The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Edinburgh with a requirement for Embedded Linux skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Embedded Linux over the 6 months to 25 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.
Embedded Linux is in the Operating Systems category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in Edinburgh with a requirement for operating system skills.
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills |
83 |
204 |
226 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Edinburgh |
10.17% |
15.78% |
11.71% |
| Number of daily rates quoted |
53 |
148 |
144 |
| 10th Percentile |
£201 |
£160 |
£137 |
| 25th Percentile |
£340 |
£238 |
£179 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) |
£500 |
£470 |
£434 |
| Median % change year-on-year |
+6.38% |
+8.36% |
+2.06% |
| 75th Percentile |
£625 |
£538 |
£541 |
| 90th Percentile |
£738 |
£631 |
£596 |
| Scotland median daily rate |
£500 |
£492 |
£450 |
| % change year-on-year |
+1.61% |
+9.35% |
+12.50% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted |
9 |
4 |
9 |
| 10th Percentile |
£18.22 |
- |
£17.01 |
| 25th Percentile |
£18.27 |
£17.72 |
£17.50 |
| Median hourly rate |
£26.00 |
£35.11 |
£20.00 |
| Median % change year-on-year |
-25.95% |
+75.55% |
+14.29% |
| 75th Percentile |
£60.75 |
£53.75 |
£40.75 |
| 90th Percentile |
- |
- |
£54.60 |
| Scotland median hourly rate |
£52.50 |
£52.50 |
£20.00 |
| % change year-on-year |
- |
+162.50% |
+14.29% |
