Device Driver Jobs

Device Drivers
UK

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 cited Device Driver over the 6 months leading up to 26 July 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Jul 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 786 810 1150
Rank change year-on-year +24 +340 -208
Permanent jobs citing Device Driver 56 77 125
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.062% 0.095% 0.071%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.19% 0.23% 0.15%
Number of salaries quoted 51 70 45
10th Percentile £45,000 £26,250 £36,000
25th Percentile £51,875 £31,250 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year - -14.29% +27.27%
75th Percentile £67,000 £72,500 £75,000
90th Percentile £75,000 £75,125 £79,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £60,000 £59,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year +1.69% -15.71% +27.27%

All Generic Skills
UK

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.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 30,081 33,205 84,438
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 33.28% 41.15% 48.18%
Number of salaries quoted 18,138 20,787 36,075
10th Percentile £30,000 £35,416 £34,500
25th Percentile £40,013 £46,250 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £64,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -14.06% +2.40% +4.17%
75th Percentile £77,500 £85,000 £83,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £107,500 £102,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +5.00%

Device Driver
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Device Driver as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Device Driver in the UK

Device Driver
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Device Driver.

Salary trend for Device Driver in the UK

Device Driver
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Device Driver over the 6 months to 26 July 2024.

Salary histogram for Device Driver in the UK

Device Driver
Top 13 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 6 months to 26 July 2024. 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
UK excluding London -46 48 £60,000 +1.69% 9
England 0 41 £62,500 +4.17% 8
Work from Home +49 31 £62,000 -4.62% 1
South East -8 15 £62,500 - 3
Scotland -28 15 £60,000 +13.21%
Midlands -22 8 £53,250 +23.12% 2
London +76 6 £70,000 +7.69% 1
South West -1 5 £65,000 +10.17%
West Midlands -5 4 £61,500 -8.21%
East Midlands -27 4 £45,000 +63.64% 2
East of England -12 3 £60,000 -7.69% 3
North of England -1 2 £62,500 +127.27%
North West -14 2 £62,500 +127.27%

