The first table below looks at the demand for V-Model skills in IT contracts advertised for the South West region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited V-Model over the 3 months to 19 June 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 South West 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
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
V-Model
Rank 99 130 114
Rank change year-on-year
+31 -16
Contract jobs citing V-Model 2 2 14
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South West 0.100% 0.064% 0.463%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.148% 0.094% 0.724%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 2 7
Average daily rate £350 £232 £225
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+51.02% +3.00%
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £275 £350
% change year-on-year
+27.27% -21.42%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Average hourly rate - - £32.25
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - £31.88
All Processes & Methodologies
South West
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
1352 2130 1935
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South West 67.30% 68.12% 63.92%
Number of daily rates quoted 845 1316 985
Average daily rate £375 £378 £375
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-0.66% +0.66%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £250 £265 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £475 £500 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £370 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
+1.36% -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 61 111 148
Average hourly rate £29.00 £25.00 £31.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+16.00% -20.63%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.64 £11.46 £14.95
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £42.50 £40.90 £39.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £31.00 £25.00 £29.00
% change year-on-year
+24.00% -13.79%
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V-Model
Jobs Demand Trend

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

South West 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 South West region.

South West 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 South West region.

South West V-Model Hourly Rate Trend

V-Model
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing V-Model within the South West region over the 3 months to 19 June 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
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Job
Vacancies
Gloucestershire - - - -
Wiltshire - - - -
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V-Model
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South West 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 4 (66.67%) UML
1 4 (66.67%) User Acceptance Testing
1 4 (66.67%) Test Scripting
2 3 (50.00%) Finance
2 3 (50.00%) Banking
3 2 (33.33%) TOGAF
3 2 (33.33%) Investment Banking
3 2 (33.33%) DoDAF
3 2 (33.33%) MODAF
3 2 (33.33%) QA
3 2 (33.33%) Use Case
3 2 (33.33%) Legal
3 2 (33.33%) HP
3 2 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management
3 2 (33.33%) Games
3 2 (33.33%) VMware
3 2 (33.33%) RUP
3 2 (33.33%) SOA
3 2 (33.33%) ISO 9001
3 2 (33.33%) C
3 2 (33.33%) WinRunner
3 2 (33.33%) TestDirector
3 2 (33.33%) QuickTest Pro
3 2 (33.33%) Quality Management
3 2 (33.33%) Regression Testing
3 2 (33.33%) Firewall
3 2 (33.33%) Management Information System
3 2 (33.33%) System Testing
3 2 (33.33%) Time Management
3 2 (33.33%) Performance Testing

V-Model
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South West 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 1 (16.67%) XML
1 1 (16.67%) XSD
1 1 (16.67%) XSLT
Communications & Networking
1 2 (33.33%) Firewall
Development Applications
1 2 (33.33%) WinRunner
1 2 (33.33%) TestDirector
1 2 (33.33%) QuickTest Pro
2 1 (16.67%) Team Foundation Server
2 1 (16.67%) Visual Studio
General
1 3 (50.00%) Finance
1 3 (50.00%) Banking
2 2 (33.33%) Investment Banking
2 2 (33.33%) Legal
2 2 (33.33%) Games
3 1 (16.67%) Retail Banking
3 1 (16.67%) Retail
Job Titles
1 2 (33.33%) Architect
1 2 (33.33%) Analyst
1 2 (33.33%) Test Manager
1 2 (33.33%) Test Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 2 (33.33%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (66.67%) UML
1 4 (66.67%) User Acceptance Testing
1 4 (66.67%) Test Scripting
2 2 (33.33%) TOGAF
2 2 (33.33%) DoDAF
2 2 (33.33%) MODAF
2 2 (33.33%) Use Case
2 2 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management
2 2 (33.33%) RUP
2 2 (33.33%) SOA
2 2 (33.33%) Quality Management
2 2 (33.33%) Regression Testing
2 2 (33.33%) System Testing
2 2 (33.33%) Time Management
2 2 (33.33%) Performance Testing
2 2 (33.33%) Integration Testing
2 2 (33.33%) Test Management
2 2 (33.33%) Test Automation
2 2 (33.33%) Test Strategy
3 1 (16.67%) Continuous Improvement
Programming Languages
1 2 (33.33%) C
2 1 (16.67%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (33.33%) SC Cleared
1 2 (33.33%) DV Cleared
1 2 (33.33%) Security Cleared
2 1 (16.67%) ISEB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (33.33%) QA
1 2 (33.33%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 2 (33.33%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 2 (33.33%) HP
1 2 (33.33%) VMware
2 1 (16.67%) Oracle
2 1 (16.67%) Microsoft
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