Wind River VxWorks
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies requiring VxWorks skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited VxWorks over the 6 months leading up to 20 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 710 900 -
Rank change year-on-year +190 - -
Permanent jobs citing VxWorks 2 7 0
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.004% 0.007% -
As % of the Operating Systems category 0.027% 0.050% -
Number of salaries quoted 1 1 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £57,500 £68,750 -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £72,500 -
Median % change year-on-year -10.34% - -
75th Percentile £72,500 £76,250 -
90th Percentile - - -
UK excluding London median annual salary £65,000 £72,500 -
% change year-on-year -10.34% - -

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 permanent job vacancies requiring operating system skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 7,350 13,976 15,992
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 13.08% 13.98% 16.07%
Number of salaries quoted 4,440 10,734 10,775
10th Percentile £27,250 £26,000 £27,000
25th Percentile £32,500 £31,250 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £45,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year - -14.29% -
75th Percentile £66,250 £62,500 £71,250
90th Percentile £82,525 £80,000 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £40,000 £42,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year -5.88% -5.56% -

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
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing VxWorks.

Salary trend for VxWorks in the UK

VxWorks
Top 3 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing VxWorks within the UK over the 6 months to 20 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
UK excluding London +161 2 £65,000 -10.34% 26
Wales +38 1 £65,000 - 2
Scotland - 1 - - 12

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:

General
1 1 (50.00%) Aviation
1 1 (50.00%) Avionics
1 1 (50.00%) Electronics
1 1 (50.00%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Software Engineer
2 1 (50.00%) C++ Software Engineer
2 1 (50.00%) Firmware Engineer
2 1 (50.00%) Senior
2 1 (50.00%) Senior C++ Software Engineer
2 1 (50.00%) Senior Firmware Engineer
2 1 (50.00%) Senior Software Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Device Driver
Operating Systems
1 1 (50.00%) Android
1 1 (50.00%) FreeRTOS
1 1 (50.00%) Linux
1 1 (50.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Software Engineering
2 1 (50.00%) Computer Science
2 1 (50.00%) Configuration Management
2 1 (50.00%) Image Processing
2 1 (50.00%) Mathematics
2 1 (50.00%) OO
2 1 (50.00%) Project Planning
2 1 (50.00%) Software Testing
2 1 (50.00%) Systems Engineering
Programming Languages
1 2 (100.00%) C
1 2 (100.00%) C++
2 1 (50.00%) Ada
2 1 (50.00%) C#
2 1 (50.00%) Java
2 1 (50.00%) Python
2 1 (50.00%) VB
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) Degree
System Software
1 1 (50.00%) Embedded Firmware
1 1 (50.00%) Firmware