Embedded Linux Jobs in the UK excluding London

Embedded Linux
UK > UK excluding London

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for Embedded Linux skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Embedded Linux over the 6 months to 1 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
1 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 491 600 691
Rank change year-on-year +109 +91 -97
Permanent jobs citing Embedded Linux 294 136 155
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.39% 0.24% 0.21%
As % of the Operating Systems category 2.74% 1.42% 1.03%
Number of salaries quoted 239 67 79
10th Percentile £45,000 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £52,500 £41,250 £40,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £59,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.17% -1.67% +20.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £72,500 £62,500
90th Percentile £85,000 £76,750 £72,500
UK median annual salary £65,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +8.33% - +14.29%

All Operating Systems
UK excluding London

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

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 10,738 9,590 15,054
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 14.13% 16.96% 20.35%
Number of salaries quoted 8,185 5,970 9,259
10th Percentile £25,500 £25,500 £25,000
25th Percentile £30,000 £31,250 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £45,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.56% - -
75th Percentile £57,500 £60,000 £60,000
90th Percentile £68,750 £72,500 £73,750
UK median annual salary £45,000 £52,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -14.29% - +5.00%

Embedded Linux
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing Embedded Linux as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Embedded Linux in the UK excluding London

Embedded Linux
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Embedded Linux in the UK excluding London.

Salary trend for Embedded Linux in the UK excluding London

Embedded Linux
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Embedded Linux in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Embedded Linux in the UK excluding London

Embedded Linux
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Embedded Linux within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 1 June 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
South East +15 73 £75,000 +25.00% 14
South West +33 64 £60,000 -17.24% 5
North of England +36 46 £60,000 +41.18% 4
East of England +33 46 £70,000 - 27
Midlands +5 39 £57,500 - 5
East Midlands +2 22 £51,250 - 2
Yorkshire +42 20 £50,000 +17.65% 4
West Midlands -16 17 £65,000 +13.04% 3
North West +10 16 £60,000 -
Scotland -53 15 £60,000 - 9
Northern Ireland - 11 - -
North East - 10 £56,000 -
Embedded Linux
UK

