The first table below looks at the demand for PVCS skills in IT contracts advertised for the Reading 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 Reading 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 68 - 82
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Contract jobs citing PVCS 2 0 3
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Reading 0.240% - 0.288%
As % of the Development Applications category 2.083% - 2.727%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 2
Average daily rate - - £325
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £303 £290
% change year-on-year
+7.43% +4.31%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £40.00 - £24.00
All Development Applications
Reading
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Development Applications category
96 80 110
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Reading 11.50% 7.175% 10.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 35 19 35
Average daily rate £363 £338 £310
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+7.40% +8.87%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £201 £238 £250
10% offered a daily rate of more than £475 £371 £375
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £330 £325
% change year-on-year
-1.51% +1.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 1 6
Average hourly rate £15.00 £11.00 £18.75
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+36.36% -41.33%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £14.40 £11.00 £16.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £16.40 £11.00 £23.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £37.50 £35.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year
+7.14% -
PVCS
Berkshire

PVCS
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Reading 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 Reading region.

Reading PVCS Daily Rate Trend

PVCS
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Reading 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%) C#
1 2 (100.00%) SQL
1 2 (100.00%) T-SQL
1 2 (100.00%) .NET
1 2 (100.00%) SQL Server
1 2 (100.00%) OLAP
1 2 (100.00%) MS Project
1 2 (100.00%) MS Office
1 2 (100.00%) Visual Studio
1 2 (100.00%) ASP.NET
1 2 (100.00%) Web Services
1 2 (100.00%) XML
1 2 (100.00%) MCSD
1 2 (100.00%) Windows
1 2 (100.00%) SharePoint
1 2 (100.00%) DTS
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
1 2 (100.00%) Windows Server 2003
1 2 (100.00%) LDAP
1 2 (100.00%) IDOL
1 2 (100.00%) SQL Server 2005
1 2 (100.00%) SharePoint Server
1 2 (100.00%) Windows SharePoint Services
1 2 (100.00%) Web Development
1 2 (100.00%) .NET Framework
1 2 (100.00%) MS Project Server
1 2 (100.00%) Release Management
1 2 (100.00%) Meridio
1 2 (100.00%) Test Automation

PVCS
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Reading 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%) ASP.NET
1 2 (100.00%) Web Services
1 2 (100.00%) XML
1 2 (100.00%) Windows SharePoint Services
1 2 (100.00%) .NET Framework
Application Platforms
1 2 (100.00%) SharePoint
1 2 (100.00%) SharePoint Server
1 2 (100.00%) MS Project Server
1 2 (100.00%) CM System
Applications
1 2 (100.00%) MS Project
1 2 (100.00%) MS Office
2 1 (50.00%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 2 (100.00%) LDAP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (100.00%) SQL Server
1 2 (100.00%) OLAP
1 2 (100.00%) DTS
1 2 (100.00%) IDOL
1 2 (100.00%) SQL Server 2005
Development Applications
1 2 (100.00%) Visual Studio
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Team Leader
2 1 (50.00%) SharePoint Developer
2 1 (50.00%) Development Team Leader
2 1 (50.00%) Developer
Operating Systems
1 2 (100.00%) Windows
1 2 (100.00%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Web Development
1 2 (100.00%) Release Management
1 2 (100.00%) Test Automation
2 1 (50.00%) Agile Software Development
2 1 (50.00%) Continuous Integration
2 1 (50.00%) Unified Process
2 1 (50.00%) UML
Programming Languages
1 2 (100.00%) C#
1 2 (100.00%) SQL
1 2 (100.00%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) MCSD
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 1 (50.00%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 2 (100.00%) Meridio