Embedded Linux Jobs with Work from Home Options

Embedded Linux
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with an option to work from home (WFH) and 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 17 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
17 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 451 585 782
Rank change year-on-year +134 +197 -267
Permanent jobs citing Embedded Linux 146 79 85
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 0.43% 0.20% 0.12%
As % of the Operating Systems category 3.15% 1.26% 0.68%
Number of salaries quoted 136 33 40
10th Percentile £45,000 - £37,125
25th Percentile £51,250 £41,250 £38,438
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +18.18% +4.76% -4.55%
75th Percentile £80,000 £68,750 £62,500
90th Percentile £85,000 £72,500 -
UK median annual salary £65,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +8.33% - +14.29%

All Operating Systems
Work from Home

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 WFH option and a requirement for operating system skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 4,632 6,246 12,522
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 13.69% 15.44% 17.84%
Number of salaries quoted 3,578 4,580 7,459
10th Percentile £30,444 £31,000 £30,000
25th Percentile £38,918 £41,250 £40,801
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.45% - +4.76%
75th Percentile £66,813 £75,000 £73,675
90th Percentile £82,500 £93,750 £87,500
UK median annual salary £45,000 £52,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -14.29% - +5.00%

Embedded Linux
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option citing Embedded Linux as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Embedded Linux trend for jobs with a WFH option

Embedded Linux
Salary Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average salary quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Embedded Linux.

Embedded Linux salary trend for jobs with a WFH option

Embedded Linux
Salary Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Salary distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Embedded Linux over the 6 months to 17 May 2024.

Embedded Linux salary histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Embedded Linux
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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (0.68%) Confluence
Applications
1 17 (11.64%) Simulink
Cloud Services
1 4 (2.74%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 28 (19.18%) Wireless
2 19 (13.01%) RS-232
3 15 (10.27%) Wi-Fi
4 14 (9.59%) Ethernet
5 5 (3.42%) 5G
5 5 (3.42%) TCP/IP
6 4 (2.74%) 3GPP
7 3 (2.05%) RS-485
8 2 (1.37%) MQTT
8 2 (1.37%) ZigBee
9 1 (0.68%) Bluetooth
9 1 (0.68%) DHCP
9 1 (0.68%) DNS
9 1 (0.68%) HTTP
9 1 (0.68%) OFDM
9 1 (0.68%) Software-Defined Radio
9 1 (0.68%) VLAN
9 1 (0.68%) VPN
Development Applications
1 5 (3.42%) Git
1 5 (3.42%) JIRA
2 4 (2.74%) Jenkins
2 4 (2.74%) Subversion
2 4 (2.74%) Zephyr
3 3 (2.05%) GitLab
3 3 (2.05%) Rational Rhapsody
4 1 (0.68%) Bitbucket
4 1 (0.68%) Rational DOORS
General
1 32 (21.92%) Social Skills
2 17 (11.64%) Manufacturing
3 15 (10.27%) Electronics
4 4 (2.74%) Automotive
4 4 (2.74%) Pharmaceutical
4 4 (2.74%) Telecoms
5 1 (0.68%) Retail
Job Titles
1 116 (79.45%) Embedded Engineer
2 111 (76.03%) Software Engineer
3 102 (69.86%) Embedded Software Engineer
4 71 (48.63%) Senior
5 69 (47.26%) Senior Embedded Engineer
6 65 (44.52%) Senior Embedded Software Engineer
6 65 (44.52%) Senior Software Engineer
7 17 (11.64%) Developer
8 16 (10.96%) Embedded Developer
8 16 (10.96%) Embedded Software Developer
8 16 (10.96%) Software Developer
9 14 (9.59%) Embedded C++ Engineer
10 11 (7.53%) C++ Software Engineer
10 11 (7.53%) Embedded C++ Software Engineer
10 11 (7.53%) Firmware Engineer
11 10 (6.85%) Embedded Firmware Engineer
12 8 (5.48%) Embedded C Engineer
12 8 (5.48%) Embedded C/C++ Engineer
13 6 (4.11%) C Software Engineer
13 6 (4.11%) Senior C++ Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 36 (24.66%) Yocto
2 5 (3.42%) FFmpeg
2 5 (3.42%) GStreamer
2 5 (3.42%) OpenEmbedded
3 3 (2.05%) Boost C++ Libraries
4 1 (0.68%) Flutter
4 1 (0.68%) JSON
4 1 (0.68%) PyTorch
4 1 (0.68%) Qt
4 1 (0.68%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 27 (18.49%) Device Driver
2 12 (8.22%) Embedded Systems
2 12 (8.22%) IoT
3 3 (2.05%) FPGA
4 2 (1.37%) ARM Cortex
4 2 (1.37%) Client/Server
4 2 (1.37%) Distributed Systems
4 2 (1.37%) RISC-V
5 1 (0.68%) Distributed Computing
5 1 (0.68%) SIMD
Operating Systems
1 146 (100.00%) Linux
2 6 (4.11%) Windows
3 4 (2.74%) FreeRTOS
4 1 (0.68%) Android
4 1 (0.68%) VxWorks
Processes & Methodologies
1 134 (91.78%) Software Engineering
2 52 (35.62%) Cybersecurity
3 25 (17.12%) Continuous Integration
4 24 (16.44%) OOD
5 22 (15.07%) Signal Processing
6 20 (13.70%) DevOps
6 20 (13.70%) Problem-Solving
7 19 (13.01%) System Testing
8 18 (12.33%) Linux Kernel Development
9 17 (11.64%) Code Quality
9 17 (11.64%) Computer Science
9 17 (11.64%) Machine Learning
10 16 (10.96%) Artificial Intelligence
10 16 (10.96%) Collaborative Working
10 16 (10.96%) Embedded Software Development
11 14 (9.59%) Device Driver Development
12 13 (8.90%) Agile
13 12 (8.22%) Multithreading
14 7 (4.79%) Open Source
15 6 (4.11%) OO
Programming Languages
1 125 (85.62%) C
2 82 (56.16%) Python
3 78 (53.42%) Embedded C
4 55 (37.67%) Bash
5 53 (36.30%) Rust
6 44 (30.14%) C++
7 16 (10.96%) Java
8 9 (6.16%) C#
9 5 (3.42%) Assembly Language
9 5 (3.42%) Embedded C++
10 3 (2.05%) Ada
11 1 (0.68%) Go
11 1 (0.68%) MATLAB
11 1 (0.68%) Perl
11 1 (0.68%) Ruby
11 1 (0.68%) Tcl
Qualifications
1 70 (47.95%) Security Cleared
2 27 (18.49%) Degree
3 17 (11.64%) Computer Science Degree
4 16 (10.96%) DV Cleared
5 3 (2.05%) BPSS Clearance
6 1 (0.68%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (4.11%) ISO 9000
2 4 (2.74%) MISRA
3 3 (2.05%) Def Stans
4 1 (0.68%) MISRA C
4 1 (0.68%) QA
System Software
1 13 (8.90%) Firmware
2 11 (7.53%) Embedded Firmware
3 6 (4.11%) Docker
Systems Management
1 4 (2.74%) Terraform
2 2 (1.37%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 16 (10.96%) Xilinx
2 1 (0.68%) Intel