The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Device Driver in IT contracts advertised for the East Midlands 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 East Midlands 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 81 - 82
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Contract jobs citing Device Driver 3 0 1
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the East Midlands 0.236% - 0.074%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.277% - 0.461%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 0 0
Average daily rate £350 - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £278 £313
% change year-on-year
+17.11% -11.20%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Average hourly rate - - £35.00
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
East Midlands
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Miscellaneous category
235 220 217
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the East Midlands 18.49% 16.09% 16.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 113 96 78
Average daily rate £320 £373 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-14.09% +6.42%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £213 £225 £204
10% offered a daily rate of more than £550 £506 £530
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £345 £340
% change year-on-year
+1.44% +1.47%
Number of hourly rates quoted 15 21 24
Average hourly rate £16.72 £27.50 £17.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-39.20% +57.14%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.50 £9.38 £10.41
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £21.00 £57.50 £36.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.00 £23.00 £26.50
% change year-on-year
-4.34% -13.20%
Device Driver
England

Device Driver
Jobs Demand Trend

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

East Midlands 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 East Midlands region.

East Midlands 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 East Midlands region.

East Midlands Device Driver Hourly Rate Trend

Device Driver
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Device Driver within the East Midlands region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Nottinghamshire - 3 £350 -
Device Driver
England

Device Driver
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the East Midlands 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 16 (94.12%) C++
2 15 (88.24%) Linux
3 14 (82.35%) C
4 13 (76.47%) Java
4 13 (76.47%) Bluetooth
4 13 (76.47%) Wi-Fi
4 13 (76.47%) Streaming Video
4 13 (76.47%) Embedded Linux
4 13 (76.47%) JNI
4 13 (76.47%) Android
5 3 (17.65%) Electronics
6 2 (11.76%) Automotive
6 2 (11.76%) Embedded Software Development
6 2 (11.76%) QNX
6 2 (11.76%) Middleware
6 2 (11.76%) UML
6 2 (11.76%) OO
7 1 (5.882%) C#
7 1 (5.882%) .NET
7 1 (5.882%) MFC
7 1 (5.882%) Microsoft
7 1 (5.882%) Embedded C
7 1 (5.882%) Software Engineering
7 1 (5.882%) Degree
7 1 (5.882%) JIRA
7 1 (5.882%) WPF
7 1 (5.882%) Multithreading
7 1 (5.882%) NUnit
7 1 (5.882%) WinForms
7 1 (5.882%) Perforce

Device Driver
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the East Midlands 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 13 (76.47%) JNI
2 2 (11.76%) Middleware
3 1 (5.882%) .NET
3 1 (5.882%) MFC
3 1 (5.882%) WPF
3 1 (5.882%) WinForms
Communications & Networking
1 13 (76.47%) Bluetooth
1 13 (76.47%) Wi-Fi
Development Applications
1 1 (5.882%) JIRA
1 1 (5.882%) NUnit
General
1 3 (17.65%) Electronics
2 2 (11.76%) Automotive
3 1 (5.882%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 13 (76.47%) Developer
1 13 (76.47%) Android Developer
2 2 (11.76%) Embedded Software Engineer
2 2 (11.76%) Software Engineer
3 1 (5.882%) Architect
3 1 (5.882%) Technical Architect
Miscellaneous
1 13 (76.47%) Streaming Video
Operating Systems
1 15 (88.24%) Linux
2 13 (76.47%) Embedded Linux
2 13 (76.47%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (11.76%) Embedded Software Development
1 2 (11.76%) UML
1 2 (11.76%) OO
2 1 (5.882%) Software Engineering
2 1 (5.882%) Multithreading
Programming Languages
1 16 (94.12%) C++
2 14 (82.35%) C
3 13 (76.47%) Java
4 1 (5.882%) C#
4 1 (5.882%) Embedded C
Qualifications
1 1 (5.882%) Degree
Vendors
1 2 (11.76%) QNX
2 1 (5.882%) Microsoft
2 1 (5.882%) Perforce