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 9 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
9 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 578 742 936
Rank change year-on-year +164 +194 -164
Permanent jobs citing Embedded Linux 286 137 264
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.30% 0.17% 0.18%
As % of the Operating Systems category 2.23% 1.01% 0.97%
Number of salaries quoted 239 65 95
10th Percentile £45,000 £32,500 £35,250
25th Percentile £51,250 £41,250 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £59,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +14.41% -1.67% +9.09%
75th Percentile £80,000 £72,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £76,500 £75,000
UK median annual salary £65,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +8.33% - +12.68%

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 12,836 13,565 27,117
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 13.63% 16.41% 18.86%
Number of salaries quoted 9,829 9,413 14,860
10th Percentile £25,852 £27,000 £26,250
25th Percentile £31,250 £35,000 £35,246
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £52,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -14.29% - +5.00%
75th Percentile £62,500 £71,250 £71,250
90th Percentile £80,000 £92,500 £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 9 June 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 9 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 +19 77 £75,000 +20.00% 19
South West +31 64 £60,000 -9.43% 4
East of England +31 53 £70,000 - 31
North of England +32 47 £60,000 +41.18% 3
Midlands -14 40 £57,500 - 3
East Midlands -12 23 £52,500 - 1
Yorkshire +47 21 £50,000 +17.65% 3
West Midlands -14 17 £65,000 +13.04% 2
North West +6 16 £60,000 -
North East - 10 £56,000 -
London +67 5 £100,000 +42.86% 2
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 (2.10%) Confluence
2 1 (0.35%) Jupyter
Applications
1 21 (7.34%) Simulink
2 1 (0.35%) OrCAD
Business Applications
1 4 (1.40%) C-CURE
Cloud Services
1 7 (2.45%) AWS
2 6 (2.10%) GitHub
3 3 (1.05%) AWS IoT
4 2 (0.70%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 33 (11.54%) Wireless
2 23 (8.04%) Wi-Fi
3 17 (5.94%) MQTT
3 17 (5.94%) RS-485
4 14 (4.90%) 4G
5 13 (4.55%) 3G
6 9 (3.15%) Bluetooth
7 8 (2.80%) 5G
7 8 (2.80%) RS-232
8 7 (2.45%) DVB
8 7 (2.45%) TCP/IP
9 5 (1.75%) Ethernet
9 5 (1.75%) ZigBee
10 4 (1.40%) 3GPP
10 4 (1.40%) Internet
11 2 (0.70%) DECT
11 2 (0.70%) DNS
11 2 (0.70%) LTE
11 2 (0.70%) NFC
11 2 (0.70%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (0.35%) InfluxDB
Development Applications
1 19 (6.64%) Git
2 14 (4.90%) JIRA
3 10 (3.50%) Jenkins
4 5 (1.75%) GitLab
4 5 (1.75%) Subversion
5 4 (1.40%) Rational DOORS
5 4 (1.40%) Zephyr
6 3 (1.05%) Rational Rhapsody
7 1 (0.35%) Bitbucket
7 1 (0.35%) GDB
General
1 52 (18.18%) Social Skills
2 44 (15.38%) Electronics
3 21 (7.34%) Manufacturing
4 14 (4.90%) Mandarin Language
5 12 (4.20%) Analytical Skills
6 10 (3.50%) Automotive
7 9 (3.15%) Telecoms
8 4 (1.40%) Pharmaceutical
9 3 (1.05%) Aerospace
9 3 (1.05%) Finance
9 3 (1.05%) Marketing
9 3 (1.05%) Public Sector
10 1 (0.35%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 1 (0.35%) Retail
Job Titles
1 194 (67.83%) Embedded Engineer
2 187 (65.38%) Software Engineer
3 156 (54.55%) Embedded Software Engineer
4 121 (42.31%) Senior
5 100 (34.97%) Senior Embedded Engineer
