The first table below looks at the demand for V-Model skills in IT contracts advertised for the Reading region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited V-Model over the 3 months to 23 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 Reading 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
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
V-Model
Rank 61 78 -
Rank change year-on-year
+17 -
Contract jobs citing V-Model 4 1 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Reading 0.477% 0.090% -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.714% 0.142% -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Average daily rate - - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £275 £325
% change year-on-year
+27.27% -15.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - £35.75
All Processes & Methodologies
Reading
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
560 705 710
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Reading 66.75% 63.23% 66.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 245 268 317
Average daily rate £388 £370 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+4.72% +5.71%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £264 £235 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £550 £550
UK excluding London average daily rate £365 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
- -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 15 24 19
Average hourly rate £16.00 £14.50 £27.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+10.34% -47.27%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.20 £11.00 £11.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £30.00 £23.80 £40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £30.45 £25.00 £29.00
% change year-on-year
+21.78% -13.79%
V-Model
Berkshire

V-Model
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Reading 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 Reading region.

Reading V-Model Daily Rate Trend

V-Model
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing V-Model across the Reading region.

Reading V-Model Hourly Rate Trend

V-Model
Top 25 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Reading 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 6 (85.71%) Finance
2 2 (28.57%) CISA
2 2 (28.57%) CISM
2 2 (28.57%) CISSP
2 2 (28.57%) J2EE
2 2 (28.57%) Data Modelling
2 2 (28.57%) Business Intelligence
2 2 (28.57%) Data Architecture
2 2 (28.57%) Test Strategy
2 2 (28.57%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 2 (28.57%) Information Security
3 1 (14.29%) Agile Software Development
3 1 (14.29%) .NET Framework
3 1 (14.29%) Test Scripting
3 1 (14.29%) Test Automation
3 1 (14.29%) Microsoft
3 1 (14.29%) ISEB
3 1 (14.29%) SQL Server
3 1 (14.29%) Visual Studio
3 1 (14.29%) ASP.NET
3 1 (14.29%) Windows
3 1 (14.29%) QuickTest Pro
3 1 (14.29%) C#
3 1 (14.29%) Java
3 1 (14.29%) .NET

V-Model
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Reading 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.

Application Development
1 2 (28.57%) J2EE
2 1 (14.29%) .NET Framework
2 1 (14.29%) ASP.NET
2 1 (14.29%) .NET
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (14.29%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (14.29%) Visual Studio
1 1 (14.29%) QuickTest Pro
General
1 6 (85.71%) Finance
Job Titles
1 4 (57.14%) Front-End Developer
1 4 (57.14%) Developer
2 2 (28.57%) Designer
3 1 (14.29%) Software Tester
3 1 (14.29%) Senior Tester
3 1 (14.29%) Senior Analyst
3 1 (14.29%) Senior Software Tester
3 1 (14.29%) Tester
3 1 (14.29%) Analyst
Operating Systems
1 1 (14.29%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (28.57%) Data Modelling
1 2 (28.57%) Business Intelligence
1 2 (28.57%) Data Architecture
1 2 (28.57%) Test Strategy
1 2 (28.57%) Information Security
2 1 (14.29%) Agile Software Development
2 1 (14.29%) Test Scripting
2 1 (14.29%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 1 (14.29%) C#
1 1 (14.29%) Java
Qualifications
1 2 (28.57%) CISA
1 2 (28.57%) CISM
1 2 (28.57%) CISSP
2 1 (14.29%) ISEB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (28.57%) ISO/IEC 27001
Vendors
1 1 (14.29%) Microsoft