Device Driver
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 2 (3.57%) Confluence
Applications
1 7 (12.50%) Simulink
Cloud Services
1 3 (5.36%) Azure
2 2 (3.57%) Entra ID
2 2 (3.57%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (1.79%) Azure DevOps
3 1 (1.79%) GitHub
3 1 (1.79%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 14 (25.00%) Wireless
2 11 (19.64%) Ethernet
2 11 (19.64%) RS-232
3 8 (14.29%) Wi-Fi
4 3 (5.36%) Bluetooth
5 2 (3.57%) DHCP
5 2 (3.57%) DNS
5 2 (3.57%) TCP/IP
6 1 (1.79%) 5G
6 1 (1.79%) LTE
6 1 (1.79%) SNMP
Development Applications
1 7 (12.50%) Git
2 3 (5.36%) JIRA
3 2 (3.57%) Jenkins
4 1 (1.79%) Eclipse
4 1 (1.79%) GitLab
4 1 (1.79%) Rational DOORS
4 1 (1.79%) Subversion
4 1 (1.79%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 12 (21.43%) Electronics
1 12 (21.43%) Manufacturing
2 8 (14.29%) Automotive
3 3 (5.36%) Finance
3 3 (5.36%) Social Skills
4 2 (3.57%) Telecoms
5 1 (1.79%) Aerospace
5 1 (1.79%) Marketing
5 1 (1.79%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 38 (67.86%) Embedded Engineer
1 38 (67.86%) Software Engineer
2 29 (51.79%) Embedded Software Engineer
3 24 (42.86%) Senior
4 21 (37.50%) Senior Software Engineer
5 16 (28.57%) Senior Embedded Engineer
6 15 (26.79%) Senior Embedded Software Engineer
7 8 (14.29%) Linux Engineer
8 6 (10.71%) Embedded Linux Engineer
8 6 (10.71%) Lead
9 5 (8.93%) Embedded Linux Software Engineer
10 4 (7.14%) C++ Software Engineer
10 4 (7.14%) Embedded C++ Engineer
10 4 (7.14%) Senior Linux Engineer
11 3 (5.36%) Embedded C++ Software Engineer
11 3 (5.36%) Embedded Firmware Engineer
11 3 (5.36%) Firmware Engineer
11 3 (5.36%) Senior C++ Software Engineer
12 2 (3.57%) Lead Embedded Software Engineer
12 2 (3.57%) Senior Technical Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 21 (37.50%) Yocto
2 5 (8.93%) Middleware
3 3 (5.36%) Qt
4 2 (3.57%) GStreamer
5 1 (1.79%) Boost C++ Libraries
5 1 (1.79%) EDI
5 1 (1.79%) LDAP
Miscellaneous
1 11 (19.64%) Embedded Systems
2 5 (8.93%) Algorithms
3 4 (7.14%) Robotics
4 2 (3.57%) Analogue Electronics
4 2 (3.57%) Distributed Systems
4 2 (3.57%) FPGA
4 2 (3.57%) SIMD
4 2 (3.57%) STB
4 2 (3.57%) Video\Live Streaming
5 1 (1.79%) Blackberry
5 1 (1.79%) CAN bus
5 1 (1.79%) Data Structures
5 1 (1.79%) IoT
5 1 (1.79%) Life Science
5 1 (1.79%) Management Information System
5 1 (1.79%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 36 (64.29%) Linux
2 27 (48.21%) Embedded Linux
3 6 (10.71%) Windows
4 3 (5.36%) Android
5 2 (3.57%) Mac OS X
5 2 (3.57%) Windows 10
5 2 (3.57%) Windows Server 2012
6 1 (1.79%) Apple iOS
6 1 (1.79%) FreeRTOS
6 1 (1.79%) OpenWrt
6 1 (1.79%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 1 (1.79%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 41 (73.21%) Software Engineering
2 25 (44.64%) Device Driver Development
3 10 (17.86%) Agile
4 9 (16.07%) OOD
5 7 (12.50%) Mentoring
6 5 (8.93%) Computer Science
6 5 (8.93%) Sprint Planning
7 4 (7.14%) SDLC
7 4 (7.14%) Validation
8 3 (5.36%) Continuous Integration
8 3 (5.36%) Problem-Solving
8 3 (5.36%) Project Management
9 2 (3.57%) Image Processing
9 2 (3.57%) Memory Management
9 2 (3.57%) Multithreading
9 2 (3.57%) OO
9 2 (3.57%) Signal Processing
9 2 (3.57%) Software Testing
9 2 (3.57%) Test Strategy
9 2 (3.57%) Video Processing
Programming Languages
1 37 (66.07%) C
2 30 (53.57%) C++
3 18 (32.14%) Python
4 13 (23.21%) Embedded C
5 7 (12.50%) Bash
6 4 (7.14%) Embedded C++
7 3 (5.36%) Java
8 2 (3.57%) Perl
8 2 (3.57%) Rust
9 1 (1.79%) Assembly Language
9 1 (1.79%) R
Qualifications
1 15 (26.79%) Degree
2 2 (3.57%) Microsoft Certification
3 1 (1.79%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (1.79%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (3.57%) AUTOSAR
System Software
1 18 (32.14%) Firmware
2 15 (26.79%) Embedded Firmware
3 2 (3.57%) Active Directory
3 2 (3.57%) Docker
3 2 (3.57%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (3.57%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 2 (3.57%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (1.79%) Ansible
2 1 (1.79%) Kubernetes
2 1 (1.79%) Podman
2 1 (1.79%) SELinux
Vendors
1 2 (3.57%) Microsoft
1 2 (3.57%) NVIDIA
1 2 (3.57%) VMware
2 1 (1.79%) ConnectWise
2 1 (1.79%) QNX
2 1 (1.79%) Red Hat
2 1 (1.79%) SAP