Embedded Linux Jobs in England

Embedded Linux
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in England requiring Embedded Linux skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries 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 588 758 924
Rank change year-on-year +170 +166 -147
Permanent jobs citing Embedded Linux 287 136 264
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.30% 0.17% 0.18%
As % of the Operating Systems category 2.22% 1.01% 0.97%
Number of salaries quoted 240 64 94
10th Percentile £45,000 £32,500 £34,875
25th Percentile £51,250 £41,250 £43,125
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 £62,500
90th Percentile £85,000 £76,750 £75,000
UK median annual salary £65,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +8.33% - +14.29%

All Operating Systems
England

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

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 12,931 13,471 27,159
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 13.53% 16.41% 18.80%
Number of salaries quoted 9,873 9,383 14,802
10th Percentile £26,000 £27,000 £26,250
25th Percentile £31,250 £35,000 £35,500
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 12 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 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
South East -1 78 £75,000 +20.00% 17
South West +19 63 £60,000 -9.43% 3
East of England +34 55 £70,000 - 27
North of England +19 48 £60,000 +41.18% 4
Midlands -22 38 £57,500 - 3
East Midlands -9 22 £48,750 - 1
Yorkshire +49 21 £50,000 +17.65% 3
North West -9 16 £60,000 -
West Midlands -15 16 £65,000 +13.04% 2
North East - 11 £56,000 - 1
London +96 5 £100,000 - 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 5 (1.74%) Confluence
2 1 (0.35%) Jupyter
Applications
1 23 (8.01%) Simulink
2 1 (0.35%) OrCAD
Business Applications
1 4 (1.39%) C-CURE
Cloud Services
1 8 (2.79%) AWS
2 6 (2.09%) GitHub
3 3 (1.05%) AWS IoT
4 2 (0.70%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 33 (11.50%) Wireless
2 23 (8.01%) Wi-Fi
3 17 (5.92%) MQTT
3 17 (5.92%) RS-485
4 14 (4.88%) 4G
5 13 (4.53%) 3G
6 9 (3.14%) Bluetooth
7 8 (2.79%) 5G
7 8 (2.79%) RS-232
8 7 (2.44%) DVB
8 7 (2.44%) TCP/IP
9 5 (1.74%) Ethernet
9 5 (1.74%) ZigBee
10 4 (1.39%) 3GPP
10 4 (1.39%) 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 (6.62%) Git
2 13 (4.53%) JIRA
3 10 (3.48%) Jenkins
4 5 (1.74%) GitLab
4 5 (1.74%) Subversion
5 4 (1.39%) Rational DOORS
5 4 (1.39%) Zephyr
6 3 (1.05%) Rational Rhapsody
7 1 (0.35%) Bitbucket
7 1 (0.35%) GDB
General
1 54 (18.82%) Social Skills
2 44 (15.33%) Electronics
3 21 (7.32%) Manufacturing
4 14 (4.88%) Mandarin Language
5 11 (3.83%) Analytical Skills
6 10 (3.48%) Automotive
7 9 (3.14%) Telecoms
8 4 (1.39%) 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
1 192 (66.90%) Embedded Engineer
2 188 (65.51%) Software Engineer
3 157 (54.70%) Embedded Software Engineer
4 119 (41.46%) Senior
5 98 (34.15%) Senior Embedded Engineer
6 91 (31.71%) Senior Software Engineer
