Single Instruction, Multiple Data (SIMD)
UK

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term SIMD in permanent job vacancies. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited SIMD over the 6 months to 30 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
30 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 890 983 1180
Rank change year-on-year +93 +197 -269
Permanent jobs citing SIMD 6 5 26
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.006% 0.005% 0.017%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.017% 0.011% 0.035%
Number of salaries quoted 6 4 21
10th Percentile £75,625 - -
25th Percentile £77,500 £67,500 £60,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 £70,000 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year +14.29% +3.70% +3.85%
75th Percentile £86,250 £72,500 £72,500
90th Percentile £87,500 - -
UK excluding London median annual salary £80,000 £70,000 £67,500
% change year-on-year +14.29% +3.70% +3.85%

All Generic Skills
UK

SIMD is in the General and Transferable Skills category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 34,973 44,403 73,664
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 35.51% 42.72% 47.26%
Number of salaries quoted 23,052 23,953 34,149
10th Percentile £28,000 £35,250 £34,500
25th Percentile £38,000 £46,250 £45,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £65,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -15.38% +4.00% +4.17%
75th Percentile £75,000 £86,250 £84,056
90th Percentile £97,500 £107,500 £102,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +5.00%

SIMD
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for SIMD in the UK

SIMD
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for SIMD in the UK

SIMD
Top 4 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing SIMD within the UK over the 6 months to 30 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England +128 6 £80,000 +14.29% 7
South East +22 6 £80,000 +14.29%
UK excluding London -22 6 £80,000 +14.29% 7
Work from Home +81 1 £77,500 +10.71% 2

SIMD
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 5 (83.33%) Confluence
Communications & Networking
1 1 (16.67%) 5G
1 1 (16.67%) Wireless
Development Applications
1 5 (83.33%) Git
1 5 (83.33%) JIRA
General
1 1 (16.67%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 6 (100.00%) Software Engineer
2 5 (83.33%) Senior
2 5 (83.33%) Senior Software Engineer
3 3 (50.00%) Embedded Engineer
3 3 (50.00%) Embedded Software Engineer
3 3 (50.00%) Senior Embedded Engineer
3 3 (50.00%) Senior Embedded Software Engineer
4 1 (16.67%) C Software Engineer
4 1 (16.67%) Principal Engineer
4 1 (16.67%) Principal Software Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 5 (83.33%) Algorithms
1 5 (83.33%) Device Driver
Operating Systems
1 6 (100.00%) Embedded Linux
1 6 (100.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (100.00%) Signal Processing
1 6 (100.00%) Software Engineering
2 5 (83.33%) Device Driver Development
3 1 (16.67%) Mathematics
Programming Languages
1 4 (66.67%) C++
2 1 (16.67%) Assembly Language
2 1 (16.67%) Bash
2 1 (16.67%) C
2 1 (16.67%) Perl
2 1 (16.67%) Python
2 1 (16.67%) Ruby
2 1 (16.67%) Tcl
Qualifications
1 6 (100.00%) Degree
Vendors
1 1 (16.67%) Intel