Embedded Linux Jobs

Embedded Linux
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for Embedded Linux skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Embedded Linux over the 6 months to 9 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
9 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 623 805 994
Rank change year-on-year +182 +189 -202
Permanent jobs citing Embedded Linux 313 140 289
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.29% 0.15% 0.17%
As % of the Operating Systems category 2.19% 0.92% 0.90%
Number of salaries quoted 255 68 95
10th Percentile £45,000 £32,500 £35,250
25th Percentile £52,500 £41,250 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +8.33% - +12.68%
75th Percentile £80,000 £72,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £75,750 £75,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £65,000 £59,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +10.17% -1.67% +20.00%

All Operating Systems
UK

Embedded Linux is in the Operating Systems category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 14,310 15,215 31,955
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 13.20% 16.34% 18.59%
Number of salaries quoted 10,728 10,332 16,389
10th Percentile £26,000 £27,000 £26,250
25th Percentile £31,250 £35,000 £35,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £52,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -14.29% - +5.00%
75th Percentile £62,500 £71,250 £71,250
90th Percentile £80,000 £91,250 £87,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £42,500 £45,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year -5.56% - -

Embedded Linux
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Embedded Linux in the UK

Embedded Linux
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Embedded Linux.

Salary trend for Embedded Linux in the UK

Embedded Linux
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Embedded Linux over the 6 months to 9 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Embedded Linux in the UK

Embedded Linux
Top 16 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Embedded Linux within the UK over the 6 months to 9 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
UK excluding London +96 308 £65,000 +10.17% 70
England +164 286 £67,500 +14.41% 62
Work from Home +135 155 £67,500 +22.73% 25
South East +19 77 £75,000 +20.00% 19
South West +31 64 £60,000 -9.43% 4
East of England +31 53 £70,000 - 30
North of England +32 47 £60,000 +41.18% 3
Midlands -14 40 £57,500 - 3
East Midlands -12 23 £52,500 - 1
Yorkshire +47 21 £50,000 +17.65% 3
West Midlands -14 17 £65,000 +13.04% 2
North West +6 16 £60,000 -
Scotland -50 16 £60,000 - 12
Northern Ireland - 11 - -
North East - 10 £56,000 -
London +67 5 £100,000 +42.86% 2

Embedded Linux
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:

