Embedded Linux Contract Job Trends in the South West

Embedded Linux
England > South West

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the South West requiring Embedded Linux skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 3 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 137 - 143
Rank change year-on-year - - +22
Contract jobs citing Embedded Linux 2 0 1
As % of all contract jobs in the South West 0.060% - 0.031%
As % of the Operating Systems category 0.55% - 0.20%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £413 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 - -
75th Percentile £438 - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median daily rate £440 £500 £450
% change year-on-year -12.00% +11.11% -4.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £41.25 - -
Median hourly rate £42.50 - £50.00
75th Percentile £43.75 - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £55.00 - £61.25
% change year-on-year - - +17.79%

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 365 318 498
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South West 11.03% 18.87% 15.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 230 223 359
10th Percentile £205 £200 £172
25th Percentile £350 £253 £259
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% -
75th Percentile £592 £623 £588
90th Percentile £650 £699 £700
England median daily rate £450 £475 £463
% change year-on-year -5.26% +2.70% -9.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 72 38 70
10th Percentile £16.62 £18.13 £14.00
25th Percentile £19.33 £18.51 £40.00
Median hourly rate £63.14 £66.50 £61.00
Median % change year-on-year -5.06% +9.02% -6.15%
75th Percentile £68.00 £68.00 £70.00
90th Percentile £78.34 - -
England median hourly rate £47.50 £24.09 £22.00
% change year-on-year +97.18% +9.50% -42.11%

Embedded Linux
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

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

Embedded Linux job vacancy trend in the South West

Embedded Linux
Daily Rate Trend in the South West

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the South West citing Embedded Linux.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the South West citing Embedded Linux

Embedded Linux
Hourly Rate Trend in the South West

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the South West citing Embedded Linux.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the South West citing Embedded Linux

Embedded Linux
Contract Job Locations in the South West

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 West region over the 6 months to 3 May 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
Bristol - 2 £425 - 3
Embedded Linux
England

Embedded Linux
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South West 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 1 (50.00%) Bluetooth
1 1 (50.00%) Wireless
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) ASIC Engineer
1 1 (50.00%) Embedded Engineer
1 1 (50.00%) Embedded Firmware Engineer
1 1 (50.00%) Embedded Linux Engineer
1 1 (50.00%) Firmware Engineer
1 1 (50.00%) Linux Engineer
1 1 (50.00%) Senior
1 1 (50.00%) Senior Software Engineer
1 1 (50.00%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (50.00%) Qt
Miscellaneous
1 2 (100.00%) Embedded Systems
2 1 (50.00%) ASIC
Operating Systems
1 2 (100.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) Secure Coding
1 1 (50.00%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 1 (50.00%) C
1 1 (50.00%) C++
1 1 (50.00%) Python
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (50.00%) DICOM
1 1 (50.00%) HL7
System Software
1 1 (50.00%) Firmware