Embedded Linux Contract Job Trends in Glasgow

Embedded Linux
Scotland > Glasgow

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

6 months to
6 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 93 - 67
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Embedded Linux 1 0 3
As % of all contract jobs in Glasgow 0.095% - 0.43%
As % of the Operating Systems category 0.68% - 2.19%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - -
Scotland median daily rate - - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 3
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £57.50
Median hourly rate - - £60.00
75th Percentile - - £62.50
90th Percentile - - -
Scotland median hourly rate - - £60.00

All Operating Systems
Glasgow

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 Glasgow.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 146 219 137
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Glasgow 13.89% 27.76% 19.68%
Number of daily rates quoted 67 107 94
10th Percentile £197 £208 £200
25th Percentile £325 £411 £323
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £473 £400
Median % change year-on-year -10.05% +18.13% -20.00%
75th Percentile £583 £550 £500
90th Percentile £675 £584 £613
Scotland median daily rate £400 £473 £400
% change year-on-year -15.34% +18.13% -11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 13 4
10th Percentile £13.31 - £53.13
25th Percentile £13.45 - £55.94
Median hourly rate £14.65 £25.15 £60.00
Median % change year-on-year -41.77% -58.08% +80.02%
75th Percentile £16.33 - £62.50
90th Percentile £16.35 - -
Scotland median hourly rate £15.81 £25.15 £20.29
% change year-on-year -37.14% +23.98% +5.76%

Embedded Linux
Job Vacancy Trend in Glasgow

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

Embedded Linux job vacancy trend in Glasgow

Embedded Linux
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Glasgow 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:

General
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Embedded Systems
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Collaborative Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) C
1 1 (100.00%) C++
1 1 (100.00%) Embedded C
1 1 (100.00%) Embedded C++