Vulkan
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for Vulkan skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Vulkan 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 884 894 1167
Rank change year-on-year +10 +273 -253
Permanent jobs citing Vulkan 23 53 94
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.022% 0.056% 0.056%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 0.11% 0.19% 0.13%
Number of salaries quoted 21 10 1
10th Percentile £45,000 £50,475 -
25th Percentile £60,000 - £61,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £90,000 £60,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +50.00% -4.00% +25.00%
75th Percentile £115,000 £79,375 £63,750
90th Percentile £127,500 £80,500 -
UK excluding London median annual salary £75,000 £60,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year +25.00% -4.00% +25.00%

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
UK

Vulkan 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 21,541 27,618 70,092
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 20.52% 29.18% 41.54%
Number of salaries quoted 16,014 17,838 29,844
10th Percentile £36,250 £40,500 £37,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £50,000 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £67,500 £64,500
Median % change year-on-year -11.11% +4.65% +17.27%
75th Percentile £78,750 £87,500 £82,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £106,250 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -4.35% +4.55% +10.00%

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 1 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Vulkan in the UK

Vulkan
Top 6 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 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England +7 23 £90,000 +50.00% 6
UK excluding London -35 18 £75,000 +25.00% 5
South East +1 11 £60,000 - 1
East of England -7 7 £117,500 - 5
London +90 5 £95,000 +26.67%
Work from Home +42 4 £90,000 +50.00% 4

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 (4.35%) GitHub
1 1 (4.35%) GitHub Actions
Development Applications
1 8 (34.78%) CMake
1 8 (34.78%) Git
1 8 (34.78%) Jenkins
1 8 (34.78%) JIRA
1 8 (34.78%) Team Foundation Server
1 8 (34.78%) TestRail
2 1 (4.35%) GitLab
General
1 11 (47.83%) Analytical Skills
2 8 (34.78%) Organisational Skills
2 8 (34.78%) Social Skills
3 5 (21.74%) Electronics
3 5 (21.74%) Games
Job Titles
1 13 (56.52%) Software Engineer
2 5 (21.74%) Graduate
3 3 (13.04%) Architect
3 3 (13.04%) Graduate Software Engineer
3 3 (13.04%) Lead
4 2 (8.70%) Android Engineer
4 2 (8.70%) Android Software Engineer
5 1 (4.35%) Developer
5 1 (4.35%) Games Engineer
5 1 (4.35%) Graphics Engineer
5 1 (4.35%) Graphics Software Engineer
5 1 (4.35%) Software Architect
5 1 (4.35%) Systems Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 18 (78.26%) OpenGL
2 13 (56.52%) OpenCL
3 9 (39.13%) OpenGL ES
4 8 (34.78%) DirectX
4 8 (34.78%) HTML
4 8 (34.78%) HTML5
4 8 (34.78%) QML
4 8 (34.78%) Qt
4 8 (34.78%) VTK
4 8 (34.78%) WinForms
4 8 (34.78%) WPF
5 3 (13.04%) CryEngine
5 3 (13.04%) Unity (Game Engine)
5 3 (13.04%) Unreal Engine
6 2 (8.70%) Middleware
6 2 (8.70%) Skia Graphics Library
Miscellaneous
1 8 (34.78%) Algorithms
1 8 (34.78%) CUDA
1 8 (34.78%) Self-Motivation
2 6 (26.09%) Ray Tracing
3 4 (17.39%) 3D Graphics
Operating Systems
1 6 (26.09%) Android
2 4 (17.39%) Linux
3 1 (4.35%) Embedded Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (65.22%) Problem-Solving
2 14 (60.87%) Software Engineering
3 13 (56.52%) Mathematics
4 12 (52.17%) Machine Learning
5 11 (47.83%) Physics
6 10 (43.48%) Computer Science
7 9 (39.13%) Artificial Intelligence
8 7 (30.43%) Performance Analysis
9 5 (21.74%) Embedded Software Development
9 5 (21.74%) Memory Management
9 5 (21.74%) Multithreading
10 3 (13.04%) Android Development
10 3 (13.04%) Linux Kernel Development
10 3 (13.04%) Neural Network
11 2 (8.70%) Image Processing
11 2 (8.70%) User Experience
12 1 (4.35%) CI/CD
12 1 (4.35%) Open Source
12 1 (4.35%) Performance Optimisation
12 1 (4.35%) Software Architecture
Programming Languages
1 15 (65.22%) C
2 10 (43.48%) C++
3 8 (34.78%) Bash
3 8 (34.78%) C#
3 8 (34.78%) C-shell
3 8 (34.78%) Fortran
3 8 (34.78%) PowerShell
4 3 (13.04%) Java
4 3 (13.04%) Python
Qualifications
1 18 (78.26%) Degree
2 10 (43.48%) Computer Science Degree
3 6 (26.09%) Master's Degree
3 6 (26.09%) PhD
System Software
1 2 (8.70%) Firmware
2 1 (4.35%) Embedded Firmware