The first table below looks at the demand for VSS/SourceSafe skills in IT contracts advertised for the Bedfordshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited VSS/SourceSafe 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 Bedfordshire 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
Microsoft Visual SourceSafe (VSS)
Rank 30 - 39
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Contract jobs citing VSS/SourceSafe 1 0 3
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Bedfordshire 0.526% - 1.034%
As % of the Development Applications category 5.556% - 9.375%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 2
Average daily rate - - £150
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £349 £300
% change year-on-year
-6.81% +16.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £47.50 £37.50 £42.50
% change year-on-year
+26.66% -11.76%
All Development Applications
Bedfordshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Development Applications category
18 13 32
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Bedfordshire 9.474% 4.779% 11.03%
Number of daily rates quoted 13 4 15
Average daily rate £350 £330 £270
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+6.06% +22.22%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £305 £300 £150
10% offered a daily rate of more than £420 £348 £375
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £330 £325
% change year-on-year
-1.51% +1.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 3 2
Average hourly rate £34.13 £190.00 £15.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-82.03% +1166.66%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £37.50 £35.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year
+7.14% -
VSS/SourceSafe
East of England

VSS/SourceSafe
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Bedfordshire VSS/SourceSafe Jobs Demand Trend

VSS/SourceSafe
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing VSS/SourceSafe across the Bedfordshire region.

Bedfordshire VSS/SourceSafe Daily Rate Trend

VSS/SourceSafe
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing VSS/SourceSafe across the Bedfordshire region.

Bedfordshire VSS/SourceSafe Hourly Rate Trend

VSS/SourceSafe
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing VSS/SourceSafe within the Bedfordshire 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
Bedford - 1 - -
VSS/SourceSafe
East of England

VSS/SourceSafe
Top 9 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Bedfordshire region citing VSS/SourceSafe 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 VSS/SourceSafe.

1 1 (100.00%) C#
1 1 (100.00%) .NET
1 1 (100.00%) SQL Server
1 1 (100.00%) Visual Studio
1 1 (100.00%) ASP.NET
1 1 (100.00%) Data Security
1 1 (100.00%) MVC
1 1 (100.00%) .NET Framework
1 1 (100.00%) SQL Server 2012

VSS/SourceSafe
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Bedfordshire region citing VSS/SourceSafe 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 VSS/SourceSafe. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 1 (100.00%) .NET
1 1 (100.00%) ASP.NET
1 1 (100.00%) .NET Framework
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) SQL Server
1 1 (100.00%) SQL Server 2012
Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Visual Studio
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Developer
1 1 (100.00%) .NET Developer
1 1 (100.00%) C# Developer
1 1 (100.00%) ASP.NET Developer
1 1 (100.00%) C# ASP.NET Developer
1 1 (100.00%) C# .NET Developer
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Data Security
1 1 (100.00%) MVC
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) C#