The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Device Driver in IT jobs advertised for the East of England region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Device Driver over the 3 months to 22 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 East of England region.

Location
3 months to
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Device Drivers
Rank 217 170 182
Rank change year-on-year
-47 +12
Permanent jobs citing Device Driver 48 105 85
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the East of England 0.579% 1.185% 0.906%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.946% 3.946% 2.874%
Number of salaries quoted 37 74 75
Average salary £42,500 £45,000 £43,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-5.55% +4.65%
90% offered a salary of more than £23,000 £35,000 £37,500
10% offered a salary of more than £50,600 £57,500 £66,800
UK excluding London average salary £45,000 £41,000 £42,500
% change year-on-year
+9.75% -3.52%
All of the Miscellaneous Category
East of England
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Miscellaneous category
2466 2661 2958
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the East of England 29.74% 30.02% 31.52%
Number of salaries quoted 2147 2128 2530
Average salary £38,500 £40,000 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-3.75% +6.66%
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £27,500 £26,000
10% offered a salary of more than £57,500 £55,000 £55,000
UK excluding London average salary £39,000 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-2.50% +6.66%
Device Driver
England

Device Driver
Jobs Demand Trend

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

East of England Device Driver Jobs Demand Trend

Device Driver
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Device Driver across the East of England region.

East of England Device Driver Salary Trend

Device Driver
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Device Driver across the East of England region over the 3 months to 22 May 2013.

East of England Device Driver Salary Histogram

Device Driver
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Device Driver within the East of England region over the 3 months to 22 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Cambridgeshire -27 37 £45,000 -10.00%
Essex +17 6 £23,000 -44.24%
Hertfordshire -2 5 £40,000 -11.11%
Device Driver
England

Device Driver
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the East of England 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 IT job ads sampled that cited Device Driver.

1 76 (75.25%) Linux
2 75 (74.26%) C
3 69 (68.32%) C++
4 59 (58.42%) Windows
5 56 (55.45%) Degree
6 35 (34.65%) Multithreading
7 29 (28.71%) Embedded C
8 24 (23.76%) Embedded C++
8 24 (23.76%) Firmware
9 18 (17.82%) TCP/IP
10 17 (16.83%) Ethernet
11 16 (15.84%) UNIX
12 14 (13.86%) Electronic Design Automation
12 14 (13.86%) Xen
12 14 (13.86%) VMware
12 14 (13.86%) VHDL
12 14 (13.86%) Verilog
13 13 (12.87%) Software Engineering
13 13 (12.87%) C#
14 12 (11.88%) Visual Studio
14 12 (11.88%) Python
14 12 (11.88%) Scrum
15 10 (9.901%) Microsoft
15 10 (9.901%) TDD
16 9 (8.911%) Electronics
16 9 (8.911%) HTTP
16 9 (8.911%) Embedded Systems
17 8 (7.921%) Java
18 7 (6.931%) .NET
18 7 (6.931%) STL

