The first table below looks at the demand for Embedded Linux skills in IT jobs advertised for the Scotland region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Embedded Linux over the 3 months to 22 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 Scotland region.

Location
3 months to
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Embedded Linux
Rank 151 150 -
Rank change year-on-year
-1 -
Permanent jobs citing Embedded Linux 3 3 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Scotland 0.094% 0.086% -
As % of the Operating Systems category 0.350% 0.351% -
Number of salaries quoted 2 2 0
Average salary £35,000 £35,500 -
Average salary % change year-on-year
-1.40% -
UK excluding London average salary £42,500 £42,500 £40,000
% change year-on-year
- +6.25%
All Operating Systems
Scotland
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category
856 854 842
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Scotland 26.83% 24.40% 24.63%
Number of salaries quoted 501 586 594
Average salary £36,000 £35,000 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+2.85% -
90% offered a salary of more than £26,000 £22,500 £22,750
10% offered a salary of more than £52,500 £47,300 £45,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
Embedded Linux
UK

Embedded Linux
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Scotland 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 Scotland region.

Scotland Embedded Linux Salary Trend

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 Scotland region over the 3 months to 22 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
Aberdeen - 3 £35,000 -
Embedded Linux
UK

Embedded Linux
Top 24 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Scotland 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 6 (100.00%) C
1 6 (100.00%) Linux
1 6 (100.00%) Digital Signal Processing
1 6 (100.00%) Signal Processing
2 5 (83.33%) C++
2 5 (83.33%) VHDL
3 3 (50.00%) Electronics
3 3 (50.00%) CDMA
3 3 (50.00%) TCP/IP
3 3 (50.00%) Perl
3 3 (50.00%) SQL
3 3 (50.00%) VB
3 3 (50.00%) Windows
3 3 (50.00%) Python
3 3 (50.00%) Modbus
3 3 (50.00%) Software Engineering
3 3 (50.00%) Ruby
3 3 (50.00%) Degree
3 3 (50.00%) SCADA
3 3 (50.00%) QA
4 2 (33.33%) Legal
5 1 (16.67%) Subversion
5 1 (16.67%) Eclipse
5 1 (16.67%) C#

Embedded Linux
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Scotland 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.

Communications & Networking
1 3 (50.00%) CDMA
1 3 (50.00%) TCP/IP
1 3 (50.00%) Modbus
Development Applications
1 1 (16.67%) Subversion
1 1 (16.67%) Eclipse
General
1 3 (50.00%) Electronics
2 2 (33.33%) Legal
Job Titles
1 5 (83.33%) Software Engineer
2 4 (66.67%) Embedded Software Engineer
3 1 (16.67%) Software Developer
3 1 (16.67%) Developer
3 1 (16.67%) Embedded Software Developer
Miscellaneous
1 5 (83.33%) VHDL
2 3 (50.00%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 6 (100.00%) Linux
2 3 (50.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (100.00%) Digital Signal Processing
1 6 (100.00%) Signal Processing
2 3 (50.00%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 6 (100.00%) C
2 5 (83.33%) C++
3 3 (50.00%) Perl
3 3 (50.00%) SQL
3 3 (50.00%) VB
3 3 (50.00%) Python
3 3 (50.00%) Ruby
4 1 (16.67%) C#
Qualifications
1 3 (50.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (50.00%) QA
Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire
Languages: C, C++, VHDL, scripting and database languages (perl, python, ruby, SQL, Visual Basic) 4... Experience Essential: Experience of using C/C++ and Embedded Linux... Desirable: Digital Signal...
Proteus Europe
Salary: negotiable
Posted: 17 May 2013