Embedded Linux Jobs in England

Embedded Linux
UK > England

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for Embedded Linux skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries 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 592 777 922
Rank change year-on-year +185 +145 -161
Permanent jobs citing Embedded Linux 250 148 242
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.29% 0.17% 0.18%
As % of the Operating Systems category 2.00% 1.03% 0.92%
Number of salaries quoted 211 68 99
10th Percentile £45,000 £32,500 £33,750
25th Percentile £51,875 £41,250 £44,375
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +12.50% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £80,000 £72,500 £62,500
90th Percentile £85,000 £78,250 £73,400
UK median annual salary £65,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +8.33% - +11.11%

All Operating Systems
England

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

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 12,482 14,305 26,270
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 14.43% 16.17% 19.18%
Number of salaries quoted 9,828 9,827 15,002
10th Percentile £25,759 £26,750 £26,250
25th Percentile £31,250 £35,000 £35,233
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £52,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -14.29% - +5.00%
75th Percentile £62,500 £72,500 £71,250
90th Percentile £80,000 £95,000 £87,500
UK median annual salary £45,000 £52,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -14.29% - +5.00%

Embedded Linux
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Embedded Linux in England

Embedded Linux
Salary Trend in England

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

Salary trend for Embedded Linux in England

Embedded Linux
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Embedded Linux in England over the 6 months to 20 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Embedded Linux in England

Embedded Linux
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Embedded Linux within the England region 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
South East +28 69 £75,000 +15.38% 24
South West +39 65 £60,000 -17.24% 5
North of England +26 40 £60,000 +41.18% 12
Midlands +15 37 £65,000 +28.71% 9
East of England +26 34 £70,000 - 36
East Midlands -2 19 £52,500 - 4
West Midlands +19 18 £65,000 +28.71% 5
Yorkshire +51 17 £50,000 +17.65% 9
North West +13 16 £60,000 -
North East - 7 £60,000 - 3
London +105 5 £100,000 +42.86% 9
Embedded Linux
UK

