Embedded Linux Contracts in the West Midlands

Embedded Linux
England > West Midlands

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the West Midlands with a requirement for Embedded Linux skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Embedded Linux over the 6 months to 26 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
26 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 110 - 167
Rank change year-on-year - - -41
Contract jobs citing Embedded Linux 2 0 1
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the West Midlands 0.10% - 0.028%
As % of the Operating Systems category 0.82% - 0.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - -
England median daily rate £475 £469 £410
% change year-on-year +1.33% +14.33% +9.33%

All Operating Systems
West Midlands

Embedded Linux is in the Operating Systems category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in the West Midlands with a requirement for operating system skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 244 413 658
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands 12.66% 17.27% 18.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 162 280 452
10th Percentile £185 £172 £150
25th Percentile £251 £350 £203
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £508 £405
Median % change year-on-year -16.26% +25.31% +11.72%
75th Percentile £550 £563 £515
90th Percentile £698 £694 £600
England median daily rate £463 £515 £500
% change year-on-year -10.11% +2.90% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 16 9 37
10th Percentile £14.83 £14.71 £11.05
25th Percentile £18.50 £15.25 £13.87
Median hourly rate £22.50 £16.94 £16.50
Median % change year-on-year +32.86% +2.64% -
75th Percentile £23.75 £18.50 £20.00
90th Percentile £48.13 £25.75 £22.85
England median hourly rate £22.00 £35.06 £21.50
% change year-on-year -37.24% +63.05% +20.21%

Embedded Linux
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for Embedded Linux in the West Midlands

Embedded Linux
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the West Midlands

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Embedded Linux in the West Midlands.

Daily rate trend for Embedded Linux in the West Midlands

Embedded Linux
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the West Midlands

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Embedded Linux in the West Midlands.

Hourly rate trend for Embedded Linux in the West Midlands

Embedded Linux
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the West Midlands 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 2 (100.00%) Bluetooth
1 2 (100.00%) Wireless
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Senior
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (100.00%) Yocto
Miscellaneous
1 2 (100.00%) Device Driver
Operating Systems
1 2 (100.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 2 (100.00%) Bash
1 2 (100.00%) C++
1 2 (100.00%) Python
System Software
1 2 (100.00%) Embedded Firmware
1 2 (100.00%) Firmware