Yocto Contracts

Yocto Project
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies requiring Yocto skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Yocto over the 6 months leading up to 10 June 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 571 676 835
Rank change year-on-year +105 +159 -109
Contract jobs citing Yocto 19 10 13
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.044% 0.018% 0.015%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 0.21% 0.079% 0.055%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 8 9
10th Percentile - £423 £388
25th Percentile £250 £503 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £500
Median % change year-on-year - +10.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £575 £575 £525
90th Percentile £615 - £606
UK excluding London median daily rate £550 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +15.79% -5.00% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 1 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £52.50 £52.50 -
Median hourly rate £55.00 £55.00 -
75th Percentile £57.50 £57.50 -
90th Percentile - - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £55.00 - -

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
UK

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.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 9,185 12,737 23,439
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 21.05% 22.92% 26.88%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,343 9,289 17,252
10th Percentile £350 £400 £400
25th Percentile £425 £463 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.27% - +10.00%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £670
90th Percentile £775 £775 £756
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £500
% change year-on-year - - +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 263 152 225
10th Percentile £22.10 £31.18 £22.50
25th Percentile £43.00 £51.25 £35.00
Median hourly rate £49.50 £65.00 £52.50
Median % change year-on-year -23.85% +23.81% +16.67%
75th Percentile £68.38 £75.00 £67.00
90th Percentile £74.49 £80.25 £76.64
UK excluding London median hourly rate £55.00 £65.00 £55.00
% change year-on-year -15.38% +18.18% +22.22%

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 10 June 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 10 June 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 +106 16 £550 - 18
UK excluding London +47 13 £550 +15.79% 16
East of England - 9 £550 - 3
London +86 6 £250 -54.55% 2
Work from Home +112 3 - - 7
Scotland - 3 - -
South East +18 1 £550 +15.79% 8

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 2 (10.53%) Confluence
Communications & Networking
1 2 (10.53%) Modbus
2 1 (5.26%) RS-485
Development Applications
1 5 (26.32%) JIRA
2 3 (15.79%) CMake
2 3 (15.79%) Git
3 1 (5.26%) Bitbucket
3 1 (5.26%) Bitbucket Server
3 1 (5.26%) Gerrit
3 1 (5.26%) GoogleTest
3 1 (5.26%) Jenkins
General
1 5 (26.32%) Social Skills
2 1 (5.26%) Electronics
2 1 (5.26%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 12 (63.16%) Developer
2 6 (31.58%) Linux Developer
3 3 (15.79%) Embedded Developer
4 2 (10.53%) C Developer
4 2 (10.53%) Embedded C Developer
4 2 (10.53%) Embedded Engineer
5 1 (5.26%) DTV Project Manager
5 1 (5.26%) Embedded Linux Engineer
5 1 (5.26%) Embedded Linux Software Engineer
5 1 (5.26%) Embedded Software Engineer
5 1 (5.26%) Hardware Engineer
5 1 (5.26%) Linux Engineer
5 1 (5.26%) Project Manager
5 1 (5.26%) Senior
5 1 (5.26%) Senior Embedded Engineer
5 1 (5.26%) Senior Hardware Engineer
5 1 (5.26%) Software Engineer
5 1 (5.26%) Technical Manager
5 1 (5.26%) Technical Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (10.53%) YAML
2 1 (5.26%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 5 (26.32%) STB
2 1 (5.26%) Digital TV
2 1 (5.26%) Embedded Systems
2 1 (5.26%) Self-Motivation
2 1 (5.26%) Video\Live Streaming
Operating Systems
1 15 (78.95%) Linux
2 2 (10.53%) Embedded Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (52.63%) Multithreading
2 6 (31.58%) Agile
3 5 (26.32%) Open Source
4 4 (21.05%) Software Engineering
5 3 (15.79%) CI/CD
6 2 (10.53%) Continuous Integration
6 2 (10.53%) Design Patterns
6 2 (10.53%) Embedded Software Development
6 2 (10.53%) OO
6 2 (10.53%) OOD
6 2 (10.53%) Test Automation
7 1 (5.26%) Agile Project Management
7 1 (5.26%) Coaching
7 1 (5.26%) Computer Science
7 1 (5.26%) Kanban
7 1 (5.26%) Mentoring
7 1 (5.26%) SDLC
7 1 (5.26%) SOLID
7 1 (5.26%) Unit Testing
7 1 (5.26%) Video Processing
Programming Languages
1 17 (89.47%) C
2 12 (63.16%) C++
3 9 (47.37%) Bash
4 5 (26.32%) Embedded C
5 1 (5.26%) Embedded C++
5 1 (5.26%) Java
5 1 (5.26%) Python
Qualifications
1 1 (5.26%) Computer Science Degree
1 1 (5.26%) Degree
System Software
1 1 (5.26%) Embedded Firmware
1 1 (5.26%) Firmware
Vendors
1 2 (10.53%) Broadcom
2 1 (5.26%) Google
2 1 (5.26%) NVIDIA
2 1 (5.26%) QNX