The first table below looks at the demand for PVCS skills in IT contracts advertised for the Berkshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited PVCS over the 3 months to 17 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 Development Applications category for the Berkshire region.

Note that daily contractor rates and hourly contractor rates are treated separately. When calculating average contractor rates, daily rates are not derived from quoted hourly rates or vice versa.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
PVCS (Polytron Version Control System)
Rank 122 - 121
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Contract jobs citing PVCS 1 0 4
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Berkshire 0.041% - 0.135%
As % of the Development Applications category 0.369% - 1.266%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 2
Average daily rate - - £325
UK excluding London average daily rate £320 £303 £295
% change year-on-year
+5.78% +2.54%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £40.00 - £24.00
All Development Applications
Berkshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Development Applications category
271 178 316
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Berkshire 11.20% 5.838% 10.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 106 62 100
Average daily rate £375 £310 £300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+20.96% +3.33%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £250 £225 £207
10% offered a daily rate of more than £475 £395 £400
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £330 £325
% change year-on-year
-1.51% +1.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 3 18
Average hourly rate £15.00 £28.00 £45.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-46.42% -37.77%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £37.50 £35.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year
+7.14% -
PVCS
South East

PVCS
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing PVCS across the Berkshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Development Applications category.

Berkshire PVCS Jobs Demand Trend

PVCS
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing PVCS across the Berkshire region.

Berkshire PVCS Daily Rate Trend

PVCS
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing PVCS across the Berkshire region.

Berkshire PVCS Hourly Rate Trend

PVCS
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing PVCS within the Berkshire region over the 3 months to 17 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Reading - 1 - -
PVCS
South East

PVCS
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Berkshire region citing PVCS 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 contract IT job ads sampled that cited PVCS.

1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 2 (100.00%) .NET
1 2 (100.00%) .NET Framework
1 2 (100.00%) C#
1 2 (100.00%) MS Excel
1 2 (100.00%) SharePoint
2 1 (50.00%) DTS
2 1 (50.00%) CRM
2 1 (50.00%) SQL
2 1 (50.00%) T-SQL
2 1 (50.00%) MS Project Server
2 1 (50.00%) Release Management
2 1 (50.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (50.00%) Test Automation
2 1 (50.00%) CM System
2 1 (50.00%) Jenkins
2 1 (50.00%) SQL Server
2 1 (50.00%) OLAP
2 1 (50.00%) MS Project
2 1 (50.00%) MS Office
2 1 (50.00%) Visual Studio
2 1 (50.00%) VSS/SourceSafe
2 1 (50.00%) ASP.NET
2 1 (50.00%) Web Services
2 1 (50.00%) XML
2 1 (50.00%) ITIL
2 1 (50.00%) MCSD
2 1 (50.00%) Windows
2 1 (50.00%) LDAP
2 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Certification

PVCS
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Berkshire region citing PVCS also mentioned the following IT skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled that cited PVCS. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 2 (100.00%) .NET
1 2 (100.00%) .NET Framework
2 1 (50.00%) ASP.NET
2 1 (50.00%) Web Services
2 1 (50.00%) XML
2 1 (50.00%) Windows SharePoint Services
Application Platforms
1 2 (100.00%) SharePoint
2 1 (50.00%) BizTalk Server
2 1 (50.00%) SharePoint Server
2 1 (50.00%) MS Project Server
2 1 (50.00%) CM System
Applications
1 2 (100.00%) MS Excel
2 1 (50.00%) MS Project
2 1 (50.00%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 1 (50.00%) LDAP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (50.00%) SQL Server
1 1 (50.00%) OLAP
1 1 (50.00%) DTS
1 1 (50.00%) IDOL
1 1 (50.00%) SQL Server 2005
Development Applications
1 1 (50.00%) Visual Studio
1 1 (50.00%) VSS/SourceSafe
1 1 (50.00%) Subversion
1 1 (50.00%) Jenkins
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Management Consultant
1 1 (50.00%) Consultant
1 1 (50.00%) Team Leader
1 1 (50.00%) Development Team Leader
1 1 (50.00%) Configuration Management Consultant
1 1 (50.00%) Release Management Consultant
Operating Systems
1 1 (50.00%) Windows
1 1 (50.00%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) ITIL
1 1 (50.00%) CRM
1 1 (50.00%) Configuration Management
1 1 (50.00%) Project Management
1 1 (50.00%) Change Management
1 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 1 (50.00%) Web Development
1 1 (50.00%) Release Management
1 1 (50.00%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 2 (100.00%) C#
2 1 (50.00%) SQL
2 1 (50.00%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) MCSD
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Certification
1 1 (50.00%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (50.00%) Meridio