Embedded Linux Contract Job Trends in the City of London

Embedded Linux
Central London > City of London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the City of London requiring Embedded Linux skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 27 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
27 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 129 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Embedded Linux 2 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in the City of London 0.094% - -
As % of the Operating Systems category 1.46% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - -
Central London median daily rate - - -

All Operating Systems
City of London

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 the City of London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 137 248 317
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 6.43% 14.34% 13.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 102 179 228
10th Percentile £188 £263 £192
25th Percentile £286 £370 £308
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £525 £458
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% +14.75% -13.68%
75th Percentile £650 £667 £638
90th Percentile £749 £713 £729
Central London median daily rate £540 £518 £450
% change year-on-year +4.35% +15.00% -13.46%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 1 3
10th Percentile £21.39 - £19.39
25th Percentile £22.24 £162.50 £20.09
Median hourly rate £25.13 £175.00 £22.50
Median % change year-on-year -85.64% +677.78% -33.33%
75th Percentile £28.05 £187.50 £23.75
90th Percentile £28.92 - -
Central London median hourly rate £25.13 £98.75 £22.50
% change year-on-year -74.55% +338.89% -21.74%

Embedded Linux
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

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

Embedded Linux job vacancy trend in the City of London

Embedded Linux
Daily Rate Trend in the City of London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing Embedded Linux.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing Embedded Linux

Embedded Linux
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the City of London 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:

Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Embedded Engineer
1 2 (100.00%) Embedded Linux Engineer
1 2 (100.00%) Embedded Linux Software Engineer
1 2 (100.00%) Embedded Software Engineer
1 2 (100.00%) Linux Engineer
1 2 (100.00%) Software Engineer
Operating Systems
1 2 (100.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Computer Vision
1 2 (100.00%) Software Engineering