The first table below looks at the demand for PVCS skills in IT contracts advertised for the England region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited PVCS over the 3 months to 24 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 England 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
PVCS (Polytron Version Control System)
Rank 500 541 511
Rank change year-on-year
+41 -30
Contract jobs citing PVCS 13 18 60
As % of all contract IT jobs located in England 0.031% 0.034% 0.107%
As % of the Development Applications category 0.281% 0.362% 0.998%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 14 38
Average daily rate £338 £383 £375
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-11.76% +2.00%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £308 £302 £290
10% offered a daily rate of more than £348 £447 £825
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £303 £290
% change year-on-year
+7.43% +4.31%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 1
Average hourly rate £40.00 - £24.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £40.00 - £24.00
All Development Applications
England
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Development Applications category
4623 4974 6010
As % of all contract IT jobs located in England 11.12% 9.325% 10.70%
Number of daily rates quoted 2946 3009 3467
Average daily rate £400 £375 £400
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+6.66% -6.25%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £275 £270 £263
10% offered a daily rate of more than £550 £550 £585
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £330 £325
% change year-on-year
-1.51% +1.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 137 205 309
Average hourly rate £37.80 £35.00 £35.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+8.00% -
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £24.50 £23.88 £25.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £47.50 £45.00 £42.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £37.50 £35.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year
+7.14% -
PVCS
UK

PVCS
Jobs Demand Trend

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

England 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 England region.

England 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 England region.

England 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 England region over the 3 months to 24 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
South East +17 4 - -
Yorkshire - 3 £319 -
North West - 2 - -
South West - 2 - -
London +29 1 £350 -10.25%
East of England +17 1 - -
PVCS
UK

PVCS
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the England 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 18 (69.23%) SQL
2 10 (38.46%) WebSpeed
2 10 (38.46%) Scrum
2 10 (38.46%) VSS/SourceSafe
2 10 (38.46%) Progress
3 9 (34.62%) JIRA
3 9 (34.62%) Sculptor
4 8 (30.77%) C#
5 7 (26.92%) Oracle
5 7 (26.92%) .NET
6 6 (23.08%) XML
6 6 (23.08%) OpenEdge
6 6 (23.08%) Progress 4GL
7 5 (19.23%) Configuration Management
7 5 (19.23%) UNIX
7 5 (19.23%) Windows
7 5 (19.23%) Security Cleared
8 4 (15.38%) .NET Framework
8 4 (15.38%) Subversion
8 4 (15.38%) UML
8 4 (15.38%) PL/SQL
8 4 (15.38%) SQL Server
8 4 (15.38%) Microsoft
8 4 (15.38%) SharePoint
9 3 (11.54%) DTS
9 3 (11.54%) Oracle Forms
9 3 (11.54%) Oracle Reports
9 3 (11.54%) LDAP
9 3 (11.54%) Microsoft Certification
9 3 (11.54%) TestDirector

