The first table below looks at the demand for V-Model skills in IT jobs advertised for the London region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited V-Model over the 3 months to 24 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 London region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
V-Model
Rank 530 560 531
Rank change year-on-year
+30 -29
Permanent jobs citing V-Model 54 76 119
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in London 0.123% 0.142% 0.205%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.155% 0.184% 0.269%
Number of salaries quoted 47 27 96
Average salary £45,500 £42,500 £52,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+7.05% -19.04%
90% offered a salary of more than £32,500 £32,500 £38,000
10% offered a salary of more than £75,000 £78,000 £70,000
UK excluding London average salary £30,000 £40,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-25.00% -
All Processes & Methodologies
London
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
34789 41364 44167
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in London 79.55% 77.12% 76.15%
Number of salaries quoted 28845 35545 36921
Average salary £55,000 £55,000 £55,000
90% offered a salary of more than £36,000 £35,000 £35,000
10% offered a salary of more than £80,000 £85,000 £80,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £41,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-2.43% +2.50%
V-Model
England

V-Model
Jobs Demand Trend

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

London V-Model Jobs Demand Trend

V-Model
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing V-Model across the London region.

London V-Model Salary Trend

V-Model
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing V-Model across the London region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

London V-Model Salary Histogram

V-Model
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing V-Model within the London region over the 3 months to 24 May 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
City of London +15 17 £45,000 -41.93%
Kingston Upon Thames - 2 £42,000 -
V-Model
England

V-Model
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the London 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 IT job ads sampled that cited V-Model.

1 74 (51.75%) Waterfall
2 59 (41.26%) ISEB
3 57 (39.86%) SQL
4 56 (39.16%) HP Quality Center
5 48 (33.57%) Finance
6 46 (32.17%) Microsoft
6 46 (32.17%) Manual Testing
7 45 (31.47%) QuickTest Pro
8 43 (30.07%) Selenium
8 43 (30.07%) Degree
9 40 (27.97%) HP
10 39 (27.27%) Test Automation
11 37 (25.87%) Internet
12 36 (25.17%) Software Testing
13 33 (23.08%) Windows
14 32 (22.38%) XML
14 32 (22.38%) Computer Science
15 31 (21.68%) QA
15 31 (21.68%) Test Management
15 31 (21.68%) Test Scripting
15 31 (21.68%) Scrum
15 31 (21.68%) Agile Software Development
16 30 (20.98%) ISTQB
17 28 (19.58%) WebDriver
18 27 (18.88%) Cucumber
19 25 (17.48%) SpecFlow
20 24 (16.78%) C#
20 24 (16.78%) .NET
20 24 (16.78%) IIS
21 23 (16.08%) Java

