Embedded Linux Engineer Jobs in the UK excluding London

Embedded Linux Engineer
UK > UK excluding London

The median Embedded Linux Engineer salary in the UK excluding London is £65,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 25 April 2024.

The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
25 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 722 695 807
Rank change year-on-year -27 +112 -158
Permanent jobs requiring an Embedded Linux Engineer 36 69 44
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.051% 0.11% 0.062%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.054% 0.12% 0.065%
Number of salaries quoted 28 19 20
10th Percentile £53,000 - £52,500
25th Percentile £56,563 £41,250 £57,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £42,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +52.94% -29.17% +9.09%
75th Percentile £67,500 £43,750 £62,500
90th Percentile - £46,500 -
UK median annual salary £65,000 £42,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +52.94% -29.17% +9.09%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK excluding London

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in the UK excluding London with a recognized job title 66,438 55,416 67,544
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.80% 89.30% 95.80%
Number of salaries quoted 47,143 31,373 42,828
10th Percentile £26,750 £29,750 £28,368
25th Percentile £35,000 £38,725 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £63,750 £68,750 £66,250
90th Percentile £76,250 £82,500 £80,000
UK median annual salary £52,923 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -11.80% - +9.09%

Embedded Linux Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings that featured Embedded Linux Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Embedded Linux Engineer in the UK excluding London

Embedded Linux Engineer
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Embedded Linux Engineer in the UK excluding London.

Salary trend for Embedded Linux Engineer in the UK excluding London

Embedded Linux Engineer
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Embedded Linux Engineer in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 25 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Embedded Linux Engineer in the UK excluding London

Embedded Linux Engineer
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Embedded Linux Engineer within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 25 April 2024. 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
West Midlands +32 14 £65,000 -
Midlands +20 14 £65,000 +18.18% 1
South East - 13 £57,500 - 4
North of England -8 6 £60,000 +41.18%
North East - 6 £60,000 -
East of England +18 2 £80,000 +28.00% 3
South West - 1 - - 3
Embedded Linux Engineer
UK

Embedded Linux Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 25 April 2024, Embedded Linux Engineer job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the UK excluding London region featuring Embedded Linux Engineer in the job title.

1 36 (100.00%) Linux
2 35 (97.22%) Embedded Linux
3 26 (72.22%) Software Engineering
4 24 (66.67%) C
5 23 (63.89%) IoT
6 22 (61.11%) C++
7 18 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
7 18 (50.00%) Yocto
8 16 (44.44%) Agile
9 14 (38.89%) Analytical Skills
9 14 (38.89%) Embedded Software Development
10 8 (22.22%) Social Skills
11 7 (19.44%) Device Driver
12 4 (11.11%) Continuous Integration
12 4 (11.11%) Embedded Systems
13 3 (8.33%) Boost C++ Libraries
13 3 (8.33%) Memory Management
13 3 (8.33%) Linux Kernel Development
13 3 (8.33%) Device Driver Development
13 3 (8.33%) FPGA
13 3 (8.33%) Embedded C++
14 2 (5.56%) Wireless
14 2 (5.56%) Python
15 1 (2.78%) DHCP
15 1 (2.78%) VPN
15 1 (2.78%) DNS
15 1 (2.78%) HTML
15 1 (2.78%) Java
15 1 (2.78%) Electronics
15 1 (2.78%) Telecoms

Embedded Linux Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (2.78%) AWS
1 1 (2.78%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 2 (5.56%) Wireless
2 1 (2.78%) 2G
2 1 (2.78%) 3G
2 1 (2.78%) 4G
2 1 (2.78%) 5G
2 1 (2.78%) DHCP
2 1 (2.78%) DNS
2 1 (2.78%) MQTT
2 1 (2.78%) RS-485
2 1 (2.78%) VLAN
2 1 (2.78%) VPN
2 1 (2.78%) Wi-Fi
Development Applications
1 1 (2.78%) GDB
1 1 (2.78%) Git
General
1 14 (38.89%) Analytical Skills
2 8 (22.22%) Social Skills
3 1 (2.78%) Aerospace
3 1 (2.78%) Automotive
3 1 (2.78%) Electronics
3 1 (2.78%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 18 (50.00%) Yocto
2 3 (8.33%) Boost C++ Libraries
3 1 (2.78%) HTML
3 1 (2.78%) HTML5
3 1 (2.78%) JSON
3 1 (2.78%) React
3 1 (2.78%) Redux
Miscellaneous
1 23 (63.89%) IoT
2 7 (19.44%) Device Driver
3 4 (11.11%) Embedded Systems
4 3 (8.33%) FPGA
5 1 (2.78%) Cloud Native
5 1 (2.78%) Distributed Computing
Operating Systems
1 36 (100.00%) Linux
2 35 (97.22%) Embedded Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 26 (72.22%) Software Engineering
2 18 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
3 16 (44.44%) Agile
4 14 (38.89%) Embedded Software Development
5 4 (11.11%) Continuous Integration
6 3 (8.33%) Device Driver Development
6 3 (8.33%) Linux Kernel Development
6 3 (8.33%) Memory Management
7 1 (2.78%) Code Quality
7 1 (2.78%) Computer Science
7 1 (2.78%) Design Patterns
7 1 (2.78%) Multithreading
7 1 (2.78%) Performance Optimisation
7 1 (2.78%) Platform Engineering
7 1 (2.78%) TDD
7 1 (2.78%) Test Automation
7 1 (2.78%) Translating Business Requirements
Programming Languages
1 24 (66.67%) C
2 22 (61.11%) C++
3 3 (8.33%) Embedded C++
4 2 (5.56%) Python
5 1 (2.78%) Java
Qualifications
1 1 (2.78%) Computer Science Degree
1 1 (2.78%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (2.78%) QA
System Software
1 1 (2.78%) Docker
1 1 (2.78%) Embedded Firmware
1 1 (2.78%) Firmware