Embedded Linux Jobs in England

Embedded Linux
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in England requiring Embedded Linux skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Embedded Linux over the 6 months leading up to 26 July 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Jul 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 537 732 985
Rank change year-on-year +195 +253 -155
Permanent jobs citing Embedded Linux 277 102 205
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.35% 0.14% 0.14%
As % of the Operating Systems category 2.67% 0.85% 0.78%
Number of salaries quoted 235 62 66
10th Percentile £45,000 £33,175 £32,500
25th Percentile £50,625 £50,000 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £58,250 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +20.17% -2.92% +14.29%
75th Percentile £85,000 £72,500 £72,500
90th Percentile - £77,375 £75,000
UK median annual salary £70,000 £59,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +18.64% -1.67% +14.29%

All Operating Systems
England

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 England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 10,370 12,046 26,146
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 13.23% 16.95% 17.78%
Number of salaries quoted 7,651 8,843 14,776
10th Percentile £26,250 £27,250 £26,475
25th Percentile £32,500 £35,000 £35,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £52,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.52% - +5.00%
75th Percentile £63,750 £71,250 £71,250
90th Percentile £83,750 £91,250 £90,000
UK median annual salary £47,500 £52,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.52% - +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 26 July 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 26 July 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 East +51 82 £80,000 +33.33% 9
East of England +58 66 £85,000 +30.77% 9
South West +45 51 £60,000 +1.69% 2
North of England +28 41 £60,000 +29.73% 1
Midlands -13 36 £57,500 - 7
East Midlands - 21 £40,000 - 3
Yorkshire +55 19 £60,000 +29.73% 1
West Midlands -17 15 £67,500 +17.39% 4
North East - 12 £56,000 -
North West - 10 £60,000 -
London +75 1 £50,000 -60.00%
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 3 (1.08%) Confluence
Applications
1 37 (13.36%) Simulink
2 4 (1.44%) Stateflow
3 2 (0.72%) OrCAD
4 1 (0.36%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 4 (1.44%) C-CURE
Cloud Services
1 6 (2.17%) AWS
2 2 (0.72%) GitHub
2 2 (0.72%) GitHub Actions
3 1 (0.36%) AWS IoT
Communications & Networking
1 32 (11.55%) Wireless
2 19 (6.86%) Wi-Fi
3 17 (6.14%) MQTT
4 16 (5.78%) RS-485
5 15 (5.42%) 4G
6 13 (4.69%) 3G
7 12 (4.33%) DVB
8 8 (2.89%) Bluetooth
9 5 (1.81%) Ethernet
10 4 (1.44%) 5G
11 3 (1.08%) Software-Defined Radio
11 3 (1.08%) TCP/IP
11 3 (1.08%) ZigBee
12 2 (0.72%) DECT
12 2 (0.72%) LoRaWAN
12 2 (0.72%) Modbus
12 2 (0.72%) NFC
12 2 (0.72%) RS-232
13 1 (0.36%) DHCP
13 1 (0.36%) LTE
Development Applications
1 12 (4.33%) Git
2 7 (2.53%) JIRA
3 4 (1.44%) Jenkins
4 3 (1.08%) GitLab
5 2 (0.72%) Bitbucket
5 2 (0.72%) Eclipse
5 2 (0.72%) Rational DOORS
6 1 (0.36%) GDB
6 1 (0.36%) Rational Rhapsody
6 1 (0.36%) Subversion
General
1 61 (22.02%) Social Skills
2 46 (16.61%) Electronics
3 19 (6.86%) Manufacturing
4 14 (5.05%) Mandarin Language
5 13 (4.69%) Automotive
6 5 (1.81%) Analytical Skills
6 5 (1.81%) Telecoms
7 4 (1.44%) Finance
7 4 (1.44%) Marketing
7 4 (1.44%) Public Sector
8 2 (0.72%) Aerospace
9 1 (0.36%) Retail
Job Titles
1 158 (57.04%) Embedded Engineer
2 157 (56.68%) Software Engineer
