Device Driver Contract Job Trends in Oxfordshire

Device Drivers
South East > Oxfordshire

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Device Driver in contract job vacancies in Oxfordshire. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Device Driver over the 6 months leading up to 26 February 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 32 - 26
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Device Driver 1 0 2
As % of all contract jobs in Oxfordshire 0.53% - 0.99%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.43% - 3.39%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £538 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 - -
75th Percentile £613 - -
90th Percentile - - -
South East median daily rate £575 £465 £550
% change year-on-year +23.66% -15.45% +15.79%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 2
Median hourly rate - - £65.00
South East median hourly rate - - £55.00
% change year-on-year - - +15.79%

All Generic Skills
Oxfordshire

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 Oxfordshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 70 28 59
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Oxfordshire 37.04% 30.43% 29.06%
Number of daily rates quoted 46 16 39
10th Percentile £195 £250 £207
25th Percentile £263 £325 £360
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £433 £463 £475
Median % change year-on-year -6.49% -2.63% -
75th Percentile £559 £591 £588
90th Percentile £638 £681 £623
South East median daily rate £500 £518 £480
% change year-on-year -3.38% +7.81% -7.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 1 5
10th Percentile £15.72 - £47.75
25th Percentile £20.32 £13.08 £50.00
Median hourly rate £25.00 £14.08 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year +77.62% -74.41% +129.17%
75th Percentile £27.50 £15.07 £65.00
90th Percentile £27.58 - -
South East median hourly rate £27.69 £32.50 £47.50
% change year-on-year -14.80% -31.58% +4.40%

Device Driver
Job Vacancy Trend in Oxfordshire

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

Device Driver job vacancy trend in Oxfordshire

Device Driver
Daily Rate Trend in Oxfordshire

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

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

Device Driver
Hourly Rate Trend in Oxfordshire

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

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

Device Driver
Contract Job Locations in Oxfordshire

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 Oxfordshire region over the 6 months to 26 February 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
Oxford - 1 £575 -
Device Driver
South East

Device Driver
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Oxfordshire 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:

General
1 1 (100.00%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Control Software Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) GStreamer
1 1 (100.00%) Yocto
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Video\Live Streaming
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Embedded Linux
1 1 (100.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) C