VxWorks Contract Job Trends

Wind River VxWorks
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs requiring VxWorks skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 9 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 682 557 561
Rank change year-on-year -125 +4 +53
Contract jobs citing VxWorks 3 1 1
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.006% 0.003% 0.003%
As % of the Operating Systems category 0.057% 0.022% 0.019%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 1 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £738 £419 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £775 £438 -
Median % change year-on-year +77.14% - -
75th Percentile £813 £456 -
90th Percentile - - -
UK excluding London median daily rate - £438 -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 1
10th Percentile £75.40 - -
25th Percentile £76.00 - -
Median hourly rate £77.00 - £75.00
75th Percentile £78.00 - -
90th Percentile £78.60 - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £77.00 - £75.00
% change year-on-year - - +36.36%

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 5,282 4,542 5,339
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 9.69% 13.69% 14.06%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,333 2,906 3,308
10th Percentile £193 £185 £200
25th Percentile £313 £281 £325
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £470 £450 £475
Median % change year-on-year +4.44% -5.26% -4.04%
75th Percentile £575 £575 £575
90th Percentile £675 £653 £675
UK excluding London median daily rate £450 £425 £448
% change year-on-year +5.88% -5.03% -0.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 405 305 251
10th Percentile £14.10 £15.50 £16.25
25th Percentile £17.25 £18.87 £22.80
Median hourly rate £25.77 £25.15 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year +2.47% -54.27% +25.71%
75th Percentile £65.00 £43.75 £68.75
90th Percentile £74.00 £67.00 £70.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £25.77 £25.00 £57.25
% change year-on-year +3.08% -56.33% +41.97%

VxWorks
Job Vacancy Trend

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

VxWorks job vacancy trend in the UK

VxWorks
Daily Rate Trend

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

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

VxWorks
Hourly Rate Trend

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

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

VxWorks
Top 5 Contract Job 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 9 October 2026. 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
England - 3 £775 - 27
UK excluding London -94 2 - - 20
East of England - 2 - - 16
London - 1 £775 - 4
Work from Home - 1 - - 21

VxWorks
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities 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:

Development Applications
1 3 (100.00%) Rational DOORS
2 2 (66.67%) Rational Rhapsody
2 2 (66.67%) VectorCAST
3 1 (33.33%) Eclipse
3 1 (33.33%) JIRA
General
1 1 (33.33%) Avionics
1 1 (33.33%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (100.00%) Software Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) Ada Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) Ada 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
2 1 (33.33%) Senior
2 1 (33.33%) Senior Embedded Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) Senior Embedded Software Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) Senior Software Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) Device Driver
1 1 (33.33%) Embedded Systems
1 1 (33.33%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 1 (33.33%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Software Engineering
1 3 (100.00%) Validation
1 3 (100.00%) Verification and Validation
2 2 (66.67%) Customer Requirements
2 2 (66.67%) Integration Testing
2 2 (66.67%) OO
2 2 (66.67%) Requirements Engineering
2 2 (66.67%) Systems Engineering
2 2 (66.67%) UML
3 1 (33.33%) Embedded Software Development
Programming Languages
1 2 (66.67%) Ada
2 1 (33.33%) C
2 1 (33.33%) Embedded C
Qualifications
1 2 (66.67%) Security Cleared
2 1 (33.33%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (66.67%) DO-178B
System Software
1 2 (66.67%) Firmware
Vendors
1 1 (33.33%) Wind River