Driving Licence Job Trends in the West Midlands

Drivers' Licence
England > West Midlands

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Driving Licence in permanent job vacancies in the West Midlands. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Driving Licence over the 6 months leading up to 17 April 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 95 71 89
Rank change year-on-year -24 +18 +65
Permanent jobs citing Driving Licence 114 119 184
As % of all permanent jobs in the West Midlands 1.46% 3.57% 2.61%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 5.16% 9.01% 7.43%
Number of salaries quoted 79 25 136
10th Percentile £25,250 £26,850 £23,500
25th Percentile £28,375 £27,750 £25,688
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £39,500 £30,500 £35,000
Median % change year-on-year +29.51% -12.86% -12.50%
75th Percentile £51,250 £42,500 £57,500
90th Percentile £59,000 £47,500 £65,000
England median annual salary £35,000 £36,750 £31,250
% change year-on-year -4.76% +17.60% -10.71%

All Generic Skills
West 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 West Midlands.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 2,211 1,321 2,476
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 28.31% 39.59% 35.12%
Number of salaries quoted 855 715 1,723
10th Percentile £27,694 £27,750 £26,250
25th Percentile £35,000 £36,925 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £50,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year - -4.76% -4.55%
75th Percentile £65,000 £65,000 £63,750
90th Percentile £82,950 £75,000 £77,500
England median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year - +9.09% -15.38%

Driving Licence
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Driving Licence relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands.

Driving Licence job vacancy trend in the West Midlands

Driving Licence
Salary Trend in the West Midlands

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the West Midlands citing Driving Licence.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the West Midlands citing Driving Licence

Driving Licence
Salary Histogram in the West Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing Driving Licence in the West Midlands over the 6 months to 17 April 2026.

Salary histogram for Driving Licence in the West Midlands

Driving Licence
Job Locations in the West 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 West Midlands region over the 6 months to 17 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
Birmingham -4 23 £39,500 -1.25% 21
Warwickshire -1 18 £32,500 - 22
Staffordshire -11 18 £28,000 -18.25% 14
Worcestershire -31 11 £38,750 +27.05% 8
Herefordshire - 7 £52,500 - 2
Shropshire -26 6 £27,750 -2.63% 4
Dudley +5 5 - - 1
Coventry -22 4 £80,000 - 6
Wolverhampton -19 2 £45,000 -
Walsall -3 1 - -
Driving Licence
England

