The first part of the table below looks at the demand for VxWorks skills in IT contracts advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited VxWorks over the 3 months to 21 May 2012 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second part of the table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Operating Systems category.

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.

Wind River VxWorks
Location
3 months to
21 May 2012
Same period 2011Same period 2010
Rank563571524
Rank change year-on-year
Up+8Down-47
Matching contract IT job ads14715
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK0.024 %0.012 %0.027 %
As % of the Operating Systems category0.118 %0.056 %0.150 %
Number of daily rates quoted1112
Average daily rate£300£290£338
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+3.44 %-14.07 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£288£290£328
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£360£290£348
UK excluding London average daily rate£288£290£350
% change year-on-year
-0.86 %-17.14 %
Number of hourly rates quoted018
Average hourly rate-£32.50£36.75
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
--11.56 %
UK excluding London average hourly rate-£32.50£36.75
% change year-on-year
--11.56 %
IT Contractor Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryAll Operating Systems
UK
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category
118871251010005
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK20.34 %20.80 %18.13 %
Number of daily rates quoted593361134469
Average daily rate£350£375£375
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-6.66 %-
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£200£215£200
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£500£550£550
UK excluding London average daily rate£325£325£300
% change year-on-year
-+8.33 %
Number of hourly rates quoted118512361035
Average hourly rate£17.50£17.00£16.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+2.94 %+6.25 %
90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£11.21£11.00£10.50
10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£40.00£37.50£37.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate£17.00£16.50£15.50
% change year-on-year
+3.03 %+6.45 %

VxWorks
Demand Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing VxWorks within the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Operating Systems category.

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 within the UK.

VxWorks Daily Rate Trend

VxWorks
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing VxWorks within the UK over the 3 months to 21 May 2012.

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 within the UK.

VxWorks Hourly Rate Trend

VxWorks
Top 12 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 UK over the 3 months to 21 May 2012. 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
EnglandUp+1014£300+3.44 %
LondonNew entry-6£300-
East of EnglandDown-24£345-
BedfordshireUp+112£340-
South EastUp+32£425+46.55 %
South WestNew entry-2£288-
TewkesburyNew entry-2£288-
GloucesterNew entry-2£288-
CheltenhamNew entry-2£288-
GloucestershireNew entry-2£288-
SurreyUp+61--
BerkshireDown-71£425+46.55 %

VxWorks
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2012, IT contractor jobs within the UK 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.

136 (83.72 %)C
231 (72.09 %)LTE
324 (55.81 %)C++
417 (39.53 %)UMTS
417 (39.53 %)Embedded C
515 (34.88 %)ClearQuest
515 (34.88 %)Handset
515 (34.88 %)ClearCase
612 (27.91 %)UTRAN
612 (27.91 %)3G
612 (27.91 %)Degree
711 (25.58 %)Marketing
810 (23.26 %)Embedded C++
810 (23.26 %)UML
99 (20.93 %)Windows
106 (13.95 %)Perl
106 (13.95 %)VC++
106 (13.95 %)Telecoms
106 (13.95 %)SC Cleared
106 (13.95 %)DV Cleared
106 (13.95 %)Security Cleared
106 (13.95 %)Green Hills
106 (13.95 %)Regression Analysis
106 (13.95 %)GCC
106 (13.95 %)Embedded Systems
106 (13.95 %)Embedded Software Development
115 (11.63 %)Multithreading
115 (11.63 %)Wind River
115 (11.63 %)Wireless
115 (11.63 %)TCP/IP

VxWorks
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2012, IT contractor jobs within the UK 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.

IT Contractor Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
14 (9.302 %)MFC
14 (9.302 %)XML
14 (9.302 %)Qt
IT Contractor Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
12 (4.651 %)MATLAB
IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
131 (72.09 %)LTE
217 (39.53 %)UMTS
312 (27.91 %)UTRAN
312 (27.91 %)3G
45 (11.63 %)Wireless
45 (11.63 %)TCP/IP
52 (4.651 %)Bluetooth
52 (4.651 %)FTP
52 (4.651 %)HTTP
52 (4.651 %)Wi-Fi
52 (4.651 %)RTP
52 (4.651 %)ASN.1
52 (4.651 %)WiMAX
52 (4.651 %)NAS
IT Contractor Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
115 (34.88 %)ClearQuest
115 (34.88 %)ClearCase
26 (13.95 %)GCC
IT Contractor Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
111 (25.58 %)Marketing
26 (13.95 %)Telecoms
34 (9.302 %)Manufacturing
41 (2.326 %)Electronics
IT Contractor Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
117 (39.53 %)Software Engineer
210 (23.26 %)Embedded Software Engineer
34 (9.302 %)C++ Software Engineer
43 (6.977 %)Developer
52 (4.651 %)DSP Engineer
52 (4.651 %)Senior Software Engineer
61 (2.326 %)Development Engineer
61 (2.326 %)UMTS Engineer
61 (2.326 %)Real Time Engineer
61 (2.326 %)Platform Engineer
IT Contractor Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
115 (34.88 %)Handset
26 (13.95 %)Embedded Systems
31 (2.326 %)Device Driver
IT Contractor Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
19 (20.93 %)Windows
23 (6.977 %)Linux
IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
110 (23.26 %)UML
26 (13.95 %)Regression Analysis
26 (13.95 %)Embedded Software Development
35 (11.63 %)Multithreading
44 (9.302 %)OOD
44 (9.302 %)OO
44 (9.302 %)Agile Software Development
52 (4.651 %)Network Architecture
IT Contractor Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
136 (83.72 %)C
224 (55.81 %)C++
317 (39.53 %)Embedded C
410 (23.26 %)Embedded C++
56 (13.95 %)Perl
56 (13.95 %)VC++
IT Contractor Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
112 (27.91 %)Degree
26 (13.95 %)SC Cleared
26 (13.95 %)DV Cleared
26 (13.95 %)Security Cleared
IT Contractor Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
16 (13.95 %)Green Hills
25 (11.63 %)Wind River