DPDK Contract Job Trends in the UK excluding London

Data Plane Development Kit (DPDK)
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the UK excluding London requiring DPDK skills. It covers vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 13 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank - 365 -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing DPDK 0 3 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London - 0.017% -
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category - 0.098% -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - -
UK median daily rate - - -

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
UK excluding London

DPDK 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 the UK excluding London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 2,891 3,064 3,810
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 18.74% 17.10% 17.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,916 1,925 2,754
10th Percentile £313 £325 £350
25th Percentile £398 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £470 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -6.00% - -3.85%
75th Percentile £550 £608 £600
90th Percentile £638 £690 £688
UK median daily rate £500 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -9.09% - -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 126 160 120
10th Percentile £31.78 £27.00 £45.88
25th Percentile £43.00 £43.00 £46.18
Median hourly rate £55.00 £65.00 £59.03
Median % change year-on-year -15.38% +10.11% -4.02%
75th Percentile £65.00 £70.00 £70.00
90th Percentile £69.38 £74.04 £78.00
UK median hourly rate £52.50 £61.60 £60.00
% change year-on-year -14.77% +2.67% -

DPDK
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing DPDK as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for DPDK in the UK excluding London

DPDK
Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing DPDK.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing DPDK