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 10 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
10 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 892 - 1186
Rank change year-on-year - - -275
Permanent jobs citing VxWorks 6 0 15
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.006% - 0.010%
As % of the Operating Systems category 0.043% - 0.050%
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 7
10th Percentile - - £46,250
25th Percentile £73,000 - £49,375
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £76,000 - £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - - +10.45%
75th Percentile £79,000 - £57,500
90th Percentile - - £59,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £76,000 - £51,250
% change year-on-year - - +2.92%

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 14,005 16,129 29,820
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 14.12% 15.97% 18.96%
Number of salaries quoted 10,789 10,915 16,509
10th Percentile £26,000 £27,000 £26,250
25th Percentile £31,250 £35,000 £35,500
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 5 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 10 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 - 6 £76,000 - 5
Work from Home - 5 £76,000 - 1
Wales - 4 - -
England - 2 £76,000 - 5
South East - 2 £76,000 - 2

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:

Applications
1 1 (16.67%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (16.67%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (16.67%) MS Visio
Communications & Networking
1 5 (83.33%) Ethernet
2 4 (66.67%) Profibus
3 1 (16.67%) SpaceWire
3 1 (16.67%) TCP/IP
Development Applications
1 4 (66.67%) Git
2 1 (16.67%) Visual Studio
General
1 4 (66.67%) Analytical Skills
1 4 (66.67%) Electronics
1 4 (66.67%) Manufacturing
1 4 (66.67%) Social Skills
2 1 (16.67%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 5 (83.33%) Embedded Engineer
1 5 (83.33%) Embedded Software Engineer
1 5 (83.33%) Senior
1 5 (83.33%) Senior Embedded Engineer
1 5 (83.33%) Senior Embedded Software Engineer
1 5 (83.33%) Senior Software Engineer
1 5 (83.33%) Software Engineer
2 1 (16.67%) Principal Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (16.67%) .NET
Miscellaneous
1 1 (16.67%) Arduino
1 1 (16.67%) Embedded Systems
1 1 (16.67%) Legacy Applications
1 1 (16.67%) Raspberry Pi
1 1 (16.67%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 4 (66.67%) FreeRTOS
2 1 (16.67%) Linux
2 1 (16.67%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (100.00%) Software Engineering
2 4 (66.67%) Biotechnology
2 4 (66.67%) Computer Science
2 4 (66.67%) Embedded Software Development
2 4 (66.67%) Problem-Solving
2 4 (66.67%) SDLC
3 1 (16.67%) Computer Vision
3 1 (16.67%) Integration Testing
3 1 (16.67%) UML
3 1 (16.67%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 5 (83.33%) C
2 2 (33.33%) C++
3 1 (16.67%) C#
3 1 (16.67%) Shell Script
3 1 (16.67%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 4 (66.67%) Degree
1 4 (66.67%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (66.67%) 21 CFR Part 11
1 4 (66.67%) ISO 13485
System Software
1 4 (66.67%) Firmware
2 1 (16.67%) VirtualBox
2 1 (16.67%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 4 (66.67%) QNX
2 1 (16.67%) VMware