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 vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 19 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 386 458 483
Rank change year-on-year +72 +25 +340
Permanent jobs citing Embedded Linux 1 1 9
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 0.008% 0.005% 0.041%
As % of the Operating Systems category 0.067% 0.042% 0.25%
Number of salaries quoted 0 1 8
10th Percentile - - £108,125
25th Percentile - - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) - £50,000 £125,000
Median % change year-on-year - -60.00% -
75th Percentile - - £137,188
90th Percentile - - £140,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £70,250 £57,500
% change year-on-year -21.71% +22.17% +4.55%

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 1,483 2,381 3,556
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 12.41% 12.35% 16.12%
Number of salaries quoted 1,099 1,544 3,126
10th Percentile £31,250 £36,250 £32,250
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £65,000 £64,500
Median % change year-on-year - +0.78% -0.77%
75th Percentile £87,500 £86,000 £86,250
90th Percentile £105,000 £112,500 £107,500
England median annual salary £41,500 £50,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -17.00% -4.76% -

Embedded Linux
Job Vacancy Trend in London

Job postings citing Embedded Linux as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in London.

Job vacancy trend for Embedded Linux 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 and Capabilities in London 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 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