Device Driver Contracts in England

Device Drivers
UK > England

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Device Driver in contract job vacancies advertised in England. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Device Driver over the 6 months to 24 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
24 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 515 652 771
Rank change year-on-year +137 +119 -163
Contract jobs citing Device Driver 21 8 17
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.056% 0.016% 0.024%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.18% 0.047% 0.070%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 2 13
10th Percentile - £426 £154
25th Percentile £325 £428 £213
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £463 £388
Median % change year-on-year -2.70% +19.20% -8.71%
75th Percentile £550 £503 £413
90th Percentile - £509 £453
UK median daily rate £450 £463 £390
% change year-on-year -2.70% +18.59% -2.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 0 3
10th Percentile £63.88 - -
25th Percentile - - £46.25
Median hourly rate £65.00 - £47.50
75th Percentile £67.38 - £52.39
90th Percentile - - £54.57
UK median hourly rate £65.00 - £51.14
% change year-on-year - - +16.23%

All Generic Skills
England

Device Driver is in the General and Transferable Skills category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for generic IT skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 11,504 17,122 24,186
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 30.90% 33.69% 33.85%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,522 11,890 17,184
10th Percentile £263 £310 £313
25th Percentile £413 £450 £433
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% +4.55% +10.00%
75th Percentile £675 £695 £675
90th Percentile £800 £800 £775
UK median daily rate £538 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -2.27% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 818 614 646
10th Percentile £12.25 £9.80 £13.89
25th Percentile £15.14 £10.75 £16.50
Median hourly rate £28.50 £22.50 £26.50
Median % change year-on-year +26.67% -15.09% +1.92%
75th Percentile £60.00 £65.00 £49.25
90th Percentile £70.00 £75.00 £65.76
UK median hourly rate £28.25 £22.50 £27.00
% change year-on-year +25.56% -16.67% +3.85%

Device Driver
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Device Driver in England

Device Driver
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Daily rate trend for Device Driver in England

Device Driver
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Device Driver in England over the 6 months to 24 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Device Driver in England

Device Driver
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

Hourly rate trend for Device Driver in England

Device Driver
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 within the England region over the 6 months to 24 April 2024. 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 +21 9 £550 +15.79% 17
London +107 5 £350 - 10
South West - 3 - - 2
West Midlands - 2 - - 2
North of England - 2 £388 - 2
Midlands - 2 - - 5
North West - 1 £388 - 2
Yorkshire - 1 - -
Device Driver
UK

Device Driver
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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (4.76%) Confluence
Communications & Networking
1 7 (33.33%) Wireless
2 2 (9.52%) Bluetooth
3 1 (4.76%) SSL
Development Applications
1 5 (23.81%) Git
1 5 (23.81%) JIRA
1 5 (23.81%) Subversion
2 3 (14.29%) Rational Rhapsody
General
1 4 (19.05%) Aerospace
1 4 (19.05%) Telecoms
2 3 (14.29%) Electronics
3 1 (4.76%) French Language
3 1 (4.76%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 4 (19.05%) Embedded Engineer
1 4 (19.05%) Embedded Software Engineer
1 4 (19.05%) Software Engineer
2 3 (14.29%) Developer
2 3 (14.29%) Network Engineer
3 2 (9.52%) Senior
4 1 (4.76%) C++ Developer
4 1 (4.76%) Linux Developer
4 1 (4.76%) Python Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (14.29%) Yocto
Miscellaneous
1 4 (19.05%) Algorithms
2 1 (4.76%) Embedded Systems
Operating Systems
1 5 (23.81%) Windows
1 5 (23.81%) Windows 10
2 4 (19.05%) Linux
3 3 (14.29%) Embedded Linux
4 1 (4.76%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (28.57%) Software Engineering
2 5 (23.81%) Device Driver Development
2 5 (23.81%) SDLC
2 5 (23.81%) Software Distribution
3 4 (19.05%) Computer Science
3 4 (19.05%) Defect Tracking
3 4 (19.05%) Signal Processing
3 4 (19.05%) Software Optimisation
3 4 (19.05%) Validation
4 3 (14.29%) UML
5 1 (4.76%) Android Development
5 1 (4.76%) Biometrics
5 1 (4.76%) Code Quality
5 1 (4.76%) Continuous Improvement
5 1 (4.76%) Multithreading
5 1 (4.76%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 13 (61.90%) C
2 12 (57.14%) C++
3 7 (33.33%) Python
4 5 (23.81%) PowerShell
4 5 (23.81%) VB
4 5 (23.81%) VBScript
5 4 (19.05%) Assembly Language
5 4 (19.05%) MATLAB
5 4 (19.05%) Shell Script
6 3 (14.29%) Bash
7 1 (4.76%) Java
7 1 (4.76%) Rust
Qualifications
1 5 (23.81%) Degree
1 5 (23.81%) Master's Degree
2 4 (19.05%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (19.05%) JTAG
2 3 (14.29%) Def Stans
2 3 (14.29%) DO-178B
2 3 (14.29%) MISRA
3 1 (4.76%) QA
System Software
1 10 (47.62%) Firmware
2 6 (28.57%) Embedded Firmware
Systems Management
1 1 (4.76%) SCCM
Vendors
1 3 (14.29%) IBM