Embedded Linux Jobs in Scotland

Embedded Linux
UK > Scotland

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Scotland 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 3 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 134 268 225
Rank change year-on-year +134 -43 +24
Permanent jobs citing Embedded Linux 16 16 4
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 0.56% 0.24% 0.085%
As % of the Operating Systems category 8.29% 1.97% 0.52%
Number of salaries quoted 15 16 3
10th Percentile £57,500 - -
25th Percentile £58,125 £57,500 £57,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +8.33% - -
75th Percentile £69,000 £62,500 £62,500
90th Percentile - - -
UK median annual salary £62,500 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -3.85% +8.33% -

All Operating Systems
Scotland

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 Scotland.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 193 812 763
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 6.74% 12.05% 16.14%
Number of salaries quoted 159 426 433
10th Percentile £35,800 £25,200 £28,025
25th Percentile £46,740 £29,250 £34,798
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,500 £49,990 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +13.02% -0.02% -
75th Percentile £69,000 £61,438 £65,000
90th Percentile £93,778 £78,125 £77,715
UK median annual salary £47,500 £45,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year +5.56% -14.29% -

Embedded Linux
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

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

Job vacancy trend for Embedded Linux in Scotland

Embedded Linux
Salary Trend in Scotland

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Embedded Linux in Scotland.

Salary trend for Embedded Linux in Scotland

Embedded Linux
Job Locations in Scotland

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Embedded Linux within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 3 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
Lanarkshire - 9 £66,000 -
West Lothian +5 7 £63,750 +6.25% 5
Embedded Linux
UK

Embedded Linux
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Scotland 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 9 (56.25%) Modbus
1 9 (56.25%) TCP/IP
2 6 (37.50%) Ethernet
2 6 (37.50%) RS-232
General
1 9 (56.25%) Finance
2 3 (18.75%) Manufacturing
3 1 (6.25%) Legal
3 1 (6.25%) Social Skills
3 1 (6.25%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 16 (100.00%) Embedded Engineer
1 16 (100.00%) Senior
1 16 (100.00%) Senior Embedded Engineer
2 9 (56.25%) Embedded Firmware Engineer
2 9 (56.25%) Firmware Engineer
2 9 (56.25%) Senior Firmware Engineer
3 7 (43.75%) Embedded Software Engineer
3 7 (43.75%) Senior Embedded Software Engineer
3 7 (43.75%) Senior Software Engineer
3 7 (43.75%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (18.75%) Yocto
Miscellaneous
1 12 (75.00%) Device Driver
2 10 (62.50%) Product Ownership
3 3 (18.75%) Life Science
Operating Systems
1 16 (100.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (56.25%) CI/CD
1 9 (56.25%) Collaborative Working
1 9 (56.25%) Continuous Deployment
1 9 (56.25%) Continuous Integration
1 9 (56.25%) Multithreading
1 9 (56.25%) Software Architecture
2 7 (43.75%) Software Engineering
3 3 (18.75%) Digital Signal Processing
3 3 (18.75%) Signal Processing
4 1 (6.25%) Agile
4 1 (6.25%) Design Patterns
4 1 (6.25%) Embedded Software Development
4 1 (6.25%) OO
4 1 (6.25%) OOD
Programming Languages
1 16 (100.00%) C
2 13 (81.25%) C++
3 3 (18.75%) Embedded C
System Software
1 12 (75.00%) Embedded Firmware
1 12 (75.00%) Firmware