Device Driver Development Job Trends

Device Driver Development
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs requiring Device Driver Development skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 31 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 643 699 688
Rank change year-on-year +56 -11 +319
Permanent jobs citing Device Driver Development 1 17 13
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.002% 0.031% 0.025%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.002% 0.034% 0.028%
Number of salaries quoted 1 9 13
10th Percentile - £50,500 £45,500
25th Percentile £50,000 £61,250 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -15.38% +8.33% -
75th Percentile £60,000 - £82,500
90th Percentile - £67,000 -
UK excluding London median annual salary - £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year - +8.33% -

All Process & Methodology Skills
UK

Device Driver Development falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 48,537 49,891 46,757
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 82.05% 89.96% 91.45%
Number of salaries quoted 28,419 24,819 35,711
10th Percentile £28,500 £35,000 £31,750
25th Percentile £36,532 £45,000 £42,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%
75th Percentile £75,000 £80,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £97,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% -4.34%

Device Driver Development
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Device Driver Development job vacancy trend in the UK

Device Driver Development
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Device Driver Development.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Device Driver Development

Device Driver Development
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities 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 1 (100.00%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Consultant
1 1 (100.00%) Senior
1 1 (100.00%) Senior Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Device Driver
1 1 (100.00%) FPGA
1 1 (100.00%) Self-Motivation
1 1 (100.00%) VHDL
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Embedded Software Development
1 1 (100.00%) Mentoring
1 1 (100.00%) Signal Processing
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) C
1 1 (100.00%) C++
1 1 (100.00%) Embedded C
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
1 1 (100.00%) PhD
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared