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The first part of the table below looks at the prevalence of the term Device Driver in IT contracts advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Device Driver over the 3 months to 19 March 2010 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second part of the table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all terms in our Miscellaneous category.

LinkDevice Drivers
Location
3 months to
19 Mar 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank479404439
Rank change year-on-year
Down-75Up+35
Matching contract IT job ads1437162
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK0.029 %0.094 %0.197 %
As % of the Miscellaneous category0.108 %0.389 %0.927 %
Daily rates quoted578
Average daily rate£325£285£425
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+14.03 %-32.94 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£250£212£378
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£375£324£450
UK excluding London average daily rate£250£285£425
% change year-on-year
-12.28 %-32.94 %
Hourly rates quoted4933
Average hourly rate£38.75£37.50£38.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+3.330 %-2.590 %
90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£30.50£28.30£30.50
10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£43.50£41.30£42.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate£38.75£37.50£39.00
% change year-on-year
+3.330 %-3.840 %
IT Contractor Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryAll Miscellaneous Category
UK
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Miscellaneous category
12906950817483
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK26.72 %24.10 %21.27 %
Daily rates quoted681835476206
Average daily rate£525£425£515
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+23.52 %-17.47 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£285£225£275
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£650£600£700
UK excluding London average daily rate£325£330£350
% change year-on-year
-1.510 %-5.710 %
Hourly rates quoted5918051511
Average hourly rate£19.50£22.50£25.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-13.33 %-10.00 %
90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£10.50£12.00£10.50
10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£40.00£40.00£42.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£19.00£22.63£25.00
% change year-on-year
-16.04 %-9.480 %

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.

Device Driver
Demand Trend

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

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 within the UK.

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 within the UK.

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 within the UK over the 3 months to 19 March 2010.

Device Driver Hourly Rate Histogram

Device Driver
Top 17 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 UK over the 3 months to 19 March 2010. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

LocationRank 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
EnglandDown-6113£325+13.04 %
South EastDown-34--
East of EnglandDown-54£325+13.53 %
HampshireDown-12--
CambridgeshireDown-42£325+13.04 %
CambridgeDown-102£325+13.04 %
North WestNew entry-2£250-
ManchesterNew entry-2£250-
LondonNew entry-2£375-
PortsmouthUp+81--
HertfordshireUp+71--
South WestDown-61--
WiltshireNew entry-1--
BedfordshireNew entry-1--
Kings LangleyNew entry-1--
BrentfordNew entry-1£375-
BedfordNew entry-1--

Device Driver
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, IT contractor jobs within the UK 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.

128 (50.91 %)C
225 (45.45 %)Windows
324 (43.64 %)C++
423 (41.82 %)Linux
514 (25.45 %)TCP/IP
613 (23.64 %)Windows Vista
710 (18.18 %)Configuration Management
89 (16.36 %)Windows CE
97 (12.73 %)Embedded C
97 (12.73 %)UML
97 (12.73 %)Software Engineering
97 (12.73 %)Security Cleared
106 (10.91 %)Embedded Linux
106 (10.91 %)Embedded C++
106 (10.91 %)Wireless
115 (9.091 %)OO
115 (9.091 %)C#
115 (9.091 %)Degree
115 (9.091 %)SC Cleared
124 (7.273 %)Electronics
124 (7.273 %)Telecoms
124 (7.273 %)WinForms
124 (7.273 %)3G
133 (5.455 %)ClearQuest
133 (5.455 %)OpenGL
133 (5.455 %)Firewall
133 (5.455 %)OOA/OOD
133 (5.455 %).NET
133 (5.455 %)Apple
133 (5.455 %)DNS

Device Driver
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, IT contractor jobs within the UK 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.

