Embedded Linux
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for Embedded Linux skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Embedded Linux over the 6 months to 7 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
7 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 647 838 993
Rank change year-on-year +191 +155 -228
Permanent jobs citing Embedded Linux 267 157 246
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.27% 0.15% 0.16%
As % of the Operating Systems category 1.91% 0.97% 0.82%
Number of salaries quoted 217 75 100
10th Percentile £45,000 £32,500 £33,750
25th Percentile £53,750 £41,250 £44,688
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +8.33% - +14.29%
75th Percentile £80,000 £72,500 £63,125
90th Percentile £85,000 £79,000 £75,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £65,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +8.33% - +20.00%

All Operating Systems
UK

Embedded Linux is in the Operating Systems category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 13,978 16,217 29,865
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 14.19% 15.97% 18.97%
Number of salaries quoted 10,769 10,941 16,610
10th Percentile £25,760 £27,000 £26,450
25th Percentile £31,250 £35,000 £35,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £52,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -14.29% - +5.00%
75th Percentile £62,500 £71,250 £71,250
90th Percentile £80,000 £92,500 £87,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £42,500 £45,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year -5.56% - -

Embedded Linux
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Embedded Linux as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Embedded Linux in the UK

Embedded Linux
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Embedded Linux.

Salary trend for Embedded Linux in the UK

Embedded Linux
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Embedded Linux over the 6 months to 7 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Embedded Linux in the UK

Embedded Linux
Top 16 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Embedded Linux within the UK over the 6 months to 7 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
UK excluding London +100 262 £65,000 +8.33% 78
England +176 240 £67,500 +12.50% 82
Work from Home +136 141 £60,000 +11.63% 38
South East +37 67 £75,000 +15.38% 26
South West +32 66 £60,000 -17.24% 5
North of England +29 39 £60,000 +41.18% 8
Midlands +26 36 £65,000 +49.43% 15
East of England +27 27 £70,000 - 18
West Midlands +27 19 £65,000 +49.43% 9
East Midlands -1 17 £52,500 - 6
Yorkshire +45 16 £55,000 +29.41% 6
North West +28 16 £60,000 - 1
Scotland -50 16 £60,000 - 8
Northern Ireland +40 11 - -
North East - 7 £60,000 - 1
London +116 5 £100,000 +42.86% 9

Embedded Linux
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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:

