Wind River VxWorks
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for VxWorks skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited VxWorks over the 6 months to 18 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
18 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 883 - 1229
Rank change year-on-year - - -321
Permanent jobs citing VxWorks 7 0 15
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.007% - 0.009%
As % of the Operating Systems category 0.050% - 0.049%
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 5
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £68,750 - £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 - £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - - +10.45%
75th Percentile £76,250 - £57,500
90th Percentile - - -
UK excluding London median annual salary £72,500 - £47,500
% change year-on-year - - -4.61%

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 permanent job vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 13,973 15,925 30,406
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 13.99% 16.06% 18.92%
Number of salaries quoted 10,731 10,713 16,468
10th Percentile £26,000 £27,000 £26,450
25th Percentile £31,250 £35,000 £35,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £52,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -14.29% - +5.00%
75th Percentile £62,500 £71,250 £71,250
90th Percentile £80,000 £92,500 £87,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £42,500 £45,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year -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 6 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 18 May 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
UK excluding London - 7 £72,500 - 4
Work from Home - 5 £72,500 -
Wales - 4 - -
England - 3 £72,500 - 5
South East - 2 - - 2
East of England - 1 £72,500 -

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 (14.29%) Confluence
Applications
1 2 (28.57%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (28.57%) Microsoft Office
1 2 (28.57%) MS Visio
2 1 (14.29%) Simulink
Communications & Networking
1 6 (85.71%) Ethernet
2 4 (57.14%) Profibus
3 2 (28.57%) TCP/IP
Development Applications
1 4 (57.14%) Git
2 2 (28.57%) Visual Studio
3 1 (14.29%) Bitbucket
3 1 (14.29%) GitLab
3 1 (14.29%) JIRA
3 1 (14.29%) Rational DOORS
General
1 4 (57.14%) Analytical Skills
1 4 (57.14%) Electronics
1 4 (57.14%) Manufacturing
1 4 (57.14%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 5 (71.43%) Embedded Engineer
1 5 (71.43%) Embedded Software Engineer
1 5 (71.43%) Software Engineer
2 4 (57.14%) Senior
2 4 (57.14%) Senior Embedded Engineer
2 4 (57.14%) Senior Embedded Software Engineer
2 4 (57.14%) Senior Software Engineer
3 2 (28.57%) Principal Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (28.57%) .NET
Miscellaneous
1 2 (28.57%) Arduino
1 2 (28.57%) Legacy Applications
1 2 (28.57%) Raspberry Pi
1 2 (28.57%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 4 (57.14%) FreeRTOS
2 2 (28.57%) Windows
3 1 (14.29%) Embedded Linux
3 1 (14.29%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (100.00%) Software Engineering
2 4 (57.14%) Biotechnology
2 4 (57.14%) Computer Science
2 4 (57.14%) Embedded Software Development
2 4 (57.14%) Problem-Solving
2 4 (57.14%) SDLC
3 2 (28.57%) Integration Testing
3 2 (28.57%) Waterfall
4 1 (14.29%) Agile
4 1 (14.29%) OO
4 1 (14.29%) OOD
4 1 (14.29%) Requirements Management
4 1 (14.29%) Scrum
4 1 (14.29%) UML
Programming Languages
1 5 (71.43%) C
2 3 (42.86%) C++
3 2 (28.57%) C#
3 2 (28.57%) VB.NET
4 1 (14.29%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 4 (57.14%) Degree
1 4 (57.14%) HND
2 1 (14.29%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (57.14%) 21 CFR Part 11
1 4 (57.14%) ISO 13485
2 1 (14.29%) MISRA
2 1 (14.29%) MISRA C
System Software
1 5 (71.43%) Firmware
2 2 (28.57%) VirtualBox
2 2 (28.57%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 4 (57.14%) QNX
2 2 (28.57%) VMware