V-Model Contract Job Trends in the South West

V-Model
England > South West

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the South West requiring V-Model skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 13 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 140 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing V-Model 2 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in the South West 0.063% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.080% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £350 - -
England median daily rate £335 - £575
% change year-on-year - - +109.09%

All Process & Methodology Skills
South West

V-Model falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in the South West.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,498 1,554 2,656
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South West 78.80% 90.67% 83.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,379 1,020 1,751
10th Percentile £310 £240 £225
25th Percentile £410 £406 £407
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.38% - -4.37%
75th Percentile £606 £625 £626
90th Percentile £713 £695 £700
England median daily rate £505 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -3.81% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 436 124 309
10th Percentile £16.62 £18.51 £13.82
25th Percentile £25.15 £30.50 £25.00
Median hourly rate £60.00 £65.00 £47.50
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% +36.84% -22.76%
75th Percentile £65.00 £68.00 £68.75
90th Percentile £70.00 £70.00 £77.50
England median hourly rate £40.54 £32.00 £34.21
% change year-on-year +26.69% -6.46% -8.77%

V-Model
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing V-Model relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the South West.

V-Model job vacancy trend in the South West

V-Model
Daily Rate Trend in the South West

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the South West citing V-Model.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the South West citing V-Model

V-Model
Hourly Rate Trend in the South West

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the South West citing V-Model.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the South West citing V-Model

V-Model
Contract Job Locations in the South West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing V-Model within the South West region over the 6 months to 13 April 2026. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Bristol - 1 - - 1
Dorset - 1 £350 -
V-Model
England

V-Model
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South West by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Development Applications
1 1 (50.00%) Appium
1 1 (50.00%) JIRA
1 1 (50.00%) NUnit
1 1 (50.00%) Robot Framework
1 1 (50.00%) Selenium
1 1 (50.00%) TestRail
General
1 1 (50.00%) Aerospace
1 1 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Analyst
2 1 (50.00%) Business Analyst
2 1 (50.00%) SC Cleared Business Analyst
2 1 (50.00%) Test Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (50.00%) .NET
1 1 (50.00%) .NET Framework
1 1 (50.00%) Playwright
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Analytical Mindset
1 1 (50.00%) Management Information System
1 1 (50.00%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Agile
2 1 (50.00%) BPMN
2 1 (50.00%) Business Analysis
2 1 (50.00%) Change Control
2 1 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (50.00%) Cybersecurity
2 1 (50.00%) Data Modelling
2 1 (50.00%) Manual Testing
2 1 (50.00%) Mathematics
2 1 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (50.00%) Requirements Management
2 1 (50.00%) Smoke Testing
2 1 (50.00%) System Integration Testing
2 1 (50.00%) Systems Engineering
2 1 (50.00%) Test Automation
2 1 (50.00%) Unit Testing
2 1 (50.00%) Use Case
2 1 (50.00%) User Acceptance Testing
2 1 (50.00%) User Stories
2 1 (50.00%) Workshop Facilitation
Programming Languages
1 1 (50.00%) C#
1 1 (50.00%) Python
1 1 (50.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) ISTQB
1 1 (50.00%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
1 1 (50.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (50.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (50.00%) Cyber Essentials
1 1 (50.00%) QA