The first table below looks at the demand for Embedded Linux skills in IT jobs advertised for the East of England region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Embedded Linux over the 3 months to 24 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 East of England region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Embedded Linux
Rank 235 212 228
Rank change year-on-year
-23 +16
Permanent jobs citing Embedded Linux 29 55 50
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the East of England 0.351% 0.632% 0.524%
As % of the Operating Systems category 1.146% 2.119% 1.878%
Number of salaries quoted 22 40 50
Average salary £45,000 £45,000 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +12.50%
90% offered a salary of more than £44,000 £36,500 £35,000
10% offered a salary of more than £60,000 £62,500 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £42,500 £42,500 £40,000
% change year-on-year
- +6.25%
All Operating Systems
East of England
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category
2530 2595 2663
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the East of England 30.61% 29.83% 27.91%
Number of salaries quoted 2170 2128 2230
Average salary £37,500 £38,500 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-2.59% +2.66%
90% offered a salary of more than £26,000 £25,000 £25,000
10% offered a salary of more than £53,000 £52,500 £52,500
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
Embedded Linux
England

Embedded Linux
Jobs Demand Trend

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

East of England 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 East of England region.

East of England Embedded Linux Salary Trend

Embedded Linux
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Embedded Linux across the East of England region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

East of England Embedded Linux Salary Histogram

Embedded Linux
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Embedded Linux within the East of England region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Cambridgeshire -21 14 £45,000 -
Essex +27 12 £60,000 +33.33%
Hertfordshire +11 3 £57,500 +53.33%
Embedded Linux
England

Embedded Linux
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the East of England 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 58 (100.00%) Linux
2 53 (91.38%) C
3 30 (51.72%) C++
4 24 (41.38%) Degree
5 18 (31.03%) Embedded C
5 18 (31.03%) Multithreading
6 13 (22.41%) Multimedia
6 13 (22.41%) Java
7 12 (20.69%) UML
8 11 (18.97%) Python
8 11 (18.97%) VxWorks
8 11 (18.97%) Firmware
8 11 (18.97%) Scrum
8 11 (18.97%) JTAG
9 10 (17.24%) Qt
9 10 (17.24%) Finance
9 10 (17.24%) Handset
9 10 (17.24%) Delphi
9 10 (17.24%) Embedded Software Development
10 9 (15.52%) OO
10 9 (15.52%) TCP/IP
11 8 (13.79%) Device Driver
11 8 (13.79%) OpenGL
11 8 (13.79%) Windows
12 7 (12.07%) MFC
13 6 (10.34%) Software Architecture
13 6 (10.34%) Embedded Systems
13 6 (10.34%) Broadband
13 6 (10.34%) Electronics
14 5 (8.621%) DirectX

Embedded Linux
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the East of England 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.

