The first table below looks at the demand for VxWorks skills in IT contracts advertised for the Manchester region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited VxWorks over the 3 months to 20 May 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Operating Systems category for the Manchester region.

Note that daily contractor rates and hourly contractor rates are treated separately. When calculating average contractor rates, daily rates are not derived from quoted hourly rates or vice versa.

Location
3 months to
20 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Wind River VxWorks
Rank - - -
Contract jobs citing VxWorks 0 0 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Manchester - - -
As % of the Operating Systems category - - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Average daily rate - - -
UK excluding London average daily rate - £288 £290
% change year-on-year
- -0.86%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £42.25 - £32.50
All Operating Systems
Manchester
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category
166 287 149
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Manchester 18.06% 21.99% 14.71%
Number of daily rates quoted 65 104 58
Average daily rate £275 £300 £260
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-8.33% +15.38%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £150 £180 £150
10% offered a daily rate of more than £425 £375 £413
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 25 39 32
Average hourly rate £16.00 £17.00 £12.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-5.88% +36.00%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £9.25 £9.00 £10.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £22.00 £25.00 £20.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £16.20 £17.00 £16.20
% change year-on-year
-4.70% +4.93%
VxWorks
North West

VxWorks
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing VxWorks across the Manchester region as a proportion of the total demand within the Operating Systems category.

Manchester VxWorks Jobs Demand Trend

VxWorks
Top 7 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Manchester 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.

1 1 (100.00%) C
1 1 (100.00%) C++
1 1 (100.00%) Motorola
1 1 (100.00%) QNX
1 1 (100.00%) Electronics
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
1 1 (100.00%) Renesas

VxWorks
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Manchester 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.

General
1 1 (100.00%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Software Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Embedded Software Engineer
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) C
1 1 (100.00%) C++
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Motorola
1 1 (100.00%) QNX
1 1 (100.00%) Renesas