PVCS Contract Job Trends in the UK excluding London

PVCS (Polytron Version Control System)
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the UK excluding London requiring PVCS skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 21 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 375 - 401
Rank change year-on-year - - +88
Contract jobs citing PVCS 12 0 11
As % of all contract jobs in the UK excluding London 0.066% - 0.056%
As % of the Development Applications category 0.46% - 0.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 0 0
10th Percentile £415 - -
25th Percentile £429 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £430 - -
75th Percentile £450 - -
90th Percentile £510 - -
UK median daily rate £430 - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 0 10
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
UK excluding London

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 the UK excluding London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for development application skills 2,621 1,934 2,465
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 14.45% 13.02% 12.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,807 1,176 1,682
10th Percentile £320 £325 £360
25th Percentile £400 £399 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £485 £513
Median % change year-on-year -2.06% -5.41% -2.33%
75th Percentile £552 £575 £600
90th Percentile £643 £656 £675
UK median daily rate £500 £513 £538
% change year-on-year -2.44% -4.74% -3.93%
Number of hourly rates quoted 123 75 183
10th Percentile £39.53 £46.18 £46.18
25th Percentile £55.88 £54.18 £51.25
Median hourly rate £65.00 £62.50 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year +4.00% -3.85% -
75th Percentile £70.00 £69.38 £77.50
90th Percentile £82.80 £75.00 £90.00
UK median hourly rate £65.00 £62.50 £65.00
% change year-on-year +4.00% -3.85% +4.84%

PVCS
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

PVCS job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

PVCS
Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing PVCS.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing PVCS

PVCS
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing PVCS in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 21 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for PVCS in the UK excluding London

PVCS
Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing PVCS.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing PVCS

PVCS
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing PVCS within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 21 December 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
East of England - 6 - - 2
Midlands - 5 £430 -
West Midlands - 5 £430 -
North of England - 1 £450 -
Yorkshire - 1 £450 -
PVCS
UK

PVCS
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 (50.00%) Microsoft Office
Development Applications
1 6 (50.00%) Git
1 6 (50.00%) JIRA
1 6 (50.00%) Rational DOORS
General
1 6 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
1 6 (50.00%) Electronics
2 5 (41.67%) Social Skills
3 1 (8.33%) Law
3 1 (8.33%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 6 (50.00%) Analyst
1 6 (50.00%) Performance Analyst
1 6 (50.00%) Software Engineer
2 5 (41.67%) C Software Engineer
2 5 (41.67%) C/C++ Embedded Software Engineer
2 5 (41.67%) C/C++ Software Engineer
2 5 (41.67%) C++ Software Engineer
2 5 (41.67%) Embedded C Engineer
2 5 (41.67%) Embedded C Software Engineer
2 5 (41.67%) Embedded C/C++ Engineer
2 5 (41.67%) Embedded C/C++ Software Engineer
2 5 (41.67%) Embedded C++ Engineer
2 5 (41.67%) Embedded C++ Software Engineer
2 5 (41.67%) Embedded Engineer
2 5 (41.67%) Embedded Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (50.00%) XML
Operating Systems
1 6 (50.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (50.00%) Code Coverage
1 6 (50.00%) Decision-Making
1 6 (50.00%) Requirements Analysis
1 6 (50.00%) Software Engineering
1 6 (50.00%) Statistics
1 6 (50.00%) Unit Testing
1 6 (50.00%) Workflow
2 4 (33.33%) Analytics
Programming Languages
1 6 (50.00%) C
1 6 (50.00%) C++
2 5 (41.67%) Embedded C
2 5 (41.67%) Embedded C++
Qualifications
1 4 (33.33%) SC Cleared
1 4 (33.33%) Security Cleared
2 1 (8.33%) BPSS Clearance
2 1 (8.33%) Degree
System Software
1 6 (50.00%) Virtual Machines
1 6 (50.00%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 6 (50.00%) ANSYS
1 6 (50.00%) IBM
1 6 (50.00%) VMware
2 3 (25.00%) OneLogin
3 1 (8.33%) Microsoft
3 1 (8.33%) Splunk