Embedded Linux
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies 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 3 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
3 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 646 832 987
Rank change year-on-year +186 +155 -223
Permanent jobs citing Embedded Linux 264 161 244
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.27% 0.16% 0.16%
As % of the Operating Systems category 1.87% 0.97% 0.82%
Number of salaries quoted 214 77 101
10th Percentile £45,000 £32,500 £33,750
25th Percentile £53,750 £41,250 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +8.33% - +14.29%
75th Percentile £80,000 £72,500 £62,500
90th Percentile £85,000 £78,500 £72,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £65,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +8.33% +9.09% +10.00%

All Operating Systems
UK

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 with a requirement for operating system skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 14,101 16,590 29,623
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 14.30% 15.99% 18.93%
Number of salaries quoted 10,896 11,178 16,749
10th Percentile £25,760 £27,000 £26,250
25th Percentile £31,250 £35,000 £35,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £52,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -14.29% - +5.00%
75th Percentile £62,500 £71,250 £71,250
90th Percentile £80,000 £92,500 £87,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £42,500 £45,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year -5.56% - -

Embedded Linux
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Embedded Linux as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Embedded Linux in the UK

Embedded Linux
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Embedded Linux in the UK

Embedded Linux
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Embedded Linux over the 6 months to 3 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Embedded Linux in the UK

Embedded Linux
Top 16 Job Locations

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 over the 6 months to 3 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
UK excluding London +118 260 £65,000 +8.33% 75
England +165 237 £67,500 +10.20% 79
Work from Home +151 141 £60,000 +11.63% 36
South West +41 67 £60,000 -17.24% 5
South East +25 67 £75,000 +15.38% 29
North of England +34 39 £60,000 +41.18% 6
Midlands +37 35 £65,000 +49.43% 13
East of England +24 25 £65,000 -7.14% 17
West Midlands +27 19 £65,000 +49.43% 8
Yorkshire +41 16 £55,000 +29.41% 5
North West +21 16 £60,000 -
East Midlands +8 16 £52,500 - 5
Scotland -51 16 £60,000 - 7
Northern Ireland +39 11 - -
North East - 7 £60,000 - 1
London +113 4 £130,000 +85.71% 9

