The first table below looks at the demand for VSS/SourceSafe skills in IT contracts advertised for the Midlands 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 Midlands 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 - - 37
Contract jobs citing VSS/SourceSafe 0 0 1
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the Midlands - - 0.293%
As % of the Development Applications category - - 5.263%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Average daily rate - - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £329 £310
% change year-on-year
-1.14% +6.04%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Average hourly rate - - £19.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £47.50 £37.50 £42.50
% change year-on-year
+26.66% -11.76%
All Development Applications
Midlands
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Development Applications category
16 34 19
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the Midlands 9.357% 12.45% 5.572%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 8 5
Average daily rate £375 £300 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+25.00% -7.69%
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £330 £325
% change year-on-year
-1.51% +1.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 5 3
Average hourly rate - £40.00 £21.75
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- +83.90%
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 Midlands region as a proportion of the total demand within the Development Applications category.

Midlands 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 Midlands region.

Midlands 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 Midlands region.

Midlands VSS/SourceSafe Hourly Rate Trend

VSS/SourceSafe
Top 13 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Midlands 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 1 (100.00%) SQL
1 1 (100.00%) Oracle
1 1 (100.00%) MS Office
1 1 (100.00%) UNIX
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
1 1 (100.00%) Linux
1 1 (100.00%) MS Excel
1 1 (100.00%) ISO 9001
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) Configuration Management
1 1 (100.00%) TickIT
1 1 (100.00%) MS PowerPoint
1 1 (100.00%) User Acceptance Testing

VSS/SourceSafe
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Midlands 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.

Applications
1 1 (100.00%) MS Office
1 1 (100.00%) MS Excel
1 1 (100.00%) MS PowerPoint
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Software Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Test Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Software Test Engineer
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) UNIX
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
1 1 (100.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Configuration Management
1 1 (100.00%) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) SQL
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) ISO 9001
1 1 (100.00%) TickIT
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Oracle
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft