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This section looks at the demand for Wind River VxWorks skills within the West Midlands region with a comparison to our Operating Systems category. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited VxWorks over the 3 months to 20 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkWind River VxWorks
Location
3 months to
20 Aug 2008
Same period last year
Rank209227
Rank change on same period last yearUp+18
Matching permanent IT job ads177
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.009 %0.003 %
As % of the category below0.825 %0.340 %
Salaries quoted122
Average minimum salary£35,857£37,500
Average salary£37,107£38,750
% change on same period last year-4.23 %
Average maximum salary£38,357£40,000
UK excluding London average salary£39,135£38,686
% change on same period last year+1.15 %
West Midlands IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
West Midlands
Matching permanent IT job ads20602057
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled1.109 %0.857 %
Salaries quoted17871778
Average minimum salary£29,039£28,401
Average salary£31,112£30,255
% change on same period last year+2.83 %
Average maximum salary£33,185£32,110
UK excluding London average salary£33,991£34,646
% change on same period last year-1.88 %
VxWorks EnglandVxWorks
England

VxWorks
Demand Trend

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

West Midlands VxWorks Demand Trend

VxWorks
Salary Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing VxWorks across the West Midlands region.

West Midlands VxWorks Salary Trend

VxWorks
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing VxWorks across the West Midlands region over the 3 months to 20 August 2008.

West Midlands VxWorks Salary Histogram

VxWorks
Job Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing VxWorks within the West Midlands region over the 3 months to 20 August 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
WorcestershireNew entry-7£37,143-
BirminghamDown-74£35,500-
HerefordshireNew entry-2£37,500-
WarwickshireNew entry-1£35,500-
VxWorks EnglandVxWorks
England

VxWorks
Top 24 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 August 2008, IT jobs across the West Midlands 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 IT job ads sampled that cited VxWorks.

126 (100.00 %)C
222 (84.62 %)C++
317 (65.38 %)Embedded C
413 (50.00 %)Embedded C++
512 (46.15 %)Linux
611 (42.31 %)OO
75 (19.23 %)pSOS
75 (19.23 %)UNIX
84 (15.38 %)TCP/IP
84 (15.38 %)Firmware
84 (15.38 %)DTV
84 (15.38 %)DVB
84 (15.38 %)OOD
84 (15.38 %)MPEG
84 (15.38 %)Embedded Linux
84 (15.38 %)MontaVista
93 (11.54 %)Nucleus RTOS
93 (11.54 %)Device Driver
93 (11.54 %)ThreadX
93 (11.54 %)VC++
93 (11.54 %)Java
102 (7.692 %)Red Hat
102 (7.692 %)SDH
102 (7.692 %)Red Hat Linux

VxWorks
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 August 2008, IT jobs across the West Midlands 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 IT job ads sampled that cited VxWorks. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

West Midlands IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
14 (15.38 %)TCP/IP
14 (15.38 %)DVB
22 (7.692 %)SDH
West Midlands IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
114 (53.85 %)Software Engineer
27 (26.92 %)C++ Software Engineer
36 (23.08 %)C Software Engineer
45 (19.23 %)Real Time Engineer
54 (15.38 %)Design Engineer
54 (15.38 %)Software Design Engineer
54 (15.38 %)Senior Software Engineer
63 (11.54 %)Embedded Software Developer
63 (11.54 %)Developer
63 (11.54 %)Software Developer
71 (3.846 %)Graduate
71 (3.846 %)Embedded Software Engineer
71 (3.846 %)Team Leader
71 (3.846 %)Embedded C Software Engineer
71 (3.846 %)Embedded C/C++ Engineer
71 (3.846 %)Embedded C/C++ Software Engineer
71 (3.846 %)Embedded C++ Engineer
71 (3.846 %)Embedded C++ Software Engineer
71 (3.846 %)Software Team Leader
71 (3.846 %)Graduate Software Engineer
West Midlands IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
14 (15.38 %)MPEG
14 (15.38 %)Firmware
14 (15.38 %)DTV
23 (11.54 %)Device Driver
West Midlands IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
112 (46.15 %)Linux
25 (19.23 %)pSOS
25 (19.23 %)UNIX
34 (15.38 %)Embedded Linux
43 (11.54 %)Nucleus RTOS
43 (11.54 %)ThreadX
52 (7.692 %)Red Hat Linux
West Midlands IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
111 (42.31 %)OO
24 (15.38 %)OOD
West Midlands IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
126 (100.00 %)C
222 (84.62 %)C++
317 (65.38 %)Embedded C
413 (50.00 %)Embedded C++
53 (11.54 %)Java
53 (11.54 %)VC++
West Midlands IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
14 (15.38 %)MontaVista
22 (7.692 %)Red Hat