Device Driver Development Contract Job Trends in the UK excluding London

Device Driver Development
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the UK excluding London requiring Device Driver Development skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 6 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
6 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 469 370 363
Rank change year-on-year -99 -7 +55
Contract jobs citing Device Driver Development 6 1 1
As % of all contract jobs in the UK excluding London 0.021% 0.006% 0.006%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.026% 0.007% 0.007%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 1 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £513 £544 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £563 -
Median % change year-on-year -6.67% - -
75th Percentile £538 £581 -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median daily rate £525 £563 £350
% change year-on-year -6.67% +60.71% -30.00%

All Process & Methodology Skills
UK excluding London

Device Driver Development falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in the UK excluding London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 22,824 13,927 14,507
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 80.94% 89.17% 83.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 12,701 8,372 8,186
10th Percentile £300 £225 £240
25th Percentile £409 £367 £380
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -
75th Percentile £600 £575 £600
90th Percentile £688 £669 £688
UK median daily rate £525 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -2.78%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,856 1,519 1,079
10th Percentile £13.50 £14.13 £14.84
25th Percentile £16.71 £17.14 £18.15
Median hourly rate £38.72 £22.32 £42.50
Median % change year-on-year +73.52% -47.49% -
75th Percentile £66.00 £40.36 £66.00
90th Percentile £77.50 £66.10 £73.75
UK median hourly rate £38.50 £25.15 £41.08
% change year-on-year +53.08% -38.77% -3.91%

Device Driver Development
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Device Driver Development job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

Device Driver Development
Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Device Driver Development.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Device Driver Development

Device Driver Development
Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Device Driver Development.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Device Driver Development

Device Driver Development
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Device Driver Development within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 6 October 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
South East - 4 £525 - 4
South West - 2 - - 3
Device Driver Development
UK

Device Driver Development
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 3 (50.00%) Bluetooth
2 1 (16.67%) Software-Defined Radio
2 1 (16.67%) Wireless
Development Applications
1 3 (50.00%) Git
General
1 3 (50.00%) Aerospace
2 2 (33.33%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 6 (100.00%) Embedded Engineer
2 5 (83.33%) Embedded Linux Engineer
2 5 (83.33%) Linux Engineer
3 3 (50.00%) Embedded Software Engineer
3 3 (50.00%) Software Engineer
4 2 (33.33%) Embedded Linux Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (50.00%) Yocto
Miscellaneous
1 6 (100.00%) Device Driver
1 6 (100.00%) Embedded Systems
Operating Systems
1 6 (100.00%) Embedded Linux
1 6 (100.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (66.67%) Signal Processing
2 3 (50.00%) API Integration
2 3 (50.00%) Performance Tuning
2 3 (50.00%) Software Engineering
3 2 (33.33%) Linux Kernel Development
3 2 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
4 1 (16.67%) Digital Signal Processing
4 1 (16.67%) Embedded Software Development
Programming Languages
1 4 (66.67%) C
1 4 (66.67%) C++
2 3 (50.00%) Embedded C
2 3 (50.00%) Embedded C++
Qualifications
1 3 (50.00%) SC Cleared
1 3 (50.00%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 4 (66.67%) Firmware
2 1 (16.67%) Embedded Firmware