FreeRTOS
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs requiring FreeRTOS skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 19 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 716 666 830
Rank change year-on-year -50 +164 +10
Permanent jobs citing FreeRTOS 44 7 40
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.044% 0.014% 0.041%
As % of the Operating Systems category 0.71% 0.10% 0.31%
Number of salaries quoted 34 3 19
10th Percentile £43,750 £43,500 £50,000
25th Percentile £53,188 £46,875 £52,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% - -2.22%
75th Percentile £65,000 £65,000 £58,125
90th Percentile £67,625 £69,500 £60,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.55% - +4.76%

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 6,173 6,919 12,892
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 6.19% 14.05% 13.25%
Number of salaries quoted 4,669 4,623 9,806
10th Percentile £27,750 £27,000 £26,250
25th Percentile £31,250 £31,750 £31,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £42,500 £46,500
Median % change year-on-year +5.88% -8.60% -11.43%
75th Percentile £67,500 £65,000 £62,500
90th Percentile £85,000 £81,250 £80,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £42,500 £40,000 £42,500
% change year-on-year +6.25% -5.88% -5.56%

FreeRTOS
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing FreeRTOS relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

FreeRTOS job vacancy trend in the UK

FreeRTOS
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing FreeRTOS.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing FreeRTOS

FreeRTOS
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing FreeRTOS over the 6 months to 19 July 2026.

Salary histogram for FreeRTOS in the UK

FreeRTOS
Top 12 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 19 July 2026. 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 -30 44 £57,500 +4.55% 20
UK excluding London -44 43 £57,500 +4.55% 19
North of England -19 15 £57,500 +35.29% 7
Work from Home +4 14 £61,500 +14.42% 11
North West - 13 £57,500 - 5
East of England -10 10 £61,500 -
Midlands -21 9 £65,000 - 5
West Midlands - 9 £65,000 - 1
South West -59 6 £65,000 +18.18% 3
South East - 3 - - 4
North East - 2 £30,939 - 2
London - 1 £115,000 - 2

FreeRTOS
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 1 (2.27%) Confluence
1 1 (2.27%) Kinematics
Applications
1 3 (6.82%) Lightworks
1 3 (6.82%) Simulink
Communications & Networking
1 16 (36.36%) Bluetooth
2 15 (34.09%) Wireless
3 11 (25.00%) Modbus
3 11 (25.00%) ZigBee
4 9 (20.45%) Profibus
4 9 (20.45%) RS-232
4 9 (20.45%) RS-485
5 6 (13.64%) Ethernet
6 3 (6.82%) MQTT
6 3 (6.82%) Wi-Fi
7 2 (4.55%) TCP/IP
8 1 (2.27%) LTE
Development Applications
1 10 (22.73%) Git
2 3 (6.82%) PetaLinux
3 2 (4.55%) Bitbucket
3 2 (4.55%) JIRA
4 1 (2.27%) Eclipse
4 1 (2.27%) GoogleTest
4 1 (2.27%) Jenkins
4 1 (2.27%) SonarQube
4 1 (2.27%) Visual Studio Code
4 1 (2.27%) Zephyr
General
1 32 (72.73%) Electronics
2 10 (22.73%) Social Skills
3 9 (20.45%) Manufacturing
3 9 (20.45%) Organisational Skills
4 5 (11.36%) Automotive
5 1 (2.27%) Advertising
5 1 (2.27%) Aerospace
5 1 (2.27%) Analytical Skills
5 1 (2.27%) Wearables
Job Titles
1 31 (70.45%) Senior
1 31 (70.45%) Software Engineer
2 27 (61.36%) Embedded Engineer
3 26 (59.09%) Embedded Software Engineer
4 19 (43.18%) Senior Embedded Engineer
4 19 (43.18%) Senior Embedded Software Engineer
4 19 (43.18%) Senior Software Engineer
5 13 (29.55%) Firmware Engineer
6 12 (27.27%) Senior Firmware Engineer
7 11 (25.00%) Design Engineer
7 11 (25.00%) Electronics Design Engineer
7 11 (25.00%) Electronics Engineer
7 11 (25.00%) Senior Design Engineer
7 11 (25.00%) Senior Electronics Design Engineer
7 11 (25.00%) Senior Electronics Engineer
8 3 (6.82%) Junior
8 3 (6.82%) Junior Software Engineer
9 2 (4.55%) Principal Embedded Software Engineer
9 2 (4.55%) Principal Engineer
9 2 (4.55%) Principal Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (6.82%) Yocto
Miscellaneous
1 19 (43.18%) Embedded Systems
2 11 (25.00%) Analogue Electronics
3 6 (13.64%) IoT
4 5 (11.36%) ARM Cortex
5 4 (9.09%) CAN bus
6 3 (6.82%) FPGA
6 3 (6.82%) Verilog
6 3 (6.82%) VHDL
7 2 (4.55%) Mobile App
8 1 (2.27%) Algorithms
8 1 (2.27%) Device Driver
8 1 (2.27%) NB-IoT
8 1 (2.27%) Robotics
Operating Systems
1 6 (13.64%) Linux
2 3 (6.82%) Embedded Linux
3 2 (4.55%) SafeRTOS
3 2 (4.55%) ThreadX
4 1 (2.27%) Robot Operating System
4 1 (2.27%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 32 (72.73%) Software Engineering
2 13 (29.55%) Collaborative Working
3 11 (25.00%) Digital Signal Processing
3 11 (25.00%) Schematic Capture
3 11 (25.00%) Signal Processing
3 11 (25.00%) Unit Testing
4 9 (20.45%) Problem-Solving
4 9 (20.45%) TDD
5 8 (18.18%) Embedded Software Development
6 7 (15.91%) CI/CD
7 6 (13.64%) Test Automation
7 6 (13.64%) Validation
8 5 (11.36%) Integration Testing
8 5 (11.36%) Secure Coding
9 4 (9.09%) Computer Science
9 4 (9.09%) Continuous Improvement
9 4 (9.09%) Software Architecture
10 3 (6.82%) Concurrent Programming
10 3 (6.82%) Line Management
10 3 (6.82%) Test Scripting
Programming Languages
1 41 (93.18%) C
2 22 (50.00%) C++
3 19 (43.18%) Embedded C
4 12 (27.27%) Python
5 5 (11.36%) MATLAB
6 4 (9.09%) Rust
7 2 (4.55%) Embedded C++
8 1 (2.27%) R
Qualifications
1 6 (13.64%) Degree
2 1 (2.27%) Master's Degree
2 1 (2.27%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (13.64%) IEC 61508
2 5 (11.36%) MISRA
2 5 (11.36%) MISRA C
3 3 (6.82%) ECSS
4 1 (2.27%) DO-254
4 1 (2.27%) HAZOP
4 1 (2.27%) IEC 62304
4 1 (2.27%) ISO 26262
System Software
1 35 (79.55%) Firmware
2 30 (68.18%) Embedded Firmware
Systems Management
1 2 (4.55%) Functional Safety
Vendors
1 3 (6.82%) Xilinx
2 1 (2.27%) Google