V-Model
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the London 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 IT job ads sampled that cited V-Model. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 32 (22.38%) XML
2 24 (16.78%) .NET
3 19 (13.29%) .NET Framework
4 16 (11.19%) JSON
4 16 (11.19%) RESTful
5 5 (3.497%) soapUI
6 4 (2.797%) Middleware
6 4 (2.797%) Web Services
7 3 (2.098%) WPF
7 3 (2.098%) SOAP
8 2 (1.399%) HTML
9 1 (0.699%) JDBC
9 1 (0.699%) SAP XI
Application Platforms
1 24 (16.78%) IIS
2 15 (10.49%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.699%) MQSeries
3 1 (0.699%) Apache
Applications
1 15 (10.49%) MS Excel
2 2 (1.399%) MS Office
2 2 (1.399%) MS PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 1 (0.699%) SAP IS-U
1 1 (0.699%) SAP MRS
Communications & Networking
1 37 (25.87%) Internet
2 7 (4.895%) HTTP
3 1 (0.699%) FTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (4.196%) SQL Server
2 3 (2.098%) SQL Server 2008
2 3 (2.098%) SQL Server 2005
3 2 (1.399%) TOAD
4 1 (0.699%) SAP BW
4 1 (0.699%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 45 (31.47%) QuickTest Pro
2 43 (30.07%) Selenium
3 28 (19.58%) WebDriver
4 27 (18.88%) Cucumber
5 25 (17.48%) SpecFlow
6 10 (6.993%) FitNesse
7 7 (4.895%) JIRA
7 7 (4.895%) Visual Studio
8 6 (4.196%) Hudson
9 5 (3.497%) Fiddler
9 5 (3.497%) TestDirector
9 5 (3.497%) LoadRunner
10 4 (2.797%) JMeter
11 3 (2.098%) Git (software)
11 3 (2.098%) Maven
11 3 (2.098%) RSpec
11 3 (2.098%) Jenkins
11 3 (2.098%) CruiseControl
11 3 (2.098%) Subversion
11 3 (2.098%) Xcode
General
1 48 (33.57%) Finance
2 19 (13.29%) Games
3 15 (10.49%) Telecoms
4 13 (9.091%) Banking
5 7 (4.895%) Investment Banking
6 6 (4.196%) Financial Institution
7 4 (2.797%) Retail
8 3 (2.098%) Advertising
9 1 (0.699%) Marketing
9 1 (0.699%) Billing
9 1 (0.699%) Back Office
9 1 (0.699%) Law
Job Titles
1 71 (49.65%) Analyst
2 54 (37.76%) Test Analyst
3 17 (11.89%) Test Engineer
4 16 (11.19%) Senior Analyst
5 15 (10.49%) Senior Test Analyst
6 14 (9.790%) Tester
7 12 (8.392%) QA Analyst
7 12 (8.392%) Test Manager
8 9 (6.294%) Software Engineer
8 9 (6.294%) Software Test Engineer
9 7 (4.895%) Agile Test Analyst
10 6 (4.196%) Consultant
10 6 (4.196%) Test Leader
11 4 (2.797%) Junior
11 4 (2.797%) QA Engineer
11 4 (2.797%) Test Team Leader
11 4 (2.797%) Team Leader
11 4 (2.797%) Senior Tester
12 3 (2.098%) Junior Analyst
12 3 (2.098%) Junior Test Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 32 (22.38%) Computer Science
2 22 (15.38%) Video on Demand
3 11 (7.692%) Open Source
4 5 (3.497%) Wiki
4 5 (3.497%) Management Information System
5 3 (2.098%) Mathematics
5 3 (2.098%) iPad
5 3 (2.098%) Mobile App
5 3 (2.098%) STB
5 3 (2.098%) Fixed Income
6 2 (1.399%) AS400
6 2 (1.399%) Equities
6 2 (1.399%) Client/Server
6 2 (1.399%) Thin Client
6 2 (1.399%) Enterprise Software
6 2 (1.399%) Digital Media
6 2 (1.399%) Fat Client
7 1 (0.699%) iSeries
7 1 (0.699%) Derivative
7 1 (0.699%) New Media
Operating Systems
1 33 (23.08%) Windows
2 12 (8.392%) UNIX
3 2 (1.399%) Windows XP
3 2 (1.399%) Linux
3 2 (1.399%) Windows 2000
3 2 (1.399%) Windows 7
3 2 (1.399%) Apple iOS
3 2 (1.399%) Windows Vista
4 1 (0.699%) Android
4 1 (0.699%) VMS
4 1 (0.699%) OpenVMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 74 (51.75%) Waterfall
2 46 (32.17%) Manual Testing
3 39 (27.27%) Test Automation
4 36 (25.17%) Software Testing
5 31 (21.68%) Test Management
5 31 (21.68%) Test Scripting
5 31 (21.68%) Scrum
5 31 (21.68%) Agile Software Development
6 21 (14.69%) Automated Testing
7 19 (13.29%) Web Testing
8 18 (12.59%) DSDM
8 18 (12.59%) DRM
9 17 (11.89%) Regression Testing
10 15 (10.49%) TDD
10 15 (10.49%) RAD
11 14 (9.790%) User Acceptance Testing
12 12 (8.392%) BDD
13 11 (7.692%) Project Management
14 10 (6.993%) Performance Testing
15 9 (6.294%) Test Strategy
Programming Languages
1 57 (39.86%) SQL
2 24 (16.78%) C#
3 23 (16.08%) Java
4 19 (13.29%) C++
5 17 (11.89%) C
6 13 (9.091%) VBScript
7 10 (6.993%) VBA
8 8 (5.594%) VB
9 7 (4.895%) Perl
10 4 (2.797%) PL/SQL
10 4 (2.797%) Ruby
11 3 (2.098%) Python
11 3 (2.098%) Shell Script
11 3 (2.098%) Objective-C
12 2 (1.399%) Bash shell
13 1 (0.699%) Groovy
13 1 (0.699%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 59 (41.26%) ISEB
2 43 (30.07%) Degree
3 30 (20.98%) ISTQB
4 17 (11.89%) Security Cleared
5 11 (7.692%) SC Cleared
6 3 (2.098%) PhD
6 3 (2.098%) PMP
6 3 (2.098%) PMI Certification
6 3 (2.098%) ISEB Practitioner
7 1 (0.699%) HP AIS
7 1 (0.699%) HP ASE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 31 (21.68%) QA
2 3 (2.098%) SLA
3 1 (0.699%) TickIT
Systems Management
1 56 (39.16%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 46 (32.17%) Microsoft
2 40 (27.97%) HP
3 12 (8.392%) Oracle
4 5 (3.497%) IBM
5 3 (2.098%) SAP
6 2 (1.399%) Citrix
6 2 (1.399%) Apple
7 1 (0.699%) Siebel
7 1 (0.699%) Cognizant
London
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