Device Driver Job Trends in Essex

Device Drivers
East of England > Essex

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Device Driver in permanent job vacancies in Essex. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Device Driver over the 6 months leading up to 6 July 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
6 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 74 - 73
Rank change year-on-year - - 0
Permanent jobs citing Device Driver 6 0 1
As % of all permanent jobs in Essex 0.48% - 0.11%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.95% - 0.42%
Number of salaries quoted 2 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £61,250 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 - £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - - +71.88%
75th Percentile £63,750 - -
90th Percentile - - -
East of England median annual salary £62,500 £55,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year +13.64% -15.38% -

All Generic Skills
Essex

Device Driver falls under the General and Transferable Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring generic IT skills in Essex.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 307 145 238
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Essex 24.38% 25.13% 26.39%
Number of salaries quoted 206 73 189
10th Percentile £26,000 £24,000 £25,400
25th Percentile £31,360 £26,500 £27,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £41,801 £36,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +16.11% -20.00% -7.79%
75th Percentile £63,750 £75,000 £55,000
90th Percentile £80,750 £84,250 £73,250
East of England median annual salary £50,000 £53,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -6.54% +7.00% -9.09%

Device Driver
Job Vacancy Trend in Essex

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Device Driver relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Essex.

Device Driver job vacancy trend in Essex

Device Driver
Salary Trend in Essex

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Essex citing Device Driver.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Essex citing Device Driver

Device Driver
Job Locations in Essex

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Device Driver within the Essex region over the 6 months to 6 July 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Saffron Walden - 2 £62,500 - 2
Device Driver
East of England

Device Driver
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Essex 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:

General
1 2 (33.33%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 6 (100.00%) Embedded Engineer
1 6 (100.00%) Embedded Linux Engineer
1 6 (100.00%) Linux Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (33.33%) Yocto
Miscellaneous
1 6 (100.00%) Embedded Systems
1 6 (100.00%) IoT
1 6 (100.00%) Robotics
2 2 (33.33%) Algorithms
2 2 (33.33%) FPGA
Operating Systems
1 6 (100.00%) Embedded Linux
1 6 (100.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (100.00%) Software Engineering
2 2 (33.33%) Computer Science
2 2 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 2 (33.33%) C
1 2 (33.33%) C++
1 2 (33.33%) Embedded C
1 2 (33.33%) Embedded C++
1 2 (33.33%) Python
Qualifications
1 2 (33.33%) Computer Science Degree
1 2 (33.33%) Degree
1 2 (33.33%) Master's Degree