Embedded Linux Jobs in England

Embedded Linux
UK > England

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for Embedded Linux skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Embedded Linux over the 6 months to 29 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
29 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 602 788 925
Rank change year-on-year +186 +137 -180
Permanent jobs citing Embedded Linux 234 157 219
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.28% 0.17% 0.17%
As % of the Operating Systems category 1.86% 1.05% 0.86%
Number of salaries quoted 195 74 101
10th Percentile £45,000 £32,500 £33,750
25th Percentile £52,500 £41,250 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £61,250 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +6.12% +2.08% +9.09%
75th Percentile £80,000 £74,688 £62,500
90th Percentile £85,000 £79,250 £72,500
UK median annual salary £65,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +8.33% - +14.29%

All Operating Systems
England

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

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 12,603 14,940 25,400
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 14.81% 16.13% 19.24%
Number of salaries quoted 10,008 10,232 15,203
10th Percentile £25,750 £26,750 £26,250
25th Percentile £31,250 £35,000 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £52,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -14.29% - +5.00%
75th Percentile £62,500 £72,500 £71,250
90th Percentile £80,000 £95,000 £87,500
UK median annual salary £45,000 £52,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -14.29% - +5.00%

Embedded Linux
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing Embedded Linux as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Embedded Linux in England

Embedded Linux
Salary Trend in England

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Embedded Linux in England.

Salary trend for Embedded Linux in England

Embedded Linux
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Embedded Linux in England over the 6 months to 29 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Embedded Linux in England

Embedded Linux
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Embedded Linux within the England region over the 6 months to 29 April 2024. 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
South West +48 67 £60,000 -17.24% 5
South East +23 64 £75,000 +11.11% 29
North of England +10 39 £60,000 +41.18% 5
Midlands +39 35 £65,000 +49.43% 13
East of England +23 25 £65,000 -7.14% 13
West Midlands +42 19 £65,000 +49.43% 8
Yorkshire +49 16 £55,000 +29.41% 4
North West +20 16 £60,000 -
East Midlands 0 16 £52,500 - 5
North East - 7 £60,000 - 1
London +118 4 £130,000 +85.71% 6
Embedded Linux
UK

