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This section looks at the demand for Microsoft Visual SourceSafe (VSS) skills within the Hertfordshire 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 29 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkMicrosoft Visual SourceSafe (VSS)
Location
3 months to
29 Aug 2008
Same period last year
Rank8178
Rank change on same period last yearDown-3
Matching contract IT job ads120
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.001 %0.020 %
As % of the category below0.552 %10.99 %
Daily rates quoted011
Average minimum daily rate-£316
Average daily rate-£335
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate-£355
UK excluding London average daily rate£321£335
% change on same period last year-4.42 %
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£32.50£33.85
% change on same period last year-4.00 %
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
Hertfordshire
Matching contract IT job ads181182
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.241 %0.182 %
Daily rates quoted7373
Average minimum daily rate£301£319
Average daily rate£324£337
% change on same period last year-4.10 %
Average maximum daily rate£346£355
UK excluding London average daily rate£326£335
% change on same period last year-2.74 %
Hourly rates quoted2916
Average minimum hourly rate£33.07£30.67
Average hourly rate£33.71£32.15
% change on same period last year+4.84 %
Average maximum hourly rate£34.34£33.63
UK excluding London average hourly rate£33.37£33.40
% change on same period last year-0.07 %
VSS/SourceSafe East of EnglandVSS/SourceSafe
East of England

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 Hertfordshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Development Applications category.

Hertfordshire 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 Hertfordshire region.

Hertfordshire VSS/SourceSafe Daily Rate Trend

VSS/SourceSafe
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hertfordshire VSS/SourceSafe Hourly Rate Trend

VSS/SourceSafe
Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing VSS/SourceSafe within the Hertfordshire region over the 3 months to 29 August 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
WatfordNew entry-1--
VSS/SourceSafe East of EnglandVSS/SourceSafe
East of England

VSS/SourceSafe
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 29 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Hertfordshire 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.

110 (100.00 %)C#
110 (100.00 %).NET
110 (100.00 %)ASP.NET
29 (90.00 %)XML
29 (90.00 %)XSLT
29 (90.00 %)OO
29 (90.00 %)RAD
29 (90.00 %)SMTP
29 (90.00 %)FTP
29 (90.00 %)HTTP
29 (90.00 %)TCP/IP
29 (90.00 %)SQL
29 (90.00 %)Internet
29 (90.00 %)Games
29 (90.00 %)Scrum
29 (90.00 %)Serena
29 (90.00 %)WPF
29 (90.00 %)AJAX
38 (80.00 %)ADO.NET
38 (80.00 %)E-Commerce
38 (80.00 %)BizTalk Server
46 (60.00 %)Change Management
55 (50.00 %)Retail
62 (20.00 %)IIS
62 (20.00 %)Web Development
71 (10.00 %)VB6
71 (10.00 %)Release Management
71 (10.00 %)Visual Studio
71 (10.00 %)Oracle
71 (10.00 %)Crystal Reports

VSS/SourceSafe
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 29 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Hertfordshire 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.

Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
110 (100.00 %)ASP.NET
110 (100.00 %).NET
29 (90.00 %)XML
29 (90.00 %)XSLT
29 (90.00 %)AJAX
29 (90.00 %)WPF
38 (80.00 %)ADO.NET
41 (10.00 %)HTML
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
18 (80.00 %)BizTalk Server
22 (20.00 %)IIS
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
19 (90.00 %)SMTP
19 (90.00 %)FTP
19 (90.00 %)HTTP
19 (90.00 %)TCP/IP
19 (90.00 %)Internet
21 (10.00 %)Intranet
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
11 (10.00 %)Crystal Reports
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
11 (10.00 %)Visual Studio
11 (10.00 %)Flash
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
19 (90.00 %)Games
25 (50.00 %)Retail
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
16 (60.00 %)Development Manager
23 (30.00 %)Developer
32 (20.00 %)Web Manager
32 (20.00 %).NET Developer
32 (20.00 %)ASP.NET Developer
41 (10.00 %)Technical Specialist
41 (10.00 %).NET Web Developer
41 (10.00 %)C# Web Developer
41 (10.00 %)Web Development Manager
41 (10.00 %)C# Developer
41 (10.00 %)VB.NET Developer
41 (10.00 %)VB.NET/ASP.NET Developer
41 (10.00 %)C#/ASP.NET Developer
41 (10.00 %)UI Developer
41 (10.00 %)Web Developer
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
11 (10.00 %)Blackberry
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
19 (90.00 %)OO
19 (90.00 %)RAD
19 (90.00 %)Scrum
28 (80.00 %)E-Commerce
36 (60.00 %)Change Management
42 (20.00 %)Web Development
51 (10.00 %)Release Management
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
110 (100.00 %)C#
29 (90.00 %)SQL
31 (10.00 %)VB
31 (10.00 %)VB.NET
31 (10.00 %)VB6
31 (10.00 %)PL/SQL
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
19 (90.00 %)Serena
21 (10.00 %)Oracle
21 (10.00 %)Adobe
21 (10.00 %)Macromedia