GDB Jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

GNU Debugger
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent remote or hybrid work requiring GDB skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited GDB over the 6 months leading up to 3 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 413 571 651
Rank change year-on-year +158 +80 +155
Permanent jobs citing GDB 4 13 26
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 0.026% 0.038% 0.061%
As % of the Development Applications category 0.21% 0.34% 0.40%
Number of salaries quoted 4 10 6
10th Percentile £70,200 - £63,750
25th Percentile £90,000 £71,250 £72,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £115,500 £117,500 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year -1.70% +56.67% +66.67%
75th Percentile £145,000 £170,000 £78,438
90th Percentile - - £115,000
UK median annual salary £84,250 £72,500 £75,000
% change year-on-year +16.21% -3.33% +51.52%

All Development Application Skills
Work from Home

GDB falls under the Development Applications category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with remote or hybrid options requiring development application skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for development application skills 1,929 3,878 6,532
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 12.72% 11.46% 15.34%
Number of salaries quoted 1,448 3,010 4,653
10th Percentile £42,500 £37,500 £41,250
25th Percentile £51,250 £46,250 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £60,000 £64,472
Median % change year-on-year +12.50% -6.94% +7.45%
75th Percentile £81,250 £75,772 £80,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £91,934 £95,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year - -7.69% +4.00%

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Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with remote working options citing GDB as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

GDB trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

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Salary Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average salary quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing GDB.

GDB salary trend for jobs with a WFH option

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Salary Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Salary distribution for jobs with remote working options citing GDB over the 6 months to 3 May 2025.

GDB salary histogram for jobs with a WFH option

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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:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (25.00%) GSM
Development Applications
1 4 (100.00%) Git
2 1 (25.00%) GCC
2 1 (25.00%) gcov
2 1 (25.00%) GitLab
2 1 (25.00%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 3 (75.00%) Analytical Skills
1 3 (75.00%) Electronics
1 3 (75.00%) Finance
1 3 (75.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 4 (100.00%) Senior
2 3 (75.00%) Firmware Engineer
2 3 (75.00%) Lead
2 3 (75.00%) Senior Firmware Engineer
3 1 (25.00%) Embedded Engineer
3 1 (25.00%) Embedded Software Engineer
3 1 (25.00%) Senior Embedded Engineer
3 1 (25.00%) Senior Embedded Software Engineer
3 1 (25.00%) Senior Software Engineer
3 1 (25.00%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (100.00%) Yocto
2 3 (75.00%) OpenEmbedded
3 1 (25.00%) Boost C++ Libraries
Miscellaneous
1 3 (75.00%) Self-Motivation
1 3 (75.00%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 3 (75.00%) Embedded Linux
1 3 (75.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) Software Engineering
2 3 (75.00%) Key Management
2 3 (75.00%) Linux Kernel Development
2 3 (75.00%) Open Source
3 1 (25.00%) Project Delivery
3 1 (25.00%) Project Planning
Programming Languages
1 4 (100.00%) C
2 1 (25.00%) C++
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (75.00%) JTAG
System Software
1 3 (75.00%) Firmware
2 1 (25.00%) Docker
Vendors
1 1 (25.00%) IBM
1 1 (25.00%) QNX