Embedded Linux
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies 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 7 December 2023 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
7 Dec 2023
Same period 2022 Same period 2021
Rank 669 931 943
Rank change year-on-year +262 +12 -215
Permanent jobs citing Embedded Linux 61 141 137
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.12% 0.11% 0.11%
As % of the Operating Systems category 0.67% 0.69% 0.62%
Number of salaries quoted 55 56 89
10th Percentile £46,000 £32,500 £33,750
25th Percentile £52,500 £37,810 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £56,250 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +6.67% +12.50% -
75th Percentile £69,375 £75,000 £57,500
90th Percentile £125,000 £82,500 £65,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £59,500 £50,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year +19.00% +11.11% -10.00%

All Operating Systems
UK

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 with a requirement for operating system skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 9,131 20,345 22,242
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 17.23% 16.56% 17.36%
Number of salaries quoted 7,096 13,692 16,198
10th Percentile £27,500 £27,500 £26,250
25th Percentile £34,839 £36,250 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% -
75th Percentile £68,750 £72,500 £70,000
90th Percentile £87,500 £92,500 £85,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £45,000 £45,000 £45,000

Embedded Linux
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Embedded Linux as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Embedded Linux in the UK

Embedded Linux
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Embedded Linux.

Salary trend for Embedded Linux in the UK

Embedded Linux
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Embedded Linux over the 6 months to 7 December 2023.

Salary histogram for Embedded Linux in the UK

Embedded Linux
Top 13 Job Locations

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 over the 6 months to 7 December 2023. 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
England +265 54 £60,000 +2.13% 68
UK excluding London +172 52 £59,500 +19.00% 64
Work from Home +220 20 £57,000 +14.00% 30
Midlands +146 17 £58,250 - 6
West Midlands +143 16 £59,000 - 2
North of England +130 11 £55,000 +29.41% 6
South East +112 11 £58,750 +67.86% 16
Yorkshire +96 11 £55,000 +29.41% 2
London +265 8 £125,000 +78.57% 5
South West +74 6 £60,000 +20.00% 17
Scotland +39 6 £60,000 +9.09% 3
East of England +94 1 £60,000 -14.29% 16
East Midlands +51 1 £50,000 - 4

