Embedded Linux Contract Job Trends in Northern Ireland

Embedded Linux
UK > Northern Ireland

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Northern Ireland requiring Embedded Linux skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 16 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 34 - 24
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Embedded Linux 1 0 4
As % of all contract jobs in Northern Ireland 0.41% - 2.82%
As % of the Operating Systems category 3.33% - 18.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 4
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £413 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 - £400
75th Percentile £438 - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median daily rate £413 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -17.50% +5.26% +22.58%

All Operating Systems
Northern Ireland

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 Northern Ireland.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 30 25 22
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Northern Ireland 12.45% 14.20% 15.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 11 17
10th Percentile £170 £123 £125
25th Percentile £230 £148 £210
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £350 £160 £400
Median % change year-on-year +118.75% -60.00% -11.11%
75th Percentile £388 £472 -
90th Percentile £408 £488 £503
UK median daily rate £450 £475 £475
% change year-on-year -5.26% - -7.32%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 9 1
10th Percentile £16.10 £22.50 -
25th Percentile £17.25 - £16.25
Median hourly rate £19.67 £24.18 £17.50
Median % change year-on-year -18.67% +38.17% -
75th Percentile £22.58 - £18.75
90th Percentile £24.03 - -
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £47.50 £31.00
% change year-on-year -47.05% +53.23% +28.39%

Embedded Linux
Job Vacancy Trend in Northern Ireland

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

Embedded Linux job vacancy trend in Northern Ireland

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Daily Rate Trend in Northern Ireland

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Northern Ireland citing Embedded Linux

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Hourly Rate Trend in Northern Ireland

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Northern Ireland citing Embedded Linux

Embedded Linux
Contract Job Locations in Northern Ireland

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 Northern Ireland region over the 6 months to 16 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
County Antrim - 1 £425 - 4
Embedded Linux
UK

Embedded Linux
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Northern Ireland 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%) Games
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Embedded Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Embedded Linux Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) FPGA Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Linux Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) Yocto
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Data Centre
1 1 (100.00%) Embedded Systems
1 1 (100.00%) FPGA
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) FPGA Design
1 1 (100.00%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) C
1 1 (100.00%) C++