Embedded Linux Contracts in the East of England

Embedded Linux
England > East of England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the East of England requiring Embedded Linux skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Embedded Linux over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 74 110 120
Rank change year-on-year +36 +10 +24
Contract jobs citing Embedded Linux 8 2 3
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the East of England 0.85% 0.10% 0.15%
As % of the Operating Systems category 4.71% 0.88% 0.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 0 0
10th Percentile £461 - -
25th Percentile £519 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 - -
75th Percentile £556 - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median daily rate £500 £450 £469
% change year-on-year +11.11% -4.00% +14.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 3
10th Percentile - £59.00 £48.25
25th Percentile - £65.00 £49.38
Median hourly rate - £77.50 £52.50
Median % change year-on-year - +47.62% -4.55%
75th Percentile - £87.50 £53.75
90th Percentile - £92.00 -
England median hourly rate - £61.25 £52.00
% change year-on-year - +17.79% -0.95%

All Operating Systems
East of England

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 East of England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 170 227 491
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the East of England 18.12% 11.89% 23.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 103 127 333
10th Percentile £178 £175 £160
25th Percentile £208 £238 £210
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £383 £350 £425
Median % change year-on-year +9.29% -17.65% +6.25%
75th Percentile £500 £570 £575
90th Percentile £561 £650 £700
England median daily rate £475 £463 £513
% change year-on-year +2.70% -9.76% +2.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 23 47 65
10th Percentile £16.95 £13.72 -
25th Percentile £19.22 £14.00 £13.29
Median hourly rate £52.50 £25.18 £17.75
Median % change year-on-year +108.50% +41.86% -12.99%
75th Percentile £65.38 £64.38 £53.75
90th Percentile £84.75 £66.25 £65.00
England median hourly rate £24.18 £22.00 £38.00
% change year-on-year +9.91% -42.11% +76.74%

Embedded Linux
Job Vacancy Trend in the East of England

Job postings citing Embedded Linux as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the East of England.

Job vacancy trend for Embedded Linux in the East of England

Embedded Linux
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the East of England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Embedded Linux in the East of England.

Daily rate trend for Embedded Linux in the East of England

Embedded Linux
Daily Rate Histogram in the East of England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Embedded Linux in the East of England over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Embedded Linux in the East of England

Embedded Linux
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the East of England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Embedded Linux in the East of England.

Hourly rate trend for Embedded Linux in the East of England

Embedded Linux
Contract Job Locations in the East of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Embedded Linux within the East of England region over the 6 months to 1 May 2025. 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Hertfordshire +34 7 £538 -
Essex - 1 £325 - 12
Embedded Linux
England

Embedded Linux
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the East of England 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (12.50%) Confluence
Communications & Networking
1 7 (87.50%) 5G
1 7 (87.50%) 5G NR
1 7 (87.50%) Wireless
Development Applications
1 1 (12.50%) Gerrit
1 1 (12.50%) Git
1 1 (12.50%) JIRA
General
1 1 (12.50%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 7 (87.50%) CUDA Engineer
1 7 (87.50%) Embedded Engineer
1 7 (87.50%) Embedded Linux Engineer
1 7 (87.50%) Linux Engineer
2 1 (12.50%) Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (12.50%) Middleware
1 1 (12.50%) POSIX
1 1 (12.50%) Yocto
Miscellaneous
1 7 (87.50%) CUDA
2 1 (12.50%) Device Driver
2 1 (12.50%) STB
Operating Systems
1 8 (100.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (12.50%) Performance Optimisation
1 1 (12.50%) Product Requirements
1 1 (12.50%) Software Testing
Programming Languages
1 1 (12.50%) C
1 1 (12.50%) C++
1 1 (12.50%) Shell Script
Vendors
1 7 (87.50%) NVIDIA