The first table below looks at the demand for VSS/SourceSafe skills in IT contracts advertised for the Hampshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited VSS/SourceSafe 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 Hampshire 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
Microsoft Visual SourceSafe (VSS)
Rank 97 94 101
Rank change year-on-year
-3 +7
Contract jobs citing VSS/SourceSafe 2 4 3
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Hampshire 0.129% 0.248% 0.163%
As % of the Development Applications category 0.862% 1.970% 1.230%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 4 2
Average daily rate £338 £375 £310
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-10.00% +20.96%
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £329 £310
% change year-on-year
-1.14% +6.04%
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
Hampshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Development Applications category
232 203 244
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Hampshire 14.93% 12.61% 13.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 127 94 71
Average daily rate £335 £350 £375
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-4.28% -6.66%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £288 £263 £271
10% offered a daily rate of more than £400 £439 £438
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £330 £325
% change year-on-year
-1.51% +1.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 20 34 64
Average hourly rate £39.50 £37.00 £35.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+6.75% +5.71%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £28.15 £31.00 £32.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £45.00 £47.50 £40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £37.50 £35.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year
+7.14% -
VSS/SourceSafe
South East

VSS/SourceSafe
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Hampshire 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 Hampshire region.

Hampshire 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 Hampshire region.

Hampshire 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 Hampshire 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
Farnborough - 1 £325 -
VSS/SourceSafe
South East

VSS/SourceSafe
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Hampshire 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 10 (100.00%) T-SQL
1 10 (100.00%) VB
1 10 (100.00%) VB.NET
1 10 (100.00%) .NET
1 10 (100.00%) Oracle
1 10 (100.00%) SQL Server
1 10 (100.00%) IIS
1 10 (100.00%) Visual Studio
1 10 (100.00%) ASP.NET
1 10 (100.00%) CSS
1 10 (100.00%) UML
1 10 (100.00%) OO
1 10 (100.00%) Client/Server
1 10 (100.00%) N-Tier
1 10 (100.00%) HTML
1 10 (100.00%) JavaScript
1 10 (100.00%) Agile Software Development
1 10 (100.00%) NUnit
1 10 (100.00%) Telerik
1 10 (100.00%) Ajax
1 10 (100.00%) Aquila
1 10 (100.00%) SQL Server 2005
1 10 (100.00%) jQuery
1 10 (100.00%) Unit Testing
1 10 (100.00%) JSUnit
1 10 (100.00%) Highcharts JS
2 9 (90.00%) OOD
3 7 (70.00%) Data Security
4 4 (40.00%) Web Development
5 3 (30.00%) C#

VSS/SourceSafe
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Hampshire 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 10 (100.00%) .NET
1 10 (100.00%) ASP.NET
1 10 (100.00%) CSS
1 10 (100.00%) HTML
1 10 (100.00%) Ajax
1 10 (100.00%) jQuery
1 10 (100.00%) Highcharts JS
2 2 (20.00%) WinForms
Application Platforms
1 10 (100.00%) IIS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (100.00%) SQL Server
1 10 (100.00%) SQL Server 2005
2 1 (10.00%) Oracle 8/8i
Development Applications
1 10 (100.00%) Visual Studio
1 10 (100.00%) NUnit
1 10 (100.00%) JSUnit
General
1 1 (10.00%) Finance
Job Titles
1 7 (70.00%) Developer
1 7 (70.00%) .NET Developer
2 5 (50.00%) VB.NET Developer
3 3 (30.00%) VB.NET/ASP.NET Developer
3 3 (30.00%) Analyst
3 3 (30.00%) Analyst Programmer
3 3 (30.00%) Programmer
3 3 (30.00%) Agile .NET Developer
4 2 (20.00%) ASP.NET Developer
4 2 (20.00%) WinForms Developer
5 1 (10.00%) C# Developer
5 1 (10.00%) .NET Analyst Programmer
5 1 (10.00%) .NET Programmer
5 1 (10.00%) C# ASP.NET Developer
5 1 (10.00%) ASP.NET Programmer
5 1 (10.00%) Agile C# Developer
5 1 (10.00%) C# .NET Developer
Miscellaneous
1 10 (100.00%) Client/Server
1 10 (100.00%) N-Tier
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (100.00%) UML
1 10 (100.00%) OO
1 10 (100.00%) Agile Software Development
1 10 (100.00%) Unit Testing
2 9 (90.00%) OOD
3 7 (70.00%) Data Security
4 4 (40.00%) Web Development
Programming Languages
1 10 (100.00%) T-SQL
1 10 (100.00%) VB
1 10 (100.00%) VB.NET
1 10 (100.00%) JavaScript
2 3 (30.00%) C#
3 1 (10.00%) SQL
Vendors
1 10 (100.00%) Oracle
1 10 (100.00%) Telerik
1 10 (100.00%) Aquila