Embedded Linux Contract Job Trends in the Midlands

Embedded Linux
England > Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the Midlands requiring Embedded Linux skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 1 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 161 129 134
Rank change year-on-year -32 +5 +61
Contract jobs citing Embedded Linux 2 1 2
As % of all contract jobs in the Midlands 0.066% 0.039% 0.074%
As % of the Operating Systems category 0.44% 0.27% 0.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 - -
England median daily rate £400 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -20.00% +5.26% +18.75%

All Operating Systems
Midlands

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 Midlands.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 451 375 450
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Midlands 14.89% 14.70% 16.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 309 221 300
10th Percentile £154 £183 £158
25th Percentile £213 £250 £200
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £430 £425 £375
Median % change year-on-year +1.06% +13.33% -20.72%
75th Percentile £538 £538 £518
90th Percentile £602 £611 £625
England median daily rate £450 £475 £480
% change year-on-year -5.26% -1.04% -5.88%
Number of hourly rates quoted 26 14 38
10th Percentile £17.14 £13.86 £13.80
25th Percentile £19.86 £15.67 £16.66
Median hourly rate £23.67 £21.59 £17.72
Median % change year-on-year +9.63% +21.84% +7.39%
75th Percentile £25.15 £25.02 £23.74
90th Percentile £25.58 £51.25 £28.75
England median hourly rate £23.54 £60.00 £32.50
% change year-on-year -60.77% +84.62% +30.00%

Embedded Linux
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

Embedded Linux job vacancy trend in the Midlands

Embedded Linux
Daily Rate Trend in the Midlands

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the Midlands citing Embedded Linux

Embedded Linux
Hourly Rate Trend in the Midlands

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the Midlands citing Embedded Linux

Embedded Linux
Contract Job Locations in the Midlands

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 Midlands region over the 6 months to 1 December 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
West Midlands -22 2 £400 - 3
Embedded Linux
England

Embedded Linux
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Midlands 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 2 (100.00%) Wireless
General
1 2 (100.00%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Firmware Engineer
Operating Systems
1 2 (100.00%) Debian
1 2 (100.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 2 (100.00%) C++
1 2 (100.00%) Python
System Software
1 2 (100.00%) Embedded Firmware
1 2 (100.00%) Firmware