GDB Jobs in England

GNU Debugger
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in England requiring GDB skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited GDB over the 6 months leading up to 16 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 684 814 884
Rank change year-on-year +130 +70 +234
Permanent jobs citing GDB 7 29 30
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.014% 0.034% 0.034%
As % of the Development Applications category 0.13% 0.36% 0.24%
Number of salaries quoted 6 23 11
10th Percentile £60,375 £42,500 £55,000
25th Percentile £63,750 £55,500 £72,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £84,250 £72,500 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year +16.21% -3.33% +51.52%
75th Percentile £134,000 £131,250 £78,125
90th Percentile £145,000 £170,000 £86,250
UK median annual salary £84,250 £72,500 £75,000
% change year-on-year +16.21% -3.33% +51.52%

All Development Application Skills
England

GDB falls under the Development Applications category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring development application skills in England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for development application skills 5,352 7,972 12,573
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 10.88% 9.29% 14.17%
Number of salaries quoted 3,327 6,013 7,760
10th Percentile £37,574 £36,250 £41,250
25th Percentile £47,000 £45,000 £50,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,000 £60,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.33% -7.69% +4.00%
75th Percentile £76,545 £77,500 £83,750
90th Percentile £97,500 £95,000 £100,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year - -7.69% +4.00%

GDB
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for GDB in England

GDB
Salary Trend in England

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

Salary trend for GDB in England

GDB
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing GDB in England over the 6 months to 16 May 2025.

Salary histogram for GDB in England

GDB
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing GDB within the England region over the 6 months to 16 May 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
South West +110 2 £63,750 +27.50% 2
South East +93 1 £67,500 +35.00% 2
Midlands - 1 - - 1
West Midlands - 1 - - 1
East of England - 1 £130,000 -
GDB
UK

GDB
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:

Communications & Networking
1 2 (28.57%) Wireless
2 1 (14.29%) GSM
2 1 (14.29%) tcpdump
2 1 (14.29%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (14.29%) Elasticsearch
1 1 (14.29%) MongoDB
1 1 (14.29%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 4 (57.14%) Git
2 1 (14.29%) GCC
2 1 (14.29%) gcov
2 1 (14.29%) GitLab
2 1 (14.29%) IDA Disassembler
2 1 (14.29%) Visual Studio Code
2 1 (14.29%) WinDbg
General
1 3 (42.86%) Analytical Skills
1 3 (42.86%) Electronics
1 3 (42.86%) Finance
1 3 (42.86%) Social Skills
2 1 (14.29%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 4 (57.14%) Senior
2 3 (42.86%) Firmware Engineer
2 3 (42.86%) Lead
2 3 (42.86%) Senior Firmware Engineer
3 2 (28.57%) C++ Developer
3 2 (28.57%) C++ Software Developer
3 2 (28.57%) Developer
3 2 (28.57%) Software Developer
4 1 (14.29%) Embedded Engineer
4 1 (14.29%) Embedded Software Engineer
4 1 (14.29%) Senior Embedded Engineer
4 1 (14.29%) Senior Embedded Software Engineer
4 1 (14.29%) Senior Software Engineer
4 1 (14.29%) Software Engineer
4 1 (14.29%) Vulnerability Researcher
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (57.14%) Yocto
2 3 (42.86%) OpenEmbedded
3 2 (28.57%) HTML
3 2 (28.57%) HTML5
3 2 (28.57%) React
3 2 (28.57%) Redux
4 1 (14.29%) Boost C++ Libraries
4 1 (14.29%) libvirt
4 1 (14.29%) RabbitMQ
Miscellaneous
1 3 (42.86%) Self-Motivation
1 3 (42.86%) Virtual Team
2 2 (28.57%) Embedded Systems
3 1 (14.29%) Clustering
3 1 (14.29%) Cyber Threat
Operating Systems
1 6 (85.71%) Linux
2 3 (42.86%) Embedded Linux
3 1 (14.29%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (57.14%) Software Engineering
2 3 (42.86%) Key Management
2 3 (42.86%) Linux Kernel Development
2 3 (42.86%) Open Source
3 2 (28.57%) Agile
3 2 (28.57%) TDD
4 1 (14.29%) Artificial Intelligence
4 1 (14.29%) Cryptography
4 1 (14.29%) LLM
4 1 (14.29%) Project Delivery
4 1 (14.29%) Project Planning
4 1 (14.29%) Reverse Engineering
4 1 (14.29%) Vulnerability Research
Programming Languages
1 7 (100.00%) C
2 4 (57.14%) C++
3 3 (42.86%) Python
4 2 (28.57%) Java
5 1 (14.29%) C#
5 1 (14.29%) CodeQL
5 1 (14.29%) JavaScript
5 1 (14.29%) PHP
5 1 (14.29%) VB
Qualifications
1 3 (42.86%) Security Cleared
2 2 (28.57%) SC Cleared
3 1 (14.29%) DV Cleared
3 1 (14.29%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (42.86%) JTAG
System Software
1 3 (42.86%) Firmware
2 2 (28.57%) Docker
3 1 (14.29%) Xen
Vendors
1 1 (14.29%) IBM
1 1 (14.29%) QNX