Embedded Linux Contracts in the UK excluding London

Embedded Linux
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London requiring Embedded Linux skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Embedded Linux over the 6 months leading up to 12 June 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 382 413 488
Rank change year-on-year +31 +75 -68
Contract jobs citing Embedded Linux 19 17 16
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.089% 0.075% 0.053%
As % of the Operating Systems category 0.56% 0.40% 0.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 11 13
10th Percentile £410 - £388
25th Percentile £425 £400 £398
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £450 £425
Median % change year-on-year - +5.88% +13.33%
75th Percentile £550 £491 £500
90th Percentile £575 £538 £525
UK median daily rate £450 £450 £425
% change year-on-year - +5.88% +11.48%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 4 2
10th Percentile £54.50 £48.63 £50.50
25th Percentile £57.50 £50.31 £51.25
Median hourly rate £60.25 £52.50 £52.50
Median % change year-on-year +14.76% - +16.02%
75th Percentile £62.50 £57.19 £53.75
90th Percentile £63.88 £63.38 £54.50
UK median hourly rate £60.25 £50.00 £50.00
% change year-on-year +20.50% - +10.50%

All Operating Systems
UK excluding London

Embedded Linux falls under the Operating Systems category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring operating system skills in the UK excluding London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 3,391 4,276 5,788
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 15.90% 18.84% 19.05%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,208 2,930 3,824
10th Percentile £176 £165 £150
25th Percentile £275 £250 £208
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £463 £425
Median % change year-on-year -2.70% +8.82% +6.25%
75th Percentile £575 £588 £540
90th Percentile £672 £675 £638
UK median daily rate £475 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.00% - +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 341 307 426
10th Percentile £12.25 £13.29 £12.57
25th Percentile £15.25 £17.70 £15.05
Median hourly rate £24.18 £40.59 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year -40.43% +102.95% +17.65%
75th Percentile £65.00 £65.00 £49.43
90th Percentile £70.00 £73.75 £65.00
UK median hourly rate £23.00 £46.75 £22.25
% change year-on-year -50.80% +110.11% +27.14%

Embedded Linux
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing Embedded Linux as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Embedded Linux in the UK excluding London

Embedded Linux
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Daily rate trend for Embedded Linux in the UK excluding London

Embedded Linux
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

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

Daily rate histogram for Embedded Linux in the UK excluding London

Embedded Linux
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Hourly rate trend for Embedded Linux in the UK excluding London

Embedded Linux
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Embedded Linux 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Scotland - 9 - - 12
South East +17 7 £450 -10.00% 17
East of England +3 1 - - 27
South West -2 1 - - 3
Yorkshire - 1 - - 3
North of England - 1 - - 4
Embedded Linux
UK

Embedded Linux
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:

Application Platforms
1 5 (26.32%) Confluence
Communications & Networking
1 4 (21.05%) Internet
1 4 (21.05%) TCP/IP
2 2 (10.53%) Modbus
3 1 (5.26%) DVB
3 1 (5.26%) Wi-Fi
Development Applications
1 7 (36.84%) Git
1 7 (36.84%) Jenkins
1 7 (36.84%) JIRA
2 4 (21.05%) Artifactory
2 4 (21.05%) Bitbucket
3 2 (10.53%) CMake
General
1 5 (26.32%) Electronics
2 1 (5.26%) Multimedia
2 1 (5.26%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 16 (84.21%) Software Engineer
2 8 (42.11%) Embedded Engineer
2 8 (42.11%) Embedded Software Engineer
3 6 (31.58%) C++ Software Engineer
4 4 (21.05%) Development Engineer
4 4 (21.05%) Embedded C++ Engineer
4 4 (21.05%) Embedded C++ Software Engineer
4 4 (21.05%) Linux Engineer
4 4 (21.05%) Software Development Engineer
4 4 (21.05%) Test Development Engineer
5 3 (15.79%) C# Software Engineer
6 2 (10.53%) Senior
6 2 (10.53%) Senior Software Engineer
7 1 (5.26%) Embedded Linux Engineer
7 1 (5.26%) Embedded Linux Software Engineer
7 1 (5.26%) Senior C++ Software Engineer
7 1 (5.26%) Senior Embedded Engineer
7 1 (5.26%) Senior Embedded Software Engineer
7 1 (5.26%) Senior Linux Engineer
7 1 (5.26%) Software Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (21.05%) RESTful
1 4 (21.05%) SOAP
1 4 (21.05%) XML
2 2 (10.53%) YAML
2 2 (10.53%) Yocto
3 1 (5.26%) GStreamer
Miscellaneous
1 5 (26.32%) Device Driver
2 4 (21.05%) IoT
2 4 (21.05%) PCIe
2 4 (21.05%) Verilog
2 4 (21.05%) VHDL
3 1 (5.26%) Digital TV
3 1 (5.26%) Embedded Systems
Operating Systems
1 19 (100.00%) Linux
2 7 (36.84%) Windows
3 4 (21.05%) VxWorks
4 1 (5.26%) Android
4 1 (5.26%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (94.74%) Software Engineering
2 10 (52.63%) Agile
3 8 (42.11%) Computer Science
3 8 (42.11%) Continuous Integration
4 7 (36.84%) CI/CD
4 7 (36.84%) Scrum
5 4 (21.05%) API Testing
5 4 (21.05%) Code Optimisation
5 4 (21.05%) Configuration Management
5 4 (21.05%) Continuous Deployment
5 4 (21.05%) Defect Tracking
5 4 (21.05%) Device Driver Development
5 4 (21.05%) Manual Testing
5 4 (21.05%) Memory Management
5 4 (21.05%) Open Source
5 4 (21.05%) Performance Management
5 4 (21.05%) Requirements Management
5 4 (21.05%) SDET
5 4 (21.05%) Software Testing
5 4 (21.05%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 9 (47.37%) Python
2 8 (42.11%) C++
3 7 (36.84%) C
4 6 (31.58%) Embedded C
5 4 (21.05%) C#
5 4 (21.05%) SQL
6 3 (15.79%) Bash
6 3 (15.79%) Embedded C++
6 3 (15.79%) Perl
7 1 (5.26%) Java
7 1 (5.26%) JavaScript
7 1 (5.26%) Rust
7 1 (5.26%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 9 (47.37%) Degree
2 4 (21.05%) Master's Degree
3 3 (15.79%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (21.05%) MISRA
1 4 (21.05%) MISRA C
System Software
1 5 (26.32%) Firmware
2 4 (21.05%) Virtual Machines
2 4 (21.05%) VirtualBox
3 1 (5.26%) Docker
3 1 (5.26%) Embedded Firmware
Vendors
1 4 (21.05%) Atlassian
1 4 (21.05%) Intel
1 4 (21.05%) Oracle