Embedded Linux Job Trends in Gloucestershire

Embedded Linux
South West > Gloucestershire

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Gloucestershire requiring Embedded Linux skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 20 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 86 - 103
Rank change year-on-year - - +3
Permanent jobs citing Embedded Linux 1 0 26
As % of all permanent jobs in Gloucestershire 0.073% - 1.59%
As % of the Operating Systems category 0.70% - 5.98%
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 26
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £65,000 - £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 - £75,000
Median % change year-on-year - - +3.45%
75th Percentile £75,000 - £80,000
90th Percentile - - -
South West median annual salary £70,000 £57,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +21.74% -4.17% -17.24%

All Operating Systems
Gloucestershire

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 Gloucestershire.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 142 64 435
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Gloucestershire 10.40% 15.06% 26.56%
Number of salaries quoted 79 39 326
10th Percentile £30,000 £24,125 £28,500
25th Percentile £41,875 £28,500 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £37,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +33.33% -25.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £67,875 £66,250 £60,019
90th Percentile £81,250 £70,000 £80,000
South West median annual salary £44,551 £40,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year +11.38% -15.79% +5.56%

Embedded Linux
Job Vacancy Trend in Gloucestershire

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Embedded Linux relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Gloucestershire.

Embedded Linux job vacancy trend in Gloucestershire

Embedded Linux
Salary Trend in Gloucestershire

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Gloucestershire citing Embedded Linux.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Gloucestershire citing Embedded Linux

Embedded Linux
Job Locations in Gloucestershire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Embedded Linux within the Gloucestershire region over the 6 months to 20 May 2026. 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
Gloucester - 1 £70,000 - 1
Embedded Linux
South West

Embedded Linux
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Gloucestershire by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) Software-Defined Radio
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) FPGA Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Embedded Systems
1 1 (100.00%) FPGA
1 1 (100.00%) Verilog
1 1 (100.00%) VHDL
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Signal Processing
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) DV Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Firmware