Embedded Linux Contract Job Trends in Worcestershire

Embedded Linux
West Midlands > Worcestershire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Worcestershire requiring Embedded Linux skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 19 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 29 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Embedded Linux 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Worcestershire 0.61% - -
As % of the Operating Systems category 4.00% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £563 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 - -
75th Percentile £588 - -
90th Percentile - - -
West Midlands median daily rate £400 - -

All Operating Systems
Worcestershire

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 Worcestershire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 25 19 29
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Worcestershire 15.24% 37.25% 32.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 15 8 19
10th Percentile £163 £110 £164
25th Percentile £344 £136 £195
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £145 £405
Median % change year-on-year +296.55% -64.20% -19.00%
75th Percentile £653 £151 £575
90th Percentile £738 £328 £591
West Midlands median daily rate £449 £460 £400
% change year-on-year -2.42% +15.00% -20.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 10 9
10th Percentile - £15.22 £16.54
25th Percentile £17.14 £16.67 -
Median hourly rate £18.23 £18.13 £17.72
Median % change year-on-year +0.52% +2.31% +4.64%
75th Percentile £19.31 £21.70 £23.75
90th Percentile £54.23 £24.23 £72.50
West Midlands median hourly rate £18.23 £18.32 £22.00
% change year-on-year -0.52% -16.73% +29.91%

Embedded Linux
Job Vacancy Trend in Worcestershire

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

Embedded Linux job vacancy trend in Worcestershire

Embedded Linux
Daily Rate Trend in Worcestershire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Worcestershire citing Embedded Linux.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Worcestershire citing Embedded Linux

Embedded Linux
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Worcestershire 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:

Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) FPGA Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) NumPy
1 1 (100.00%) SciPy
1 1 (100.00%) Yocto
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) FPGA
1 1 (100.00%) MicroBlaze
1 1 (100.00%) RISC-V
1 1 (100.00%) Verilog
1 1 (100.00%) VHDL
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) Architectural Design
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Integration
1 1 (100.00%) Digital Signal Processing
1 1 (100.00%) Embedded Software Development
1 1 (100.00%) FPGA Design
1 1 (100.00%) Scrum
1 1 (100.00%) Signal Processing
1 1 (100.00%) UVM
1 1 (100.00%) Validation
1 1 (100.00%) Verification and Validation
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) C
1 1 (100.00%) C++
1 1 (100.00%) MATLAB
1 1 (100.00%) Python
1 1 (100.00%) SystemVerilog
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared