Linux Kernel Development Jobs with Work from Home Options

Linux Kernel Development
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with an option to work from home (WFH) and 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 566 655 833
Rank change year-on-year +89 +178 -
Permanent jobs citing Linux Kernel Development 19 4 1
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 0.056% 0.009% 0.001%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.061% 0.010% 0.002%
Number of salaries quoted 18 4 0
10th Percentile £50,125 - -
25th Percentile £51,250 £67,500 -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £72,500 -
Median % change year-on-year -27.59% - -
75th Percentile £62,500 £77,500 -
90th Percentile £62,875 - -
UK median annual salary £57,500 £75,000 -
% change year-on-year -23.33% - -

All Process and Methodology Skills
Work from Home

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 WFH option and a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 30,949 40,734 65,929
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 91.59% 96.10% 96.90%
Number of salaries quoted 23,494 28,287 41,473
10th Percentile £33,750 £37,500 £36,250
25th Percentile £42,500 £47,500 £45,617
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.00% +4.17% +9.09%
75th Percentile £75,000 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £61,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -10.57% +2.50% +9.09%

Linux Kernel Development
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option citing Linux Kernel Development as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Linux Kernel Development trend for jobs with a WFH option

Linux Kernel Development
Salary Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average salary quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Linux Kernel Development.

Linux Kernel Development salary trend for jobs with a WFH option

Linux Kernel Development
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 (5.26%) GitHub
1 1 (5.26%) GitHub Actions
1 1 (5.26%) SaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (5.26%) MariaDB
1 1 (5.26%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 1 (5.26%) GitLab
1 1 (5.26%) Phabricator
General
1 9 (47.37%) Electronics
2 3 (15.79%) Social Skills
3 1 (5.26%) Finance
Job Titles
1 18 (94.74%) Embedded Engineer
2 9 (47.37%) Embedded C++ Engineer
2 9 (47.37%) Embedded Firmware Engineer
2 9 (47.37%) Firmware Engineer
2 9 (47.37%) Senior
2 9 (47.37%) Senior Embedded Engineer
3 6 (31.58%) C++ Software Engineer
3 6 (31.58%) Embedded C++ Software Engineer
3 6 (31.58%) Embedded Software Engineer
3 6 (31.58%) Senior C++ Software Engineer
3 6 (31.58%) Senior Embedded Software Engineer
3 6 (31.58%) Senior Software Engineer
3 6 (31.58%) Software Engineer
4 3 (15.79%) Embedded C Engineer
4 3 (15.79%) Embedded C/C++ Engineer
4 3 (15.79%) Embedded Linux Engineer
4 3 (15.79%) Linux Engineer
4 3 (15.79%) Senior Linux Engineer
5 1 (5.26%) Technical Leader
5 1 (5.26%) Test Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (63.16%) Yocto
2 3 (15.79%) Boost C++ Libraries
3 1 (5.26%) Django
3 1 (5.26%) FastAPI
3 1 (5.26%) Flask
3 1 (5.26%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 3 (15.79%) Device Driver
1 3 (15.79%) Embedded Systems
1 3 (15.79%) FPGA
Operating Systems
1 19 (100.00%) Linux
2 18 (94.74%) Embedded Linux
3 6 (31.58%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (47.37%) Software Engineering
2 6 (31.58%) Multithreading
2 6 (31.58%) OOD
2 6 (31.58%) SDLC
3 4 (21.05%) Continuous Integration
4 3 (15.79%) Device Driver Development
4 3 (15.79%) Memory Management
4 3 (15.79%) Problem-Solving
5 1 (5.26%) Asset Management
5 1 (5.26%) Business Intelligence
5 1 (5.26%) CI/CD
5 1 (5.26%) DevOps
5 1 (5.26%) Open Source
5 1 (5.26%) Open Source Development
5 1 (5.26%) Project Management
5 1 (5.26%) Test Automation
5 1 (5.26%) Use Case
5 1 (5.26%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 18 (94.74%) C++
2 12 (63.16%) C
3 1 (5.26%) Python
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (31.58%) ISO 9000
System Software
1 10 (52.63%) Embedded Firmware
1 10 (52.63%) Firmware
2 1 (5.26%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (5.26%) Ansible
1 1 (5.26%) Grafana
1 1 (5.26%) Kubernetes
1 1 (5.26%) Podman