Linux Kernel Development Jobs in the UK excluding London

Linux Kernel Development
UK > UK excluding London

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for Linux Kernel Development skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Linux Kernel Development over the 6 months to 5 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
5 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 749 755 847
Rank change year-on-year +6 +92 -
Permanent jobs citing Linux Kernel Development 22 7 2
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.031% 0.011% 0.003%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.037% 0.012% 0.003%
Number of salaries quoted 21 5 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £51,250 £67,500 -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £75,000 -
Median % change year-on-year -23.33% - -
75th Percentile £62,500 £77,500 -
90th Percentile £95,000 £103,000 -
UK median annual salary £57,500 £75,000 -
% change year-on-year -23.33% - -

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK excluding London

Linux Kernel Development is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 59,358 58,642 66,863
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 84.33% 95.62% 94.03%
Number of salaries quoted 41,086 30,131 41,542
10th Percentile £27,004 £30,500 £30,000
25th Percentile £36,250 £40,000 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +9.38%
75th Percentile £65,000 £70,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £77,500 £82,500 £80,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £61,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -10.57% +2.50% +9.09%

Linux Kernel Development
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing Linux Kernel Development as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Linux Kernel Development in the UK excluding London

Linux Kernel Development
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Linux Kernel Development in the UK excluding London.

Salary trend for Linux Kernel Development in the UK excluding London

Linux Kernel Development
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Linux Kernel Development in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 5 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Linux Kernel Development in the UK excluding London

Linux Kernel Development
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Linux Kernel Development within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 5 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Midlands +24 9 £52,500 -
East Midlands - 9 £52,500 -
North of England - 6 £60,000 - 1
North West - 6 £60,000 -
South East +27 4 £57,500 -20.69%
South West -25 2 £110,000 -8.33%
East of England - 1 - -
Linux Kernel Development
UK

Linux Kernel Development
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (4.55%) GitHub
1 1 (4.55%) GitHub Actions
1 1 (4.55%) SaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (4.55%) MariaDB
1 1 (4.55%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 1 (4.55%) GitLab
1 1 (4.55%) Phabricator
General
1 10 (45.45%) Electronics
2 3 (13.64%) Social Skills
3 1 (4.55%) Finance
3 1 (4.55%) Games
Job Titles
1 18 (81.82%) Embedded Engineer
2 9 (40.91%) Embedded C++ Engineer
2 9 (40.91%) Embedded Firmware Engineer
2 9 (40.91%) Firmware Engineer
2 9 (40.91%) Senior
2 9 (40.91%) Senior Embedded Engineer
3 7 (31.82%) Software Engineer
4 6 (27.27%) C++ Software Engineer
4 6 (27.27%) Embedded C++ Software Engineer
4 6 (27.27%) Embedded Software Engineer
4 6 (27.27%) Senior C++ Software Engineer
4 6 (27.27%) Senior Embedded Software Engineer
4 6 (27.27%) Senior Software Engineer
5 3 (13.64%) Embedded C Engineer
5 3 (13.64%) Embedded C/C++ Engineer
5 3 (13.64%) Embedded Linux Engineer
5 3 (13.64%) Linux Engineer
5 3 (13.64%) Senior Linux Engineer
6 2 (9.09%) Architect
7 1 (4.55%) Technical Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (54.55%) Yocto
2 3 (13.64%) Boost C++ Libraries
3 1 (4.55%) DirectX
3 1 (4.55%) Django
3 1 (4.55%) FastAPI
3 1 (4.55%) Flask
3 1 (4.55%) OpenGL
3 1 (4.55%) OpenGL ES
3 1 (4.55%) Vulkan
3 1 (4.55%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 3 (13.64%) Device Driver
1 3 (13.64%) Embedded Systems
1 3 (13.64%) FPGA
2 2 (9.09%) RISC-V
3 1 (4.55%) Algorithms
Operating Systems
1 22 (100.00%) Linux
2 18 (81.82%) Embedded Linux
3 6 (27.27%) Windows
4 1 (4.55%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (45.45%) Software Engineering
2 7 (31.82%) Multithreading
3 6 (27.27%) OOD
3 6 (27.27%) SDLC
4 4 (18.18%) Continuous Integration
4 4 (18.18%) Memory Management
4 4 (18.18%) Problem-Solving
5 3 (13.64%) Computer Science
5 3 (13.64%) Device Driver Development
6 2 (9.09%) Computer Architecture
7 1 (4.55%) Asset Management
7 1 (4.55%) Business Intelligence
7 1 (4.55%) Machine Learning
7 1 (4.55%) Mathematics
7 1 (4.55%) Neural Network
7 1 (4.55%) Open Source
7 1 (4.55%) Project Management
7 1 (4.55%) Test Automation
7 1 (4.55%) Use Case
7 1 (4.55%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 18 (81.82%) C++
2 15 (68.18%) C
3 3 (13.64%) Python
Qualifications
1 3 (13.64%) Computer Science Degree
1 3 (13.64%) Degree
2 2 (9.09%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (27.27%) ISO 9000
2 2 (9.09%) IEC 61508
System Software
1 12 (54.55%) Firmware
2 10 (45.45%) Embedded Firmware
3 1 (4.55%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (4.55%) Ansible
1 1 (4.55%) Grafana
1 1 (4.55%) Kubernetes
1 1 (4.55%) Podman