Device Driver Contracts with Work from Home Options

Device Drivers
UK > Work from Home

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Device Driver in contract job vacancies with an option to work from home (WFH). Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Device Driver over the 6 months to 29 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
29 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 343 468 623
Rank change year-on-year +125 +155 -144
Contract jobs citing Device Driver 9 2 11
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.059% 0.008% 0.025%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.20% 0.025% 0.079%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 1 9
10th Percentile - - £348
25th Percentile £325 £400 £390
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £350 £500 £405
Median % change year-on-year -30.00% +23.46% -
75th Percentile £375 £600 £600
90th Percentile £435 - £605
UK median daily rate £419 £475 £395
% change year-on-year -11.84% +20.33% -1.31%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £46.25
Median hourly rate £65.00 - £47.50
75th Percentile - - £48.75
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate £65.00 - £54.78
% change year-on-year - - +20.40%

All Generic Skills
Work from Home

Device Driver is in the General and Transferable Skills category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with a WFH option and a requirement for generic IT skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 4,397 8,136 13,932
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 28.59% 31.46% 31.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,970 5,724 9,940
10th Percentile £325 £363 £357
25th Percentile £431 £454 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £538
Median % change year-on-year - +2.33% +8.59%
75th Percentile £675 £688 £644
90th Percentile £800 £800 £750
UK median daily rate £538 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -2.18% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 193 151 228
10th Percentile £15.44 £19.00 £12.21
25th Percentile £25.50 £31.38 £20.56
Median hourly rate £51.00 £57.50 £44.50
Median % change year-on-year -11.30% +29.21% +27.98%
75th Percentile £65.00 £70.00 £57.50
90th Percentile £72.50 £85.00 £66.08
UK median hourly rate £30.00 £22.49 £27.50
% change year-on-year +33.42% -18.24% +3.19%

Device Driver
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option citing Device Driver as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Device Driver trend for jobs with a WFH option

Device Driver
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Device Driver.

Device Driver daily rate 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 a work from home option 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:

Communications & Networking
1 4 (44.44%) Wireless
2 1 (11.11%) HTTP
2 1 (11.11%) RTSP
2 1 (11.11%) TCP/IP
Development Applications
1 4 (44.44%) Git
1 4 (44.44%) JIRA
1 4 (44.44%) Subversion
General
1 4 (44.44%) Aerospace
1 4 (44.44%) Telecoms
2 1 (11.11%) Multimedia
Job Titles
1 4 (44.44%) Embedded Engineer
1 4 (44.44%) Embedded Software Engineer
1 4 (44.44%) Software Engineer
2 3 (33.33%) Network Engineer
3 1 (11.11%) C++ Developer
3 1 (11.11%) Developer
3 1 (11.11%) Programmer
3 1 (11.11%) Systems Programmer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (11.11%) GStreamer
Miscellaneous
1 4 (44.44%) Algorithms
2 1 (11.11%) Embedded Systems
Operating Systems
1 1 (11.11%) Embedded Linux
1 1 (11.11%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (44.44%) Computer Science
1 4 (44.44%) Defect Tracking
1 4 (44.44%) Signal Processing
1 4 (44.44%) Software Engineering
1 4 (44.44%) Software Optimisation
1 4 (44.44%) Validation
2 2 (22.22%) Device Driver Development
3 1 (11.11%) Linux Kernel Development
3 1 (11.11%) Video Processing
Programming Languages
1 9 (100.00%) C
1 9 (100.00%) C++
2 4 (44.44%) Assembly Language
2 4 (44.44%) MATLAB
2 4 (44.44%) Python
2 4 (44.44%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 4 (44.44%) Degree
1 4 (44.44%) Master's Degree
1 4 (44.44%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (44.44%) JTAG
System Software
1 5 (55.56%) Firmware
2 4 (44.44%) Embedded Firmware