Application Platforms
1 5 (1.87%) Confluence
2 1 (0.37%) Jupyter
Applications
1 12 (4.49%) Simulink
2 1 (0.37%) OrCAD
Cloud Services
1 4 (1.50%) AWS
1 4 (1.50%) GitHub
2 3 (1.12%) AWS IoT
Communications & Networking
1 49 (18.35%) Wireless
2 36 (13.48%) Wi-Fi
3 23 (8.61%) RS-232
4 20 (7.49%) Ethernet
4 20 (7.49%) TCP/IP
5 16 (5.99%) MQTT
5 16 (5.99%) RS-485
6 13 (4.87%) 4G
7 12 (4.49%) 3G
8 9 (3.37%) Bluetooth
9 8 (3.00%) 5G
10 6 (2.25%) Wireshark
11 4 (1.50%) 3GPP
11 4 (1.50%) Internet
11 4 (1.50%) ZigBee
12 3 (1.12%) DVB
13 2 (0.75%) DNS
13 2 (0.75%) LTE
13 2 (0.75%) Modbus
13 2 (0.75%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (2.25%) Relational Database
2 1 (0.37%) InfluxDB
Development Applications
1 19 (7.12%) Git
2 16 (5.99%) Jenkins
3 13 (4.87%) JIRA
4 7 (2.62%) Subversion
5 4 (1.50%) Zephyr
6 3 (1.12%) Rational DOORS
6 3 (1.12%) Rational Rhapsody
7 2 (0.75%) GitLab
8 1 (0.37%) GDB
8 1 (0.37%) Mercurial
General
1 46 (17.23%) Social Skills
2 42 (15.73%) Electronics
3 30 (11.24%) Manufacturing
4 15 (5.62%) Analytical Skills
5 12 (4.49%) Mandarin Language
6 9 (3.37%) Automotive
6 9 (3.37%) Telecoms
7 4 (1.50%) Pharmaceutical
8 3 (1.12%) Aerospace
8 3 (1.12%) Finance
8 3 (1.12%) Marketing
8 3 (1.12%) Public Sector
9 1 (0.37%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 205 (76.78%) Embedded Engineer
2 194 (72.66%) Software Engineer
3 165 (61.80%) Embedded Software Engineer
4 134 (50.19%) Senior
5 113 (42.32%) Senior Embedded Engineer
6 103 (38.58%) Senior Software Engineer
7 87 (32.58%) Senior Embedded Software Engineer
8 35 (13.11%) Embedded Linux Engineer
8 35 (13.11%) Linux Engineer
9 26 (9.74%) Senior Linux Engineer
10 18 (6.74%) Embedded C++ Engineer
11 16 (5.99%) Developer
12 15 (5.62%) C++ Software Engineer
12 15 (5.62%) Embedded C++ Software Engineer
13 14 (5.24%) Lead
14 12 (4.49%) Embedded C Engineer
14 12 (4.49%) Embedded Developer
14 12 (4.49%) Embedded Software Developer
14 12 (4.49%) Firmware Engineer
14 12 (4.49%) Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 68 (25.47%) Yocto
2 17 (6.37%) REST
3 13 (4.87%) Qt
4 10 (3.75%) FFmpeg
4 10 (3.75%) GStreamer
4 10 (3.75%) Middleware
5 6 (2.25%) Node.js
6 5 (1.87%) OpenCV
6 5 (1.87%) OpenEmbedded
6 5 (1.87%) Web Services
7 3 (1.12%) Boost C++ Libraries
8 1 (0.37%) .NET
8 1 (0.37%) COM
8 1 (0.37%) HTML
8 1 (0.37%) HTML5
8 1 (0.37%) Pandas
8 1 (0.37%) QML
8 1 (0.37%) React
8 1 (0.37%) Redux
8 1 (0.37%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 55 (20.60%) Device Driver
2 52 (19.48%) IoT
3 24 (8.99%) Embedded Systems
4 15 (5.62%) Self-Motivation
5 14 (5.24%) Video\Live Streaming
6 10 (3.75%) Algorithms
7 8 (3.00%) FPGA
8 6 (2.25%) SIMD
9 4 (1.50%) CCTV
9 4 (1.50%) VHDL
10 3 (1.12%) ARM Cortex
11 2 (0.75%) Client/Server
11 2 (0.75%) Distributed Systems
11 2 (0.75%) Driving Licence
11 2 (0.75%) RISC-V
11 2 (0.75%) Robotics
12 1 (0.37%) Analytical Mindset
12 1 (0.37%) Augmented Reality
12 1 (0.37%) Smart Home
12 1 (0.37%) State Machine
Operating Systems
1 267 (100.00%) Linux
2 9 (3.37%) Windows
3 8 (3.00%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 7 (2.62%) Android
5 5 (1.87%) FreeRTOS
6 1 (0.37%) Apple iOS
6 1 (0.37%) OpenWrt
6 1 (0.37%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 229 (85.77%) Software Engineering
2 53 (19.85%) Cybersecurity
3 50 (18.73%) Agile
4 37 (13.86%) Embedded Software Development
4 37 (13.86%) OOD
5 30 (11.24%) Computer Science
5 30 (11.24%) Problem-Solving
6 29 (10.86%) Device Driver Development
7 26 (9.74%) Signal Processing
8 25 (9.36%) OO
9 23 (8.61%) Artificial Intelligence
9 23 (8.61%) DevOps
9 23 (8.61%) Multithreading
10 22 (8.24%) Continuous Integration
11 19 (7.12%) Test Automation
12 18 (6.74%) Linux Kernel Development
12 18 (6.74%) Open Source
13 17 (6.37%) Software Testing
14 15 (5.62%) Machine Learning
14 15 (5.62%) System Testing
Programming Languages
1 206 (77.15%) C
2 106 (39.70%) Python
3 103 (38.58%) C++
4 88 (32.96%) Embedded C
5 70 (26.22%) Bash
6 54 (20.22%) Rust
7 27 (10.11%) Java
8 15 (5.62%) JavaScript
9 11 (4.12%) C#
10 8 (3.00%) Embedded C++
10 8 (3.00%) Perl
11 7 (2.62%) Assembly Language
12 3 (1.12%) Ada
12 3 (1.12%) TypeScript
13 1 (0.37%) Go
13 1 (0.37%) Ruby
13 1 (0.37%) Shell Script
13 1 (0.37%) SQL
13 1 (0.37%) Tcl
Qualifications
1 65 (24.34%) Security Cleared
2 49 (18.35%) Degree
3 14 (5.24%) Computer Science Degree
4 12 (4.49%) DV Cleared
5 6 (2.25%) Master's Degree
6 5 (1.87%) PhD
7 3 (1.12%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (4.87%) QA
2 12 (4.49%) GDPR
3 7 (2.62%) JTAG
4 6 (2.25%) ISO 9000
5 4 (1.50%) MISRA
6 3 (1.12%) Def Stans
7 1 (0.37%) MISRA C
System Software
1 48 (17.98%) Firmware
2 26 (9.74%) Embedded Firmware
3 15 (5.62%) Docker
Systems Management
1 10 (3.75%) Kubernetes
2 4 (1.50%) Terraform
3 3 (1.12%) Ansible
3 3 (1.12%) Podman
Vendors
1 12 (4.49%) Xilinx
2 8 (3.00%) Red Hat
3 3 (1.12%) SAP
4 1 (0.37%) Atmel
4 1 (0.37%) EMC
4 1 (0.37%) Freescale
4 1 (0.37%) Intel
4 1 (0.37%) Renesas