Embedded Linux Jobs in England

Embedded Linux
UK > England

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in England 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 601 760 931
Rank change year-on-year +159 +171 -162
Permanent jobs citing Embedded Linux 273 141 258
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.30% 0.17% 0.18%
As % of the Operating Systems category 2.16% 1.02% 0.96%
Number of salaries quoted 228 68 97
10th Percentile £45,000 £32,500 £33,750
25th Percentile £51,250 £41,250 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £59,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +13.45% -0.83% +9.09%
75th Percentile £80,000 £72,500 £62,500
90th Percentile £85,000 £76,625 £75,000
UK median annual salary £65,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +8.33% - +14.29%

All Operating Systems
England

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 England with a requirement for operating system skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 12,627 13,801 26,870
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 13.88% 16.40% 19.03%
Number of salaries quoted 9,835 9,490 14,814
10th Percentile £25,760 £27,000 £26,250
25th Percentile £31,250 £35,000 £35,000
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 £88,750
UK median annual salary £45,000 £52,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -14.29% - +5.00%

Embedded Linux
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Embedded Linux in England

Embedded Linux
Salary Trend in England

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

Salary trend for Embedded Linux in England

Embedded Linux
Salary Histogram in England

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

Salary histogram for Embedded Linux in England

Embedded Linux
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Embedded Linux within the England 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 - 29
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 -
North East - 10 £56,000 -
London +114 5 £100,000 +42.86% 4
Embedded Linux
UK

