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This section looks at the demand for Device Drivers skills within the Swindon region with a comparison to our Miscellaneous category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT job ads that have cited Device Driver over the 3 months to 4 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkDevice Drivers
Location
3 months to 4 Jul 2008Same period last year
Rank47-
Rank change on same period last yearNew entry-
Matching contract IT job ads60
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.008 %0.000 %
As % of the category below8.571 %0.000 %
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£246£308
% change on same period last year-20.13 %
Hourly rates quoted50
Average minimum hourly rate£29.20-
Average hourly rate£31.60-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate£34.00-
UK excluding London average hourly rate£36.00£39.37
% change on same period last year-8.55 %
Miscellaneous SwindonMiscellaneous
Swindon
Matching contract IT job ads70109
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.092 %0.116 %
Daily rates quoted2420
Average minimum daily rate£353£334
Average daily rate£374£359
% change on same period last year+4.23 %
Average maximum daily rate£395£383
UK excluding London average daily rate£362£350
% change on same period last year+3.34 %
Hourly rates quoted1419
Average minimum hourly rate£30.79£37.55
Average hourly rate£33.12£39.50
% change on same period last year-16.13 %
Average maximum hourly rate£35.46£41.45
UK excluding London average hourly rate£24.27£28.32
% change on same period last year-14.29 %
Device Driver WiltshireDevice Driver
Wiltshire

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 Swindon region as a proportion of the total demand within the Miscellaneous category.

Swindon 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 Swindon region.

Swindon 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 Swindon region.

Swindon Device Driver Hourly Rate Trend

Device Driver
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Device Driver across the Swindon region over the 3 months to 4 July 2008.

Swindon Device Driver Hourly Rate Histogram

Device Driver
Top 23 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 4 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Swindon 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.

111 (68.75 %)Telecoms
210 (62.50 %)C++
210 (62.50 %)C
38 (50.00 %)3G
38 (50.00 %)Perl
38 (50.00 %)Windows
38 (50.00 %)Linux
47 (43.75 %)ClearCase
47 (43.75 %)IBM
47 (43.75 %)Embedded C
47 (43.75 %)Embedded C++
47 (43.75 %)Code Coverage
47 (43.75 %)Embedded Linux
56 (37.50 %)C#
56 (37.50 %).NET
65 (31.25 %)SharePoint
65 (31.25 %)InfoPath
65 (31.25 %)Workflow
72 (12.50 %)Windows Mobile
72 (12.50 %)Pocket PC
72 (12.50 %)Windows CE
81 (6.250 %)Unix
81 (6.250 %)Marketing

Device Driver
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 4 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Swindon 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
16 (37.50 %).NET
Application Platforms
15 (31.25 %)SharePoint
Applications
15 (31.25 %)InfoPath
Communications & Networking
18 (50.00 %)3G
Development Applications
17 (43.75 %)ClearCase
General
111 (68.75 %)Telecoms
21 (6.250 %)Marketing
Job Titles
111 (68.75 %)Developer
26 (37.50 %)Real Time Developer
34 (25.00 %)C# Developer
34 (25.00 %)Software Engineer
41 (6.250 %)Software Developer
41 (6.250 %)Programmer
41 (6.250 %)Linux Specialist
Miscellaneous
12 (12.50 %)Pocket PC
Operating Systems
18 (50.00 %)Windows
18 (50.00 %)Linux
27 (43.75 %)Embedded Linux
32 (12.50 %)Windows CE
32 (12.50 %)Windows Mobile
41 (6.250 %)Unix
Processes & Methodologies
17 (43.75 %)Code Coverage
25 (31.25 %)Workflow
Programming Languages
110 (62.50 %)C++
110 (62.50 %)C
28 (50.00 %)Perl
37 (43.75 %)Embedded C
37 (43.75 %)Embedded C++
46 (37.50 %)C#
Vendors
17 (43.75 %)IBM
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