Embedded Linux
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 5 (1.89%) Confluence
2 1 (0.38%) Jupyter
Applications
1 12 (4.55%) Simulink
2 1 (0.38%) OrCAD
Cloud Services
1 4 (1.52%) AWS
1 4 (1.52%) GitHub
2 3 (1.14%) AWS IoT
Communications & Networking
1 49 (18.56%) Wireless
2 36 (13.64%) Wi-Fi
3 23 (8.71%) RS-232
4 20 (7.58%) Ethernet
4 20 (7.58%) TCP/IP
5 16 (6.06%) MQTT
5 16 (6.06%) RS-485
6 13 (4.92%) 4G
7 12 (4.55%) 3G
8 9 (3.41%) Bluetooth
9 8 (3.03%) 5G
10 6 (2.27%) Wireshark
11 4 (1.52%) 3GPP
11 4 (1.52%) Internet
11 4 (1.52%) ZigBee
12 2 (0.76%) DNS
12 2 (0.76%) DVB
12 2 (0.76%) LoRaWAN
12 2 (0.76%) LTE
12 2 (0.76%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (2.27%) Relational Database
2 1 (0.38%) InfluxDB
Development Applications
1 19 (7.20%) Git
2 16 (6.06%) Jenkins
3 13 (4.92%) JIRA
4 7 (2.65%) Subversion
5 4 (1.52%) Zephyr
6 3 (1.14%) Rational DOORS
6 3 (1.14%) Rational Rhapsody
7 2 (0.76%) GitLab
8 1 (0.38%) GDB
8 1 (0.38%) Mercurial
General
1 44 (16.67%) Social Skills
2 40 (15.15%) Electronics
3 29 (10.98%) Manufacturing
4 14 (5.30%) Analytical Skills
5 12 (4.55%) Mandarin Language
6 9 (3.41%) Automotive
6 9 (3.41%) Telecoms
7 4 (1.52%) Pharmaceutical
8 3 (1.14%) Aerospace
8 3 (1.14%) Finance
8 3 (1.14%) Marketing
8 3 (1.14%) Public Sector
9 1 (0.38%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 202 (76.52%) Embedded Engineer
2 193 (73.11%) Software Engineer
3 163 (61.74%) Embedded Software Engineer
4 134 (50.76%) Senior
5 112 (42.42%) Senior Embedded Engineer
6 103 (39.02%) Senior Software Engineer
7 86 (32.58%) Senior Embedded Software Engineer
8 35 (13.26%) Embedded Linux Engineer
8 35 (13.26%) Linux Engineer
9 26 (9.85%) Senior Linux Engineer
10 18 (6.82%) Embedded C++ Engineer
11 16 (6.06%) Developer
12 15 (5.68%) C++ Software Engineer
12 15 (5.68%) Embedded C++ Software Engineer
13 14 (5.30%) Lead
14 12 (4.55%) Embedded C Engineer
14 12 (4.55%) Embedded Developer
14 12 (4.55%) Embedded Software Developer
14 12 (4.55%) Firmware Engineer
14 12 (4.55%) Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 69 (26.14%) Yocto
2 17 (6.44%) REST
3 14 (5.30%) Qt
4 10 (3.79%) FFmpeg
4 10 (3.79%) GStreamer
4 10 (3.79%) Middleware
5 6 (2.27%) Node.js
6 5 (1.89%) OpenCV
6 5 (1.89%) OpenEmbedded
6 5 (1.89%) Web Services
7 3 (1.14%) Boost C++ Libraries
8 1 (0.38%) HTML
8 1 (0.38%) HTML5
8 1 (0.38%) JSON
8 1 (0.38%) LDAP
8 1 (0.38%) Pandas
8 1 (0.38%) QML
8 1 (0.38%) React
8 1 (0.38%) Redux
8 1 (0.38%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 56 (21.21%) Device Driver
2 52 (19.70%) IoT
3 24 (9.09%) Embedded Systems
4 14 (5.30%) Self-Motivation
4 14 (5.30%) Video\Live Streaming
5 10 (3.79%) Algorithms
6 6 (2.27%) FPGA
6 6 (2.27%) SIMD
7 4 (1.52%) CCTV
8 3 (1.14%) VHDL
9 2 (0.76%) ARM Cortex
9 2 (0.76%) Client/Server
9 2 (0.76%) Distributed Systems
9 2 (0.76%) Driving Licence
9 2 (0.76%) RISC-V
9 2 (0.76%) Robotics
10 1 (0.38%) Distributed Computing
10 1 (0.38%) Management Information System
10 1 (0.38%) NB-IoT
10 1 (0.38%) Smart Home
Operating Systems
1 264 (100.00%) Linux
2 8 (3.03%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
2 8 (3.03%) Windows
3 5 (1.89%) Android
4 4 (1.52%) FreeRTOS
5 1 (0.38%) Apple iOS
5 1 (0.38%) OpenWrt
5 1 (0.38%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 228 (86.36%) Software Engineering
2 53 (20.08%) Cybersecurity
3 50 (18.94%) Agile
4 37 (14.02%) OOD
5 36 (13.64%) Embedded Software Development
6 30 (11.36%) Device Driver Development
6 30 (11.36%) Problem-Solving
7 29 (10.98%) Computer Science
8 26 (9.85%) Signal Processing
9 25 (9.47%) OO
10 23 (8.71%) Artificial Intelligence
10 23 (8.71%) DevOps
10 23 (8.71%) Multithreading
11 22 (8.33%) Continuous Integration
12 19 (7.20%) Test Automation
13 18 (6.82%) Linux Kernel Development
13 18 (6.82%) Open Source
14 16 (6.06%) Software Testing
15 15 (5.68%) Machine Learning
15 15 (5.68%) System Testing
Programming Languages
1 204 (77.27%) C
2 105 (39.77%) Python
3 101 (38.26%) C++
4 87 (32.95%) Embedded C
5 70 (26.52%) Bash
6 54 (20.45%) Rust
7 25 (9.47%) Java
8 15 (5.68%) JavaScript
9 10 (3.79%) C#
10 8 (3.03%) Embedded C++
10 8 (3.03%) Perl
11 7 (2.65%) Assembly Language
12 3 (1.14%) Ada
12 3 (1.14%) TypeScript
13 1 (0.38%) Go
13 1 (0.38%) Ruby
13 1 (0.38%) Shell Script
13 1 (0.38%) SQL
13 1 (0.38%) Tcl
Qualifications
1 65 (24.62%) Security Cleared
2 47 (17.80%) Degree
3 14 (5.30%) Computer Science Degree
4 12 (4.55%) DV Cleared
5 6 (2.27%) Master's Degree
6 5 (1.89%) PhD
7 3 (1.14%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (4.92%) QA
2 12 (4.55%) GDPR
3 6 (2.27%) ISO 9000
3 6 (2.27%) JTAG
4 4 (1.52%) MISRA
5 3 (1.14%) Def Stans
6 1 (0.38%) MISRA C
System Software
1 46 (17.42%) Firmware
2 26 (9.85%) Embedded Firmware
3 15 (5.68%) Docker
Systems Management
1 10 (3.79%) Kubernetes
2 4 (1.52%) Terraform
3 3 (1.14%) Ansible
3 3 (1.14%) Podman
Vendors
1 12 (4.55%) Xilinx
2 8 (3.03%) Red Hat
3 3 (1.14%) SAP
4 1 (0.38%) Atmel
4 1 (0.38%) EMC
4 1 (0.38%) Freescale
4 1 (0.38%) Intel
4 1 (0.38%) Renesas