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The table below looks at the demand for PVCS (Polytron Version Control System) skills within the Edinburgh region with a comparison to our Development Applications category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited PVCS over the 3 months to 20 November 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkPVCS (Polytron Version Control System)
Location
3 months to
20 Nov 2008
Same period last year
Rank5070
Rank change on same period last yearUp+20
Matching contract IT job ads15
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.002 %0.005 %
As % of the category below2.000 %2.083 %
Daily rates quoted02
Average minimum daily rate-£350
Average daily rate-£352
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate-£354
UK excluding London average daily rate£316£309
% change on same period last year+1.99 %
Hourly rates quoted02
Average minimum hourly rate-£12.50
Average hourly rate-£14.25
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate-£16.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£29.82£31.96
% change on same period last year-6.70 %
Edinburgh IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
Edinburgh
Matching contract IT job ads50240
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.078 %0.261 %
Daily rates quoted1133
Average minimum daily rate£254£317
Average daily rate£274£325
% change on same period last year-15.57 %
Average maximum daily rate£295£333
UK excluding London average daily rate£311£325
% change on same period last year-4.55 %
Hourly rates quoted03
Average minimum hourly rate-£12.00
Average hourly rate-£14.40
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate-£16.80
UK excluding London average hourly rate£30.52£31.32
% change on same period last year-2.55 %
PVCS ScotlandPVCS
Scotland

We calculate average IT contractor rates directly from the figures quoted and do not attempt to derive hourly rates from daily rates or vice versa.

PVCS
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing PVCS across the Edinburgh region as a proportion of the total demand within the Development Applications category.

Edinburgh PVCS Demand Trend

PVCS
Daily Rate Trend

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

Edinburgh PVCS Daily Rate Trend

PVCS
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Edinburgh PVCS Hourly Rate Trend

PVCS
Top 27 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 November 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Edinburgh 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.

14 (80.00 %)Java
23 (60.00 %)DB2
23 (60.00 %)Configuration Management
23 (60.00 %)Banking
23 (60.00 %)Retail
23 (60.00 %)Retail Banking
23 (60.00 %)ClearCase
31 (20.00 %)Eclipse
31 (20.00 %)HTML
31 (20.00 %)User Acceptance Testing
31 (20.00 %)Test Scripting
31 (20.00 %)OC4J
31 (20.00 %)Spring
31 (20.00 %)Requirements Analysis
31 (20.00 %)MVC
31 (20.00 %)Hibernate
31 (20.00 %)Ant
31 (20.00 %)EJB
31 (20.00 %)JDBC
31 (20.00 %)Servlets
31 (20.00 %)XML
31 (20.00 %)Oracle 9i
31 (20.00 %)JavaScript
31 (20.00 %)PL/SQL
31 (20.00 %)SQL
31 (20.00 %)J2EE
31 (20.00 %)Oracle

PVCS
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 November 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Edinburgh 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.

Edinburgh IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
11 (20.00 %)HTML
11 (20.00 %)J2EE
11 (20.00 %)EJB
11 (20.00 %)JDBC
11 (20.00 %)Servlets
11 (20.00 %)XML
11 (20.00 %)MVC
11 (20.00 %)Hibernate
11 (20.00 %)Spring
11 (20.00 %)OC4J
Edinburgh IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
13 (60.00 %)DB2
21 (20.00 %)Oracle 9i
Edinburgh IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
13 (60.00 %)ClearCase
21 (20.00 %)Eclipse
21 (20.00 %)Ant
Edinburgh IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
13 (60.00 %)Banking
13 (60.00 %)Retail
13 (60.00 %)Retail Banking
Edinburgh IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
11 (20.00 %)Tester
11 (20.00 %)Programmer
11 (20.00 %)Java Programmer
Edinburgh IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
13 (60.00 %)Configuration Management
21 (20.00 %)Requirements Analysis
21 (20.00 %)User Acceptance Testing
21 (20.00 %)Test Scripting
Edinburgh IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
14 (80.00 %)Java
21 (20.00 %)JavaScript
21 (20.00 %)PL/SQL
21 (20.00 %)SQL
Edinburgh IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
11 (20.00 %)Oracle