Application Platforms
1 6 (1.92%) Confluence
2 1 (0.32%) Jupyter
Applications
1 21 (6.71%) Simulink
2 1 (0.32%) OrCAD
Business Applications
1 4 (1.28%) C-CURE
2 1 (0.32%) Infor M3
Cloud Services
1 7 (2.24%) AWS
2 6 (1.92%) GitHub
3 3 (0.96%) AWS IoT
4 2 (0.64%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 47 (15.02%) Wireless
2 36 (11.50%) Wi-Fi
3 22 (7.03%) RS-232
4 19 (6.07%) Ethernet
5 18 (5.75%) TCP/IP
6 17 (5.43%) MQTT
6 17 (5.43%) RS-485
7 14 (4.47%) 4G
8 13 (4.15%) 3G
9 9 (2.88%) Bluetooth
10 8 (2.56%) 5G
11 7 (2.24%) DVB
12 6 (1.92%) Wireshark
13 5 (1.60%) ZigBee
14 4 (1.28%) 3GPP
14 4 (1.28%) Internet
15 2 (0.64%) DECT
15 2 (0.64%) DNS
15 2 (0.64%) Modbus
15 2 (0.64%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (1.92%) Relational Database
2 1 (0.32%) InfluxDB
Development Applications
1 20 (6.39%) Git
2 16 (5.11%) Jenkins
3 14 (4.47%) JIRA
4 6 (1.92%) Subversion
5 5 (1.60%) GitLab
6 4 (1.28%) Rational DOORS
6 4 (1.28%) Zephyr
7 3 (0.96%) Rational Rhapsody
8 1 (0.32%) Bitbucket
8 1 (0.32%) GDB
General
1 58 (18.53%) Social Skills
2 51 (16.29%) Electronics
3 36 (11.50%) Manufacturing
4 14 (4.47%) Mandarin Language
5 12 (3.83%) Analytical Skills
6 10 (3.19%) Automotive
6 10 (3.19%) Telecoms
7 4 (1.28%) Finance
7 4 (1.28%) Marketing
7 4 (1.28%) Pharmaceutical
7 4 (1.28%) Public Sector
8 3 (0.96%) Aerospace
9 1 (0.32%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 1 (0.32%) Retail
Job Titles
1 215 (68.69%) Embedded Engineer
2 212 (67.73%) Software Engineer
3 176 (56.23%) Embedded Software Engineer
4 140 (44.73%) Senior
5 114 (36.42%) Senior Embedded Engineer
6 110 (35.14%) Senior Software Engineer
7 92 (29.39%) Senior Embedded Software Engineer
8 32 (10.22%) Embedded Linux Engineer
8 32 (10.22%) Linux Engineer
9 29 (9.27%) Developer
10 23 (7.35%) Embedded Developer
10 23 (7.35%) Senior Linux Engineer
11 22 (7.03%) C++ Software Engineer
12 20 (6.39%) Embedded Software Developer
12 20 (6.39%) Software Developer
13 19 (6.07%) Embedded C++ Engineer
14 17 (5.43%) Embedded C++ Software Engineer
15 16 (5.11%) Architect
15 16 (5.11%) Security Architect
15 16 (5.11%) Software Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 62 (19.81%) Yocto
2 18 (5.75%) REST
3 13 (4.15%) Qt
4 10 (3.19%) FFmpeg
4 10 (3.19%) GStreamer
4 10 (3.19%) Middleware
5 6 (1.92%) Node.js
6 5 (1.60%) OpenCV
6 5 (1.60%) OpenEmbedded
6 5 (1.60%) Web Services
7 2 (0.64%) Boost C++ Libraries
7 2 (0.64%) OpenGL
7 2 (0.64%) QML
7 2 (0.64%) Vulkan
8 1 (0.32%) Flutter
8 1 (0.32%) HTML5
8 1 (0.32%) Pandas
8 1 (0.32%) PyTorch
8 1 (0.32%) React
8 1 (0.32%) Redux
Miscellaneous
1 52 (16.61%) Device Driver
2 48 (15.34%) IoT
3 28 (8.95%) Embedded Systems
4 20 (6.39%) Self-Motivation
5 14 (4.47%) Video\Live Streaming
6 11 (3.51%) Algorithms
6 11 (3.51%) FPGA
7 8 (2.56%) VHDL
8 6 (1.92%) SIMD
9 5 (1.60%) ARM Cortex
10 4 (1.28%) CCTV
11 2 (0.64%) Analogue Electronics
11 2 (0.64%) Client/Server
11 2 (0.64%) Distributed Systems
11 2 (0.64%) Driving Licence
11 2 (0.64%) RISC-V
11 2 (0.64%) Robotics
12 1 (0.32%) Analytical Mindset
12 1 (0.32%) NB-IoT
12 1 (0.32%) State Machine
Operating Systems
1 313 (100.00%) Linux
2 19 (6.07%) Android
3 9 (2.88%) Windows
4 8 (2.56%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 5 (1.60%) FreeRTOS
6 1 (0.32%) Apple iOS
6 1 (0.32%) OpenWrt
6 1 (0.32%) Unix
6 1 (0.32%) VxWorks
Processes & Methodologies
1 257 (82.11%) Software Engineering
2 54 (17.25%) Agile
2 54 (17.25%) Cybersecurity
3 44 (14.06%) Embedded Software Development
4 42 (13.42%) Computer Science
5 37 (11.82%) OOD
6 34 (10.86%) Problem-Solving
6 34 (10.86%) Signal Processing
7 32 (10.22%) Artificial Intelligence
8 31 (9.90%) DevOps
9 29 (9.27%) Continuous Integration
10 28 (8.95%) OO
11 27 (8.63%) Device Driver Development
12 25 (7.99%) Multithreading
12 25 (7.99%) Software Testing
13 24 (7.67%) Machine Learning
14 23 (7.35%) Code Quality
14 23 (7.35%) System Testing
15 20 (6.39%) Collaborative Working
15 20 (6.39%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 232 (74.12%) C
2 139 (44.41%) C++
3 120 (38.34%) Python
4 92 (29.39%) Embedded C
5 70 (22.36%) Bash
6 54 (17.25%) Rust
7 46 (14.70%) Java
8 19 (6.07%) JavaScript
9 11 (3.51%) C#
10 10 (3.19%) Embedded C++
11 8 (2.56%) Perl
12 7 (2.24%) Assembly Language
13 3 (0.96%) Ada
13 3 (0.96%) TypeScript
14 1 (0.32%) Go
14 1 (0.32%) MATLAB
14 1 (0.32%) Ruby
14 1 (0.32%) Shell Script
14 1 (0.32%) SQL
14 1 (0.32%) Tcl
Qualifications
1 74 (23.64%) Security Cleared
2 61 (19.49%) Degree
3 22 (7.03%) Computer Science Degree
4 20 (6.39%) DV Cleared
5 6 (1.92%) Master's Degree
6 5 (1.60%) PhD
7 3 (0.96%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (4.15%) GDPR
1 13 (4.15%) QA
2 8 (2.56%) JTAG
3 6 (1.92%) ISO 9000
4 5 (1.60%) MISRA
5 3 (0.96%) Def Stans
6 2 (0.64%) MISRA C
System Software
1 59 (18.85%) Firmware
2 32 (10.22%) Embedded Firmware
3 15 (4.79%) Docker
Systems Management
1 10 (3.19%) Kubernetes
2 4 (1.28%) Terraform
3 3 (0.96%) Ansible
3 3 (0.96%) Podman
Vendors
1 20 (6.39%) Xilinx
2 8 (2.56%) Red Hat
3 4 (1.28%) SAP
4 1 (0.32%) Atmel
4 1 (0.32%) EMC
4 1 (0.32%) Freescale
4 1 (0.32%) Intel
4 1 (0.32%) Renesas