Device Driver Contracts in the UK excluding London

Device Drivers
UK > UK excluding London

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Device Driver in contract job vacancies in the UK excluding London. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Device Driver over the 6 months leading up to 21 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 318 376 438
Rank change year-on-year +58 +62 +48
Contract jobs citing Device Driver 21 18 7
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.16% 0.089% 0.030%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.49% 0.31% 0.093%
Number of daily rates quoted 12 5 2
10th Percentile £154 £449 £426
25th Percentile £292 - £428
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £423 £550 £463
Median % change year-on-year -23.18% +18.92% +15.77%
75th Percentile £476 - £503
90th Percentile £499 - £509
UK median daily rate £423 £450 £500
% change year-on-year -6.11% -10.00% +36.99%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 12 0
10th Percentile £19.04 - -
25th Percentile £21.00 £60.25 -
Median hourly rate £22.00 £65.00 -
Median % change year-on-year -66.15% - -
75th Percentile £24.09 £65.59 -
90th Percentile £28.51 £67.38 -
UK median hourly rate £22.00 £65.00 -
% change year-on-year -66.15% - -

All Generic Skills
UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 4,318 5,889 7,514
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 33.42% 29.06% 32.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,612 3,539 5,036
10th Percentile £205 £210 £220
25th Percentile £363 £378 £388
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% - +5.26%
75th Percentile £585 £595 £613
90th Percentile £650 £688 £700
UK median daily rate £525 £540 £550
% change year-on-year -2.78% -1.82% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 308 722 423
10th Percentile £15.94 £12.15 £9.80
25th Percentile £18.87 £14.06 £10.63
Median hourly rate £29.54 £30.00 £22.00
Median % change year-on-year -1.55% +36.36% +4.14%
75th Percentile £65.00 £61.30 £64.50
90th Percentile £83.26 £70.00 £74.80
UK median hourly rate £31.42 £31.50 £22.26
% change year-on-year -0.25% +41.54% -19.07%

Device Driver
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing Device Driver as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Device Driver in the UK excluding London

Device Driver
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Device Driver in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for Device Driver in the UK excluding London

Device Driver
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Device Driver in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 21 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Device Driver in the UK excluding London

Device Driver
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Device Driver in the UK excluding London.

Hourly rate trend for Device Driver in the UK excluding London

Device Driver
Hourly Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Device Driver in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 21 May 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Device Driver in the UK excluding London

Device Driver
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 within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 21 May 2025. 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
Scotland +8 10 £150 - 6
South East +40 7 £470 -14.55% 16
East of England - 4 £400 - 36
Device Driver
UK

Device Driver
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (4.76%) Confluence
Cloud Services
1 5 (23.81%) AWS
Communications & Networking
1 9 (42.86%) Remote Desktop
Development Applications
1 1 (4.76%) Gerrit
1 1 (4.76%) Git
1 1 (4.76%) JIRA
General
1 16 (76.19%) Social Skills
2 5 (23.81%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (4.76%) Electronics
3 1 (4.76%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 7 (33.33%) Service Desk Engineer
2 5 (23.81%) Architect
2 5 (23.81%) Developer
2 5 (23.81%) Service Desk Support
2 5 (23.81%) Support Engineer
2 5 (23.81%) Windows Engineer
2 5 (23.81%) Windows Support Engineer
3 4 (19.05%) Senior
4 3 (14.29%) Senior Architect
4 3 (14.29%) Senior Solutions Architect
4 3 (14.29%) Solutions Architect
5 2 (9.52%) Analyst
5 2 (9.52%) Desktop Engineer
5 2 (9.52%) Desktop Support
5 2 (9.52%) Desktop Support Engineer
5 2 (9.52%) Service Analyst
5 2 (9.52%) Service Desk Analyst
6 1 (4.76%) C Developer
6 1 (4.76%) Hardware Engineer
6 1 (4.76%) Senior Hardware Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (19.05%) POSIX
2 2 (9.52%) Yocto
3 1 (4.76%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 6 (28.57%) Embedded Systems
2 5 (23.81%) Algorithms
2 5 (23.81%) IoT
3 1 (4.76%) FPGA
3 1 (4.76%) STB
Operating Systems
1 10 (47.62%) Linux
1 10 (47.62%) Windows
2 2 (9.52%) Embedded Linux
2 2 (9.52%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (61.90%) Problem-Solving
2 10 (47.62%) Customer Service
2 10 (47.62%) ITIL
3 9 (42.86%) Customer Experience
3 9 (42.86%) Task Automation
4 5 (23.81%) Agile
4 5 (23.81%) Architectural Design
4 5 (23.81%) Artificial Intelligence
4 5 (23.81%) Cloud Enablement
4 5 (23.81%) Decision-Making
4 5 (23.81%) Device Driver Development
4 5 (23.81%) Multithreading
4 5 (23.81%) Project Management
4 5 (23.81%) SDLC
4 5 (23.81%) Signal Processing
5 3 (14.29%) Code Quality
6 2 (9.52%) Performance Optimisation
6 2 (9.52%) Time Management
7 1 (4.76%) Schematic Capture
7 1 (4.76%) Video Processing
Programming Languages
1 9 (42.86%) PowerShell
2 8 (38.10%) C
3 5 (23.81%) Embedded C
4 2 (9.52%) C++
4 2 (9.52%) Go
5 1 (4.76%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 8 (38.10%) A+ Certification
1 8 (38.10%) Microsoft Certification
2 1 (4.76%) Degree
2 1 (4.76%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (9.52%) QA
System Software
1 5 (23.81%) Firmware
Vendors
1 8 (38.10%) Microsoft
2 1 (4.76%) Mentor Graphics