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

6 months to
5 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 75 40 70
Rank change year-on-year -35 +30 +90
Permanent jobs citing Driving Licence 239 272 354
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 2.15% 5.64% 3.30%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 7.84% 15.08% 9.67%
Number of salaries quoted 180 74 283
10th Percentile £24,750 £24,000 £23,875
25th Percentile £26,438 £26,250 £25,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £32,500 £30,500 £32,000
Median % change year-on-year +6.56% -4.69% -20.00%
75th Percentile £46,250 £44,688 £47,500
90th Percentile £53,750 £56,375 £57,500
England median annual salary £34,000 £37,500 £31,500
% change year-on-year -9.33% +19.05% -10.00%

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 3,048 1,804 3,661
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 27.38% 37.41% 34.08%
Number of salaries quoted 1,310 1,041 2,642
10th Percentile £26,375 £28,000 £25,750
25th Percentile £31,250 £36,925 £33,094
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £51,000 £49,500
Median % change year-on-year -6.86% +3.03% -10.00%
75th Percentile £65,000 £65,000 £61,250
90th Percentile £80,000 £75,000 £72,500
England median annual salary £58,445 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -2.59% +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 5 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 5 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 -27 127 £30,000 - 59
West Midlands -40 112 £39,500 +29.51% 89
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 20 (8.37%) SharePoint
2 12 (5.02%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 13 (5.44%) Microsoft Office
2 11 (4.60%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.42%) AutoCAD
Business Applications
1 1 (0.42%) Infor M3
1 1 (0.42%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 95 (39.75%) Microsoft 365
2 33 (13.81%) Azure
3 19 (7.95%) Entra ID
4 11 (4.60%) Google Workspace
5 9 (3.77%) AWS
6 3 (1.26%) Adobe Creative Cloud
7 2 (0.84%) Google Ads
7 2 (0.84%) Google Analytics
8 1 (0.42%) Azure Monitor
8 1 (0.42%) Azure Storage
8 1 (0.42%) Dynamics 365
8 1 (0.42%) GCP
8 1 (0.42%) Microsoft Purview
8 1 (0.42%) Mimecast
8 1 (0.42%) Nutanix
8 1 (0.42%) OneDrive
8 1 (0.42%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 40 (16.74%) DNS
2 39 (16.32%) DHCP
3 27 (11.30%) VPN
4 21 (8.79%) WAN
5 18 (7.53%) Firewall
6 17 (7.11%) Wi-Fi
7 14 (5.86%) TCP/IP
8 13 (5.44%) LAN
9 12 (5.02%) IP Telephony
10 9 (3.77%) Wireless
11 8 (3.35%) SD-WAN
12 5 (2.09%) Broadband
12 5 (2.09%) VoIP
13 4 (1.67%) WLAN
14 3 (1.26%) LoRaWAN
14 3 (1.26%) MQTT
14 3 (1.26%) Remote Desktop
14 3 (1.26%) Structured Cabling
14 3 (1.26%) VLAN
15 2 (0.84%) Ethernet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (2.93%) SQL Server
2 3 (1.26%) MySQL
2 3 (1.26%) Neo4j
3 1 (0.42%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 1 (0.42%) Burp Suite
1 1 (0.42%) Metasploit
General
1 95 (39.75%) Social Skills
2 23 (9.62%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 19 (7.95%) Analytical Skills
3 19 (7.95%) Marketing
3 19 (7.95%) Organisational Skills
4 16 (6.69%) Finance
5 15 (6.28%) Telecoms
6 14 (5.86%) Multimedia
7 12 (5.02%) Manufacturing
7 12 (5.02%) Public Sector
8 11 (4.60%) Legal
9 5 (2.09%) Local Government
10 4 (1.67%) Advertising
11 3 (1.26%) Documentation Skills
11 3 (1.26%) Law
12 2 (0.84%) Automotive
12 2 (0.84%) Electronics
13 1 (0.42%) Digital Healthcare
13 1 (0.42%) Health Technology
13 1 (0.42%) Retail
Job Titles
1 92 (38.49%) IT Support
2 68 (28.45%) Support Engineer
3 67 (28.03%) IT Engineer
4 60 (25.10%) IT Support Engineer
5 33 (13.81%) Support Technician
6 22 (9.21%) IT Technician
7 21 (8.79%) IT Support Technician
8 15 (6.28%) Technical Support
