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This section looks at the demand for Microsoft Visual SourceSafe (VSS) skills within the Oxfordshire 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 25 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkMicrosoft Visual SourceSafe (VSS)
Location
3 months to 25 Jul 2008Same period last year
Rank5742
Rank change on same period last yearDown-15
Matching contract IT job ads112
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.001 %0.012 %
As % of the category below1.563 %27.27 %
Daily rates quoted09
Average minimum daily rate-£267
Average daily rate-£320
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate-£373
UK excluding London average daily rate£353£347
% change on same period last year+1.71 %
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£32.71£33.47
% change on same period last year-2.28 %
Oxfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
Oxfordshire
Matching contract IT job ads6444
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.085 %0.045 %
Daily rates quoted913
Average minimum daily rate£223£271
Average daily rate£246£315
% change on same period last year-21.98 %
Average maximum daily rate£268£358
UK excluding London average daily rate£329£331
% change on same period last year-0.66 %
Hourly rates quoted41
Average minimum hourly rate£18.00£42.00
Average hourly rate£19.80£42.00
% change on same period last year-52.85 %
Average maximum hourly rate£21.60£42.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£32.89£34.13
% change on same period last year-3.63 %
VSS/SourceSafe South EastVSS/SourceSafe
South East

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

Oxfordshire 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 Oxfordshire region.

Oxfordshire 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 Oxfordshire region.

Oxfordshire 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 Oxfordshire region over the 3 months to 25 July 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
OxfordDown-111--
VSS/SourceSafe South EastVSS/SourceSafe
South East

VSS/SourceSafe
Top 28 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Oxfordshire 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 %).NET
14 (100.00 %)SQL Server
14 (100.00 %)Visual Studio
14 (100.00 %)ASP.NET
14 (100.00 %)XML
14 (100.00 %)SQL Server 2005
23 (75.00 %)VB
23 (75.00 %)VB6
23 (75.00 %)XSLT
23 (75.00 %)OOA/OOD
23 (75.00 %)ASP
32 (50.00 %)Microsoft
32 (50.00 %)Internet
32 (50.00 %)Configuration Management
32 (50.00 %).NET Framework
41 (25.00 %)Unit Testing
41 (25.00 %)NUnit
41 (25.00 %)AJAX
41 (25.00 %)Intranet
41 (25.00 %)OO
41 (25.00 %)E-Commerce
41 (25.00 %)Client/Server
41 (25.00 %)IIS
41 (25.00 %)JavaScript
41 (25.00 %)SQL
41 (25.00 %)Transact-SQL

VSS/SourceSafe
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Oxfordshire 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.

Oxfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
14 (100.00 %)ASP.NET
14 (100.00 %)XML
14 (100.00 %)HTML
14 (100.00 %).NET
23 (75.00 %)ASP
23 (75.00 %)XSLT
32 (50.00 %).NET Framework
41 (25.00 %)AJAX
Oxfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
11 (25.00 %)IIS
Oxfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
12 (50.00 %)Internet
21 (25.00 %)Intranet
Oxfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
14 (100.00 %)SQL Server
14 (100.00 %)SQL Server 2005
Oxfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
14 (100.00 %)Visual Studio
21 (25.00 %)NUnit
Oxfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
13 (75.00 %)Developer
22 (50.00 %).NET Developer
22 (50.00 %)C# Developer
31 (25.00 %)VB Developer
31 (25.00 %)ASP Developer
31 (25.00 %)ASP.NET Developer
31 (25.00 %)VB6 Developer
31 (25.00 %)Lead C# Developer
31 (25.00 %)Lead Software Engineer
31 (25.00 %)C#/ASP.NET Developer
31 (25.00 %)Lead Developer
31 (25.00 %)Software Engineer
Oxfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
11 (25.00 %)Client/Server
Oxfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
13 (75.00 %)OOA/OOD
22 (50.00 %)Configuration Management
31 (25.00 %)Unit Testing
31 (25.00 %)OO
31 (25.00 %)E-Commerce
Oxfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
14 (100.00 %)C#
23 (75.00 %)VB
23 (75.00 %)VB6
31 (25.00 %)JavaScript
31 (25.00 %)SQL
31 (25.00 %)Transact-SQL
Oxfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
12 (50.00 %)Microsoft
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