Linux Kernel Development Jobs

Linux Kernel Development
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for Linux Kernel Development skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Linux Kernel Development 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 882 940 1253
Rank change year-on-year +58 +313 -321
Permanent jobs citing Linux Kernel Development 25 7 8
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.024% 0.007% 0.005%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.028% 0.008% 0.005%
Number of salaries quoted 22 5 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £51,250 £67,500 -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £75,000 -
Median % change year-on-year -23.33% - -
75th Percentile £63,438 £77,500 -
90th Percentile £95,000 £103,000 -
UK excluding London median annual salary £57,500 £75,000 -
% change year-on-year -23.33% - -

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Linux Kernel Development is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 87,829 90,354 161,874
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 83.68% 95.46% 95.93%
Number of salaries quoted 61,251 54,292 82,971
10th Percentile £29,250 £34,000 £33,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,800 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.54% +1.33% +9.09%
75th Percentile £72,500 £81,250 £80,000
90th Percentile £92,500 £100,000 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +9.38%

Linux Kernel Development
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Linux Kernel Development in the UK

Linux Kernel Development
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Linux Kernel Development in the UK

Linux Kernel Development
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Linux Kernel Development over the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Linux Kernel Development in the UK

Linux Kernel Development
Top 12 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Linux Kernel Development 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 +53 24 £57,500 -23.33% 1
UK excluding London -16 23 £57,500 -23.33%
Work from Home +60 19 £52,500 -27.59%
Midlands -6 9 £52,500 -
East Midlands - 9 £52,500 -
North of England - 7 £60,000 -
North West - 6 £60,000 -
South East -7 3 £57,500 -20.69%
South West -25 2 £110,000 -8.33%
East of England - 2 £52,500 -
London - 1 £90,000 - 1
Yorkshire - 1 - -

Linux Kernel Development
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 2 (8.00%) GitHub
1 2 (8.00%) GitHub Actions
2 1 (4.00%) OCI
2 1 (4.00%) SaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (4.00%) MariaDB
1 1 (4.00%) Oracle Exadata
1 1 (4.00%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 2 (8.00%) GitLab
2 1 (4.00%) Phabricator
General
1 11 (44.00%) Electronics
2 3 (12.00%) Social Skills
3 2 (8.00%) Games
4 1 (4.00%) Finance
Job Titles
1 18 (72.00%) Embedded Engineer
2 9 (36.00%) Embedded Firmware Engineer
2 9 (36.00%) Firmware Engineer
2 9 (36.00%) Software Engineer
3 8 (32.00%) Embedded C++ Engineer
3 8 (32.00%) Senior
3 8 (32.00%) Senior Embedded Engineer
4 7 (28.00%) Embedded Software Engineer
5 6 (24.00%) C++ Software Engineer
5 6 (24.00%) Embedded C++ Software Engineer
5 6 (24.00%) Senior C++ Software Engineer
5 6 (24.00%) Senior Embedded Software Engineer
5 6 (24.00%) Senior Software Engineer
6 2 (8.00%) Android Software Engineer
6 2 (8.00%) Architect
6 2 (8.00%) Developer
6 2 (8.00%) Embedded C Engineer
6 2 (8.00%) Embedded C/C++ Engineer
6 2 (8.00%) Linux Engineer
6 2 (8.00%) Senior Linux Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (48.00%) Yocto
2 3 (12.00%) OpenGL
2 3 (12.00%) Vulkan
3 2 (8.00%) Boost C++ Libraries
3 2 (8.00%) DirectX
3 2 (8.00%) OpenGL ES
4 1 (4.00%) Django
4 1 (4.00%) FastAPI
4 1 (4.00%) Flask
4 1 (4.00%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 2 (8.00%) Device Driver
1 2 (8.00%) Embedded Systems
1 2 (8.00%) FPGA
1 2 (8.00%) RISC-V
2 1 (4.00%) 3D Graphics
2 1 (4.00%) Algorithms
2 1 (4.00%) ARM Cortex
Operating Systems
1 25 (100.00%) Linux
2 19 (76.00%) Embedded Linux
3 6 (24.00%) Windows
4 2 (8.00%) Android
5 1 (4.00%) Oracle Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (44.00%) Software Engineering
2 8 (32.00%) Multithreading
3 6 (24.00%) OOD
3 6 (24.00%) SDLC
4 4 (16.00%) Computer Science
4 4 (16.00%) Memory Management
4 4 (16.00%) Problem-Solving
5 3 (12.00%) Continuous Integration
6 2 (8.00%) Android Development
6 2 (8.00%) CI/CD
6 2 (8.00%) Computer Architecture
6 2 (8.00%) Device Driver Development
6 2 (8.00%) Embedded Software Development
6 2 (8.00%) Machine Learning
6 2 (8.00%) Mathematics
6 2 (8.00%) Neural Network
6 2 (8.00%) Open Source
6 2 (8.00%) Performance Analysis
6 2 (8.00%) Project Management
7 1 (4.00%) Open Source Development
Programming Languages
1 17 (68.00%) C++
2 16 (64.00%) C
3 4 (16.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 4 (16.00%) Computer Science Degree
1 4 (16.00%) Degree
2 2 (8.00%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (24.00%) ISO 9000
2 2 (8.00%) IEC 61508
System Software
1 13 (52.00%) Firmware
2 11 (44.00%) Embedded Firmware
3 1 (4.00%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (4.00%) Ansible
1 1 (4.00%) Grafana
1 1 (4.00%) Kubernetes
1 1 (4.00%) Podman
Vendors
1 1 (4.00%) Oracle