FreeRTOS
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for FreeRTOS skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited FreeRTOS over the 6 months to 8 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
8 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 848 978 1193
Rank change year-on-year +130 +215 -291
Permanent jobs citing FreeRTOS 40 17 42
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.040% 0.017% 0.027%
As % of the Operating Systems category 0.28% 0.10% 0.14%
Number of salaries quoted 22 7 23
10th Percentile £50,000 £52,000 £26,250
25th Percentile £52,250 £55,000 £34,375
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +14.29% -8.70%
75th Percentile £59,375 £65,000 £56,250
90th Percentile £60,750 £70,000 £57,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -8.33% +14.29% -4.55%

All Operating Systems
UK

FreeRTOS 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 14,045 16,217 29,865
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 14.16% 15.97% 18.97%
Number of salaries quoted 10,807 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% - -

FreeRTOS
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for FreeRTOS in the UK

FreeRTOS
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing FreeRTOS.

Salary trend for FreeRTOS in the UK

FreeRTOS
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing FreeRTOS over the 6 months to 8 May 2024.

Salary histogram for FreeRTOS in the UK

FreeRTOS
Top 15 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing FreeRTOS within the UK over the 6 months to 8 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 +14 39 £55,000 -8.33% 34
England +97 35 £55,000 -8.33% 33
Work from Home +85 26 £55,000 -8.33% 17
North of England +52 13 £55,000 -8.33% 4
Midlands - 10 £60,000 - 6
Yorkshire - 8 £55,000 - 2
South East +18 5 £56,500 -5.83% 4
North West +9 5 £55,000 -8.33% 1
East Midlands - 5 - - 4
West Midlands - 5 £60,000 - 2
East of England +7 4 - - 7
Wales - 4 - -
South West -24 2 £50,000 -33.33% 10
London +124 1 £50,000 - 3
Scotland - 1 - - 4

FreeRTOS
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:

Applications
1 5 (12.50%) Simulink
2 2 (5.00%) GNU Octave
Cloud Services
1 4 (10.00%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 13 (32.50%) RS-232
2 9 (22.50%) TCP/IP
3 7 (17.50%) Bluetooth
3 7 (17.50%) Wireless
3 7 (17.50%) ZigBee
4 6 (15.00%) Ethernet
4 6 (15.00%) Wi-Fi
5 5 (12.50%) RS-485
5 5 (12.50%) VoIP
6 4 (10.00%) Profibus
7 1 (2.50%) LTE
7 1 (2.50%) RFID
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (10.00%) Big Data
Development Applications
1 21 (52.50%) Git
2 9 (22.50%) Jenkins
2 9 (22.50%) Subversion
3 5 (12.50%) JIRA
4 4 (10.00%) Zephyr
5 2 (5.00%) PetaLinux
6 1 (2.50%) Eclipse
6 1 (2.50%) Visual Studio
General
1 31 (77.50%) Electronics
2 18 (45.00%) Manufacturing
3 15 (37.50%) Automotive
4 6 (15.00%) Aerospace
4 6 (15.00%) Social Skills
5 5 (12.50%) Analytical Skills
6 4 (10.00%) Pharmaceutical
7 1 (2.50%) Law
7 1 (2.50%) Wearables
Job Titles
1 39 (97.50%) Embedded Engineer
2 35 (87.50%) Embedded Software Engineer
2 35 (87.50%) Software Engineer
3 10 (25.00%) Senior
4 9 (22.50%) Senior Embedded Engineer
4 9 (22.50%) Senior Embedded Software Engineer
4 9 (22.50%) Senior Software Engineer
5 4 (10.00%) Embedded Firmware Engineer
5 4 (10.00%) Firmware Engineer
6 3 (7.50%) FPGA Engineer
7 1 (2.50%) Design Engineer
7 1 (2.50%) Electronics Design Engineer
7 1 (2.50%) Electronics Engineer
7 1 (2.50%) Embedded Software Design Engineer
7 1 (2.50%) Senior Design Engineer
7 1 (2.50%) Senior Electronics Design Engineer
7 1 (2.50%) Senior Electronics Engineer
7 1 (2.50%) Software Design Engineer
7 1 (2.50%) Systems Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (15.00%) Yocto
2 2 (5.00%) POSIX
3 1 (2.50%) .NET
3 1 (2.50%) COM
Miscellaneous
1 17 (42.50%) Embedded Systems
2 8 (20.00%) Device Driver
3 7 (17.50%) ARM Cortex
3 7 (17.50%) FPGA
4 6 (15.00%) Algorithms
4 6 (15.00%) VHDL
5 4 (10.00%) IoT
5 4 (10.00%) Smart Energy
6 3 (7.50%) Verilog
7 2 (5.00%) Management Information System
8 1 (2.50%) Analytical Mindset
8 1 (2.50%) Driving Licence
8 1 (2.50%) NB-IoT
Operating Systems
1 11 (27.50%) Linux
2 6 (15.00%) ThreadX
3 5 (12.50%) Embedded Linux
4 4 (10.00%) VxWorks
5 3 (7.50%) Android
6 1 (2.50%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 39 (97.50%) Software Engineering
2 11 (27.50%) Test Automation
3 9 (22.50%) Agile
3 9 (22.50%) SDLC
4 8 (20.00%) Device Driver Development
4 8 (20.00%) Software Testing
5 6 (15.00%) Computer Science
6 5 (12.50%) BDD
6 5 (12.50%) Kalman Filter
6 5 (12.50%) TDD
7 4 (10.00%) Biotechnology
7 4 (10.00%) Code Quality
7 4 (10.00%) Design Patterns
7 4 (10.00%) DevOps
7 4 (10.00%) Embedded Software Development
7 4 (10.00%) MVVM
7 4 (10.00%) OO
7 4 (10.00%) OOD
7 4 (10.00%) Problem-Solving
8 3 (7.50%) Continuous Improvement
Programming Languages
1 39 (97.50%) C
2 21 (52.50%) Python
3 9 (22.50%) C++
4 8 (20.00%) Embedded C
5 6 (15.00%) C#
6 5 (12.50%) MATLAB
7 4 (10.00%) Bash
7 4 (10.00%) R
8 2 (5.00%) Embedded C++
8 2 (5.00%) Shell Script
9 1 (2.50%) Java
Qualifications
1 21 (52.50%) Degree
2 7 (17.50%) Master's Degree
3 4 (10.00%) HND
4 2 (5.00%) SC Cleared
4 2 (5.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (10.00%) 21 CFR Part 11
1 4 (10.00%) ISO 13485
2 1 (2.50%) ISO 9001
2 1 (2.50%) JTAG
System Software
1 15 (37.50%) Firmware
2 7 (17.50%) Embedded Firmware
3 4 (10.00%) Docker
Systems Management
1 4 (10.00%) Terraform
Vendors
1 4 (10.00%) QNX
2 2 (5.00%) Xilinx
3 1 (2.50%) EMC
3 1 (2.50%) Renesas