V-Model Contract Job Trends in the West Midlands

V-Model
England > West Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the West Midlands requiring V-Model skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 22 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 159 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing V-Model 4 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in the West Midlands 0.12% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.14% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile £302 - -
25th Percentile £305 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £310 - -
75th Percentile £315 - -
90th Percentile £318 - -
England median daily rate £450 £475 £575
% change year-on-year -5.26% -17.39% +53.74%

All Process & Methodology Skills
West Midlands

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 West Midlands.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,954 1,422 1,601
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands 85.90% 88.00% 81.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,924 894 1,075
10th Percentile £313 £210 £275
25th Percentile £405 £363 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £479 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year +0.79% -5.00% -
75th Percentile £575 £575 £625
90th Percentile £671 £670 £725
England median daily rate £525 £513 £525
% change year-on-year +2.44% -2.38% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 154 99 84
10th Percentile £14.82 £12.62 £11.15
25th Percentile £21.25 £13.74 £14.00
Median hourly rate £33.99 £24.34 £18.74
Median % change year-on-year +39.65% +29.92% -25.80%
75th Percentile £59.50 £34.43 £37.81
90th Percentile £72.54 £50.00 £58.00
England median hourly rate £47.50 £25.15 £40.00
% change year-on-year +88.87% -37.13% -6.98%

V-Model
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

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

V-Model job vacancy trend in the West Midlands

V-Model
Daily Rate Trend in the West Midlands

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

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

V-Model
Hourly Rate Trend in the West Midlands

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

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

V-Model
Contract Job Locations in the West Midlands

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 West Midlands region over the 6 months to 22 July 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
Staffordshire - 4 £310 - 1
V-Model
England

V-Model
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the West Midlands 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:

Applications
1 3 (75.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 3 (75.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Development Applications
1 3 (75.00%) JIRA
General
1 4 (100.00%) Electronics
2 3 (75.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (50.00%) Lead
1 2 (50.00%) Validation Engineer
1 2 (50.00%) Verification Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Consultant
2 1 (25.00%) Validation Consultant
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 4 (100.00%) SDLC
1 4 (100.00%) Validation
1 4 (100.00%) Verification and Validation
2 3 (75.00%) Agile
2 3 (75.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 3 (75.00%) GAP Analysis
2 3 (75.00%) Scrum
2 3 (75.00%) Test Management
Programming Languages
1 3 (75.00%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 4 (100.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (75.00%) ISO/IEC 12207
1 3 (75.00%) ISO/IEC 15288
Vendors
1 3 (75.00%) Microsoft