The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Device Driver in IT contracts advertised for the Surrey region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Device Driver over the 3 months to 17 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 Surrey 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
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Device Drivers
Rank 71 - 98
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Contract jobs citing Device Driver 6 0 3
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Surrey 0.527% - 0.160%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 2.410% - 0.824%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Average daily rate £400 - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £278 £313
% change year-on-year
+26.12% -11.20%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 0 0
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
Surrey
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Miscellaneous category
249 279 364
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Surrey 21.86% 16.95% 19.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 95 131 205
Average daily rate £400 £325 £375
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+23.07% -13.33%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £190 £160 £285
10% offered a daily rate of more than £503 £450 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £342 £340
% change year-on-year
+2.41% +0.51%
Number of hourly rates quoted 24 17 12
Average hourly rate £35.00 £33.25 £31.25
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+5.26% +6.40%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.00 £24.50 £26.50
% change year-on-year
-10.20% -7.54%
Device Driver
South East

Device Driver
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Surrey 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 Surrey region.

Surrey 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 Surrey region.

Surrey 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 Surrey region over the 3 months to 17 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
Staines - 6 £400 -
Device Driver
South East

Device Driver
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Surrey 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 (100.00%) C
1 10 (100.00%) C++
2 9 (90.00%) Linux
2 9 (90.00%) OpenGL
2 9 (90.00%) Electronics
2 9 (90.00%) Embedded Linux
2 9 (90.00%) GLSL
2 9 (90.00%) Embedded Systems
3 8 (80.00%) Smartphone
3 8 (80.00%) DTV
4 2 (20.00%) Open Source
5 1 (10.00%) VC++
5 1 (10.00%) Swing
5 1 (10.00%) Java RMI
5 1 (10.00%) Microsoft
5 1 (10.00%) Java
5 1 (10.00%) JUnit
5 1 (10.00%) Visual Studio
5 1 (10.00%) XML
5 1 (10.00%) UNIX
5 1 (10.00%) Windows
5 1 (10.00%) Marketing
5 1 (10.00%) Degree
5 1 (10.00%) Mathematics
5 1 (10.00%) Computer Science
5 1 (10.00%) Multithreading
5 1 (10.00%) Embedded Software Development
5 1 (10.00%) WiX
5 1 (10.00%) Bugzilla
5 1 (10.00%) 3D Graphics

Device Driver
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Surrey 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 9 (90.00%) OpenGL
2 1 (10.00%) Jini
2 1 (10.00%) XML
2 1 (10.00%) Swing
2 1 (10.00%) Java RMI
Development Applications
1 1 (10.00%) JUnit
1 1 (10.00%) Visual Studio
1 1 (10.00%) Bugzilla
1 1 (10.00%) NetBeans
1 1 (10.00%) Subversion
1 1 (10.00%) WiX
General
1 9 (90.00%) Electronics
2 1 (10.00%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 1 (10.00%) Software Engineer
1 1 (10.00%) Developer
1 1 (10.00%) Java Developer
1 1 (10.00%) Senior Software Engineer
1 1 (10.00%) C Developer
Miscellaneous
1 9 (90.00%) Embedded Systems
2 8 (80.00%) DTV
2 8 (80.00%) Smartphone
3 2 (20.00%) Open Source
4 1 (10.00%) Mathematics
4 1 (10.00%) Computer Science
4 1 (10.00%) 3D Graphics
Operating Systems
1 9 (90.00%) Linux
1 9 (90.00%) Embedded Linux
2 1 (10.00%) UNIX
2 1 (10.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (10.00%) Software Testing
1 1 (10.00%) Multithreading
1 1 (10.00%) Embedded Software Development
Programming Languages
1 10 (100.00%) C
1 10 (100.00%) C++
2 9 (90.00%) GLSL
3 1 (10.00%) Java
3 1 (10.00%) VC++
Qualifications
1 1 (10.00%) Degree
Vendors
1 1 (10.00%) Microsoft
Weybridge, Staines, Egham, South East
Desired Skills & Experience - Expertise in C and C++ - Expertise in embedded Linux, Linux kernel and device drivers. - Expertise in Graphics with experience in design and development of Graphic...
Brightred Resourcing
Rate: £350 - £450 per day
Posted: 23 April 2013
Weybridge, Surrey
Expertise in C and C++ - Expertise in embedded Linux, Linux kernel and device drivers. - Expertise in Graphics with experience in design and development of Graphic stacks for embedded...
Brightred Resourcing Limited
Rate: From £350 to £450 per day
Posted: 17 May 2013