Driving Licence
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the West 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 10 (8.77%) SharePoint
2 7 (6.14%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 9 (7.89%) Microsoft Excel
2 8 (7.02%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.88%) AutoCAD
3 1 (0.88%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 1 (0.88%) Infor M3
1 1 (0.88%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 31 (27.19%) Microsoft 365
2 13 (11.40%) Azure
3 8 (7.02%) Entra ID
4 7 (6.14%) Google Workspace
5 3 (2.63%) Adobe Creative Cloud
6 2 (1.75%) Google Ads
6 2 (1.75%) Google Analytics
6 2 (1.75%) Power Platform
7 1 (0.88%) AWS
7 1 (0.88%) Dynamics 365
7 1 (0.88%) Microsoft Purview
7 1 (0.88%) Mimecast
7 1 (0.88%) Nutanix
7 1 (0.88%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 14 (12.28%) Wi-Fi
2 11 (9.65%) VPN
3 10 (8.77%) WAN
4 8 (7.02%) DHCP
4 8 (7.02%) DNS
4 8 (7.02%) LAN
5 4 (3.51%) Firewall
6 3 (2.63%) Structured Cabling
6 3 (2.63%) TCP/IP
6 3 (2.63%) VoIP
7 2 (1.75%) SD-WAN
7 2 (1.75%) VLAN
8 1 (0.88%) Broadband
8 1 (0.88%) DSLAM
8 1 (0.88%) Remote Desktop
8 1 (0.88%) SMS
8 1 (0.88%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (1.75%) Power BI
2 1 (0.88%) Relational Database
General
1 52 (45.61%) Social Skills
2 18 (15.79%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 12 (10.53%) Organisational Skills
4 11 (9.65%) Analytical Skills
5 10 (8.77%) Legal
6 9 (7.89%) Marketing
6 9 (7.89%) Multimedia
7 4 (3.51%) Manufacturing
8 2 (1.75%) Advertising
8 2 (1.75%) Public Sector
8 2 (1.75%) Telecoms
9 1 (0.88%) Documentation Skills
9 1 (0.88%) Finance
9 1 (0.88%) Law
9 1 (0.88%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 22 (19.30%) IT Support
2 21 (18.42%) IT Engineer
2 21 (18.42%) Support Engineer
3 15 (13.16%) Technical Support
4 14 (12.28%) IT Support Engineer
5 13 (11.40%) Analyst
6 9 (7.89%) Business Development Manager
6 9 (7.89%) Business Manager
6 9 (7.89%) Development Manager
7 8 (7.02%) Lead
7 8 (7.02%) Senior
8 7 (6.14%) Coordinator
8 7 (6.14%) IT Analyst
8 7 (6.14%) Technical Engineer
8 7 (6.14%) Technical Support Engineer
9 6 (5.26%) Infrastructure Operations Engineer
9 6 (5.26%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
9 6 (5.26%) Operations Engineer
9 6 (5.26%) Trainee IT Support
9 6 (5.26%) Trainee Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (0.88%) SAP CAF
Miscellaneous
1 12 (10.53%) Onboarding
2 5 (4.39%) CCTV
2 5 (4.39%) Digital Media
2 5 (4.39%) Web Conferencing
3 4 (3.51%) Management Information System
3 4 (3.51%) Social Media
4 3 (2.63%) e-Learning
4 3 (2.63%) Learning Management System
4 3 (2.63%) SCORM
4 3 (2.63%) Self-Motivation
4 3 (2.63%) Smart Home
5 2 (1.75%) EPoS
5 2 (1.75%) Fibre Optics
5 2 (1.75%) Mobile App
6 1 (0.88%) Client/Server
6 1 (0.88%) CMDB
6 1 (0.88%) Cyber Threat
6 1 (0.88%) iSeries
6 1 (0.88%) PDA
6 1 (0.88%) Renewable Energy
Operating Systems
1 22 (19.30%) Windows
2 5 (4.39%) Windows Server
3 3 (2.63%) Windows 10
4 2 (1.75%) Android
4 2 (1.75%) Apple iOS
5 1 (0.88%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 37 (32.46%) Problem-Solving
2 22 (19.30%) Customer Service
3 18 (15.79%) Continuous Improvement
4 14 (12.28%) ITIL
5 11 (9.65%) Collaborative Working
5 11 (9.65%) Cybersecurity
5 11 (9.65%) Service Delivery
6 10 (8.77%) Disaster Recovery
6 10 (8.77%) Mentoring
7 9 (7.89%) Business Development
8 8 (7.02%) AI
8 8 (7.02%) Data Analysis
8 8 (7.02%) Mathematics
9 7 (6.14%) Migration
9 7 (6.14%) Presales
10 6 (5.26%) Data Migration
10 6 (5.26%) Data Protection
10 6 (5.26%) Performance Optimisation
10 6 (5.26%) Process Improvement
10 6 (5.26%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (1.75%) Python
1 2 (1.75%) SQL
2 1 (0.88%) C
2 1 (0.88%) PHP
2 1 (0.88%) VB
2 1 (0.88%) VBA
Qualifications
1 18 (15.79%) Degree
2 17 (14.91%) Security Cleared
3 14 (12.28%) SC Cleared
4 7 (6.14%) BPSS Clearance
5 6 (5.26%) Microsoft Certification
6 3 (2.63%) HNC
7 2 (1.75%) DBS Check
7 2 (1.75%) HND
7 2 (1.75%) Master's Degree
8 1 (0.88%) CISM
8 1 (0.88%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (8.77%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 8 (7.02%) Cyber Essentials
2 8 (7.02%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
3 4 (3.51%) Data Quality
4 3 (2.63%) NIST
4 3 (2.63%) PMO
5 2 (1.75%) California Consumer Privacy Act
5 2 (1.75%) GDPR
5 2 (1.75%) HIPAA
5 2 (1.75%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 2 (1.75%) SOC 2
6 1 (0.88%) IEC 61508
6 1 (0.88%) SLA
System Software
1 7 (6.14%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.88%) Firmware
2 1 (0.88%) Hyper-V
2 1 (0.88%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (0.88%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 9 (7.89%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (0.88%) Functional Safety
2 1 (0.88%) Symantec Endpoint Protection
Vendors
1 37 (32.46%) Microsoft
2 9 (7.89%) Cisco
2 9 (7.89%) Google
3 8 (7.02%) ConnectWise
4 6 (5.26%) Fortinet
4 6 (5.26%) Fujitsu
4 6 (5.26%) Meraki
4 6 (5.26%) Virgin Media
5 3 (2.63%) Adobe
5 3 (2.63%) Salesforce
6 2 (1.75%) Apple
6 2 (1.75%) Facebook
6 2 (1.75%) Instagram
6 2 (1.75%) MobileIron
6 2 (1.75%) TikTok
6 2 (1.75%) YouTube
7 1 (0.88%) Rockwell
7 1 (0.88%) ServiceNow
7 1 (0.88%) Siemens
7 1 (0.88%) Symantec