Device Driver Jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

Device Drivers
UK > Work from Home

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Device Driver in remote or hybrid work. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Device Driver over the 6 months leading up to 8 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 408 543 640
Rank change year-on-year +135 +97 +148
Permanent jobs citing Device Driver 19 53 32
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 0.12% 0.16% 0.076%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.30% 0.44% 0.20%
Number of salaries quoted 19 47 22
10th Percentile £57,500 £45,000 £55,125
25th Percentile £60,000 £47,500 £57,188
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £66,000 £60,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -7.69% +18.18%
75th Percentile £71,250 £66,250 £74,375
90th Percentile - £73,400 £77,375
UK median annual salary £66,000 £60,000 £61,250
% change year-on-year +10.00% -2.04% +11.36%

All Generic Skills
Work from Home

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 with remote or hybrid options requiring generic IT skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 6,377 12,020 16,274
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 38.82% 35.57% 38.67%
Number of salaries quoted 3,835 9,250 11,767
10th Percentile £34,000 £32,500 £39,000
25th Percentile £47,231 £42,500 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £59,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.24% -8.46% -
75th Percentile £86,250 £78,750 £86,250
90th Percentile £122,500 £101,250 £107,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% -15.38% +4.00%

Device Driver
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with remote working options citing Device Driver as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Device Driver trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

Device Driver
Salary Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average salary quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing Device Driver.

Device Driver salary trend for jobs with a WFH option

Device Driver
Salary Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Salary distribution for jobs with remote working options citing Device Driver over the 6 months to 8 May 2025.

Device Driver salary histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Device Driver
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (5.26%) Azure
1 1 (5.26%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 10 (52.63%) TCP/IP
2 9 (47.37%) Modbus
3 6 (31.58%) Wireless
4 3 (15.79%) Ethernet
4 3 (15.79%) RS-232
5 1 (5.26%) Softphone
Development Applications
1 6 (31.58%) Git
1 6 (31.58%) Jenkins
2 1 (5.26%) JIRA
General
1 9 (47.37%) Finance
2 6 (31.58%) Aerospace
2 6 (31.58%) Analytical Skills
2 6 (31.58%) Electronics
2 6 (31.58%) Telecoms
3 3 (15.79%) Manufacturing
4 1 (5.26%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 18 (94.74%) Senior
2 12 (63.16%) Embedded Engineer
2 12 (63.16%) Senior Embedded Engineer
3 9 (47.37%) Embedded Firmware Engineer
3 9 (47.37%) Firmware Engineer
3 9 (47.37%) Senior Firmware Engineer
3 9 (47.37%) Senior Software Engineer
3 9 (47.37%) Software Engineer
4 3 (15.79%) Embedded Software Engineer
4 3 (15.79%) Senior Embedded Software Engineer
5 1 (5.26%) Administrator
5 1 (5.26%) IT Administrator
5 1 (5.26%) IT Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (15.79%) Yocto
Miscellaneous
1 9 (47.37%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 18 (94.74%) Linux
2 12 (63.16%) Embedded Linux
3 1 (5.26%) Windows
3 1 (5.26%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (47.37%) CI/CD
1 9 (47.37%) Collaborative Working
1 9 (47.37%) Continuous Deployment
1 9 (47.37%) Continuous Integration
1 9 (47.37%) Multithreading
1 9 (47.37%) Software Architecture
1 9 (47.37%) Software Engineering
2 6 (31.58%) High Availability
3 1 (5.26%) Infrastructure Maintenance
3 1 (5.26%) Ticket Management
Programming Languages
1 18 (94.74%) C
2 15 (78.95%) C++
3 6 (31.58%) Python
4 3 (15.79%) Embedded C
Qualifications
1 6 (31.58%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 9 (47.37%) Embedded Firmware
1 9 (47.37%) Firmware
2 1 (5.26%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 1 (5.26%) Microsoft
1 1 (5.26%) Sophos