Embedded Linux Jobs in the UK excluding London

Embedded Linux
UK > UK excluding London

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for Embedded Linux skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Embedded Linux over the 6 months to 26 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
26 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 512 604 703
Rank change year-on-year +92 +99 -128
Permanent jobs citing Embedded Linux 253 147 128
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.36% 0.24% 0.18%
As % of the Operating Systems category 2.38% 1.44% 0.87%
Number of salaries quoted 205 66 78
10th Percentile £45,000 £32,500 £30,500
25th Percentile £53,750 £41,250 £40,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £60,000 £52,750
Median % change year-on-year +8.33% +13.74% +5.50%
75th Percentile £80,000 £72,500 £62,500
90th Percentile £82,500 £81,250 £72,500
UK median annual salary £65,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +8.33% - +14.29%

All Operating Systems
UK excluding London

Embedded Linux is in the Operating Systems category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for operating system skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 10,619 10,190 14,695
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 15.14% 16.48% 20.82%
Number of salaries quoted 8,266 6,439 9,393
10th Percentile £25,250 £25,500 £25,000
25th Percentile £30,000 £31,250 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £45,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.56% - -
75th Percentile £57,500 £60,000 £60,000
90th Percentile £68,750 £73,750 £72,500
UK median annual salary £45,000 £52,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -14.29% - +5.00%

Embedded Linux
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Job vacancy trend for Embedded Linux in the UK excluding London

Embedded Linux
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Salary trend for Embedded Linux in the UK excluding London

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 26 April 2024.

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 26 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
South West +40 67 £60,000 -17.24% 5
South East +41 63 £75,000 +7.14% 29
North of England +24 39 £60,000 +41.18% 6
Midlands +30 34 £65,000 +49.43% 13
East of England +30 24 £65,000 -7.14% 16
West Midlands +38 19 £65,000 +49.43% 8
Yorkshire +55 16 £55,000 +29.41% 5
North West +21 16 £60,000 -
East Midlands -5 15 £52,500 - 5
Scotland -48 15 £60,000 - 9
Northern Ireland +36 11 - -
North East - 7 £60,000 - 1
Embedded Linux
UK

Embedded Linux
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:

