DPDK Contracts

Data Plane Development Kit (DPDK)
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for DPDK skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited DPDK over the 6 months to 1 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
1 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 574 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing DPDK 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.002% - -
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 0.011% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - -
UK excluding London median daily rate - - -

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
UK

DPDK is in the Software Libraries and Frameworks category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 9,058 12,870 23,572
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 21.04% 22.96% 26.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,281 9,398 17,328
10th Percentile £350 £400 £400
25th Percentile £425 £463 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.27% - +10.00%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £669
90th Percentile £775 £775 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £500
% change year-on-year - - +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 257 147 222
10th Percentile £21.89 £30.45 £25.05
25th Percentile £43.00 £51.25 £35.00
Median hourly rate £47.50 £65.00 £52.50
Median % change year-on-year -26.92% +23.81% +16.67%
75th Percentile £66.25 £75.00 £67.36
90th Percentile £74.46 £80.55 £76.96
UK excluding London median hourly rate £48.43 £65.00 £55.25
% change year-on-year -25.49% +17.65% +22.78%

DPDK
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for DPDK in the UK

DPDK
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing DPDK.

Daily rate trend for DPDK in the UK

DPDK
Top 3 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing DPDK within the UK over the 6 months to 1 June 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
South West - 1 - - 5
England - 1 - - 9
UK excluding London - 1 - - 7

DPDK
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:

Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Software Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) PCIe
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Computer Science
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) Software Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) UML
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) C
1 1 (100.00%) C++
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) Computer Science Degree
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared