Embedded Linux Job Trends in Berkshire

Embedded Linux
South East > Berkshire

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Berkshire requiring Embedded Linux skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 7 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 137 - 130
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs citing Embedded Linux 2 0 9
As % of all permanent jobs in Berkshire 0.056% - 0.39%
As % of the Operating Systems category 0.90% - 3.19%
Number of salaries quoted 2 0 7
10th Percentile - - £69,000
25th Percentile - - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 - £70,000
75th Percentile - - £75,000
90th Percentile - - £78,000
South East median annual salary £70,000 £55,000 £80,000
% change year-on-year +27.27% -31.25% +33.33%

All Operating Systems
Berkshire

Embedded Linux falls under the Operating Systems category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring operating system skills in Berkshire.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 221 127 282
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Berkshire 6.19% 6.58% 12.19%
Number of salaries quoted 189 112 169
10th Percentile £28,250 £22,750 £35,000
25th Percentile £37,500 £28,000 £40,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £40,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% -26.36% +0.92%
75th Percentile £68,750 £51,000 £68,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £59,750 £82,500
South East median annual salary £45,000 £38,413 £50,000
% change year-on-year +17.15% -23.18% +7.53%

Embedded Linux
Job Vacancy Trend in Berkshire

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

Embedded Linux job vacancy trend in Berkshire

Embedded Linux
Salary Trend in Berkshire

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Berkshire citing Embedded Linux.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Berkshire citing Embedded Linux

Embedded Linux
Job Locations in Berkshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Embedded Linux within the Berkshire region over the 6 months to 7 October 2026. 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Slough - 2 £75,000 - 1
Embedded Linux
South East

Embedded Linux
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Berkshire 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 2 (100.00%) Embedded Engineer
1 2 (100.00%) Embedded Software Engineer
1 2 (100.00%) Senior
1 2 (100.00%) Senior Embedded Engineer
1 2 (100.00%) Senior Embedded Software Engineer
1 2 (100.00%) Senior Software Engineer
1 2 (100.00%) Software Engineer
Operating Systems
1 2 (100.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 2 (100.00%) C++