The first table below looks at the demand for VxWorks skills in IT jobs advertised for the West Yorkshire region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited VxWorks over the 3 months to 17 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 West Yorkshire region.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Wind River VxWorks
Rank - - 149
Permanent jobs citing VxWorks 0 0 4
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in West Yorkshire - - 0.135%
As % of the Operating Systems category - - 0.478%
Number of salaries quoted 0 0 4
Average salary - - £47,500
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £40,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-6.25% -
All Operating Systems
West Yorkshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category
910 783 837
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in West Yorkshire 24.63% 24.28% 28.33%
Number of salaries quoted 750 649 705
Average salary £30,495 £34,000 £31,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-10.30% +9.67%
90% offered a salary of more than £20,000 £20,000 £21,500
10% offered a salary of more than £45,000 £42,500 £45,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
VxWorks
Yorkshire

VxWorks
Jobs Demand Trend

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

West Yorkshire VxWorks Jobs Demand Trend

VxWorks
Salary Trend

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

West Yorkshire VxWorks Salary Trend

VxWorks
Top 19 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the West Yorkshire 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.

1 2 (100.00%) C
1 2 (100.00%) C++
1 2 (100.00%) Linux
1 2 (100.00%) MPEG
1 2 (100.00%) POSIX
1 2 (100.00%) Embedded C
1 2 (100.00%) Embedded C++
1 2 (100.00%) Middleware
1 2 (100.00%) DTV
1 2 (100.00%) DVB
1 2 (100.00%) Streaming Video
1 2 (100.00%) STB
1 2 (100.00%) Software Testing
1 2 (100.00%) Open Source
1 2 (100.00%) GStreamer
2 1 (50.00%) Waterfall
2 1 (50.00%) Embedded Linux
2 1 (50.00%) Software Engineering
2 1 (50.00%) TDD

VxWorks
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the West Yorkshire 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.

Application Development
1 2 (100.00%) POSIX
1 2 (100.00%) Middleware
1 2 (100.00%) GStreamer
Communications & Networking
1 2 (100.00%) DVB
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Software Engineer
1 1 (50.00%) Development Manager
1 1 (50.00%) Embedded Software Engineer
1 1 (50.00%) C++ Software Engineer
1 1 (50.00%) Software Development Manager
1 1 (50.00%) Embedded C Software Engineer
1 1 (50.00%) Embedded C Engineer
1 1 (50.00%) C Software Engineer
1 1 (50.00%) Software Manager
1 1 (50.00%) Embedded C/C++ Engineer
1 1 (50.00%) Embedded C/C++ Software Engineer
1 1 (50.00%) Embedded C++ Engineer
1 1 (50.00%) Embedded C++ Software Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (100.00%) MPEG
1 2 (100.00%) DTV
1 2 (100.00%) Streaming Video
1 2 (100.00%) STB
1 2 (100.00%) Open Source
Operating Systems
1 2 (100.00%) Linux
2 1 (50.00%) Embedded Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Software Testing
2 1 (50.00%) Waterfall
2 1 (50.00%) TDD
2 1 (50.00%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 2 (100.00%) C
1 2 (100.00%) C++
1 2 (100.00%) Embedded C
1 2 (100.00%) Embedded C++