Vulkan
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for Vulkan skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Vulkan over the 6 months to 28 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
28 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 573 712 852
Rank change year-on-year +139 +140 -
Contract jobs citing Vulkan 21 4 3
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.048% 0.007% 0.003%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 0.24% 0.029% 0.012%
Number of daily rates quoted 11 1 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £550 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £600 -
75th Percentile £713 - -
90th Percentile £800 - -
UK excluding London median daily rate £600 - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 0 2
10th Percentile £68.13 - £32.88
25th Percentile £72.19 - £33.44
Median hourly rate £75.00 - £36.25
75th Percentile - - £38.44
90th Percentile £77.50 - £38.63
UK excluding London median hourly rate £75.00 - -

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
UK

Vulkan is in the Software Libraries and Frameworks category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 8,875 13,886 24,102
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 20.49% 23.26% 27.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,163 10,138 17,667
10th Percentile £338 £400 £400
25th Percentile £425 £463 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - +10.00%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £663
90th Percentile £767 £775 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £500
% change year-on-year - - +14.94%
Number of hourly rates quoted 226 153 241
10th Percentile £21.01 £31.60 £22.00
25th Percentile £40.00 £48.50 £35.00
Median hourly rate £46.18 £65.00 £49.00
Median % change year-on-year -28.95% +32.65% +8.89%
75th Percentile £65.00 £75.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £80.25 £75.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £46.84 £64.00 £49.00
% change year-on-year -26.81% +30.61% +8.89%

Vulkan
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Vulkan in the UK

Vulkan
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Vulkan.

Daily rate trend for Vulkan in the UK

Vulkan
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Vulkan over the 6 months to 28 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Vulkan in the UK

Vulkan
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Vulkan.

Hourly rate trend for Vulkan in the UK

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Top 6 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Vulkan within the UK over the 6 months to 28 April 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England +135 21 £600 - 23
UK excluding London +83 20 £600 - 23
East of England +21 14 £550 - 19
South East - 6 £600 - 2
Work from Home +128 3 £550 - 9
London +107 1 - -

Vulkan
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:

Development Applications
1 1 (4.76%) VTune
General
1 4 (19.05%) Electronics
2 1 (4.76%) Games
2 1 (4.76%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 10 (47.62%) Architect
1 10 (47.62%) Software Architect
2 4 (19.05%) Graphics Engineer
2 4 (19.05%) Python Engineer
2 4 (19.05%) Software Engineer
3 2 (9.52%) Android Engineer
3 2 (9.52%) C++ Android Engineer
3 2 (9.52%) Computer Engineer
3 2 (9.52%) Computer Vision Engineer
3 2 (9.52%) Machine Learning Engineer
4 1 (4.76%) C Programmer
4 1 (4.76%) C/C++ Programmer
4 1 (4.76%) C++ Games Programmer
4 1 (4.76%) C++ Programmer
4 1 (4.76%) Games Programmer
4 1 (4.76%) Graphics Programmer
4 1 (4.76%) Graphics Software Engineer
4 1 (4.76%) Programmer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 21 (100.00%) DirectX
1 21 (100.00%) OpenGL
2 20 (95.24%) OpenGL ES
3 4 (19.05%) Unity (Game Engine)
4 2 (9.52%) Middleware
4 2 (9.52%) PyTorch
4 2 (9.52%) TensorFlow
4 2 (9.52%) Unreal Engine
Miscellaneous
1 11 (52.38%) 3D Graphics
1 11 (52.38%) Ray Tracing
2 4 (19.05%) Algorithms
3 3 (14.29%) Animation
3 3 (14.29%) Augmented Reality
3 3 (14.29%) Mixed Reality
4 2 (9.52%) Photography
Operating Systems
1 7 (33.33%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (66.67%) Problem-Solving
2 13 (61.90%) Software Architecture
3 6 (28.57%) Computer Science
4 4 (19.05%) Machine Learning
4 4 (19.05%) Mathematics
4 4 (19.05%) Software Engineering
5 3 (14.29%) Android Development
5 3 (14.29%) Linear Algebra
6 2 (9.52%) Artificial Intelligence
6 2 (9.52%) Computer Vision
6 2 (9.52%) Deep Learning
6 2 (9.52%) Embedded Software Development
6 2 (9.52%) Generative AI
6 2 (9.52%) Image Processing
6 2 (9.52%) Memory Management
6 2 (9.52%) Multithreading
6 2 (9.52%) Performance Analysis
6 2 (9.52%) User Experience
7 1 (4.76%) Collaborative Culture
7 1 (4.76%) Prototyping
Programming Languages
1 14 (66.67%) C++
2 11 (52.38%) C
3 5 (23.81%) Java
3 5 (23.81%) Python
4 3 (14.29%) GLSL
4 3 (14.29%) HLSL
5 2 (9.52%) C#
5 2 (9.52%) Kotlin
Qualifications
1 16 (76.19%) Degree
2 12 (57.14%) Master's Degree
2 12 (57.14%) PhD
3 6 (28.57%) Computer Science Degree