Embedded Linux Job Trends in London

Embedded Linux
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in London requiring Embedded Linux skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 4 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 380 430 465
Rank change year-on-year +50 +35 +319
Permanent jobs citing Embedded Linux 1 2 8
As % of all permanent jobs in London 0.008% 0.012% 0.041%
As % of the Operating Systems category 0.071% 0.088% 0.26%
Number of salaries quoted 0 2 8
10th Percentile - £50,250 £108,125
25th Percentile - £50,625 -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) - £52,500 £125,000
Median % change year-on-year - -58.00% +78.57%
75th Percentile - £55,625 £137,188
90th Percentile - £56,750 £140,000
England median annual salary £52,500 £70,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -25.00% +21.74% +15.00%

All Operating Systems
London

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 London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 1,414 2,279 3,030
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 11.65% 13.22% 15.61%
Number of salaries quoted 1,066 1,526 2,630
10th Percentile £31,250 £36,250 £32,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £46,250 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £69,250 £65,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +6.54% +4.00% -3.85%
75th Percentile £87,500 £86,250 £85,000
90th Percentile £105,000 £115,000 £100,000
England median annual salary £42,000 £50,000 £50,950
% change year-on-year -16.00% -1.86% -2.95%

Embedded Linux
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Embedded Linux job vacancy trend in London

Embedded Linux
Salary Trend in London

Salary distribution trend for jobs in London citing Embedded Linux.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in London citing Embedded Linux

Embedded Linux
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London 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%) Bluetooth
1 1 (100.00%) Wi-Fi
General
1 1 (100.00%) Automotive
1 1 (100.00%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Embedded Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Embedded Linux Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Linux Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Senior
1 1 (100.00%) Senior Embedded Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Senior Linux Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) Yocto
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Device Driver
1 1 (100.00%) Embedded Systems
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Customer-Centricity
1 1 (100.00%) Device Driver Development
1 1 (100.00%) Linux Kernel Development
1 1 (100.00%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) C
1 1 (100.00%) C++
1 1 (100.00%) Embedded C
1 1 (100.00%) Rust
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) systemd