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 12 July 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 60 30 87
Rank change year-on-year -30 +57 +64
Permanent jobs citing Driving Licence 321 366 365
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 2.43% 6.53% 2.76%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 11.80% 15.67% 8.95%
Number of salaries quoted 219 153 220
10th Percentile £25,500 £24,669 £23,500
25th Percentile £27,625 £27,750 £24,696
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £37,000 £31,500 £29,500
Median % change year-on-year +17.46% +6.78% -41.00%
75th Percentile £48,750 £43,750 £37,500
90th Percentile £57,500 £58,000 £47,625
England median annual salary £37,250 £36,000 £31,500
% change year-on-year +3.47% +14.29% -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 2,720 2,335 4,077
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 20.55% 41.67% 30.85%
Number of salaries quoted 1,844 1,184 2,463
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,375 £26,000
25th Percentile £36,250 £32,500 £33,966
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £47,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -7.41%
75th Percentile £65,000 £62,500 £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 12 July 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 12 July 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 -34 169 £32,500 -0.76% 80
West Midlands +38 152 £42,500 +39.34% 70
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 (4.36%) SharePoint
2 8 (2.49%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (0.62%) ArchestrA
Applications
1 27 (8.41%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (0.93%) AutoCAD
2 3 (0.93%) Microsoft Project
2 3 (0.93%) Spreadsheet
3 1 (0.31%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 3 (0.93%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (0.62%) Infor CloudSuite Industrial (formerly SyteLine)
2 2 (0.62%) Infor LN
2 2 (0.62%) MFGPRO
2 2 (0.62%) Sage X3
3 1 (0.31%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 63 (19.63%) Microsoft 365
2 28 (8.72%) Azure
3 13 (4.05%) Entra ID
3 13 (4.05%) Google Workspace
4 3 (0.93%) SaaS
5 2 (0.62%) Adobe Creative Cloud
5 2 (0.62%) AWS
5 2 (0.62%) Azure Sentinel
5 2 (0.62%) Power Platform
6 1 (0.31%) Azure Monitor
6 1 (0.31%) Azure Storage
6 1 (0.31%) Cloudflare
6 1 (0.31%) Microsoft Purview
6 1 (0.31%) Nutanix
6 1 (0.31%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 38 (11.84%) Wireless
2 19 (5.92%) VPN
2 19 (5.92%) WAN
3 16 (4.98%) DHCP
3 16 (4.98%) DNS
4 14 (4.36%) TCP/IP
5 13 (4.05%) SD-WAN
6 12 (3.74%) VLAN
7 11 (3.43%) Firewall
8 10 (3.12%) Internet
8 10 (3.12%) Wi-Fi
9 9 (2.80%) Broadband
10 6 (1.87%) LAN
11 5 (1.56%) IP Telephony
12 4 (1.25%) LoRaWAN
12 4 (1.25%) MQTT
12 4 (1.25%) Structured Cabling
12 4 (1.25%) VoIP
13 2 (0.62%) Remote Desktop
13 2 (0.62%) Software-Defined Networking
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (1.25%) MySQL
1 4 (1.25%) Neo4j
1 4 (1.25%) SQL Server
2 2 (0.62%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 3 (0.93%) JIRA
General
1 142 (44.24%) Social Skills
2 59 (18.38%) Finance
3 45 (14.02%) Telecoms
4 44 (13.71%) Law
5 36 (11.21%) Back Office
5 36 (11.21%) Military
6 24 (7.48%) Analytical Skills
7 23 (7.17%) Organisational Skills
8 19 (5.92%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 16 (4.98%) Marketing
10 13 (4.05%) Manufacturing
10 13 (4.05%) Multimedia
11 11 (3.43%) Public Sector
12 9 (2.80%) Local Government
13 8 (2.49%) Legal
13 8 (2.49%) Retail
14 7 (2.18%) Advertising
15 5 (1.56%) Documentation Skills
16 3 (0.93%) Social Housing
17 2 (0.62%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 67 (20.87%) IT Support
2 57 (17.76%) Support Engineer
3 44 (13.71%) IT Engineer
4 42 (13.08%) Project Manager
