Device Driver Contracts in Edinburgh

Device Drivers
Scotland > Edinburgh

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Device Driver in contract job vacancies in Edinburgh. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Device Driver over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 57 68 -
Rank change year-on-year +11 - -
Contract jobs citing Device Driver 10 4 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Edinburgh 1.60% 0.49% -
As % of the Miscellaneous category 4.18% 1.47% -
Number of daily rates quoted 3 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £150 - -
75th Percentile £174 - -
90th Percentile £188 - -
Scotland median daily rate £150 - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 4 0
10th Percentile £19.04 - -
25th Percentile £21.00 £60.25 -
Median hourly rate £22.00 £60.50 -
Median % change year-on-year -63.64% - -
75th Percentile £24.09 £60.75 -
90th Percentile £28.51 - -
Scotland median hourly rate £22.00 £60.50 -
% change year-on-year -63.64% - -

All Generic Skills
Edinburgh

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 Edinburgh.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 239 273 467
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Edinburgh 38.24% 33.50% 35.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 119 147 327
10th Percentile £208 £334 £242
25th Percentile £413 £420 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £489 £510 £479
Median % change year-on-year -4.12% +6.47% -4.20%
75th Percentile £554 £600 £538
90th Percentile £638 £675 £625
Scotland median daily rate £467 £475 £488
% change year-on-year -1.68% -2.56% +2.63%
Number of hourly rates quoted 18 16 3
10th Percentile - £14.88 £21.34
25th Percentile £17.30 £16.25 £21.47
Median hourly rate £22.00 £20.57 £21.67
Median % change year-on-year +6.95% -5.08% -54.38%
75th Percentile £24.38 £60.19 £37.71
90th Percentile £42.00 £60.75 £47.33
Scotland median hourly rate £22.00 £18.14 £12.30
% change year-on-year +21.31% +47.44% -71.40%

Device Driver
Job Vacancy Trend in Edinburgh

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

Job vacancy trend for Device Driver in Edinburgh

Device Driver
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Edinburgh

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

Daily rate trend for Device Driver in Edinburgh

Device Driver
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Edinburgh

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

Hourly rate trend for Device Driver in Edinburgh

Device Driver
Hourly Rate Histogram in Edinburgh

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Device Driver in Edinburgh over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Device Driver in Edinburgh

Device Driver
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Edinburgh 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:

Communications & Networking
1 9 (90.00%) Remote Desktop
General
1 10 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (20.00%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (10.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 7 (70.00%) Service Desk Engineer
2 5 (50.00%) Service Desk Support
2 5 (50.00%) Support Engineer
2 5 (50.00%) Windows Engineer
2 5 (50.00%) Windows Support Engineer
3 2 (20.00%) Analyst
3 2 (20.00%) Desktop Engineer
3 2 (20.00%) Desktop Support
3 2 (20.00%) Desktop Support Engineer
3 2 (20.00%) Service Analyst
3 2 (20.00%) Service Desk Analyst
4 1 (10.00%) 2nd Line Engineer
Operating Systems
1 10 (100.00%) Windows
2 2 (20.00%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (100.00%) Customer Service
1 10 (100.00%) ITIL
2 9 (90.00%) Customer Experience
2 9 (90.00%) Problem-Solving
2 9 (90.00%) Task Automation
3 2 (20.00%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 9 (90.00%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 8 (80.00%) A+ Certification
1 8 (80.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 1 (10.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (20.00%) QA
Vendors
1 8 (80.00%) Microsoft