Embedded Linux
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 (2.20%) Confluence
2 1 (0.37%) Jupyter
Applications
1 19 (6.96%) Simulink
2 1 (0.37%) OrCAD
Business Applications
1 2 (0.73%) C-CURE
Cloud Services
1 6 (2.20%) AWS
2 5 (1.83%) GitHub
3 3 (1.10%) AWS IoT
4 1 (0.37%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 33 (12.09%) Wireless
2 23 (8.42%) Wi-Fi
3 17 (6.23%) MQTT
3 17 (6.23%) RS-485
4 14 (5.13%) 4G
5 13 (4.76%) 3G
6 9 (3.30%) Bluetooth
7 8 (2.93%) 5G
7 8 (2.93%) RS-232
8 7 (2.56%) TCP/IP
9 6 (2.20%) DVB
10 5 (1.83%) Ethernet
10 5 (1.83%) ZigBee
11 4 (1.47%) 3GPP
11 4 (1.47%) Internet
12 2 (0.73%) DECT
12 2 (0.73%) DNS
12 2 (0.73%) LTE
12 2 (0.73%) NFC
12 2 (0.73%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (0.37%) InfluxDB
Development Applications
1 19 (6.96%) Git
2 14 (5.13%) JIRA
3 10 (3.66%) Jenkins
4 5 (1.83%) Subversion
5 4 (1.47%) GitLab
5 4 (1.47%) Rational DOORS
5 4 (1.47%) Zephyr
6 3 (1.10%) Rational Rhapsody
7 1 (0.37%) Bitbucket
7 1 (0.37%) GDB
General
1 49 (17.95%) Social Skills
2 43 (15.75%) Electronics
3 19 (6.96%) Manufacturing
4 13 (4.76%) Mandarin Language
5 12 (4.40%) Analytical Skills
6 10 (3.66%) Automotive
7 9 (3.30%) Telecoms
8 4 (1.47%) Pharmaceutical
9 3 (1.10%) Aerospace
9 3 (1.10%) Finance
9 3 (1.10%) Marketing
9 3 (1.10%) Public Sector
10 1 (0.37%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 1 (0.37%) Retail
Job Titles
1 192 (70.33%) Embedded Engineer
2 182 (66.67%) Software Engineer
3 154 (56.41%) Embedded Software Engineer
4 118 (43.22%) Senior
5 99 (36.26%) Senior Embedded Engineer
6 89 (32.60%) Senior Software Engineer
7 77 (28.21%) Senior Embedded Software Engineer
8 32 (11.72%) Embedded Linux Engineer
8 32 (11.72%) Linux Engineer
9 25 (9.16%) Developer
10 23 (8.42%) Senior Linux Engineer
11 20 (7.33%) C++ Software Engineer
11 20 (7.33%) Embedded Developer
12 19 (6.96%) Embedded C++ Engineer
13 18 (6.59%) Embedded Software Developer
13 18 (6.59%) Software Developer
14 17 (6.23%) Embedded C++ Software Engineer
15 15 (5.49%) Lead
16 13 (4.76%) Architect
16 13 (4.76%) Security Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 49 (17.95%) Yocto
2 13 (4.76%) Qt
2 13 (4.76%) REST
3 10 (3.66%) Middleware
4 5 (1.83%) FFmpeg
4 5 (1.83%) GStreamer
4 5 (1.83%) OpenEmbedded
5 2 (0.73%) Boost C++ Libraries
5 2 (0.73%) QML
6 1 (0.37%) .NET
6 1 (0.37%) Flutter
6 1 (0.37%) HTML
6 1 (0.37%) HTML5
6 1 (0.37%) OpenGL
6 1 (0.37%) Pandas
6 1 (0.37%) PyTorch
6 1 (0.37%) React
6 1 (0.37%) Redux
6 1 (0.37%) Vue
6 1 (0.37%) Vulkan
Miscellaneous
1 48 (17.58%) IoT
2 37 (13.55%) Device Driver
3 26 (9.52%) Embedded Systems
4 19 (6.96%) Self-Motivation
5 10 (3.66%) Algorithms
5 10 (3.66%) FPGA
6 7 (2.56%) VHDL
7 6 (2.20%) SIMD
8 4 (1.47%) ARM Cortex
8 4 (1.47%) CCTV
9 3 (1.10%) Video\Live Streaming
10 2 (0.73%) Analogue Electronics
10 2 (0.73%) Client/Server
10 2 (0.73%) Distributed Systems
10 2 (0.73%) Driving Licence
10 2 (0.73%) RISC-V
10 2 (0.73%) Robotics
11 1 (0.37%) Distributed Computing
11 1 (0.37%) NB-IoT
11 1 (0.37%) State Machine
Operating Systems
1 273 (100.00%) Linux
2 15 (5.49%) Android
3 8 (2.93%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 8 (2.93%) Windows
4 5 (1.83%) FreeRTOS
5 1 (0.37%) Unix
5 1 (0.37%) VxWorks
Processes & Methodologies
1 223 (81.68%) Software Engineering
2 54 (19.78%) Cybersecurity
3 45 (16.48%) Agile
4 42 (15.38%) Embedded Software Development
5 32 (11.72%) Problem-Solving
5 32 (11.72%) Signal Processing
6 29 (10.62%) DevOps
7 28 (10.26%) Computer Science
8 27 (9.89%) Continuous Integration
8 27 (9.89%) Device Driver Development
9 25 (9.16%) Artificial Intelligence
10 24 (8.79%) OOD
10 24 (8.79%) Software Testing
11 23 (8.42%) OO
12 22 (8.06%) Machine Learning
13 21 (7.69%) Code Quality
13 21 (7.69%) System Testing
14 20 (7.33%) Test Automation
15 19 (6.96%) Linux Kernel Development
16 18 (6.59%) Collaborative Working
Programming Languages
1 203 (74.36%) C
2 125 (45.79%) C++
3 104 (38.10%) Python
4 78 (28.57%) Embedded C
5 58 (21.25%) Bash
6 54 (19.78%) Rust
7 41 (15.02%) Java
8 18 (6.59%) JavaScript
9 11 (4.03%) C#
10 9 (3.30%) Embedded C++
11 6 (2.20%) Assembly Language
12 3 (1.10%) Ada
12 3 (1.10%) TypeScript
13 1 (0.37%) Go
13 1 (0.37%) MATLAB
13 1 (0.37%) Perl
13 1 (0.37%) Ruby
13 1 (0.37%) Shell Script
13 1 (0.37%) SQL
13 1 (0.37%) Tcl
Qualifications
1 72 (26.37%) Security Cleared
2 47 (17.22%) Degree
3 20 (7.33%) Computer Science Degree
4 18 (6.59%) DV Cleared
5 3 (1.10%) BPSS Clearance
6 1 (0.37%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (4.76%) GDPR
2 6 (2.20%) ISO 9000
3 5 (1.83%) MISRA
4 3 (1.10%) Def Stans
5 2 (0.73%) MISRA C
5 2 (0.73%) QA
6 1 (0.37%) JTAG
System Software
1 44 (16.12%) Firmware
2 30 (10.99%) Embedded Firmware
3 10 (3.66%) Docker
Systems Management
1 5 (1.83%) Kubernetes
2 4 (1.47%) Terraform
3 3 (1.10%) Ansible
3 3 (1.10%) Podman
Vendors
1 18 (6.59%) Xilinx
2 8 (2.93%) Red Hat
3 3 (1.10%) SAP
4 1 (0.37%) Atmel
4 1 (0.37%) EMC
4 1 (0.37%) Freescale
4 1 (0.37%) Intel
4 1 (0.37%) Renesas