Embedded Linux Contract Job Trends in Portsmouth

Embedded Linux
Hampshire > Portsmouth

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Portsmouth requiring Embedded Linux skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 8 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 27 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Embedded Linux 5 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Portsmouth 2.15% - -
As % of the Operating Systems category 16.67% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £435 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £440 - -
75th Percentile £445 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Hampshire median daily rate £579 - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 0 0
10th Percentile £52.00 - -
25th Percentile £55.00 - -
Median hourly rate £60.00 - -
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile - - -
Hampshire median hourly rate £60.00 - -

All Operating Systems
Portsmouth

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 Portsmouth.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 30 25 48
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Portsmouth 12.88% 20.33% 16.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 12 20
10th Percentile £429 £463 £367
25th Percentile £506 £510 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £413
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +33.33% +79.35%
75th Percentile £610 £626 £556
90th Percentile £625 £657 -
Hampshire median daily rate £550 £550 £550
% change year-on-year - - +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 15 11 10
10th Percentile £30.24 £52.50 £59.50
25th Percentile £45.56 £55.81 £61.44
Median hourly rate £47.50 £60.50 £62.50
Median % change year-on-year -21.49% -3.20% +8.70%
75th Percentile £51.29 £63.13 £68.75
90th Percentile £57.03 £65.00 £70.00
Hampshire median hourly rate £47.50 £60.50 £61.00
% change year-on-year -21.49% -0.82% +9.91%

Embedded Linux
Job Vacancy Trend in Portsmouth

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

Embedded Linux job vacancy trend in Portsmouth

Embedded Linux
Hourly Rate Trend in Portsmouth

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

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

Embedded Linux
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Portsmouth 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 5 (100.00%) Software-Defined Radio
1 5 (100.00%) Wireless
General
1 1 (20.00%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 4 (80.00%) Embedded Engineer
1 4 (80.00%) Embedded Software Engineer
1 4 (80.00%) Software Engineer
2 2 (40.00%) SC Cleared Software Engineer
3 1 (20.00%) C++ Developer
3 1 (20.00%) Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (100.00%) Yocto
Miscellaneous
1 5 (100.00%) Device Driver
1 5 (100.00%) Embedded Systems
1 5 (100.00%) MicroBlaze
1 5 (100.00%) RISC-V
Operating Systems
1 5 (100.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (100.00%) Agile
1 5 (100.00%) Digital Signal Processing
1 5 (100.00%) Signal Processing
1 5 (100.00%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 5 (100.00%) C
1 5 (100.00%) C++
Qualifications
1 3 (60.00%) SC Cleared
1 3 (60.00%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 5 (100.00%) Embedded Firmware
1 5 (100.00%) Firmware