Embedded Linux
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 5 (2.14%) Confluence
2 1 (0.43%) Jupyter
Applications
1 10 (4.27%) Simulink
2 1 (0.43%) OrCAD
Cloud Services
1 4 (1.71%) AWS
1 4 (1.71%) GitHub
2 3 (1.28%) AWS IoT
Communications & Networking
1 33 (14.10%) Wireless
2 21 (8.97%) Wi-Fi
3 16 (6.84%) MQTT
3 16 (6.84%) RS-485
4 13 (5.56%) 4G
5 12 (5.13%) 3G
6 10 (4.27%) Bluetooth
7 9 (3.85%) TCP/IP
8 8 (3.42%) 5G
8 8 (3.42%) RS-232
9 5 (2.14%) Ethernet
10 4 (1.71%) 3GPP
10 4 (1.71%) Internet
10 4 (1.71%) ZigBee
11 2 (0.85%) DNS
11 2 (0.85%) DVB
11 2 (0.85%) LoRaWAN
11 2 (0.85%) LTE
11 2 (0.85%) Modbus
11 2 (0.85%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (0.43%) InfluxDB
Development Applications
1 18 (7.69%) Git
2 13 (5.56%) JIRA
3 10 (4.27%) Jenkins
4 6 (2.56%) Subversion
5 4 (1.71%) Zephyr
6 3 (1.28%) Rational DOORS
6 3 (1.28%) Rational Rhapsody
7 2 (0.85%) GitLab
8 1 (0.43%) GDB
8 1 (0.43%) Mercurial
General
1 36 (15.38%) Social Skills
2 33 (14.10%) Electronics
3 14 (5.98%) Analytical Skills
3 14 (5.98%) Manufacturing
4 12 (5.13%) Mandarin Language
5 9 (3.85%) Telecoms
6 8 (3.42%) Automotive
7 4 (1.71%) Pharmaceutical
8 3 (1.28%) Aerospace
8 3 (1.28%) Finance
8 3 (1.28%) Marketing
8 3 (1.28%) Public Sector
9 1 (0.43%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 179 (76.50%) Embedded Engineer
2 166 (70.94%) Software Engineer
3 141 (60.26%) Embedded Software Engineer
4 114 (48.72%) Senior
5 96 (41.03%) Senior Embedded Engineer
6 82 (35.04%) Senior Software Engineer
7 70 (29.91%) Senior Embedded Software Engineer
8 35 (14.96%) Embedded Linux Engineer
8 35 (14.96%) Linux Engineer
9 26 (11.11%) Senior Linux Engineer
10 18 (7.69%) Embedded C++ Engineer
11 15 (6.41%) C++ Software Engineer
11 15 (6.41%) Embedded C++ Software Engineer
12 14 (5.98%) Developer
13 13 (5.56%) Lead
14 12 (5.13%) Embedded C Engineer
14 12 (5.13%) Firmware Engineer
15 11 (4.70%) Embedded Firmware Engineer
16 10 (4.27%) C Software Engineer
16 10 (4.27%) Embedded C/C++ Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 55 (23.50%) Yocto
2 14 (5.98%) Qt
3 12 (5.13%) REST
4 10 (4.27%) Middleware
5 5 (2.14%) FFmpeg
5 5 (2.14%) GStreamer
5 5 (2.14%) OpenEmbedded
6 3 (1.28%) Boost C++ Libraries
7 1 (0.43%) Flutter
7 1 (0.43%) HTML
7 1 (0.43%) HTML5
7 1 (0.43%) JSON
7 1 (0.43%) Pandas
7 1 (0.43%) PyTorch
7 1 (0.43%) QML
7 1 (0.43%) React
7 1 (0.43%) Redux
7 1 (0.43%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 52 (22.22%) IoT
2 41 (17.52%) Device Driver
3 23 (9.83%) Embedded Systems
4 14 (5.98%) Self-Motivation
5 10 (4.27%) Algorithms
6 6 (2.56%) FPGA
6 6 (2.56%) SIMD
7 4 (1.71%) CCTV
8 3 (1.28%) VHDL
8 3 (1.28%) Video\Live Streaming
9 2 (0.85%) ARM Cortex
9 2 (0.85%) Client/Server
9 2 (0.85%) Distributed Systems
9 2 (0.85%) Driving Licence
9 2 (0.85%) RISC-V
9 2 (0.85%) Robotics
10 1 (0.43%) Augmented Reality
10 1 (0.43%) Distributed Computing
10 1 (0.43%) Management Information System
10 1 (0.43%) NB-IoT
Operating Systems
1 234 (100.00%) Linux
2 8 (3.42%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 7 (2.99%) Windows
4 4 (1.71%) Android
4 4 (1.71%) FreeRTOS
5 1 (0.43%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 200 (85.47%) Software Engineering
2 53 (22.65%) Cybersecurity
3 43 (18.38%) Agile
4 34 (14.53%) Embedded Software Development
5 30 (12.82%) Device Driver Development
6 28 (11.97%) Problem-Solving
7 24 (10.26%) Signal Processing
8 22 (9.40%) OOD
9 21 (8.97%) DevOps
10 20 (8.55%) Continuous Integration
10 20 (8.55%) OO
11 19 (8.12%) Test Automation
12 18 (7.69%) Linux Kernel Development
13 16 (6.84%) Artificial Intelligence
13 16 (6.84%) Computer Science
13 16 (6.84%) Software Testing
14 13 (5.56%) Machine Learning
14 13 (5.56%) System Testing
15 12 (5.13%) Multithreading
15 12 (5.13%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 180 (76.92%) C
2 97 (41.45%) C++
3 92 (39.32%) Python
4 72 (30.77%) Embedded C
5 59 (25.21%) Bash
6 54 (23.08%) Rust
7 23 (9.83%) Java
8 15 (6.41%) JavaScript
9 10 (4.27%) C#
10 8 (3.42%) Embedded C++
11 6 (2.56%) Assembly Language
12 3 (1.28%) Ada
12 3 (1.28%) TypeScript
13 1 (0.43%) Go
13 1 (0.43%) Perl
13 1 (0.43%) Ruby
13 1 (0.43%) Shell Script
13 1 (0.43%) SQL
13 1 (0.43%) Tcl
Qualifications
1 63 (26.92%) Security Cleared
2 34 (14.53%) Degree
3 12 (5.13%) Computer Science Degree
4 10 (4.27%) DV Cleared
5 3 (1.28%) BPSS Clearance
6 1 (0.43%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (5.13%) GDPR
2 6 (2.56%) ISO 9000
3 4 (1.71%) MISRA
4 3 (1.28%) Def Stans
5 2 (0.85%) QA
6 1 (0.43%) MISRA C
System Software
1 34 (14.53%) Firmware
2 26 (11.11%) Embedded Firmware
3 10 (4.27%) Docker
Systems Management
1 5 (2.14%) Kubernetes
2 4 (1.71%) Terraform
3 3 (1.28%) Ansible
3 3 (1.28%) Podman
Vendors
1 10 (4.27%) Xilinx
2 8 (3.42%) Red Hat
3 3 (1.28%) SAP
4 1 (0.43%) Atmel
4 1 (0.43%) EMC
4 1 (0.43%) Freescale
4 1 (0.43%) Intel
4 1 (0.43%) Renesas