OpenEmbedded Contract Job Trends in England

OpenEmbedded
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in England requiring OpenEmbedded skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 17 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 546 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing OpenEmbedded 3 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.010% - -
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 0.043% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - -
UK median daily rate - - -

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
England

OpenEmbedded falls under the Software Libraries and Frameworks category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills in England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 7,026 6,380 8,128
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 22.37% 21.87% 21.89%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,694 4,091 5,916
10th Percentile £350 £358 £374
25th Percentile £413 £438 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -6.82% - -5.09%
75th Percentile £630 £666 £675
90th Percentile £736 £800 £768
UK median daily rate £505 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -8.18% - -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 189 85 167
10th Percentile £31.25 £26.25 £33.80
25th Percentile £43.75 £43.50 £46.18
Median hourly rate £61.00 £62.50 £52.50
Median % change year-on-year -2.40% +19.05% -19.23%
75th Percentile £67.00 £65.75 £70.00
90th Percentile £77.50 £74.00 £78.00
UK median hourly rate £61.00 £62.50 £54.50
% change year-on-year -2.40% +14.68% -16.15%

OpenEmbedded
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing OpenEmbedded relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in England.

OpenEmbedded job vacancy trend in England

OpenEmbedded
Daily Rate Trend in England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing OpenEmbedded.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing OpenEmbedded

OpenEmbedded
Hourly Rate Trend in England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing OpenEmbedded.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing OpenEmbedded

OpenEmbedded
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England 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 3 (100.00%) Ethernet
Development Applications
1 3 (100.00%) KGDB
General
1 3 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (100.00%) Kernel Engineer
1 3 (100.00%) Kernel Software Engineer
1 3 (100.00%) Linux Engineer
1 3 (100.00%) Senior
1 3 (100.00%) Senior Linux Engineer
1 3 (100.00%) Senior Software Engineer
1 3 (100.00%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (100.00%) Yocto
Miscellaneous
1 3 (100.00%) Device Driver
Operating Systems
1 3 (100.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Linux Kernel Development
1 3 (100.00%) Open Source
1 3 (100.00%) Performance Analysis
1 3 (100.00%) Software Engineering
1 3 (100.00%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 3 (100.00%) C