Application Development
1 10 (17.24%) Qt
2 8 (13.79%) OpenGL
3 7 (12.07%) MFC
4 5 (8.621%) DirectX
4 5 (8.621%) POSIX
5 4 (6.897%) JSON
6 2 (3.448%) JNI
6 2 (3.448%) Cocoa
6 2 (3.448%) LAMP
6 2 (3.448%) jQuery
6 2 (3.448%) Ajax
6 2 (3.448%) REST
6 2 (3.448%) HTML5
6 2 (3.448%) Web Services
6 2 (3.448%) XML
6 2 (3.448%) Swing
6 2 (3.448%) Cocoa Touch
7 1 (1.724%) .NET Compact Framework
7 1 (1.724%) CGI
7 1 (1.724%) Flash
Application Platforms
1 2 (3.448%) Apache
Applications
1 1 (1.724%) Quicktime
1 1 (1.724%) Spreadsheet
Communications & Networking
1 9 (15.52%) TCP/IP
2 6 (10.34%) Broadband
3 5 (8.621%) LAN
3 5 (8.621%) HTTP
4 4 (6.897%) FTP
5 3 (5.172%) UPnP
6 2 (3.448%) IGMP
6 2 (3.448%) RTSP
6 2 (3.448%) Wireless
6 2 (3.448%) SNMP
6 2 (3.448%) Firewall
6 2 (3.448%) Internet
7 1 (1.724%) Wi-Fi
7 1 (1.724%) DSL
7 1 (1.724%) DVB
7 1 (1.724%) TELNET
7 1 (1.724%) 3G
7 1 (1.724%) 802.11
7 1 (1.724%) DNS
7 1 (1.724%) HTTPS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (3.448%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 5 (8.621%) Subversion
2 3 (5.172%) Visual Studio
3 2 (3.448%) JIRA
3 2 (3.448%) CppUnit
3 2 (3.448%) GCC
3 2 (3.448%) ClearCase
3 2 (3.448%) Automake
4 1 (1.724%) Trac
4 1 (1.724%) Git (software)
General
1 13 (22.41%) Multimedia
2 10 (17.24%) Finance
3 6 (10.34%) Electronics
4 4 (6.897%) Automotive
5 2 (3.448%) Music
5 2 (3.448%) Telecoms
6 1 (1.724%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 26 (44.83%) Developer
2 23 (39.66%) Software Engineer
3 21 (36.21%) Software Developer
4 11 (18.97%) C Developer
4 11 (18.97%) Linux Engineer
5 10 (17.24%) Embedded Software Developer
6 9 (15.52%) Senior Developer
6 9 (15.52%) Senior C Developer
6 9 (15.52%) Senior Software Developer
7 8 (13.79%) Senior Software Engineer
8 7 (12.07%) C Software Engineer
9 6 (10.34%) C++ Software Engineer
9 6 (10.34%) Embedded Software Engineer
10 3 (5.172%) Principle Engineer
10 3 (5.172%) Embedded C Software Engineer
10 3 (5.172%) Embedded C Engineer
10 3 (5.172%) Lead Software Engineer
11 2 (3.448%) Engineering Manager
11 2 (3.448%) Embedded C/C++ Engineer
11 2 (3.448%) Embedded C/C++ Software Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 11 (18.97%) Firmware
2 10 (17.24%) Handset
3 8 (13.79%) Device Driver
4 6 (10.34%) Embedded Systems
5 5 (8.621%) STB
6 4 (6.897%) Telematics
6 4 (6.897%) Computer Science
7 2 (3.448%) Open Source
7 2 (3.448%) Mobile App
8 1 (1.724%) DTV
8 1 (1.724%) MPEG
8 1 (1.724%) 3D Graphics
8 1 (1.724%) Streaming Video
Operating Systems
1 58 (100.00%) Linux
2 11 (18.97%) VxWorks
3 8 (13.79%) Windows
4 4 (6.897%) Android
5 2 (3.448%) Apple iOS
5 2 (3.448%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (31.03%) Multithreading
2 12 (20.69%) UML
3 11 (18.97%) Scrum
4 10 (17.24%) Embedded Software Development
5 9 (15.52%) OO
6 6 (10.34%) Software Architecture
7 4 (6.897%) Validation
7 4 (6.897%) OOD
7 4 (6.897%) CMMI
8 3 (5.172%) Software Engineering
9 2 (3.448%) Agile Software Development
9 2 (3.448%) Configuration Management
9 2 (3.448%) Yourdon
9 2 (3.448%) Web Application Development
10 1 (1.724%) Mobile Application Development
10 1 (1.724%) Project Management
10 1 (1.724%) Waterfall
10 1 (1.724%) Video Processing
Programming Languages
1 53 (91.38%) C
2 30 (51.72%) C++
3 18 (31.03%) Embedded C
4 13 (22.41%) Java
5 11 (18.97%) Python
6 10 (17.24%) Delphi
7 3 (5.172%) Embedded C++
7 3 (5.172%) JavaScript
7 3 (5.172%) Objective-C
8 2 (3.448%) Perl
8 2 (3.448%) PHP
9 1 (1.724%) C#
9 1 (1.724%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 24 (41.38%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (18.97%) JTAG
Vendors
1 1 (1.724%) QNX
1 1 (1.724%) Intel
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
Key Skills: Embedded C/C++ Embedded Linux Kernel development, device drivers, protocol stack Hardware architecture, hardware design Agile, SCRUM Audio solutions provider based in Cambridge are seeking an...
Auburn Rose
Salary: From £45,000 to £50,000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 20 May 2013
Cambridge, East Anglia
Senior Software Engineer (Algorithms), C / C++, analysis, strong maths background, image processing, share options, CambridgeExceptional opportunity for an experienced Software Engineer to join an exciting company with extensive...
ECM Selection Ltd
Salary: to £50k + extensive benefits
Posted: 15 May 2013
Watford, Hertfordshire
Requirements for Embedded Software Engineers: -C or C++ programming for embedded software -Linux is highly desirable but not essential Device drivers, Android, RTOS, embedded Linux, SoC design, OpenGL,...
ENTERPRISE RECRUITMENT LTD
Salary: From £24,000 to £50,000 per annum outstanding benefits package
Posted: 21 May 2013
Brentwood, South East
The Sky+ STB, and the companion Sky+ app for mobile devices, is at the heart of our customers experience and our product development efforts. Job Purpose and responsibilities...
British Sky Broadcasting
Salary: Bonus & bens
Posted: 25 May 2013
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
Requirements: - PhD, first class or 2:1 from well ranked university - Strong scientific / engineering degree or equivalent - Proven commercial experience developing in C - Knowledge of Linux - Networking (TCP/...
Optimus Search Ltd
Salary: From £55,000 to £70,000 per annum Plus generous package
Posted: 20 May 2013
Essex, South East
Key responsibilities will include:* Working within a team of highly motivated developers using knowledge of both software and hardware devices.* Software Component Development, Integration & Debugging.* Taking responsibility for...
British Sky Broadcasting
Posted: 25 May 2013
Cambridge, East Anglia
Requirement specifications: - 1st / 2.1 in computer science (or other STEM discipline) degree from a top university... - Strong systems level programming in C / C++. - Experience in scripting languages (...
ECM Selection Ltd
Salary: to £Excellent + benefits
Posted: 29 April 2013
Essex, South East
Key responsibilities will include:* Working within a team of highly motivated developers using knowledge of both software and hardware devices.* Software Component Development, Integration & Debugging.* Taking responsibility for...
British Sky Broadcasting
Posted: 25 May 2013