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This section looks at the demand for Microsoft Visual SourceSafe (VSS) skills within the Leeds 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 21 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkMicrosoft Visual SourceSafe (VSS)
Location
3 months to
21 Aug 2008
Same period last year
Rank7472
Rank change on same period last yearDown-2
Matching contract IT job ads41
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.005 %0.001 %
As % of the category below2.985 %1.111 %
Daily rates quoted00
Average minimum daily rate--
Average daily rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate--
UK excluding London average daily rate£322£337
% change on same period last year-4.49 %
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£32.45£33.45
% change on same period last year-3.00 %
Leeds IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
Leeds
Matching contract IT job ads13490
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.177 %0.090 %
Daily rates quoted2914
Average minimum daily rate£290£302
Average daily rate£302£317
% change on same period last year-4.69 %
Average maximum daily rate£314£331
UK excluding London average daily rate£326£334
% change on same period last year-2.26 %
Hourly rates quoted615
Average minimum hourly rate£22.86£20.71
Average hourly rate£27.21£21.29
% change on same period last year+27.80 %
Average maximum hourly rate£31.57£21.88
UK excluding London average hourly rate£33.38£33.52
% change on same period last year-0.41 %
VSS/SourceSafe West YorkshireVSS/SourceSafe
West Yorkshire

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

Leeds 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 Leeds region.

Leeds 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 Leeds region.

Leeds VSS/SourceSafe Hourly Rate Trend

VSS/SourceSafe
Top 26 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Leeds 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 %)HTML
14 (100.00 %)JavaScript
14 (100.00 %).NET
14 (100.00 %)SQL Server
14 (100.00 %)ASP.NET
14 (100.00 %)WebServices
14 (100.00 %)XML
14 (100.00 %)XSLT
23 (75.00 %)Internet
23 (75.00 %)SQL Server 2000
23 (75.00 %)AJAX
23 (75.00 %).NET Framework
23 (75.00 %)Visual Studio
31 (25.00 %)User Acceptance Testing
31 (25.00 %)OO
31 (25.00 %)Lotus Notes
31 (25.00 %)Lotus Domino
31 (25.00 %)Client/Server
31 (25.00 %)OOD
31 (25.00 %)Microsoft
31 (25.00 %)Active Directory
31 (25.00 %)Lotus
31 (25.00 %)CSS
31 (25.00 %)IIS
31 (25.00 %)SQL

VSS/SourceSafe
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Leeds 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.

Leeds IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
14 (100.00 %)HTML
14 (100.00 %).NET
14 (100.00 %)ASP.NET
14 (100.00 %)WebServices
14 (100.00 %)XML
14 (100.00 %)XSLT
23 (75.00 %)AJAX
23 (75.00 %).NET Framework
31 (25.00 %)CSS
Leeds IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
11 (25.00 %)Lotus Notes
11 (25.00 %)Lotus Domino
11 (25.00 %)IIS
Leeds IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
13 (75.00 %)Internet
Leeds IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
14 (100.00 %)SQL Server
23 (75.00 %)SQL Server 2000
Leeds IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
13 (75.00 %)Visual Studio
Leeds IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
14 (100.00 %)Developer
23 (75.00 %)Web Developer
31 (25.00 %).NET Developer
31 (25.00 %)ASP.NET Developer
Leeds IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
11 (25.00 %)Client/Server
Leeds IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
11 (25.00 %)User Acceptance Testing
11 (25.00 %)OO
11 (25.00 %)OOD
Leeds IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
14 (100.00 %)C#
14 (100.00 %)JavaScript
21 (25.00 %)SQL
Leeds IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
11 (25.00 %)Active Directory
Leeds IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
11 (25.00 %)Microsoft
11 (25.00 %)Lotus