Data Plane Development Kit (DPDK)
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for DPDK skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited DPDK over the 6 months to 4 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
4 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 904 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs citing DPDK 7 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.007% - -
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 0.033% - -
Number of salaries quoted 5 0 0
10th Percentile £54,000 - -
25th Percentile £60,000 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 - -
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK excluding London median annual salary £60,000 - -

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
UK

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

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 21,036 31,192 63,274
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 21.35% 30.12% 40.44%
Number of salaries quoted 15,709 19,201 30,320
10th Percentile £36,250 £41,117 £37,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £50,000 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £67,500 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -11.11% +8.00% +13.64%
75th Percentile £79,500 £87,500 £82,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £105,000 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -4.35% +4.55% +10.00%

DPDK
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for DPDK in the UK

DPDK
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing DPDK.

Salary trend for DPDK in the UK

DPDK
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing DPDK over the 6 months to 4 May 2024.

Salary histogram for DPDK in the UK

DPDK
Top 6 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing DPDK within the UK over the 6 months to 4 May 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
Work from Home - 6 £70,000 - 2
UK excluding London - 5 £60,000 - 4
England - 3 £55,000 - 6
Scotland - 2 £65,000 -
East of England - 2 - -
South West - 1 £55,000 - 3

DPDK
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:

Communications & Networking
1 4 (57.14%) Network Security
2 2 (28.57%) Ethernet
2 2 (28.57%) NGN
2 2 (28.57%) TCP/IP
Development Applications
1 1 (14.29%) Git
1 1 (14.29%) Jenkins
1 1 (14.29%) JIRA
General
1 4 (57.14%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 7 (100.00%) Software Engineer
2 5 (71.43%) C Software Engineer
2 5 (71.43%) C/C++ Software Engineer
2 5 (71.43%) C++ Software Engineer
3 4 (57.14%) Senior
3 4 (57.14%) Senior C Software Engineer
3 4 (57.14%) Senior C++ Software Engineer
3 4 (57.14%) Senior Software Engineer
4 2 (28.57%) Principal Engineer
4 2 (28.57%) Principal Software Engineer
5 1 (14.29%) SC Cleared Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (28.57%) eBPF
Miscellaneous
1 4 (57.14%) Distributed Systems
2 2 (28.57%) Algorithms
2 2 (28.57%) Data Structures
Operating Systems
1 5 (71.43%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (100.00%) Software Engineering
2 5 (71.43%) Computer Science
3 2 (28.57%) Computer Architecture
3 2 (28.57%) Concurrent Programming
3 2 (28.57%) Open Source
4 1 (14.29%) Agile
4 1 (14.29%) Mentoring
4 1 (14.29%) Multithreaded Programming
4 1 (14.29%) Multithreading
4 1 (14.29%) Scrum
4 1 (14.29%) SDLC
4 1 (14.29%) Software Testing
4 1 (14.29%) Test Strategy
Programming Languages
1 7 (100.00%) C
2 5 (71.43%) C++
3 2 (28.57%) Assembly Language
4 1 (14.29%) Bash
4 1 (14.29%) Perl
4 1 (14.29%) Python
Qualifications
1 5 (71.43%) Computer Science Degree
1 5 (71.43%) Degree
2 1 (14.29%) SC Cleared
2 1 (14.29%) Security Cleared