Yocto Project
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for Yocto skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Yocto over the 6 months to 23 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
23 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 567 702 853
Rank change year-on-year +135 +151 -176
Contract jobs citing Yocto 24 5 9
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.055% 0.008% 0.010%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 0.27% 0.035% 0.037%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 2 6
10th Percentile - £246 £388
25th Percentile £250 £278 £395
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £300 £363 £466
Median % change year-on-year -17.24% -22.21% +3.56%
75th Percentile £575 £453 £580
90th Percentile £595 £489 £606
UK excluding London median daily rate £300 £363 £544
% change year-on-year -17.24% -33.33% +27.94%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 1 0
Median hourly rate £95.00 £55.00 -
Median % change year-on-year +72.73% - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £95.00 - -

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
UK

Yocto 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 8,954 14,101 24,281
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 20.51% 23.38% 27.20%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,227 10,287 17,814
10th Percentile £334 £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 £656
90th Percentile £768 £775 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £500
% change year-on-year - - +15.61%
Number of hourly rates quoted 212 154 245
10th Percentile £20.77 £30.23 £21.40
25th Percentile £37.63 £46.56 £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 £80.78 £75.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £47.50 £64.00 £49.00
% change year-on-year -25.78% +30.61% +8.89%

Yocto
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Yocto in the UK

Yocto
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Yocto in the UK

Yocto
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Yocto over the 6 months to 23 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Yocto in the UK

Yocto
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for Yocto in the UK

Yocto
Top 7 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Yocto within the UK over the 6 months to 23 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 +134 24 £300 -17.24% 28
UK excluding London +71 17 £300 -17.24% 29
East of England +30 15 £300 - 7
London +107 7 £250 - 3
Work from Home +122 3 - - 17
Midlands - 2 - - 1
West Midlands - 2 - -

Yocto
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 1 (4.17%) Confluence
Communications & Networking
1 3 (12.50%) Wireless
2 2 (8.33%) Bluetooth
3 1 (4.17%) SSL
Development Applications
1 1 (4.17%) Bitbucket
1 1 (4.17%) Bitbucket Server
1 1 (4.17%) CMake
1 1 (4.17%) Git
1 1 (4.17%) JIRA
General
1 12 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (4.17%) Law
Job Titles
1 13 (54.17%) Developer
2 9 (37.50%) Linux Developer
3 4 (16.67%) Firmware Engineer
4 3 (12.50%) Audio Engineer
4 3 (12.50%) DTV Engineer
4 3 (12.50%) Senior
5 2 (8.33%) C Developer
5 2 (8.33%) Embedded C Developer
5 2 (8.33%) Embedded Developer
6 1 (4.17%) DTV Project Manager
6 1 (4.17%) Embedded Engineer
6 1 (4.17%) Hardware Engineer
6 1 (4.17%) Kernel Developer
6 1 (4.17%) Project Manager
6 1 (4.17%) Senior Embedded Engineer
6 1 (4.17%) Senior Hardware Engineer
6 1 (4.17%) Technical Manager
6 1 (4.17%) Technical Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (4.17%) FFmpeg
Miscellaneous
1 7 (29.17%) STB
2 5 (20.83%) Digital TV
3 3 (12.50%) Device Driver
4 1 (4.17%) Video\Live Streaming
Operating Systems
1 22 (91.67%) Linux
2 3 (12.50%) Embedded Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (41.67%) Agile
1 10 (41.67%) Open Source
2 9 (37.50%) Multithreading
3 3 (12.50%) Software Engineering
4 2 (8.33%) Embedded Software Development
4 2 (8.33%) Video Processing
5 1 (4.17%) Agile Project Management
5 1 (4.17%) CI/CD
5 1 (4.17%) Coaching
5 1 (4.17%) Continuous Integration
5 1 (4.17%) Design Patterns
5 1 (4.17%) Device Driver Development
5 1 (4.17%) Linux Kernel Development
5 1 (4.17%) Mentoring
5 1 (4.17%) Problem-Solving
5 1 (4.17%) SDLC
5 1 (4.17%) Sprint Planning
5 1 (4.17%) Stakeholder Management
5 1 (4.17%) Systems Engineering
5 1 (4.17%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 21 (87.50%) C
2 13 (54.17%) C++
3 12 (50.00%) Bash
4 3 (12.50%) Python
5 2 (8.33%) Embedded C
System Software
1 6 (25.00%) Firmware
2 2 (8.33%) Embedded Firmware
Vendors
1 2 (8.33%) Broadcom
2 1 (4.17%) NVIDIA
2 1 (4.17%) QNX