Device Driver
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the East of England 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 IT job ads sampled that cited Device Driver. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 7 (6.931%) .NET
1 7 (6.931%) STL
1 7 (6.931%) Boost C++ Libraries
2 3 (2.970%) OpenGL
2 3 (2.970%) DirectX
2 3 (2.970%) Ajax
2 3 (2.970%) JSON
2 3 (2.970%) jQuery
3 2 (1.980%) Middleware
3 2 (1.980%) Direct3D
4 1 (0.990%) HTML
4 1 (0.990%) Web Services
4 1 (0.990%) XML
Application Platforms
1 1 (0.990%) IIS
Applications
1 3 (2.970%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 18 (17.82%) TCP/IP
2 17 (16.83%) Ethernet
3 9 (8.911%) HTTP
4 2 (1.980%) IGMP
4 2 (1.980%) RTSP
4 2 (1.980%) FTP
4 2 (1.980%) Wireless
4 2 (1.980%) DVB
4 2 (1.980%) RFID
4 2 (1.980%) SNMP
5 1 (0.990%) Fibre Channel
5 1 (0.990%) iSCSI
5 1 (0.990%) SAN
5 1 (0.990%) SMTP
5 1 (0.990%) GSM
Development Applications
1 12 (11.88%) Visual Studio
2 2 (1.980%) CppUnit
3 1 (0.990%) VSS/SourceSafe
General
1 9 (8.911%) Electronics
2 6 (5.941%) Telecoms
3 4 (3.960%) Automotive
3 4 (3.960%) Manufacturing
4 2 (1.980%) Aerospace
5 1 (0.990%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 73 (72.28%) Software Engineer
2 32 (31.68%) Embedded Software Engineer
3 21 (20.79%) Development Engineer
4 18 (17.82%) C Software Engineer
5 14 (13.86%) Software Development Engineer
6 11 (10.89%) Developer
7 9 (8.911%) C++ Software Engineer
8 6 (5.941%) C++ Developer
8 6 (5.941%) Principle Engineer
9 5 (4.950%) Junior
9 5 (4.950%) Junior Software Engineer
9 5 (4.950%) Linux Engineer
10 4 (3.960%) C# Software Engineer
10 4 (3.960%) Design Engineer
11 3 (2.970%) Software Developer
11 3 (2.970%) Technical Leader
11 3 (2.970%) Embedded C Engineer
11 3 (2.970%) Senior Software Engineer
11 3 (2.970%) Senior Embedded Software Engineer
11 3 (2.970%) Embedded C/C++ Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 24 (23.76%) Firmware
2 14 (13.86%) VHDL
2 14 (13.86%) Verilog
3 9 (8.911%) Embedded Systems
4 3 (2.970%) Data Protection Act
4 3 (2.970%) Computer Science
4 3 (2.970%) Blog
5 2 (1.980%) Mathematics
5 2 (1.980%) Physics
5 2 (1.980%) STB
5 2 (1.980%) IPTV
5 2 (1.980%) 3D Graphics
5 2 (1.980%) Streaming Video
5 2 (1.980%) MPEG
6 1 (0.990%) Open Source
6 1 (0.990%) Reference Data
6 1 (0.990%) Smartcard
6 1 (0.990%) Client/Server
Operating Systems
1 76 (75.25%) Linux
2 59 (58.42%) Windows
3 16 (15.84%) UNIX
4 7 (6.931%) Embedded Linux
5 5 (4.950%) VxWorks
6 3 (2.970%) Windows 7
6 3 (2.970%) Windows XP
6 3 (2.970%) Windows Vista
7 1 (0.990%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 35 (34.65%) Multithreading
2 14 (13.86%) Electronic Design Automation
3 13 (12.87%) Software Engineering
4 12 (11.88%) Scrum
5 10 (9.901%) TDD
6 7 (6.931%) OO
6 7 (6.931%) Software Testing
7 6 (5.941%) Agile Software Development
8 4 (3.960%) Test Automation
8 4 (3.960%) Kanban
8 4 (3.960%) Unit Testing
8 4 (3.960%) Continuous Integration
9 3 (2.970%) Data Protection
9 3 (2.970%) Regression Testing
10 1 (0.990%) Software Architecture
10 1 (0.990%) Feature Driven Development
10 1 (0.990%) Memory Management
10 1 (0.990%) Signal Processing
10 1 (0.990%) Continuous Improvement
10 1 (0.990%) Embedded Software Development
Programming Languages
1 75 (74.26%) C
2 69 (68.32%) C++
3 29 (28.71%) Embedded C
4 24 (23.76%) Embedded C++
5 13 (12.87%) C#
6 12 (11.88%) Python
7 8 (7.921%) Java
8 5 (4.950%) Assembly Language
8 5 (4.950%) SQL
9 3 (2.970%) Perl
9 3 (2.970%) Ruby
10 1 (0.990%) PHP
Qualifications
1 56 (55.45%) Degree
2 4 (3.960%) Security Cleared
3 1 (0.990%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (0.990%) ISO/IEC 14443
1 1 (0.990%) ISO 9001
1 1 (0.990%) QA
System Software
1 14 (13.86%) Xen
2 1 (0.990%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (0.990%) SCCM
1 1 (0.990%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
Vendors
1 14 (13.86%) VMware
2 10 (9.901%) Microsoft
3 5 (4.950%) QNX
4 4 (3.960%) Intel
5 1 (0.990%) Atmel
5 1 (0.990%) IBM
5 1 (0.990%) HP
5 1 (0.990%) Telcordia
5 1 (0.990%) Progress
5 1 (0.990%) Oracle
5 1 (0.990%) PeopleSoft
5 1 (0.990%) Cadence
5 1 (0.990%) FrontRange
5 1 (0.990%) Altiris
5 1 (0.990%) Agilent
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
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Salary: From £40,000 to £50,000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 15 May 2013
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Salary: From £24,000 to £50,000 per annum outstanding benefits package
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Salary: £38000 - £42000 per annum + Benefits
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ECM Selection Ltd
Salary: to £Excellent + benefits
Posted: 29 April 2013
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Posted: 21 May 2013
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
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ENTERPRISE RECRUITMENT LTD
Salary: £48000 to £65000 per annum - excellent package
Posted: 20 May 2013
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Salary: From £28,000 to £38,000 per annum
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Posted: 16 May 2013
Cambridge
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