Vulkan Job Trends

Vulkan
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs requiring Vulkan skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 31 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 636 698 659
Rank change year-on-year +62 -39 +326
Permanent jobs citing Vulkan 8 18 42
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.014% 0.032% 0.082%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 0.11% 0.15% 0.32%
Number of salaries quoted 8 7 3
10th Percentile - £50,000 £68,500
25th Percentile £37,500 £53,125 £73,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £95,000 £70,000 £90,000
Median % change year-on-year +35.71% -22.22% +44.00%
75th Percentile £101,875 £80,000 £101,250
90th Percentile £107,500 £82,500 £105,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £95,000 £70,000 £77,500
% change year-on-year +35.71% -9.68% +31.91%

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
UK

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

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 7,033 11,914 12,964
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 11.89% 21.48% 25.36%
Number of salaries quoted 5,239 7,105 10,562
10th Percentile £35,000 £38,806 £41,250
25th Percentile £50,000 £50,000 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £65,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year - - -3.70%
75th Percentile £85,000 £85,000 £85,000
90th Percentile £110,000 £108,750 £106,289
UK excluding London median annual salary £57,500 £57,500 £57,500

Vulkan
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Vulkan relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

Vulkan job vacancy trend in the UK

Vulkan
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Vulkan.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Vulkan

Vulkan
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Vulkan over the 6 months to 31 December 2025.

Salary histogram for Vulkan in the UK

Vulkan
Top 5 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Vulkan within the UK over the 6 months to 31 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England +59 8 £95,000 +35.71% 13
UK excluding London +46 8 £95,000 +35.71% 7
East of England +26 5 £40,000 - 4
South East +24 3 £95,000 +35.71% 3
Work from Home - 3 £40,000 - 9

Vulkan
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities 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:

Cloud Services
1 2 (25.00%) Google Play
1 2 (25.00%) TestFlight
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (25.00%) GIS
Development Applications
1 2 (25.00%) Android Studio
1 2 (25.00%) CMake
1 2 (25.00%) Git
1 2 (25.00%) Jenkins
1 2 (25.00%) JIRA
1 2 (25.00%) Visual Studio
1 2 (25.00%) Xcode
General
1 3 (37.50%) Games
1 3 (37.50%) Social Skills
2 2 (25.00%) Publishing
3 1 (12.50%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 3 (37.50%) Software Engineer
2 2 (25.00%) Android Developer
2 2 (25.00%) Applications Developer
2 2 (25.00%) Developer
2 2 (25.00%) iOS Android Developer
2 2 (25.00%) iOS Developer
2 2 (25.00%) Mobile Applications Developer
2 2 (25.00%) Mobile Developer
3 1 (12.50%) Android Engineer
3 1 (12.50%) Android Software Engineer
3 1 (12.50%) Graphics Engineer
3 1 (12.50%) Graphics Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (100.00%) OpenGL
2 3 (37.50%) DirectX
2 3 (37.50%) OpenGL ES
3 2 (25.00%) .NET
3 2 (25.00%) Google Maps API
3 2 (25.00%) OpenSceneGraph
3 2 (25.00%) QML
3 2 (25.00%) Qt
3 2 (25.00%) Qt Quick
4 1 (12.50%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 5 (62.50%) 3D Graphics
2 3 (37.50%) CUDA
3 2 (25.00%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 5 (62.50%) Windows
2 3 (37.50%) Android
2 3 (37.50%) Linux
3 2 (25.00%) Apple iOS
3 2 (25.00%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (62.50%) Continuous Integration
1 5 (62.50%) Software Architecture
1 5 (62.50%) Software Engineering
2 3 (37.50%) Agile
2 3 (37.50%) Physics
2 3 (37.50%) Validation
3 2 (25.00%) Android Development
3 2 (25.00%) Batch Scripting
3 2 (25.00%) Cross-Platform Development
3 2 (25.00%) iOS Development
3 2 (25.00%) Software Testing
4 1 (12.50%) Computer Science
4 1 (12.50%) Mathematics
4 1 (12.50%) Mobile Development
Programming Languages
1 5 (62.50%) C
1 5 (62.50%) C++
2 3 (37.50%) GLSL
2 3 (37.50%) Python
3 2 (25.00%) Bash
3 2 (25.00%) Java
3 2 (25.00%) Objective-C
Qualifications
1 3 (37.50%) BPSS Clearance
1 3 (37.50%) Degree
1 3 (37.50%) Security Cleared
2 1 (12.50%) Computer Science Degree
Vendors
1 2 (25.00%) Apple
1 2 (25.00%) ESRI
1 2 (25.00%) Google
1 2 (25.00%) Mapbox
1 2 (25.00%) Xamarin