2,050 1,279 1,583
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,250 £28,000
25th Percentile £37,000 £31,250 £37,500
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 £60,000 £63,356
90th Percentile £80,000 £73,750 £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 27 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 27 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 -28 200 £37,500 +19.05% 121
West Midlands +18 158 £40,000 +31.15% 162
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 18 (5.03%) SharePoint
2 11 (3.07%) Microsoft Exchange
3 3 (0.84%) IIS
4 2 (0.56%) ArchestrA
4 2 (0.56%) CMS
Applications
1 34 (9.50%) Microsoft Office
2 6 (1.68%) AutoCAD
2 6 (1.68%) Microsoft Excel
3 5 (1.40%) Microsoft Project
4 3 (0.84%) Simulink
4 3 (0.84%) Spreadsheet
5 2 (0.56%) Adobe Premiere
5 2 (0.56%) CapCut
6 1 (0.28%) Chatbot
6 1 (0.28%) Siemens NX
Business Applications
1 5 (1.40%) Oracle ERP
1 5 (1.40%) Salesforce CRM
2 3 (0.84%) Dynamics CRM
3 2 (0.56%) Infor CloudSuite Industrial (formerly SyteLine)
3 2 (0.56%) Infor LN
3 2 (0.56%) MFGPRO
3 2 (0.56%) Sage X3
Cloud Services
1 65 (18.16%) Microsoft 365
2 35 (9.78%) Azure
3 23 (6.42%) Entra ID
4 10 (2.79%) Google Workspace
5 6 (1.68%) Power Platform
6 5 (1.40%) AWS
6 5 (1.40%) SaaS
7 4 (1.12%) OneDrive
8 3 (0.84%) Microsoft Copilot
8 3 (0.84%) Power Automate
8 3 (0.84%) PowerApps
9 2 (0.56%) Amazon EKS
9 2 (0.56%) Azure Sentinel
10 1 (0.28%) Azure Monitor
10 1 (0.28%) Azure Storage
10 1 (0.28%) Cloudflare
10 1 (0.28%) Copilot Studio
10 1 (0.28%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 37 (10.34%) Wireless
2 17 (4.75%) Firewall
3 13 (3.63%) VLAN
4 12 (3.35%) Broadband
4 12 (3.35%) DHCP
4 12 (3.35%) DNS
5 11 (3.07%) VPN
6 10 (2.79%) Internet
6 10 (2.79%) TCP/IP
7 8 (2.23%) WAN
8 6 (1.68%) SD-WAN
9 5 (1.40%) LAN
9 5 (1.40%) Wi-Fi
10 4 (1.12%) LoRaWAN
10 4 (1.12%) MQTT
10 4 (1.12%) Structured Cabling
10 4 (1.12%) VoIP
11 3 (0.84%) Remote Desktop
12 2 (0.56%) NX-OS
12 2 (0.56%) Software-Defined Networking
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (1.68%) Power BI
2 4 (1.12%) MySQL
2 4 (1.12%) Neo4j
2 4 (1.12%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 7 (1.96%) JIRA
2 2 (0.56%) GitLab
3 1 (0.28%) LabVIEW
General
1 163 (45.53%) Social Skills
2 64 (17.88%) Finance
3 48 (13.41%) Law
3 48 (13.41%) Telecoms
4 37 (10.34%) Military
5 36 (10.06%) Back Office
6 30 (8.38%) Analytical Skills
7 28 (7.82%) Organisational Skills
8 22 (6.15%) Manufacturing
9 17 (4.75%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 17 (4.75%) Marketing
10 8 (2.23%) Advertising
10 8 (2.23%) Legal
10 8 (2.23%) Retail
11 5 (1.40%) Cantonese Language
11 5 (1.40%) Mandarin Language
11 5 (1.40%) Presentation Skills
11 5 (1.40%) Public Sector
12 4 (1.12%) Hindi Language
12 4 (1.12%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 60 (16.76%) IT Support
2 51 (14.25%) Support Engineer
3 49 (13.69%) Business Development Manager
3 49 (13.69%) Business Manager
3 49 (13.69%) Development Manager
4 45 (12.57%) Project Manager
5 32 (8.94%) IT Engineer
6 29 (8.10%) IT Support Engineer
6 29 (8.10%) IT Technician
7 25 (6.98%) Technical Support
8 24 (6.70%) Support Technician
9 22 (6.15%) Technical Engineer
9 22 (6.15%) Technical Support Engineer
10 20 (5.59%) IT Support Technician
11 19 (5.31%) Analyst
12 17 (4.75%) Network Engineer
13 11 (3.07%) Consultant
13 11 (3.07%) Sales Executive
13 11 (3.07%) Systems Engineer
14 10 (2.79%) Lead
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (1.12%) Terraform
2 3 (0.84%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 44 (12.29%) Self-Motivation
