Embedded Linux Contracts in the Thames Valley

Embedded Linux
South East > Thames Valley

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley 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 20 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 111 - 149
Rank change year-on-year - - +25
Contract jobs citing Embedded Linux 1 0 1
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 0.060% - 0.034%
As % of the Operating Systems category 0.39% - 0.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £413 - £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 - £475
Median % change year-on-year - - +17.28%
75th Percentile £438 - £513
90th Percentile - - -
South East median daily rate £500 £450 £550
% change year-on-year +11.11% -18.18% +34.15%

All Operating Systems
Thames Valley

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 Thames Valley.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 259 317 461
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 15.46% 12.27% 15.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 151 208 326
10th Percentile £200 £205 £196
25th Percentile £315 £322 £332
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £445 £470
Median % change year-on-year +1.12% -5.32% -1.05%
75th Percentile £546 £600 £584
90th Percentile £700 £608 £675
South East median daily rate £490 £475 £463
% change year-on-year +3.16% +2.70% +2.78%
Number of hourly rates quoted 16 24 13
10th Percentile - £16.10 -
25th Percentile £14.20 £18.00 £18.08
Median hourly rate £18.87 £33.08 £23.30
Median % change year-on-year -42.96% +41.98% +37.06%
75th Percentile £39.25 £58.74 £52.50
90th Percentile £89.63 £61.60 £61.13
South East median hourly rate £18.87 £48.75 £55.00
% change year-on-year -61.29% -11.36% +223.53%

Embedded Linux
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

Job postings citing Embedded Linux as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley.

Job vacancy trend for Embedded Linux in the Thames Valley

Embedded Linux
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Embedded Linux in the Thames Valley.

Daily rate trend for Embedded Linux in the Thames Valley

Embedded Linux
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Embedded Linux in the Thames Valley.

Hourly rate trend for Embedded Linux in the Thames Valley

Embedded Linux
Contract Job Locations in the Thames Valley

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 Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 20 July 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
Berkshire - 1 £425 - 4
Embedded Linux
South East

Embedded Linux
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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:

Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Developer
1 1 (100.00%) Embedded Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) Yocto
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Device Driver
1 1 (100.00%) Embedded Systems
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Performance Optimisation
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Software Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Video Processing
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) C++