The first table below looks at the demand for VSS/SourceSafe skills in IT contracts advertised for the London region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited VSS/SourceSafe over the 3 months to 23 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 London 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
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Visual SourceSafe (VSS)
Rank 350 370 390
Rank change year-on-year
+20 +20
Contract jobs citing VSS/SourceSafe 27 40 45
As % of all contract IT jobs located in London 0.125% 0.149% 0.142%
As % of the Development Applications category 1.027% 1.558% 1.247%
Number of daily rates quoted 19 21 37
Average daily rate £415 £338 £450
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+22.96% -25.00%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £345 £300 £275
10% offered a daily rate of more than £430 £425 £570
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £329 £305
% change year-on-year
-1.14% +7.78%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 1
Average hourly rate - £29.25 £18.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- +62.50%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £47.50 £37.50 £42.50
% change year-on-year
+26.66% -11.76%
All Development Applications
London
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Development Applications category
2629 2568 3609
As % of all contract IT jobs located in London 12.15% 9.535% 11.42%
Number of daily rates quoted 1941 1739 2465
Average daily rate £413 £425 £450
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-2.94% -5.55%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £300 £283 £300
10% offered a daily rate of more than £550 £575 £600
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £330 £325
% change year-on-year
-1.51% +1.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 17 38 31
Average hourly rate £41.50 £35.75 £29.75
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+16.08% +20.16%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £33.72 £22.20 £18.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £48.40 £45.00 £49.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £37.50 £35.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year
+7.14% -
VSS/SourceSafe
England

VSS/SourceSafe
Jobs Demand Trend

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

London 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 London region.

London VSS/SourceSafe Daily Rate Trend

VSS/SourceSafe
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing VSS/SourceSafe across the London region over the 3 months to 23 May 2013.

London VSS/SourceSafe Daily Rate Histogram

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 London region.

London 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 London region over the 3 months to 23 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
City of London +10 12 £415 +22.96%
VSS/SourceSafe
England

VSS/SourceSafe
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the London 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 35 (79.55%) .NET
2 30 (68.18%) SQL Server
3 29 (65.91%) Subversion
4 22 (50.00%) C#
5 19 (43.18%) Windows
5 19 (43.18%) Finance
6 18 (40.91%) SQL
7 17 (38.64%) SQL Server 2008
8 16 (36.36%) Continuous Integration
8 16 (36.36%) Oracle
8 16 (36.36%) Microsoft
9 15 (34.09%) SQL Server 2005
10 14 (31.82%) NUnit
10 14 (31.82%) CruiseControl
11 13 (29.55%) IIS
11 13 (29.55%) Release Management
12 12 (27.27%) Banking
13 11 (25.00%) ASP.NET
14 10 (22.73%) XML
14 10 (22.73%) Team Foundation Server
15 9 (20.45%) MSBuild
16 8 (18.18%) MSI
16 8 (18.18%) WiX
17 7 (15.91%) Change Control
17 7 (15.91%) jQuery
17 7 (15.91%) WebSphere
17 7 (15.91%) Financial Institution
17 7 (15.91%) Java
18 6 (13.64%) VB
18 6 (13.64%) Linux

