Device Driver Jobs

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Device Driver in permanent job vacancies. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Device Driver over the 3 months to 26 June 2017 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

Device Drivers UK
Location	3 months to 26 Jun 2017	Same period 2016	Same period 2015
Rank	757	842	870
Rank change year-on-year	+85	+28
Permanent jobs citing Device Driver	117	91	114
As % of all permanent IT jobs advertised in the UK	0.13%	0.094%	0.10%
As % of the Miscellaneous category	0.31%	0.23%	0.25%
Number of salaries quoted	102	85	74
Median salary	£42,500	£45,000	£40,000
Median salary % change year-on-year	-5.55%	+12.50%
90% offered a salary of more than	£37,500	£37,500	£30,000
10% offered a salary of more than	£60,000	£65,000	£56,750
UK excluding London median salary	£42,500	£42,500	£37,500
% change year-on-year	-	+13.33%

Device Driver is in the generic IT skills category. The next table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills.

Generic IT Skills UK
Permanent job vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills	37644	40107	45356
As % of all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in the UK	42.09%	41.32%	40.92%
Number of salaries quoted	29452	32865	36209
Median salary	£50,000	£50,000	£47,500
Median salary % change year-on-year	-	+5.26%
90% offered a salary of more than	£30,000	£29,500	£28,000
10% offered a salary of more than	£80,000	£75,000	£77,500
UK excluding London median salary	£42,500	£42,500	£40,000
% change year-on-year	-	+6.25%

Device Driver
Job Vacancy Trend

The job posting trend of jobs advertised citing Device Driver as a proportion of all permanent or contract IT jobs with a match in the Miscellaneous category.

Job vacancy trend for Device Driver in the UK

Device Driver
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Device Driver.

Salary trend for Device Driver in the UK

Device Driver
Salary Histogram

The salary distribution of IT jobs citing Device Driver over the 3 months to 26 June 2017.

Salary histogram for Device Driver in the UK

Device Driver
Top 30 Job Locations

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 over the 3 months to 26 June 2017. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location	Rank Change on Same Period Last Year	Matching Permanent IT Job Ads	Median Salary Last 3 Months	Median Salary % Change on Same Period Last Year	Live Job Vacancies
England	+55	103	£42,500	-5.55%	12
London	+27	36	£55,000	+15.78%	2
South East	+57	19	£43,250	+15.33%	2
East Midlands	+36	15	£42,500	+6.25%	1
Yorkshire	+6	15	£42,500	-5.55%
Scotland	+14	13	£45,000	+8.43%	2
Glasgow	+22	11	£45,000	-18.18%	1
Barnsley	0	11	£42,500	-5.55%
South Yorkshire	-3	11	£42,500	-5.55%
Derbyshire	-	9	£42,500	-	1
Derby	-	9	£42,500	-	1
West Sussex	+17	8	£43,250	+1.76%	1
East of England	-2	8	£42,500	-34.61%	4
South West	-4	8	£45,000	-14.28%	1
Crawley	-	8	£43,250	-	1
Kent	+3	5	£37,500	-
Dartford	-2	5	£37,500	-
Cambridgeshire	-24	4	£40,000	-38.46%	2
Bristol	-	4	£43,750	-	1
Loughborough	-	4	£35,000	-
Leicestershire	-	4	£35,000	-
Cambridge	-21	3	£40,000	-38.46%	2
West Yorkshire	-	3	£40,000	-
Colchester	-	3	£42,500	-
Dorset	-	3	£42,500	-
Essex	-	3	£42,500	-
Hampshire	+20	2	£45,750	-2.65%
Oxfordshire	+9	2	£60,000	+62.16%
Uxbridge	+3	2	£47,500	+18.75%
Nottinghamshire	0	2	£47,500	+18.75%

Device Driver
Top 30 Co-occurring IT Skills

For the 6 months to 26 June 2017, IT jobs citing Device Driver also mentioned the following skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number co-occurrences and its proportion to all job ads with a requirement for Device Driver.

