Embedded Linux Jobs

Embedded Linux
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies requiring Embedded Linux skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Embedded Linux over the 6 months leading up to 26 July 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Jul 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 557 782 1036
Rank change year-on-year +225 +254 -201
Permanent jobs citing Embedded Linux 303 105 239
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.34% 0.13% 0.14%
As % of the Operating Systems category 2.62% 0.77% 0.77%
Number of salaries quoted 250 65 66
10th Percentile £45,000 £35,200 £32,500
25th Percentile £51,563 £50,000 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £59,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +18.64% -1.67% +14.29%
75th Percentile £85,000 £72,500 £72,500
90th Percentile - £77,000 £75,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £70,000 £57,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year +21.74% - +21.05%

All Operating Systems
UK

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.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 11,570 13,584 30,885
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 12.80% 16.83% 17.62%
Number of salaries quoted 8,403 9,692 16,343
10th Percentile £26,250 £27,500 £26,500
25th Percentile £32,500 £35,000 £35,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £52,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.52% - +5.00%
75th Percentile £62,500 £71,250 £71,250
90th Percentile £82,500 £90,000 £87,500
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 26 July 2024.

Salary histogram for Embedded Linux in the UK

Embedded Linux
Top 16 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 26 July 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
UK excluding London +157 302 £70,000 +21.74% 29
England +195 277 £70,000 +20.17% 27
Work from Home +143 144 £70,000 +18.64% 12
South East +51 82 £80,000 +33.33% 9
East of England +58 66 £85,000 +30.77% 9
South West +45 51 £60,000 +1.69% 2
North of England +28 41 £60,000 +29.73% 1
Midlands -13 36 £57,500 - 7
East Midlands - 21 £40,000 - 3
Yorkshire +55 19 £60,000 +29.73% 1
West Midlands -17 15 £67,500 +17.39% 4
Scotland -30 15 £60,000 - 2
North East - 12 £56,000 -
Northern Ireland - 11 - -
North West - 10 £60,000 -
London +75 1 £50,000 -60.00%

