The first table below looks at the demand for Embedded Linux skills in IT jobs advertised for the Essex region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Embedded Linux over the 3 months to 19 June 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 Essex region.

Location
3 months to
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Embedded Linux
Rank 72 109 -
Rank change year-on-year
+37 -
Permanent jobs citing Embedded Linux 19 3 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Essex 1.808% 0.234% -
As % of the Operating Systems category 5.067% 0.746% -
Number of salaries quoted 11 3 0
Average salary £60,000 £50,000 -
Average salary % change year-on-year
+20.00% -
UK excluding London average salary £42,500 £40,000 £38,500
% change year-on-year
+6.25% +3.89%
All Operating Systems
Essex
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category
375 402 330
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Essex 35.68% 31.33% 25.86%
Number of salaries quoted 311 344 276
Average salary £38,500 £37,500 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+2.66% -6.25%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,000 £25,000 £24,000
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £57,500 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
Embedded Linux
East of England

Embedded Linux
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Essex 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 Essex region.

Essex Embedded Linux Salary Trend

Embedded Linux
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Embedded Linux across the Essex region over the 3 months to 19 June 2013.

Essex 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 Essex region over the 3 months to 19 June 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
Find
Job
Vacancies
Chelmsford - 3 £45,000 -
Colchester - 1 £50,000 -
Maldon - 1 £45,000 -
Brentwood - 1 - -
Embedded Linux
East of England

Embedded Linux
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the Essex 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 19 (100.00%) C
1 19 (100.00%) Linux
2 11 (57.89%) C++
2 11 (57.89%) OO
2 11 (57.89%) Qt
3 8 (42.11%) Broadband
4 7 (36.84%) CMMI
4 7 (36.84%) TCP/IP
4 7 (36.84%) OOD
4 7 (36.84%) Validation
5 6 (31.58%) Telematics
5 6 (31.58%) Subversion
5 6 (31.58%) Automotive
6 5 (26.32%) STB
6 5 (26.32%) LAN
6 5 (26.32%) POSIX
6 5 (26.32%) Software Architecture
7 4 (21.05%) MFC
7 4 (21.05%) OpenGL
7 4 (21.05%) DirectX
7 4 (21.05%) Multithreading
7 4 (21.05%) Windows
8 3 (15.79%) Software Engineering
8 3 (15.79%) TELNET
8 3 (15.79%) Firewall
8 3 (15.79%) FTP
9 1 (5.263%) UNIX
9 1 (5.263%) Finance
9 1 (5.263%) Git (software)
9 1 (5.263%) Test Automation

Embedded Linux
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the Essex 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 11 (57.89%) Qt
2 5 (26.32%) POSIX
3 4 (21.05%) MFC
3 4 (21.05%) OpenGL
3 4 (21.05%) DirectX
Communications & Networking
1 8 (42.11%) Broadband
2 7 (36.84%) TCP/IP
3 5 (26.32%) LAN
4 3 (15.79%) TELNET
4 3 (15.79%) Firewall
4 3 (15.79%) FTP
Development Applications
1 6 (31.58%) Subversion
2 1 (5.263%) Git (software)
General
1 6 (31.58%) Automotive
2 1 (5.263%) Finance
Job Titles
1 12 (63.16%) Software Engineer
2 7 (36.84%) Senior Software Engineer
2 7 (36.84%) Linux Engineer
3 4 (21.05%) C Software Engineer
3 4 (21.05%) C++ Software Engineer
4 1 (5.263%) Software Test Engineer
4 1 (5.263%) Test Engineer
4 1 (5.263%) Automation Engineer
4 1 (5.263%) Test Automation Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 6 (31.58%) Telematics
2 5 (26.32%) STB
Operating Systems
1 19 (100.00%) Linux
2 4 (21.05%) Windows
3 1 (5.263%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (57.89%) OO
2 7 (36.84%) CMMI
2 7 (36.84%) OOD
2 7 (36.84%) Validation
3 5 (26.32%) Software Architecture
4 4 (21.05%) Multithreading
5 3 (15.79%) Software Engineering
6 1 (5.263%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 19 (100.00%) C
2 11 (57.89%) C++