Application Platforms
1 5 (1.98%) Confluence
Applications
1 10 (3.95%) Simulink
Cloud Services
1 4 (1.58%) GitHub
2 3 (1.19%) AWS
2 3 (1.19%) AWS IoT
Communications & Networking
1 47 (18.58%) Wireless
2 35 (13.83%) Wi-Fi
3 20 (7.91%) RS-232
4 18 (7.11%) TCP/IP
5 17 (6.72%) Ethernet
6 15 (5.93%) MQTT
6 15 (5.93%) RS-485
7 12 (4.74%) 3G
7 12 (4.74%) 4G
8 9 (3.56%) Bluetooth
9 7 (2.77%) 5G
10 6 (2.37%) Wireshark
11 4 (1.58%) 3GPP
11 4 (1.58%) ZigBee
12 3 (1.19%) Internet
13 2 (0.79%) LTE
14 1 (0.40%) DHCP
14 1 (0.40%) NFC
14 1 (0.40%) OFDM
14 1 (0.40%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (2.37%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 19 (7.51%) Git
2 15 (5.93%) Jenkins
3 12 (4.74%) JIRA
4 7 (2.77%) Subversion
5 4 (1.58%) Zephyr
6 3 (1.19%) Rational DOORS
6 3 (1.19%) Rational Rhapsody
7 2 (0.79%) GitLab
8 1 (0.40%) GDB
8 1 (0.40%) Mercurial
General
1 38 (15.02%) Social Skills
2 36 (14.23%) Electronics
3 25 (9.88%) Manufacturing
4 14 (5.53%) Analytical Skills
5 12 (4.74%) Mandarin Language
6 8 (3.16%) Automotive
6 8 (3.16%) Telecoms
7 4 (1.58%) Pharmaceutical
8 3 (1.19%) Aerospace
9 2 (0.79%) Finance
9 2 (0.79%) Marketing
9 2 (0.79%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 197 (77.87%) Embedded Engineer
2 189 (74.70%) Software Engineer
3 159 (62.85%) Embedded Software Engineer
4 131 (51.78%) Senior
5 109 (43.08%) Senior Embedded Engineer
6 100 (39.53%) Senior Software Engineer
7 83 (32.81%) Senior Embedded Software Engineer
8 35 (13.83%) Embedded Linux Engineer
8 35 (13.83%) Linux Engineer
9 26 (10.28%) Senior Linux Engineer
10 18 (7.11%) Embedded C++ Engineer
11 15 (5.93%) C++ Software Engineer
11 15 (5.93%) Embedded C++ Software Engineer
12 14 (5.53%) Developer
13 13 (5.14%) Lead
14 12 (4.74%) Embedded C Engineer
15 11 (4.35%) Firmware Engineer
16 10 (3.95%) C Software Engineer
16 10 (3.95%) Embedded C/C++ Engineer
16 10 (3.95%) Embedded Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 67 (26.48%) Yocto
2 17 (6.72%) REST
3 14 (5.53%) Qt
4 10 (3.95%) FFmpeg
4 10 (3.95%) GStreamer
4 10 (3.95%) Middleware
5 6 (2.37%) Node.js
6 5 (1.98%) OpenCV
6 5 (1.98%) OpenEmbedded
6 5 (1.98%) Web Services
7 3 (1.19%) Boost C++ Libraries
8 1 (0.40%) Flutter
8 1 (0.40%) HTML
8 1 (0.40%) HTML5
8 1 (0.40%) JSON
8 1 (0.40%) LDAP
8 1 (0.40%) PyTorch
8 1 (0.40%) QML
8 1 (0.40%) Redux
8 1 (0.40%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 55 (21.74%) Device Driver
2 48 (18.97%) IoT
3 20 (7.91%) Embedded Systems
4 13 (5.14%) Self-Motivation
4 13 (5.14%) Video\Live Streaming
5 10 (3.95%) Algorithms
6 6 (2.37%) SIMD
7 5 (1.98%) FPGA
8 4 (1.58%) CCTV
9 2 (0.79%) ARM Cortex
9 2 (0.79%) Driving Licence
9 2 (0.79%) Robotics
9 2 (0.79%) VHDL
10 1 (0.40%) Analogue Electronics
10 1 (0.40%) Distributed Computing
10 1 (0.40%) State Machine
Operating Systems
1 253 (100.00%) Linux
2 8 (3.16%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
2 8 (3.16%) Windows
3 4 (1.58%) Android
3 4 (1.58%) FreeRTOS
4 1 (0.40%) Apple iOS
4 1 (0.40%) OpenWrt
Processes & Methodologies
1 221 (87.35%) Software Engineering
2 53 (20.95%) Cybersecurity
3 47 (18.58%) Agile
4 36 (14.23%) OOD
5 34 (13.44%) Embedded Software Development
6 30 (11.86%) Device Driver Development
7 28 (11.07%) Problem-Solving
8 25 (9.88%) Computer Science
8 25 (9.88%) OO
9 24 (9.49%) Signal Processing
10 23 (9.09%) Multithreading
11 21 (8.30%) DevOps
12 20 (7.91%) Artificial Intelligence
13 19 (7.51%) Continuous Integration
14 18 (7.11%) Linux Kernel Development
15 17 (6.72%) Test Automation
16 16 (6.32%) Open Source
17 14 (5.53%) Software Testing
18 13 (5.14%) System Testing
19 12 (4.74%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 196 (77.47%) C
2 101 (39.92%) Python
3 96 (37.94%) C++
4 83 (32.81%) Embedded C
5 71 (28.06%) Bash
6 53 (20.95%) Rust
7 22 (8.70%) Java
8 15 (5.93%) JavaScript
9 9 (3.56%) C#
10 8 (3.16%) Embedded C++
10 8 (3.16%) Perl
11 6 (2.37%) Assembly Language
12 3 (1.19%) Ada
12 3 (1.19%) TypeScript
13 1 (0.40%) Go
13 1 (0.40%) Ruby
13 1 (0.40%) Tcl
Qualifications
1 63 (24.90%) Security Cleared
2 43 (17.00%) Degree
3 11 (4.35%) Computer Science Degree
4 10 (3.95%) DV Cleared
5 6 (2.37%) Master's Degree
6 5 (1.98%) PhD
7 3 (1.19%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (4.74%) GDPR
1 12 (4.74%) QA
2 6 (2.37%) ISO 9000
2 6 (2.37%) JTAG
3 4 (1.58%) MISRA
4 3 (1.19%) Def Stans
5 1 (0.40%) MISRA C
System Software
1 44 (17.39%) Firmware
2 25 (9.88%) Embedded Firmware
3 12 (4.74%) Docker
Systems Management
1 8 (3.16%) Kubernetes
2 4 (1.58%) Terraform
3 3 (1.19%) Ansible
3 3 (1.19%) Podman
Vendors
1 10 (3.95%) Xilinx
2 8 (3.16%) Red Hat
3 2 (0.79%) SAP
4 1 (0.40%) EMC
4 1 (0.40%) Intel
4 1 (0.40%) Renesas