The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Device Driver in IT contracts advertised for the Cambridge region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Device Driver over the 3 months to 21 May 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all terms in our Miscellaneous category for the Cambridge region.

Note that daily contractor rates and hourly contractor rates are treated separately. When calculating average contractor rates, daily rates are not derived from quoted hourly rates or vice versa.

Location
3 months to
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Device Drivers
Rank 33 47 32
Rank change year-on-year
+14 -15
Contract jobs citing Device Driver 6 3 1
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cambridge 1.786% 0.723% 0.413%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 6.742% 2.703% 2.222%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 1 1
Average daily rate - £325 £313
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- +4.00%
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £278 £313
% change year-on-year
+17.11% -11.20%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 2 0
Average hourly rate £37.50 £45.00 -
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-16.66% -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £37.50 £42.50 £40.00
% change year-on-year
-11.76% +6.25%
All of the Miscellaneous Category
Cambridge
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Miscellaneous category
89 111 45
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cambridge 26.49% 26.75% 18.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 31 56 12
Average daily rate £263 £299 £335
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-12.13% -10.82%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £170 £225 £293
10% offered a daily rate of more than £389 £413 £375
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £345 £340
% change year-on-year
+1.44% +1.47%
Number of hourly rates quoted 15 20 10
Average hourly rate £37.50 £42.50 £12.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-11.76% +240.00%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £16.00 £21.20 £10.19
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £45.00 £50.00 £34.65
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.00 £23.00 £26.50
% change year-on-year
-4.34% -13.20%
Device Driver
Cambridgeshire

Device Driver
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Device Driver across the Cambridge region as a proportion of the total demand within the Miscellaneous category.

Cambridge Device Driver Jobs Demand Trend

Device Driver
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Device Driver across the Cambridge region.

Cambridge Device Driver Daily Rate Trend

Device Driver
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Device Driver across the Cambridge region.

Cambridge Device Driver Hourly Rate Trend

Device Driver
Top 27 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Cambridge region citing Device Driver also mentioned the following IT skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled that cited Device Driver.

1 13 (100.00%) Linux
2 12 (92.31%) C
3 7 (53.85%) Ethernet
3 7 (53.85%) Embedded Linux
4 6 (46.15%) Cloud Computing
4 6 (46.15%) Electronic Design Automation
4 6 (46.15%) Xen
4 6 (46.15%) VMware Infrastructure
4 6 (46.15%) JTAG
4 6 (46.15%) VMware
4 6 (46.15%) VHDL
4 6 (46.15%) Verilog
5 4 (30.77%) HTML
5 4 (30.77%) Python
6 2 (15.38%) Bluetooth
6 2 (15.38%) Symbian
6 2 (15.38%) Windows
6 2 (15.38%) C++
6 2 (15.38%) QNX
6 2 (15.38%) Wi-Fi
6 2 (15.38%) Android
6 2 (15.38%) Project Management
6 2 (15.38%) Handset
6 2 (15.38%) Windows Mobile
6 2 (15.38%) Embedded Software Development
7 1 (7.692%) CPLD
7 1 (7.692%) Wireless

Device Driver
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Cambridge region citing Device Driver also mentioned the following IT skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled that cited Device Driver. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 4 (30.77%) HTML
Communications & Networking
1 7 (53.85%) Ethernet
2 2 (15.38%) Bluetooth
2 2 (15.38%) Wi-Fi
3 1 (7.692%) Wireless
Job Titles
1 6 (46.15%) Developer
2 2 (15.38%) Embedded Software Developer
2 2 (15.38%) Software Developer
3 1 (7.692%) Linux Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 6 (46.15%) Cloud Computing
1 6 (46.15%) VHDL
1 6 (46.15%) Verilog
2 2 (15.38%) Handset
3 1 (7.692%) CPLD
Operating Systems
1 13 (100.00%) Linux
2 7 (53.85%) Embedded Linux
3 2 (15.38%) Windows
3 2 (15.38%) Android
3 2 (15.38%) Windows Mobile
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (46.15%) Electronic Design Automation
2 2 (15.38%) Project Management
2 2 (15.38%) Embedded Software Development
Programming Languages
1 12 (92.31%) C
2 4 (30.77%) Python
3 2 (15.38%) C++
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (46.15%) JTAG
System Software
1 6 (46.15%) Xen
1 6 (46.15%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 6 (46.15%) VMware
2 2 (15.38%) Symbian
2 2 (15.38%) QNX
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
The development team possesses experts Windows Embedded CE, Symbian, Windows Mobile, Android, QNX, and Linux based technologies... - Assisting the development of an Android device... - Ability to fix issues...
Optimus Search Ltd
Rate: £37.50 per hour
Posted: 15 May 2013