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 3 (0.99%) Confluence
Applications
1 37 (12.21%) Simulink
2 4 (1.32%) Stateflow
3 2 (0.66%) OrCAD
4 1 (0.33%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 4 (1.32%) C-CURE
2 1 (0.33%) Infor M3
Cloud Services
1 6 (1.98%) AWS
2 2 (0.66%) GitHub
2 2 (0.66%) GitHub Actions
3 1 (0.33%) AWS IoT
Communications & Networking
1 41 (13.53%) Wireless
2 27 (8.91%) Wi-Fi
3 17 (5.61%) MQTT
4 16 (5.28%) Ethernet
4 16 (5.28%) RS-485
5 15 (4.95%) 4G
6 14 (4.62%) TCP/IP
7 13 (4.29%) 3G
7 13 (4.29%) RS-232
8 12 (3.96%) DVB
9 8 (2.64%) Bluetooth
10 6 (1.98%) Wireshark
11 4 (1.32%) 5G
12 3 (0.99%) Software-Defined Radio
12 3 (0.99%) ZigBee
13 2 (0.66%) DECT
13 2 (0.66%) LoRaWAN
13 2 (0.66%) Modbus
13 2 (0.66%) NFC
14 1 (0.33%) DHCP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (1.98%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 13 (4.29%) Git
2 10 (3.30%) Jenkins
3 7 (2.31%) JIRA
4 3 (0.99%) GitLab
5 2 (0.66%) Bitbucket
5 2 (0.66%) Eclipse
5 2 (0.66%) Rational DOORS
5 2 (0.66%) Subversion
6 1 (0.33%) GDB
6 1 (0.33%) Rational Rhapsody
General
1 67 (22.11%) Social Skills
2 53 (17.49%) Electronics
3 33 (10.89%) Manufacturing
4 14 (4.62%) Mandarin Language
5 13 (4.29%) Automotive
6 6 (1.98%) Telecoms
7 5 (1.65%) Analytical Skills
7 5 (1.65%) Finance
7 5 (1.65%) Marketing
7 5 (1.65%) Public Sector
8 4 (1.32%) Aerospace
9 1 (0.33%) Retail
Job Titles
1 179 (59.08%) Software Engineer
2 176 (58.09%) Embedded Engineer
3 147 (48.51%) Embedded Software Engineer
4 113 (37.29%) Senior
5 91 (30.03%) Senior Embedded Engineer
5 91 (30.03%) Senior Software Engineer
6 77 (25.41%) Senior Embedded Software Engineer
7 44 (14.52%) Developer
8 39 (12.87%) Embedded Developer
9 32 (10.56%) Architect
9 32 (10.56%) Embedded Software Developer
9 32 (10.56%) Security Architect
9 32 (10.56%) Software Architect
9 32 (10.56%) Software Developer
10 26 (8.58%) C++ Software Engineer
11 24 (7.92%) Embedded Linux Engineer
11 24 (7.92%) Linux Engineer
12 21 (6.93%) Embedded C++ Engineer
13 20 (6.60%) Embedded C++ Software Engineer
14 19 (6.27%) Senior Linux Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 39 (12.87%) Yocto
2 18 (5.94%) REST
3 10 (3.30%) FFmpeg
3 10 (3.30%) GStreamer
4 6 (1.98%) Node.js
4 6 (1.98%) Qt
5 5 (1.65%) OpenCV
5 5 (1.65%) OpenEmbedded
5 5 (1.65%) Web Services
6 3 (0.99%) Middleware
7 2 (0.66%) OpenGL
7 2 (0.66%) QML
7 2 (0.66%) Vulkan
7 2 (0.66%) XML
8 1 (0.33%) Boost C++ Libraries
8 1 (0.33%) HTML5
8 1 (0.33%) JSON
8 1 (0.33%) LDAP
8 1 (0.33%) React
8 1 (0.33%) Redux
Miscellaneous
1 27 (8.91%) Device Driver
2 26 (8.58%) Self-Motivation
3 23 (7.59%) Embedded Systems
4 18 (5.94%) IoT
5 17 (5.61%) FPGA
6 15 (4.95%) VHDL
7 13 (4.29%) Video\Live Streaming
8 11 (3.63%) Algorithms
9 5 (1.65%) ARM Cortex
10 3 (0.99%) SIMD
11 2 (0.66%) Analogue Electronics
11 2 (0.66%) Driving Licence
11 2 (0.66%) Greenfield Project
11 2 (0.66%) Linux Command Line
11 2 (0.66%) Management Information System
11 2 (0.66%) NB-IoT
12 1 (0.33%) Analytical Mindset
12 1 (0.33%) CCTV
12 1 (0.33%) PKI
12 1 (0.33%) Robotics
Operating Systems
1 303 (100.00%) Linux
2 37 (12.21%) Android
3 9 (2.97%) Windows
4 2 (0.66%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 2 (0.66%) ThreadX
5 1 (0.33%) Apple iOS
5 1 (0.33%) FreeRTOS
5 1 (0.33%) OpenWrt
5 1 (0.33%) VxWorks
Processes & Methodologies
1 230 (75.91%) Software Engineering
2 59 (19.47%) Computer Science
3 48 (15.84%) Cybersecurity
3 48 (15.84%) Embedded Software Development
4 44 (14.52%) Continuous Integration
5 43 (14.19%) Agile
6 40 (13.20%) Artificial Intelligence
6 40 (13.20%) Signal Processing
7 38 (12.54%) DevOps
7 38 (12.54%) Problem-Solving
8 36 (11.88%) Architectural Design
8 36 (11.88%) System Testing
9 35 (11.55%) Code Quality
9 35 (11.55%) Machine Learning
10 33 (10.89%) Software Testing
11 32 (10.56%) Collaborative Working
12 28 (9.24%) OOD
13 25 (8.25%) Multithreading
14 24 (7.92%) OO
15 21 (6.93%) Open Source
Programming Languages
1 210 (69.31%) C
2 171 (56.44%) C++
3 119 (39.27%) Python
4 81 (26.73%) Embedded C
5 70 (23.10%) Java
6 64 (21.12%) Bash
7 47 (15.51%) Rust
8 19 (6.27%) JavaScript
9 15 (4.95%) Embedded C++
10 9 (2.97%) Perl
11 8 (2.64%) C#
11 8 (2.64%) MATLAB
12 4 (1.32%) Assembly Language
13 2 (0.66%) Kotlin
13 2 (0.66%) SQL
14 1 (0.33%) Ada
14 1 (0.33%) Go
14 1 (0.33%) Ruby
14 1 (0.33%) Tcl
14 1 (0.33%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 84 (27.72%) Security Cleared
2 74 (24.42%) Degree
3 36 (11.88%) DV Cleared
4 33 (10.89%) Computer Science Degree
5 5 (1.65%) Master's Degree
5 5 (1.65%) PhD
6 4 (1.32%) SC Cleared
7 1 (0.33%) BPSS Clearance
7 1 (0.33%) Numerate Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (4.62%) QA
2 13 (4.29%) GDPR
3 9 (2.97%) JTAG
4 6 (1.98%) ISO 9000
5 4 (1.32%) AUTOSAR
5 4 (1.32%) ISO 26262
6 2 (0.66%) MISRA
7 1 (0.33%) Def Stans
7 1 (0.33%) MISRA C
System Software
1 63 (20.79%) Firmware
2 27 (8.91%) Embedded Firmware
3 8 (2.64%) Docker
Systems Management
1 6 (1.98%) Kubernetes
2 1 (0.33%) Ansible
2 1 (0.33%) Podman
Vendors
1 32 (10.56%) Xilinx
2 5 (1.65%) SAP
3 2 (0.66%) Atmel
3 2 (0.66%) Freescale
3 2 (0.66%) QNX
3 2 (0.66%) Red Hat
4 1 (0.33%) Intel
4 1 (0.33%) Microsoft