Embedded Linux Engineer Jobs

Embedded Linux Engineer
UK

The median Embedded Linux Engineer salary in the UK is £65,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
1 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 870 887 1211
Rank change year-on-year +17 +324 -322
Permanent jobs requiring an Embedded Linux Engineer 37 60 50
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.035% 0.063% 0.030%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.037% 0.069% 0.031%
Number of salaries quoted 28 20 21
10th Percentile £52,475 - £47,500
25th Percentile £53,750 £41,250 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £42,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +52.94% -29.17% +9.09%
75th Percentile £67,500 £61,813 £62,500
90th Percentile - £68,750 -
UK excluding London median annual salary £65,000 £42,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +52.94% -29.17% +9.09%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in the UK with a recognized job title 99,552 86,380 162,088
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.85% 91.27% 96.05%
Number of salaries quoted 70,786 55,655 84,889
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £45,000 £42,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £70,000 £80,000 £78,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £53,500 £50,244
% change year-on-year -6.54% +6.48% +5.78%

Embedded Linux Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings that featured Embedded Linux Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Embedded Linux Engineer in the UK

Embedded Linux Engineer
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Embedded Linux Engineer in the UK

Embedded Linux Engineer
Salary Histogram

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

Salary histogram for Embedded Linux Engineer in the UK

Embedded Linux Engineer
Top 10 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Embedded Linux Engineer within the UK 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
England +12 36 £65,000 +52.94% 7
UK excluding London -54 36 £65,000 +52.94% 6
South East - 13 £57,500 - 5
Midlands -13 11 £65,000 +13.04%
West Midlands -14 11 £65,000 +13.04%
North of England 0 7 £58,000 +36.47%
North East - 7 £58,000 -
East of England -3 4 £70,000 +12.00%
Work from Home +13 3 £57,500 +35.29% 3
South West -26 1 - - 1

Embedded Linux Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 1 June 2024, Embedded Linux Engineer job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads featuring Embedded Linux Engineer in the job title.

1 37 (100.00%) Linux
2 32 (86.49%) Embedded Linux
3 26 (70.27%) Software Engineering
4 22 (59.46%) C
5 20 (54.05%) C++
5 20 (54.05%) IoT
6 15 (40.54%) Yocto
7 14 (37.84%) Problem-Solving
8 13 (35.14%) Agile
9 11 (29.73%) Analytical Skills
9 11 (29.73%) Embedded Software Development
10 7 (18.92%) Social Skills
11 6 (16.22%) Device Driver
12 5 (13.51%) Embedded C++
13 3 (8.11%) Python
13 3 (8.11%) Continuous Integration
13 3 (8.11%) Embedded Systems
14 2 (5.41%) 4G
14 2 (5.41%) Memory Management
14 2 (5.41%) Git
14 2 (5.41%) Boost C++ Libraries
14 2 (5.41%) FPGA
14 2 (5.41%) Linux Kernel Development
14 2 (5.41%) 5G
14 2 (5.41%) Device Driver Development
14 2 (5.41%) Firmware
14 2 (5.41%) 3G
14 2 (5.41%) Embedded C
14 2 (5.41%) Wireless
14 2 (5.41%) Electronics

Embedded Linux Engineer Skill Set
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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (2.70%) AWS
1 1 (2.70%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 2 (5.41%) 2G
1 2 (5.41%) 3G
1 2 (5.41%) 4G
1 2 (5.41%) 5G
1 2 (5.41%) Wireless
2 1 (2.70%) DHCP
2 1 (2.70%) DNS
2 1 (2.70%) MQTT
2 1 (2.70%) RS-485
2 1 (2.70%) VLAN
2 1 (2.70%) VPN
2 1 (2.70%) Wi-Fi
Development Applications
1 2 (5.41%) Git
2 1 (2.70%) GDB
General
1 11 (29.73%) Analytical Skills
2 7 (18.92%) Social Skills
3 2 (5.41%) Electronics
3 2 (5.41%) Telecoms
4 1 (2.70%) Aerospace
4 1 (2.70%) Automotive
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (40.54%) Yocto
2 2 (5.41%) Boost C++ Libraries
3 1 (2.70%) HTML
3 1 (2.70%) HTML5
3 1 (2.70%) JSON
3 1 (2.70%) React
3 1 (2.70%) Redux
Miscellaneous
1 20 (54.05%) IoT
2 6 (16.22%) Device Driver
3 3 (8.11%) Embedded Systems
4 2 (5.41%) FPGA
5 1 (2.70%) Cloud Native
5 1 (2.70%) Distributed Computing
Operating Systems
1 37 (100.00%) Linux
2 32 (86.49%) Embedded Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 26 (70.27%) Software Engineering
2 14 (37.84%) Problem-Solving
3 13 (35.14%) Agile
4 11 (29.73%) Embedded Software Development
5 3 (8.11%) Continuous Integration
6 2 (5.41%) Device Driver Development
6 2 (5.41%) Linux Kernel Development
6 2 (5.41%) Memory Management
7 1 (2.70%) Architectural Design
7 1 (2.70%) Code Quality
7 1 (2.70%) Computer Science
7 1 (2.70%) Design Patterns
7 1 (2.70%) Mentoring
7 1 (2.70%) Multithreading
7 1 (2.70%) OO
7 1 (2.70%) Performance Optimisation
7 1 (2.70%) Platform Engineering
7 1 (2.70%) TDD
7 1 (2.70%) Test Automation
7 1 (2.70%) Translating Business Requirements
Programming Languages
1 22 (59.46%) C
2 20 (54.05%) C++
3 5 (13.51%) Embedded C++
4 3 (8.11%) Python
5 2 (5.41%) Embedded C
6 1 (2.70%) Java
Qualifications
1 1 (2.70%) Computer Science Degree
1 1 (2.70%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (2.70%) QA
System Software
1 2 (5.41%) Embedded Firmware
1 2 (5.41%) Firmware
2 1 (2.70%) Docker