Embedded Linux Job Trends in the East Midlands

Embedded Linux
England > East Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the East Midlands requiring Embedded Linux skills. It covers vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 15 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 143 155 -
Rank change year-on-year +12 - -
Permanent jobs citing Embedded Linux 3 17 0
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East Midlands 0.13% 0.43% -
As % of the Operating Systems category 1.06% 3.24% -
Number of salaries quoted 0 17 0
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) - £40,000 -
England median annual salary £55,000 £70,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -21.43% +21.74% +2.22%

All Operating Systems
East Midlands

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 the East Midlands.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 284 524 310
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East Midlands 12.35% 13.29% 17.78%
Number of salaries quoted 218 291 228
10th Percentile £26,138 £26,500 £25,000
25th Percentile £27,313 £31,250 £26,813
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 £40,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% -15.79% +5.56%
75th Percentile £42,500 £51,250 £58,750
90th Percentile £55,000 £58,750 £64,125
England median annual salary £41,500 £50,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -17.00% -4.76% -

Embedded Linux
Job Vacancy Trend in the East Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for Embedded Linux in the East Midlands

Embedded Linux
Salary Trend in the East Midlands

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the East Midlands citing Embedded Linux.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the East Midlands citing Embedded Linux

Embedded Linux
Job Locations in the East Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Embedded Linux within the East Midlands region over the 6 months to 15 September 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Derbyshire - 3 - -
Embedded Linux
England

Embedded Linux
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the East 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 3 (100.00%) Internet
General
1 3 (100.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
1 3 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (100.00%) Embedded Engineer
1 3 (100.00%) Embedded Software Engineer
1 3 (100.00%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (100.00%) Yocto
Miscellaneous
1 3 (100.00%) Embedded Systems
1 3 (100.00%) IoT
Operating Systems
1 3 (100.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Agile
1 3 (100.00%) Asset Management
1 3 (100.00%) Feasibility Study
1 3 (100.00%) Mathematics
1 3 (100.00%) Network Design
1 3 (100.00%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 3 (100.00%) C
1 3 (100.00%) C#
1 3 (100.00%) C++
1 3 (100.00%) Java
1 3 (100.00%) JavaScript
1 3 (100.00%) Python
Vendors
1 3 (100.00%) Atmel