Device Driver Contracts

Device Drivers
UK

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Device Driver in contract job vacancies. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Device Driver over the 6 months to 19 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
19 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 560 708 832
Rank change year-on-year +148 +124 -181
Contract jobs citing Device Driver 26 8 23
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.060% 0.013% 0.026%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.20% 0.040% 0.078%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 2 17
10th Percentile - £426 £138
25th Percentile £325 £428 £213
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £463 £390
Median % change year-on-year -2.70% +18.59% -2.50%
75th Percentile £550 £503 £463
90th Percentile - £509 £600
UK excluding London median daily rate £550 £463 £395
% change year-on-year +18.92% +17.16% +1.87%
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 0 4
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £60.25 - £46.25
Median hourly rate £65.00 - £51.14
75th Percentile - - £57.02
90th Percentile £67.38 - £58.81
UK excluding London median hourly rate £65.00 - £54.78
% change year-on-year - - +24.50%

All Generic Skills
UK

Device Driver is in the General and Transferable Skills category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 13,294 20,178 29,579
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 30.45% 33.26% 32.92%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,529 13,847 20,663
10th Percentile £263 £306 £313
25th Percentile £413 £450 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.27% - +10.00%
75th Percentile £650 £682 £650
90th Percentile £788 £800 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £475
% change year-on-year - +5.26% +11.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 901 661 727
10th Percentile £12.25 £9.80 £13.89
25th Percentile £15.16 £10.75 £17.00
Median hourly rate £28.25 £22.49 £27.00
Median % change year-on-year +25.64% -16.72% +5.88%
75th Percentile £58.75 £65.00 £49.75
90th Percentile £68.88 £75.00 £66.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £26.00 £22.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year +18.18% +10.00% -16.67%

Device Driver
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Device Driver as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Device Driver in the UK

Device Driver
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Device Driver.

Daily rate trend for Device Driver in the UK

Device Driver
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Device Driver over the 6 months to 19 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Device Driver in the UK

Device Driver
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Device Driver.

Hourly rate trend for Device Driver in the UK

Device Driver
Top 12 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Device Driver within the UK over the 6 months to 19 April 2024. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England +128 21 £450 -2.70% 48
UK excluding London +84 21 £550 +18.92% 41
South East +22 9 £550 +15.79% 11
Work from Home - 8 £350 - 32
London +112 5 £350 - 8
Scotland - 5 - - 6
South West - 3 - - 2
Midlands - 2 - - 6
West Midlands - 2 - - 2
North of England - 2 £388 - 2
North West - 1 £388 - 2
Yorkshire - 1 - -

Device Driver
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 1 (3.85%) Confluence
Communications & Networking
1 7 (26.92%) Wireless
2 5 (19.23%) Internet
3 2 (7.69%) Bluetooth
4 1 (3.85%) SSL
Development Applications
1 5 (19.23%) Git
1 5 (19.23%) JIRA
1 5 (19.23%) Subversion
2 3 (11.54%) Rational Rhapsody
General
1 8 (30.77%) Electronics
2 4 (15.38%) Aerospace
2 4 (15.38%) Telecoms
3 1 (3.85%) French Language
3 1 (3.85%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 9 (34.62%) Embedded Engineer
1 9 (34.62%) Embedded Software Engineer
1 9 (34.62%) Software Engineer
2 3 (11.54%) Developer
2 3 (11.54%) Network Engineer
3 2 (7.69%) Senior
4 1 (3.85%) C++ Developer
4 1 (3.85%) Linux Developer
4 1 (3.85%) Python Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (11.54%) Yocto
Miscellaneous
1 5 (19.23%) IoT
1 5 (19.23%) PCIe
1 5 (19.23%) Verilog
1 5 (19.23%) VHDL
2 4 (15.38%) Algorithms
3 1 (3.85%) Embedded Systems
Operating Systems
1 9 (34.62%) Linux
2 8 (30.77%) Embedded Linux
3 5 (19.23%) VxWorks
3 5 (19.23%) Windows
3 5 (19.23%) Windows 10
4 1 (3.85%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (42.31%) Software Engineering
2 10 (38.46%) Device Driver Development
3 9 (34.62%) Defect Tracking
4 5 (19.23%) Agile
4 5 (19.23%) CI/CD
4 5 (19.23%) Code Optimisation
4 5 (19.23%) Configuration Management
4 5 (19.23%) Continuous Deployment
4 5 (19.23%) Continuous Integration
4 5 (19.23%) Memory Management
4 5 (19.23%) Requirements Management
4 5 (19.23%) SDLC
4 5 (19.23%) Software Distribution
5 4 (15.38%) Computer Science
5 4 (15.38%) Signal Processing
5 4 (15.38%) Software Optimisation
5 4 (15.38%) Validation
6 3 (11.54%) UML
7 1 (3.85%) Biometrics
7 1 (3.85%) Multithreading
Programming Languages
1 18 (69.23%) C
2 13 (50.00%) C++
3 7 (26.92%) Python
4 5 (19.23%) Embedded C
4 5 (19.23%) PowerShell
4 5 (19.23%) VB
4 5 (19.23%) VBScript
5 4 (15.38%) Assembly Language
5 4 (15.38%) MATLAB
5 4 (15.38%) Shell Script
6 3 (11.54%) Bash
7 1 (3.85%) Java
7 1 (3.85%) Rust
Qualifications
1 5 (19.23%) Degree
1 5 (19.23%) Master's Degree
2 4 (15.38%) PhD
3 1 (3.85%) SC Cleared
3 1 (3.85%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (30.77%) MISRA
2 5 (19.23%) MISRA C
3 4 (15.38%) JTAG
4 3 (11.54%) Def Stans
4 3 (11.54%) DO-178B
5 1 (3.85%) QA
System Software
1 15 (57.69%) Firmware
2 6 (23.08%) Embedded Firmware
Systems Management
1 1 (3.85%) SCCM
Vendors
1 5 (19.23%) Atlassian
1 5 (19.23%) Intel
2 3 (11.54%) IBM