Embedded Linux
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 6 (2.04%) Confluence
Applications
1 19 (6.46%) Simulink
2 1 (0.34%) OrCAD
Business Applications
1 2 (0.68%) C-CURE
Cloud Services
1 5 (1.70%) AWS
1 5 (1.70%) GitHub
2 3 (1.02%) AWS IoT
3 1 (0.34%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 47 (15.99%) Wireless
2 36 (12.24%) Wi-Fi
3 21 (7.14%) RS-232
4 18 (6.12%) Ethernet
5 17 (5.78%) MQTT
5 17 (5.78%) RS-485
5 17 (5.78%) TCP/IP
6 14 (4.76%) 4G
7 13 (4.42%) 3G
8 9 (3.06%) Bluetooth
9 8 (2.72%) 5G
10 6 (2.04%) DVB
10 6 (2.04%) Wireshark
11 5 (1.70%) ZigBee
12 4 (1.36%) 3GPP
13 3 (1.02%) Internet
14 2 (0.68%) DECT
14 2 (0.68%) LoRaWAN
14 2 (0.68%) LTE
14 2 (0.68%) NFC
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (2.04%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 20 (6.80%) Git
2 16 (5.44%) Jenkins
3 14 (4.76%) JIRA
4 6 (2.04%) Subversion
5 4 (1.36%) GitLab
5 4 (1.36%) Rational DOORS
5 4 (1.36%) Zephyr
6 3 (1.02%) Rational Rhapsody
7 1 (0.34%) Bitbucket
7 1 (0.34%) GDB
General
1 51 (17.35%) Social Skills
2 47 (15.99%) Electronics
3 32 (10.88%) Manufacturing
4 13 (4.42%) Mandarin Language
5 11 (3.74%) Analytical Skills
6 10 (3.40%) Automotive
7 9 (3.06%) Telecoms
8 4 (1.36%) Pharmaceutical
9 3 (1.02%) Aerospace
9 3 (1.02%) Finance
9 3 (1.02%) Marketing
9 3 (1.02%) Public Sector
10 1 (0.34%) Retail
Job Titles
1 211 (71.77%) Embedded Engineer
2 205 (69.73%) Software Engineer
3 172 (58.50%) Embedded Software Engineer
4 136 (46.26%) Senior
5 113 (38.44%) Senior Embedded Engineer
6 108 (36.73%) Senior Software Engineer
7 91 (30.95%) Senior Embedded Software Engineer
8 32 (10.88%) Embedded Linux Engineer
8 32 (10.88%) Linux Engineer
9 25 (8.50%) Developer
10 23 (7.82%) Senior Linux Engineer
11 20 (6.80%) C++ Software Engineer
11 20 (6.80%) Embedded Developer
12 19 (6.46%) Embedded C++ Engineer
13 18 (6.12%) Embedded Software Developer
13 18 (6.12%) Software Developer
14 17 (5.78%) Embedded C++ Software Engineer
15 15 (5.10%) Lead
16 13 (4.42%) Architect
16 13 (4.42%) Security Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 62 (21.09%) Yocto
2 18 (6.12%) REST
3 13 (4.42%) Qt
4 10 (3.40%) FFmpeg
4 10 (3.40%) GStreamer
4 10 (3.40%) Middleware
5 6 (2.04%) Node.js
6 5 (1.70%) OpenCV
6 5 (1.70%) OpenEmbedded
6 5 (1.70%) Web Services
7 2 (0.68%) Boost C++ Libraries
7 2 (0.68%) QML
8 1 (0.34%) Flutter
8 1 (0.34%) HTML
8 1 (0.34%) HTML5
8 1 (0.34%) PyTorch
8 1 (0.34%) React
8 1 (0.34%) Redux
8 1 (0.34%) Vue
8 1 (0.34%) Vulkan
Miscellaneous
1 51 (17.35%) Device Driver
2 45 (15.31%) IoT
3 24 (8.16%) Embedded Systems
4 19 (6.46%) Self-Motivation
5 13 (4.42%) Video\Live Streaming
6 10 (3.40%) Algorithms
7 9 (3.06%) FPGA
8 7 (2.38%) VHDL
9 6 (2.04%) SIMD
10 4 (1.36%) CCTV
11 3 (1.02%) ARM Cortex
12 2 (0.68%) Analogue Electronics
12 2 (0.68%) Driving Licence
12 2 (0.68%) Robotics
13 1 (0.34%) Distributed Computing
13 1 (0.34%) Management Information System
13 1 (0.34%) NB-IoT
13 1 (0.34%) State Machine
Operating Systems
1 294 (100.00%) Linux
2 15 (5.10%) Android
3 8 (2.72%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 8 (2.72%) Windows
4 4 (1.36%) FreeRTOS
5 1 (0.34%) Apple iOS
5 1 (0.34%) OpenWrt
5 1 (0.34%) VxWorks
Processes & Methodologies
1 244 (82.99%) Software Engineering
2 54 (18.37%) Cybersecurity
3 50 (17.01%) Agile
4 42 (14.29%) Embedded Software Development
5 38 (12.93%) Computer Science
6 37 (12.59%) OOD
7 32 (10.88%) Problem-Solving
7 32 (10.88%) Signal Processing
8 29 (9.86%) Artificial Intelligence
8 29 (9.86%) DevOps
9 28 (9.52%) OO
10 27 (9.18%) Continuous Integration
10 27 (9.18%) Device Driver Development
11 24 (8.16%) Multithreading
12 23 (7.82%) Software Testing
13 21 (7.14%) Code Quality
13 21 (7.14%) Machine Learning
13 21 (7.14%) System Testing
14 19 (6.46%) Linux Kernel Development
14 19 (6.46%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 219 (74.49%) C
2 127 (43.20%) C++
3 113 (38.44%) Python
4 89 (30.27%) Embedded C
5 70 (23.81%) Bash
6 53 (18.03%) Rust
7 40 (13.61%) Java
8 18 (6.12%) JavaScript
9 10 (3.40%) C#
9 10 (3.40%) Embedded C++
10 8 (2.72%) Perl
11 7 (2.38%) Assembly Language
12 3 (1.02%) Ada
12 3 (1.02%) TypeScript
13 1 (0.34%) Go
13 1 (0.34%) MATLAB
13 1 (0.34%) Ruby
13 1 (0.34%) Tcl
Qualifications
1 72 (24.49%) Security Cleared
2 56 (19.05%) Degree
3 19 (6.46%) Computer Science Degree
4 18 (6.12%) DV Cleared
5 6 (2.04%) Master's Degree
6 5 (1.70%) PhD
7 3 (1.02%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (4.42%) GDPR
1 13 (4.42%) QA
2 6 (2.04%) ISO 9000
2 6 (2.04%) JTAG
3 5 (1.70%) MISRA
4 3 (1.02%) Def Stans
5 2 (0.68%) MISRA C
System Software
1 55 (18.71%) Firmware
2 30 (10.20%) Embedded Firmware
3 13 (4.42%) Docker
Systems Management
1 8 (2.72%) Kubernetes
2 4 (1.36%) Terraform
3 3 (1.02%) Ansible
3 3 (1.02%) Podman
Vendors
1 18 (6.12%) Xilinx
2 8 (2.72%) Red Hat
3 3 (1.02%) SAP
4 1 (0.34%) Atmel
4 1 (0.34%) EMC
4 1 (0.34%) Freescale
4 1 (0.34%) Intel
4 1 (0.34%) Renesas