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 28 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
28 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 634 802 962
Rank change year-on-year +168 +160 -196
Permanent jobs citing Embedded Linux 288 150 279
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.28% 0.15% 0.17%
As % of the Operating Systems category 2.06% 0.96% 0.89%
Number of salaries quoted 235 71 100
10th Percentile £45,000 £32,500 £33,750
25th Percentile £52,500 £41,250 £44,688
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 £77,500 £75,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £65,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +8.33% - +20.00%

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 13,986 15,669 31,425
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 13.63% 16.10% 18.82%
Number of salaries quoted 10,693 10,509 16,510
10th Percentile £26,000 £27,000 £26,250
25th Percentile £31,250 £35,000 £35,750
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 £92,000 £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 28 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 28 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 +113 283 £65,000 +8.33% 75
England +179 263 £67,500 +12.50% 74
Work from Home +138 149 £67,500 +22.73% 35
South East +18 70 £75,000 +15.38% 19
South West +34 64 £60,000 -17.24% 6
North of England +45 44 £60,000 +41.18% 6
East of England +24 41 £70,000 - 31
Midlands +16 39 £57,500 +13.86% 7
East Midlands +4 22 £51,250 - 4
Yorkshire +52 18 £50,000 +17.65% 5
West Midlands +12 17 £65,000 +28.71% 3
North West +20 16 £60,000 -
Scotland -45 14 £60,000 - 7
Northern Ireland - 11 - -
North East - 10 £56,000 - 1
London +142 5 £100,000 +42.86% 4

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 6 (2.08%) Confluence
2 1 (0.35%) Jupyter
Applications
1 19 (6.60%) Simulink
2 1 (0.35%) OrCAD
Business Applications
1 2 (0.69%) C-CURE
Cloud Services
1 5 (1.74%) AWS
2 4 (1.39%) GitHub
3 3 (1.04%) AWS IoT
Communications & Networking
1 46 (15.97%) Wireless
2 35 (12.15%) Wi-Fi
3 21 (7.29%) RS-232
4 18 (6.25%) Ethernet
4 18 (6.25%) TCP/IP
5 16 (5.56%) MQTT
5 16 (5.56%) RS-485
6 13 (4.51%) 4G
7 12 (4.17%) 3G
8 9 (3.13%) Bluetooth
9 8 (2.78%) 5G
10 6 (2.08%) DVB
10 6 (2.08%) Wireshark
11 5 (1.74%) ZigBee
12 4 (1.39%) 3GPP
12 4 (1.39%) Internet
13 2 (0.69%) DECT
13 2 (0.69%) DNS
13 2 (0.69%) LTE
13 2 (0.69%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (2.08%) Relational Database
2 1 (0.35%) InfluxDB
Development Applications
1 20 (6.94%) Git
2 16 (5.56%) Jenkins
3 14 (4.86%) JIRA
4 6 (2.08%) Subversion
5 4 (1.39%) Rational DOORS
5 4 (1.39%) Zephyr
6 3 (1.04%) GitLab
6 3 (1.04%) Rational Rhapsody
7 1 (0.35%) Bitbucket
7 1 (0.35%) GDB
General
1 54 (18.75%) Social Skills
2 47 (16.32%) Electronics
3 32 (11.11%) Manufacturing
4 13 (4.51%) Analytical Skills
4 13 (4.51%) Mandarin Language
5 9 (3.13%) Automotive
5 9 (3.13%) Telecoms
6 4 (1.39%) Pharmaceutical
7 3 (1.04%) Aerospace
7 3 (1.04%) Finance
7 3 (1.04%) Marketing
7 3 (1.04%) Public Sector
8 1 (0.35%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 1 (0.35%) Retail
Job Titles
1 210 (72.92%) Embedded Engineer
2 202 (70.14%) Software Engineer
3 170 (59.03%) Embedded Software Engineer
4 135 (46.88%) Senior
5 112 (38.89%) Senior Embedded Engineer
6 105 (36.46%) Senior Software Engineer
7 89 (30.90%) Senior Embedded Software Engineer
