Embedded Linux Contracts in England

Embedded Linux
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in 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 462 527 629
Rank change year-on-year +65 +102 +118
Contract jobs citing Embedded Linux 23 15 24
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.094% 0.040% 0.048%
As % of the Operating Systems category 0.67% 0.30% 0.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 23 9 8
10th Percentile £456 £375 £436
25th Percentile £469 £425 £447
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £450 £469
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% -4.00% +14.33%
75th Percentile £556 £525 £563
90th Percentile £575 £575 £679
UK median daily rate £500 £450 £450
% change year-on-year +11.11% - +9.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 4 13
10th Percentile - £51.50 -
25th Percentile - £53.75 £47.50
Median hourly rate - £61.25 £52.00
Median % change year-on-year - +17.79% -0.95%
75th Percentile - £72.50 £54.25
90th Percentile - £86.00 £58.10
UK median hourly rate £55.00 £60.50 £52.00
% change year-on-year -9.09% +16.35% +1.46%

All Operating Systems
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 England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 3,414 5,072 8,228
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 14.02% 13.64% 16.31%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,320 3,461 5,863
10th Percentile £200 £181 £193
25th Percentile £313 £289 £325
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £463 £513
Median % change year-on-year +2.70% -9.76% +2.50%
75th Percentile £600 £588 £638
90th Percentile £700 £700 £725
UK median daily rate £475 £469 £505
% change year-on-year +1.28% -7.13% +1.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 151 369 384
10th Percentile £15.26 £12.75 £13.97
25th Percentile £17.44 £15.17 £17.74
Median hourly rate £24.18 £22.00 £38.00
Median % change year-on-year +9.91% -42.11% +76.74%
75th Percentile £64.38 £60.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £68.00 £70.00 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £24.18 £22.00 £39.30
% change year-on-year +9.91% -44.02% +74.67%

Embedded Linux
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Embedded Linux in England

Embedded Linux
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Daily rate trend for Embedded Linux in England

Embedded Linux
Daily Rate Histogram in England

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

Daily rate histogram for Embedded Linux in England

Embedded Linux
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

Hourly rate trend for Embedded Linux in England

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Contract Job Locations in 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 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
South East +49 11 £500 +5.26% 24
East of England +36 8 £538 - 51
London +40 3 £475 +35.71% 18
Embedded Linux
UK

Embedded Linux
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in 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 2 (8.70%) Confluence
Communications & Networking
1 7 (30.43%) 5G
1 7 (30.43%) 5G NR
1 7 (30.43%) Wireless
2 3 (13.04%) 802.11
2 3 (13.04%) Broadband
2 3 (13.04%) DHCP
2 3 (13.04%) DOCSIS
2 3 (13.04%) DSL
2 3 (13.04%) GPON
2 3 (13.04%) IPv4
2 3 (13.04%) IPv6
2 3 (13.04%) PPP
2 3 (13.04%) TCP/IP
2 3 (13.04%) VoIP
2 3 (13.04%) Wi-Fi
3 1 (4.35%) DNS
Development Applications
1 9 (39.13%) Git
1 9 (39.13%) JIRA
2 7 (30.43%) Bitbucket
2 7 (30.43%) GoogleTest
2 7 (30.43%) Jenkins
2 7 (30.43%) Rational DOORS
2 7 (30.43%) TestRail
3 2 (8.70%) Gerrit
General
1 3 (13.04%) Social Skills
2 2 (8.70%) Automotive
3 1 (4.35%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 17 (73.91%) Linux Engineer
2 15 (65.22%) Embedded Engineer
2 15 (65.22%) Embedded Linux Engineer
3 7 (30.43%) C++ Software Engineer
3 7 (30.43%) CUDA Engineer
3 7 (30.43%) Embedded C++ Engineer
3 7 (30.43%) Embedded C++ Software Engineer
3 7 (30.43%) Embedded Linux Software Engineer
3 7 (30.43%) Embedded Software Engineer
3 7 (30.43%) Senior
3 7 (30.43%) Senior C++ Software Engineer
3 7 (30.43%) Senior Embedded Engineer
3 7 (30.43%) Senior Embedded Software Engineer
3 7 (30.43%) Senior Linux Engineer
3 7 (30.43%) Senior Software Engineer
3 7 (30.43%) Software Engineer
4 3 (13.04%) Network Engineer
5 2 (8.70%) Developer
6 1 (4.35%) Embedded Developer
6 1 (4.35%) Integration Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (21.74%) Yocto
2 3 (13.04%) 802.1X
3 2 (8.70%) POSIX
4 1 (4.35%) Elastic Stack
4 1 (4.35%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 7 (30.43%) CUDA
2 5 (21.74%) Embedded Systems
3 4 (17.39%) STB
4 3 (13.04%) Algorithms
4 3 (13.04%) Digital TV
5 2 (8.70%) Device Driver
5 2 (8.70%) Robotics
5 2 (8.70%) Self-Driving Car
6 1 (4.35%) IoT
Operating Systems
1 23 (100.00%) Linux
2 3 (13.04%) Unix
3 2 (8.70%) OpenWrt
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (34.78%) Continuous Integration
1 8 (34.78%) Problem-Solving
1 8 (34.78%) Software Engineering
2 7 (30.43%) Agile
2 7 (30.43%) Clean Code
2 7 (30.43%) Computer Science
2 7 (30.43%) Design Patterns
2 7 (30.43%) Kanban
2 7 (30.43%) Multithreaded Programming
2 7 (30.43%) Multithreading
2 7 (30.43%) OO
2 7 (30.43%) OOD
2 7 (30.43%) Scrum
2 7 (30.43%) SOLID
2 7 (30.43%) Storyboarding
2 7 (30.43%) Test Automation
3 3 (13.04%) Performance Optimisation
4 2 (8.70%) Logistics
4 2 (8.70%) Network Design
5 1 (4.35%) Release Management
Programming Languages
1 10 (43.48%) C++
2 4 (17.39%) C
3 2 (8.70%) Shell Script
4 1 (4.35%) Go
4 1 (4.35%) Java
4 1 (4.35%) Python
Qualifications
1 7 (30.43%) Computer Science Degree
1 7 (30.43%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (4.35%) QA
Vendors
1 7 (30.43%) Google
1 7 (30.43%) NVIDIA
2 1 (4.35%) Microsoft
2 1 (4.35%) Splunk