VxWorks Contract Job Trends in the UK excluding London

Wind River VxWorks
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the UK excluding London requiring VxWorks skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 23 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
23 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 398 348 398
Rank change year-on-year -50 +50 +99
Contract jobs citing VxWorks 1 7 8
As % of all contract jobs in the UK excluding London 0.005% 0.047% 0.041%
As % of the Operating Systems category 0.034% 0.28% 0.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 3
10th Percentile - - £124
25th Percentile £419 - £232
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £438 - £425
75th Percentile £456 - £488
90th Percentile - - £518
UK median daily rate £438 - £475
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 3 5
10th Percentile - £68.00 £54.25
25th Percentile - £70.63 -
Median hourly rate - £75.00 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year - +36.36% -
75th Percentile - £77.50 £61.25
90th Percentile - £79.00 £61.40
UK median hourly rate - £75.00 £55.00
% change year-on-year - +36.36% -

All Operating Systems
UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 2,905 2,490 3,368
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 15.88% 16.86% 17.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,913 1,490 2,208
10th Percentile £163 £180 £160
25th Percentile £213 £237 £214
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £410 £425 £430
Median % change year-on-year -3.53% -1.16% -4.44%
75th Percentile £538 £550 £575
90th Percentile £619 £650 £652
UK median daily rate £450 £475 £475
% change year-on-year -5.26% - -7.32%
Number of hourly rates quoted 303 150 263
10th Percentile £15.00 £15.95 £14.16
25th Percentile £18.50 £20.94 £17.72
Median hourly rate £25.15 £37.75 £27.00
Median % change year-on-year -33.38% +39.81% +22.73%
75th Percentile £65.00 £65.00 £63.75
90th Percentile £69.59 £70.00 £75.97
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £41.00 £32.25
% change year-on-year -38.66% +27.13% +34.26%

VxWorks
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing VxWorks relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

VxWorks job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

VxWorks
Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing VxWorks.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing VxWorks

VxWorks
Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing VxWorks.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing VxWorks

VxWorks
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing VxWorks within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 23 December 2025. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Scotland +5 1 £438 - 3
VxWorks
UK

VxWorks
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Embedded Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Embedded Firmware Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Firmware Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Senior
1 1 (100.00%) Senior Embedded Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Senior Firmware Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Senior Systems Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Systems Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Device Driver
1 1 (100.00%) Embedded Systems
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) FreeRTOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Mentoring
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Systems Engineering
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) C
1 1 (100.00%) C++
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Embedded Firmware
1 1 (100.00%) Firmware