Yocto Project
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for Yocto skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Yocto over the 6 months to 5 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
5 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 829 914 1130
Rank change year-on-year +85 +216 -260
Permanent jobs citing Yocto 85 50 105
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.086% 0.048% 0.067%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 0.40% 0.16% 0.17%
Number of salaries quoted 67 9 8
10th Percentile £50,000 £44,000 £46,000
25th Percentile £51,250 £47,500 £48,438
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £62,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% +19.05% -4.55%
75th Percentile £67,500 £68,750 £78,750
90th Percentile - £72,500 -
UK excluding London median annual salary £60,000 £50,000 £72,500
% change year-on-year +20.00% -31.03% +20.83%

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 permanent job vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 21,033 31,146 63,299
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 21.35% 30.11% 40.40%
Number of salaries quoted 15,718 19,186 30,317
10th Percentile £36,250 £40,898 £37,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £50,000 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £67,500 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -11.11% +8.00% +13.64%
75th Percentile £79,500 £87,500 £82,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £105,000 £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 5 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Yocto in the UK

Yocto
Top 15 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 5 May 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 +26 81 £60,000 +20.00% 30
England +124 69 £60,000 -4.00% 31
Work from Home +84 42 £60,000 -4.00% 15
Midlands +34 24 £65,000 +30.00% 1
West Midlands +30 15 £65,000 -
Scotland -50 15 £60,000 +20.00% 5
South West - 13 £60,000 - 6
South East +28 11 £57,500 -11.54% 9
East of England +16 11 £72,500 +16.00% 7
East Midlands -4 9 £52,500 +5.00% 1
North of England +36 6 £60,000 - 2
London +131 4 £150,000 +114.29% 4
North East - 4 £60,000 - 1
Yorkshire +74 2 £50,000 - 1
Wales - 1 £50,000 -

