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 21 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 526 483 487
Rank change year-on-year -43 +4 +103
Permanent jobs citing Embedded Linux 56 43 270
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.084% 0.15% 0.39%
As % of the Operating Systems category 1.47% 0.87% 2.64%
Number of salaries quoted 39 29 221
10th Percentile £45,000 £49,600 £45,000
25th Percentile £60,000 £52,500 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £62,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +8.00% -3.85% +8.33%
75th Percentile £72,500 £69,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £75,000 £84,000 £85,000
UK median annual salary £67,500 £61,250 £65,000
% change year-on-year +10.20% -5.77% +8.33%

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 3,815 4,926 10,235
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 5.72% 16.85% 14.77%
Number of salaries quoted 2,892 2,970 8,141
10th Percentile £27,000 £26,250 £25,500
25th Percentile £30,500 £31,250 £30,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £40,000 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year +6.25% -5.88% -5.56%
75th Percentile £60,000 £55,000 £57,500
90th Percentile £74,987 £70,000 £68,750
UK median annual salary £45,000 £45,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year - - -14.29%

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 21 May 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 21 May 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 +5 25 £70,000 +12.00% 20
Scotland +8 23 £66,250 +1.92% 2
South East -33 5 £75,000 +36.36% 14
Midlands -26 2 £52,500 -32.26% 2
West Midlands -39 2 £52,500 -32.26% 1
South West -56 1 £70,000 +21.74% 7
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:

Communications & Networking
1 14 (25.00%) Ethernet
1 14 (25.00%) RS-232
2 3 (5.36%) Bluetooth
2 3 (5.36%) Wi-Fi
2 3 (5.36%) Wireless
3 2 (3.57%) RFID
4 1 (1.79%) LTE
4 1 (1.79%) Multicast
4 1 (1.79%) Software-Defined Radio
4 1 (1.79%) TCP/IP
Development Applications
1 3 (5.36%) PetaLinux
2 2 (3.57%) Git
2 2 (3.57%) Visual Studio
3 1 (1.79%) Bitbucket
3 1 (1.79%) CMake
3 1 (1.79%) JIRA
3 1 (1.79%) Zephyr
General
1 8 (14.29%) Electronics
2 4 (7.14%) Aerospace
3 2 (3.57%) Manufacturing
4 1 (1.79%) Social Skills
4 1 (1.79%) Wearables
Job Titles
1 49 (87.50%) Embedded Engineer
2 40 (71.43%) Software Engineer
3 38 (67.86%) Embedded Software Engineer
4 34 (60.71%) Senior
5 32 (57.14%) Linux Engineer
5 32 (57.14%) Senior Embedded Engineer
6 29 (51.79%) Senior Embedded Software Engineer
6 29 (51.79%) Senior Software Engineer
7 28 (50.00%) Embedded Linux Engineer
8 18 (32.14%) Embedded Linux Software Engineer
9 15 (26.79%) Senior Linux Engineer
10 3 (5.36%) Firmware Engineer
11 2 (3.57%) Developer
11 2 (3.57%) Embedded Developer
11 2 (3.57%) Linux Developer
11 2 (3.57%) Principal Engineer
11 2 (3.57%) Senior Firmware Engineer
12 1 (1.79%) Embedded Firmware Engineer
12 1 (1.79%) FPGA Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 20 (35.71%) Yocto
2 1 (1.79%) Qt
Miscellaneous
1 21 (37.50%) Device Driver
2 20 (35.71%) Embedded Systems
3 9 (16.07%) Robotics
4 7 (12.50%) IoT
5 6 (10.71%) FPGA
6 5 (8.93%) Algorithms
7 2 (3.57%) PCIe
7 2 (3.57%) Photography
7 2 (3.57%) Raspberry Pi
8 1 (1.79%) NB-IoT
8 1 (1.79%) Verilog
8 1 (1.79%) VHDL
Operating Systems
1 56 (100.00%) Linux
2 3 (5.36%) Robot Operating System
3 1 (1.79%) FreeRTOS
3 1 (1.79%) ThreadX
3 1 (1.79%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 54 (96.43%) Software Engineering
2 14 (25.00%) Agile
2 14 (25.00%) Scrum
3 5 (8.93%) Computer Science
4 4 (7.14%) Signal Processing
5 3 (5.36%) Problem-Solving
5 3 (5.36%) UML
6 2 (3.57%) DevOps
7 1 (1.79%) Collaborative Culture
7 1 (1.79%) Device Driver Development
7 1 (1.79%) Embedded Software Development
7 1 (1.79%) Memory Management
7 1 (1.79%) Prototyping
7 1 (1.79%) Software Architecture
7 1 (1.79%) Software Testing
7 1 (1.79%) Use Case
7 1 (1.79%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 29 (51.79%) C++
2 27 (48.21%) C
3 19 (33.93%) Embedded C
4 10 (17.86%) Python
5 4 (7.14%) Embedded C++
6 3 (5.36%) C#
6 3 (5.36%) MATLAB
7 1 (1.79%) Rust
Qualifications
1 12 (21.43%) Degree
2 4 (7.14%) Master's Degree
3 3 (5.36%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (1.79%) DV Cleared
4 1 (1.79%) PhD
4 1 (1.79%) SC Cleared
4 1 (1.79%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 8 (14.29%) Firmware
2 7 (12.50%) Embedded Firmware