The first table below looks at the demand for V-Model skills in IT jobs advertised for the Manchester region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs 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 Manchester region.

Location
3 months to
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
V-Model
Rank 187 173 162
Rank change year-on-year
-14 -11
Permanent jobs citing V-Model 2 2 9
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Manchester 0.049% 0.055% 0.223%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.064% 0.075% 0.325%
Number of salaries quoted 2 2 7
Average salary £28,000 £30,000 £30,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-6.66% -
UK excluding London average salary £30,500 £38,750 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-21.29% -3.12%
All Processes & Methodologies
Manchester
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
3144 2660 2766
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Manchester 77.19% 73.04% 68.67%
Number of salaries quoted 2699 2331 2495
Average salary £37,500 £35,000 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+7.14% -6.66%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,500 £25,000 £25,000
10% offered a salary of more than £52,500 £60,000 £52,500
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £41,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-2.43% +2.50%
V-Model
North West

V-Model
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Manchester 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 Manchester region.

Manchester V-Model Salary Trend

V-Model
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Manchester 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 4 (66.67%) Windows
2 2 (33.33%) Solaris
2 2 (33.33%) Linux
2 2 (33.33%) Windows 2000
2 2 (33.33%) Apache
2 2 (33.33%) Tomcat
2 2 (33.33%) Python
2 2 (33.33%) Windows XP
2 2 (33.33%) LAN
2 2 (33.33%) WAN
2 2 (33.33%) IBM
2 2 (33.33%) Microsoft
2 2 (33.33%) ISEB
2 2 (33.33%) CICS
2 2 (33.33%) QuickTest Pro
2 2 (33.33%) Red Hat
2 2 (33.33%) zOS
2 2 (33.33%) Mainframe
2 2 (33.33%) Pharmaceutical
2 2 (33.33%) Firewall
2 2 (33.33%) Telecoms
2 2 (33.33%) Finance
2 2 (33.33%) SUSE
2 2 (33.33%) Scrum
2 2 (33.33%) SQL
2 2 (33.33%) VBA
2 2 (33.33%) Oracle
2 2 (33.33%) SQL Server
2 2 (33.33%) DB2
2 2 (33.33%) WebSphere Application Server

V-Model
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Manchester 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 2 (33.33%) WebSphere
Application Platforms
1 2 (33.33%) Apache
1 2 (33.33%) Tomcat
1 2 (33.33%) CICS
1 2 (33.33%) WebSphere Application Server
1 2 (33.33%) GlassFish
Applications
1 2 (33.33%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 2 (33.33%) LAN
1 2 (33.33%) WAN
1 2 (33.33%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (33.33%) SQL Server
1 2 (33.33%) DB2
Development Applications
1 2 (33.33%) QuickTest Pro
1 2 (33.33%) Selenium
1 2 (33.33%) FitNesse
General
1 2 (33.33%) Pharmaceutical
1 2 (33.33%) Telecoms
1 2 (33.33%) Finance
1 2 (33.33%) Banking
Job Titles
1 5 (83.33%) Analyst
1 5 (83.33%) Test Analyst
2 2 (33.33%) Tester
2 2 (33.33%) Senior Analyst
2 2 (33.33%) Senior Test Analyst
3 1 (16.67%) Junior Analyst
3 1 (16.67%) Junior Test Analyst
3 1 (16.67%) Junior Tester
3 1 (16.67%) Junior
Miscellaneous
1 2 (33.33%) Mainframe
1 2 (33.33%) IBM Mainframe
Operating Systems
1 4 (66.67%) Windows
2 2 (33.33%) Solaris
2 2 (33.33%) Linux
2 2 (33.33%) Windows 2000
2 2 (33.33%) Windows XP
2 2 (33.33%) zOS
2 2 (33.33%) SUSE
2 2 (33.33%) UNIX
2 2 (33.33%) Windows Vista
2 2 (33.33%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (33.33%) Scrum
1 2 (33.33%) Software Testing
1 2 (33.33%) User Acceptance Testing
1 2 (33.33%) Test Scripting
1 2 (33.33%) Manual Testing
1 2 (33.33%) Waterfall
1 2 (33.33%) Test Strategy
2 1 (16.67%) Resource Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (33.33%) Python
1 2 (33.33%) SQL
1 2 (33.33%) VBA
Qualifications
1 2 (33.33%) ISEB
1 2 (33.33%) ISTQB
Systems Management
1 2 (33.33%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 2 (33.33%) IBM
1 2 (33.33%) Microsoft
1 2 (33.33%) Red Hat
1 2 (33.33%) Oracle