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The table below looks at the demand for Wind River VxWorks skills within the North West 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
Rank98122
Rank change on same period last yearUp+24
Matching contract IT job ads114
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.022 %0.005 %
As % of the category below2.683 %0.593 %
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 quoted11
Average minimum hourly rate£28.00£35.00
Average hourly rate£28.50£37.50
% change on same period last year-24.00 %
Average maximum hourly rate£29.00£40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£39.56£36.39
% change on same period last year+8.70 %
North West IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
North West
Matching contract IT job ads410675
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.822 %0.844 %
Daily rates quoted8592
Average minimum daily rate£277£302
Average daily rate£287£314
% change on same period last year-8.75 %
Average maximum daily rate£296£327
UK excluding London average daily rate£309£322
% change on same period last year-3.83 %
Hourly rates quoted85139
Average minimum hourly rate£15.91£14.71
Average hourly rate£17.09£16.50
% change on same period last year+3.60 %
Average maximum hourly rate£18.27£18.29
UK excluding London average hourly rate£21.69£21.60
% change on same period last year+0.43 %
VxWorks EnglandVxWorks
England

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

North West 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 North West region.

North West VxWorks Hourly Rate Trend

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 North West region over the 3 months to 8 January 2009. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
ManchesterNew entry-8--
LancashireNew entry-3--
VxWorks EnglandVxWorks
England

VxWorks
Top 18 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 8 January 2009, IT contractor jobs across the North West 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.

116 (66.67 %)C
215 (62.50 %)C++
311 (45.83 %)Multimedia
311 (45.83 %)STB
311 (45.83 %)Linux
311 (45.83 %)iDTV
311 (45.83 %)Embedded C
311 (45.83 %)Embedded C++
311 (45.83 %)Middleware
311 (45.83 %)DVB
311 (45.83 %)IPTV
48 (33.33 %)Avionics
48 (33.33 %)VMS
48 (33.33 %)Aerospace
53 (12.50 %)UML
61 (4.167 %)OO
61 (4.167 %)Ada
61 (4.167 %)Java

VxWorks
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 8 January 2009, IT contractor jobs across the North West 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.

North West IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
111 (45.83 %)Middleware
North West IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
111 (45.83 %)DVB
North West IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
111 (45.83 %)Multimedia
28 (33.33 %)Avionics
28 (33.33 %)Aerospace
North West IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
124 (100.00 %)Software Engineer
211 (45.83 %)Embedded Software Engineer
33 (12.50 %)Real Time Software Engineer
33 (12.50 %)Real Time Engineer
North West IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
111 (45.83 %)iDTV
111 (45.83 %)STB
111 (45.83 %)IPTV
North West IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
111 (45.83 %)Linux
28 (33.33 %)VMS
North West IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
13 (12.50 %)UML
21 (4.167 %)OO
North West IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
116 (66.67 %)C
215 (62.50 %)C++
311 (45.83 %)Embedded C
311 (45.83 %)Embedded C++
41 (4.167 %)Java
41 (4.167 %)Ada