5 41 (12.77%) Business Development Manager
5 41 (12.77%) Business Manager
5 41 (12.77%) Development Manager
6 37 (11.53%) IT Support Engineer
7 30 (9.35%) Support Technician
8 28 (8.72%) IT Technician
8 28 (8.72%) Technical Support
9 22 (6.85%) IT Support Technician
10 20 (6.23%) Technical Engineer
10 20 (6.23%) Technical Support Engineer
11 17 (5.30%) Analyst
12 13 (4.05%) Network Engineer
13 12 (3.74%) Systems Engineer
14 11 (3.43%) Account Manager
14 11 (3.43%) Trainee
14 11 (3.43%) Trainee Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (0.31%) SAP CAF
Miscellaneous
1 26 (8.10%) Self-Motivation
2 19 (5.92%) CCTV
3 11 (3.43%) Onboarding
4 8 (2.49%) SCADA
5 5 (1.56%) Management Information System
6 4 (1.25%) IoT
6 4 (1.25%) Replication
7 3 (0.93%) Enterprise Software
7 3 (0.93%) Fibre Optics
7 3 (0.93%) NHS
7 3 (0.93%) Smart Home
7 3 (0.93%) Web Conferencing
8 2 (0.62%) Client/Server
8 2 (0.62%) Digital Media
8 2 (0.62%) e-Learning
8 2 (0.62%) EPoS
8 2 (0.62%) Learning Management System
8 2 (0.62%) Operational Technology
8 2 (0.62%) SCORM
8 2 (0.62%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 65 (20.25%) Windows
2 18 (5.61%) Windows Server
3 7 (2.18%) Linux
4 4 (1.25%) Android
4 4 (1.25%) Apple iOS
4 4 (1.25%) Ubuntu
4 4 (1.25%) Windows 10
5 2 (0.62%) Mac OS
6 1 (0.31%) Windows 7
6 1 (0.31%) Windows Server 2016
6 1 (0.31%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 103 (32.09%) Problem-Solving
2 57 (17.76%) Continuous Improvement
3 55 (17.13%) Customer Service
4 43 (13.40%) Commercial Awareness
5 42 (13.08%) Business Development
6 30 (9.35%) Mentoring
7 28 (8.72%) ITIL
8 24 (7.48%) Decision-Making
9 21 (6.54%) Collaborative Working
9 21 (6.54%) Cybersecurity
9 21 (6.54%) Root Cause Analysis
9 21 (6.54%) Service Delivery
10 20 (6.23%) CRM
11 19 (5.92%) Infrastructure Engineering
11 19 (5.92%) Logistics
12 16 (4.98%) B2B
13 15 (4.67%) Project Delivery
14 13 (4.05%) Collaborative Culture
14 13 (4.05%) ERP
14 13 (4.05%) ITSM
Programming Languages
1 3 (0.93%) SQL
2 2 (0.62%) Ladder Logic
2 2 (0.62%) Python
Qualifications
1 22 (6.85%) DBS Check
2 18 (5.61%) Security Cleared
3 15 (4.67%) SC Cleared
4 14 (4.36%) Degree
5 10 (3.12%) Microsoft Certification
6 4 (1.25%) BPSS Clearance
7 2 (0.62%) CCNA
7 2 (0.62%) Cisco Certification
7 2 (0.62%) CompTIA Security+
7 2 (0.62%) HND
7 2 (0.62%) ITIL Certification
8 1 (0.31%) Azure Certification
8 1 (0.31%) City & Guilds
8 1 (0.31%) HNC
8 1 (0.31%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
8 1 (0.31%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (3.12%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 9 (2.80%) Cyber Essentials
3 7 (2.18%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
3 7 (2.18%) QA
4 6 (1.87%) SLA
5 5 (1.56%) GDPR
5 5 (1.56%) NIST
6 3 (0.93%) California Consumer Privacy Act
6 3 (0.93%) HIPAA
6 3 (0.93%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 3 (0.93%) SOC 2
7 2 (0.62%) ISO/IEC 17025
7 2 (0.62%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 41 (12.77%) Active Directory
2 6 (1.87%) VMware Infrastructure
3 5 (1.56%) vSphere
4 3 (0.93%) Firmware
4 3 (0.93%) Hyper-V
5 1 (0.31%) Virtual Desktop
5 1 (0.31%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 11 (3.43%) Microsoft Intune
2 4 (1.25%) Galera Cluster
2 4 (1.25%) vCenter Server
3 2 (0.62%) FortiGate
3 2 (0.62%) Nagios
4 1 (0.31%) SCCM
Vendors
1 80 (24.92%) Microsoft
2 15 (4.67%) Google
3 13 (4.05%) Cisco
3 13 (4.05%) Fortinet
4 11 (3.43%) Fujitsu
4 11 (3.43%) Virgin Media
5 8 (2.49%) ConnectWise
5 8 (2.49%) Sage
6 6 (1.87%) Apple
6 6 (1.87%) OpenText
6 6 (1.87%) VMware
7 5 (1.56%) ServiceNow
8 4 (1.25%) Epicor
8 4 (1.25%) Meraki
8 4 (1.25%) SAP
9 3 (0.93%) ESET
9 3 (0.93%) Oracle
9 3 (0.93%) Salesforce
9 3 (0.93%) Ubiquiti
10 2 (0.62%) TP-LINK