Bare metal jobs in 2026 — demand, top roles hiring, and related skills
As of 2026-09-28, Bare metal appears in 219 job postings indexed by Skillenai over the past 90 days — Embedded Software Engineer has the most postings mentioning Bare metal, with demand flat vs the prior 4 weeks.
Last updated · 90d ending 2026-09-28
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+Is Bare metal in demand in 2026?
Yes. Bare metal appears in 219 job postings indexed by Skillenai over the 90 days ending 2026-09-28, with demand flat vs the prior 4 weeks. Embedded Software Engineer accounts for the most postings mentioning Bare metal (33.8% of all postings mentioning Bare metal).
+What jobs require Bare metal?
According to the Skillenai jobs index over the 90 days ending 2026-09-28, among roles with at least 20 postings, the highest shares mentioning Bare metal are Embedded Linux Engineer (58.3% of that role’s postings mention Bare metal), Firmware Engineer (24.1% of that role’s postings mention Bare metal), Flight Software Engineer (22.8% of that role’s postings mention Bare metal).
+What skills are commonly paired with Bare metal?
Across job postings indexed by Skillenai (90 days ending 2026-09-28), Bare metal most often appears alongside Linux, RTOS, Python, C++, Rust.
+Where is Bare metal most in demand?
As of 2026-09-28, the metro areas posting the most jobs requiring Bare metal are El Segundo, San Francisco, Amsterdam, Goleta, Hollister, according to the Skillenai jobs index.
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Weekly job postings requiring Bare metal — last 90 days
Salary distribution
Box = 25th–75th percentile · tick = median · whisker = 10th–90th · USD, annualized
Roles most likely to require Bare metal
Among roles with at least 20 postings in the same period.
| Role | Postings mentioning skill | % of role postings mentioning skill |
|---|---|---|
| Embedded Linux Engineer | 14 | 58.3% |
| Firmware Engineer | 27 | 24.1% |
| Flight Software Engineer | 23 | 22.8% |
| Embedded Linux Software Engineer | 5 | 20.0% |
| Linux Infrastructure Engineer | 4 | 14.8% |
| Embedded Software Engineer | 74 | 7.7% |
| Platform Engineering Director | 1 | 5.0% |
| Engineering Team Lead | 1 | 4.5% |
| Software Product Manager | 1 | 2.9% |
| System Software Engineer | 1 | 0.8% |
Roles with the most Bare metal postings
| Role | Postings mentioning skill | Share of skill postings |
|---|---|---|
| Embedded Software Engineer | 74 | 33.8% |
| Firmware Engineer | 27 | 12.3% |
| Flight Software Engineer | 23 | 10.5% |
| Software Engineer | 21 | 9.6% |
| Embedded Linux Engineer | 14 | 6.4% |
| Spacecraft Flight Software Engineer | 7 | 3.2% |
| Embedded Linux Software Engineer | 5 | 2.3% |
| Infrastructure Engineer | 4 | 1.8% |
| Linux Infrastructure Engineer | 4 | 1.8% |
| Firmware Software Engineer | 3 | 1.4% |
Top metros hiring for Bare metal
| Name | Postings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| El Segundo | 155 | 70.8% |
| San Francisco | 4 | 1.8% |
| Amsterdam | 2 | 0.9% |
| Goleta | 2 | 0.9% |
| Hollister | 2 | 0.9% |
| Hyderabad | 2 | 0.9% |
| London | 2 | 0.9% |
| San Jose | 2 | 0.9% |
| Singapore | 2 | 0.9% |
Skills commonly paired with Bare metal
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How this was computed
Counts derive from the Skillenai jobs index over the 90 days ending 2026-09-28. Skills are resolved against the Skillenai canonical taxonomy, so the same entity is counted whether a posting writes 'Python', 'Python 3', or 'python'. Role prevalence divides postings mentioning Bare metal by all postings for each role in the same window, ranking roles with at least 20 postings. Role distribution divides each role’s Bare metal postings by all Bare metal postings, including postings without a role. Shares need not sum to 100% for the displayed roles. Pages refresh weekly (or daily for the top-50 most-requested skills).
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