Embedded Linux Contracts in Scotland

Embedded Linux
UK > Scotland

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Scotland 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 2 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
2 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 121 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Embedded Linux 8 0 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Scotland 0.36% - -
As % of the Operating Systems category 2.23% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - -
UK median daily rate £450 £450 £410
% change year-on-year - +9.76% +9.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £57.50 - -
Median hourly rate £60.50 - -
75th Percentile £62.50 - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate £60.50 £52.00 £51.25
% change year-on-year +16.35% +1.46% +13.26%

All Operating Systems
Scotland

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 Scotland with a requirement for operating system skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 358 534 516
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Scotland 16.26% 18.82% 14.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 234 374 345
10th Percentile £183 £160 £138
25th Percentile £324 £260 £200
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £475 £450
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% +5.56% +12.50%
75th Percentile £622 £600 £538
90th Percentile £750 £729 £600
UK median daily rate £465 £504 £500
% change year-on-year -7.74% +0.80% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 15 14 24
10th Percentile £17.23 £17.72 £15.04
25th Percentile £18.27 £18.49 £17.03
Median hourly rate £52.50 £52.50 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year - +162.50% +56.86%
75th Percentile £60.75 £58.96 £49.85
90th Percentile £62.50 £64.76 £55.75
UK median hourly rate £22.00 £39.30 £22.50
% change year-on-year -44.02% +74.67% +25.80%

Embedded Linux
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

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

Job vacancy trend for Embedded Linux in Scotland

Embedded Linux
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Scotland

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Embedded Linux in Scotland.

Hourly rate trend for Embedded Linux in Scotland

Embedded Linux
Contract Job Locations in Scotland

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Embedded Linux within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 2 May 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
Edinburgh - 4 - - 6
Glasgow - 3 - - 1
Embedded Linux
UK

Embedded Linux
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Scotland 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:

Communications & Networking
1 4 (50.00%) Internet
2 1 (12.50%) Modbus
Development Applications
1 1 (12.50%) CMake
1 1 (12.50%) JIRA
General
1 4 (50.00%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 7 (87.50%) Embedded Engineer
1 7 (87.50%) Embedded Software Engineer
1 7 (87.50%) Software Engineer
2 3 (37.50%) C++ Software Engineer
2 3 (37.50%) Embedded C++ Engineer
2 3 (37.50%) Embedded C++ Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (12.50%) YAML
1 1 (12.50%) Yocto
Miscellaneous
1 4 (50.00%) Device Driver
1 4 (50.00%) IoT
1 4 (50.00%) PCIe
1 4 (50.00%) Verilog
1 4 (50.00%) VHDL
Operating Systems
1 8 (100.00%) Linux
2 4 (50.00%) VxWorks
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (100.00%) Software Engineering
2 5 (62.50%) Agile
2 5 (62.50%) CI/CD
3 4 (50.00%) Code Optimisation
3 4 (50.00%) Configuration Management
3 4 (50.00%) Continuous Deployment
3 4 (50.00%) Continuous Integration
3 4 (50.00%) Defect Tracking
3 4 (50.00%) Device Driver Development
3 4 (50.00%) Memory Management
3 4 (50.00%) Requirements Management
Programming Languages
1 5 (62.50%) C
1 5 (62.50%) Embedded C
2 3 (37.50%) C++
2 3 (37.50%) Embedded C++
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (50.00%) MISRA
1 4 (50.00%) MISRA C
System Software
1 4 (50.00%) Firmware
Vendors
1 4 (50.00%) Atlassian
1 4 (50.00%) Intel