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The table below looks at the demand for Microsoft Visual SourceSafe (VSS) skills within the Canary Wharf region with a comparison to our Development Applications category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited VSS/SourceSafe over the 3 months to 10 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkMicrosoft Visual SourceSafe (VSS)
Location
3 months to
10 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank45-
Rank change on same period last yearNew entry-
Matching contract IT job ads30
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.004 %0.000 %
As % of the category below7.692 %0.000 %
Daily rates quoted30
Average minimum daily rate£383-
Average daily rate£425-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate£467-
UK excluding London average daily rate£331£312
% change on same period last year+5.93 %
Hourly rates quoted00
Average minimum hourly rate--
Average hourly rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate--
UK excluding London average hourly rate£34.67£34.69
% change on same period last year-0.07 %
Canary Wharf IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
Canary Wharf
Matching contract IT job ads3944
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.055 %0.044 %
Daily rates quoted1822
Average minimum daily rate£396£396
Average daily rate£414£433
% change on same period last year-4.21 %
Average maximum daily rate£433£469
UK excluding London average daily rate£324£328
% change on same period last year-1.38 %
Hourly rates quoted11
Average minimum hourly rate£16.00£22.00
Average hourly rate£22.00£22.00
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate£28.00£22.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£32.49£31.36
% change on same period last year+3.60 %
VSS/SourceSafe LondonVSS/SourceSafe
London

We calculate average IT contractor rates directly from the figures quoted and do not attempt to derive hourly rates from daily rates or vice versa.

VSS/SourceSafe
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing VSS/SourceSafe across the Canary Wharf region as a proportion of the total demand within the Development Applications category.

Canary Wharf VSS/SourceSafe Demand Trend

VSS/SourceSafe
Daily Rate Trend

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

Canary Wharf VSS/SourceSafe Daily Rate Trend

VSS/SourceSafe
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing VSS/SourceSafe across the Canary Wharf region over the 3 months to 10 October 2008.

Canary Wharf VSS/SourceSafe Daily Rate Histogram

VSS/SourceSafe
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 10 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Canary Wharf 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.

14 (100.00 %)C++
14 (100.00 %)SQL
23 (75.00 %)Windows
23 (75.00 %)RAD
23 (75.00 %)C#
32 (50.00 %)Subversion
32 (50.00 %)Agile Software Development
32 (50.00 %).NET Remoting
32 (50.00 %)Windows Vista
32 (50.00 %)SharePoint Server 2007
32 (50.00 %)VMware Infrastructure
32 (50.00 %)Front Office
32 (50.00 %)Perforce
32 (50.00 %)Scrum
32 (50.00 %)VMware
32 (50.00 %)VMware ESX
32 (50.00 %)Equities
32 (50.00 %)VC++
32 (50.00 %)COM+
32 (50.00 %)WebServices
32 (50.00 %)MSI
32 (50.00 %)VB
32 (50.00 %)VB.NET
32 (50.00 %).NET
32 (50.00 %)SQL Server
32 (50.00 %)Visual Studio
32 (50.00 %)PVCS
32 (50.00 %)ASP
32 (50.00 %)ASP.NET
32 (50.00 %)Client/Server

VSS/SourceSafe
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 10 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Canary Wharf 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.

Canary Wharf IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
12 (50.00 %).NET
12 (50.00 %)ASP
12 (50.00 %)ASP.NET
12 (50.00 %)COM+
12 (50.00 %)WebServices
12 (50.00 %).NET Remoting
21 (25.00 %)XML
21 (25.00 %)ATL
Canary Wharf IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
12 (50.00 %)SharePoint Server 2007
Canary Wharf IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
11 (25.00 %)MS Excel
Canary Wharf IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
12 (50.00 %)SQL Server
Canary Wharf IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
12 (50.00 %)Visual Studio
12 (50.00 %)PVCS
12 (50.00 %)MSI
12 (50.00 %)Subversion
21 (25.00 %)ClearCase
Canary Wharf IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
12 (50.00 %)Front Office
21 (25.00 %)Finance
21 (25.00 %)Banking
Canary Wharf IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
13 (75.00 %)Analyst
22 (50.00 %)Senior Analyst
22 (50.00 %)Technical Analyst
22 (50.00 %)Developer
22 (50.00 %)Senior Technical Analyst
31 (25.00 %)Analyst Developer
31 (25.00 %)C++ Developer
31 (25.00 %)Front Office Developer
Canary Wharf IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
12 (50.00 %)Client/Server
12 (50.00 %)N-Tier
12 (50.00 %)Equities
Canary Wharf IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
13 (75.00 %)Windows
22 (50.00 %)Windows XP
22 (50.00 %)Windows Server 2003
22 (50.00 %)Windows Vista
31 (25.00 %)Windows NT
Canary Wharf IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
13 (75.00 %)RAD
22 (50.00 %)SOA
22 (50.00 %)Scrum
22 (50.00 %)Agile Software Development
31 (25.00 %)Data Analysis
Canary Wharf IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
14 (100.00 %)C++
14 (100.00 %)SQL
23 (75.00 %)C#
32 (50.00 %)VB
32 (50.00 %)VB.NET
32 (50.00 %)VC++
Canary Wharf IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
12 (50.00 %)VMware ESX
12 (50.00 %)VMware Infrastructure
Canary Wharf IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
12 (50.00 %)IBM
12 (50.00 %)Microsoft
12 (50.00 %)HP
12 (50.00 %)Perforce
12 (50.00 %)VMware
21 (25.00 %)Sybase
21 (25.00 %)Reuters
21 (25.00 %)Bloomberg