7 78 (27.18%) Senior Embedded Software Engineer
8 32 (11.15%) Embedded Linux Engineer
8 32 (11.15%) Linux Engineer
9 31 (10.80%) Developer
10 25 (8.71%) Embedded Developer
11 24 (8.36%) C++ Software Engineer
12 22 (7.67%) Embedded Software Developer
12 22 (7.67%) Senior Linux Engineer
12 22 (7.67%) Software Developer
13 20 (6.97%) Embedded C++ Engineer
14 19 (6.62%) Embedded C++ Software Engineer
15 17 (5.92%) Architect
15 17 (5.92%) Security Architect
15 17 (5.92%) Software Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 45 (15.68%) Yocto
2 13 (4.53%) REST
3 12 (4.18%) Qt
4 10 (3.48%) Middleware
5 5 (1.74%) FFmpeg
5 5 (1.74%) GStreamer
5 5 (1.74%) OpenEmbedded
6 2 (0.70%) OpenGL
6 2 (0.70%) QML
6 2 (0.70%) Vulkan
7 1 (0.35%) .NET
7 1 (0.35%) Boost C++ Libraries
7 1 (0.35%) COM
7 1 (0.35%) Flutter
7 1 (0.35%) HTML
7 1 (0.35%) HTML5
7 1 (0.35%) JSON
7 1 (0.35%) Pandas
7 1 (0.35%) PyTorch
7 1 (0.35%) Redux
Miscellaneous
1 48 (16.72%) IoT
2 34 (11.85%) Device Driver
3 26 (9.06%) Embedded Systems
4 20 (6.97%) Self-Motivation
5 10 (3.48%) FPGA
6 9 (3.14%) Algorithms
7 8 (2.79%) VHDL
8 5 (1.74%) SIMD
9 4 (1.39%) ARM Cortex
9 4 (1.39%) 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
1 287 (100.00%) Linux
2 19 (6.62%) Android
3 8 (2.79%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 8 (2.79%) Windows
4 5 (1.74%) FreeRTOS
5 1 (0.35%) Unix
5 1 (0.35%) VxWorks
Processes & Methodologies
1 233 (81.18%) Software Engineering
2 54 (18.82%) Cybersecurity
3 46 (16.03%) Agile
3 46 (16.03%) Embedded Software Development
4 35 (12.20%) Signal Processing
5 34 (11.85%) Problem-Solving
6 33 (11.50%) Computer Science
6 33 (11.50%) DevOps
7 30 (10.45%) Continuous Integration
8 29 (10.10%) Artificial Intelligence
9 26 (9.06%) Machine Learning
10 25 (8.71%) Code Quality
10 25 (8.71%) Software Testing
10 25 (8.71%) System Testing
11 24 (8.36%) Device Driver Development
11 24 (8.36%) OO
11 24 (8.36%) OOD
12 22 (7.67%) Collaborative Working
13 21 (7.32%) Architectural Design
14 20 (6.97%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 211 (73.52%) C
2 136 (47.39%) C++
3 112 (39.02%) Python
4 80 (27.87%) Embedded C
5 58 (20.21%) Bash
6 54 (18.82%) Rust
7 49 (17.07%) Java
8 20 (6.97%) JavaScript
9 11 (3.83%) C#
9 11 (3.83%) Embedded C++
10 6 (2.09%) Assembly Language
11 3 (1.05%) Ada
11 3 (1.05%) TypeScript
12 1 (0.35%) Go
12 1 (0.35%) MATLAB
12 1 (0.35%) Perl
12 1 (0.35%) Ruby
12 1 (0.35%) Shell Script
12 1 (0.35%) SQL
12 1 (0.35%) Tcl
Qualifications
1 76 (26.48%) Security Cleared
2 51 (17.77%) Degree
3 24 (8.36%) Computer Science Degree
4 22 (7.67%) DV Cleared
5 3 (1.05%) BPSS Clearance
6 1 (0.35%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (4.53%) GDPR
2 6 (2.09%) ISO 9000
3 5 (1.74%) 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 (16.03%) Firmware
2 31 (10.80%) Embedded Firmware
3 10 (3.48%) Docker
Systems Management
1 5 (1.74%) Kubernetes
2 4 (1.39%) Terraform
3 3 (1.05%) Ansible
3 3 (1.05%) Podman
Vendors
1 22 (7.67%) Xilinx
2 8 (2.79%) 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