Embedded Linux Contracts in South Wales

Embedded Linux
Wales > South Wales

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in South Wales requiring Embedded Linux skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Embedded Linux over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 33 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Embedded Linux 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in South Wales 0.41% - -
As % of the Operating Systems category 2.78% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - -
Wales median daily rate - - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £52.50 - -
Median hourly rate £55.00 - -
75th Percentile £57.50 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Wales median hourly rate £55.00 - -

All Operating Systems
South Wales

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 South Wales.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 36 50 86
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in South Wales 14.75% 14.88% 16.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 24 39 69
10th Percentile £178 £197 £141
25th Percentile £194 £354 £185
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £365 £540 £470
Median % change year-on-year -32.41% +14.89% +6.09%
75th Percentile £438 £634 £538
90th Percentile £515 £703 £626
Wales median daily rate £365 £500 £425
% change year-on-year -27.00% +17.65% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 3 5
10th Percentile £22.38 £12.67 £19.32
25th Percentile £28.13 £13.31 £21.25
Median hourly rate £37.50 £14.36 £47.50
Median % change year-on-year +161.14% -69.77% +2.70%
75th Percentile £41.25 £31.18 £50.00
90th Percentile £49.38 £41.27 £55.25
Wales median hourly rate £37.50 £14.36 £35.00
% change year-on-year +161.14% -58.97% -1.75%

Embedded Linux
Job Vacancy Trend in South Wales

Job postings citing Embedded Linux as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in South Wales.

Job vacancy trend for Embedded Linux in South Wales

Embedded Linux
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in South Wales

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Embedded Linux in South Wales.

Hourly rate trend for Embedded Linux in South Wales

Embedded Linux
Contract Job Locations in South Wales

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 South Wales region over the 6 months to 1 May 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
Newport - 1 - -
Embedded Linux
Wales

Embedded Linux
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in South Wales by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) Ethernet
General
1 1 (100.00%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Embedded Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Embedded Linux Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Linux Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) Yocto
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Embedded Systems
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Linux