Embedded Linux Job Trends in the UK excluding London

Embedded Linux
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the UK excluding London requiring Embedded Linux skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 10 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 551 479 384
Rank change year-on-year -72 -95 +116
Permanent jobs citing Embedded Linux 117 61 251
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.14% 0.18% 0.49%
As % of the Operating Systems category 2.36% 1.32% 3.74%
Number of salaries quoted 94 23 181
10th Percentile £55,000 - £47,500
25th Percentile £60,313 £43,000 £57,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £68,750 £52,500 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year +30.95% -25.00% +21.74%
75th Percentile £75,000 £65,625 £85,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £80,750 -
UK median annual salary £67,500 £55,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year +22.73% -21.43% +21.74%

All Operating Systems
UK excluding 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 the UK excluding London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 4,955 4,605 6,709
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 5.73% 13.32% 13.07%
Number of salaries quoted 3,703 2,812 3,773
10th Percentile £27,500 £26,250 £26,250
25th Percentile £31,188 £30,000 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £37,733 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +12.63% -20.56% +0.51%
75th Percentile £61,250 £50,750 £60,000
90th Percentile £75,000 £68,750 £76,250
UK median annual salary £45,000 £41,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +8.43% -17.00% -4.76%

Embedded Linux
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Embedded Linux job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

Embedded Linux
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Embedded Linux.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Embedded Linux

Embedded Linux
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Embedded Linux in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 10 October 2026.

Salary histogram for Embedded Linux in the UK excluding London

Embedded Linux
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 within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 10 October 2026. 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
East of England +22 62 £72,500 +11.54% 44
Midlands -32 18 £67,500 +25.58% 12
East Midlands -21 17 £67,500 - 8
South East -76 17 £70,000 +27.27% 42
North of England -57 10 £60,000 +30.43% 13
North West - 10 £60,000 - 5
Scotland +14 5 £67,500 +2.27% 7
South West - 5 £70,000 - 21
West Midlands -51 1 - - 4
Embedded Linux
UK

Embedded Linux
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding 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:

