Linux Kernel Development Jobs

Linux Kernel Development
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies 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 25 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
25 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 870 981 1195
Rank change year-on-year +111 +214 -307
Permanent jobs citing Linux Kernel Development 24 8 1
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.024% 0.008% 0.001%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.028% 0.008% 0.001%
Number of salaries quoted 22 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 £63,438 £77,500 -
90th Percentile £95,000 £103,000 -
UK excluding London median annual salary £57,500 £75,000 -
% change year-on-year -23.33% - -

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

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 with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 84,476 100,576 147,122
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 86.05% 95.63% 95.59%
Number of salaries quoted 59,789 58,947 82,930
10th Percentile £29,000 £34,000 £33,476
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £61,700 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.86% +2.83% +9.09%
75th Percentile £72,500 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £92,500 £100,000 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +9.38%

Linux Kernel Development
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Linux Kernel Development in the UK

Linux Kernel Development
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Linux Kernel Development in the UK

Linux Kernel Development
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Linux Kernel Development over the 6 months to 25 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Linux Kernel Development in the UK

Linux Kernel Development
Top 11 Job Locations

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 over the 6 months to 25 April 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
England +125 23 £57,500 -23.33% 3
UK excluding London +21 22 £57,500 -23.33% 1
Work from Home +115 19 £52,500 -27.59% 2
Midlands +15 9 £52,500 -
East Midlands - 9 £52,500 -
North West - 6 £60,000 -
North of England - 6 £60,000 - 1
South East +21 4 £57,500 -20.69%
South West -19 2 £110,000 -8.33%
London +126 1 £90,000 - 2
East of England - 1 - -

Linux Kernel Development
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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (4.17%) GitHub
1 1 (4.17%) GitHub Actions
1 1 (4.17%) OCI
1 1 (4.17%) SaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (4.17%) MariaDB
1 1 (4.17%) Oracle Exadata
1 1 (4.17%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 1 (4.17%) GitLab
1 1 (4.17%) Phabricator
General
1 11 (45.83%) Electronics
2 3 (12.50%) Social Skills
3 2 (8.33%) Games
4 1 (4.17%) Finance
Job Titles
1 18 (75.00%) Embedded Engineer
2 9 (37.50%) Embedded C++ Engineer
2 9 (37.50%) Embedded Firmware Engineer
2 9 (37.50%) Firmware Engineer
2 9 (37.50%) Senior
2 9 (37.50%) Senior Embedded Engineer
3 8 (33.33%) Software Engineer
4 6 (25.00%) C++ Software Engineer
4 6 (25.00%) Embedded C++ Software Engineer
4 6 (25.00%) Embedded Software Engineer
4 6 (25.00%) Senior C++ Software Engineer
4 6 (25.00%) Senior Embedded Software Engineer
4 6 (25.00%) Senior Software Engineer
5 3 (12.50%) Embedded C Engineer
5 3 (12.50%) Embedded C/C++ Engineer
5 3 (12.50%) Embedded Linux Engineer
5 3 (12.50%) Linux Engineer
5 3 (12.50%) Senior Linux Engineer
6 2 (8.33%) Android Engineer
6 2 (8.33%) Android Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (50.00%) Yocto
2 3 (12.50%) Boost C++ Libraries
3 2 (8.33%) DirectX
3 2 (8.33%) OpenGL
3 2 (8.33%) OpenGL ES
3 2 (8.33%) Vulkan
4 1 (4.17%) Django
4 1 (4.17%) FastAPI
4 1 (4.17%) Flask
4 1 (4.17%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 3 (12.50%) Device Driver
1 3 (12.50%) Embedded Systems
1 3 (12.50%) FPGA
2 2 (8.33%) RISC-V
3 1 (4.17%) 3D Graphics
3 1 (4.17%) Algorithms
Operating Systems
1 24 (100.00%) Linux
2 18 (75.00%) Embedded Linux
3 6 (25.00%) Windows
4 2 (8.33%) Android
5 1 (4.17%) Oracle Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (45.83%) Software Engineering
2 8 (33.33%) Multithreading
3 6 (25.00%) OOD
3 6 (25.00%) SDLC
4 5 (20.83%) Memory Management
4 5 (20.83%) Problem-Solving
5 4 (16.67%) Computer Science
5 4 (16.67%) Continuous Integration
6 3 (12.50%) Device Driver Development
7 2 (8.33%) Android Development
7 2 (8.33%) Computer Architecture
7 2 (8.33%) Embedded Software Development
7 2 (8.33%) Machine Learning
7 2 (8.33%) Mathematics
7 2 (8.33%) Neural Network
7 2 (8.33%) Performance Analysis
8 1 (4.17%) Business Intelligence
8 1 (4.17%) Open Source
8 1 (4.17%) Test Automation
8 1 (4.17%) Use Case
Programming Languages
1 18 (75.00%) C++
2 16 (66.67%) C
3 3 (12.50%) Python
Qualifications
1 4 (16.67%) Computer Science Degree
1 4 (16.67%) Degree
2 2 (8.33%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (25.00%) ISO 9000
2 2 (8.33%) IEC 61508
System Software
1 12 (50.00%) Firmware
2 10 (41.67%) Embedded Firmware
3 1 (4.17%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (4.17%) Ansible
1 1 (4.17%) Grafana
1 1 (4.17%) Kubernetes
1 1 (4.17%) Podman
Vendors
1 1 (4.17%) Oracle