Wind River VxWorks
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for VxWorks skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited VxWorks over the 6 months to 30 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
30 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 577 715 845
Rank change year-on-year +138 +130 -141
Contract jobs citing VxWorks 5 3 11
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.011% 0.005% 0.012%
As % of the Operating Systems category 0.086% 0.031% 0.082%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 1 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - £525 -
UK excluding London median daily rate - £525 -
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 2 11
10th Percentile - £52.75 £44.69
25th Percentile £60.25 £55.00 £46.25
Median hourly rate £60.50 £60.00 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year +0.83% +9.09% -
75th Percentile £60.75 £65.00 -
90th Percentile £70.80 £67.25 -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £60.50 £60.00 £51.25
% change year-on-year +0.83% +17.07% -

All Operating Systems
UK

VxWorks is in the Operating Systems category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 5,803 9,694 13,373
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 13.32% 16.24% 15.07%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,912 6,828 9,088
10th Percentile £185 £190 £175
25th Percentile £300 £331 £338
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £469 £505 £500
Median % change year-on-year -7.13% +1.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £588 £638 £613
90th Percentile £700 £719 £700
UK excluding London median daily rate £450 £475 £425
% change year-on-year -5.26% +11.76% +7.59%
Number of hourly rates quoted 396 416 631
10th Percentile £12.75 £14.25 £13.25
25th Percentile £15.44 £17.75 £15.75
Median hourly rate £22.00 £39.30 £22.50
Median % change year-on-year -44.02% +74.67% +25.80%
75th Percentile £60.00 £65.00 £52.50
90th Percentile £70.00 £75.00 £65.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £22.00 £31.25 £20.00
% change year-on-year -29.60% +56.25% +21.21%

VxWorks
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing VxWorks as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for VxWorks in the UK

VxWorks
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing VxWorks.

Daily rate trend for VxWorks in the UK

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing VxWorks.

Hourly rate trend for VxWorks in the UK

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Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing VxWorks over the 6 months to 30 April 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for VxWorks in the UK

VxWorks
Top 4 Contract Locations

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 over the 6 months to 30 April 2024. 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
UK excluding London +62 5 - - 5
Scotland +37 4 - - 1
England +110 1 - - 5
South East +15 1 - - 3

VxWorks
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 1 (20.00%) Confluence
Applications
1 1 (20.00%) Simulink
Communications & Networking
1 4 (80.00%) Internet
Development Applications
1 1 (20.00%) Bitbucket
1 1 (20.00%) Git
1 1 (20.00%) GitLab
1 1 (20.00%) JIRA
1 1 (20.00%) MagicDraw
1 1 (20.00%) Rational DOORS
1 1 (20.00%) Rational Rhapsody
General
1 4 (80.00%) Electronics
2 1 (20.00%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 4 (80.00%) Embedded Engineer
1 4 (80.00%) Embedded Software Engineer
1 4 (80.00%) Software Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) Developer
2 1 (20.00%) UI Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (20.00%) Node.js
1 1 (20.00%) React
Miscellaneous
1 4 (80.00%) Device Driver
1 4 (80.00%) IoT
1 4 (80.00%) PCIe
1 4 (80.00%) Verilog
1 4 (80.00%) VHDL
Operating Systems
1 5 (100.00%) Linux
2 4 (80.00%) Embedded Linux
3 1 (20.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (100.00%) Agile
1 5 (100.00%) Continuous Integration
1 5 (100.00%) Requirements Management
1 5 (100.00%) Software Engineering
2 4 (80.00%) CI/CD
2 4 (80.00%) Code Optimisation
2 4 (80.00%) Configuration Management
2 4 (80.00%) Continuous Deployment
2 4 (80.00%) Defect Tracking
2 4 (80.00%) Device Driver Development
2 4 (80.00%) Memory Management
3 1 (20.00%) DevOps
3 1 (20.00%) Full Stack Development
3 1 (20.00%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
3 1 (20.00%) OO
3 1 (20.00%) OOD
3 1 (20.00%) Test Automation
3 1 (20.00%) UML
Programming Languages
1 5 (100.00%) C
2 4 (80.00%) Embedded C
3 1 (20.00%) Assembly Language
3 1 (20.00%) C++
3 1 (20.00%) JavaScript
3 1 (20.00%) MATLAB
3 1 (20.00%) Python
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (100.00%) MISRA
1 5 (100.00%) MISRA C
2 1 (20.00%) IEC 61508
System Software
1 4 (80.00%) Firmware
Vendors
1 4 (80.00%) Atlassian
1 4 (80.00%) Intel