Embedded Linux Jobs with Work from Home Options

Embedded Linux
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent remote or hybrid work 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 21 June 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 449 559 811
Rank change year-on-year +110 +252 -295
Permanent jobs citing Embedded Linux 155 74 90
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 0.44% 0.20% 0.12%
As % of the Operating Systems category 3.30% 1.28% 0.67%
Number of salaries quoted 145 31 35
10th Percentile £45,000 - £37,500
25th Percentile £51,250 £41,250 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +27.27% +4.76% -4.55%
75th Percentile £80,000 £68,750 £62,500
90th Percentile £85,000 £72,500 -
UK median annual salary £65,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +8.33% - +14.29%

All Operating Systems
Work from Home

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 with remote or hybrid options requiring operating system skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 4,702 5,785 13,425
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 13.23% 15.44% 17.74%
Number of salaries quoted 3,548 4,321 7,485
10th Percentile £30,294 £31,000 £30,000
25th Percentile £39,000 £41,250 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.27% - +4.76%
75th Percentile £65,603 £75,000 £73,750
90th Percentile £83,750 £93,750 £87,500
UK median annual salary £45,000 £52,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -14.29% - +5.00%

Embedded Linux
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option citing Embedded Linux as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Embedded Linux trend for jobs with a WFH option

Embedded Linux
Salary Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average salary quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Embedded Linux.

Embedded Linux salary trend for jobs with a WFH option

Embedded Linux
Salary Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Salary distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Embedded Linux over the 6 months to 21 June 2024.

Embedded Linux salary histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Embedded Linux
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (0.65%) Confluence
Applications
1 23 (14.84%) Simulink
Cloud Services
1 6 (3.87%) GitHub
2 2 (1.29%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 28 (18.06%) Wireless
2 20 (12.90%) RS-232
3 15 (9.68%) Ethernet
3 15 (9.68%) Wi-Fi
4 5 (3.23%) 5G
4 5 (3.23%) TCP/IP
5 4 (2.58%) 3GPP
6 3 (1.94%) RS-485
7 2 (1.29%) MQTT
7 2 (1.29%) ZigBee
8 1 (0.65%) Bluetooth
8 1 (0.65%) DHCP
8 1 (0.65%) DNS
8 1 (0.65%) HTTP
8 1 (0.65%) OFDM
8 1 (0.65%) Software-Defined Radio
8 1 (0.65%) VLAN
8 1 (0.65%) VPN
Development Applications
1 5 (3.23%) Git
1 5 (3.23%) GitLab
1 5 (3.23%) JIRA
2 4 (2.58%) Jenkins
2 4 (2.58%) Subversion
2 4 (2.58%) Zephyr
3 3 (1.94%) Rational Rhapsody
4 1 (0.65%) Bitbucket
4 1 (0.65%) Rational DOORS
General
1 36 (23.23%) Social Skills
2 18 (11.61%) Manufacturing
3 13 (8.39%) Electronics
4 4 (2.58%) Automotive
4 4 (2.58%) Pharmaceutical
4 4 (2.58%) Telecoms
5 1 (0.65%) Retail
Job Titles
1 113 (72.90%) Embedded Engineer
1 113 (72.90%) Software Engineer
2 103 (66.45%) Embedded Software Engineer
3 72 (46.45%) Senior
4 68 (43.87%) Senior Embedded Engineer
5 66 (42.58%) Senior Embedded Software Engineer
5 66 (42.58%) Senior Software Engineer
6 26 (16.77%) Developer
7 23 (14.84%) Embedded Developer
8 22 (14.19%) Embedded Software Developer
8 22 (14.19%) Software Developer
9 12 (7.74%) C++ Software Engineer
9 12 (7.74%) Embedded C++ Engineer
10 11 (7.10%) Embedded C++ Software Engineer
11 9 (5.81%) Firmware Engineer
12 8 (5.16%) Embedded Firmware Engineer
13 6 (3.87%) C Software Engineer
13 6 (3.87%) Embedded C Engineer
13 6 (3.87%) Embedded C/C++ Engineer
13 6 (3.87%) Senior C++ Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 33 (21.29%) Yocto
2 5 (3.23%) FFmpeg
2 5 (3.23%) GStreamer
2 5 (3.23%) OpenEmbedded
3 2 (1.29%) OpenGL
3 2 (1.29%) Vulkan
4 1 (0.65%) Boost C++ Libraries
4 1 (0.65%) Flutter
4 1 (0.65%) JSON
4 1 (0.65%) PyTorch
4 1 (0.65%) Qt
4 1 (0.65%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 26 (16.77%) Device Driver
2 12 (7.74%) IoT
3 11 (7.10%) Embedded Systems
4 2 (1.29%) ARM Cortex
4 2 (1.29%) Client/Server
4 2 (1.29%) Distributed Systems
4 2 (1.29%) RISC-V
5 1 (0.65%) Distributed Computing
5 1 (0.65%) FPGA
5 1 (0.65%) SIMD
Operating Systems
1 155 (100.00%) Linux
2 6 (3.87%) Windows
3 4 (2.58%) FreeRTOS
4 1 (0.65%) Android
4 1 (0.65%) VxWorks
Processes & Methodologies
1 143 (92.26%) Software Engineering
2 52 (33.55%) Cybersecurity
3 29 (18.71%) Continuous Integration
4 28 (18.06%) Signal Processing
5 26 (16.77%) DevOps
6 25 (16.13%) System Testing
7 24 (15.48%) OOD
7 24 (15.48%) Problem-Solving
8 23 (14.84%) Code Quality
8 23 (14.84%) Computer Science
8 23 (14.84%) Machine Learning
9 22 (14.19%) Artificial Intelligence
9 22 (14.19%) Collaborative Working
9 22 (14.19%) Embedded Software Development
10 16 (10.32%) Linux Kernel Development
11 15 (9.68%) Agile
12 12 (7.74%) Device Driver Development
12 12 (7.74%) Multithreading
13 9 (5.81%) Open Source
14 6 (3.87%) OO
Programming Languages
1 130 (83.87%) C
2 90 (58.06%) Python
3 78 (50.32%) Embedded C
4 55 (35.48%) Bash
5 53 (34.19%) Rust
6 51 (32.90%) C++
7 22 (14.19%) Java
8 9 (5.81%) C#
9 6 (3.87%) Embedded C++
10 5 (3.23%) Assembly Language
11 3 (1.94%) Ada
12 1 (0.65%) Go
12 1 (0.65%) MATLAB
12 1 (0.65%) Perl
12 1 (0.65%) Ruby
12 1 (0.65%) Tcl
Qualifications
1 76 (49.03%) Security Cleared
2 33 (21.29%) Degree
3 23 (14.84%) Computer Science Degree
4 22 (14.19%) DV Cleared
5 3 (1.94%) BPSS Clearance
6 1 (0.65%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (3.87%) ISO 9000
2 4 (2.58%) MISRA
3 3 (1.94%) Def Stans
4 1 (0.65%) MISRA C
4 1 (0.65%) QA
System Software
1 13 (8.39%) Firmware
2 11 (7.10%) Embedded Firmware
3 6 (3.87%) Docker
Systems Management
1 4 (2.58%) Terraform
2 2 (1.29%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 22 (14.19%) Xilinx
2 1 (0.65%) Intel