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 20 June 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 65 31 87
Rank change year-on-year -34 +56 +69
Permanent jobs citing Driving Licence 277 347 397
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 2.21% 6.88% 2.79%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 10.80% 15.87% 9.19%
Number of salaries quoted 186 130 250
10th Percentile £25,766 £26,188 £23,500
25th Percentile £27,750 £29,000 £24,696
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £37,500 £32,750 £30,000
Median % change year-on-year +14.50% +9.17% -40.00%
75th Percentile £48,750 £44,688 £39,500
90th Percentile £57,500 £58,000 £51,500
England median annual salary £37,500 £37,500 £31,500
% change year-on-year - +19.05% -4.55%

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 2,566 2,187 4,320
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 20.48% 43.33% 30.33%
Number of salaries quoted 1,698 1,071 2,676
10th Percentile £29,500 £26,375 £25,750
25th Percentile £36,685 £32,500 £33,344
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £47,500 £49,357
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% -3.76% -8.60%
75th Percentile £65,000 £63,500 £62,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £75,000 £73,750
England median annual salary £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% -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 20 June 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 20 June 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
West Midlands +32 143 £42,500 +39.34% 75
East Midlands -44 134 £32,500 -0.76% 67
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 11 (3.97%) SharePoint
2 6 (2.17%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (0.72%) ArchestrA
Applications
1 24 (8.66%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (1.08%) Spreadsheet
3 2 (0.72%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (0.36%) AutoCAD
4 1 (0.36%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 2 (0.72%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.36%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 52 (18.77%) Microsoft 365
2 23 (8.30%) Azure
3 11 (3.97%) Google Workspace
4 8 (2.89%) Entra ID
5 3 (1.08%) Adobe Creative Cloud
5 3 (1.08%) SaaS
6 2 (0.72%) Azure Sentinel
6 2 (0.72%) Power Platform
7 1 (0.36%) AWS
7 1 (0.36%) Azure Monitor
7 1 (0.36%) Azure Storage
7 1 (0.36%) Microsoft Purview
7 1 (0.36%) Nutanix
7 1 (0.36%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 35 (12.64%) Wireless
2 19 (6.86%) VPN
2 19 (6.86%) WAN
3 14 (5.05%) DHCP
3 14 (5.05%) DNS
4 13 (4.69%) SD-WAN
5 12 (4.33%) TCP/IP
5 12 (4.33%) VLAN
6 10 (3.61%) Firewall
6 10 (3.61%) Internet
7 9 (3.25%) Wi-Fi
8 8 (2.89%) Broadband
9 6 (2.17%) LAN
10 5 (1.81%) IP Telephony
11 4 (1.44%) LoRaWAN
11 4 (1.44%) MQTT
11 4 (1.44%) Structured Cabling
11 4 (1.44%) VoIP
12 2 (0.72%) Remote Desktop
12 2 (0.72%) Software-Defined Networking
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (1.44%) MySQL
1 4 (1.44%) Neo4j
1 4 (1.44%) SQL Server
2 2 (0.72%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 2 (0.72%) JIRA
General
1 118 (42.60%) Social Skills
2 49 (17.69%) Finance
3 34 (12.27%) Law
3 34 (12.27%) Telecoms
4 27 (9.75%) Back Office
4 27 (9.75%) Military
5 23 (8.30%) Analytical Skills
6 21 (7.58%) Organisational Skills
7 20 (7.22%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 16 (5.78%) Marketing
9 14 (5.05%) Multimedia
10 11 (3.97%) Public Sector
11 8 (2.89%) Manufacturing
11 8 (2.89%) Retail
12 7 (2.53%) Advertising
12 7 (2.53%) Legal
12 7 (2.53%) Local Government
13 5 (1.81%) Documentation Skills
14 3 (1.08%) Social Housing
15 2 (0.72%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 56 (20.22%) IT Support