VSS/SourceSafe
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the London 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 35 (79.55%) .NET
2 11 (25.00%) ASP.NET
3 10 (22.73%) XML
4 7 (15.91%) jQuery
4 7 (15.91%) WebSphere
5 5 (11.36%) CSS
5 5 (11.36%) HTML
6 4 (9.091%) .NET Framework
7 3 (6.818%) Ajax
7 3 (6.818%) Middleware
7 3 (6.818%) Web Services
8 2 (4.545%) WSH
8 2 (4.545%) XHTML
8 2 (4.545%) WinForms
8 2 (4.545%) WCF
8 2 (4.545%) ASP.NET MVC
8 2 (4.545%) CSS3
8 2 (4.545%) ASP.NET MVC 4
9 1 (2.273%) Sass
9 1 (2.273%) LESS
Application Platforms
1 13 (29.55%) IIS
2 5 (11.36%) MQSeries
3 2 (4.545%) SharePoint
4 1 (2.273%) SharePoint 2013
4 1 (2.273%) Lync
4 1 (2.273%) Exchange Server 2010
4 1 (2.273%) Confluence
4 1 (2.273%) SharePoint 2010
4 1 (2.273%) Office Communications Server
4 1 (2.273%) Exchange Server 2007
4 1 (2.273%) TIBCO EMS
4 1 (2.273%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
4 1 (2.273%) CMS
4 1 (2.273%) MTS
4 1 (2.273%) MSMQ
4 1 (2.273%) MS Exchange
Applications
1 4 (9.091%) MS Excel
2 1 (2.273%) InfoPath
2 1 (2.273%) MS Office
2 1 (2.273%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 2 (4.545%) LongView
1 2 (4.545%) Khalix
1 2 (4.545%) HFM
2 1 (2.273%) BusinessWorks
Communications & Networking
1 2 (4.545%) Firewall
2 1 (2.273%) Cisco Nexus
2 1 (2.273%) NAS
2 1 (2.273%) Cisco ASA
2 1 (2.273%) SSH
2 1 (2.273%) Wireless
2 1 (2.273%) SAN
2 1 (2.273%) TCP/IP
2 1 (2.273%) Intranet
2 1 (2.273%) LAN
2 1 (2.273%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 30 (68.18%) SQL Server
2 17 (38.64%) SQL Server 2008
3 15 (34.09%) SQL Server 2005
4 3 (6.818%) Oracle 11g
4 3 (6.818%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 3 (6.818%) Oracle 8/8i
5 2 (4.545%) Oracle 9i
5 2 (4.545%) MS Access
5 2 (4.545%) Oracle 10g
5 2 (4.545%) OLAP
5 2 (4.545%) Essbase
5 2 (4.545%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 2 (4.545%) Oracle OLAP
6 1 (2.273%) SQL Server Analysis Services
6 1 (2.273%) Crystal Reports
6 1 (2.273%) DB2
6 1 (2.273%) SQL Server 2000
Development Applications
1 29 (65.91%) Subversion
2 14 (31.82%) NUnit
2 14 (31.82%) CruiseControl
3 10 (22.73%) Team Foundation Server
4 9 (20.45%) MSBuild
5 8 (18.18%) MSI
5 8 (18.18%) WiX
6 6 (13.64%) Visual Studio
7 2 (4.545%) JIRA
7 2 (4.545%) Jenkins
8 1 (2.273%) Rational DOORS
8 1 (2.273%) Hudson
8 1 (2.273%) Git (software)
8 1 (2.273%) NCover
8 1 (2.273%) CppUnit
8 1 (2.273%) TeamCity
8 1 (2.273%) ClearCase
General
1 19 (43.18%) Finance
2 12 (27.27%) Banking
3 7 (15.91%) Financial Institution
4 3 (6.818%) Investment Banking
5 1 (2.273%) Publishing
5 1 (2.273%) General Ledger
5 1 (2.273%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 16 (36.36%) Analyst
2 15 (34.09%) Developer
3 9 (20.45%) Integration Analyst
3 9 (20.45%) Systems Integration Analyst
3 9 (20.45%) Systems Analyst
4 5 (11.36%) Programmer
5 4 (9.091%) Analyst Programmer
5 4 (9.091%) Integration Engineer
5 4 (9.091%) Build Engineer
6 3 (6.818%) Senior Developer
7 2 (4.545%) Environment Manager
7 2 (4.545%) Build Manager
7 2 (4.545%) PHP Developer
7 2 (4.545%) Technical Analyst
7 2 (4.545%) Analyst Developer
7 2 (4.545%) ASP.NET Developer
7 2 (4.545%) .NET Developer
7 2 (4.545%) Deployment Manager
7 2 (4.545%) Technical Developer
7 2 (4.545%) Front-End Developer
Miscellaneous
1 3 (6.818%) Client/Server
2 1 (2.273%) Kindle
2 1 (2.273%) Graphic Design
2 1 (2.273%) Wiki
2 1 (2.273%) Blackberry
2 1 (2.273%) Management Information System
2 1 (2.273%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 19 (43.18%) Windows
2 6 (13.64%) Linux
3 4 (9.091%) Windows Server 2003
4 3 (6.818%) Windows Server 2008
5 2 (4.545%) Windows XP
5 2 (4.545%) UNIX
6 1 (2.273%) Windows 7
6 1 (2.273%) Windows 2000 Server
6 1 (2.273%) Windows 2000
6 1 (2.273%) Windows NT
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (36.36%) Continuous Integration
2 13 (29.55%) Release Management
3 7 (15.91%) Change Control
4 6 (13.64%) Migration
5 5 (11.36%) Software Engineering
6 4 (9.091%) Project Management
6 4 (9.091%) Web Development
6 4 (9.091%) Software Deployment
7 3 (6.818%) User Acceptance Testing
7 3 (6.818%) Unit Testing
7 3 (6.818%) Asset Management
7 3 (6.818%) Agile Software Development
8 2 (4.545%) Data Modelling
8 2 (4.545%) Stakeholder Management
8 2 (4.545%) Disaster Recovery
8 2 (4.545%) Workflow
8 2 (4.545%) Web Design
8 2 (4.545%) Project Planning
8 2 (4.545%) Integration Testing
8 2 (4.545%) Build Automation
Programming Languages
1 22 (50.00%) C#
2 18 (40.91%) SQL
3 7 (15.91%) Java
4 6 (13.64%) VB
5 5 (11.36%) JavaScript
6 4 (9.091%) PL/SQL
6 4 (9.091%) C++
6 4 (9.091%) T-SQL
6 4 (9.091%) PowerShell
7 3 (6.818%) Shell Script
8 2 (4.545%) Perl
8 2 (4.545%) PHP
8 2 (4.545%) VB6
9 1 (2.273%) VBA
Qualifications
1 6 (13.64%) Degree
2 1 (2.273%) Security Cleared
2 1 (2.273%) LPIC
2 1 (2.273%) MCSE
2 1 (2.273%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (11.36%) ISO 9001
2 1 (2.273%) WCAG
2 1 (2.273%) SLA
System Software
1 2 (4.545%) Active Directory
2 1 (2.273%) UAG
Systems Management
1 1 (2.273%) Symantec Enterprise Vault
1 1 (2.273%) SCOM
1 1 (2.273%) MIMEsweeper
1 1 (2.273%) MOM
Vendors
1 16 (36.36%) Oracle
1 16 (36.36%) Microsoft
2 2 (4.545%) Hyperion
2 2 (4.545%) Sybase
2 2 (4.545%) IBM
3 1 (2.273%) Sitecore
3 1 (2.273%) Zend
3 1 (2.273%) Google
3 1 (2.273%) Symantec
3 1 (2.273%) TIBCO
3 1 (2.273%) Websense
3 1 (2.273%) HP
3 1 (2.273%) Cognizant
3 1 (2.273%) Peregrine
3 1 (2.273%) Cisco
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