Embedded Linux Engineer Contract Job Trends in Abingdon

Embedded Linux Engineer
Oxfordshire > Abingdon

The median Embedded Linux Engineer daily rate in Abingdon is £525, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 15 July 2026.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

 6 months to
15 Jul 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 17 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring an Embedded Linux Engineer 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Abingdon 1.85% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 2.56% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £513 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 - -
75th Percentile £538 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Oxfordshire median daily rate £525 - -

All Contract IT Job Roles
Abingdon

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Abingdon. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in Abingdon with a recognized job title 39 4 22
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 72.22% 100.00% 100.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 1 7
10th Percentile £412 - £131
25th Percentile £413 £356 £136
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £363 £145
Median % change year-on-year +17.24% +150.00% -27.50%
75th Percentile £506 £369 £148
90th Percentile £509 - £239
Oxfordshire median daily rate £480 £400 £450
% change year-on-year +20.00% -11.11% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 0 1
10th Percentile £50.25 - -
25th Percentile £50.63 - -
Median hourly rate £52.50 - £13.46
75th Percentile £53.75 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Oxfordshire median hourly rate £31.29 £27.13 £19.50
% change year-on-year +15.32% +39.13% -24.93%

Embedded Linux Engineer Skill Set
Top 13 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Abingdon

For the 6 months to 15 July 2026, Embedded Linux Engineer contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Abingdon region featuring Embedded Linux Engineer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) API Integration
1 1 (100.00%) Bluetooth
1 1 (100.00%) C
1 1 (100.00%) C++
1 1 (100.00%) Device Driver Development
1 1 (100.00%) Embedded C
1 1 (100.00%) Embedded C++
1 1 (100.00%) Embedded Linux
1 1 (100.00%) Firmware
1 1 (100.00%) Git
1 1 (100.00%) Linux
1 1 (100.00%) Performance Tuning
1 1 (100.00%) Signal Processing

Embedded Linux Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Abingdon by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) Bluetooth
Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Git
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Device Driver
1 1 (100.00%) Embedded Systems
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Embedded Linux
1 1 (100.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) API Integration
1 1 (100.00%) Device Driver Development
1 1 (100.00%) Performance Tuning
1 1 (100.00%) Signal Processing
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) C
1 1 (100.00%) C++
1 1 (100.00%) Embedded C
1 1 (100.00%) Embedded C++
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Firmware
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