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 (2.35%) GNU Octave
1 2 (2.35%) Simulink
2 1 (1.18%) OrCAD
Cloud Services
1 5 (5.88%) GitHub
2 1 (1.18%) AWS
Communications & Networking
1 22 (25.88%) RS-232
2 19 (22.35%) Ethernet
2 19 (22.35%) Wireless
3 15 (17.65%) Wi-Fi
4 8 (9.41%) TCP/IP
5 3 (3.53%) RS-485
6 2 (2.35%) Bluetooth
6 2 (2.35%) LoRaWAN
6 2 (2.35%) Modbus
6 2 (2.35%) MQTT
7 1 (1.18%) 4G
7 1 (1.18%) 5G
7 1 (1.18%) ZigBee
Development Applications
1 13 (15.29%) Git
2 6 (7.06%) Jenkins
3 5 (5.88%) JIRA
3 5 (5.88%) Subversion
4 4 (4.71%) Zephyr
5 2 (2.35%) GitLab
5 2 (2.35%) PetaLinux
General
1 28 (32.94%) Manufacturing
2 27 (31.76%) Electronics
3 15 (17.65%) Analytical Skills
4 9 (10.59%) Social Skills
5 7 (8.24%) Automotive
6 6 (7.06%) Finance
6 6 (7.06%) Marketing
6 6 (7.06%) Public Sector
6 6 (7.06%) Telecoms
7 4 (4.71%) Pharmaceutical
8 3 (3.53%) Aerospace
9 2 (2.35%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 1 (1.18%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 66 (77.65%) Embedded Engineer
2 52 (61.18%) Senior
3 51 (60.00%) Software Engineer
4 40 (47.06%) Senior Embedded Engineer
5 37 (43.53%) Embedded Software Engineer
6 32 (37.65%) Senior Software Engineer
7 20 (23.53%) Senior Embedded Software Engineer
8 18 (21.18%) Embedded Linux Engineer
8 18 (21.18%) Linux Engineer
8 18 (21.18%) Senior Linux Engineer
9 12 (14.12%) Embedded Firmware Engineer
9 12 (14.12%) Firmware Engineer
10 10 (11.76%) Embedded C++ Engineer
11 8 (9.41%) Embedded C Engineer
11 8 (9.41%) Embedded C/C++ Engineer
12 7 (8.24%) C++ Software Engineer
12 7 (8.24%) Embedded C++ Software Engineer
13 5 (5.88%) C/C++ Embedded Software Engineer
13 5 (5.88%) C/C++ Software Engineer
13 5 (5.88%) Embedded C/C++ Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (14.12%) Qt
2 6 (7.06%) GStreamer
3 5 (5.88%) CSS
3 5 (5.88%) Electron
3 5 (5.88%) FFmpeg
3 5 (5.88%) HTML
3 5 (5.88%) Node.js
3 5 (5.88%) OpenEmbedded
3 5 (5.88%) Svelte
4 3 (3.53%) Boost C++ Libraries
5 2 (2.35%) Middleware
5 2 (2.35%) POSIX
6 1 (1.18%) QML
Miscellaneous
1 38 (44.71%) Device Driver
2 23 (27.06%) IoT
3 11 (12.94%) Embedded Systems
4 6 (7.06%) FPGA
5 4 (4.71%) Algorithms
6 3 (3.53%) Management Information System
7 2 (2.35%) Distributed Systems
7 2 (2.35%) Robotics
7 2 (2.35%) VHDL
8 1 (1.18%) Augmented Reality
8 1 (1.18%) Data Structures
8 1 (1.18%) Driving Licence
8 1 (1.18%) NB-IoT
8 1 (1.18%) State Machine
8 1 (1.18%) Video\Live Streaming
Operating Systems
1 85 (100.00%) Linux
2 69 (81.18%) Embedded Linux
3 6 (7.06%) FreeRTOS
4 2 (2.35%) Android
4 2 (2.35%) Unix
5 1 (1.18%) Debian
5 1 (1.18%) Fedora
5 1 (1.18%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 68 (80.00%) Software Engineering
2 21 (24.71%) Agile
2 21 (24.71%) OOD
3 18 (21.18%) Device Driver Development
3 18 (21.18%) Problem-Solving
4 15 (17.65%) Embedded Software Development
5 13 (15.29%) Validation
6 12 (14.12%) Linux Kernel Development
7 10 (11.76%) SDLC
8 8 (9.41%) Test Automation
9 7 (8.24%) OO
10 6 (7.06%) Business Intelligence
10 6 (7.06%) Digital Marketing
10 6 (7.06%) Multithreading
10 6 (7.06%) Programme Management
11 5 (5.88%) DevOps
11 5 (5.88%) Front End Development
11 5 (5.88%) Full Stack Development
11 5 (5.88%) Performance Optimisation
11 5 (5.88%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 75 (88.24%) C
2 49 (57.65%) C++
3 21 (24.71%) Embedded C
4 13 (15.29%) Python
5 11 (12.94%) C#
6 5 (5.88%) Bash
6 5 (5.88%) Embedded C++
6 5 (5.88%) Go
6 5 (5.88%) JavaScript
6 5 (5.88%) SQL
7 4 (4.71%) Shell Script
8 2 (2.35%) MATLAB
8 2 (2.35%) Rust
9 1 (1.18%) Assembly Language
Qualifications
1 4 (4.71%) Degree
2 2 (2.35%) SC Cleared
2 2 (2.35%) Security Cleared
3 1 (1.18%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (1.18%) HNC
3 1 (1.18%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (2.35%) MISRA
2 1 (1.18%) MISRA C
2 1 (1.18%) QA
System Software
1 16 (18.82%) Firmware
2 15 (17.65%) Embedded Firmware
3 6 (7.06%) Docker
Systems Management
1 5 (5.88%) Terraform
Vendors
1 6 (7.06%) SAP
2 2 (2.35%) NVIDIA
2 2 (2.35%) Xilinx
3 1 (1.18%) Atmel
3 1 (1.18%) Freescale
3 1 (1.18%) Renesas