VxWorks Contracts

Wind River VxWorks
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies requiring VxWorks skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited VxWorks over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 517 577 715
Rank change year-on-year +60 +138 +130
Contract jobs citing VxWorks 3 5 3
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.010% 0.011% 0.005%
As % of the Operating Systems category 0.073% 0.086% 0.031%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - £525
75th Percentile - - £538
90th Percentile - - -
UK excluding London median daily rate - - £525
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 5 2
10th Percentile - - £52.75
25th Percentile £66.25 £60.25 £55.00
Median hourly rate £67.50 £60.50 £60.00
Median % change year-on-year +11.57% +0.83% +9.09%
75th Percentile £68.75 £60.75 £65.00
90th Percentile - £70.80 £67.25
UK excluding London median hourly rate £67.50 £60.50 £60.00
% change year-on-year +11.57% +0.83% +17.07%

All Operating Systems
UK

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.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 4,086 5,803 9,694
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 13.96% 13.32% 16.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,693 3,912 6,828
10th Percentile £200 £185 £190
25th Percentile £320 £300 £331
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £469 £505
Median % change year-on-year +1.28% -7.13% +1.00%
75th Percentile £594 £588 £638
90th Percentile £699 £700 £719
UK excluding London median daily rate £450 £450 £475
% change year-on-year - -5.26% +11.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 179 396 416
10th Percentile £16.22 £12.75 £14.25
25th Percentile £18.11 £15.44 £17.75
Median hourly rate £24.18 £22.00 £39.30
Median % change year-on-year +9.91% -44.02% +74.67%
75th Percentile £62.50 £60.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £68.00 £70.00 £75.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £22.94 £22.00 £31.25
% change year-on-year +4.26% -29.60% +56.25%

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

VxWorks
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for VxWorks in the UK

VxWorks
Top 5 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 1 May 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
UK excluding London +61 3 - - 17
England +59 3 - - 14
East of England - 2 - - 4
Work from Home - 1 - - 13
South West - 1 - -

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:

Cloud Services
1 2 (66.67%) Azure
1 2 (66.67%) Azure DevOps
Development Applications
1 2 (66.67%) Rational DOORS
1 2 (66.67%) Visual Studio
2 1 (33.33%) Git
General
1 2 (66.67%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 3 (100.00%) Software Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) C Software Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) Embedded C Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) Embedded C Software Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) Embedded Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) Embedded Software Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) Principal Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) Principal Software Engineer
Operating Systems
1 2 (66.67%) Linux
1 2 (66.67%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Software Engineering
2 2 (66.67%) Agile
2 2 (66.67%) DevOps
2 2 (66.67%) Requirements Management
3 1 (33.33%) Sprint Planning
3 1 (33.33%) Sprint Review
Programming Languages
1 1 (33.33%) C
1 1 (33.33%) C++
1 1 (33.33%) Embedded C
Qualifications
1 1 (33.33%) SC Cleared
1 1 (33.33%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (33.33%) DO-178B
Vendors
1 2 (66.67%) Microsoft
1 2 (66.67%) Wind River