The first table below looks at the demand for VSS/SourceSafe skills in IT contracts advertised for the Lancashire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited VSS/SourceSafe over the 3 months to 20 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 Lancashire 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
20 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Visual SourceSafe (VSS)
Rank - - 31
Contract jobs citing VSS/SourceSafe 0 0 1
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Lancashire - - 0.450%
As % of the Development Applications category - - 4.545%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Average daily rate - - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £320 £310
% change year-on-year
+1.56% +3.22%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £38.73 £41.25 £42.50
% change year-on-year
-6.10% -2.94%
All Development Applications
Lancashire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Development Applications category
24 29 22
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Lancashire 11.94% 6.729% 9.910%
Number of daily rates quoted 15 17 17
Average daily rate £300 £345 £328
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-13.04% +5.34%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £220 £279 £238
10% offered a daily rate of more than £350 £390 £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 0
Average hourly rate £37.50 £20.00 -
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+87.50% -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £37.50 £35.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year
+7.14% -
VSS/SourceSafe
North West

VSS/SourceSafe
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Lancashire 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 Lancashire region.

Lancashire 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 Lancashire region.

Lancashire VSS/SourceSafe Hourly Rate Trend