VxWorks Contract Job Trends in the South East

Wind River VxWorks
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the South East requiring VxWorks skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 15 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank - - 204
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing VxWorks 0 0 6
As % of all contract jobs in the South East - - 0.12%
As % of the Operating Systems category - - 0.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 2
10th Percentile - - £87
25th Percentile - - £142
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - £239
75th Percentile - - £342
90th Percentile - - £399
England median daily rate - - £475
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 4
10th Percentile - - £54.13
25th Percentile - - £54.69
Median hourly rate - - £55.00
75th Percentile - - £56.56
90th Percentile - - £59.38
England median hourly rate - £73.75 £55.00
% change year-on-year - +34.09% -4.35%

All Operating Systems
South East

VxWorks falls under the Operating Systems category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring operating system skills in the South East.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 726 642 985
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 16.78% 17.06% 19.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 502 441 658
10th Percentile £190 £200 £159
25th Percentile £242 £278 £208
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £435 £438 £400
Median % change year-on-year -0.63% +9.38% -15.79%
75th Percentile £538 £581 £563
90th Percentile £617 £660 £638
England median daily rate £450 £475 £475
% change year-on-year -5.26% - -7.32%
Number of hourly rates quoted 84 28 78
10th Percentile £12.50 £16.32 £17.03
25th Percentile £15.59 £37.40 £24.09
Median hourly rate £20.79 £58.88 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year -64.69% +7.05% +197.30%
75th Percentile £36.77 £65.51 £68.63
90th Percentile £78.50 £70.38 £76.53
England median hourly rate £25.15 £57.50 £32.50
% change year-on-year -56.26% +76.92% +30.00%

VxWorks
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing VxWorks relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East.

VxWorks job vacancy trend in the South East

VxWorks
Daily Rate Trend in the South East

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing VxWorks.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing VxWorks

VxWorks
Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing VxWorks.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing VxWorks