FreeRTOS Job Trends

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 15 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 641 683 698
Rank change year-on-year +42 +15 +325
Permanent jobs citing FreeRTOS 8 28 15
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.013% 0.052% 0.027%
As % of the Operating Systems category 0.16% 0.35% 0.18%
Number of salaries quoted 6 11 14
10th Percentile £43,750 £51,250 £49,000
25th Percentile £51,250 £53,750 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% +4.35% -8.00%
75th Percentile £54,688 £66,250 £62,813
90th Percentile £57,000 - £80,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -12.50% +4.35% -8.00%

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 4,959 8,048 8,539
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 8.22% 15.02% 15.40%
Number of salaries quoted 3,652 4,539 7,016
10th Percentile £27,000 £28,250 £27,000
25th Percentile £31,250 £36,250 £34,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% - -4.76%
75th Percentile £67,250 £72,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £86,225 £90,000 £85,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £38,000 £45,819 £45,000
% change year-on-year -17.06% +1.82% -

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 15 January 2026.

Salary histogram for FreeRTOS in the UK

FreeRTOS
Top 8 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 15 January 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 +44 8 £52,500 -8.70% 17
UK excluding London +16 8 £52,500 -12.50% 18
Midlands +23 4 £52,500 -10.64% 3
West Midlands +23 4 £52,500 -8.70% 1
South West - 3 £37,500 - 2
Work from Home +58 1 £37,500 -38.78% 7
North of England +13 1 £56,000 -6.67% 4
North West - 1 £56,000 -

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 2 (25.00%) Confluence
Applications
1 1 (12.50%) Doxygen
Cloud Services
1 1 (12.50%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 4 (50.00%) 3G
1 4 (50.00%) GPRS
1 4 (50.00%) GSM
1 4 (50.00%) Modbus
1 4 (50.00%) RS-232
1 4 (50.00%) RS-485
1 4 (50.00%) SSL
1 4 (50.00%) TCP/IP
2 1 (12.50%) Bluetooth
Development Applications
1 2 (25.00%) Git
1 2 (25.00%) JIRA
1 2 (25.00%) Zephyr
2 1 (12.50%) Jenkins
General
1 4 (50.00%) Manufacturing
2 1 (12.50%) Documentation Skills
2 1 (12.50%) Electronics
2 1 (12.50%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (37.50%) Software Engineer
2 2 (25.00%) C Software Engineer
2 2 (25.00%) C/C++ Embedded Software Engineer
2 2 (25.00%) C/C++ Software Engineer
2 2 (25.00%) C++ Software Engineer
2 2 (25.00%) Embedded C Engineer
2 2 (25.00%) Embedded C Software Engineer
2 2 (25.00%) Embedded C/C++ Engineer
2 2 (25.00%) Embedded C/C++ Software Engineer
2 2 (25.00%) Embedded C++ Engineer
2 2 (25.00%) Embedded C++ Software Engineer
2 2 (25.00%) Embedded Engineer
2 2 (25.00%) Embedded Linux Engineer
2 2 (25.00%) Embedded Linux Software Engineer
2 2 (25.00%) Embedded Software Engineer
2 2 (25.00%) Linux Engineer
3 1 (12.50%) Electronics Design Engineer
3 1 (12.50%) Senior
3 1 (12.50%) Senior Electronics Design Engineer
3 1 (12.50%) Senior Electronics Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (12.50%) Qt
Miscellaneous
1 3 (37.50%) Embedded Systems
2 1 (12.50%) Analogue Electronics
Operating Systems
1 4 (50.00%) Embedded Linux
1 4 (50.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (75.00%) Software Engineering
2 5 (62.50%) Embedded Software Development
2 5 (62.50%) Secure Coding
2 5 (62.50%) Test Automation
3 3 (37.50%) Agile
4 2 (25.00%) Software Testing
5 1 (12.50%) CI/CD
5 1 (12.50%) Collaborative Working
5 1 (12.50%) Digital Signal Processing
5 1 (12.50%) Schematic Capture
5 1 (12.50%) Signal Processing
5 1 (12.50%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 8 (100.00%) C
2 7 (87.50%) C++
3 3 (37.50%) Python
4 2 (25.00%) Embedded C++
4 2 (25.00%) JavaScript
5 1 (12.50%) Embedded C
5 1 (12.50%) Java
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (50.00%) MISRA
2 1 (12.50%) IEC 62304
System Software
1 5 (62.50%) Embedded Firmware
1 5 (62.50%) Firmware