Embedded Linux Contract Job Trends in Hampshire

Embedded Linux
South East > Hampshire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Hampshire requiring Embedded Linux skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 23 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
23 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 94 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Embedded Linux 3 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Hampshire 0.19% - -
As % of the Operating Systems category 1.27% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £709 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £718 - -
75th Percentile £726 - -
90th Percentile - - -
South East median daily rate £646 £500 £475
% change year-on-year +29.25% +5.26% -5.00%

All Operating Systems
Hampshire

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 Hampshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 236 162 320
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Hampshire 15.14% 22.38% 20.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 161 118 155
10th Percentile £358 £288 £250
25th Percentile £475 £425 £456
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.27% - +1.29%
75th Percentile £638 £613 £675
90th Percentile £738 £675 £825
South East median daily rate £475 £491 £450
% change year-on-year -3.16% +9.00% -10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 22 15 22
10th Percentile £15.62 £52.79 £14.37
25th Percentile £19.00 £60.38 £17.69
Median hourly rate £36.25 £62.50 £61.00
Median % change year-on-year -42.00% +2.46% +60.00%
75th Percentile £48.75 £68.13 £68.75
90th Percentile £52.20 £79.50 £74.50
South East median hourly rate £21.40 £43.69 £47.50
% change year-on-year -51.03% -8.03% +8.57%

Embedded Linux
Job Vacancy Trend in Hampshire

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

Embedded Linux job vacancy trend in Hampshire

Embedded Linux
Daily Rate Trend in Hampshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Hampshire citing Embedded Linux.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Hampshire citing Embedded Linux

Embedded Linux
Hourly Rate Trend in Hampshire

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Hampshire citing Embedded Linux.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Hampshire citing Embedded Linux

Embedded Linux
Contract Job Locations in Hampshire

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 Hampshire region over the 6 months to 23 March 2026. 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
Romsey - 2 - -
Southampton - 1 £718 - 1
Embedded Linux
South East

Embedded Linux
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Hampshire 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 1 (33.33%) Software-Defined Radio
Development Applications
1 1 (33.33%) Git
Job Titles
1 1 (33.33%) Embedded Engineer
1 1 (33.33%) Embedded Software Engineer
1 1 (33.33%) SC Cleared Software Engineer
1 1 (33.33%) Senior
1 1 (33.33%) Senior Embedded Engineer
1 1 (33.33%) Senior Embedded Software Engineer
1 1 (33.33%) Senior Software Engineer
1 1 (33.33%) Software Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 3 (100.00%) FPGA
1 3 (100.00%) VHDL
2 2 (66.67%) Verilog
3 1 (33.33%) Algorithms
3 1 (33.33%) Embedded Systems
Operating Systems
1 3 (100.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Digital Signal Processing
1 3 (100.00%) Signal Processing
2 2 (66.67%) Acceptance Criteria
2 2 (66.67%) Customer Engagement
2 2 (66.67%) Customer Requirements
2 2 (66.67%) Regression Testing
2 2 (66.67%) Test Assurance
2 2 (66.67%) Test Automation
2 2 (66.67%) Trade-off Analysis
3 1 (33.33%) CI/CD
3 1 (33.33%) Continuous Integration
3 1 (33.33%) DevOps
3 1 (33.33%) Full-Stack Development
3 1 (33.33%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 3 (100.00%) C
1 3 (100.00%) C++
2 2 (66.67%) Embedded C
2 2 (66.67%) Embedded C++
3 1 (33.33%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 3 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 2 (66.67%) DV Cleared
3 1 (33.33%) SC Cleared
System Software
1 1 (33.33%) Firmware
Vendors
1 2 (66.67%) Intel
1 2 (66.67%) SAP
1 2 (66.67%) Xilinx