9 12 (5.02%) Analyst
10 11 (4.60%) Business Development Manager
10 11 (4.60%) Business Manager
10 11 (4.60%) Consultant
10 11 (4.60%) Development Manager
10 11 (4.60%) Trainee
10 11 (4.60%) Trainee IT Support
10 11 (4.60%) Trainee Support Engineer
11 9 (3.77%) Infrastructure Engineer
11 9 (3.77%) Lead
11 9 (3.77%) Senior
12 8 (3.35%) Account Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (0.42%) SAP CAF
Miscellaneous
1 21 (8.79%) Onboarding
2 15 (6.28%) CCTV
3 7 (2.93%) Self-Motivation
4 5 (2.09%) Digital Media
5 4 (1.67%) Enterprise Software
5 4 (1.67%) EPoS
5 4 (1.67%) Management Information System
5 4 (1.67%) NHS
5 4 (1.67%) Social Media
5 4 (1.67%) Web Conferencing
6 3 (1.26%) e-Learning
6 3 (1.26%) IoT
6 3 (1.26%) Learning Management System
6 3 (1.26%) Mobile App
6 3 (1.26%) PDA
6 3 (1.26%) Replication
6 3 (1.26%) SCADA
6 3 (1.26%) SCORM
6 3 (1.26%) Smart Home
6 3 (1.26%) Smartphone
Operating Systems
1 90 (37.66%) Windows
2 42 (17.57%) Windows Server
3 14 (5.86%) Linux
4 6 (2.51%) Windows 10
5 4 (1.67%) Windows Server 2019
6 3 (1.26%) Android
6 3 (1.26%) Apple iOS
6 3 (1.26%) Mac OS
6 3 (1.26%) Ubuntu
7 2 (0.84%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 98 (41.00%) Problem-Solving
2 78 (32.64%) Customer Service
3 37 (15.48%) ITIL
4 35 (14.64%) Continuous Improvement
5 31 (12.97%) Cybersecurity
6 25 (10.46%) Mentoring
7 22 (9.21%) Incident Management
8 18 (7.53%) Collaborative Working
8 18 (7.53%) ITSM
9 17 (7.11%) Process Improvement
10 14 (5.86%) B2B
10 14 (5.86%) Collaborative Culture
10 14 (5.86%) Service Delivery
11 13 (5.44%) Project Delivery
12 12 (5.02%) Logistics
12 12 (5.02%) Mathematics
12 12 (5.02%) Time Management
13 11 (4.60%) Business Development
13 11 (4.60%) ERP
13 11 (4.60%) Presales
Programming Languages
1 4 (1.67%) SQL
2 2 (0.84%) C
2 2 (0.84%) Ladder Logic
2 2 (0.84%) Python
2 2 (0.84%) VB
2 2 (0.84%) VBA
3 1 (0.42%) C#
3 1 (0.42%) C++
3 1 (0.42%) PHP
Qualifications
1 23 (9.62%) Degree
2 21 (8.79%) Security Cleared
3 17 (7.11%) Microsoft Certification
4 14 (5.86%) SC Cleared
5 8 (3.35%) HND
6 7 (2.93%) BPSS Clearance
6 7 (2.93%) CCNA
6 7 (2.93%) CCNP
6 7 (2.93%) Cisco Certification
6 7 (2.93%) MCSA
6 7 (2.93%) MCSE
6 7 (2.93%) Microsoft Certified Professional
7 6 (2.51%) DBS Check
8 5 (2.09%) HNC
9 2 (0.84%) ITIL Certification
9 2 (0.84%) Master's Degree
10 1 (0.42%) Azure Certification
10 1 (0.42%) CHECK Team Member
10 1 (0.42%) City & Guilds
10 1 (0.42%) CREST Certified
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (6.69%) Cyber Essentials
2 11 (4.60%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 9 (3.77%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 5 (2.09%) SLA
5 4 (1.67%) Data Quality
6 3 (1.26%) GDPR
6 3 (1.26%) NIST
6 3 (1.26%) PMO
7 2 (0.84%) California Consumer Privacy Act
7 2 (0.84%) HIPAA
7 2 (0.84%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 2 (0.84%) SOC 2
8 1 (0.42%) GRC
8 1 (0.42%) HL7
8 1 (0.42%) IEC 61508
System Software
1 52 (21.76%) Active Directory
2 11 (4.60%) Hyper-V
3 7 (2.93%) VMware Infrastructure
4 4 (1.67%) vSphere
5 1 (0.42%) Firmware
5 1 (0.42%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 20 (8.37%) Microsoft Intune
2 4 (1.67%) SCCM
3 3 (1.26%) Galera Cluster
3 3 (1.26%) vCenter Server
4 2 (0.84%) Nagios
5 1 (0.42%) FortiGate
5 1 (0.42%) Functional Safety
5 1 (0.42%) Nessus
5 1 (0.42%) Nmap
5 1 (0.42%) Symantec Endpoint Protection
Vendors
1 82 (34.31%) Microsoft
2 14 (5.86%) Cisco
2 14 (5.86%) VMware
3 13 (5.44%) Google
4 12 (5.02%) Fortinet
5 11 (4.60%) Fujitsu
5 11 (4.60%) Virgin Media
6 9 (3.77%) Apple
7 8 (3.35%) ConnectWise
7 8 (3.35%) Draytek
8 7 (2.93%) Meraki
8 7 (2.93%) Mitel
8 7 (2.93%) OpenText
8 7 (2.93%) Sage
8 7 (2.93%) WatchGuard
9 4 (1.67%) ServiceNow
10 3 (1.26%) Adobe
10 3 (1.26%) HP
10 3 (1.26%) Salesforce
10 3 (1.26%) SAP