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Job market reports · Skill · October 2026

embedded linux

171 live US technical postings name embedded linux in October 2026. Here is which roles ask for it, what those roles pay, and where they are.

Which roles ask for it

Share of the 171 postings naming embedded linux that belong to each role. This is the answer to "what would learning this qualify me for".

  1. 1Software Engineer89.5%
  2. 2Security Engineer4.7%
  3. 3DevOps / SRE / Platform Engineer2.3%
  4. 4Machine Learning Engineer1.2%

What postings asking for it pay

Across every role, for the postings that both name this skill and disclose a salary. A skill does not cause a salary — senior roles ask for more of everything — so read this as association, not as a raise.

Disclosed pay where embedded linux is named
n = 127
10th
$133k
25th
$153k
Median
$188k
75th
$215k
90th
$240k

Where those jobs are

Metro share of the postings naming this skill.

  1. 1Silicon Valley, CA17%
  2. 2San Francisco, CA9.9%
  3. 3Denver, CO5.3%
  4. 4Los Angeles, CA5.3%
  5. 5Boston, MA3.5%
  6. 6San Diego, CA3.5%
  7. 7Seattle, WA2.9%
  8. 8Austin, TX2.3%

How we counted

967,730 live US postings read directly from 82,954 employers’ own careers pages in October 2026 — not from a jobs aggregator, so a role reposted across several sites is counted once. Full methodology, limitations and external checks.