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The table below looks at the demand for Wind River VxWorks skills within the England 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 21 November 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkWind River VxWorks
Location
3 months to
21 Nov 2008
Same period last year
Rank443523
Rank change on same period last yearUp+80
Matching contract IT job ads76102
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.120 %0.109 %
As % of the category below0.683 %0.544 %
Daily rates quoted40
Average minimum daily rate£275-
Average daily rate£300-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate£325-
UK excluding London average daily rate£300-
% change on same period last year-
Hourly rates quoted3030
Average minimum hourly rate£37.47£35.55
Average hourly rate£38.47£38.10
% change on same period last year+0.96 %
Average maximum hourly rate£39.47£40.65
UK excluding London average hourly rate£38.07£38.44
% change on same period last year-0.97 %
England IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
England
Matching contract IT job ads1113118738
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled17.53 %20.08 %
Daily rates quoted31705125
Average minimum daily rate£327£364
Average daily rate£345£384
% change on same period last year-10.16 %
Average maximum daily rate£363£404
UK excluding London average daily rate£317£321
% change on same period last year-1.26 %
Hourly rates quoted19582967
Average minimum hourly rate£20.97£21.17
Average hourly rate£22.23£22.55
% change on same period last year-1.42 %
Average maximum hourly rate£23.48£23.92
UK excluding London average hourly rate£22.36£22.18
% change on same period last year+0.80 %
VxWorks UKVxWorks
UK

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 England region as a proportion of the total demand within the Operating Systems category.

England VxWorks Demand Trend

VxWorks
Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing VxWorks across the England region.

England VxWorks Daily Rate Trend

VxWorks
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing VxWorks across the England region over the 3 months to 21 November 2008.

England VxWorks Daily Rate Histogram

VxWorks
Hourly Rate Trend

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

England 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 England region over the 3 months to 21 November 2008.

England VxWorks Hourly Rate Histogram

VxWorks
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing VxWorks within the England region over the 3 months to 21 November 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
East of EnglandUp+3524--
North WestUp+2820--
LondonUp+9712--
West MidlandsUp+67£225-
South EastUp+114--
South WestUp+204£325-
East MidlandsUp+93--
MidlandsUp+202--
VxWorks UKVxWorks
UK

VxWorks
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 November 2008, IT contractor jobs across the England 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.

1115 (83.33 %)C
293 (67.39 %)C++
353 (38.41 %)Embedded C
448 (34.78 %)Linux
541 (29.71 %)Embedded C++
637 (26.81 %)STB
735 (25.36 %)Middleware
833 (23.91 %)Security Cleared
931 (22.46 %)IPTV
931 (22.46 %)DVB
1025 (18.12 %)UML
1025 (18.12 %)Aerospace
1122 (15.94 %)Avionics
1122 (15.94 %)SC Cleared
1122 (15.94 %)iDTV
1221 (15.22 %)Multimedia
1315 (10.87 %)Windows
1413 (9.420 %)Microsoft
1413 (9.420 %)Simulink
1512 (8.696 %)Telecoms
1611 (7.971 %)MATLAB
179 (6.522 %)Visual Studio
188 (5.797 %).NET
188 (5.797 %)ClearCase
188 (5.797 %)VMS
188 (5.797 %)Degree
197 (5.072 %)TCP/IP
206 (4.348 %)OpenGL
206 (4.348 %)X-Windows
206 (4.348 %)LynxOS

VxWorks
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 November 2008, IT contractor jobs across the England 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.

England IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
135 (25.36 %)Middleware
28 (5.797 %).NET
36 (4.348 %)OpenGL
36 (4.348 %)X-Windows
42 (1.449 %)MFC
51 (0.725 %)DirectX
England IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
113 (9.420 %)Simulink
211 (7.971 %)MATLAB
35 (3.623 %)MS Office
England IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
131 (22.46 %)DVB
27 (5.072 %)TCP/IP
33 (2.174 %)3G
33 (2.174 %)Ethernet
42 (1.449 %)CDMA2000
42 (1.449 %)WCDMA
42 (1.449 %)Broadband
51 (0.725 %)CDMA
51 (0.725 %)GPRS
51 (0.725 %)GSM
51 (0.725 %)3GPP
51 (0.725 %)UMTS
51 (0.725 %)VoIP
51 (0.725 %)DHCP
51 (0.725 %)L2TP
51 (0.725 %)Wi-Fi
51 (0.725 %)Wireless
England IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
19 (6.522 %)Visual Studio
28 (5.797 %)ClearCase
31 (0.725 %)ClearQuest
England IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
125 (18.12 %)Aerospace
222 (15.94 %)Avionics
321 (15.22 %)Multimedia
412 (8.696 %)Telecoms
55 (3.623 %)Government
64 (2.899 %)Electronics
73 (2.174 %)Health
73 (2.174 %)Automotive
73 (2.174 %)Electric
73 (2.174 %)Insurance
73 (2.174 %)Pensions
81 (0.725 %)Military
81 (0.725 %)Front Office
81 (0.725 %)Back Office
England IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
1105 (76.09 %)Software Engineer
234 (24.64 %)Embedded Software Engineer
314 (10.14 %)C Software Engineer
412 (8.696 %)Test Engineer
510 (7.246 %)C++ Software Engineer
68 (5.797 %)Software Test Engineer
68 (5.797 %)Embedded C Engineer
77 (5.072 %)Real Time Engineer
85 (3.623 %)Software Manager
85 (3.623 %)Embedded C/C++ Engineer
85 (3.623 %)Embedded C++ Engineer
85 (3.623 %)Embedded C Software Engineer
85 (3.623 %)Software Project Manager
85 (3.623 %)Project Manager
94 (2.899 %)Tester
94 (2.899 %)Developer
94 (2.899 %)Real Time Software Engineer
103 (2.174 %)Embedded C/C++ Software Engineer
103 (2.174 %)Embedded C++ Software Engineer
103 (2.174 %)C Developer
England IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
137 (26.81 %)STB
231 (22.46 %)IPTV
322 (15.94 %)iDTV
45 (3.623 %)Device Driver
54 (2.899 %)Field-Programmable Gate Array
54 (2.899 %)MPEG
62 (1.449 %)Mathematics
62 (1.449 %)Physics
71 (0.725 %)Statistics
71 (0.725 %)Verilog
England IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
148 (34.78 %)Linux
215 (10.87 %)Windows
38 (5.797 %)VMS
46 (4.348 %)LynxOS
54 (2.899 %)pSOS
54 (2.899 %)Embedded Linux
63 (2.174 %)Red Hat Linux
63 (2.174 %)Windows CE
63 (2.174 %)UNIX
71 (0.725 %)NetBSD
71 (0.725 %)Fedora
England IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
133 (23.91 %)Security Cleared
225 (18.12 %)UML
322 (15.94 %)SC Cleared
45 (3.623 %)Project Management
54 (2.899 %)CMMI
54 (2.899 %)OO
54 (2.899 %)OOD
54 (2.899 %)Unified Process
54 (2.899 %)Configuration Management
54 (2.899 %)Integration Testing
63 (2.174 %)Unit Testing
72 (1.449 %)System Testing
72 (1.449 %)Regression Testing
72 (1.449 %)BC Cleared
81 (0.725 %)HOOD
81 (0.725 %)Process Management
81 (0.725 %)Code Coverage
81 (0.725 %)Software Engineering
81 (0.725 %)Software Testing
81 (0.725 %)Operations Management
England IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
1115 (83.33 %)C
293 (67.39 %)C++
353 (38.41 %)Embedded C
441 (29.71 %)Embedded C++
53 (2.174 %)Ada
53 (2.174 %)Tcl
62 (1.449 %)VB
62 (1.449 %)VC++
71 (0.725 %)Python
71 (0.725 %)C#
71 (0.725 %)Java
71 (0.725 %)Perl
71 (0.725 %)VBScript
71 (0.725 %)Assembly Language
England IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
18 (5.797 %)Degree
England IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
11 (0.725 %)NDS
England IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
113 (9.420 %)Microsoft
24 (2.899 %)OpenTV
33 (2.174 %)Red Hat
41 (0.725 %)MathWorks
41 (0.725 %)Ericsson
41 (0.725 %)Oracle