2 53 (19.13%) Support Engineer
3 40 (14.44%) IT Engineer
4 33 (11.91%) Business Development Manager
4 33 (11.91%) Business Manager
4 33 (11.91%) Development Manager
4 33 (11.91%) IT Support Engineer
5 32 (11.55%) Project Manager
6 28 (10.11%) Technical Support
7 26 (9.39%) Support Technician
8 22 (7.94%) IT Technician
9 20 (7.22%) Technical Engineer
9 20 (7.22%) Technical Support Engineer
10 18 (6.50%) IT Support Technician
11 14 (5.05%) Analyst
12 12 (4.33%) Lead
12 12 (4.33%) Systems Engineer
13 11 (3.97%) Account Manager
13 11 (3.97%) Trainee IT Support
13 11 (3.97%) Trainee Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (0.36%) SAP CAF
Miscellaneous
1 19 (6.86%) CCTV
2 18 (6.50%) Self-Motivation
3 11 (3.97%) Onboarding
4 8 (2.89%) SCADA
5 5 (1.81%) Management Information System
6 4 (1.44%) IoT
6 4 (1.44%) Replication
7 3 (1.08%) Digital Media
7 3 (1.08%) e-Learning
7 3 (1.08%) Learning Management System
7 3 (1.08%) NHS
7 3 (1.08%) SCORM
7 3 (1.08%) Smart Home
7 3 (1.08%) Web Conferencing
8 2 (0.72%) Client/Server
8 2 (0.72%) Enterprise Software
8 2 (0.72%) EPoS
8 2 (0.72%) Operational Technology
8 2 (0.72%) Renewable Energy
8 2 (0.72%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 55 (19.86%) Windows
2 16 (5.78%) Windows Server
3 6 (2.17%) Linux
4 4 (1.44%) Android
4 4 (1.44%) Apple iOS
4 4 (1.44%) Ubuntu
4 4 (1.44%) Windows 10
5 2 (0.72%) Mac OS
6 1 (0.36%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 90 (32.49%) Problem-Solving
2 53 (19.13%) Continuous Improvement
3 49 (17.69%) Customer Service
4 34 (12.27%) Business Development
5 30 (10.83%) Commercial Awareness
6 28 (10.11%) Mentoring
7 25 (9.03%) ITIL
8 23 (8.30%) Decision-Making
9 21 (7.58%) Collaborative Working
9 21 (7.58%) Cybersecurity
9 21 (7.58%) Root Cause Analysis
9 21 (7.58%) Service Delivery
10 19 (6.86%) Logistics
11 17 (6.14%) CRM
12 16 (5.78%) B2B
13 13 (4.69%) Collaborative Culture
13 13 (4.69%) ITSM
13 13 (4.69%) Project Delivery
14 12 (4.33%) Infrastructure Engineering
15 11 (3.97%) Data Protection
Programming Languages
1 3 (1.08%) SQL
2 2 (0.72%) Ladder Logic
2 2 (0.72%) Python
Qualifications
1 21 (7.58%) DBS Check
2 18 (6.50%) Security Cleared
3 15 (5.42%) SC Cleared
4 14 (5.05%) Degree
5 10 (3.61%) Microsoft Certification
6 4 (1.44%) BPSS Clearance
7 2 (0.72%) CCNA
7 2 (0.72%) Cisco Certification
7 2 (0.72%) CompTIA Security+
7 2 (0.72%) HND
7 2 (0.72%) ITIL Certification
8 1 (0.36%) Azure Certification
8 1 (0.36%) City & Guilds
8 1 (0.36%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
8 1 (0.36%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (3.61%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 9 (3.25%) Cyber Essentials
3 7 (2.53%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 6 (2.17%) SLA
5 5 (1.81%) GDPR
5 5 (1.81%) NIST
5 5 (1.81%) QA
6 3 (1.08%) California Consumer Privacy Act
6 3 (1.08%) HIPAA
6 3 (1.08%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 3 (1.08%) SOC 2
7 2 (0.72%) PCI DSS
8 1 (0.36%) IEC 61508
8 1 (0.36%) ISO/IEC 17025
System Software
1 36 (13.00%) Active Directory
2 5 (1.81%) VMware Infrastructure
2 5 (1.81%) vSphere
3 3 (1.08%) Firmware
3 3 (1.08%) Hyper-V
4 1 (0.36%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 8 (2.89%) Microsoft Intune
2 4 (1.44%) Galera Cluster
2 4 (1.44%) vCenter Server
3 2 (0.72%) FortiGate
3 2 (0.72%) Nagios
4 1 (0.36%) Functional Safety
Vendors
1 69 (24.91%) Microsoft
2 13 (4.69%) Fortinet
2 13 (4.69%) Google
3 12 (4.33%) Cisco
4 11 (3.97%) Fujitsu
4 11 (3.97%) Virgin Media
5 8 (2.89%) ConnectWise
6 6 (2.17%) Apple
6 6 (2.17%) OpenText
6 6 (2.17%) Sage
7 5 (1.81%) VMware
8 4 (1.44%) Meraki
8 4 (1.44%) ServiceNow
9 3 (1.08%) Adobe
9 3 (1.08%) ESET
9 3 (1.08%) Salesforce
9 3 (1.08%) SAP
9 3 (1.08%) Ubiquiti
10 2 (0.72%) Palo Alto
10 2 (0.72%) TP-LINK