2 17 (4.75%) CCTV
3 11 (3.07%) Onboarding
4 7 (1.96%) SCADA
5 6 (1.68%) Data Centre
5 6 (1.68%) Management Information System
6 5 (1.40%) Life Science
7 4 (1.12%) IoT
7 4 (1.12%) NHS
7 4 (1.12%) Renewable Energy
7 4 (1.12%) Replication
7 4 (1.12%) Social Media
8 3 (0.84%) Enterprise Software
8 3 (0.84%) Fibre Optics
8 3 (0.84%) Private Cloud
8 3 (0.84%) Video Conferencing
8 3 (0.84%) Web Conferencing
9 2 (0.56%) Cyber Threat
9 2 (0.56%) Operational Technology
9 2 (0.56%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 66 (18.44%) Windows
2 18 (5.03%) Windows Server
3 15 (4.19%) Linux
4 8 (2.23%) Apple iOS
5 6 (1.68%) Android
5 6 (1.68%) Windows 10
6 4 (1.12%) Mac OS
6 4 (1.12%) Ubuntu
7 1 (0.28%) Windows 7
7 1 (0.28%) Windows NT
7 1 (0.28%) Windows Server 2012
7 1 (0.28%) Windows Server 2016
7 1 (0.28%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 126 (35.20%) Problem-Solving
2 78 (21.79%) Customer Service
3 52 (14.53%) Business Development
3 52 (14.53%) Continuous Improvement
4 49 (13.69%) Commercial Awareness
5 32 (8.94%) CRM
6 29 (8.10%) Decision-Making
7 25 (6.98%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 25 (6.98%) ITIL
8 22 (6.15%) Project Delivery
9 21 (5.87%) Mentoring
10 19 (5.31%) Collaborative Working
10 19 (5.31%) Cybersecurity
10 19 (5.31%) Service Delivery
11 18 (5.03%) Time Management
12 17 (4.75%) Root Cause Analysis
13 16 (4.47%) Logistics
14 15 (4.19%) Project Management
15 14 (3.91%) Customer Experience
15 14 (3.91%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 7 (1.96%) SQL
2 4 (1.12%) PowerShell
3 3 (0.84%) Ladder Logic
3 3 (0.84%) MATLAB
3 3 (0.84%) Python
Qualifications
1 31 (8.66%) Degree
2 21 (5.87%) DBS Check
3 20 (5.59%) Security Cleared
4 16 (4.47%) SC Cleared
5 14 (3.91%) Microsoft Certification
6 6 (1.68%) CCNA
6 6 (1.68%) Cisco Certification
7 5 (1.40%) City & Guilds
8 3 (0.84%) BPSS Clearance
8 3 (0.84%) Chartered Engineer
8 3 (0.84%) HNC
8 3 (0.84%) HND
8 3 (0.84%) Master's Degree
8 3 (0.84%) MCSE
9 2 (0.56%) CompTIA Security+
9 2 (0.56%) Computer Science Degree
10 1 (0.28%) Azure Certification
10 1 (0.28%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
10 1 (0.28%) Microsoft Certified Professional
10 1 (0.28%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (2.79%) SLA
2 9 (2.51%) QA
3 8 (2.23%) Cyber Essentials
3 8 (2.23%) GDPR
4 7 (1.96%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 5 (1.40%) NIST
6 3 (0.84%) California Consumer Privacy Act
6 3 (0.84%) GMP
6 3 (0.84%) HIPAA
6 3 (0.84%) ISO 9001
6 3 (0.84%) ISO/IEC 17025
6 3 (0.84%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 3 (0.84%) SOC 2
7 2 (0.56%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 2 (0.56%) PCI DSS
8 1 (0.28%) ISO 14001
System Software
1 45 (12.57%) Active Directory
2 9 (2.51%) Virtual Desktop
3 8 (2.23%) Hyper-V
3 8 (2.23%) VMware Infrastructure
4 6 (1.68%) vSphere
5 4 (1.12%) Virtual Machines
6 3 (0.84%) Firmware
7 2 (0.56%) Docker
Systems Management
1 15 (4.19%) Microsoft Intune
2 8 (2.23%) SCCM
3 4 (1.12%) FortiGate
3 4 (1.12%) Galera Cluster
3 4 (1.12%) vCenter Server
4 2 (0.56%) Kubernetes
4 2 (0.56%) WSUS
Vendors
1 90 (25.14%) Microsoft
2 12 (3.35%) Google
3 10 (2.79%) Cisco
3 10 (2.79%) Sage
4 9 (2.51%) VMware
5 8 (2.23%) Apple
5 8 (2.23%) Oracle
5 8 (2.23%) ServiceNow
6 6 (1.68%) OpenText
7 5 (1.40%) Salesforce
7 5 (1.40%) Ubiquiti
8 3 (0.84%) DIgSILENT
8 3 (0.84%) ESET
8 3 (0.84%) SAP
8 3 (0.84%) YouTube
9 2 (0.56%) Adobe
9 2 (0.56%) Epicor
9 2 (0.56%) Fortinet
9 2 (0.56%) Palo Alto
9 2 (0.56%) QAD