Embedded Linux Contract Job Trends in Abingdon

Embedded Linux
Oxfordshire > Abingdon

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Abingdon requiring Embedded Linux skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 15 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in 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 citing Embedded Linux 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Abingdon 1.85% - -
As % of the Operating Systems category 5.88% - -
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 £550 £550 -

All Operating Systems
Abingdon

Embedded Linux falls under the Operating Systems category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring operating system skills in Abingdon.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 17 3 6
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Abingdon 31.48% 75.00% 27.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 1 5
10th Percentile £457 - £135
25th Percentile £469 £356 £140
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £363 £145
Median % change year-on-year +44.83% +150.00% -19.44%
75th Percentile £592 £369 £148
90th Percentile - - -
Oxfordshire median daily rate £250 £250 £300
% change year-on-year - -16.67% -25.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 0 0
10th Percentile £26.51 - -
25th Percentile £35.79 - -
Median hourly rate £52.50 - -
75th Percentile £53.75 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Oxfordshire median hourly rate £47.54 £21.90 £47.50
% change year-on-year +117.08% -53.89% +162.72%

Embedded Linux
Job Vacancy Trend in Abingdon

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Embedded Linux relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Abingdon.

Embedded Linux job vacancy trend in Abingdon

Embedded Linux
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
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Embedded Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Embedded Linux Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Linux Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Device Driver
1 1 (100.00%) Embedded Systems
Operating Systems
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