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 16 June 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 382 423 491
Rank change year-on-year +41 +68 -54
Contract jobs citing Device Driver 19 7 13
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.089% 0.031% 0.043%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.31% 0.096% 0.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 2 11
10th Percentile £449 £426 £143
25th Percentile - £428 £213
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £463 £400
Median % change year-on-year +18.92% +15.77% +8.93%
75th Percentile - £503 £414
90th Percentile - £509 £463
UK median daily rate £550 £500 £340
% change year-on-year +10.00% +47.06% -15.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 3 1
10th Percentile - £37.90 -
25th Percentile £60.25 £43.38 £53.53
Median hourly rate £65.00 £55.00 £54.78
Median % change year-on-year +18.18% +0.40% +20.40%
75th Percentile £65.59 £60.00 £56.03
90th Percentile £67.38 £61.50 -
UK median hourly rate £65.00 £55.00 £54.78
% change year-on-year +18.18% +0.40% +20.40%

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 6,066 7,275 9,769
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 28.45% 32.06% 32.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,573 4,875 6,837
10th Percentile £210 £220 £208
25th Percentile £375 £381 £368
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £488
Median % change year-on-year - +2.56% +11.43%
75th Percentile £600 £602 £586
90th Percentile £688 £700 £675
UK median daily rate £538 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -2.27% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 764 409 422
10th Percentile £12.15 £9.80 £12.90
25th Percentile £14.36 £10.63 £16.25
Median hourly rate £35.25 £22.00 £21.50
Median % change year-on-year +60.23% +2.33% -4.44%
75th Percentile £62.81 £62.50 £45.00
90th Percentile £70.13 £74.40 £61.50
UK median hourly rate £35.65 £22.26 £27.00
% change year-on-year +60.15% -17.56% +8.00%

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 16 June 2024.

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
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 16 June 2024. 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 +22 9 £550 +15.79% 3
Scotland - 4 - - 4
South West +4 3 - - 5
North of England - 2 £388 - 4
East of England +2 1 - - 9
Yorkshire - 1 - -
North West - 1 £388 - 4
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 (5.26%) Confluence
Communications & Networking
1 4 (21.05%) Internet
1 4 (21.05%) Wireless
Development Applications
1 5 (26.32%) Git
1 5 (26.32%) JIRA
1 5 (26.32%) Subversion
2 3 (15.79%) Rational Rhapsody
General
1 7 (36.84%) Electronics
2 4 (21.05%) Aerospace
2 4 (21.05%) Telecoms
3 1 (5.26%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (5.26%) French Language
3 1 (5.26%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 8 (42.11%) Embedded Engineer
1 8 (42.11%) Embedded Software Engineer
1 8 (42.11%) Software Engineer
2 2 (10.53%) Developer
3 1 (5.26%) Python Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (5.26%) POSIX
Miscellaneous
1 4 (21.05%) Algorithms
1 4 (21.05%) IoT
1 4 (21.05%) PCIe
1 4 (21.05%) Verilog
1 4 (21.05%) VHDL
2 1 (5.26%) Embedded Systems
Operating Systems
1 6 (31.58%) Linux
2 5 (26.32%) Embedded Linux
2 5 (26.32%) Windows
2 5 (26.32%) Windows 10
3 4 (21.05%) VxWorks
4 1 (5.26%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (42.11%) Defect Tracking
1 8 (42.11%) Software Engineering
2 7 (36.84%) Device Driver Development
3 5 (26.32%) SDLC
3 5 (26.32%) Software Distribution
4 4 (21.05%) Agile
4 4 (21.05%) CI/CD
4 4 (21.05%) Code Optimisation
4 4 (21.05%) Computer Science
4 4 (21.05%) Configuration Management
4 4 (21.05%) Continuous Deployment
4 4 (21.05%) Continuous Integration
4 4 (21.05%) Memory Management
4 4 (21.05%) Requirements Management
4 4 (21.05%) Signal Processing
4 4 (21.05%) Software Optimisation
4 4 (21.05%) Validation
5 3 (15.79%) UML
6 2 (10.53%) Code Quality
6 2 (10.53%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 13 (68.42%) C
2 5 (26.32%) C++
2 5 (26.32%) PowerShell
2 5 (26.32%) Python
2 5 (26.32%) VB
2 5 (26.32%) VBScript
3 4 (21.05%) Assembly Language
3 4 (21.05%) Embedded C
3 4 (21.05%) MATLAB
3 4 (21.05%) Shell Script
4 1 (5.26%) Java
4 1 (5.26%) Rust
Qualifications
1 5 (26.32%) Degree
1 5 (26.32%) Master's Degree
2 4 (21.05%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (36.84%) MISRA
2 4 (21.05%) JTAG
2 4 (21.05%) MISRA C
3 3 (15.79%) Def Stans
3 3 (15.79%) DO-178B
4 1 (5.26%) QA
System Software
1 12 (63.16%) Firmware
2 4 (21.05%) Embedded Firmware
Systems Management
1 1 (5.26%) SCCM
Vendors
1 4 (21.05%) Atlassian
1 4 (21.05%) Intel
2 3 (15.79%) IBM