Device Driver Jobs in the UK excluding London

Device Drivers
UK > UK excluding London

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Device Driver in permanent job vacancies in the UK excluding London. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Device Driver over the 6 months leading up to 28 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 535 684 673
Rank change year-on-year +149 -11 +75
Permanent jobs citing Device Driver 36 81 86
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.093% 0.11% 0.15%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.27% 0.33% 0.35%
Number of salaries quoted 35 72 63
10th Percentile £57,500 £45,000 £26,250
25th Percentile £62,500 £49,232 £29,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £66,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% - -11.11%
75th Percentile £77,500 £66,250 £72,500
90th Percentile £78,750 £79,500 £77,500
UK median annual salary £66,750 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +11.25% - -7.69%

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 permanent job vacancies requiring generic IT skills in the UK excluding London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 13,271 24,318 24,624
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 34.13% 33.02% 42.18%
Number of salaries quoted 5,777 15,252 11,013
10th Percentile £28,500 £26,250 £31,250
25th Percentile £36,925 £35,000 £40,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -9.09% +4.76%
75th Percentile £67,500 £65,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £78,750 £85,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% -15.38% +4.00%

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
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Device Driver in the UK excluding London.

Salary trend for Device Driver in the UK excluding London

Device Driver
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Device Driver in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 28 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Device Driver in the UK excluding London

Device Driver
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Device Driver within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 28 May 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
Scotland +118 11 £65,000 +8.33% 4
Wales - 11 £75,000 - 5
North of England +36 6 £67,500 +35.00% 3
North West -3 6 £67,500 +35.00% 1
South East +68 4 £70,000 +12.00% 11
South West +111 3 £70,000 +16.67% 12
East of England +36 1 £55,000 -21.15% 24
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 3 (8.33%) OpenStack
Applications
1 2 (5.56%) OrCAD
Cloud Services
1 10 (27.78%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 18 (50.00%) Modbus
1 18 (50.00%) TCP/IP
2 10 (27.78%) MQTT
2 10 (27.78%) Network Security
3 6 (16.67%) Wireless
4 3 (8.33%) Ethernet
4 3 (8.33%) RS-232
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (11.11%) PostgreSQL
1 4 (11.11%) RDBMS
1 4 (11.11%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 6 (16.67%) Git
1 6 (16.67%) Jenkins
General
1 14 (38.89%) Social Skills
2 8 (22.22%) Finance
3 7 (19.44%) Analytical Skills
4 6 (16.67%) Aerospace
4 6 (16.67%) Electronics
4 6 (16.67%) Telecoms
5 3 (8.33%) Manufacturing
6 2 (5.56%) Presentation Skills
7 1 (2.78%) Aviation
7 1 (2.78%) Avionics
7 1 (2.78%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 25 (69.44%) Senior
2 18 (50.00%) Software Engineer
3 16 (44.44%) Senior Software Engineer
4 12 (33.33%) Embedded Engineer
4 12 (33.33%) Lead
4 12 (33.33%) Senior Embedded Engineer
5 9 (25.00%) Developer
5 9 (25.00%) Lead Developer
6 8 (22.22%) Embedded Firmware Engineer
6 8 (22.22%) Firmware Engineer
6 8 (22.22%) Senior Firmware Engineer
7 6 (16.67%) Firmware Developer
8 4 (11.11%) Embedded Software Engineer
8 4 (11.11%) Senior Embedded Software Engineer
8 4 (11.11%) Senior Systems Engineer
8 4 (11.11%) Systems Engineer
9 3 (8.33%) Lead Software Engineer
10 2 (5.56%) Developer/Software Engineer
10 2 (5.56%) Hardware Engineer
10 2 (5.56%) Lead Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (25.00%) .NET
2 3 (8.33%) OpenCL
2 3 (8.33%) Yocto
Miscellaneous
1 10 (27.78%) IoT
2 8 (22.22%) Product Ownership
3 3 (8.33%) Algorithms
3 3 (8.33%) CUDA
3 3 (8.33%) Data Centre
3 3 (8.33%) FPGA
3 3 (8.33%) PCIe
3 3 (8.33%) Self-Motivation
3 3 (8.33%) VHDL
4 1 (2.78%) Embedded Systems
4 1 (2.78%) Linux Command Line
Operating Systems
1 35 (97.22%) Linux
2 13 (36.11%) Windows
3 12 (33.33%) Embedded Linux
4 10 (27.78%) Unix
5 1 (2.78%) Debian
5 1 (2.78%) VxWorks
Processes & Methodologies
1 24 (66.67%) Software Engineering
2 15 (41.67%) Mentoring
3 13 (36.11%) Agile
3 13 (36.11%) Problem-Solving
4 12 (33.33%) CI/CD
5 10 (27.78%) API Development
5 10 (27.78%) Computer Architecture
5 10 (27.78%) Product Strategy
5 10 (27.78%) Technical Debt
5 10 (27.78%) Technical Leadership
6 8 (22.22%) Collaborative Working
6 8 (22.22%) Continuous Deployment
6 8 (22.22%) Continuous Integration
6 8 (22.22%) Multithreading
6 8 (22.22%) Software Architecture
7 7 (19.44%) Device Driver Development
8 6 (16.67%) High Availability
9 4 (11.11%) Full-Stack Development
9 4 (11.11%) Mathematics
9 4 (11.11%) Web Development
Programming Languages
1 36 (100.00%) C
2 33 (91.67%) C++
3 9 (25.00%) C#
3 9 (25.00%) Python
4 5 (13.89%) Embedded C
5 4 (11.11%) SQL
6 2 (5.56%) Embedded C++
7 1 (2.78%) Ada
Qualifications
1 9 (25.00%) Security Cleared
2 4 (11.11%) Degree
3 3 (8.33%) PhD
4 2 (5.56%) DV Cleared
5 1 (2.78%) Master's Degree
System Software
1 24 (66.67%) Firmware
2 8 (22.22%) Embedded Firmware
Systems Management
1 3 (8.33%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 3 (8.33%) Graphcore
2 1 (2.78%) Red Hat