Embedded Linux Contracts

Embedded Linux
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for Embedded Linux skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Embedded Linux over the 6 months to 20 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
20 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 559 666 829
Rank change year-on-year +107 +163 -165
Contract jobs citing Embedded Linux 20 28 34
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.047% 0.049% 0.038%
As % of the Operating Systems category 0.35% 0.30% 0.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 12 13
10th Percentile £369 - £386
25th Percentile £416 £400 £390
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £450 £410
Median % change year-on-year - +9.76% +4.13%
75th Percentile £538 £519 £438
90th Percentile £575 £628 £450
UK excluding London median daily rate £450 £450 £408
% change year-on-year - +10.43% +8.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 12 14
10th Percentile £54.50 - -
25th Percentile £57.50 £47.50 £47.50
Median hourly rate £60.25 £50.00 £51.25
Median % change year-on-year +20.50% -2.44% +13.89%
75th Percentile £62.50 £53.75 £57.81
90th Percentile £63.88 £57.13 £58.75
UK excluding London median hourly rate £60.25 £52.50 £55.00
% change year-on-year +14.76% -4.55% +22.22%

All Operating Systems
UK

Embedded Linux is in the Operating Systems category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 5,687 9,251 13,104
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 13.37% 16.16% 14.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,850 6,458 8,915
10th Percentile £185 £190 £175
25th Percentile £300 £338 £340
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £466 £503 £500
Median % change year-on-year -7.33% +0.57% +11.11%
75th Percentile £588 £638 £613
90th Percentile £700 £719 £700
UK excluding London median daily rate £450 £475 £425
% change year-on-year -5.26% +11.76% +6.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 393 404 594
10th Percentile £12.75 £14.08 £13.25
25th Percentile £15.50 £17.74 £15.89
Median hourly rate £22.15 £39.05 £22.50
Median % change year-on-year -43.28% +73.56% +28.57%
75th Percentile £60.75 £64.13 £52.50
90th Percentile £70.00 £75.00 £65.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £22.50 £30.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year -25.00% +50.00% +21.21%

Embedded Linux
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Embedded Linux in the UK

Embedded Linux
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Embedded Linux.

Daily rate trend for Embedded Linux in the UK

Embedded Linux
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Embedded Linux over the 6 months to 20 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Embedded Linux in the UK

Embedded Linux
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Embedded Linux.

Hourly rate trend for Embedded Linux in the UK

Embedded Linux
Top 10 Contract Locations

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 over the 6 months to 20 May 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
UK excluding London +52 19 £450 - 89
England +103 11 £450 -4.00% 93
Scotland - 9 - - 4
South East +22 7 £450 -10.00% 25
Work from Home +109 6 £450 - 34
London +99 1 £350 -53.33% 9
East of England +9 1 - - 36
South West +4 1 - - 5
Yorkshire - 1 - - 9
North of England - 1 - - 13

Embedded Linux
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:

Application Platforms
1 5 (25.00%) Confluence
Communications & Networking
1 5 (25.00%) TCP/IP
2 4 (20.00%) Internet
3 2 (10.00%) Modbus
4 1 (5.00%) DVB
4 1 (5.00%) HTTP
4 1 (5.00%) RTSP
4 1 (5.00%) Wi-Fi
Development Applications
1 7 (35.00%) Git
1 7 (35.00%) Jenkins
1 7 (35.00%) JIRA
2 4 (20.00%) Artifactory
2 4 (20.00%) Bitbucket
3 2 (10.00%) CMake
General
1 5 (25.00%) Electronics
2 2 (10.00%) Multimedia
3 1 (5.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 16 (80.00%) Software Engineer
2 8 (40.00%) Embedded Engineer
2 8 (40.00%) Embedded Software Engineer
3 6 (30.00%) C++ Software Engineer
4 4 (20.00%) Development Engineer
4 4 (20.00%) Embedded C++ Engineer
4 4 (20.00%) Embedded C++ Software Engineer
4 4 (20.00%) Linux Engineer
4 4 (20.00%) Software Development Engineer
4 4 (20.00%) Test Development Engineer
5 3 (15.00%) C# Software Engineer
6 2 (10.00%) Senior
6 2 (10.00%) Senior Software Engineer
7 1 (5.00%) Embedded Linux Engineer
7 1 (5.00%) Senior C++ Software Engineer
7 1 (5.00%) Senior Embedded Engineer
7 1 (5.00%) Senior Embedded Software Engineer
7 1 (5.00%) Senior Linux Engineer
7 1 (5.00%) Software Consultant
7 1 (5.00%) Systems Programmer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (20.00%) RESTful
1 4 (20.00%) SOAP
1 4 (20.00%) XML
2 2 (10.00%) GStreamer
2 2 (10.00%) YAML
2 2 (10.00%) Yocto
Miscellaneous
1 6 (30.00%) Device Driver
2 4 (20.00%) IoT
2 4 (20.00%) PCIe
2 4 (20.00%) Verilog
2 4 (20.00%) VHDL
3 2 (10.00%) Embedded Systems
4 1 (5.00%) Digital TV
Operating Systems
1 20 (100.00%) Linux
2 7 (35.00%) Windows
3 4 (20.00%) VxWorks
4 1 (5.00%) Android
4 1 (5.00%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (90.00%) Software Engineering
2 10 (50.00%) Agile
3 8 (40.00%) Computer Science
3 8 (40.00%) Continuous Integration
4 7 (35.00%) CI/CD
4 7 (35.00%) Scrum
5 5 (25.00%) Device Driver Development
6 4 (20.00%) API Testing
6 4 (20.00%) Code Optimisation
6 4 (20.00%) Continuous Deployment
6 4 (20.00%) Defect Tracking
6 4 (20.00%) End-to-End Testing
6 4 (20.00%) Manual Testing
6 4 (20.00%) Memory Management
6 4 (20.00%) Open Source
6 4 (20.00%) Performance Management
6 4 (20.00%) Requirements Management
6 4 (20.00%) SDET
6 4 (20.00%) Software Testing
6 4 (20.00%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 9 (45.00%) C++
1 9 (45.00%) Python
2 8 (40.00%) C
3 6 (30.00%) Embedded C
4 4 (20.00%) C#
4 4 (20.00%) SQL
5 3 (15.00%) Bash
5 3 (15.00%) Embedded C++
5 3 (15.00%) Perl
6 1 (5.00%) Java
6 1 (5.00%) JavaScript
6 1 (5.00%) Rust
6 1 (5.00%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 9 (45.00%) Degree
2 4 (20.00%) Master's Degree
3 3 (15.00%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (20.00%) MISRA
1 4 (20.00%) MISRA C
System Software
1 6 (30.00%) Firmware
2 4 (20.00%) Virtual Machines
2 4 (20.00%) VirtualBox
3 1 (5.00%) Docker
3 1 (5.00%) Embedded Firmware
Vendors
1 4 (20.00%) Atlassian
1 4 (20.00%) Intel
1 4 (20.00%) Oracle