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 31 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 686 826 916
Rank change year-on-year +140 +90 +223
Permanent jobs citing Yocto 16 81 52
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.029% 0.078% 0.054%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 0.17% 0.38% 0.18%
Number of salaries quoted 11 60 12
10th Percentile £47,500 £50,000 £45,000
25th Percentile £59,750 £51,250 £46,875
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +8.33% +4.35% -4.17%
75th Percentile £84,250 £67,500 £68,750
90th Percentile £145,000 - £78,509
UK excluding London median annual salary £65,000 £60,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +8.33% +20.00% -24.53%

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 9,568 21,459 28,171
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 17.13% 20.70% 29.41%
Number of salaries quoted 5,873 15,949 17,957
10th Percentile £38,350 £36,250 £40,500
25th Percentile £51,250 £45,000 £50,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £66,206 £60,000 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year +10.34% -11.11% +3.85%
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%

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 31 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Yocto in the UK

Yocto
Top 9 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 31 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
UK excluding London +120 14 £65,000 +8.33% 16
England +117 12 £65,000 +8.33% 24
Work from Home +91 10 £65,000 +8.33% 14
Scotland +112 4 £65,000 +8.33% 2
South East +71 4 £57,500 +6.98% 3
East of England +43 3 £130,000 +73.33% 7
Midlands +45 2 - -
East Midlands +36 2 - -
South West +103 1 £60,000 - 1

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:

Communications & Networking
1 3 (18.75%) Ethernet
1 3 (18.75%) RS-232
2 2 (12.50%) Internet
3 1 (6.25%) GSM
3 1 (6.25%) Multicast
3 1 (6.25%) RTP
3 1 (6.25%) RTSP
Development Applications
1 5 (31.25%) Git
2 4 (25.00%) GDB
3 2 (12.50%) JIRA
4 1 (6.25%) GCC
4 1 (6.25%) gcov
4 1 (6.25%) GitLab
4 1 (6.25%) PetaLinux
4 1 (6.25%) Subversion
4 1 (6.25%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 7 (43.75%) Manufacturing
2 6 (37.50%) Social Skills
3 4 (25.00%) Electronics
4 3 (18.75%) Analytical Skills
4 3 (18.75%) Finance
4 3 (18.75%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 1 (6.25%) Military
Job Titles
1 12 (75.00%) Software Engineer
2 10 (62.50%) Embedded Engineer
2 10 (62.50%) Embedded Software Engineer
3 8 (50.00%) Senior
4 5 (31.25%) Senior Software Engineer
5 4 (25.00%) C Software Engineer
5 4 (25.00%) C/C++ Embedded Software Engineer
5 4 (25.00%) C/C++ Software Engineer
5 4 (25.00%) C++ Software Engineer
5 4 (25.00%) Embedded C Engineer
5 4 (25.00%) Embedded C Software Engineer
5 4 (25.00%) Embedded C/C++ Engineer
5 4 (25.00%) Embedded C/C++ Software Engineer
5 4 (25.00%) Embedded C++ Engineer
5 4 (25.00%) Embedded C++ Software Engineer
5 4 (25.00%) Senior Embedded Engineer
5 4 (25.00%) Senior Embedded Software Engineer
6 3 (18.75%) Firmware Engineer
6 3 (18.75%) Lead
6 3 (18.75%) Senior Firmware Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (31.25%) OpenEmbedded
2 1 (6.25%) AngularJS
2 1 (6.25%) Boost C++ Libraries
2 1 (6.25%) CSS
2 1 (6.25%) HTML
2 1 (6.25%) Node.js
2 1 (6.25%) POSIX
2 1 (6.25%) React
Miscellaneous
1 5 (31.25%) Algorithms
2 4 (25.00%) CCTV
3 3 (18.75%) Device Driver
3 3 (18.75%) Self-Motivation
3 3 (18.75%) Virtual Team
4 2 (12.50%) Embedded Systems
4 2 (12.50%) IoT
5 1 (6.25%) Digital Signage
5 1 (6.25%) FPGA
5 1 (6.25%) IPTV
5 1 (6.25%) MPEG
5 1 (6.25%) PCIe
5 1 (6.25%) Verilog
5 1 (6.25%) VHDL
5 1 (6.25%) Video\Live Streaming
Operating Systems
1 15 (93.75%) Linux
2 9 (56.25%) Embedded Linux
3 1 (6.25%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 1 (6.25%) Rocky
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (93.75%) Software Engineering
2 6 (37.50%) Mathematics
3 4 (25.00%) Agile
3 4 (25.00%) Artificial Intelligence
3 4 (25.00%) Computer Vision
3 4 (25.00%) DevOps
3 4 (25.00%) Embedded Software Development
3 4 (25.00%) Open Source
4 3 (18.75%) Key Management
4 3 (18.75%) Linux Kernel Development
5 2 (12.50%) Asset Management
5 2 (12.50%) Feasibility Study
5 2 (12.50%) Multithreaded Programming
5 2 (12.50%) Multithreading
5 2 (12.50%) Network Design
5 2 (12.50%) Value Proposition
5 2 (12.50%) Video Processing
6 1 (6.25%) Computer Science
6 1 (6.25%) Content Management
6 1 (6.25%) Project Planning
Programming Languages
1 16 (100.00%) C
2 9 (56.25%) C++
3 5 (31.25%) Python
4 3 (18.75%) Embedded C
4 3 (18.75%) JavaScript
5 2 (12.50%) C#
5 2 (12.50%) Java
5 2 (12.50%) Shell Script
6 1 (6.25%) PHP
6 1 (6.25%) Rust
6 1 (6.25%) SQL
6 1 (6.25%) SystemVerilog
6 1 (6.25%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 2 (12.50%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (18.75%) JTAG
System Software
1 3 (18.75%) Firmware
2 1 (6.25%) Docker
Vendors
1 2 (12.50%) Atmel
1 2 (12.50%) NVIDIA
2 1 (6.25%) IBM
2 1 (6.25%) QNX
2 1 (6.25%) Red Hat
2 1 (6.25%) Xilinx