The first table below looks at the demand for PVCS skills in IT contracts advertised for the South East region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited PVCS over the 3 months to 22 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 South East 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
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
PVCS (Polytron Version Control System)
Rank 225 244 231
Rank change year-on-year
+19 -13
Contract jobs citing PVCS 4 2 11
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South East 0.050% 0.019% 0.107%
As % of the Development Applications category 0.474% 0.217% 1.039%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 1 8
Average daily rate - £425 £290
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- +46.55%
UK excluding London average daily rate £320 £303 £290
% change year-on-year
+5.78% +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
South East
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Development Applications category
844 923 1059
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South East 10.65% 8.923% 10.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 445 476 433
Average daily rate £350 £330 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+6.06% +1.53%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £270 £250 £220
10% offered a daily rate of more than £425 £425 £413
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £330 £325
% change year-on-year
-1.51% +1.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 57 54 116
Average hourly rate £37.50 £40.00 £36.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-6.25% +11.11%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £17.40 £31.00 £30.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £45.00 £50.00 £45.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £37.50 £35.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year
+7.14% -
PVCS
England

PVCS
Jobs Demand Trend

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

South East 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 South East region.

South East 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 South East region.

South East 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 South East region over the 3 months to 22 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
Berkshire - 2 - -
West Sussex +14 1 - -
Thames Valley - 1 - -
PVCS
England

PVCS
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South East 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 4 (80.00%) C#
1 4 (80.00%) .NET
1 4 (80.00%) Windows
1 4 (80.00%) SharePoint
1 4 (80.00%) Microsoft
1 4 (80.00%) .NET Framework
2 3 (60.00%) MS Project Server
2 3 (60.00%) Release Management
2 3 (60.00%) SQL Server 2005
2 3 (60.00%) SharePoint Server
2 3 (60.00%) Windows SharePoint Services
2 3 (60.00%) Web Development
2 3 (60.00%) IDOL
2 3 (60.00%) MCSD
2 3 (60.00%) Meridio
2 3 (60.00%) Test Automation
2 3 (60.00%) CM System
2 3 (60.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 3 (60.00%) DTS
2 3 (60.00%) LDAP
2 3 (60.00%) Windows Server 2003
2 3 (60.00%) SQL Server
2 3 (60.00%) OLAP
2 3 (60.00%) ASP.NET
2 3 (60.00%) Web Services
2 3 (60.00%) XML
2 3 (60.00%) SQL
2 3 (60.00%) T-SQL
2 3 (60.00%) MS Project
2 3 (60.00%) MS Office

PVCS
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South East 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 4 (80.00%) .NET
1 4 (80.00%) .NET Framework
2 3 (60.00%) Windows SharePoint Services
2 3 (60.00%) ASP.NET
2 3 (60.00%) Web Services
2 3 (60.00%) XML
3 1 (20.00%) J2EE
Application Platforms
1 4 (80.00%) SharePoint
2 3 (60.00%) MS Project Server
2 3 (60.00%) SharePoint Server
2 3 (60.00%) CM System
3 1 (20.00%) BizTalk Server
3 1 (20.00%) WebLogic
Applications
1 3 (60.00%) MS Project
1 3 (60.00%) MS Office
2 2 (40.00%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (20.00%) Oracle BPM
Communications & Networking
1 3 (60.00%) LDAP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (60.00%) SQL Server 2005
1 3 (60.00%) IDOL
1 3 (60.00%) DTS
1 3 (60.00%) SQL Server
1 3 (60.00%) OLAP
Development Applications
1 3 (60.00%) Visual Studio
2 1 (20.00%) Subversion
2 1 (20.00%) Jenkins
2 1 (20.00%) ClearCase
2 1 (20.00%) VSS/SourceSafe
Job Titles
1 3 (60.00%) Team Leader
2 2 (40.00%) Developer
2 2 (40.00%) SharePoint Developer
3 1 (20.00%) Development Team Leader
3 1 (20.00%) Configuration Management Consultant
3 1 (20.00%) Release Management Consultant
3 1 (20.00%) Analyst
3 1 (20.00%) Consultant
3 1 (20.00%) Support Analyst
3 1 (20.00%) Management Consultant
Operating Systems
1 4 (80.00%) Windows
2 3 (60.00%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (60.00%) Release Management
1 3 (60.00%) Web Development
1 3 (60.00%) Test Automation
2 2 (40.00%) UML
2 2 (40.00%) Agile Software Development
2 2 (40.00%) Unified Process
2 2 (40.00%) Continuous Integration
3 1 (20.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 1 (20.00%) CRM
3 1 (20.00%) Change Management
3 1 (20.00%) Configuration Management
3 1 (20.00%) Project Management
3 1 (20.00%) ITIL
Programming Languages
1 4 (80.00%) C#
2 3 (60.00%) SQL
2 3 (60.00%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 3 (60.00%) MCSD
1 3 (60.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 2 (40.00%) Security Cleared
3 1 (20.00%) SC Cleared
Vendors
1 4 (80.00%) Microsoft
2 3 (60.00%) Meridio
3 1 (20.00%) Oracle