IT Contractor Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
14 (7.273 %)WinForms
23 (5.455 %)OpenGL
23 (5.455 %).NET
32 (3.636 %)Middleware
41 (1.818 %)Cocoa
41 (1.818 %)DirectX
41 (1.818 %)X-Windows
41 (1.818 %)ATL
41 (1.818 %)COM
41 (1.818 %)Web Services
41 (1.818 %)XML
41 (1.818 %)WDF
41 (1.818 %)WMI
IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
114 (25.45 %)TCP/IP
26 (10.91 %)Wireless
34 (7.273 %)3G
43 (5.455 %)Firewall
43 (5.455 %)DNS
43 (5.455 %)DHCP
43 (5.455 %)Ethernet
51 (1.818 %)Wi-Fi
51 (1.818 %)WCDMA
51 (1.818 %)Asterisk PBX
51 (1.818 %)IP Telephony
51 (1.818 %)UPnP
IT Contractor Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
13 (5.455 %)ClearQuest
13 (5.455 %)ClearCase
21 (1.818 %)Visual Studio
21 (1.818 %)Subversion
IT Contractor Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
14 (7.273 %)Electronics
14 (7.273 %)Telecoms
22 (3.636 %)Marketing
31 (1.818 %)Education
31 (1.818 %)Manufacturing
31 (1.818 %)3D Graphics
31 (1.818 %)Military
31 (1.818 %)Pharmaceutical
IT Contractor Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
126 (47.27 %)Software Engineer
212 (21.82 %)Deployment Engineer
39 (16.36 %)Developer
45 (9.091 %)Senior Software Engineer
54 (7.273 %)Software Developer
54 (7.273 %)Applications Developer
63 (5.455 %)Embedded Software Engineer
63 (5.455 %)iPhone Developer
63 (5.455 %)iPhone Applications Developer
63 (5.455 %)C Developer
72 (3.636 %)Technical Product Manager
72 (3.636 %)Linux Engineer
72 (3.636 %)Technical Manager
72 (3.636 %)Product Manager
72 (3.636 %)Test Engineer
72 (3.636 %)Software Test Engineer
72 (3.636 %)Desktop Engineer
72 (3.636 %)Technical Engineer
72 (3.636 %)Sales Manager
72 (3.636 %)Pre Sales Engineer
IT Contractor Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
13 (5.455 %)iPhone
13 (5.455 %)STB
22 (3.636 %)IPTV
22 (3.636 %)Firmware
22 (3.636 %)VHDL
31 (1.818 %)Verilog
31 (1.818 %)ASIC
31 (1.818 %)MPEG
31 (1.818 %)Computer Science
31 (1.818 %)Multithreading
31 (1.818 %)Field-Programmable Gate Array
IT Contractor Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
125 (45.45 %)Windows
223 (41.82 %)Linux
313 (23.64 %)Windows Vista
49 (16.36 %)Windows CE
56 (10.91 %)Embedded Linux
63 (5.455 %)Windows Mobile
71 (1.818 %)Windows Server 2003
71 (1.818 %)UNIX
71 (1.818 %)Solaris
71 (1.818 %)uClinux
71 (1.818 %)Mac OS
IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
110 (18.18 %)Configuration Management
27 (12.73 %)UML
27 (12.73 %)Software Engineering
35 (9.091 %)OO
43 (5.455 %)OOA/OOD
43 (5.455 %)E-Commerce
43 (5.455 %)Requirements Analysis
52 (3.636 %)Manual Testing
52 (3.636 %)Product Marketing
52 (3.636 %)Product Management
61 (1.818 %)CAD
61 (1.818 %)CMMI
61 (1.818 %)Code Coverage
61 (1.818 %)OOD
61 (1.818 %)Test Automation
61 (1.818 %)Video Processing
61 (1.818 %)Software Testing
IT Contractor Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
128 (50.91 %)C
224 (43.64 %)C++
37 (12.73 %)Embedded C
46 (10.91 %)Embedded C++
55 (9.091 %)C#
62 (3.636 %)Assembly Language
71 (1.818 %)Objective-C
IT Contractor Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
17 (12.73 %)Security Cleared
25 (9.091 %)Degree
25 (9.091 %)SC Cleared
31 (1.818 %)PhD
IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
11 (1.818 %)ISO9001
11 (1.818 %)JTAG
IT Contractor Job Market, System Software CategorySystem Software
12 (3.636 %)Xen
21 (1.818 %)VMware Infrastructure
21 (1.818 %)Hyper-V
IT Contractor Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
13 (5.455 %)Apple
21 (1.818 %)VMware
21 (1.818 %)QNX
21 (1.818 %)Citrix
21 (1.818 %)Microsoft