Embedded Linux
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 6 (2.40%) Confluence
2 1 (0.40%) Jupyter
Applications
1 17 (6.80%) Simulink
2 1 (0.40%) OrCAD
Business Applications
1 1 (0.40%) C-CURE
Cloud Services
1 4 (1.60%) AWS
1 4 (1.60%) GitHub
2 3 (1.20%) AWS IoT
Communications & Networking
1 32 (12.80%) Wireless
2 21 (8.40%) Wi-Fi
3 16 (6.40%) MQTT
3 16 (6.40%) RS-485
4 13 (5.20%) 4G
5 12 (4.80%) 3G
6 9 (3.60%) Bluetooth
7 8 (3.20%) 5G
7 8 (3.20%) RS-232
8 7 (2.80%) TCP/IP
9 5 (2.00%) Ethernet
10 4 (1.60%) 3GPP
10 4 (1.60%) DVB
10 4 (1.60%) Internet
10 4 (1.60%) ZigBee
11 2 (0.80%) DNS
11 2 (0.80%) LoRaWAN
11 2 (0.80%) LTE
11 2 (0.80%) Modbus
11 2 (0.80%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (0.40%) InfluxDB
Development Applications
1 17 (6.80%) Git
2 14 (5.60%) JIRA
3 10 (4.00%) Jenkins
4 5 (2.00%) Subversion
5 4 (1.60%) Rational DOORS
5 4 (1.60%) Zephyr
6 3 (1.20%) GitLab
6 3 (1.20%) Rational Rhapsody
7 1 (0.40%) Bitbucket
7 1 (0.40%) GDB
General
1 45 (18.00%) Social Skills
2 36 (14.40%) Electronics
3 16 (6.40%) Manufacturing
4 14 (5.60%) Analytical Skills
5 12 (4.80%) Mandarin Language
6 9 (3.60%) Automotive
6 9 (3.60%) Telecoms
7 4 (1.60%) Pharmaceutical
8 3 (1.20%) Aerospace
8 3 (1.20%) Finance
8 3 (1.20%) Marketing
8 3 (1.20%) Public Sector
9 1 (0.40%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 1 (0.40%) Retail
Job Titles
1 185 (74.00%) Embedded Engineer
2 171 (68.40%) Software Engineer
3 146 (58.40%) Embedded Software Engineer
4 115 (46.00%) Senior
5 98 (39.20%) Senior Embedded Engineer
6 84 (33.60%) Senior Software Engineer
7 73 (29.20%) Senior Embedded Software Engineer
8 34 (13.60%) Embedded Linux Engineer
8 34 (13.60%) Linux Engineer
9 25 (10.00%) Senior Linux Engineer
10 20 (8.00%) Developer
11 18 (7.20%) Embedded C++ Engineer
12 16 (6.40%) C++ Software Engineer
12 16 (6.40%) Embedded Developer
12 16 (6.40%) Embedded Software Developer
12 16 (6.40%) Software Developer
13 15 (6.00%) Embedded C++ Software Engineer
14 14 (5.60%) Lead
15 12 (4.80%) Embedded C Engineer
15 12 (4.80%) Firmware Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 50 (20.00%) Yocto
2 13 (5.20%) Qt
3 12 (4.80%) REST
4 10 (4.00%) Middleware
5 5 (2.00%) FFmpeg
5 5 (2.00%) GStreamer
5 5 (2.00%) OpenEmbedded
6 3 (1.20%) Boost C++ Libraries
7 1 (0.40%) .NET
7 1 (0.40%) COM
7 1 (0.40%) Flutter
7 1 (0.40%) HTML
7 1 (0.40%) HTML5
7 1 (0.40%) JSON
7 1 (0.40%) Pandas
7 1 (0.40%) PyTorch
7 1 (0.40%) QML
7 1 (0.40%) React
7 1 (0.40%) Redux
7 1 (0.40%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 50 (20.00%) IoT
2 39 (15.60%) Device Driver
3 24 (9.60%) Embedded Systems
4 16 (6.40%) Self-Motivation
5 10 (4.00%) Algorithms
6 9 (3.60%) FPGA
7 6 (2.40%) SIMD
8 5 (2.00%) VHDL
9 4 (1.60%) CCTV
10 3 (1.20%) ARM Cortex
10 3 (1.20%) Video\Live Streaming
11 2 (0.80%) Client/Server
11 2 (0.80%) Distributed Systems
11 2 (0.80%) Driving Licence
11 2 (0.80%) RISC-V
11 2 (0.80%) Robotics
12 1 (0.40%) Augmented Reality
12 1 (0.40%) Management Information System
12 1 (0.40%) Smart Home
12 1 (0.40%) State Machine
Operating Systems
1 250 (100.00%) Linux
2 9 (3.60%) Android
3 8 (3.20%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 8 (3.20%) Windows
4 5 (2.00%) FreeRTOS
5 1 (0.40%) Unix
5 1 (0.40%) VxWorks
Processes & Methodologies
1 210 (84.00%) Software Engineering
2 53 (21.20%) Cybersecurity
3 44 (17.60%) Agile
4 41 (16.40%) Embedded Software Development
5 33 (13.20%) Problem-Solving
6 30 (12.00%) Signal Processing
7 29 (11.60%) Device Driver Development
8 27 (10.80%) DevOps
9 26 (10.40%) Continuous Integration
10 24 (9.60%) Computer Science
11 23 (9.20%) OOD
12 22 (8.80%) Artificial Intelligence
13 20 (8.00%) OO
13 20 (8.00%) Software Testing
14 19 (7.60%) Machine Learning
14 19 (7.60%) System Testing
14 19 (7.60%) Test Automation
15 18 (7.20%) Code Quality
15 18 (7.20%) Linux Kernel Development
16 16 (6.40%) Collaborative Working
Programming Languages
1 191 (76.40%) C
2 108 (43.20%) C++
3 98 (39.20%) Python
4 76 (30.40%) Embedded C
5 58 (23.20%) Bash
6 54 (21.60%) Rust
7 33 (13.20%) Java
8 15 (6.00%) JavaScript
9 11 (4.40%) C#
10 8 (3.20%) Embedded C++
11 6 (2.40%) Assembly Language
12 3 (1.20%) Ada
12 3 (1.20%) TypeScript
13 1 (0.40%) Go
13 1 (0.40%) MATLAB
13 1 (0.40%) Perl
13 1 (0.40%) Ruby
13 1 (0.40%) Shell Script
13 1 (0.40%) SQL
13 1 (0.40%) Tcl
Qualifications
1 70 (28.00%) Security Cleared
2 43 (17.20%) Degree
3 18 (7.20%) Computer Science Degree
4 16 (6.40%) DV Cleared
5 3 (1.20%) BPSS Clearance
6 1 (0.40%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (4.80%) GDPR
2 6 (2.40%) ISO 9000
3 5 (2.00%) MISRA
4 3 (1.20%) Def Stans
5 2 (0.80%) MISRA C
5 2 (0.80%) QA
6 1 (0.40%) JTAG
System Software
1 37 (14.80%) Firmware
2 26 (10.40%) Embedded Firmware
3 10 (4.00%) Docker
Systems Management
1 5 (2.00%) Kubernetes
2 4 (1.60%) Terraform
3 3 (1.20%) Ansible
3 3 (1.20%) Podman
Vendors
1 16 (6.40%) Xilinx
2 8 (3.20%) Red Hat
3 3 (1.20%) SAP
4 1 (0.40%) Atmel
4 1 (0.40%) EMC
4 1 (0.40%) Freescale
4 1 (0.40%) Intel
4 1 (0.40%) Renesas