Wind River VxWorks
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for VxWorks skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited VxWorks over the 6 months to 28 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
28 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 906 - 1219
Rank change year-on-year - - -302
Permanent jobs citing VxWorks 8 0 18
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.008% - 0.011%
As % of the Operating Systems category 0.057% - 0.057%
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 5
10th Percentile - - £42,723
25th Percentile £68,750 - £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 - £47,500
Median % change year-on-year - - -4.61%
75th Percentile £76,250 - £55,000
90th Percentile - - £56,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £72,500 - £47,500
% change year-on-year - - -4.61%

All Operating Systems
UK

VxWorks is in the Operating Systems category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 13,986 15,669 31,425
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 13.63% 16.10% 18.82%
Number of salaries quoted 10,693 10,509 16,510
10th Percentile £26,000 £27,000 £26,250
25th Percentile £31,250 £35,000 £35,750
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 £92,000 £87,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £42,500 £45,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year -5.56% - -

VxWorks
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing VxWorks as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for VxWorks in the UK

VxWorks
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing VxWorks.

Salary trend for VxWorks in the UK

VxWorks
Top 6 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing VxWorks within the UK over the 6 months to 28 May 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
UK excluding London - 8 £72,500 - 4
Work from Home - 5 £72,500 -
Wales - 4 - -
England - 4 £72,500 - 5
South East - 3 - - 2
East of England - 1 £72,500 -

VxWorks
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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (12.50%) Confluence
Applications
1 3 (37.50%) Microsoft Excel
1 3 (37.50%) Microsoft Office
1 3 (37.50%) MS Visio
2 1 (12.50%) Simulink
Communications & Networking
1 7 (87.50%) Ethernet
2 4 (50.00%) Profibus
3 3 (37.50%) TCP/IP
Development Applications
1 4 (50.00%) Git
2 3 (37.50%) Visual Studio
3 1 (12.50%) Bitbucket
3 1 (12.50%) GitLab
3 1 (12.50%) JIRA
3 1 (12.50%) Rational DOORS
General
1 4 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
1 4 (50.00%) Electronics
1 4 (50.00%) Manufacturing
1 4 (50.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 5 (62.50%) Embedded Engineer
1 5 (62.50%) Embedded Software Engineer
1 5 (62.50%) Software Engineer
2 4 (50.00%) Senior
2 4 (50.00%) Senior Embedded Engineer
2 4 (50.00%) Senior Embedded Software Engineer
2 4 (50.00%) Senior Software Engineer
3 3 (37.50%) Principal Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (37.50%) .NET
Miscellaneous
1 3 (37.50%) Arduino
1 3 (37.50%) Legacy Applications
1 3 (37.50%) Raspberry Pi
1 3 (37.50%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 4 (50.00%) FreeRTOS
2 3 (37.50%) Windows
3 1 (12.50%) Embedded Linux
3 1 (12.50%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (100.00%) Software Engineering
2 4 (50.00%) Biotechnology
2 4 (50.00%) Computer Science
2 4 (50.00%) Embedded Software Development
2 4 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
2 4 (50.00%) SDLC
3 3 (37.50%) Integration Testing
3 3 (37.50%) Waterfall
4 1 (12.50%) Agile
4 1 (12.50%) OO
4 1 (12.50%) OOD
4 1 (12.50%) Requirements Management
4 1 (12.50%) Scrum
4 1 (12.50%) UML
Programming Languages
1 5 (62.50%) C
2 4 (50.00%) C++
3 3 (37.50%) C#
3 3 (37.50%) VB.NET
4 1 (12.50%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 4 (50.00%) Degree
1 4 (50.00%) HND
2 1 (12.50%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (50.00%) 21 CFR Part 11
1 4 (50.00%) ISO 13485
2 1 (12.50%) MISRA
2 1 (12.50%) MISRA C
System Software
1 5 (62.50%) Firmware
2 3 (37.50%) VirtualBox
2 3 (37.50%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 4 (50.00%) QNX
2 3 (37.50%) VMware