Embedded Linux
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 1 (1.64%) Confluence
Cloud Services
1 9 (14.75%) AWS
2 1 (1.64%) Azure
2 1 (1.64%) GCP
2 1 (1.64%) npm
2 1 (1.64%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 9 (14.75%) Wireless
2 8 (13.11%) TCP/IP
3 7 (11.48%) Ethernet
4 6 (9.84%) RS-232
4 6 (9.84%) Wi-Fi
5 2 (3.28%) Bluetooth
6 1 (1.64%) 5G
6 1 (1.64%) GSM
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.64%) Elasticsearch
1 1 (1.64%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 5 (8.20%) Git
2 4 (6.56%) GitLab
2 4 (6.56%) Jenkins
3 3 (4.92%) JIRA
4 2 (3.28%) LabVIEW
5 1 (1.64%) Artifactory
5 1 (1.64%) Babel
5 1 (1.64%) Mercurial
5 1 (1.64%) Mocha
5 1 (1.64%) PetaLinux
5 1 (1.64%) SonarQube
5 1 (1.64%) Subversion
5 1 (1.64%) webpack
General
1 8 (13.11%) Social Skills
2 7 (11.48%) Manufacturing
2 7 (11.48%) Music Industry
3 6 (9.84%) Analytical Skills
4 4 (6.56%) Electronics
5 3 (4.92%) Automotive
6 2 (3.28%) Legal
7 1 (1.64%) Aerospace
7 1 (1.64%) Aviation
7 1 (1.64%) Retail
Job Titles
1 39 (63.93%) Embedded Engineer
2 36 (59.02%) Software Engineer
3 26 (42.62%) Embedded Software Engineer
4 19 (31.15%) Senior
5 17 (27.87%) Embedded Linux Engineer
5 17 (27.87%) Linux Engineer
6 15 (24.59%) Lead
6 15 (24.59%) Senior Embedded Engineer
7 14 (22.95%) C++ Software Engineer
8 11 (18.03%) Embedded C++ Engineer
8 11 (18.03%) Senior Software Engineer
9 10 (16.39%) Embedded Linux Software Engineer
10 9 (14.75%) Embedded C++ Software Engineer
11 8 (13.11%) Senior Embedded Software Engineer
11 8 (13.11%) Senior Linux Engineer
12 7 (11.48%) Technical Leader
13 6 (9.84%) Embedded Firmware Engineer
13 6 (9.84%) Firmware Engineer
14 3 (4.92%) Embedded C Engineer
15 2 (3.28%) C Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 29 (47.54%) Yocto
2 9 (14.75%) React
3 7 (11.48%) RESTful
4 3 (4.92%) Boost C++ Libraries
4 3 (4.92%) Qt
5 2 (3.28%) POSIX
6 1 (1.64%) CSS
6 1 (1.64%) HTML
6 1 (1.64%) Jest
6 1 (1.64%) Redux
Miscellaneous
1 15 (24.59%) Device Driver
2 10 (16.39%) Algorithms
3 7 (11.48%) e-Learning
3 7 (11.48%) Mobile App
4 6 (9.84%) IoT
5 5 (8.20%) ARM Cortex
5 5 (8.20%) Embedded Systems
6 4 (6.56%) FPGA
7 3 (4.92%) VHDL
8 2 (3.28%) ASIC
9 1 (1.64%) Product Ownership
9 1 (1.64%) SIMD
9 1 (1.64%) Verilog
Operating Systems
1 61 (100.00%) Linux
2 5 (8.20%) FreeRTOS
3 1 (1.64%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 48 (78.69%) Software Engineering
2 13 (21.31%) Problem-Solving
3 8 (13.11%) Signal Processing
4 7 (11.48%) CI/CD
4 7 (11.48%) Device Driver Development
4 7 (11.48%) Digital Signal Processing
4 7 (11.48%) Embedded Software Development
4 7 (11.48%) Mobile Application Development
5 6 (9.84%) Agile
5 6 (9.84%) OOD
6 5 (8.20%) Product Requirements
6 5 (8.20%) Validation
7 4 (6.56%) Business Intelligence
7 4 (6.56%) Continuous Integration
7 4 (6.56%) Full Stack Development
7 4 (6.56%) Linux Kernel Development
8 3 (4.92%) DevOps
8 3 (4.92%) Memory Management
9 2 (3.28%) Software Architecture
9 2 (3.28%) Unit Testing
Programming Languages
1 48 (78.69%) C++
2 36 (59.02%) C
3 8 (13.11%) Embedded C
4 7 (11.48%) MATLAB
5 6 (9.84%) Python
6 2 (3.28%) Bash
6 2 (3.28%) C#
6 2 (3.28%) Java
7 1 (1.64%) Embedded C++
7 1 (1.64%) JavaScript
7 1 (1.64%) SQL
7 1 (1.64%) SystemVerilog
7 1 (1.64%) Tcl
7 1 (1.64%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 5 (8.20%) Degree
2 2 (3.28%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (1.64%) SC Cleared
3 1 (1.64%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (9.84%) AUTOSAR
2 1 (1.64%) DO-178B
2 1 (1.64%) ECSS
2 1 (1.64%) MISRA
2 1 (1.64%) QA
System Software
1 11 (18.03%) Firmware
2 8 (13.11%) Embedded Firmware
Systems Management
1 1 (1.64%) Grafana
Vendors
1 1 (1.64%) Atlassian
1 1 (1.64%) Black Duck
1 1 (1.64%) Samsung
1 1 (1.64%) Splunk
1 1 (1.64%) Xilinx