6 91 (31.82%) Senior Software Engineer
7 78 (27.27%) Senior Embedded Software Engineer
8 32 (11.19%) Embedded Linux Engineer
8 32 (11.19%) Linux Engineer
9 29 (10.14%) Developer
10 23 (8.04%) Embedded Developer
10 23 (8.04%) Senior Linux Engineer
11 22 (7.69%) C++ Software Engineer
12 20 (6.99%) Embedded Software Developer
12 20 (6.99%) Software Developer
13 19 (6.64%) Embedded C++ Engineer
14 17 (5.94%) Embedded C++ Software Engineer
15 16 (5.59%) Architect
15 16 (5.59%) Security Architect
15 16 (5.59%) Software Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 48 (16.78%) Yocto
2 13 (4.55%) Qt
2 13 (4.55%) REST
3 10 (3.50%) Middleware
4 5 (1.75%) FFmpeg
4 5 (1.75%) GStreamer
4 5 (1.75%) OpenEmbedded
5 2 (0.70%) Boost C++ Libraries
5 2 (0.70%) OpenGL
5 2 (0.70%) QML
5 2 (0.70%) Vulkan
6 1 (0.35%) .NET
6 1 (0.35%) COM
6 1 (0.35%) Flutter
6 1 (0.35%) HTML
6 1 (0.35%) HTML5
6 1 (0.35%) JSON
6 1 (0.35%) Pandas
6 1 (0.35%) PyTorch
6 1 (0.35%) Redux
Miscellaneous
1 48 (16.78%) IoT
2 37 (12.94%) Device Driver
3 27 (9.44%) Embedded Systems
4 20 (6.99%) Self-Motivation
5 11 (3.85%) FPGA
6 10 (3.50%) Algorithms
7 8 (2.80%) VHDL
8 6 (2.10%) SIMD
9 4 (1.40%) ARM Cortex
9 4 (1.40%) CCTV
10 3 (1.05%) Video\Live Streaming
11 2 (0.70%) Analogue Electronics
11 2 (0.70%) Client/Server
11 2 (0.70%) Distributed Systems
11 2 (0.70%) Driving Licence
11 2 (0.70%) RISC-V
11 2 (0.70%) Robotics
12 1 (0.35%) Distributed Computing
12 1 (0.35%) NB-IoT
12 1 (0.35%) Smart Home
Operating Systems
1 286 (100.00%) Linux
2 18 (6.29%) Android
3 8 (2.80%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 8 (2.80%) Windows
4 5 (1.75%) FreeRTOS
5 1 (0.35%) Unix
5 1 (0.35%) VxWorks
Processes & Methodologies
1 232 (81.12%) Software Engineering
2 54 (18.88%) Cybersecurity
3 47 (16.43%) Agile
4 44 (15.38%) Embedded Software Development
5 34 (11.89%) Problem-Solving
5 34 (11.89%) Signal Processing
6 31 (10.84%) Computer Science
6 31 (10.84%) DevOps
7 29 (10.14%) Continuous Integration
8 27 (9.44%) Artificial Intelligence
8 27 (9.44%) Device Driver Development
9 25 (8.74%) Software Testing
10 24 (8.39%) Machine Learning
10 24 (8.39%) OOD
11 23 (8.04%) Code Quality
11 23 (8.04%) OO
11 23 (8.04%) System Testing
12 20 (6.99%) Collaborative Working
12 20 (6.99%) Test Automation
13 19 (6.64%) Architectural Design
Programming Languages
1 211 (73.78%) C
2 136 (47.55%) C++
3 108 (37.76%) Python
4 79 (27.62%) Embedded C
5 58 (20.28%) Bash
6 54 (18.88%) Rust
7 46 (16.08%) Java
8 19 (6.64%) JavaScript
9 11 (3.85%) C#
10 9 (3.15%) Embedded C++
11 6 (2.10%) Assembly Language
12 3 (1.05%) Ada
12 3 (1.05%) TypeScript
13 1 (0.35%) Go
13 1 (0.35%) MATLAB
13 1 (0.35%) Perl
13 1 (0.35%) Ruby
13 1 (0.35%) Shell Script
13 1 (0.35%) SQL
13 1 (0.35%) Tcl
Qualifications
1 74 (25.87%) Security Cleared
2 50 (17.48%) Degree
3 22 (7.69%) Computer Science Degree
4 20 (6.99%) DV Cleared
5 3 (1.05%) BPSS Clearance
6 1 (0.35%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (4.55%) GDPR
2 6 (2.10%) ISO 9000
3 5 (1.75%) MISRA
4 3 (1.05%) Def Stans
5 2 (0.70%) MISRA C
5 2 (0.70%) QA
6 1 (0.35%) JTAG
System Software
1 46 (16.08%) Firmware
2 31 (10.84%) Embedded Firmware
3 10 (3.50%) Docker
Systems Management
1 5 (1.75%) Kubernetes
2 4 (1.40%) Terraform
3 3 (1.05%) Ansible
3 3 (1.05%) Podman
Vendors
1 20 (6.99%) Xilinx
2 8 (2.80%) Red Hat
3 3 (1.05%) SAP
4 1 (0.35%) Atmel
4 1 (0.35%) EMC
4 1 (0.35%) Freescale
4 1 (0.35%) Intel
4 1 (0.35%) Renesas