Device Driver Job Trends in the Midlands

Device Drivers
England > Midlands

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Device Driver in permanent job vacancies in the Midlands. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Device Driver over the 6 months leading up to 31 December 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 217 241 211
Rank change year-on-year +24 -30 +124
Permanent jobs citing Device Driver 2 5 3
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 0.026% 0.075% 0.060%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.072% 0.22% 0.17%
Number of salaries quoted 2 5 3
10th Percentile £64,325 - £50,900
25th Percentile £64,438 £58,250 £52,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £69,250 £63,500 £59,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.06% +7.63% -1.67%
75th Percentile £74,438 £67,750 £67,375
90th Percentile £74,775 - £69,700
England median annual salary £69,250 £63,000 £58,250
% change year-on-year +9.92% +8.15% -2.92%

All Generic Skills
Midlands

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 the Midlands.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 2,769 2,292 1,760
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 35.51% 34.31% 35.25%
Number of salaries quoted 1,147 958 1,425
10th Percentile £26,000 £32,000 £26,250
25th Percentile £29,750 £41,250 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -18.18% +10.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £64,750 £66,967 £63,750
90th Percentile £77,500 £77,500 £75,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -7.69%

Device Driver
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

Device Driver job vacancy trend in the Midlands

Device Driver
Salary Trend in the Midlands

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Midlands citing Device Driver.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Midlands citing Device Driver

Device Driver
Job Locations in the Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Device Driver within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 31 December 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
West Midlands +27 2 £69,250 +9.06% 1
Device Driver
England

Device Driver
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Midlands 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:

Communications & Networking
1 2 (100.00%) Bluetooth
1 2 (100.00%) UWB
2 1 (50.00%) Wideband
2 1 (50.00%) Wireless
Development Applications
1 2 (100.00%) Git
General
1 1 (50.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) C++ Developer
1 1 (50.00%) C++ Software Developer
1 1 (50.00%) Developer
1 1 (50.00%) Embedded C++ Developer
1 1 (50.00%) Embedded Developer
1 1 (50.00%) Embedded Engineer
1 1 (50.00%) Embedded Software Developer
1 1 (50.00%) Embedded Software Engineer
1 1 (50.00%) Python Developer
1 1 (50.00%) Software Developer
1 1 (50.00%) Software Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (100.00%) Embedded Systems
2 1 (50.00%) ARM Cortex
2 1 (50.00%) e-Learning
2 1 (50.00%) Raspberry Pi
Operating Systems
1 2 (100.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Cryptography
1 2 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (50.00%) AI
2 1 (50.00%) Machine Learning
2 1 (50.00%) Software Engineering
2 1 (50.00%) Unit Testing
2 1 (50.00%) Use Case
2 1 (50.00%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 2 (100.00%) C++
1 2 (100.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) DV Cleared
1 2 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (50.00%) SC Cleared