Device Driver Contract Job Trends in Hampshire

Device Drivers
South East > Hampshire

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Device Driver in contract job vacancies in Hampshire. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Device Driver over the 6 months leading up to 13 May 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 97 69 97
Rank change year-on-year -28 +28 -
Contract jobs citing Device Driver 5 6 5
As % of all contract jobs in Hampshire 0.30% 0.80% 0.31%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.30% 2.79% 1.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 5 4
10th Percentile - £435 -
25th Percentile £435 £458 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £440 £475 £550
Median % change year-on-year -7.37% -13.64% -
75th Percentile £445 £500 -
90th Percentile - £523 -
South East median daily rate £508 £470 £550
% change year-on-year +7.98% -14.55% +15.79%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 0 0
10th Percentile £52.00 - -
25th Percentile £55.00 - -
Median hourly rate £60.00 - -
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile - - -
South East median hourly rate £55.00 - £65.00

All Generic Skills
Hampshire

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 Hampshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 385 215 434
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Hampshire 23.12% 28.74% 26.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 266 152 233
10th Percentile £269 £313 £400
25th Percentile £450 £453 £440
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% -4.35% +4.55%
75th Percentile £626 £638 £675
90th Percentile £732 £675 £738
South East median daily rate £500 £500 £500
% change year-on-year - - -2.91%
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 12 61
10th Percentile £15.72 £23.75 £14.00
25th Percentile £26.00 £48.75 £46.25
Median hourly rate £55.00 £55.00 £57.35
Median % change year-on-year - -4.10% +20.74%
75th Percentile £60.00 £61.25 £61.30
90th Percentile £83.60 £65.00 £75.00
South East median hourly rate £70.00 £48.00 £47.50
% change year-on-year +45.83% +1.05% -0.61%

Device Driver
Job Vacancy Trend in Hampshire

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

Device Driver job vacancy trend in Hampshire

Device Driver
Daily Rate Trend in Hampshire

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Hampshire citing Device Driver

Device Driver
Hourly Rate Trend in Hampshire

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Hampshire citing Device Driver

Device Driver
Contract Job Locations in Hampshire

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 Hampshire region over the 6 months to 13 May 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
Portsmouth - 5 £440 - 5
Device Driver
South East

Device Driver
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Hampshire 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 5 (100.00%) Software-Defined Radio
1 5 (100.00%) Wireless
General
1 1 (20.00%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 4 (80.00%) Embedded Engineer
1 4 (80.00%) Embedded Software Engineer
1 4 (80.00%) Software Engineer
2 2 (40.00%) SC Cleared Software Engineer
3 1 (20.00%) C++ Developer
3 1 (20.00%) Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (100.00%) Yocto
Miscellaneous
1 5 (100.00%) Embedded Systems
1 5 (100.00%) MicroBlaze
1 5 (100.00%) RISC-V
Operating Systems
1 5 (100.00%) Embedded Linux
1 5 (100.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (100.00%) Agile
1 5 (100.00%) Digital Signal Processing
1 5 (100.00%) Signal Processing
1 5 (100.00%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 5 (100.00%) C
1 5 (100.00%) C++
Qualifications
1 3 (60.00%) SC Cleared
1 3 (60.00%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 5 (100.00%) Embedded Firmware
1 5 (100.00%) Firmware