Device Driver Contracts in Southampton

Device Drivers
Hampshire > Southampton

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Device Driver in contract job vacancies in Southampton. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Device Driver 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 13 20 -
Rank change year-on-year +7 - -
Contract jobs citing Device Driver 7 5 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Southampton 6.48% 2.96% -
As % of the Miscellaneous category 18.42% 16.13% -
Number of daily rates quoted 6 4 0
10th Percentile £410 - -
25th Percentile £429 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £470 £550 -
Median % change year-on-year -14.55% - -
75th Percentile £497 - -
90th Percentile £519 - -
Hampshire median daily rate £470 £550 -
% change year-on-year -14.55% - -

All Generic Skills
Southampton

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 Southampton.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 38 31 58
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Southampton 35.19% 18.34% 37.66%
Number of daily rates quoted 23 19 36
10th Percentile £175 £205 £176
25th Percentile £313 £356 £257
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £440 £450 £538
Median % change year-on-year -2.22% -16.28% +34.38%
75th Percentile £494 £569 £588
90th Percentile £578 £676 £633
Hampshire median daily rate £550 £580 £550
% change year-on-year -5.17% +5.45% +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 3 7
10th Percentile - £23.60 £21.99
25th Percentile - £39.13 £22.51
Median hourly rate - £70.00 £23.79
Median % change year-on-year - +194.24% +39.94%
75th Percentile - £77.50 £39.75
90th Percentile - £79.00 £49.60
Hampshire median hourly rate £55.00 £57.35 £50.00
% change year-on-year -4.10% +14.70% +90.48%

Device Driver
Job Vacancy Trend in Southampton

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

Job vacancy trend for Device Driver in Southampton

Device Driver
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Southampton

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

Daily rate trend for Device Driver in Southampton

Device Driver
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Southampton

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

Hourly rate trend for Device Driver in Southampton

Device Driver
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Southampton 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 (85.71%) AWS
General
1 6 (85.71%) Social Skills
2 1 (14.29%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 6 (85.71%) Architect
2 4 (57.14%) Senior
3 3 (42.86%) Senior Architect
3 3 (42.86%) Senior Solutions Architect
3 3 (42.86%) Solutions Architect
4 1 (14.29%) Hardware Engineer
4 1 (14.29%) Senior Hardware Engineer
4 1 (14.29%) Systems Architect
Miscellaneous
1 6 (85.71%) Algorithms
1 6 (85.71%) Embedded Systems
1 6 (85.71%) IoT
2 1 (14.29%) FPGA
Operating Systems
1 6 (85.71%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (85.71%) Agile
1 6 (85.71%) Architectural Design
1 6 (85.71%) Cloud Enablement
1 6 (85.71%) Decision-Making
1 6 (85.71%) Device Driver Development
1 6 (85.71%) Multithreading
1 6 (85.71%) Project Management
1 6 (85.71%) SDLC
2 5 (71.43%) Artificial Intelligence
2 5 (71.43%) Signal Processing
3 1 (14.29%) Cost Control
3 1 (14.29%) Schematic Capture
3 1 (14.29%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 6 (85.71%) Embedded C
2 5 (71.43%) C
Qualifications
1 1 (14.29%) Degree
System Software
1 6 (85.71%) Firmware
Vendors
1 1 (14.29%) Mentor Graphics