Device Driver Contract Job Trends in the Thames Valley

Device Drivers
South East > Thames Valley

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Device Driver in contract job vacancies in the Thames Valley. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Device Driver over the 6 months leading up to 15 July 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 154 117 130
Rank change year-on-year -37 +13 +18
Contract jobs citing Device Driver 2 1 4
As % of all contract jobs in the Thames Valley 0.062% 0.061% 0.15%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.18% 0.18% 0.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 1 0
10th Percentile £515 - -
25th Percentile £519 £413 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £425 -
Median % change year-on-year +29.41% - -
75th Percentile £594 £438 -
90th Percentile £605 - -
South East median daily rate £483 £475 £550
% change year-on-year +1.58% -13.64% +15.79%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 4
Median hourly rate - - £65.00
South East median hourly rate £55.00 - £65.00
% change year-on-year - - +88.41%

All Generic Skills
Thames Valley

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 the Thames Valley.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 1,109 567 785
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 34.41% 34.49% 29.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 687 330 455
10th Percentile £313 £300 £205
25th Percentile £409 £400 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year +1.90% - -2.91%
75th Percentile £600 £575 £608
90th Percentile £695 £650 £675
South East median daily rate £515 £500 £500
% change year-on-year +3.00% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 114 38 56
10th Percentile £18.54 £13.25 £11.79
25th Percentile £31.25 £15.13 £18.69
Median hourly rate £81.50 £38.53 £27.50
Median % change year-on-year +111.55% +40.09% -53.19%
75th Percentile £88.00 £68.44 £59.66
90th Percentile - £87.91 £65.00
South East median hourly rate £63.00 £33.89 £57.35
% change year-on-year +85.92% -40.92% +14.70%

Device Driver
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

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

Device Driver job vacancy trend in the Thames Valley

Device Driver
Daily Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing Device Driver.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing Device Driver

Device Driver
Hourly Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing Device Driver.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing Device Driver

Device Driver
Contract Job Locations in the Thames Valley

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 Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 15 July 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
Oxfordshire - 2 £550 - 1
Device Driver
South East

Device Driver
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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 1 (50.00%) Bluetooth
Development Applications
1 1 (50.00%) Git
General
1 1 (50.00%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Control Software Engineer
1 1 (50.00%) Embedded Engineer
1 1 (50.00%) Embedded Linux Engineer
1 1 (50.00%) Linux Engineer
1 1 (50.00%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (50.00%) GStreamer
1 1 (50.00%) Yocto
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Embedded Systems
1 1 (50.00%) Video\Live Streaming
Operating Systems
1 2 (100.00%) Embedded Linux
1 2 (100.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) API Integration
1 1 (50.00%) Device Driver Development
1 1 (50.00%) Performance Tuning
1 1 (50.00%) Signal Processing
1 1 (50.00%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 2 (100.00%) C
2 1 (50.00%) C++
2 1 (50.00%) Embedded C
2 1 (50.00%) Embedded C++
System Software
1 1 (50.00%) Firmware