The first table below looks at the demand for Embedded Linux skills in IT jobs advertised for the Croydon region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Embedded Linux over the 3 months to 20 May 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Operating Systems category for the Croydon region.

Location
3 months to
20 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Embedded Linux
Rank 28 48 -
Rank change year-on-year
+20 -
Permanent jobs citing Embedded Linux 11 1 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Croydon 3.833% 0.292% -
As % of the Operating Systems category 10.00% 1.136% -
Number of salaries quoted 11 1 0
Average salary £37,500 £25,000 -
Average salary % change year-on-year
+50.00% -
UK excluding London average salary £42,500 £43,500 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-2.29% +8.75%
All Operating Systems
Croydon
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category
110 88 69
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Croydon 38.33% 25.66% 24.73%
Number of salaries quoted 98 84 64
Average salary £41,500 £37,500 £42,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+10.66% -11.76%
90% offered a salary of more than £26,500 £24,000 £25,000
10% offered a salary of more than £60,000 £67,500 £55,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
Embedded Linux
London

Embedded Linux
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing Embedded Linux across the Croydon region as a proportion of the total demand within the Operating Systems category.

Croydon Embedded Linux Jobs Demand Trend

Embedded Linux
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Embedded Linux across the Croydon region.

Croydon Embedded Linux Salary Trend

Embedded Linux
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Embedded Linux across the Croydon region over the 3 months to 20 May 2013.

Croydon Embedded Linux Salary Histogram

Embedded Linux
Top 19 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT jobs across the Croydon region citing Embedded Linux also mentioned the following IT skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled that cited Embedded Linux.

1 31 (100.00%) C
1 31 (100.00%) Linux
2 23 (74.19%) Assembly Language
3 17 (54.84%) Project Management
3 17 (54.84%) Device Driver
4 16 (51.61%) Embedded C
4 16 (51.61%) C++
4 16 (51.61%) Embedded Systems
5 14 (45.16%) Degree
6 13 (41.94%) MATLAB
7 12 (38.71%) Electronics
7 12 (38.71%) Field-Programmable Gate Array
8 9 (29.03%) Streaming Media
8 9 (29.03%) Digital Signal Processing
8 9 (29.03%) Signal Processing
8 9 (29.03%) Embedded C++
9 8 (25.81%) Software Engineering
10 5 (16.13%) VHDL
11 1 (3.226%) Marketing

Embedded Linux
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT jobs across the Croydon region citing Embedded Linux also mentioned the following IT skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled that cited Embedded Linux. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

General
1 12 (38.71%) Electronics
2 1 (3.226%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 14 (45.16%) Programmer
1 14 (45.16%) Embedded C Programmer
1 14 (45.16%) C Programmer
2 9 (29.03%) Developer
2 9 (29.03%) Embedded C Developer
2 9 (29.03%) C Developer
3 5 (16.13%) Design Engineer
4 4 (12.90%) Graduate
5 3 (9.677%) Junior
6 2 (6.452%) C++ Developer
6 2 (6.452%) Embedded C/C++ Developer
6 2 (6.452%) Embedded C++ Developer
7 1 (3.226%) Senior Design Engineer
7 1 (3.226%) Electronics Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 17 (54.84%) Device Driver
2 16 (51.61%) Embedded Systems
3 12 (38.71%) Field-Programmable Gate Array
4 9 (29.03%) Streaming Media
5 5 (16.13%) VHDL
Operating Systems
1 31 (100.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (54.84%) Project Management
2 9 (29.03%) Digital Signal Processing
2 9 (29.03%) Signal Processing
3 8 (25.81%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 31 (100.00%) C
2 23 (74.19%) Assembly Language
3 16 (51.61%) C++
3 16 (51.61%) Embedded C
4 13 (41.94%) MATLAB
5 9 (29.03%) Embedded C++
Qualifications
1 14 (45.16%) Degree