The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Device Driver in IT contracts advertised for the London region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Device Driver over the 3 months to 23 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 London 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
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Device Drivers
Rank 368 386 419
Rank change year-on-year
+18 +33
Contract jobs citing Device Driver 9 24 16
As % of all contract IT jobs located in London 0.042% 0.089% 0.051%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.126% 0.278% 0.134%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 4 5
Average daily rate £263 £260 £400
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+0.96% -35.00%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £233 £115 £292
10% offered a daily rate of more than £293 £388 £469
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £278 £313
% change year-on-year
+17.11% -11.20%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 14 1
Average hourly rate £37.50 £40.00 £33.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-6.25% +19.40%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £37.50 £42.50 £38.00
% change year-on-year
-11.76% +11.84%
All of the Miscellaneous Category
London
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Miscellaneous category
7165 8624 11965
As % of all contract IT jobs located in London 33.11% 32.02% 37.85%
Number of daily rates quoted 4963 5869 8076
Average daily rate £475 £475 £550
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -13.63%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £275 £283 £325
10% offered a daily rate of more than £625 £625 £650
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £345 £340
% change year-on-year
+1.44% +1.47%
Number of hourly rates quoted 164 210 199
Average hourly rate £22.75 £22.50 £21.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+1.11% +7.14%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £15.00 £13.50 £11.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £52.00 £52.50 £50.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.50 £23.00 £26.50
% change year-on-year
-2.17% -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 London region as a proportion of the total demand within the Miscellaneous category.

London 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 London region.

London 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 London region.

London Device Driver Hourly Rate Trend

Device Driver
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the London 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 10 (76.92%) Linux
1 10 (76.92%) C
1 10 (76.92%) C++
2 8 (61.54%) Embedded Linux
2 8 (61.54%) Embedded Systems
3 6 (46.15%) 3D Graphics
4 5 (38.46%) OpenGL
5 3 (23.08%) Android
5 3 (23.08%) Tizen
6 2 (15.38%) OpenCL
6 2 (15.38%) DirectCompute
6 2 (15.38%) Embedded Software Development
6 2 (15.38%) CUDA
6 2 (15.38%) Telecoms
6 2 (15.38%) Security Cleared
6 2 (15.38%) Java
6 2 (15.38%) Embedded C
6 2 (15.38%) Embedded C++
7 1 (7.692%) IPv6
7 1 (7.692%) CCNP
7 1 (7.692%) CCNA
7 1 (7.692%) Cisco Certification
7 1 (7.692%) Internet
7 1 (7.692%) JavaScript
7 1 (7.692%) MS Office
7 1 (7.692%) CSS
7 1 (7.692%) Windows
7 1 (7.692%) UML
7 1 (7.692%) OO
7 1 (7.692%) E-Commerce

Device Driver
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the London 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 5 (38.46%) OpenGL
2 2 (15.38%) OpenCL
2 2 (15.38%) DirectCompute
3 1 (7.692%) CSS
3 1 (7.692%) DirectX
3 1 (7.692%) WebKit
Applications
1 1 (7.692%) MS Office
1 1 (7.692%) MS Visio
Communications & Networking
1 1 (7.692%) IPv6
1 1 (7.692%) Internet
1 1 (7.692%) Bluetooth
1 1 (7.692%) DHCP
1 1 (7.692%) RIP
1 1 (7.692%) SNMP
1 1 (7.692%) DNS
1 1 (7.692%) Wireless
1 1 (7.692%) IPsec
1 1 (7.692%) DWDM
1 1 (7.692%) OSPF
1 1 (7.692%) BGP
1 1 (7.692%) EIGRP
1 1 (7.692%) TACACS
1 1 (7.692%) VRRP
1 1 (7.692%) Intrusion Detection
1 1 (7.692%) VLAN
1 1 (7.692%) Cisco IOS
1 1 (7.692%) Cisco Nexus
1 1 (7.692%) Modbus
Development Applications
1 1 (7.692%) Subversion
General
1 2 (15.38%) Telecoms
2 1 (7.692%) Banking
2 1 (7.692%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 2 (15.38%) C++ Developer
1 2 (15.38%) Software Engineer
1 2 (15.38%) Developer
2 1 (7.692%) Software Developer
2 1 (7.692%) Architect
2 1 (7.692%) Embedded Software Engineer
2 1 (7.692%) Systems Architect
2 1 (7.692%) Cisco Engineer
2 1 (7.692%) C++ Software Developer
2 1 (7.692%) Linux Engineer
2 1 (7.692%) Real Time Developer
Miscellaneous
1 8 (61.54%) Embedded Systems
2 6 (46.15%) 3D Graphics
3 2 (15.38%) CUDA
4 1 (7.692%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 10 (76.92%) Linux
2 8 (61.54%) Embedded Linux
3 3 (23.08%) Android
3 3 (23.08%) Tizen
4 1 (7.692%) Windows
4 1 (7.692%) Windows 7
4 1 (7.692%) MeeGo
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (15.38%) Embedded Software Development
2 1 (7.692%) UML
2 1 (7.692%) OO
2 1 (7.692%) E-Commerce
2 1 (7.692%) CMMI
2 1 (7.692%) Security Management
2 1 (7.692%) Asset Management
2 1 (7.692%) Software Testing
2 1 (7.692%) Network Management
2 1 (7.692%) Digital Signal Processing
2 1 (7.692%) Signal Processing
Programming Languages
1 10 (76.92%) C
1 10 (76.92%) C++
2 2 (15.38%) Java
2 2 (15.38%) Embedded C
2 2 (15.38%) Embedded C++
3 1 (7.692%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 2 (15.38%) Security Cleared
2 1 (7.692%) CCNP
2 1 (7.692%) CCNA
2 1 (7.692%) Cisco Certification
2 1 (7.692%) Degree
2 1 (7.692%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (7.692%) ISO 9001
Systems Management
1 1 (7.692%) SCCM
Vendors
1 1 (7.692%) Cisco
1 1 (7.692%) Adobe
1 1 (7.692%) BT
1 1 (7.692%) Blue Coat
London
OpenCL, Cuda, DirectCompute).?... Expertise in Android or Tizen OS and embedded Linux, possibly with an understanding of Linux kernel and device drivers.?... Proficiency in C and C+?+? and...
Anantha Limited
Posted: 20 May 2013
City, London
Verilog or VHDL coding experience and excellent knowledge or FPGA (Xilinx or Altera) technology. Expert knowledge of C and experience with device drivers or low level coding... Bachelor...
Nicoll Curtin
Rate: £400 - £550 per day
Posted: 21 May 2013