Embedded Linux Contracts in the UK excluding London

Embedded Linux
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London 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 316 377 440
Rank change year-on-year +61 +63 +58
Contract jobs citing Embedded Linux 20 22 22
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.16% 0.11% 0.091%
As % of the Operating Systems category 0.91% 0.67% 0.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 19 8 11
10th Percentile £453 £414 -
25th Percentile £475 £425 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £475 £450
Median % change year-on-year +13.16% +5.56% +11.11%
75th Percentile £556 £538 £491
90th Percentile £575 £575 £538
UK median daily rate £500 £450 £450
% change year-on-year +11.11% - +9.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 11 8
10th Percentile - £55.00 £47.50
25th Percentile £52.50 £57.50 £50.31
Median hourly rate £55.00 £60.50 £52.50
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +15.24% -4.55%
75th Percentile £57.50 £63.13 £55.25
90th Percentile - £65.00 £61.03
UK median hourly rate £55.00 £60.50 £52.00
% change year-on-year -9.09% +16.35% +1.46%

All Operating Systems
UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 2,195 3,275 4,635
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 17.19% 15.77% 19.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,415 2,176 3,246
10th Percentile £178 £173 £163
25th Percentile £241 £256 £250
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £450 £475
Median % change year-on-year - -5.26% +11.76%
75th Percentile £575 £575 £588
90th Percentile £638 £675 £675
UK median daily rate £475 £469 £505
% change year-on-year +1.28% -7.13% +1.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 156 320 334
10th Percentile £15.72 £12.25 £13.29
25th Percentile £17.44 £14.16 £17.50
Median hourly rate £22.94 £22.00 £31.25
Median % change year-on-year +4.26% -29.60% +56.25%
75th Percentile £62.50 £60.75 £61.25
90th Percentile £68.00 £70.00 £73.74
UK median hourly rate £24.18 £22.00 £39.30
% change year-on-year +9.91% -44.02% +74.67%

Embedded Linux
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing Embedded Linux as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Embedded Linux in the UK excluding London

Embedded Linux
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Embedded Linux in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for Embedded Linux in the UK excluding London

Embedded Linux
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Embedded Linux in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Embedded Linux in the UK excluding London

Embedded Linux
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Embedded Linux in the UK excluding London.

Hourly rate trend for Embedded Linux in the UK excluding London

Embedded Linux
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London 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
South East +49 11 £500 +5.26% 24
East of England +36 8 £538 - 51
Wales - 1 - - 2
Embedded Linux
UK

Embedded Linux
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (5.00%) Confluence
Communications & Networking
1 7 (35.00%) 5G
1 7 (35.00%) 5G NR
1 7 (35.00%) Wireless
2 1 (5.00%) Ethernet
Development Applications
1 8 (40.00%) Git
1 8 (40.00%) JIRA
2 7 (35.00%) Bitbucket
2 7 (35.00%) GoogleTest
2 7 (35.00%) Jenkins
2 7 (35.00%) Rational DOORS
2 7 (35.00%) TestRail
3 1 (5.00%) Gerrit
General
1 3 (15.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (10.00%) Automotive
3 1 (5.00%) Advertising
3 1 (5.00%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 18 (90.00%) Linux Engineer
2 16 (80.00%) Embedded Engineer
2 16 (80.00%) Embedded Linux Engineer
3 7 (35.00%) C++ Software Engineer
3 7 (35.00%) CUDA Engineer
3 7 (35.00%) Embedded C++ Engineer
3 7 (35.00%) Embedded C++ Software Engineer
3 7 (35.00%) Embedded Linux Software Engineer
3 7 (35.00%) Embedded Software Engineer
3 7 (35.00%) Senior
3 7 (35.00%) Senior C++ Software Engineer
3 7 (35.00%) Senior Embedded Engineer
3 7 (35.00%) Senior Embedded Software Engineer
3 7 (35.00%) Senior Linux Engineer
3 7 (35.00%) Senior Software Engineer
3 7 (35.00%) Software Engineer
4 3 (15.00%) Network Engineer
5 2 (10.00%) Developer
6 1 (5.00%) Embedded Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (15.00%) Yocto
2 1 (5.00%) Middleware
2 1 (5.00%) POSIX
Miscellaneous
1 7 (35.00%) CUDA
2 5 (25.00%) Embedded Systems
3 2 (10.00%) Device Driver
3 2 (10.00%) Robotics
3 2 (10.00%) Self-Driving Car
4 1 (5.00%) STB
Operating Systems
1 20 (100.00%) Linux
2 3 (15.00%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (40.00%) Problem-Solving
1 8 (40.00%) Software Engineering
2 7 (35.00%) Agile
2 7 (35.00%) Clean Code
2 7 (35.00%) Computer Science
2 7 (35.00%) Continuous Integration
2 7 (35.00%) Design Patterns
2 7 (35.00%) Kanban
2 7 (35.00%) Multithreaded Programming
2 7 (35.00%) Multithreading
2 7 (35.00%) OO
2 7 (35.00%) OOD
2 7 (35.00%) Scrum
2 7 (35.00%) SOLID
2 7 (35.00%) Storyboarding
2 7 (35.00%) Test Automation
3 2 (10.00%) Logistics
3 2 (10.00%) Network Design
3 2 (10.00%) Performance Optimisation
4 1 (5.00%) Software Testing
Programming Languages
1 9 (45.00%) C++
2 1 (5.00%) C
2 1 (5.00%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 7 (35.00%) Computer Science Degree
1 7 (35.00%) Degree
Vendors
1 7 (35.00%) Google
1 7 (35.00%) NVIDIA