Embedded Linux Jobs in the North of England

Embedded Linux
England > North of England

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the North of England requiring Embedded Linux skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Embedded Linux over the 6 months leading up to 7 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 329 353 390
Rank change year-on-year +24 +37 +28
Permanent jobs citing Embedded Linux 2 39 56
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 0.018% 0.23% 0.32%
As % of the Operating Systems category 0.14% 1.74% 2.34%
Number of salaries quoted 2 16 16
10th Percentile £38,050 £49,375 -
25th Percentile £38,875 £57,500 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £43,000 £60,000 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year -28.33% +41.18% -10.05%
75th Percentile £47,375 £69,375 £43,750
90th Percentile £48,350 £75,000 -
England median annual salary £55,000 £67,500 £61,250
% change year-on-year -18.52% +10.20% +2.08%

All Operating Systems
North of England

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 the North of England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 1,467 2,243 2,392
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 13.06% 12.94% 13.67%
Number of salaries quoted 732 1,758 1,526
10th Percentile £26,000 £25,000 £24,875
25th Percentile £30,750 £29,250 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £42,500 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year -5.88% - -
75th Percentile £57,500 £56,250 £58,000
90th Percentile £73,886 £67,968 £71,652
England median annual salary £45,000 £45,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year - -14.29% -

Embedded Linux
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

Job postings citing Embedded Linux as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the North of England.

Job vacancy trend for Embedded Linux in the North of England

Embedded Linux
Salary Trend in the North of England

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Embedded Linux in the North of England.

Salary trend for Embedded Linux in the North of England

Embedded Linux
Job Locations in the North of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Embedded Linux within the North of England region over the 6 months to 7 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
Yorkshire +55 1 £46,000 -16.36% 10
North West -4 1 £40,000 -33.33% 12
Embedded Linux
England

Embedded Linux
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of 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 1 (50.00%) Modbus
1 1 (50.00%) RS-485
General
1 1 (50.00%) Electronics
1 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Embedded Engineer
2 1 (50.00%) Embedded Firmware Engineer
2 1 (50.00%) Embedded Software Engineer
2 1 (50.00%) Firmware Engineer
2 1 (50.00%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (50.00%) Qt
Miscellaneous
1 2 (100.00%) Embedded Systems
2 1 (50.00%) Analogue Electronics
2 1 (50.00%) CAN bus
Operating Systems
1 2 (100.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) Collaborative Culture
1 1 (50.00%) Mentoring
1 1 (50.00%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 2 (100.00%) C
2 1 (50.00%) C++
2 1 (50.00%) Embedded C
System Software
1 1 (50.00%) Embedded Firmware
1 1 (50.00%) Firmware