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The table below looks at the demand for Device Drivers skills within the West 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 9 January 2009 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkDevice Drivers
Location
3 months to
9 Jan 2009
Same period last year
Rank-115
Rank change on same period last yearNew entry-
Matching contract IT job ads02
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.000 %0.002 %
As % of the category below0.000 %0.458 %
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£280£431
% change on same period last year-35.07 %
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£30.97£38.83
% change on same period last year-20.26 %
West Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
West Midlands
Matching contract IT job ads531437
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled1.070 %0.536 %
Daily rates quoted14480
Average minimum daily rate£310£294
Average daily rate£326£320
% change on same period last year+1.70 %
Average maximum daily rate£341£346
UK excluding London average daily rate£342£351
% change on same period last year-2.39 %
Hourly rates quoted8999
Average minimum hourly rate£25.07£20.25
Average hourly rate£26.61£22.05
% change on same period last year+20.68 %
Average maximum hourly rate£28.16£23.85
UK excluding London average hourly rate£25.91£25.37
% change on same period last year+2.11 %
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 West Midlands region as a proportion of the total demand within the Miscellaneous category.

West 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 West Midlands region.

West 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 West Midlands region.

West Midlands Device Driver Hourly Rate Trend

Device Driver
Top 13 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 9 January 2009, IT contractor jobs across the West 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 %)C++
22 (66.67 %)TCP/IP
31 (33.33 %)Telecoms
31 (33.33 %)Fedora
31 (33.33 %)IPTV
31 (33.33 %)Embedded Linux
31 (33.33 %)Embedded C
31 (33.33 %)Embedded C++
31 (33.33 %)Intel
31 (33.33 %)VxWorks
31 (33.33 %)POSIX

Device Driver
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 9 January 2009, IT contractor jobs across the West 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.

West Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
11 (33.33 %)POSIX
West Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
12 (66.67 %)TCP/IP
West Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
11 (33.33 %)Telecoms
West Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
12 (66.67 %)Software Engineer
12 (66.67 %)Embedded Software Engineer
21 (33.33 %)Linux Specialist
West Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
11 (33.33 %)IPTV
West Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
13 (100.00 %)Linux
21 (33.33 %)VxWorks
21 (33.33 %)Fedora
21 (33.33 %)Embedded Linux
West Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
13 (100.00 %)C
22 (66.67 %)C++
31 (33.33 %)Embedded C
31 (33.33 %)Embedded C++
West Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
11 (33.33 %)Intel