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 4 December 2023 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
4 Dec 2023
Same period 2022 Same period 2021
Rank 721 1056 1081
Rank change year-on-year +335 +25 -330
Permanent jobs citing FreeRTOS 20 20 17
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.038% 0.016% 0.013%
As % of the Operating Systems category 0.22% 0.098% 0.076%
Number of salaries quoted 20 12 13
10th Percentile £47,500 - £42,500
25th Percentile £51,250 £47,500 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £62,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.00% +13.64% +29.41%
75th Percentile £77,500 £69,063 £57,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £70,000 -
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £62,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year -12.00% +38.89% +5.88%

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 9,192 20,454 22,239
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 17.27% 16.50% 17.34%
Number of salaries quoted 7,146 13,683 16,133
10th Percentile £27,500 £27,500 £26,250
25th Percentile £34,500 £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 £91,250 £85,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £45,000 £45,000 £45,000

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 4 December 2023.

Salary histogram for FreeRTOS in the UK

FreeRTOS
Top 11 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 4 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 +333 20 £55,000 -12.00% 39
UK excluding London +240 17 £55,000 -12.00% 39
Work from Home +255 11 £60,000 -12.73% 25
North of England +156 8 £55,000 - 10
West Midlands - 5 £60,000 - 1
Yorkshire - 5 £55,000 - 5
Midlands - 5 £60,000 - 6
South West +80 3 £50,000 -23.08% 7
London - 3 £75,000 - 3
North West - 3 £52,500 - 4
South East +155 1 £80,000 +45.45% 7

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 1 (5.00%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (5.00%) OrCAD
Cloud Services
1 8 (40.00%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 7 (35.00%) MQTT
2 4 (20.00%) Modbus
3 3 (15.00%) 802.11
3 3 (15.00%) Bluetooth
3 3 (15.00%) Ethernet
3 3 (15.00%) RS-485
3 3 (15.00%) TCP/IP
3 3 (15.00%) Wi-Fi
4 1 (5.00%) 2G
4 1 (5.00%) 3G
4 1 (5.00%) 4G
4 1 (5.00%) 5G
4 1 (5.00%) Wireless
Development Applications
1 7 (35.00%) Subversion
2 3 (15.00%) Eclipse
2 3 (15.00%) Git
2 3 (15.00%) Jenkins
2 3 (15.00%) JIRA
General
1 7 (35.00%) Electronics
2 4 (20.00%) Manufacturing
3 3 (15.00%) Analytical Skills
3 3 (15.00%) Games
3 3 (15.00%) Social Skills
4 1 (5.00%) Finance
4 1 (5.00%) Marketing
4 1 (5.00%) Public Sector
4 1 (5.00%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 17 (85.00%) Embedded Engineer
2 9 (45.00%) Embedded Software Engineer
2 9 (45.00%) Firmware Engineer
2 9 (45.00%) Software Engineer
3 8 (40.00%) Embedded Firmware Engineer
4 5 (25.00%) Lead
5 1 (5.00%) Senior
5 1 (5.00%) Senior Embedded Engineer
5 1 (5.00%) Senior Embedded Software Engineer
5 1 (5.00%) Senior Software Engineer
5 1 (5.00%) Software Manager
5 1 (5.00%) Technical Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (15.00%) 802.1X
1 3 (15.00%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 9 (45.00%) ARM Cortex
1 9 (45.00%) Embedded Systems
2 4 (20.00%) IoT
3 3 (15.00%) Analytical Mindset
4 1 (5.00%) NB-IoT
Operating Systems
1 11 (55.00%) Linux
2 5 (25.00%) Embedded Linux
3 2 (10.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (80.00%) Software Engineering
2 8 (40.00%) Computer Science
3 5 (25.00%) Agile
3 5 (25.00%) Embedded Software Development
3 5 (25.00%) Use Case
4 3 (15.00%) Case Management
4 3 (15.00%) Decision-Making
4 3 (15.00%) Pair Programming
4 3 (15.00%) Problem-Solving
4 3 (15.00%) Product Requirements
4 3 (15.00%) SDLC
4 3 (15.00%) Test Automation
4 3 (15.00%) Validation
5 1 (5.00%) Business Intelligence
5 1 (5.00%) Customer Requirements
5 1 (5.00%) Design for Manufacturing
5 1 (5.00%) Digital Marketing
5 1 (5.00%) Product Management
5 1 (5.00%) Programme Management
5 1 (5.00%) System Testing
Programming Languages
1 14 (70.00%) C
1 14 (70.00%) C++
2 5 (25.00%) MATLAB
2 5 (25.00%) Python
3 1 (5.00%) Assembly Language
3 1 (5.00%) C#
Qualifications
1 9 (45.00%) Degree
2 3 (15.00%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (10.00%) MISRA
1 2 (10.00%) MISRA C
System Software
1 16 (80.00%) Firmware
2 8 (40.00%) Embedded Firmware
Vendors
1 3 (15.00%) Renesas
2 1 (5.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (5.00%) SAP