The first table below looks at the demand for V-Model skills in IT contracts advertised for the Edinburgh region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited V-Model over the 3 months to 21 May 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Processes & Methodologies category for the Edinburgh region.

Note that daily contractor rates and hourly contractor rates are treated separately. When calculating average contractor rates, daily rates are not derived from quoted hourly rates or vice versa.

Location
3 months to
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
V-Model
Rank - - -
Contract jobs citing V-Model 0 0 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Edinburgh - - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category - - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Average daily rate - - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £290 £325
% change year-on-year
+20.68% -10.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £42.50 - £35.75
All Processes & Methodologies
Edinburgh
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
553 733 861
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Edinburgh 67.52% 66.82% 66.38%
Number of daily rates quoted 254 364 475
Average daily rate £413 £375 £375
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+10.00% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £263 £250 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £525 £475 £550
UK excluding London average daily rate £363 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
-0.68% -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 17 9
Average hourly rate £20.00 £24.00 £16.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-16.66% +50.00%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.00 £13.07 £10.45
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £20.50 £32.00 £32.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £31.50 £25.00 £30.00
% change year-on-year
+26.00% -16.66%
V-Model
Scotland

V-Model
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing V-Model across the Edinburgh region as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.

Edinburgh V-Model Jobs Demand Trend

V-Model
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing V-Model across the Edinburgh region.

Edinburgh V-Model Daily Rate Trend

V-Model
Top 4 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Edinburgh region citing V-Model also mentioned the following IT skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled that cited V-Model.

1 1 (100.00%) Agile Software Development
1 1 (100.00%) Software Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Test Scripting
1 1 (100.00%) Waterfall

V-Model
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Edinburgh region citing V-Model also mentioned the following IT skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled that cited V-Model. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Architect
1 1 (100.00%) Test Architect
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile Software Development
1 1 (100.00%) Software Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Test Scripting
1 1 (100.00%) Waterfall