PVCS Contract Job Trends in England

PVCS (Polytron Version Control System)
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in England requiring PVCS skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 12 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 534 - 572
Rank change year-on-year - - +174
Contract jobs citing PVCS 10 0 11
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.033% - 0.028%
As % of the Development Applications category 0.22% - 0.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 0 2
10th Percentile £355 - -
25th Percentile £381 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £429 - £350
Median % change year-on-year - - -27.84%
75th Percentile £440 - -
90th Percentile £490 - -
UK median daily rate £430 £525 £350
% change year-on-year -18.10% +50.00% -27.84%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 9
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £73.09
Median hourly rate £70.00 - £78.73
75th Percentile - - £88.75
90th Percentile - - £90.00
UK median hourly rate £70.00 - £78.73

All Development Application Skills
England

PVCS falls under the Development Applications category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring development application skills in England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for development application skills 4,599 4,089 5,029
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 15.36% 13.26% 12.71%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,217 2,567 3,566
10th Percentile £325 £350 £375
25th Percentile £406 £413 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -4.55% -4.35%
75th Percentile £600 £638 £650
90th Percentile £688 £725 £738
UK median daily rate £500 £520 £540
% change year-on-year -3.85% -3.70% -1.91%
Number of hourly rates quoted 106 123 227
10th Percentile £39.00 £37.55 £46.06
25th Percentile £54.81 £51.25 £50.63
Median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year - - +5.69%
75th Percentile £70.00 £70.00 £77.50
90th Percentile £78.75 £74.89 £90.00
UK median hourly rate £65.00 £64.00 £65.00
% change year-on-year +1.56% -1.54% +8.33%

PVCS
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing PVCS relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in England.

PVCS job vacancy trend in England

PVCS
Daily Rate Trend in England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing PVCS.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing PVCS

PVCS
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing PVCS in England over the 6 months to 12 November 2025.

Daily rate histogram for PVCS in England

PVCS
Hourly Rate Trend in England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing PVCS.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing PVCS

PVCS
Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing PVCS within the England region over the 6 months to 12 November 2025. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Midlands - 5 £430 -
West Midlands - 5 £430 -
East of England - 2 - - 9
London - 2 £358 -
Yorkshire - 1 £450 -
North of England - 1 £450 -
PVCS
UK

PVCS
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Applications
1 6 (60.00%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 2 (20.00%) Azure
1 2 (20.00%) Azure AKS
1 2 (20.00%) Azure Key Vault
1 2 (20.00%) Azure Monitor
Development Applications
1 2 (20.00%) Git
1 2 (20.00%) Jaeger
1 2 (20.00%) JIRA
1 2 (20.00%) Rational DOORS
General
1 6 (60.00%) Analytical Skills
2 5 (50.00%) Social Skills
3 2 (20.00%) Electronics
4 1 (10.00%) Law
4 1 (10.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 6 (60.00%) Analyst
1 6 (60.00%) Performance Analyst
2 2 (20.00%) Software Engineer
3 1 (10.00%) C Software Engineer
3 1 (10.00%) C/C++ Embedded Software Engineer
3 1 (10.00%) C/C++ Software Engineer
3 1 (10.00%) C++ Software Engineer
3 1 (10.00%) Consultant
3 1 (10.00%) DevOps Consultant
3 1 (10.00%) DevOps Engineer
3 1 (10.00%) Embedded C Engineer
3 1 (10.00%) Embedded C Software Engineer
3 1 (10.00%) Embedded C/C++ Engineer
3 1 (10.00%) Embedded C/C++ Software Engineer
3 1 (10.00%) Embedded C++ Engineer
3 1 (10.00%) Embedded C++ Software Engineer
3 1 (10.00%) Embedded Engineer
3 1 (10.00%) Embedded Software Engineer
3 1 (10.00%) Site Engineer
3 1 (10.00%) Site Reliability Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (60.00%) XML
2 2 (20.00%) Node.js
Operating Systems
1 6 (60.00%) Windows
2 2 (20.00%) Linux
2 2 (20.00%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (60.00%) Analytics
1 6 (60.00%) Decision-Making
1 6 (60.00%) Statistics
2 2 (20.00%) CI/CD
2 2 (20.00%) Code Coverage
2 2 (20.00%) DevOps
2 2 (20.00%) Log Analytics
2 2 (20.00%) Requirements Analysis
2 2 (20.00%) Site Reliability Engineering
2 2 (20.00%) Software Engineering
2 2 (20.00%) Unit Testing
2 2 (20.00%) Workflow
3 1 (10.00%) Natural Language Understanding
3 1 (10.00%) Speech Recognition
Programming Languages
1 2 (20.00%) C
1 2 (20.00%) C++
1 2 (20.00%) Java
1 2 (20.00%) Kusto Query Language
1 2 (20.00%) Python
2 1 (10.00%) Embedded C
2 1 (10.00%) Embedded C++
Qualifications
1 4 (40.00%) SC Cleared
1 4 (40.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (10.00%) BPSS Clearance
2 1 (10.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (20.00%) PCI DSS
1 2 (20.00%) SLA
System Software
1 2 (20.00%) Virtual Machines
1 2 (20.00%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 2 (20.00%) Grafana
1 2 (20.00%) Kubernetes
1 2 (20.00%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 3 (30.00%) OneLogin
2 2 (20.00%) ANSYS
2 2 (20.00%) IBM
2 2 (20.00%) VMware
3 1 (10.00%) Microsoft
3 1 (10.00%) Splunk