1	173 (78.28%)	Linux
2	163 (73.76%)	C++
3	142 (64.25%)	C
4	133 (60.18%)	Software Engineering
5	102 (46.15%)	Device Driver Development
6	73 (33.03%)	Degree
7	66 (29.86%)	Embedded Linux
8	57 (25.79%)	Git (software)
9	55 (24.89%)	Embedded C
10	50 (22.62%)	TCP/IP
11	49 (22.17%)	Field-Programmable Gate Array
11	49 (22.17%)	InfiniBand
12	47 (21.27%)	Embedded C++
13	46 (20.81%)	OO
14	45 (20.36%)	Firmware

15	44 (19.91%)	Computer Science
16	43 (19.46%)	Windows
17	42 (19.00%)	Java
17	42 (19.00%)	Python
18	37 (16.74%)	Ethernet
19	34 (15.38%)	Agile Software Development
20	30 (13.57%)	Electronics
21	29 (13.12%)	Finance
21	29 (13.12%)	VHDL
22	27 (12.22%)	Automotive
23	26 (11.76%)	Qt
23	26 (11.76%)	Bash Shell
24	24 (10.86%)	Physics
25	23 (10.41%)	Algorithms
26	22 (9.95%)	Data Structures

Device Driver
Co-occurring IT Skills by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same job type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
Applications
Cloud Services
Communications & Networking
Database & Business Intelligence
Development Applications
General
Job Titles
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
Miscellaneous
Operating Systems
Processes & Methodologies
Programming Languages
Qualifications
Quality Assurance & Compliance
System Software
Systems Management
Vendors

Application Platforms
1	5 (2.26%)	MS Exchange
2	3 (1.36%)	SAS
3	1 (0.45%)	Apache Spark
3	1 (0.45%)	Confluence
3	1 (0.45%)	Elasticsearch
3	1 (0.45%)	Exchange Server 2010

Applications
1	1 (0.45%)	Microsoft Office

Cloud Services
1	10 (4.52%)	Amazon AWS
2	3 (1.36%)	Cloud Computing
3	2 (0.90%)	GitHub
3	2 (0.90%)	Microsoft Azure
3	2 (0.90%)	Office 365

Communications & Networking
1	50 (22.62%)	TCP/IP
2	49 (22.17%)	InfiniBand
3	37 (16.74%)	Ethernet
4	18 (8.14%)	Bluetooth
5	14 (6.33%)	HTTP
5	14 (6.33%)	Internet
5	14 (6.33%)	Wireless
6	11 (4.98%)	Wi-Fi
7	10 (4.52%)	GPRS
7	10 (4.52%)	GSM
8	9 (4.07%)	DNS
9	6 (2.71%)	DVB
9	6 (2.71%)	Fibre Channel
9	6 (2.71%)	NFC
9	6 (2.71%)	UMTS
9	6 (2.71%)	VoIP
9	6 (2.71%)	WLAN
10	5 (2.26%)	ZigBee
11	4 (1.81%)	RS-485
12	3 (1.36%)	iSCSI

Database & Business Intelligence
1	3 (1.36%)	SQL Server
2	1 (0.45%)	Big Data
2	1 (0.45%)	Crystal Reports
2	1 (0.45%)	NoSQL
2	1 (0.45%)	PostgreSQL
2	1 (0.45%)	Relational Database
2	1 (0.45%)	SQL Server 2008
2	1 (0.45%)	SQL Server 2012

Development Applications
1	57 (25.79%)	Git (software)
2	22 (9.95%)	JIRA
3	17 (7.69%)	Subversion
4	10 (4.52%)	Team Foundation Server
5	9 (4.07%)	Vagrant
6	8 (3.62%)	LabVIEW
7	2 (0.90%)	GCC
7	2 (0.90%)	Jenkins
8	1 (0.45%)	Bugzilla
8	1 (0.45%)	CANoe
8	1 (0.45%)	CMake
8	1 (0.45%)	CppUnit
8	1 (0.45%)	Eclipse
8	1 (0.45%)	GDB
8	1 (0.45%)	GNU Toolchain
8	1 (0.45%)	Hudson
8	1 (0.45%)	InstallShield
8	1 (0.45%)	MSI
8	1 (0.45%)	Travis CI
8	1 (0.45%)	VectorCAST