8 33 (11.46%) Embedded Linux Engineer
8 33 (11.46%) Linux Engineer
9 24 (8.33%) Senior Linux Engineer
10 22 (7.64%) Developer
11 20 (6.94%) C++ Software Engineer
12 19 (6.60%) Embedded C++ Engineer
13 18 (6.25%) Embedded Developer
13 18 (6.25%) Embedded Software Developer
13 18 (6.25%) Software Developer
14 17 (5.90%) Embedded C++ Software Engineer
15 14 (4.86%) Lead
16 12 (4.17%) Firmware Engineer
17 11 (3.82%) Embedded Firmware Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 62 (21.53%) Yocto
2 17 (5.90%) REST
3 13 (4.51%) Qt
4 10 (3.47%) FFmpeg
4 10 (3.47%) GStreamer
4 10 (3.47%) Middleware
5 6 (2.08%) Node.js
6 5 (1.74%) OpenCV
6 5 (1.74%) OpenEmbedded
6 5 (1.74%) Web Services
7 2 (0.69%) Boost C++ Libraries
7 2 (0.69%) QML
8 1 (0.35%) .NET
8 1 (0.35%) COM
8 1 (0.35%) HTML
8 1 (0.35%) HTML5
8 1 (0.35%) Pandas
8 1 (0.35%) React
8 1 (0.35%) Redux
8 1 (0.35%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 51 (17.71%) Device Driver
2 49 (17.01%) IoT
3 25 (8.68%) Embedded Systems
4 18 (6.25%) Self-Motivation
5 14 (4.86%) Video\Live Streaming
6 10 (3.47%) Algorithms
6 10 (3.47%) FPGA
7 7 (2.43%) VHDL
8 6 (2.08%) SIMD
9 4 (1.39%) CCTV
10 3 (1.04%) ARM Cortex
11 2 (0.69%) Analogue Electronics
11 2 (0.69%) Client/Server
11 2 (0.69%) Distributed Systems
11 2 (0.69%) Driving Licence
11 2 (0.69%) RISC-V
11 2 (0.69%) Robotics
12 1 (0.35%) Analytical Mindset
12 1 (0.35%) Smart Home
12 1 (0.35%) State Machine
Operating Systems
1 288 (100.00%) Linux
2 13 (4.51%) Android
3 9 (3.13%) Windows
4 8 (2.78%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 5 (1.74%) FreeRTOS
6 1 (0.35%) Apple iOS
6 1 (0.35%) OpenWrt
6 1 (0.35%) Unix
6 1 (0.35%) VxWorks
Processes & Methodologies
1 242 (84.03%) Software Engineering
2 54 (18.75%) Cybersecurity
3 51 (17.71%) Agile
4 43 (14.93%) Embedded Software Development
5 39 (13.54%) Computer Science
6 36 (12.50%) OOD
7 33 (11.46%) Problem-Solving
8 32 (11.11%) Signal Processing
9 30 (10.42%) Artificial Intelligence
10 29 (10.07%) DevOps
11 27 (9.38%) Continuous Integration
11 27 (9.38%) Device Driver Development
11 27 (9.38%) OO
12 23 (7.99%) Multithreading
12 23 (7.99%) Software Testing
13 22 (7.64%) Machine Learning
14 21 (7.29%) Code Quality
14 21 (7.29%) System Testing
15 19 (6.60%) Test Automation
16 18 (6.25%) Open Source
Programming Languages
1 217 (75.35%) C
2 120 (41.67%) C++
3 114 (39.58%) Python
4 91 (31.60%) Embedded C
5 70 (24.31%) Bash
6 54 (18.75%) Rust
7 38 (13.19%) Java
8 16 (5.56%) JavaScript
9 11 (3.82%) C#
10 9 (3.13%) Embedded C++
11 8 (2.78%) Perl
12 7 (2.43%) Assembly Language
13 3 (1.04%) Ada
13 3 (1.04%) TypeScript
14 1 (0.35%) Go
14 1 (0.35%) MATLAB
14 1 (0.35%) Ruby
14 1 (0.35%) Shell Script
14 1 (0.35%) SQL
14 1 (0.35%) Tcl
Qualifications
1 72 (25.00%) Security Cleared
2 58 (20.14%) Degree
3 20 (6.94%) Computer Science Degree
4 18 (6.25%) DV Cleared
5 6 (2.08%) Master's Degree
6 5 (1.74%) PhD
7 3 (1.04%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (4.51%) QA
2 12 (4.17%) GDPR
3 7 (2.43%) JTAG
4 6 (2.08%) ISO 9000
5 5 (1.74%) MISRA
6 3 (1.04%) Def Stans
7 2 (0.69%) MISRA C
System Software
1 53 (18.40%) Firmware
2 27 (9.38%) Embedded Firmware
3 15 (5.21%) Docker
Systems Management
1 10 (3.47%) Kubernetes
2 4 (1.39%) Terraform
3 3 (1.04%) Ansible
3 3 (1.04%) Podman
Vendors
1 18 (6.25%) Xilinx
2 8 (2.78%) Red Hat
3 3 (1.04%) SAP
4 1 (0.35%) Atmel
4 1 (0.35%) EMC
4 1 (0.35%) Freescale
4 1 (0.35%) Intel
4 1 (0.35%) Renesas