Yocto Contract Job Trends in England

Yocto Project
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in England requiring Yocto skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 546 509 529
Rank change year-on-year -37 +20 +196
Contract jobs citing Yocto 4 4 28
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.013% 0.014% 0.074%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 0.058% 0.063% 0.34%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 4 12
10th Percentile - £457 £278
25th Percentile £563 £460 £300
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £475 £310
Median % change year-on-year +21.05% +53.23% -22.50%
75th Percentile £588 £509 £419
90th Percentile - £549 £494
UK median daily rate £500 £475 £310
% change year-on-year +5.26% +53.23% -27.06%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Median hourly rate - - £95.00
UK median hourly rate - - £95.00

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
England

Yocto falls under the Software Libraries and Frameworks category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills in England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 6,941 6,399 8,270
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 22.33% 21.82% 21.93%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,632 4,087 6,018
10th Percentile £350 £357 £370
25th Percentile £413 £436 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -6.82% - -4.35%
75th Percentile £626 £665 £675
90th Percentile £725 £800 £772
UK median daily rate £505 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -8.18% - -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 190 89 167
10th Percentile £31.25 £26.25 £33.80
25th Percentile £43.77 £43.50 £46.18
Median hourly rate £61.00 £65.00 £51.89
Median % change year-on-year -6.15% +25.26% -20.17%
75th Percentile £66.88 £65.75 £70.00
90th Percentile £77.50 £74.00 £78.00
UK median hourly rate £57.50 £62.50 £52.50
% change year-on-year -8.00% +19.05% -19.23%

Yocto
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Yocto relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in England.

Yocto job vacancy trend in England

Yocto
Daily Rate Trend in England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Yocto.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Yocto

Yocto
Hourly Rate Trend in England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Yocto.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Yocto

Yocto
Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Yocto within the England region over the 6 months to 14 December 2025. 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
Midlands - 1 £575 -
West Midlands - 1 £575 -
Yocto
UK

Yocto
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England 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 3 (75.00%) Ethernet
Development Applications
1 3 (75.00%) KGDB
General
1 3 (75.00%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (75.00%) Kernel Engineer
1 3 (75.00%) Kernel Software Engineer
1 3 (75.00%) Linux Engineer
1 3 (75.00%) Senior
1 3 (75.00%) Senior Linux Engineer
1 3 (75.00%) Senior Software Engineer
1 3 (75.00%) Software Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) FPGA Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (75.00%) OpenEmbedded
2 1 (25.00%) NumPy
2 1 (25.00%) SciPy
Miscellaneous
1 3 (75.00%) Device Driver
2 1 (25.00%) FPGA
2 1 (25.00%) MicroBlaze
2 1 (25.00%) RISC-V
2 1 (25.00%) Verilog
2 1 (25.00%) VHDL
Operating Systems
1 4 (100.00%) Linux
2 1 (25.00%) Embedded Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (75.00%) Linux Kernel Development
1 3 (75.00%) Open Source
1 3 (75.00%) Performance Analysis
1 3 (75.00%) Software Engineering
1 3 (75.00%) Test Automation
2 1 (25.00%) Agile
2 1 (25.00%) Architectural Design
2 1 (25.00%) Continuous Integration
2 1 (25.00%) Digital Signal Processing
2 1 (25.00%) Embedded Software Development
2 1 (25.00%) FPGA Design
2 1 (25.00%) Scrum
2 1 (25.00%) Signal Processing
2 1 (25.00%) UVM
2 1 (25.00%) Validation
2 1 (25.00%) Verification and Validation
Programming Languages
1 4 (100.00%) C
2 1 (25.00%) C++
2 1 (25.00%) MATLAB
2 1 (25.00%) Python
2 1 (25.00%) SystemVerilog
Qualifications
1 1 (25.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (25.00%) Security Cleared