General
1	30 (13.57%)	Electronics
2	29 (13.12%)	Finance
3	27 (12.22%)	Automotive
4	13 (5.88%)	Manufacturing
5	9 (4.07%)	Advertising
5	9 (4.07%)	Telecoms
6	6 (2.71%)	Multimedia
7	1 (0.45%)	Aerospace
7	1 (0.45%)	Retail

Job Titles
1	111 (50.23%)	Software Engineer
2	88 (39.82%)	Embedded Engineer
3	70 (31.67%)	Embedded Software Engineer
4	63 (28.51%)	Developer
5	62 (28.05%)	Linux Engineer
6	53 (23.98%)	Embedded Linux Engineer
7	45 (20.36%)	C++ Software Engineer
8	37 (16.74%)	C Software Engineer
9	36 (16.29%)	Embedded C Engineer
9	36 (16.29%)	Embedded Linux Software Engineer
10	28 (12.67%)	Embedded C Software Engineer
11	27 (12.22%)	Embedded C++ Engineer
12	26 (11.76%)	C++ Developer
13	24 (10.86%)	C/C++ Software Engineer
13	24 (10.86%)	Embedded C/C++ Engineer
14	20 (9.05%)	Linux Developer
15	19 (8.60%)	Embedded C++ Software Engineer
16	18 (8.14%)	FPGA Developer
17	17 (7.69%)	Embedded Developer
18	16 (7.24%)	C/C++ Embedded Software Engineer

Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1	26 (11.76%)	Qt
2	22 (9.95%)	HTML
3	19 (8.60%)	SOAP
4	13 (5.88%)	.NET
4	13 (5.88%)	Qt Quick
5	12 (5.43%)	JSON
5	12 (5.43%)	RESTful
6	11 (4.98%)	Middleware
7	9 (4.07%)	WebSockets
8	6 (2.71%)	BREW
8	6 (2.71%)	Flash
8	6 (2.71%)	J2ME
8	6 (2.71%)	OpenAL
8	6 (2.71%)	OpenCL
8	6 (2.71%)	OpenGL
8	6 (2.71%)	Series 60
8	6 (2.71%)	SVG
8	6 (2.71%)	UIQ
9	5 (2.26%)	XML
10	2 (0.90%)	MFC

Miscellaneous
1	49 (22.17%)	Field-Programmable Gate Array
2	44 (19.91%)	Computer Science
3	29 (13.12%)	VHDL
4	23 (10.41%)	Algorithms
5	22 (9.95%)	Data Structures
6	17 (7.69%)	Embedded Systems
7	9 (4.07%)	Greenfield Project
8	6 (2.71%)	iPhone
8	6 (2.71%)	MPEG
8	6 (2.71%)	Smartphone
9	4 (1.81%)	Analytical Skills
10	3 (1.36%)	Mobile App
11	2 (0.90%)	Blackberry
11	2 (0.90%)	CAN bus
11	2 (0.90%)	Data Centre
11	2 (0.90%)	Enterprise Software
11	2 (0.90%)	Internet of Things
11	2 (0.90%)	Verilog
12	1 (0.45%)	EPoS
12	1 (0.45%)	Smartcard

Operating Systems
1	173 (78.28%)	Linux
2	66 (29.86%)	Embedded Linux
3	43 (19.46%)	Windows
4	15 (6.79%)	Android
5	9 (4.07%)	CentOS
5	9 (4.07%)	Debian
6	7 (3.17%)	Unix
6	7 (3.17%)	Windows Server
7	6 (2.71%)	Nucleus RTOS
7	6 (2.71%)	Windows 7
7	6 (2.71%)	Windows 8
7	6 (2.71%)	Windows Mobile
8	4 (1.81%)	VxWorks
8	4 (1.81%)	Windows Server 2012
9	2 (0.90%)	Mac OS X
9	2 (0.90%)	Windows Server 2008
10	1 (0.45%)	Mac OS
10	1 (0.45%)	Windows 10
10	1 (0.45%)	Windows Embedded Compact

