Embedded Linux Contracts with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

Embedded Linux
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for remote or hybrid contract work 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 301 337 467
Rank change year-on-year +36 +130 +140
Contract jobs citing Embedded Linux 3 8 10
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.030% 0.052% 0.039%
As % of the Operating Systems category 0.25% 0.50% 0.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 6 0
10th Percentile £353 £375 -
25th Percentile £394 £425 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £450 -
Median % change year-on-year +5.56% - -
75th Percentile £531 £513 -
90th Percentile £558 £525 -
UK median daily rate £500 £450 £450
% change year-on-year +11.11% - +9.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 8
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £47.50
Median hourly rate - £95.00 £51.00
Median % change year-on-year - +86.27% +2.00%
75th Percentile - - £53.75
90th Percentile - - £54.88
UK median hourly rate £55.00 £60.50 £52.00
% change year-on-year -9.09% +16.35% +1.46%

All Operating Systems
Work from Home

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 with remote or hybrid options requiring operating system skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 1,177 1,597 3,543
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 11.88% 10.41% 13.70%
Number of daily rates quoted 792 1,113 2,503
10th Percentile £288 £218 £250
25th Percentile £388 £350 £408
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £475 £520
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% -8.65% +4.00%
75th Percentile £581 £588 £625
90th Percentile £675 £680 £718
UK median daily rate £475 £469 £505
% change year-on-year +1.28% -7.13% +1.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 34 49 101
10th Percentile £14.20 £13.15 £19.00
25th Percentile £32.19 £14.27 £40.00
Median hourly rate £62.50 £18.30 £57.50
Median % change year-on-year +241.53% -68.17% +35.29%
75th Percentile £68.00 £65.00 £70.00
90th Percentile £68.53 £73.50 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £24.18 £22.00 £39.30
% change year-on-year +9.91% -44.02% +74.67%

Embedded Linux
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with remote working options citing Embedded Linux as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Embedded Linux trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

Embedded Linux
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing Embedded Linux.

Embedded Linux daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

Embedded Linux
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with remote working options citing Embedded Linux over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Embedded Linux daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Embedded Linux
Hourly Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average hourly rate quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing Embedded Linux.

Embedded Linux hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

Embedded Linux
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 (33.33%) Confluence
Communications & Networking
1 1 (33.33%) 802.11
1 1 (33.33%) Broadband
1 1 (33.33%) DHCP
1 1 (33.33%) DOCSIS
1 1 (33.33%) DSL
1 1 (33.33%) GPON
1 1 (33.33%) IPv4
1 1 (33.33%) IPv6
1 1 (33.33%) PPP
1 1 (33.33%) TCP/IP
1 1 (33.33%) VoIP
1 1 (33.33%) Wi-Fi
Development Applications
1 1 (33.33%) Gerrit
1 1 (33.33%) Git
1 1 (33.33%) JIRA
General
1 1 (33.33%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (33.33%) Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (66.67%) Yocto
2 1 (33.33%) 802.1X
2 1 (33.33%) Middleware
2 1 (33.33%) POSIX
Miscellaneous
1 2 (66.67%) STB
2 1 (33.33%) Algorithms
2 1 (33.33%) Device Driver
2 1 (33.33%) Digital TV
Operating Systems
1 3 (100.00%) Linux
2 1 (33.33%) OpenWrt
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (33.33%) Continuous Integration
1 1 (33.33%) Linux Kernel Development
1 1 (33.33%) Open Source
1 1 (33.33%) Performance Optimisation
1 1 (33.33%) Product Requirements
1 1 (33.33%) Software Testing
Programming Languages
1 2 (66.67%) C
2 1 (33.33%) C++
2 1 (33.33%) Shell Script