Yocto Project
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies requiring Yocto skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Yocto over the 6 months leading up to 26 July 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Jul 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 788 836 1184
Rank change year-on-year +48 +348 -214
Permanent jobs citing Yocto 54 51 91
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.060% 0.063% 0.052%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 0.31% 0.23% 0.13%
Number of salaries quoted 41 27 9
10th Percentile £50,000 £40,000 -
25th Percentile £56,250 £45,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% -8.33% +14.29%
75th Percentile £67,500 £61,250 £78,750
90th Percentile £71,250 £68,750 -
UK excluding London median annual salary £60,000 £50,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +20.00% -16.67% +14.29%

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 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 17,601 22,313 69,061
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 19.48% 27.65% 39.40%
Number of salaries quoted 12,656 16,103 29,822
10th Percentile £36,750 £41,250 £38,000
25th Percentile £46,250 £51,250 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £67,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.11% +3.85% +13.04%
75th Percentile £80,000 £85,875 £83,000
90th Percentile £105,000 £106,289 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -4.35% +4.55% +10.00%

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
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Yocto in the UK

Yocto
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Yocto over the 6 months to 26 July 2024.

Salary histogram for Yocto in the UK

Yocto
Top 14 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Yocto within the UK over the 6 months to 26 July 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
UK excluding London -25 52 £60,000 +20.00% 5
England +28 41 £60,000 +4.35% 6
Work from Home +46 29 £60,000 +20.00% 1
South East +8 13 £50,000 - 3
Scotland -32 13 £60,000 +20.00%
Midlands -28 10 £62,500 +8.70%
North of England +4 9 £60,000 -11.11% 1
West Midlands -11 9 £63,500 +10.43%
North East - 8 £60,000 -
East of England 0 5 - - 1
South West - 2 £60,000 -
London - 2 £150,000 - 1
Yorkshire +47 1 - -
East Midlands -27 1 £52,500 +5.00%

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:

Applications
1 2 (3.70%) OrCAD
2 1 (1.85%) Microsoft Office
Communications & Networking
1 15 (27.78%) Ethernet
2 14 (25.93%) Wireless
3 13 (24.07%) RS-232
4 8 (14.81%) Wi-Fi
5 5 (9.26%) Bluetooth
6 2 (3.70%) 4G
6 2 (3.70%) 5G
6 2 (3.70%) LoRaWAN
6 2 (3.70%) Modbus
6 2 (3.70%) MQTT
6 2 (3.70%) RS-485
6 2 (3.70%) TCP/IP
7 1 (1.85%) IPsec
Development Applications
1 5 (9.26%) Git
2 3 (5.56%) JIRA
3 2 (3.70%) Jenkins
4 1 (1.85%) Bitbucket
General
1 16 (29.63%) Manufacturing
2 12 (22.22%) Electronics
3 8 (14.81%) Aerospace
4 7 (12.96%) Social Skills
5 4 (7.41%) Analytical Skills
5 4 (7.41%) Automotive
6 3 (5.56%) Finance
6 3 (5.56%) Marketing
6 3 (5.56%) Public Sector
6 3 (5.56%) Telecoms
7 2 (3.70%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 43 (79.63%) Embedded Engineer
2 39 (72.22%) Software Engineer
3 35 (64.81%) Senior
4 31 (57.41%) Embedded Software Engineer
5 29 (53.70%) Senior Embedded Engineer
6 22 (40.74%) Senior Software Engineer
7 18 (33.33%) Senior Embedded Software Engineer
8 15 (27.78%) Embedded C++ Engineer
9 14 (25.93%) C++ Software Engineer
9 14 (25.93%) Embedded C++ Software Engineer
10 13 (24.07%) Embedded Linux Engineer
10 13 (24.07%) Linux Engineer
11 11 (20.37%) Senior Linux Engineer
12 7 (12.96%) Embedded Linux Software Engineer
13 6 (11.11%) Embedded C Engineer
13 6 (11.11%) Embedded C/C++ Engineer
13 6 (11.11%) Embedded Firmware Engineer
13 6 (11.11%) Firmware Engineer
14 5 (9.26%) C/C++ Embedded Software Engineer
14 5 (9.26%) C/C++ Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (9.26%) FFmpeg
1 5 (9.26%) GStreamer
1 5 (9.26%) OpenEmbedded
1 5 (9.26%) Qt
2 2 (3.70%) Middleware
2 2 (3.70%) QML
3 1 (1.85%) Boost C++ Libraries
3 1 (1.85%) CSS
3 1 (1.85%) Electron
3 1 (1.85%) HTML
3 1 (1.85%) Node.js
3 1 (1.85%) Svelte
Miscellaneous
1 21 (38.89%) Device Driver
2 10 (18.52%) Embedded Systems
3 8 (14.81%) IoT
4 3 (5.56%) ARM Cortex
5 2 (3.70%) CAN bus
5 2 (3.70%) Distributed Systems
5 2 (3.70%) FPGA
5 2 (3.70%) Management Information System
5 2 (3.70%) NB-IoT
5 2 (3.70%) Raspberry Pi
5 2 (3.70%) Robotics
6 1 (1.85%) Algorithms
6 1 (1.85%) Data Structures
6 1 (1.85%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 54 (100.00%) Linux
2 39 (72.22%) Embedded Linux
3 2 (3.70%) FreeRTOS
3 2 (3.70%) ThreadX
3 2 (3.70%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 44 (81.48%) Software Engineering
2 11 (20.37%) Agile
3 9 (16.67%) OOD
4 7 (12.96%) Embedded Software Development
5 5 (9.26%) Multithreading
5 5 (9.26%) OO
5 5 (9.26%) Open Source
5 5 (9.26%) Problem-Solving
6 4 (7.41%) Architectural Design
6 4 (7.41%) Continuous Integration
6 4 (7.41%) SDLC
6 4 (7.41%) Test Automation
6 4 (7.41%) Unit Testing
6 4 (7.41%) Validation
7 3 (5.56%) Business Intelligence
7 3 (5.56%) Computer Science
7 3 (5.56%) Digital Marketing
7 3 (5.56%) Linux Kernel Development
7 3 (5.56%) Mentoring
7 3 (5.56%) Programme Management
Programming Languages
1 38 (70.37%) C++
2 34 (62.96%) C
3 15 (27.78%) Embedded C
4 12 (22.22%) Embedded C++
5 9 (16.67%) C#
6 8 (14.81%) Python
7 3 (5.56%) Bash
8 2 (3.70%) Assembly Language
8 2 (3.70%) Rust
9 1 (1.85%) Go
9 1 (1.85%) JavaScript
9 1 (1.85%) Perl
9 1 (1.85%) SQL
Qualifications
1 3 (5.56%) Degree
2 2 (3.70%) Security Cleared
3 1 (1.85%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (3.70%) QA
2 1 (1.85%) JTAG
System Software
1 12 (22.22%) Embedded Firmware
1 12 (22.22%) Firmware
2 2 (3.70%) Docker
Vendors
1 3 (5.56%) SAP
2 2 (3.70%) Atmel
2 2 (3.70%) Freescale
2 2 (3.70%) NVIDIA
2 2 (3.70%) QNX
3 1 (1.85%) Microsoft