Device Driver Contract Job Trends in Derbyshire

Device Drivers
East Midlands > Derbyshire

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Device Driver in contract job vacancies in Derbyshire. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Device Driver over the 6 months leading up to 3 April 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 27 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Device Driver 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Derbyshire 0.53% - -
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.85% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 - -
East Midlands median daily rate £500 - -

All Generic Skills
Derbyshire

Device Driver falls under the General and Transferable Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring generic IT skills in Derbyshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 54 15 50
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Derbyshire 28.42% 17.44% 29.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 16 10 44
10th Percentile £297 £138 £145
25th Percentile £413 £143 £188
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £444 £400 £248
Median % change year-on-year +10.94% +61.62% -45.60%
75th Percentile £691 £550 £450
90th Percentile £700 £624 £584
East Midlands median daily rate £425 £433 £435
% change year-on-year -1.73% -0.57% -3.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £8.75
Median hourly rate £17.87 - £12.50
Median % change year-on-year - - -79.17%
75th Percentile £24.29 - £16.25
90th Percentile £26.00 - -
East Midlands median hourly rate £20.07 £13.81 £14.00
% change year-on-year +45.31% -1.36% -30.00%

Device Driver
Job Vacancy Trend in Derbyshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Device Driver relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Derbyshire.

Device Driver job vacancy trend in Derbyshire

Device Driver
Contract Job Locations in Derbyshire

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 Derbyshire region over the 6 months to 3 April 2026. 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
Derby - 1 £500 - 1
Device Driver
East Midlands

Device Driver
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Derbyshire by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Configuration Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Engineer
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Application Packaging
1 1 (100.00%) Batch Scripting
1 1 (100.00%) Deployment Automation
1 1 (100.00%) Information Security
1 1 (100.00%) Task Automation
1 1 (100.00%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) QA
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) BitLocker
1 1 (100.00%) Firmware
1 1 (100.00%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) SCCM
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Dell
1 1 (100.00%) HP
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft