FreeRTOS Jobs

FreeRTOS
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies requiring FreeRTOS skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited FreeRTOS over the 6 months leading up to 30 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 699 871 944
Rank change year-on-year +172 +73 +253
Permanent jobs citing FreeRTOS 10 41 18
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.018% 0.040% 0.019%
As % of the Operating Systems category 0.14% 0.29% 0.11%
Number of salaries quoted 3 22 8
10th Percentile £43,500 £50,000 £48,625
25th Percentile £46,875 £52,250 £54,063
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - -8.33% +14.29%
75th Percentile £65,000 £59,375 £68,125
90th Percentile £69,500 £60,750 £82,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year - -8.33% +14.29%

All Operating Systems
UK

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.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 7,121 14,027 15,670
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 12.85% 13.58% 16.13%
Number of salaries quoted 4,204 10,693 10,460
10th Percentile £27,250 £26,000 £27,000
25th Percentile £32,500 £31,250 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £45,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year - -14.29% -
75th Percentile £66,250 £62,500 £71,250
90th Percentile £82,500 £80,000 £92,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £40,000 £42,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year -5.88% -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 30 May 2025.

Salary histogram for FreeRTOS in the UK

FreeRTOS
Top 10 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 30 May 2025. 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 +164 10 £55,000 - 49
England +131 9 £55,000 - 44
Work from Home +101 8 £53,750 -2.27% 28
East of England +49 6 - - 5
Scotland +118 1 - - 10
South West +104 1 £55,000 +10.00% 8
Midlands +76 1 £65,000 +8.33% 8
Yorkshire +53 1 £42,500 -22.73% 3
East Midlands +42 1 £65,000 - 6
North of England +40 1 £42,500 -22.73% 6

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 (10.00%) GNU Octave
Communications & Networking
1 6 (60.00%) Bluetooth
1 6 (60.00%) Modbus
1 6 (60.00%) Profibus
1 6 (60.00%) RS-232
1 6 (60.00%) RS-485
1 6 (60.00%) Wireless
1 6 (60.00%) ZigBee
2 1 (10.00%) Ethernet
General
1 7 (70.00%) Electronics
2 6 (60.00%) Manufacturing
2 6 (60.00%) Organisational Skills
2 6 (60.00%) Social Skills
3 1 (10.00%) Finance
Job Titles
1 10 (100.00%) Software Engineer
2 9 (90.00%) Embedded Engineer
2 9 (90.00%) Embedded Software Engineer
3 7 (70.00%) Senior
3 7 (70.00%) Senior Software Engineer
4 6 (60.00%) Senior Embedded Engineer
4 6 (60.00%) Senior Embedded Software Engineer
5 1 (10.00%) Algorithm Engineer
5 1 (10.00%) C++ Software Engineer
5 1 (10.00%) Firmware Engineer
5 1 (10.00%) Senior C++ Software Engineer
5 1 (10.00%) Senior Firmware Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 7 (70.00%) Embedded Systems
2 1 (10.00%) Algorithms
2 1 (10.00%) ARM Cortex
2 1 (10.00%) Lidar
2 1 (10.00%) Robotics
Operating Systems
1 2 (20.00%) Linux
2 1 (10.00%) Android
2 1 (10.00%) SafeRTOS
2 1 (10.00%) ThreadX
2 1 (10.00%) VxWorks
2 1 (10.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (100.00%) Software Engineering
2 6 (60.00%) TDD
2 6 (60.00%) Unit Testing
3 2 (20.00%) Agile
3 2 (20.00%) Configuration Management
3 2 (20.00%) Mathematics
4 1 (10.00%) Collaborative Culture
4 1 (10.00%) Continuous Integration
4 1 (10.00%) Embedded Software Development
4 1 (10.00%) Image Processing
4 1 (10.00%) Linear Algebra
4 1 (10.00%) Mechatronics
4 1 (10.00%) OO
4 1 (10.00%) Project Planning
4 1 (10.00%) Prototyping
4 1 (10.00%) Signal Processing
4 1 (10.00%) Software Testing
4 1 (10.00%) Statistics
Programming Languages
1 10 (100.00%) C
2 8 (80.00%) C++
3 2 (20.00%) Python
4 1 (10.00%) C#
4 1 (10.00%) Embedded C
4 1 (10.00%) Java
4 1 (10.00%) MATLAB
4 1 (10.00%) VB
Qualifications
1 2 (20.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (10.00%) DO-178B
1 1 (10.00%) IEC 61508
1 1 (10.00%) IEC 62304
1 1 (10.00%) ISO 26262
System Software
1 7 (70.00%) Embedded Firmware
1 7 (70.00%) Firmware
Vendors
1 1 (10.00%) Renesas