Applications
1 5 (4.27%) Simulink
Cloud Services
1 5 (4.27%) Azure
2 4 (3.42%) Azure DevOps
3 2 (1.71%) AWS
3 2 (1.71%) AWS IoT
3 2 (1.71%) GCP
4 1 (0.85%) GitHub
4 1 (0.85%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 17 (14.53%) Wi-Fi
2 15 (12.82%) Wireless
3 7 (5.98%) Ethernet
4 6 (5.13%) Software-Defined Radio
5 5 (4.27%) RS-232
6 4 (3.42%) TCP/IP
6 4 (3.42%) ZigBee
7 2 (1.71%) Bluetooth
7 2 (1.71%) DNS
7 2 (1.71%) Firewall
7 2 (1.71%) IPv4
7 2 (1.71%) IPv6
7 2 (1.71%) LoRaWAN
7 2 (1.71%) MQTT
7 2 (1.71%) VPN
7 2 (1.71%) WireGuard
8 1 (0.85%) NGN
8 1 (0.85%) SNMP
8 1 (0.85%) VLAN
Development Applications
1 14 (11.97%) Git
2 7 (5.98%) Jenkins
3 6 (5.13%) PetaLinux
4 5 (4.27%) CMake
5 3 (2.56%) GDB
5 3 (2.56%) GitLab
General
1 26 (22.22%) Electronics
2 5 (4.27%) Social Skills
3 4 (3.42%) Aerospace
4 3 (2.56%) Automotive
4 3 (2.56%) Games
4 3 (2.56%) Multimedia
5 2 (1.71%) Military
6 1 (0.85%) Aviation
6 1 (0.85%) Documentation Skills
6 1 (0.85%) Legal
6 1 (0.85%) Manufacturing
6 1 (0.85%) Retail
Job Titles
1 95 (81.20%) Embedded Engineer
2 63 (53.85%) Software Engineer
3 60 (51.28%) Embedded Software Engineer
4 58 (49.57%) Linux Engineer
5 57 (48.72%) Embedded Linux Engineer
6 48 (41.03%) Senior
7 40 (34.19%) Senior Embedded Engineer
8 30 (25.64%) Senior Software Engineer
9 27 (23.08%) Senior Embedded Software Engineer
10 23 (19.66%) Embedded Linux Software Engineer
11 15 (12.82%) Senior Linux Engineer
12 10 (8.55%) Principal Engineer
13 7 (5.98%) FPGA Engineer
14 5 (4.27%) C++ Software Engineer
14 5 (4.27%) Embedded C++ Engineer
14 5 (4.27%) Embedded C++ Software Engineer
15 3 (2.56%) Computer Engineer
15 3 (2.56%) DSP Engineer
15 3 (2.56%) Robotics Software Engineer
15 3 (2.56%) Sales Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 38 (32.48%) Yocto
2 4 (3.42%) GraphQL
2 4 (3.42%) Qt
3 3 (2.56%) CarPlay
3 3 (2.56%) React
4 1 (0.85%) Elastic Stack
4 1 (0.85%) OpenTelemetry
4 1 (0.85%) QML
4 1 (0.85%) Qt Quick
4 1 (0.85%) Terraform
Miscellaneous
1 55 (47.01%) Embedded Systems
2 28 (23.93%) Device Driver
3 25 (21.37%) IoT
4 22 (18.80%) FPGA
5 20 (17.09%) Algorithms
6 14 (11.97%) Robotics
7 7 (5.98%) VHDL
8 5 (4.27%) Verilog
9 4 (3.42%) ARM Cortex
10 3 (2.56%) Distributed Systems
10 3 (2.56%) Mobile App
10 3 (2.56%) Onboarding
10 3 (2.56%) Raspberry Pi
11 1 (0.85%) Analogue Electronics
11 1 (0.85%) CAN bus
11 1 (0.85%) Digital Signage
11 1 (0.85%) Linux Command Line
11 1 (0.85%) PCIe
11 1 (0.85%) Product Ownership
11 1 (0.85%) Smart Home
Operating Systems
1 117 (100.00%) Linux
2 4 (3.42%) FreeRTOS
3 3 (2.56%) Android
3 3 (2.56%) Apple iOS
3 3 (2.56%) Robot Operating System
4 1 (0.85%) VxWorks
Processes & Methodologies
1 91 (77.78%) Software Engineering
2 22 (18.80%) CI/CD
3 19 (16.24%) Collaborative Engineering
4 18 (15.38%) Computer Science
5 16 (13.68%) Continuous Improvement
6 15 (12.82%) Problem-Solving
7 14 (11.97%) Signal Processing
8 11 (9.40%) Collaborative Culture
8 11 (9.40%) Open Source
9 10 (8.55%) AI
9 10 (8.55%) Device Driver Development
10 8 (6.84%) Agile
10 8 (6.84%) DevOps
10 8 (6.84%) Embedded Software Development
10 8 (6.84%) Software Architecture
10 8 (6.84%) Test Automation
11 7 (5.98%) Containerisation
11 7 (5.98%) Multithreading
11 7 (5.98%) Validation
12 6 (5.13%) Computer Vision
Programming Languages
1 62 (52.99%) C++
2 47 (40.17%) C
3 30 (25.64%) Python
4 28 (23.93%) Embedded C
5 20 (17.09%) Embedded C++
6 11 (9.40%) MATLAB
7 5 (4.27%) Go
8 3 (2.56%) C#
8 3 (2.56%) Java
8 3 (2.56%) JavaScript
8 3 (2.56%) Rust
8 3 (2.56%) TypeScript
9 2 (1.71%) Bash
9 2 (1.71%) SystemVerilog
Qualifications
1 23 (19.66%) Degree
2 12 (10.26%) Security Cleared
3 10 (8.55%) Master's Degree
4 8 (6.84%) Computer Science Degree
4 8 (6.84%) SC Cleared
5 5 (4.27%) DV Cleared
6 1 (0.85%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (3.42%) QA
2 3 (2.56%) JTAG
System Software
1 16 (13.68%) Firmware
2 9 (7.69%) Docker
3 6 (5.13%) Embedded Firmware
4 2 (1.71%) iptables
Systems Management
1 1 (0.85%) Ansible
1 1 (0.85%) Grafana
1 1 (0.85%) Kubernetes
1 1 (0.85%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 3 (2.56%) Apple
2 2 (1.71%) Google
2 2 (1.71%) Intel
2 2 (1.71%) Xilinx
3 1 (0.85%) Microsoft