Vulkan
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies requiring Vulkan skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Vulkan over the 6 months leading up to 21 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 712 863 921
Rank change year-on-year +151 +58 +233
Permanent jobs citing Vulkan 6 21 55
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.011% 0.021% 0.055%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 0.062% 0.100% 0.18%
Number of salaries quoted 6 20 12
10th Percentile £55,625 £45,000 £44,275
25th Percentile £57,813 £60,000 £57,813
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £90,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -22.22% +50.00% -4.00%
75th Percentile £77,500 £116,875 £78,125
90th Percentile £78,750 £127,500 £80,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £70,000 £90,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -22.22% +50.00% -4.00%

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 9,604 21,099 30,098
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 17.19% 21.12% 30.26%
Number of salaries quoted 6,132 15,738 18,568
10th Percentile £37,574 £36,250 £40,853
25th Percentile £50,000 £45,000 £50,939
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £60,000 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year +8.33% -11.11% +5.88%
75th Percentile £86,250 £78,750 £87,500
90th Percentile £111,250 £100,000 £106,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +9.09% -4.35% +4.55%

Vulkan
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Vulkan in the UK

Vulkan
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Vulkan.

Salary trend for Vulkan in the UK

Vulkan
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Vulkan over the 6 months to 21 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Vulkan in the UK

Vulkan
Top 4 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 21 May 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 +149 5 £70,000 -22.22% 72
UK excluding London +160 3 £70,000 -22.22% 54
South East +80 3 £70,000 +16.67% 13
London +121 2 £70,000 -26.32% 24

Vulkan
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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (16.67%) GitHub
1 1 (16.67%) GitHub Actions
Development Applications
1 1 (16.67%) CMake
1 1 (16.67%) Git
1 1 (16.67%) GitLab
1 1 (16.67%) Jenkins
1 1 (16.67%) JIRA
1 1 (16.67%) Qt Creator
1 1 (16.67%) Team Foundation Server
1 1 (16.67%) TestRail
General
1 1 (16.67%) Aerospace
1 1 (16.67%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (16.67%) Automotive
1 1 (16.67%) Inclusion and Diversity
1 1 (16.67%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 4 (66.67%) Software Engineer
2 2 (33.33%) Developer
3 1 (16.67%) GUI Developer
3 1 (16.67%) Integration Developer
3 1 (16.67%) Qt Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (100.00%) OpenGL
2 4 (66.67%) WinForms
2 4 (66.67%) WPF
3 2 (33.33%) QML
3 2 (33.33%) Qt
4 1 (16.67%) Boost C++ Libraries
4 1 (16.67%) Django
4 1 (16.67%) FastAPI
4 1 (16.67%) Flask
4 1 (16.67%) HTML
4 1 (16.67%) HTML5
4 1 (16.67%) OpenCL
4 1 (16.67%) OpenSceneGraph
4 1 (16.67%) Qt Quick
4 1 (16.67%) VTK
Miscellaneous
1 4 (66.67%) 3D Graphics
1 4 (66.67%) CUDA
Operating Systems
1 1 (16.67%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (83.33%) Computer Science
1 5 (83.33%) Mathematics
2 4 (66.67%) Artificial Intelligence
2 4 (66.67%) Machine Learning
2 4 (66.67%) Physics
2 4 (66.67%) Software Engineering
3 3 (50.00%) Mathematical Modelling
3 3 (50.00%) Multithreading
4 1 (16.67%) CI/CD
4 1 (16.67%) Collaborative Working
4 1 (16.67%) Continuous Integration
4 1 (16.67%) Integration Testing
4 1 (16.67%) Linux Kernel Development
4 1 (16.67%) OO
4 1 (16.67%) OOD
4 1 (16.67%) Open Source
4 1 (16.67%) Open Source Development
4 1 (16.67%) Problem-Solving
4 1 (16.67%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 5 (83.33%) C
1 5 (83.33%) C++
2 4 (66.67%) C#
2 4 (66.67%) Fortran
3 1 (16.67%) Bash
3 1 (16.67%) C-shell
3 1 (16.67%) PowerShell
3 1 (16.67%) Python
Qualifications
1 5 (83.33%) Degree
2 4 (66.67%) Master's Degree
3 1 (16.67%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (16.67%) PhD
Systems Management
1 1 (16.67%) Kubernetes