Embedded Linux Contracts in the South East

Embedded Linux
England > South East

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the South East with a requirement for Embedded Linux skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Embedded Linux over the 6 months to 20 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
20 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 185 207 257
Rank change year-on-year +22 +50 -42
Contract jobs citing Embedded Linux 7 6 6
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South East 0.13% 0.11% 0.078%
As % of the Operating Systems category 0.72% 0.52% 0.40%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 4 5
10th Percentile £410 £443 £387
25th Percentile £425 £452 £390
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £500 £405
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% +23.46% +24.62%
75th Percentile £550 £563 £413
90th Percentile £575 £608 £414
England median daily rate £450 £469 £410
% change year-on-year -4.00% +14.33% +5.81%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - £62.50 £56.25
Median hourly rate - £65.00 £57.50
Median % change year-on-year - +13.04% +27.78%
75th Percentile - £67.50 £58.75
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £60.00 £50.00 £51.25
% change year-on-year +20.00% -2.44% +13.89%

All Operating Systems
South East

Embedded Linux is in the Operating Systems category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in the South East with a requirement for operating system skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 970 1,152 1,486
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 17.75% 20.43% 19.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 640 779 960
10th Percentile £200 £195 £154
25th Percentile £285 £250 £222
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 £463 £450
Median % change year-on-year - +2.78% +9.09%
75th Percentile £575 £583 £581
90th Percentile £650 £650 £650
England median daily rate £470 £513 £500
% change year-on-year -8.29% +2.50% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 58 68 103
10th Percentile £15.96 £17.38 £12.51
25th Percentile £17.69 £18.50 £14.00
Median hourly rate £47.50 £55.00 £17.50
Median % change year-on-year -13.64% +214.29% -15.66%
75th Percentile £63.44 £67.50 £34.63
90th Percentile £73.75 £75.00 £58.05
England median hourly rate £22.00 £38.00 £21.50
% change year-on-year -42.11% +76.74% +22.86%

Embedded Linux
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

Job vacancy trend for Embedded Linux in the South East

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Embedded Linux in the South East.

Daily rate trend for Embedded Linux in the South East

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Daily Rate Histogram in the South East

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Embedded Linux in the South East over the 6 months to 20 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Embedded Linux in the South East

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Embedded Linux in the South East.

Hourly rate trend for Embedded Linux in the South East

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Contract Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Embedded Linux within the South East region over the 6 months to 20 May 2024. 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Surrey +20 5 £450 -28.00% 4
West Sussex - 2 £550 - 1
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England

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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 4 (57.14%) Confluence
Communications & Networking
1 4 (57.14%) TCP/IP
Development Applications
1 7 (100.00%) Git
1 7 (100.00%) Jenkins
2 4 (57.14%) Artifactory
2 4 (57.14%) Bitbucket
2 4 (57.14%) JIRA
Job Titles
1 7 (100.00%) Software Engineer
2 4 (57.14%) Development Engineer
2 4 (57.14%) Linux Engineer
2 4 (57.14%) Software Development Engineer
2 4 (57.14%) Test Development Engineer
3 3 (42.86%) C# Software Engineer
3 3 (42.86%) C++ Software Engineer
4 1 (14.29%) Embedded C++ Engineer
4 1 (14.29%) Embedded C++ Software Engineer
4 1 (14.29%) Embedded Engineer
4 1 (14.29%) Embedded Linux Engineer
4 1 (14.29%) Embedded Linux Software Engineer
4 1 (14.29%) Embedded Software Engineer
4 1 (14.29%) Senior
4 1 (14.29%) Senior C++ Software Engineer
4 1 (14.29%) Senior Embedded Engineer
4 1 (14.29%) Senior Embedded Software Engineer
4 1 (14.29%) Senior Linux Engineer
4 1 (14.29%) Senior Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (57.14%) RESTful
1 4 (57.14%) SOAP
1 4 (57.14%) XML
Operating Systems
1 7 (100.00%) Linux
1 7 (100.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (100.00%) Computer Science
1 7 (100.00%) Scrum
1 7 (100.00%) Software Engineering
2 4 (57.14%) Agile
2 4 (57.14%) API Testing
2 4 (57.14%) Continuous Integration
2 4 (57.14%) End-to-End Testing
2 4 (57.14%) Manual Testing
2 4 (57.14%) Open Source
2 4 (57.14%) Performance Management
2 4 (57.14%) SDET
2 4 (57.14%) Software Testing
2 4 (57.14%) Test Automation
3 3 (42.86%) Clean Code
3 3 (42.86%) Continuous Improvement
3 3 (42.86%) Customer Service
3 3 (42.86%) Design Patterns
3 3 (42.86%) Problem-Solving
3 3 (42.86%) SOLID
3 3 (42.86%) Storyboarding
Programming Languages
1 7 (100.00%) Python
2 5 (71.43%) C++
3 4 (57.14%) C#
3 4 (57.14%) SQL
4 3 (42.86%) Bash
4 3 (42.86%) Perl
Qualifications
1 7 (100.00%) Degree
2 3 (42.86%) Computer Science Degree
2 3 (42.86%) Master's Degree
System Software
1 4 (57.14%) Virtual Machines
1 4 (57.14%) VirtualBox
Vendors
1 4 (57.14%) Oracle