Vulkan
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies requiring Vulkan skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Vulkan over the 6 months leading up to 12 June 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 880 867 1161
Rank change year-on-year -13 +294 -220
Permanent jobs citing Vulkan 24 52 102
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.022% 0.056% 0.059%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 0.11% 0.19% 0.14%
Number of salaries quoted 22 9 1
10th Percentile £45,000 £58,250 -
25th Percentile £51,563 - £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 £80,000 £63,750
90th Percentile £127,000 £81,000 -
UK excluding London median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year - -4.00% +25.00%

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
UK

Vulkan 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 22,074 26,882 71,165
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 20.09% 29.07% 41.19%
Number of salaries quoted 16,295 17,588 29,917
10th Percentile £36,250 £40,500 £37,750
25th Percentile £45,000 £50,000 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £67,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.11% +3.85% +18.18%
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 12 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 12 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 +3 24 £90,000 +50.00% 5
UK excluding London -54 19 £60,000 - 5
South East -20 11 £60,000 - 1
East of England -16 8 £110,000 - 4
London +71 5 £95,000 +26.67%
Work from Home +28 5 £71,250 +18.75% 2

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 2 (8.33%) GitHub
1 2 (8.33%) GitHub Actions
Development Applications
1 8 (33.33%) CMake
1 8 (33.33%) Git
1 8 (33.33%) Jenkins
1 8 (33.33%) JIRA
1 8 (33.33%) Team Foundation Server
1 8 (33.33%) TestRail
2 2 (8.33%) GitLab
General
1 11 (45.83%) Analytical Skills
2 8 (33.33%) Organisational Skills
2 8 (33.33%) Social Skills
3 5 (20.83%) Electronics
3 5 (20.83%) Games
Job Titles
1 13 (54.17%) Software Engineer
2 5 (20.83%) Graduate
3 3 (12.50%) Architect
3 3 (12.50%) Graduate Software Engineer
3 3 (12.50%) Lead
4 2 (8.33%) Android Engineer
4 2 (8.33%) Android Software Engineer
4 2 (8.33%) Developer
4 2 (8.33%) Systems Developer
5 1 (4.17%) Games Engineer
5 1 (4.17%) Graphics Engineer
5 1 (4.17%) Graphics Software Engineer
5 1 (4.17%) Software Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 19 (79.17%) OpenGL
2 13 (54.17%) OpenCL
3 9 (37.50%) OpenGL ES
4 8 (33.33%) DirectX
4 8 (33.33%) HTML
4 8 (33.33%) HTML5
4 8 (33.33%) QML
4 8 (33.33%) Qt
4 8 (33.33%) VTK
4 8 (33.33%) WinForms
4 8 (33.33%) WPF
5 3 (12.50%) CryEngine
5 3 (12.50%) Unity (Game Engine)
5 3 (12.50%) Unreal Engine
6 2 (8.33%) Middleware
6 2 (8.33%) Skia Graphics Library
Miscellaneous
1 8 (33.33%) Algorithms
1 8 (33.33%) CUDA
1 8 (33.33%) Self-Motivation
2 6 (25.00%) Ray Tracing
3 4 (16.67%) 3D Graphics
Operating Systems
1 6 (25.00%) Android
2 5 (20.83%) Linux
3 2 (8.33%) Embedded Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (62.50%) Problem-Solving
2 14 (58.33%) Software Engineering
3 13 (54.17%) Mathematics
4 12 (50.00%) Machine Learning
5 11 (45.83%) Physics
6 10 (41.67%) Computer Science
7 9 (37.50%) Artificial Intelligence
8 7 (29.17%) Performance Analysis
9 5 (20.83%) Embedded Software Development
9 5 (20.83%) Memory Management
9 5 (20.83%) Multithreading
10 4 (16.67%) Linux Kernel Development
11 3 (12.50%) Android Development
11 3 (12.50%) Neural Network
12 2 (8.33%) CI/CD
12 2 (8.33%) Image Processing
12 2 (8.33%) Open Source
12 2 (8.33%) User Experience
13 1 (4.17%) Performance Optimisation
13 1 (4.17%) Software Architecture
Programming Languages
1 15 (62.50%) C
2 10 (41.67%) C++
3 8 (33.33%) Bash
3 8 (33.33%) C#
3 8 (33.33%) C-shell
3 8 (33.33%) Fortran
3 8 (33.33%) PowerShell
4 4 (16.67%) Python
5 3 (12.50%) Java
Qualifications
1 18 (75.00%) Degree
2 10 (41.67%) Computer Science Degree
3 6 (25.00%) Master's Degree
3 6 (25.00%) PhD
System Software
1 3 (12.50%) Firmware
2 2 (8.33%) Embedded Firmware