FreeRTOS Job Trends in the UK excluding London

FreeRTOS
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the UK excluding London requiring FreeRTOS skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 15 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 551 520 722
Rank change year-on-year -31 +202 -38
Permanent jobs citing FreeRTOS 33 9 49
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.049% 0.030% 0.062%
As % of the Operating Systems category 0.82% 0.19% 0.46%
Number of salaries quoted 28 3 20
10th Percentile £43,750 £43,500 £50,000
25th Percentile £53,563 £46,875 £52,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% - -8.33%
75th Percentile £65,000 £65,000 £58,125
90th Percentile £66,125 £69,500 £60,750
UK median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.55% - -8.33%

All Operating Systems
UK excluding London

FreeRTOS 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 4,038 4,812 10,762
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 6.03% 16.20% 13.71%
Number of salaries quoted 3,127 3,007 8,239
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 £75,000 £70,000 £68,750
UK median annual salary £45,000 £45,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year - - -14.29%

FreeRTOS
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

FreeRTOS job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

FreeRTOS
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing FreeRTOS

FreeRTOS
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing FreeRTOS in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 15 June 2026.

Salary histogram for FreeRTOS in the UK excluding London

FreeRTOS
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 FreeRTOS within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 15 June 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
Midlands -15 9 £65,000 - 3
East of England -15 9 £61,500 - 1
West Midlands - 9 £65,000 - 2
North of England -27 8 £57,500 +35.29% 4
North West - 8 £57,500 - 4
South West -56 6 £65,000 +18.18% 5
South East - 1 - - 7
FreeRTOS
UK

FreeRTOS
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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (3.03%) Confluence
Applications
1 1 (3.03%) Lightworks
1 1 (3.03%) Simulink
Communications & Networking
1 13 (39.39%) Bluetooth
2 10 (30.30%) Modbus
2 10 (30.30%) Wireless
3 8 (24.24%) Profibus
3 8 (24.24%) RS-232
3 8 (24.24%) RS-485
3 8 (24.24%) ZigBee
4 3 (9.09%) Ethernet
5 1 (3.03%) LTE
5 1 (3.03%) MQTT
5 1 (3.03%) Wi-Fi
Development Applications
1 8 (24.24%) Git
2 2 (6.06%) Bitbucket
2 2 (6.06%) JIRA
3 1 (3.03%) Eclipse
3 1 (3.03%) GoogleTest
3 1 (3.03%) Jenkins
3 1 (3.03%) PetaLinux
3 1 (3.03%) SonarQube
3 1 (3.03%) Visual Studio Code
3 1 (3.03%) Zephyr
General
1 24 (72.73%) Electronics
2 9 (27.27%) Social Skills
3 8 (24.24%) Manufacturing
3 8 (24.24%) Organisational Skills
4 5 (15.15%) Automotive
5 1 (3.03%) Aerospace
5 1 (3.03%) Analytical Skills
5 1 (3.03%) Wearables
Job Titles
1 26 (78.79%) Senior
2 24 (72.73%) Software Engineer
3 22 (66.67%) Embedded Engineer
4 21 (63.64%) Embedded Software Engineer
5 18 (54.55%) Senior Embedded Engineer
5 18 (54.55%) Senior Embedded Software Engineer
5 18 (54.55%) Senior Software Engineer
6 9 (27.27%) Firmware Engineer
7 8 (24.24%) Design Engineer
7 8 (24.24%) Electronics Design Engineer
7 8 (24.24%) Electronics Engineer
7 8 (24.24%) Senior Design Engineer
7 8 (24.24%) Senior Electronics Design Engineer
7 8 (24.24%) Senior Electronics Engineer
7 8 (24.24%) Senior Firmware Engineer
8 3 (9.09%) Junior
8 3 (9.09%) Junior Software Engineer
9 1 (3.03%) Embedded Firmware Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (3.03%) Yocto
Miscellaneous
1 11 (33.33%) Embedded Systems
2 8 (24.24%) Analogue Electronics
3 4 (12.12%) ARM Cortex
3 4 (12.12%) CAN bus
4 2 (6.06%) IoT
5 1 (3.03%) Device Driver
5 1 (3.03%) FPGA
5 1 (3.03%) NB-IoT
5 1 (3.03%) Verilog
5 1 (3.03%) VHDL
Operating Systems
1 2 (6.06%) Linux
1 2 (6.06%) SafeRTOS
1 2 (6.06%) ThreadX
2 1 (3.03%) Embedded Linux
2 1 (3.03%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 25 (75.76%) Software Engineering
2 10 (30.30%) Collaborative Working
3 8 (24.24%) Digital Signal Processing
3 8 (24.24%) Schematic Capture
3 8 (24.24%) Signal Processing
3 8 (24.24%) TDD
3 8 (24.24%) Unit Testing
4 5 (15.15%) Problem-Solving
4 5 (15.15%) Secure Coding
5 4 (12.12%) Embedded Software Development
5 4 (12.12%) Test Automation
5 4 (12.12%) Validation
6 3 (9.09%) Acceptance Criteria
6 3 (9.09%) Code Quality
6 3 (9.09%) Software Testing
7 2 (6.06%) CI/CD
7 2 (6.06%) Computer Science
7 2 (6.06%) Continuous Improvement
7 2 (6.06%) Customer Requirements
7 2 (6.06%) Software Architecture
Programming Languages
1 30 (90.91%) C
2 16 (48.48%) Embedded C
3 14 (42.42%) C++
4 8 (24.24%) Python
5 3 (9.09%) MATLAB
6 2 (6.06%) Embedded C++
7 1 (3.03%) R
7 1 (3.03%) Rust
Qualifications
1 2 (6.06%) Degree
2 1 (3.03%) Master's Degree
2 1 (3.03%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (18.18%) IEC 61508
2 5 (15.15%) MISRA
2 5 (15.15%) MISRA C
3 1 (3.03%) DO-254
3 1 (3.03%) ECSS
3 1 (3.03%) HAZOP
3 1 (3.03%) IEC 62304
3 1 (3.03%) ISO 26262
System Software
1 28 (84.85%) Firmware
2 24 (72.73%) Embedded Firmware
Systems Management
1 2 (6.06%) Functional Safety
Vendors
1 1 (3.03%) Google
1 1 (3.03%) Xilinx