PVCS
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the England 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 7 (26.92%) .NET
2 6 (23.08%) XML
3 4 (15.38%) .NET Framework
4 3 (11.54%) Web Services
4 3 (11.54%) ASP.NET
4 3 (11.54%) Windows SharePoint Services
5 2 (7.692%) J2EE
6 1 (3.846%) JMS
6 1 (3.846%) XML Schema
6 1 (3.846%) JAXB
6 1 (3.846%) Middleware
6 1 (3.846%) XSD
6 1 (3.846%) XSLT
6 1 (3.846%) EJB
6 1 (3.846%) JSP
6 1 (3.846%) Servlets
6 1 (3.846%) JPA
6 1 (3.846%) EJB 3.0
6 1 (3.846%) Oracle Fusion
Application Platforms
1 6 (23.08%) OpenEdge
2 4 (15.38%) SharePoint
3 3 (11.54%) WebLogic
3 3 (11.54%) MS Project Server
3 3 (11.54%) SharePoint Server
3 3 (11.54%) CM System
4 2 (7.692%) Oracle Service Bus
4 2 (7.692%) IIS
4 2 (7.692%) BizTalk Server
5 1 (3.846%) Tuxedo
Applications
1 3 (11.54%) MS Project
1 3 (11.54%) MS Office
2 2 (7.692%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 2 (7.692%) Oracle BPM
2 1 (3.846%) Dynamics CRM
Communications & Networking
1 3 (11.54%) LDAP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (15.38%) SQL Server
2 3 (11.54%) DTS
2 3 (11.54%) Oracle Reports
2 3 (11.54%) OLAP
2 3 (11.54%) IDOL
2 3 (11.54%) SQL Server 2005
3 2 (7.692%) Oracle Discoverer
4 1 (3.846%) TOAD
4 1 (3.846%) Oracle 10g
4 1 (3.846%) Oracle 11g
Development Applications
1 10 (38.46%) WebSpeed
1 10 (38.46%) VSS/SourceSafe
2 9 (34.62%) JIRA
3 4 (15.38%) Subversion
4 3 (11.54%) Oracle Forms
4 3 (11.54%) TestDirector
4 3 (11.54%) Visual Studio
4 3 (11.54%) Oracle APEX
5 2 (7.692%) Ant
6 1 (3.846%) ClearCase
6 1 (3.846%) MSI
6 1 (3.846%) Rational DOORS
6 1 (3.846%) GitHub
6 1 (3.846%) Jenkins
6 1 (3.846%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 3 (11.54%) Legal
2 2 (7.692%) Finance
3 1 (3.846%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 15 (57.69%) Developer
2 9 (34.62%) Progress Developer
3 3 (11.54%) Oracle Developer
3 3 (11.54%) Team Leader
4 2 (7.692%) Deployment Specialist
4 2 (7.692%) Configuration Manager
4 2 (7.692%) Analyst
4 2 (7.692%) Change Manager
4 2 (7.692%) SharePoint Developer
4 2 (7.692%) Oracle Forms Developer
5 1 (3.846%) Problem Manager
5 1 (3.846%) Applications Architect
5 1 (3.846%) Configuration Management Consultant
5 1 (3.846%) Development Team Leader
5 1 (3.846%) Test Analyst
5 1 (3.846%) Consultant
5 1 (3.846%) Programmer
5 1 (3.846%) Support Analyst
5 1 (3.846%) Software Developer
5 1 (3.846%) Architect
Miscellaneous
1 1 (3.846%) Mainframe
Operating Systems
1 5 (19.23%) UNIX
1 5 (19.23%) Windows
2 3 (11.54%) Windows Server 2003
3 1 (3.846%) Solaris
3 1 (3.846%) VME
3 1 (3.846%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (38.46%) Scrum
2 5 (19.23%) Configuration Management
3 4 (15.38%) UML
4 3 (11.54%) Web Development
4 3 (11.54%) Release Management
4 3 (11.54%) Performance Testing
4 3 (11.54%) Test Automation
5 2 (7.692%) Capacity Management
5 2 (7.692%) Continuous Integration
5 2 (7.692%) Unified Process
5 2 (7.692%) Agile Software Development
5 2 (7.692%) OO
5 2 (7.692%) Business Intelligence
5 2 (7.692%) CRM
6 1 (3.846%) RUP
6 1 (3.846%) SOA
6 1 (3.846%) Project Management
6 1 (3.846%) ITIL
6 1 (3.846%) Change Management
6 1 (3.846%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 18 (69.23%) SQL
2 8 (30.77%) C#
3 6 (23.08%) Progress 4GL
4 4 (15.38%) PL/SQL
5 3 (11.54%) Delphi
5 3 (11.54%) T-SQL
5 3 (11.54%) VB
5 3 (11.54%) VB.NET
5 3 (11.54%) VB6
6 2 (7.692%) Perl
6 2 (7.692%) Shell Script
7 1 (3.846%) C
7 1 (3.846%) Java
Qualifications
1 5 (19.23%) Security Cleared
2 3 (11.54%) Microsoft Certification
2 3 (11.54%) MCSD
2 3 (11.54%) SC Cleared
3 1 (3.846%) ISEB
3 1 (3.846%) ISTQB
3 1 (3.846%) BC Cleared
System Software
1 1 (3.846%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 1 (3.846%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 10 (38.46%) Progress
2 9 (34.62%) Sculptor
3 7 (26.92%) Oracle
4 4 (15.38%) Microsoft
5 3 (11.54%) Meridio
6 1 (3.846%) BEA
6 1 (3.846%) Informatica
6 1 (3.846%) HP
6 1 (3.846%) Mercator
6 1 (3.846%) Business Objects
6 1 (3.846%) Serena
6 1 (3.846%) AppSense
6 1 (3.846%) Fujitsu
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Posted: 30 April 2013