Embedded Linux Contract Job Trends in the North East

Embedded Linux
England > North East

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the North East requiring Embedded Linux skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 25 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
25 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 51 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Embedded Linux 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in the North East 0.20% - -
As % of the Operating Systems category 2.22% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - -
England median daily rate £575 £500 £475
% change year-on-year +15.00% +5.26% +2.70%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Median hourly rate £50.00 - -
England median hourly rate £50.00 - £61.25
% change year-on-year - - +16.67%

All Operating Systems
North East

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 North East.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 45 50 35
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North East 8.98% 16.03% 10.70%
Number of daily rates quoted 39 32 27
10th Percentile £103 £180 £131
25th Percentile £145 £188 £156
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £188 £323 £195
Median % change year-on-year -41.86% +65.38% -62.86%
75th Percentile £506 £492 £427
90th Percentile £550 £620 £643
England median daily rate £450 £475 £450
% change year-on-year -5.26% +5.56% -13.46%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 1 3
10th Percentile £22.25 - £15.65
25th Percentile £23.75 £18.13 £15.88
Median hourly rate £27.50 £18.75 £17.50
Median % change year-on-year +46.67% +7.14% -64.47%
75th Percentile £39.38 £19.38 £18.75
90th Percentile £45.75 - -
England median hourly rate £22.81 £29.00 £22.00
% change year-on-year -21.34% +31.82% -23.88%

Embedded Linux
Job Vacancy Trend in the North East

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

Embedded Linux job vacancy trend in the North East

Embedded Linux
Hourly Rate Trend in the North East

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

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

Embedded Linux
Contract Job Locations in the North East

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 North East region over the 6 months to 25 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
Tyne and Wear - 1 - - 1
Embedded Linux
England

Embedded Linux
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North East 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 (100.00%) Software-Defined Radio
1 1 (100.00%) Wireless
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) C++ Developer
1 1 (100.00%) Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) Yocto
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Device Driver
1 1 (100.00%) Embedded Systems
1 1 (100.00%) MicroBlaze
1 1 (100.00%) RISC-V
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) Digital Signal Processing
1 1 (100.00%) Signal Processing
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) C
1 1 (100.00%) C++
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Embedded Firmware
1 1 (100.00%) Firmware