Embedded Linux Jobs in the West Midlands

Embedded Linux
England > West Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the West Midlands requiring Embedded Linux skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Embedded Linux over the 6 months leading up to 15 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 195 234 250
Rank change year-on-year +39 +16 -
Permanent jobs citing Embedded Linux 2 19 10
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 0.046% 0.26% 0.16%
As % of the Operating Systems category 0.30% 2.23% 1.29%
Number of salaries quoted 2 19 1
10th Percentile £59,125 - -
25th Percentile £61,563 £62,500 £39,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £68,750 £65,000 £43,500
Median % change year-on-year +5.77% +49.43% -
75th Percentile £76,563 £69,375 £47,750
90th Percentile £79,375 £71,250 -
England median annual salary £55,000 £67,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -18.52% +12.50% -

All Operating Systems
West Midlands

Embedded Linux 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 in the West Midlands.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 662 853 775
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 15.37% 11.58% 12.24%
Number of salaries quoted 386 726 550
10th Percentile £26,375 £24,723 £25,450
25th Percentile £31,250 £27,500 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £36,925 £37,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -1.53% -16.67% +4.65%
75th Percentile £51,250 £55,000 £57,500
90th Percentile £62,500 £65,603 £70,000
England median annual salary £45,000 £45,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year - -14.29% -

Embedded Linux
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

Job postings citing Embedded Linux as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands.

Job vacancy trend for Embedded Linux in the West Midlands

Embedded Linux
Salary Trend in the West Midlands

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Embedded Linux in the West Midlands.

Salary trend for Embedded Linux in the West Midlands

Embedded Linux
Salary Histogram in the West Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing Embedded Linux in the West Midlands over the 6 months to 15 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Embedded Linux in the West Midlands

Embedded Linux
Job Locations in the West Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Embedded Linux within the West Midlands region over the 6 months to 15 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
Coventry -18 1 £60,000 -7.69%
Staffordshire - 1 £77,500 - 3
Embedded Linux
England

Embedded Linux
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the West Midlands 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:

Development Applications
1 1 (50.00%) webpack
General
1 1 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (50.00%) Electronics
1 1 (50.00%) Law
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Developer
1 1 (50.00%) Rust Developer
1 1 (50.00%) Senior
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (50.00%) Electron
1 1 (50.00%) React
1 1 (50.00%) Yocto
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) IoT
Operating Systems
1 2 (100.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Software Engineering
2 1 (50.00%) Agile
2 1 (50.00%) Embedded Software Development
2 1 (50.00%) Front End Development
2 1 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 2 (100.00%) C++
2 1 (50.00%) C
2 1 (50.00%) JavaScript
2 1 (50.00%) Rust
2 1 (50.00%) TypeScript