3 130 (46.93%) Embedded Software Engineer
4 95 (34.30%) Senior
5 80 (28.88%) Senior Embedded Engineer
6 75 (27.08%) Senior Software Engineer
7 66 (23.83%) Senior Embedded Software Engineer
8 44 (15.88%) Developer
9 39 (14.08%) Embedded Developer
10 32 (11.55%) Architect
10 32 (11.55%) Embedded Software Developer
10 32 (11.55%) Security Architect
10 32 (11.55%) Software Architect
10 32 (11.55%) Software Developer
11 26 (9.39%) C++ Software Engineer
12 24 (8.66%) Embedded Linux Engineer
12 24 (8.66%) Linux Engineer
13 21 (7.58%) Embedded C++ Engineer
14 20 (7.22%) Embedded C++ Software Engineer
15 19 (6.86%) Senior Linux Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 26 (9.39%) Yocto
2 13 (4.69%) REST
3 6 (2.17%) Qt
4 5 (1.81%) FFmpeg
4 5 (1.81%) GStreamer
4 5 (1.81%) OpenEmbedded
5 3 (1.08%) Middleware
6 2 (0.72%) OpenGL
6 2 (0.72%) QML
6 2 (0.72%) Vulkan
6 2 (0.72%) XML
7 1 (0.36%) .NET
7 1 (0.36%) Boost C++ Libraries
7 1 (0.36%) COM
7 1 (0.36%) HTML
7 1 (0.36%) HTML5
7 1 (0.36%) JSON
7 1 (0.36%) React
7 1 (0.36%) Redux
Miscellaneous
1 26 (9.39%) Self-Motivation
2 22 (7.94%) Embedded Systems
3 18 (6.50%) IoT
4 17 (6.14%) FPGA
5 15 (5.42%) Device Driver
5 15 (5.42%) VHDL
6 10 (3.61%) Algorithms
7 4 (1.44%) ARM Cortex
8 3 (1.08%) SIMD
9 2 (0.72%) Analogue Electronics
9 2 (0.72%) Driving Licence
9 2 (0.72%) Greenfield Project
9 2 (0.72%) Management Information System
9 2 (0.72%) NB-IoT
9 2 (0.72%) Video\Live Streaming
10 1 (0.36%) Analytical Mindset
10 1 (0.36%) CCTV
10 1 (0.36%) Linux Command Line
10 1 (0.36%) PKI
10 1 (0.36%) Robotics
Operating Systems
1 277 (100.00%) Linux
2 36 (13.00%) Android
3 8 (2.89%) Windows
4 2 (0.72%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 1 (0.36%) FreeRTOS
5 1 (0.36%) VxWorks
Processes & Methodologies
1 208 (75.09%) Software Engineering
2 48 (17.33%) Computer Science
2 48 (17.33%) Cybersecurity
2 48 (17.33%) Embedded Software Development
3 44 (15.88%) Continuous Integration
4 40 (14.44%) Signal Processing
5 38 (13.72%) DevOps
5 38 (13.72%) Problem-Solving
6 36 (13.00%) Architectural Design
6 36 (13.00%) System Testing
7 35 (12.64%) Artificial Intelligence
7 35 (12.64%) Code Quality
7 35 (12.64%) Machine Learning
8 34 (12.27%) Agile
9 33 (11.91%) Software Testing
10 32 (11.55%) Collaborative Working
11 20 (7.22%) OOD
12 19 (6.86%) OO
13 16 (5.78%) Test Automation
14 14 (5.05%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 192 (69.31%) C
2 164 (59.21%) C++
3 107 (38.63%) Python
4 73 (26.35%) Embedded C
5 70 (25.27%) Java
6 52 (18.77%) Bash
7 47 (16.97%) Rust
8 19 (6.86%) JavaScript
9 12 (4.33%) Embedded C++
10 8 (2.89%) C#
10 8 (2.89%) MATLAB
11 3 (1.08%) Assembly Language
12 2 (0.72%) Kotlin
12 2 (0.72%) Perl
12 2 (0.72%) SQL
13 1 (0.36%) Ada
13 1 (0.36%) Go
13 1 (0.36%) Ruby
13 1 (0.36%) Tcl
13 1 (0.36%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 84 (30.32%) Security Cleared
2 63 (22.74%) Degree
3 36 (13.00%) DV Cleared
4 33 (11.91%) Computer Science Degree
5 4 (1.44%) SC Cleared
6 1 (0.36%) BPSS Clearance
6 1 (0.36%) Numerate Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (4.69%) GDPR
2 6 (2.17%) ISO 9000
3 4 (1.44%) AUTOSAR
3 4 (1.44%) ISO 26262
4 3 (1.08%) QA
5 2 (0.72%) JTAG
5 2 (0.72%) MISRA
6 1 (0.36%) Def Stans
6 1 (0.36%) MISRA C
System Software
1 50 (18.05%) Firmware
2 26 (9.39%) Embedded Firmware
3 3 (1.08%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (0.36%) Ansible
1 1 (0.36%) Kubernetes
1 1 (0.36%) Podman
Vendors
1 32 (11.55%) Xilinx
2 4 (1.44%) SAP
3 2 (0.72%) Atmel
3 2 (0.72%) Freescale
3 2 (0.72%) Red Hat
4 1 (0.36%) Intel
4 1 (0.36%) Microsoft