Embedded Linux
England > South West
The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the South West 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 14 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 14 May 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | - | 149 | 161 |
| Rank change year-on-year | - | +12 | +8 |
| Contract jobs citing Embedded Linux | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South West | - | 0.032% | 0.17% |
| As % of the Operating Systems category | - | 0.20% | 0.84% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 10th Percentile | - | - | £435 |
| 25th Percentile | - | - | £441 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | - | - | £450 |
| 75th Percentile | - | - | - |
| 90th Percentile | - | - | - |
| England median daily rate | £500 | £450 | £469 |
| % change year-on-year | +11.11% | -4.00% | +14.33% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 10th Percentile | - | - | - |
| 25th Percentile | - | - | £47.50 |
| Median hourly rate | - | £50.00 | £50.00 |
| 75th Percentile | - | - | £52.50 |
| 90th Percentile | - | - | - |
| England median hourly rate | - | £61.25 | £51.25 |
| % change year-on-year | - | +19.51% | - |
All Operating Systems
South West
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 South West.
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills | 316 | 500 | 712 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South West | 19.00% | 15.77% | 20.08% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 220 | 359 | 509 |
| 10th Percentile | £200 | £173 | £176 |
| 25th Percentile | £233 | £269 | £288 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £525 | £500 | £518 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +5.00% | -3.38% | +15.00% |
| 75th Percentile | £619 | £588 | £623 |
| 90th Percentile | £688 | £700 | £700 |
| England median daily rate | £475 | £468 | £513 |
| % change year-on-year | +1.50% | -8.68% | +2.50% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 38 | 74 | 84 |
| 10th Percentile | £18.13 | £14.00 | £17.16 |
| 25th Percentile | £18.51 | £40.00 | £49.38 |
| Median hourly rate | £64.50 | £62.50 | £65.00 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +3.20% | -3.85% | +18.18% |
| 75th Percentile | £68.00 | £70.00 | £70.30 |
| 90th Percentile | - | - | £78.00 |
| England median hourly rate | £21.90 | £22.00 | £37.42 |
| % change year-on-year | -0.45% | -41.21% | +70.09% |
Embedded Linux
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West
Job postings citing Embedded Linux as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South West.
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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South West
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Embedded Linux in the South West.
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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South West
3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Embedded Linux in the South West.