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 30 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 670 822 864
Rank change year-on-year +152 +42 +209
Permanent jobs citing Device Driver 39 90 98
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.070% 0.087% 0.10%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.19% 0.25% 0.23%
Number of salaries quoted 38 76 72
10th Percentile £57,500 £45,000 £26,250
25th Percentile £62,500 £50,000 £32,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £66,750 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +11.25% - -7.69%
75th Percentile £77,500 £71,563 £72,500
90th Percentile £78,750 £82,500 £77,375
UK excluding London median annual salary £66,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +10.00% - -14.29%

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 20,604 35,638 42,318
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 37.19% 34.51% 43.55%
Number of salaries quoted 9,493 23,121 22,633
10th Percentile £31,250 £28,000 £35,750
25th Percentile £42,000 £38,084 £46,350
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% -15.38% +4.00%
75th Percentile £78,750 £75,000 £86,250
90th Percentile £110,000 £97,500 £110,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +10.00% -9.09% +4.76%

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 30 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Device Driver in the UK

Device Driver
Top 11 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 30 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
UK excluding London +146 36 £66,000 +10.00% 73
Work from Home +86 18 £66,000 +10.00% 23
England +101 15 £67,500 +12.50% 72
Scotland +111 11 £65,000 +8.33% 4
Wales - 11 £75,000 - 2
North of England +47 6 £67,500 +35.00% 6
North West +5 6 £67,500 +35.00% 4
South East +66 4 £70,000 +12.00% 21
South West +98 3 £70,000 +16.67% 9
London +111 1 £31,000 -79.33% 1
East of England +40 1 £55,000 -21.15% 23

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 3 (7.69%) OpenStack
Applications
1 2 (5.13%) OrCAD
Cloud Services
1 13 (33.33%) Azure
2 1 (2.56%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 21 (53.85%) TCP/IP
2 20 (51.28%) Modbus
3 12 (30.77%) MQTT
3 12 (30.77%) Network Security
4 6 (15.38%) Wireless
5 3 (7.69%) Ethernet
5 3 (7.69%) RS-232
6 1 (2.56%) Softphone
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (12.82%) PostgreSQL
1 5 (12.82%) RDBMS
1 5 (12.82%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 6 (15.38%) Git
1 6 (15.38%) Jenkins
2 1 (2.56%) JIRA
General
1 17 (43.59%) Social Skills
2 8 (20.51%) Finance
3 7 (17.95%) Analytical Skills
4 6 (15.38%) Aerospace
4 6 (15.38%) Electronics
4 6 (15.38%) Telecoms
5 3 (7.69%) Manufacturing
6 2 (5.13%) Presentation Skills
7 1 (2.56%) Aviation
7 1 (2.56%) Avionics
7 1 (2.56%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 26 (66.67%) Senior
2 19 (48.72%) Software Engineer
3 17 (43.59%) Senior Software Engineer
4 13 (33.33%) Lead
5 12 (30.77%) Embedded Engineer
5 12 (30.77%) Senior Embedded Engineer
6 10 (25.64%) Developer
6 10 (25.64%) Lead Developer
7 8 (20.51%) Embedded Firmware Engineer
7 8 (20.51%) Firmware Engineer
7 8 (20.51%) Senior Firmware Engineer
8 7 (17.95%) Firmware Developer
9 4 (10.26%) Embedded Software Engineer
9 4 (10.26%) Senior Embedded Software Engineer
9 4 (10.26%) Senior Systems Engineer
9 4 (10.26%) Systems Engineer
10 3 (7.69%) Lead Software Engineer
11 2 (5.13%) Hardware Engineer
11 2 (5.13%) Lead Software Developer
11 2 (5.13%) Senior Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (28.21%) .NET
2 3 (7.69%) OpenCL
2 3 (7.69%) Yocto
Miscellaneous
1 12 (30.77%) IoT
2 8 (20.51%) Product Ownership
3 3 (7.69%) Algorithms
3 3 (7.69%) CUDA
3 3 (7.69%) Data Centre
3 3 (7.69%) FPGA
3 3 (7.69%) PCIe
3 3 (7.69%) Self-Motivation
3 3 (7.69%) VHDL
4 1 (2.56%) Embedded Systems
4 1 (2.56%) Linux Command Line
Operating Systems
1 37 (94.87%) Linux
2 16 (41.03%) Windows
3 12 (30.77%) Embedded Linux
3 12 (30.77%) Unix
4 1 (2.56%) Debian
4 1 (2.56%) VxWorks
4 1 (2.56%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 26 (66.67%) Software Engineering
2 17 (43.59%) Mentoring
3 15 (38.46%) Agile
3 15 (38.46%) Problem-Solving
4 13 (33.33%) CI/CD
5 12 (30.77%) API Development
5 12 (30.77%) Computer Architecture
5 12 (30.77%) Product Strategy
5 12 (30.77%) Technical Debt
5 12 (30.77%) Technical Leadership
6 8 (20.51%) Collaborative Working
6 8 (20.51%) Continuous Deployment
6 8 (20.51%) Continuous Integration
6 8 (20.51%) Multithreading
6 8 (20.51%) Software Architecture
7 7 (17.95%) Device Driver Development
8 6 (15.38%) High Availability
9 5 (12.82%) Full-Stack Development
9 5 (12.82%) Web Development
10 4 (10.26%) Mathematics
Programming Languages
1 38 (97.44%) C
2 35 (89.74%) C++
3 11 (28.21%) C#
4 9 (23.08%) Python
5 5 (12.82%) Embedded C
5 5 (12.82%) SQL
6 2 (5.13%) Embedded C++
7 1 (2.56%) Ada
Qualifications
1 9 (23.08%) Security Cleared
2 4 (10.26%) Degree
3 3 (7.69%) PhD
4 2 (5.13%) DV Cleared
5 1 (2.56%) Master's Degree
System Software
1 26 (66.67%) Firmware
2 8 (20.51%) Embedded Firmware
3 1 (2.56%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 3 (7.69%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 3 (7.69%) Graphcore
2 1 (2.56%) Microsoft
2 1 (2.56%) Red Hat
2 1 (2.56%) Sophos