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The table below looks at the demand for Device Drivers skills within the Midlands region with a comparison to our Miscellaneous category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Device Driver over the 3 months to 21 November 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkDevice Drivers
Location
3 months to
21 Nov 2008
Same period last year
Rank5573
Rank change on same period last yearUp+18
Matching contract IT job ads12
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.002 %0.002 %
As % of the category below0.410 %0.881 %
Daily rates quoted00
Average minimum daily rate--
Average daily rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate--
UK excluding London average daily rate£325£400
% change on same period last year-18.86 %
Hourly rates quoted00
Average minimum hourly rate--
Average hourly rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate--
UK excluding London average hourly rate£36.06£39.16
% change on same period last year-7.90 %
Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
Midlands
Matching contract IT job ads244227
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.384 %0.243 %
Daily rates quoted3424
Average minimum daily rate£324£295
Average daily rate£339£320
% change on same period last year+6.17 %
Average maximum daily rate£354£344
UK excluding London average daily rate£344£343
% change on same period last year+0.33 %
Hourly rates quoted615
Average minimum hourly rate£18.75£21.13
Average hourly rate£20.25£22.13
% change on same period last year-8.48 %
Average maximum hourly rate£21.75£23.13
UK excluding London average hourly rate£25.46£25.58
% change on same period last year-0.46 %
Device Driver EnglandDevice Driver
England

We calculate average IT contractor rates directly from the figures quoted and do not attempt to derive hourly rates from daily rates or vice versa.

Device Driver
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Device Driver across the Midlands region as a proportion of the total demand within the Miscellaneous category.

Midlands Device Driver Demand Trend

Device Driver
Daily Rate Trend

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

Midlands Device Driver Daily Rate Trend

Device Driver
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Midlands Device Driver Hourly Rate Trend

Device Driver
Top 10 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 November 2008, IT contractor jobs across the 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.

13 (100.00 %)C
13 (100.00 %)Linux
22 (66.67 %)Embedded Linux
31 (33.33 %)VLAN
31 (33.33 %)DHCP
31 (33.33 %)Ethernet
31 (33.33 %)Embedded C
31 (33.33 %)802.11
31 (33.33 %)Wireless
31 (33.33 %)STB

Device Driver
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 November 2008, IT contractor jobs across the 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.

Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
11 (33.33 %)DHCP
11 (33.33 %)Ethernet
11 (33.33 %)802.11
11 (33.33 %)Wireless
11 (33.33 %)VLAN
Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
13 (100.00 %)Linux Engineer
21 (33.33 %)Software Engineer
Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
11 (33.33 %)STB
Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
13 (100.00 %)Linux
22 (66.67 %)Embedded Linux
Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
13 (100.00 %)C
21 (33.33 %)Embedded C