Embedded Linux Engineer Contract Job Trends in the South East

Embedded Linux Engineer
England > South East

The median Embedded Linux Engineer daily rate in the South East is £525, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 22 August 2026.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
22 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 228 - 172
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring an Embedded Linux Engineer 6 0 3
As % of all contract jobs in the South East 0.090% - 0.063%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.097% - 0.068%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 0 3
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £513 - £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 - £500
75th Percentile £538 - £525
90th Percentile - - -
England median daily rate £525 £538 £500
% change year-on-year -2.33% +7.50% -9.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Median hourly rate £60.00 - -
England median hourly rate £60.00 - -

All Contract IT Job Roles
South East

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the South East. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in the South East with a recognized job title 6,170 3,188 4,408
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.13% 90.34% 92.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,632 2,056 2,678
10th Percentile £303 £205 £250
25th Percentile £425 £375 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £515
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -2.91% +3.00%
75th Percentile £625 £600 £638
90th Percentile £720 £672 £694
England median daily rate £525 £510 £525
% change year-on-year +2.94% -2.86% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 748 284 366
10th Percentile £15.72 £13.75 £16.00
25th Percentile £25.56 £15.50 £27.00
Median hourly rate £52.50 £25.15 £57.35
Median % change year-on-year +108.75% -56.15% +14.70%
75th Percentile £71.25 £57.50 £73.75
90th Percentile £86.61 £75.00 £80.00
England median hourly rate £42.50 £25.15 £45.00
% change year-on-year +68.99% -44.11% +5.88%

Embedded Linux Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Embedded Linux Engineer' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Embedded Linux Engineer job vacancy trend in the South East

Embedded Linux Engineer
Daily Rate Trend in the South East

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Embedded Linux Engineer job vacancies in the South East.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Embedded Linux Engineer job vacancies in the South East

Embedded Linux Engineer
Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Embedded Linux Engineer job vacancies in the South East.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Embedded Linux Engineer job vacancies in the South East

Embedded Linux Engineer
Contract Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Embedded Linux Engineer within the South East region over the 6 months to 22 August 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
Oxfordshire - 5 £525 -
Thames Valley - 5 £525 -
Sussex - 1 - -
Embedded Linux Engineer
England

Embedded Linux Engineer Skill Set
Top 16 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South East

For the 6 months to 22 August 2026, Embedded Linux Engineer contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the South East region featuring Embedded Linux Engineer in the job title.

1 6 (100.00%) Linux
2 5 (83.33%) Embedded Linux
3 3 (50.00%) API Integration
3 3 (50.00%) Bluetooth
3 3 (50.00%) C
3 3 (50.00%) C++
3 3 (50.00%) Device Driver Development
3 3 (50.00%) Embedded C
3 3 (50.00%) Embedded C++
3 3 (50.00%) Firmware
3 3 (50.00%) Git
3 3 (50.00%) Performance Tuning
3 3 (50.00%) Signal Processing
4 1 (16.67%) Debian
4 1 (16.67%) Software Engineering
4 1 (16.67%) Windows

Embedded Linux Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South 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 3 (50.00%) Bluetooth
Development Applications
1 3 (50.00%) Git
Miscellaneous
1 3 (50.00%) Device Driver
1 3 (50.00%) Embedded Systems
Operating Systems
1 6 (100.00%) Linux
2 5 (83.33%) Embedded Linux
3 1 (16.67%) Debian
3 1 (16.67%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (50.00%) API Integration
1 3 (50.00%) Device Driver Development
1 3 (50.00%) Performance Tuning
1 3 (50.00%) Signal Processing
2 1 (16.67%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 3 (50.00%) C
1 3 (50.00%) C++
1 3 (50.00%) Embedded C
1 3 (50.00%) Embedded C++
System Software
1 3 (50.00%) Firmware