Embedded Linux Engineer Jobs in the UK excluding London

Embedded Linux Engineer
UK > UK excluding London

The median Embedded Linux Engineer salary in the UK excluding London is £65,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 12 June 2024.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 743 671 824
Rank change year-on-year -72 +153 -151
Permanent jobs requiring an Embedded Linux Engineer 37 57 50
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.046% 0.10% 0.065%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.049% 0.12% 0.069%
Number of salaries quoted 29 19 19
10th Percentile £50,000 - £46,500
25th Percentile £53,750 £41,250 £55,000
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 £61,250 £62,500
90th Percentile - £64,550 -
UK 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 excluding London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the UK excluding London. 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 excluding London with a recognized job title 75,991 49,070 72,896
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.87% 88.81% 95.46%
Number of salaries quoted 53,059 29,227 42,783
10th Percentile £26,750 £29,750 £28,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £38,750 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £53,519 £50,296
Median % change year-on-year -6.58% +6.41% +5.89%
75th Percentile £63,750 £68,750 £67,500
90th Percentile £76,250 £81,250 £80,000
UK median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%

Embedded Linux Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Job vacancy trend for Embedded Linux Engineer in the UK excluding London

Embedded Linux Engineer
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Embedded Linux Engineer in the UK excluding London.

Salary trend for Embedded Linux Engineer in the UK excluding London

Embedded Linux Engineer
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Embedded Linux Engineer in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 12 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Embedded Linux Engineer in the UK excluding London

Embedded Linux Engineer
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

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 excluding London region over the 6 months to 12 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 - 14 £57,500 - 7
West Midlands -13 10 £65,000 +13.04%
Midlands -40 10 £65,000 +13.04%
North of England -19 8 £56,000 +31.76%
North East - 8 £56,000 -
East of England -11 4 £70,000 +12.00%
South West -40 1 - -
Embedded Linux Engineer
UK

Embedded Linux Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 12 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 across the UK excluding London region featuring Embedded Linux Engineer in the job title.

1 37 (100.00%) Linux
2 32 (86.49%) Embedded Linux
3 27 (72.97%) Software Engineering
4 21 (56.76%) C
5 20 (54.05%) IoT
6 19 (51.35%) C++
7 14 (37.84%) Yocto
8 12 (32.43%) Problem-Solving
8 12 (32.43%) Agile
9 11 (29.73%) Embedded Software Development
10 10 (27.03%) Analytical Skills
11 7 (18.92%) Social Skills
12 6 (16.22%) Embedded C++
13 5 (13.51%) Device Driver
14 4 (10.81%) Python
15 3 (8.11%) Git
15 3 (8.11%) Firmware
15 3 (8.11%) Embedded C
15 3 (8.11%) Electronics
15 3 (8.11%) Embedded Firmware
16 2 (5.41%) Architectural Design
16 2 (5.41%) Wireless
16 2 (5.41%) OO
16 2 (5.41%) Continuous Integration
16 2 (5.41%) Embedded Systems
16 2 (5.41%) Mentoring
17 1 (2.70%) MQTT
17 1 (2.70%) GCP
17 1 (2.70%) React
17 1 (2.70%) Linux Kernel Development

Embedded Linux Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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%) Wireless
2 1 (2.70%) 2G
2 1 (2.70%) 3G
2 1 (2.70%) 4G
2 1 (2.70%) 5G
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 3 (8.11%) Git
2 1 (2.70%) GDB
General
1 10 (27.03%) Analytical Skills
2 7 (18.92%) Social Skills
3 3 (8.11%) Electronics
4 1 (2.70%) Aerospace
4 1 (2.70%) Automotive
4 1 (2.70%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (37.84%) Yocto
2 1 (2.70%) Boost C++ Libraries
2 1 (2.70%) HTML
2 1 (2.70%) HTML5
2 1 (2.70%) JSON
2 1 (2.70%) React
2 1 (2.70%) Redux
Miscellaneous
1 20 (54.05%) IoT
2 5 (13.51%) Device Driver
3 2 (5.41%) Embedded Systems
4 1 (2.70%) Cloud Native
4 1 (2.70%) Distributed Computing
4 1 (2.70%) FPGA
Operating Systems
1 37 (100.00%) Linux
2 32 (86.49%) Embedded Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 27 (72.97%) Software Engineering
2 12 (32.43%) Agile
2 12 (32.43%) Problem-Solving
3 11 (29.73%) Embedded Software Development
4 2 (5.41%) Architectural Design
4 2 (5.41%) Continuous Integration
4 2 (5.41%) Mentoring
4 2 (5.41%) OO
5 1 (2.70%) Code Quality
5 1 (2.70%) Computer Science
5 1 (2.70%) Design Patterns
5 1 (2.70%) Device Driver Development
5 1 (2.70%) Linux Kernel Development
5 1 (2.70%) Memory Management
5 1 (2.70%) Multithreading
5 1 (2.70%) Performance Optimisation
5 1 (2.70%) Platform Engineering
5 1 (2.70%) TDD
5 1 (2.70%) Test Automation
5 1 (2.70%) Translating Business Requirements
Programming Languages
1 21 (56.76%) C
2 19 (51.35%) C++
3 6 (16.22%) Embedded C++
4 4 (10.81%) Python
5 3 (8.11%) 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 3 (8.11%) Embedded Firmware
1 3 (8.11%) Firmware
2 1 (2.70%) Docker