Hybrid/Remote Device Driver Job Trends

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 14 January 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 370 422 464
Rank change year-on-year +52 +42 +233
Permanent jobs citing Device Driver 4 19 25
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.026% 0.12% 0.12%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.077% 0.29% 0.30%
Number of salaries quoted 4 16 25
10th Percentile - £43,750 £48,500
25th Percentile £62,500 £57,500 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.00% +4.17% -
75th Percentile £67,500 £71,250 £63,500
90th Percentile - - £71,500
UK median annual salary £65,000 £63,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +3.17% +5.00% +4.35%

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 5,210 6,512 8,225
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 34.40% 39.63% 38.09%
Number of salaries quoted 3,334 3,592 6,491
10th Percentile £28,000 £37,500 £36,250
25th Percentile £40,000 £47,500 £46,978
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £59,264 £62,500 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -5.18% - -3.85%
75th Percentile £81,250 £83,750 £82,500
90th Percentile £105,000 £111,125 £100,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -7.69%

Device Driver
Job Vacancy Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Device Driver and offering remote or hybrid work options relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

Device Driver job vacancy trend for remote/hybrid jobs

Device Driver
Salary Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Device Driver.

Salary distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Device Driver

Device Driver
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Remote/Hybrid Jobs 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:

Communications & Networking
1 4 (100.00%) Ethernet
1 4 (100.00%) RS-232
Job Titles
1 4 (100.00%) Embedded Engineer
1 4 (100.00%) Embedded Software Engineer
1 4 (100.00%) Senior
1 4 (100.00%) Senior Embedded Engineer
1 4 (100.00%) Senior Embedded Software Engineer
1 4 (100.00%) Senior Software Engineer
1 4 (100.00%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (100.00%) Yocto
Operating Systems
1 4 (100.00%) Embedded Linux
1 4 (100.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) Agile
1 4 (100.00%) Scrum
1 4 (100.00%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 4 (100.00%) C
1 4 (100.00%) C++
1 4 (100.00%) Embedded C