V-Model Job Trends in the Thames Valley

V-Model
South East > Thames Valley

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the Thames Valley requiring V-Model skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 11 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 173 175 -
Rank change year-on-year +2 - -
Permanent jobs citing V-Model 2 5 0
As % of all permanent jobs in the Thames Valley 0.050% 0.15% -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.062% 0.16% -
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £46,250 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 - -
75th Percentile £48,750 - -
90th Percentile - - -
South East median annual salary £43,000 £47,500 £54,000
% change year-on-year -9.47% -12.04% +2.86%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Thames Valley

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

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 3,232 3,135 3,521
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 80.60% 91.67% 89.16%
Number of salaries quoted 1,752 1,404 2,431
10th Percentile £30,000 £35,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £35,000 £45,000 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% +9.09% -
75th Percentile £67,813 £76,009 £68,750
90th Percentile £80,000 £90,000 £83,750
South East median annual salary £50,000 £58,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -13.79% +10.48% -4.55%

V-Model
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing V-Model relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley.

V-Model job vacancy trend in the Thames Valley

V-Model
Salary Trend in the Thames Valley

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing V-Model.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing V-Model

V-Model
Job Locations in the Thames Valley

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing V-Model within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 11 January 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Berkshire +1 2 £47,500 - 2
V-Model
South East

V-Model
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (50.00%) Cisco ISE
Development Applications
1 2 (100.00%) Subversion
2 1 (50.00%) JIRA
General
1 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Senior
1 2 (100.00%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
1 2 (100.00%) Test Specialist
Operating Systems
1 2 (100.00%) Windows
1 2 (100.00%) Windows Server
1 2 (100.00%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Agile
1 2 (100.00%) Manual Testing
1 2 (100.00%) Software Testing
1 2 (100.00%) Test Automation
1 2 (100.00%) Waterfall
2 1 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (50.00%) Defect Management
2 1 (50.00%) End-to-End Testing
2 1 (50.00%) Release Management
2 1 (50.00%) Requirements Management
2 1 (50.00%) Scenario Testing
2 1 (50.00%) Test Scripting
Programming Languages
1 1 (50.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (50.00%) DV Cleared
2 1 (50.00%) ISTQB
2 1 (50.00%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
2 1 (50.00%) SC Cleared
System Software
1 2 (100.00%) Active Directory
2 1 (50.00%) Terminal Server
2 1 (50.00%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 2 (100.00%) SCCM
1 2 (100.00%) SCOM
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) VMware
2 1 (50.00%) Cisco
2 1 (50.00%) Juniper
2 1 (50.00%) McAfee