Device Driver Contracts with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

Device Drivers
UK > Work from Home

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Device Driver in remote or hybrid contract work. 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 298 336 475
Rank change year-on-year +38 +139 +146
Contract jobs citing Device Driver 6 9 2
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.061% 0.059% 0.008%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.18% 0.20% 0.025%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 5 1
10th Percentile £373 - -
25th Percentile £429 £325 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £470 £350 £500
Median % change year-on-year +34.29% -30.00% +23.46%
75th Percentile £497 £375 £600
90th Percentile £519 £435 -
UK median daily rate £425 £419 £475
% change year-on-year +1.49% -11.84% +20.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 4 0
Median hourly rate - £65.00 -
UK median hourly rate £22.00 £65.00 -
% change year-on-year -66.15% - -

All Generic Skills
Work from Home

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 with remote or hybrid options requiring generic IT skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 3,272 4,408 8,138
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 33.03% 28.73% 31.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,222 2,974 5,725
10th Percentile £350 £325 £363
25th Percentile £425 £431 £454
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £545 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -0.91% - +2.33%
75th Percentile £680 £675 £688
90th Percentile £825 £800 £800
UK median daily rate £525 £538 £550
% change year-on-year -2.33% -2.27% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 76 199 151
10th Percentile £18.75 £15.48 £19.00
25th Percentile £26.25 £25.50 £31.38
Median hourly rate £41.75 £51.00 £57.50
Median % change year-on-year -18.14% -11.30% +29.21%
75th Percentile £64.57 £65.02 £70.00
90th Percentile £78.13 £72.50 £85.00
UK median hourly rate £32.05 £30.00 £22.49
% change year-on-year +6.83% +33.42% -18.24%

Device Driver
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with remote working options citing Device Driver as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Device Driver trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

Device Driver
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing Device Driver.

Device Driver daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

Device Driver
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with remote working options citing Device Driver over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Device Driver daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Device Driver
Hourly Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average hourly rate quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing Device Driver.

Device Driver hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

Device Driver
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 (16.67%) Confluence
Cloud Services
1 5 (83.33%) AWS
Development Applications
1 1 (16.67%) Gerrit
1 1 (16.67%) Git
1 1 (16.67%) JIRA
General
1 6 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 5 (83.33%) Architect
2 3 (50.00%) Senior
2 3 (50.00%) Senior Architect
2 3 (50.00%) Senior Solutions Architect
2 3 (50.00%) Solutions Architect
3 1 (16.67%) Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (16.67%) Middleware
1 1 (16.67%) POSIX
1 1 (16.67%) Yocto
Miscellaneous
1 5 (83.33%) Algorithms
1 5 (83.33%) Embedded Systems
1 5 (83.33%) IoT
2 1 (16.67%) STB
Operating Systems
1 6 (100.00%) Linux
2 1 (16.67%) Embedded Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (83.33%) Agile
1 5 (83.33%) Architectural Design
1 5 (83.33%) Artificial Intelligence
1 5 (83.33%) Cloud Enablement
1 5 (83.33%) Decision-Making
1 5 (83.33%) Device Driver Development
1 5 (83.33%) Multithreading
1 5 (83.33%) Project Management
1 5 (83.33%) SDLC
1 5 (83.33%) Signal Processing
2 1 (16.67%) Performance Optimisation
2 1 (16.67%) Product Requirements
2 1 (16.67%) Software Testing
Programming Languages
1 5 (83.33%) C
1 5 (83.33%) Embedded C
2 1 (16.67%) C++
2 1 (16.67%) Shell Script
System Software
1 5 (83.33%) Firmware