FreeRTOS
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for FreeRTOS skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited FreeRTOS over the 6 months to 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 857 952 1191
Rank change year-on-year +95 +239 -298
Permanent jobs citing FreeRTOS 39 18 41
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.040% 0.017% 0.027%
As % of the Operating Systems category 0.28% 0.11% 0.14%
Number of salaries quoted 21 8 25
10th Percentile £50,000 £52,750 £26,250
25th Percentile £52,250 £55,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +14.29% -12.50%
75th Percentile £60,000 £65,000 £56,250
90th Percentile £60,750 £68,750 £57,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -8.33% +14.29% -12.50%

All Operating Systems
UK

FreeRTOS 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 14,079 16,671 29,105
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 14.36% 15.93% 18.88%
Number of salaries quoted 10,884 11,238 16,744
10th Percentile £25,760 £27,000 £26,398
25th Percentile £31,250 £35,000 £35,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £52,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -14.29% - +5.00%
75th Percentile £62,500 £71,250 £71,250
90th Percentile £80,000 £92,500 £87,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £42,500 £45,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year -5.56% - -

FreeRTOS
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for FreeRTOS in the UK

FreeRTOS
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing FreeRTOS.

Salary trend for FreeRTOS in the UK

FreeRTOS
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing FreeRTOS over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Salary histogram for FreeRTOS in the UK

FreeRTOS
Top 14 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing FreeRTOS within the UK over the 6 months to 27 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
UK excluding London +36 39 £55,000 -8.33% 32
England +129 34 £55,000 -8.33% 27
Work from Home +107 26 £55,000 -8.33% 17
North of England +62 13 £55,000 -8.33% 3
Midlands - 10 £60,000 - 6
Yorkshire - 8 £55,000 - 1
South East +31 5 £56,500 -5.83% 4
North West +15 5 £55,000 -8.33% 1
East Midlands - 5 - - 3
West Midlands - 5 £60,000 - 3
East of England +8 4 - - 6
Wales - 4 - - 1
South West 0 2 £50,000 -33.33% 8
Scotland - 1 - - 5

FreeRTOS
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:

Applications
1 5 (12.82%) Simulink
2 2 (5.13%) GNU Octave
Cloud Services
1 4 (10.26%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 13 (33.33%) RS-232
2 9 (23.08%) TCP/IP
3 7 (17.95%) Bluetooth
3 7 (17.95%) Wireless
3 7 (17.95%) ZigBee
4 6 (15.38%) Ethernet
4 6 (15.38%) Wi-Fi
5 5 (12.82%) RS-485
5 5 (12.82%) VoIP
6 4 (10.26%) Profibus
7 1 (2.56%) LTE
7 1 (2.56%) RFID
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (10.26%) Big Data
Development Applications
1 21 (53.85%) Git
2 9 (23.08%) Jenkins
2 9 (23.08%) Subversion
3 5 (12.82%) JIRA
4 4 (10.26%) Zephyr
5 2 (5.13%) PetaLinux
6 1 (2.56%) Eclipse
6 1 (2.56%) Visual Studio
General
1 30 (76.92%) Electronics
2 18 (46.15%) Manufacturing
3 15 (38.46%) Automotive
4 6 (15.38%) Aerospace
5 5 (12.82%) Social Skills
6 4 (10.26%) Analytical Skills
6 4 (10.26%) Pharmaceutical
7 1 (2.56%) Law
7 1 (2.56%) Wearables
Job Titles
1 38 (97.44%) Embedded Engineer
2 34 (87.18%) Embedded Software Engineer
2 34 (87.18%) Software Engineer
3 10 (25.64%) Senior
4 9 (23.08%) Senior Embedded Engineer
4 9 (23.08%) Senior Embedded Software Engineer
4 9 (23.08%) Senior Software Engineer
5 4 (10.26%) Embedded Firmware Engineer
5 4 (10.26%) Firmware Engineer
6 3 (7.69%) FPGA Engineer
7 1 (2.56%) Design Engineer
7 1 (2.56%) Electronics Design Engineer
7 1 (2.56%) Electronics Engineer
7 1 (2.56%) Embedded Software Design Engineer
7 1 (2.56%) Senior Design Engineer
7 1 (2.56%) Senior Electronics Design Engineer
7 1 (2.56%) Senior Electronics Engineer
7 1 (2.56%) Software Design Engineer
7 1 (2.56%) Systems Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (15.38%) Yocto
2 2 (5.13%) POSIX
Miscellaneous
1 17 (43.59%) Embedded Systems
2 8 (20.51%) Device Driver
3 6 (15.38%) Algorithms
3 6 (15.38%) ARM Cortex
3 6 (15.38%) FPGA
3 6 (15.38%) VHDL
4 4 (10.26%) IoT
4 4 (10.26%) Smart Energy
5 3 (7.69%) Verilog
6 2 (5.13%) Management Information System
7 1 (2.56%) Driving Licence
7 1 (2.56%) NB-IoT
Operating Systems
1 10 (25.64%) Linux
2 6 (15.38%) ThreadX
3 4 (10.26%) Embedded Linux
3 4 (10.26%) VxWorks
4 2 (5.13%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 38 (97.44%) Software Engineering
2 11 (28.21%) Test Automation
3 9 (23.08%) Agile
3 9 (23.08%) SDLC
4 8 (20.51%) Device Driver Development
4 8 (20.51%) Software Testing
5 6 (15.38%) Computer Science
6 5 (12.82%) BDD
6 5 (12.82%) Kalman Filter
6 5 (12.82%) TDD
7 4 (10.26%) Biotechnology
7 4 (10.26%) Code Quality
7 4 (10.26%) Design Patterns
7 4 (10.26%) DevOps
7 4 (10.26%) Embedded Software Development
7 4 (10.26%) MVVM
7 4 (10.26%) OO
7 4 (10.26%) OOD
7 4 (10.26%) Problem-Solving
8 3 (7.69%) FPGA Design
Programming Languages
1 38 (97.44%) C
2 20 (51.28%) Python
3 8 (20.51%) C++
3 8 (20.51%) Embedded C
4 5 (12.82%) C#
4 5 (12.82%) MATLAB
5 4 (10.26%) Bash
5 4 (10.26%) R
6 2 (5.13%) Embedded C++
6 2 (5.13%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 20 (51.28%) Degree
2 7 (17.95%) Master's Degree
3 4 (10.26%) HND
4 2 (5.13%) SC Cleared
4 2 (5.13%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (10.26%) 21 CFR Part 11
1 4 (10.26%) ISO 13485
2 1 (2.56%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 14 (35.90%) Firmware
2 7 (17.95%) Embedded Firmware
3 4 (10.26%) Docker
Systems Management
1 4 (10.26%) Terraform
Vendors
1 4 (10.26%) QNX
2 2 (5.13%) Xilinx
3 1 (2.56%) EMC
3 1 (2.56%) Renesas