Processes & Methodologies
1	133 (60.18%)	Software Engineering
2	102 (46.15%)	Device Driver Development
3	46 (20.81%)	OO
4	34 (15.38%)	Agile Software Development
5	24 (10.86%)	Physics
6	22 (9.95%)	Financial Modelling
7	20 (9.05%)	Cybersecurity
7	20 (9.05%)	FPGA Design
8	19 (8.60%)	High-Frequency Trading
8	19 (8.60%)	Low Latency
9	17 (7.69%)	Multithreading
10	15 (6.79%)	Creative Problem-Solving
11	13 (5.88%)	Memory Management
11	13 (5.88%)	Telematics
12	12 (5.43%)	API Development
12	12 (5.43%)	Validation
13	10 (4.52%)	Machine Learning
14	9 (4.07%)	Embedded Software Development
14	9 (4.07%)	Visualisation
15	8 (3.62%)	Open Source

Programming Languages
1	163 (73.76%)	C++
2	142 (64.25%)	C
3	55 (24.89%)	Embedded C
4	47 (21.27%)	Embedded C++
5	42 (19.00%)	Java
5	42 (19.00%)	Python
6	26 (11.76%)	Bash Shell
7	20 (9.05%)	Perl
8	19 (8.60%)	PHP
9	18 (8.14%)	C#
10	6 (2.71%)	SQL
11	4 (1.81%)	Assembly Language
12	3 (1.36%)	JavaScript
13	2 (0.90%)	F#
13	2 (0.90%)	Haskell
13	2 (0.90%)	ML
13	2 (0.90%)	OCaml
13	2 (0.90%)	Shell Script
13	2 (0.90%)	VB.NET
14	1 (0.45%)	PowerShell

Qualifications
1	73 (33.03%)	Degree
2	9 (4.07%)	Computer Science Degree
3	8 (3.62%)	HNC
3	8 (3.62%)	HND
4	7 (3.17%)	MCSA
4	7 (3.17%)	Microsoft Certification
5	5 (2.26%)	VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
6	4 (1.81%)	CCA
6	4 (1.81%)	Citrix Certification
7	3 (1.36%)	MCSE
7	3 (1.36%)	Security Cleared
8	2 (0.90%)	DV Cleared
8	2 (0.90%)	MCP
8	2 (0.90%)	PhD
9	1 (0.45%)	BPSS Clearance
9	1 (0.45%)	CCENT
9	1 (0.45%)	CCNA
9	1 (0.45%)	Cisco Certification
9	1 (0.45%)	Numerate Degree
9	1 (0.45%)	VCP5

Quality Assurance & Compliance
1	5 (2.26%)	ISO 9001
1	5 (2.26%)	SLA
2	3 (1.36%)	IEC 61131
3	2 (0.90%)	MISRA
3	2 (0.90%)	QA
4	1 (0.45%)	JTAG

System Software
1	45 (20.36%)	Firmware
2	11 (4.98%)	VMware Infrastructure
3	9 (4.07%)	iptables
3	9 (4.07%)	KVM
4	8 (3.62%)	LXC
5	4 (1.81%)	vSphere
5	4 (1.81%)	XenApp
5	4 (1.81%)	XenDesktop
6	3 (1.36%)	GFS2
6	3 (1.36%)	NFS
6	3 (1.36%)	Virtual Machines
6	3 (1.36%)	VMware Server
7	2 (0.90%)	Active Directory
7	2 (0.90%)	QEMU
8	1 (0.45%)	Docker
8	1 (0.45%)	Hyper-V
8	1 (0.45%)	Virtual Desktop

Systems Management
1	9 (4.07%)	Ansible
1	9 (4.07%)	SELinux
2	5 (2.26%)	SCCM
3	1 (0.45%)	Marathon

Vendors
1	15 (6.79%)	VMware
2	12 (5.43%)	EMC
2	12 (5.43%)	Microsoft
3	9 (4.07%)	Xilinx
4	7 (3.17%)	Intel
5	6 (2.71%)	Citrix
5	6 (2.71%)	Symbian
6	4 (1.81%)	Atmel
7	2 (0.90%)	Altera
7	2 (0.90%)	Cisco
7	2 (0.90%)	Freescale
8	1 (0.45%)	AppSense
8	1 (0.45%)	CA Agile Central
8	1 (0.45%)	Renesas
8	1 (0.45%)	Wind River