Device Driver Development Contract Job Trends in England

Device Driver Development
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in England requiring Device Driver Development skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 21 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 543 510 561
Rank change year-on-year -33 +51 +173
Contract jobs citing Device Driver Development 2 5 3
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.006% 0.017% 0.008%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.007% 0.020% 0.009%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 4 0
10th Percentile - £406 -
25th Percentile £544 £415 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £563 £448 -
Median % change year-on-year +25.70% - -
75th Percentile £581 £491 -
90th Percentile - £496 -
UK median daily rate £563 £448 -
% change year-on-year +25.70% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Median hourly rate - - £56.00
UK median hourly rate - - £58.50
% change year-on-year - - -2.50%

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 27,831 25,521 32,842
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 88.70% 88.62% 88.68%
Number of daily rates quoted 17,689 15,759 22,371
10th Percentile £300 £310 £310
25th Percentile £406 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £505 £525 £540
Median % change year-on-year -3.81% -2.78% -1.82%
75th Percentile £625 £650 £650
90th Percentile £725 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £530
% change year-on-year -4.76% -0.94% -3.64%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,818 840 1,378
10th Percentile £15.00 £15.62 £14.70
25th Percentile £17.87 £20.30 £19.25
Median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £44.50
Median % change year-on-year -28.14% -21.35% +19.85%
75th Percentile £55.00 £64.73 £65.00
90th Percentile £69.25 £74.88 £77.50
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £32.50 £43.84
% change year-on-year -22.62% -25.86% +25.25%

Device Driver Development
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Device Driver Development job vacancy trend in England

Device Driver Development
Daily Rate Trend in England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Device Driver Development.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Device Driver Development

Device Driver Development
Hourly Rate Trend in England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Device Driver Development.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Device Driver Development

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 21 December 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
East of England -20 2 £563 - 2
Device Driver Development
UK

Device Driver Development
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in 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%) Device Driver
1 2 (100.00%) FPGA
1 2 (100.00%) VHDL
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Software Engineering