Linux Kernel Development Jobs in England

Linux Kernel Development
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in England requiring Linux Kernel Development skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Linux Kernel Development over the 6 months leading up to 2 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 656 810 921
Rank change year-on-year +154 +111 +229
Permanent jobs citing Linux Kernel Development 6 23 8
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.013% 0.027% 0.009%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.014% 0.031% 0.009%
Number of salaries quoted 6 22 5
10th Percentile £76,125 - -
25th Percentile £101,688 £51,250 £67,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £112,500 £57,500 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year +95.65% -23.33% -
75th Percentile £139,063 £63,438 £77,500
90th Percentile £145,000 £95,000 £103,000
UK median annual salary £106,750 £57,500 £75,000
% change year-on-year +85.65% -23.33% -

All Process and Methodology Skills
England

Linux Kernel Development falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 43,070 73,154 88,569
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 93.59% 85.84% 95.63%
Number of salaries quoted 23,840 53,953 52,311
10th Percentile £30,580 £29,000 £34,324
25th Percentile £42,500 £40,000 £45,972
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £55,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% -12.00% +4.17%
75th Percentile £77,000 £73,750 £82,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £93,750 £101,250
UK median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £61,500
% change year-on-year +4.55% -10.57% +2.50%

Linux Kernel Development
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Linux Kernel Development in England

Linux Kernel Development
Salary Trend in England

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

Salary trend for Linux Kernel Development in England

Linux Kernel Development
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Linux Kernel Development in England over the 6 months to 2 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Linux Kernel Development in England

Linux Kernel Development
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Linux Kernel Development within the England region over the 6 months to 2 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
East of England +57 2 £121,250 - 8
South East +108 1 £52,500 -8.70% 1
Linux Kernel Development
UK

Linux Kernel Development
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:

Applications
1 1 (16.67%) OrCAD
Communications & Networking
1 2 (33.33%) Bluetooth
1 2 (33.33%) Wi-Fi
1 2 (33.33%) Wireless
2 1 (16.67%) Ethernet
Development Applications
1 3 (50.00%) GDB
1 3 (50.00%) Git
2 2 (33.33%) KGDB
General
1 3 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
1 3 (50.00%) Electronics
1 3 (50.00%) Finance
1 3 (50.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 5 (83.33%) Lead
1 5 (83.33%) Senior
2 4 (66.67%) Firmware Engineer
3 3 (50.00%) Senior Firmware Engineer
4 1 (16.67%) Embedded Engineer
4 1 (16.67%) Embedded Firmware Engineer
4 1 (16.67%) Embedded Software Engineer
4 1 (16.67%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (50.00%) OpenEmbedded
1 3 (50.00%) Yocto
Miscellaneous
1 3 (50.00%) Self-Motivation
1 3 (50.00%) Virtual Team
2 2 (33.33%) Embedded Systems
3 1 (16.67%) Analogue Electronics
3 1 (16.67%) FPGA
3 1 (16.67%) Verilog
3 1 (16.67%) VHDL
Operating Systems
1 6 (100.00%) Linux
2 4 (66.67%) Embedded Linux
3 1 (16.67%) FreeRTOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (100.00%) Software Engineering
2 5 (83.33%) Open Source
3 3 (50.00%) Key Management
4 1 (16.67%) CAD
4 1 (16.67%) DevOps
4 1 (16.67%) Digital Signal Processing
4 1 (16.67%) Kalman Filter
4 1 (16.67%) Mathematics
4 1 (16.67%) Signal Processing
4 1 (16.67%) Statistics
4 1 (16.67%) Unit Testing
Programming Languages
1 4 (66.67%) C
2 1 (16.67%) C++
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (50.00%) JTAG
System Software
1 4 (66.67%) Firmware
2 1 (16.67%) Embedded Firmware