Device Driver Development Contracts in England

Device Driver Development
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England requiring Device Driver Development skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Device Driver Development 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 479 536 651
Rank change year-on-year +57 +115 +127
Contract jobs citing Device Driver Development 6 6 2
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.025% 0.016% 0.004%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.027% 0.019% 0.004%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 2 1
10th Percentile £410 £335 -
25th Percentile £429 £350 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £470 £400 £475
Median % change year-on-year +17.50% -15.79% +18.09%
75th Percentile £497 £450 £513
90th Percentile £519 £465 -
UK median daily rate £470 £400 £488
% change year-on-year +17.50% -17.95% +21.19%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 3 0
Median hourly rate - £67.25 -
UK median hourly rate - £60.50 -

All Process and Methodology Skills
England

Device Driver Development falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 22,202 32,193 45,529
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 91.16% 86.56% 90.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 14,534 21,105 31,969
10th Percentile £310 £300 £325
25th Percentile £413 £413 £445
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -4.55% +2.33%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £675
90th Percentile £750 £750 £765
UK median daily rate £520 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -0.95% -4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 921 2,246 1,592
10th Percentile £14.42 £12.92 £10.87
25th Percentile £18.20 £16.01 £16.25
Median hourly rate £29.07 £36.00 £37.50
Median % change year-on-year -19.25% -4.00% +53.06%
75th Percentile £63.75 £60.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £72.50 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £29.00 £35.65 £37.30
% change year-on-year -18.65% -4.42% +49.20%

Device Driver Development
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Device Driver Development in England

Device Driver Development
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Daily rate trend for Device Driver Development in England

Device Driver Development
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

Hourly rate trend for Device Driver Development in England

Device Driver Development
Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Device Driver Development within the England region over the 6 months to 1 May 2025. 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
South East - 6 £470 - 8
Device Driver Development
UK

Device Driver Development
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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:

Cloud Services
1 6 (100.00%) AWS
General
1 6 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 6 (100.00%) Architect
2 3 (50.00%) Senior
2 3 (50.00%) Senior Architect
2 3 (50.00%) Senior Solutions Architect
2 3 (50.00%) Solutions Architect
3 1 (16.67%) Systems Architect
Miscellaneous
1 6 (100.00%) Algorithms
1 6 (100.00%) Device Driver
1 6 (100.00%) Embedded Systems
1 6 (100.00%) IoT
Operating Systems
1 6 (100.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (100.00%) Agile
1 6 (100.00%) Architectural Design
1 6 (100.00%) Cloud Enablement
1 6 (100.00%) Decision-Making
1 6 (100.00%) Multithreading
1 6 (100.00%) Project Management
1 6 (100.00%) SDLC
2 5 (83.33%) Artificial Intelligence
2 5 (83.33%) Signal Processing
Programming Languages
1 6 (100.00%) Embedded C
2 5 (83.33%) C
System Software
1 6 (100.00%) Firmware