Embedded Linux Engineer Jobs

Embedded Linux Engineer
UK

The median Embedded Linux Engineer salary in the UK 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 866 860 1213
Rank change year-on-year -6 +353 -297
Permanent jobs requiring an Embedded Linux Engineer 38 59 50
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.035% 0.064% 0.029%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.036% 0.070% 0.030%
Number of salaries quoted 29 21 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 £63,500 £62,500
90th Percentile - £68,750 -
UK excluding London 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

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies. 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 with a recognized job title 104,121 84,323 165,675
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.77% 91.19% 95.89%
Number of salaries quoted 73,469 54,972 85,174
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,603 £45,000 £42,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £70,000 £80,000 £78,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £53,519 £50,296
% change year-on-year -6.58% +6.41% +5.89%

Embedded Linux Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Embedded Linux Engineer in the UK

Embedded Linux Engineer
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Embedded Linux Engineer in the UK

Embedded Linux Engineer
Salary Histogram

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

Salary histogram for Embedded Linux Engineer in the UK

Embedded Linux Engineer
Top 10 Job Locations

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 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
England +9 37 £65,000 +52.94% 6
UK excluding London -72 37 £65,000 +52.94% 6
South East - 14 £57,500 - 6
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%
Work from Home 0 2 £57,500 +35.29% 2
South West -40 1 - -

Embedded Linux Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

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 featuring Embedded Linux Engineer in the job title.

1 38 (100.00%) Linux
2 32 (84.21%) Embedded Linux
3 27 (71.05%) Software Engineering
4 21 (55.26%) C
5 20 (52.63%) C++
5 20 (52.63%) IoT
6 14 (36.84%) Yocto
7 12 (31.58%) Problem-Solving
7 12 (31.58%) Agile
8 11 (28.95%) Embedded Software Development
9 10 (26.32%) Analytical Skills
10 7 (18.42%) Embedded C++
10 7 (18.42%) Social Skills
11 5 (13.16%) Device Driver
12 4 (10.53%) Python
13 3 (7.89%) Git
13 3 (7.89%) Firmware
13 3 (7.89%) Embedded C
13 3 (7.89%) Electronics
13 3 (7.89%) Embedded Firmware
14 2 (5.26%) Architectural Design
14 2 (5.26%) 5G
14 2 (5.26%) Mentoring
14 2 (5.26%) Telecoms
14 2 (5.26%) 2G
14 2 (5.26%) Wireless
14 2 (5.26%) 3G
14 2 (5.26%) OO
14 2 (5.26%) Continuous Integration
14 2 (5.26%) 4G

Embedded Linux Engineer Skill Set
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 1 (2.63%) AWS
1 1 (2.63%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 2 (5.26%) 2G
1 2 (5.26%) 3G
1 2 (5.26%) 4G
1 2 (5.26%) 5G
1 2 (5.26%) Wireless
2 1 (2.63%) DHCP
2 1 (2.63%) DNS
2 1 (2.63%) MQTT
2 1 (2.63%) RS-485
2 1 (2.63%) VLAN
2 1 (2.63%) VPN
2 1 (2.63%) Wi-Fi
Development Applications
1 3 (7.89%) Git
2 1 (2.63%) GDB
General
1 10 (26.32%) Analytical Skills
2 7 (18.42%) Social Skills
3 3 (7.89%) Electronics
4 2 (5.26%) Telecoms
5 1 (2.63%) Aerospace
5 1 (2.63%) Automotive
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (36.84%) Yocto
2 1 (2.63%) Boost C++ Libraries
2 1 (2.63%) HTML
2 1 (2.63%) HTML5
2 1 (2.63%) JSON
2 1 (2.63%) React
2 1 (2.63%) Redux
Miscellaneous
1 20 (52.63%) IoT
2 5 (13.16%) Device Driver
3 2 (5.26%) Embedded Systems
4 1 (2.63%) Cloud Native
4 1 (2.63%) Distributed Computing
4 1 (2.63%) FPGA
Operating Systems
1 38 (100.00%) Linux
2 32 (84.21%) Embedded Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 27 (71.05%) Software Engineering
2 12 (31.58%) Agile
2 12 (31.58%) Problem-Solving
3 11 (28.95%) Embedded Software Development
4 2 (5.26%) Architectural Design
4 2 (5.26%) Continuous Integration
4 2 (5.26%) Mentoring
4 2 (5.26%) OO
5 1 (2.63%) Code Quality
5 1 (2.63%) Computer Science
5 1 (2.63%) Design Patterns
5 1 (2.63%) Device Driver Development
5 1 (2.63%) Linux Kernel Development
5 1 (2.63%) Memory Management
5 1 (2.63%) Multithreading
5 1 (2.63%) Performance Optimisation
5 1 (2.63%) Platform Engineering
5 1 (2.63%) TDD
5 1 (2.63%) Test Automation
5 1 (2.63%) Translating Business Requirements
Programming Languages
1 21 (55.26%) C
2 20 (52.63%) C++
3 7 (18.42%) Embedded C++
4 4 (10.53%) Python
5 3 (7.89%) Embedded C
6 1 (2.63%) Java
Qualifications
1 1 (2.63%) Computer Science Degree
1 1 (2.63%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (2.63%) QA
System Software
1 3 (7.89%) Embedded Firmware
1 3 (7.89%) Firmware
2 1 (2.63%) Docker