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The table below looks at the demand for Wind River VxWorks skills within the Bristol region with a comparison to our Operating Systems category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited VxWorks over the 3 months to 8 January 2009 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkWind River VxWorks
Location
3 months to
8 Jan 2009
Same period last year
Rank5058
Rank change on same period last yearUp+8
Matching contract IT job ads31
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.006 %0.001 %
As % of the category below2.479 %0.725 %
Daily rates quoted00
Average minimum daily rate--
Average daily rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate--
UK excluding London average daily rate£225£450
% change on same period last year-50.00 %
Hourly rates quoted30
Average minimum hourly rate£34.53-
Average hourly rate£34.87-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate£35.20-
UK excluding London average hourly rate£39.56£36.39
% change on same period last year+8.70 %
Bristol IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
Bristol
Matching contract IT job ads121138
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.243 %0.173 %
Daily rates quoted2929
Average minimum daily rate£293£283
Average daily rate£324£305
% change on same period last year+6.22 %
Average maximum daily rate£355£327
UK excluding London average daily rate£309£322
% change on same period last year-3.83 %
Hourly rates quoted3148
Average minimum hourly rate£25.21£25.07
Average hourly rate£26.38£27.12
% change on same period last year-2.74 %
Average maximum hourly rate£27.55£29.17
UK excluding London average hourly rate£21.69£21.60
% change on same period last year+0.43 %
VxWorks South WestVxWorks
South West

We calculate average IT contractor rates directly from the figures quoted and do not attempt to derive hourly rates from daily rates or vice versa.

VxWorks
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing VxWorks across the Bristol region as a proportion of the total demand within the Operating Systems category.

Bristol VxWorks Demand Trend

VxWorks
Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing VxWorks across the Bristol region.

Bristol VxWorks Hourly Rate Trend

VxWorks
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing VxWorks across the Bristol region over the 3 months to 8 January 2009.

Bristol VxWorks Hourly Rate Histogram

VxWorks
Top 16 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 8 January 2009, IT contractor jobs across the Bristol region citing VxWorks also mentioned the following IT skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled that cited VxWorks.

110 (100.00 %)C
110 (100.00 %)Avionics
29 (90.00 %)Aerospace
29 (90.00 %)C++
37 (70.00 %)Microsoft
37 (70.00 %).NET
37 (70.00 %)Visual Studio
42 (20.00 %)Security Cleared
42 (20.00 %)Tcl
51 (10.00 %)Simulink
51 (10.00 %)VB
51 (10.00 %)UNIX
51 (10.00 %)Windows
51 (10.00 %)MS Excel
51 (10.00 %)Ethernet
51 (10.00 %)SC Cleared

VxWorks
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 8 January 2009, IT contractor jobs across the Bristol region citing VxWorks also mentioned the following IT skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled that cited VxWorks. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Bristol IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
17 (70.00 %).NET
Bristol IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
11 (10.00 %)MS Excel
11 (10.00 %)Simulink
Bristol IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
11 (10.00 %)Ethernet
Bristol IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
17 (70.00 %)Visual Studio
Bristol IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
110 (100.00 %)Avionics
29 (90.00 %)Aerospace
Bristol IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
19 (90.00 %)Software Engineer
19 (90.00 %)Test Engineer
26 (60.00 %)Software Test Engineer
31 (10.00 %)Systems Engineer
Bristol IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
11 (10.00 %)UNIX
11 (10.00 %)Windows
Bristol IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
110 (100.00 %)C
29 (90.00 %)C++
32 (20.00 %)Tcl
41 (10.00 %)VB
Bristol IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
12 (20.00 %)Security Cleared
21 (10.00 %)SC Cleared
Bristol IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
17 (70.00 %)Microsoft