Device Driver Contract Job Trends in the East of England

Device Drivers
England > East of England

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Device Driver in contract job vacancies in the East of England. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Device Driver over the 6 months leading up to 9 February 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 104 84 114
Rank change year-on-year -20 +30 +17
Contract jobs citing Device Driver 2 4 2
As % of all contract jobs in the East of England 0.11% 0.38% 0.11%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.37% 0.95% 0.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 2 1
10th Percentile - £333 -
25th Percentile £544 £344 £320
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £563 £363 £340
Median % change year-on-year +55.17% +6.62% -
75th Percentile £581 £381 £360
90th Percentile - £393 -
England median daily rate £563 £465 £350
% change year-on-year +20.97% +32.86% -38.70%

All Generic Skills
East of England

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 the East of England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 537 422 621
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the East of England 30.76% 39.96% 32.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 286 218 332
10th Percentile £185 £254 £219
25th Percentile £313 £396 £324
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £500 £491
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% +1.78% +9.17%
75th Percentile £609 £613 £560
90th Percentile £700 £700 £675
England median daily rate £508 £548 £546
% change year-on-year -7.31% +0.23% -5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 111 53 132
10th Percentile £12.75 £25.53 £13.57
25th Percentile £15.79 £46.31 £19.50
Median hourly rate £22.50 £67.50 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year -66.67% +22.73% -15.38%
75th Percentile £67.13 £85.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £80.00 £95.00 £70.00
England median hourly rate £31.65 £39.00 £32.50
% change year-on-year -18.85% +20.00% +44.54%

Device Driver
Job Vacancy Trend in the East of England

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

Device Driver job vacancy trend in the East of England

Device Driver
Daily Rate Trend in the East of England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing Device Driver.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing Device Driver

Device Driver
Hourly Rate Trend in the East of England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing Device Driver.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing Device Driver

Device Driver
Contract Job Locations in the East of England

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 East of England region over the 6 months to 9 February 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
Hertfordshire - 2 £563 -
Device Driver
England

Device Driver
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the East of England 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:

Communications & Networking
1 2 (100.00%) MIMO
1 2 (100.00%) Wireless
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Developer
1 2 (100.00%) Systems Developer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (100.00%) FPGA
1 2 (100.00%) VHDL
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Device Driver Development
1 2 (100.00%) Software Engineering