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This section looks at the demand for Microsoft Visual SourceSafe (VSS) skills within the Reading 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
Rank7171
Rank change on same period last yearNo change0
Matching contract IT job ads12
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.001 %0.002 %
As % of the category below0.654 %2.083 %
Daily rates quoted10
Average minimum daily rate£350-
Average daily rate£350-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate£350-
UK excluding London average daily rate£353£347
% change on same period last year+1.71 %
Hourly rates quoted02
Average minimum hourly rate-£40.00
Average hourly rate-£40.00
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate-£40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£32.71£33.47
% change on same period last year-2.28 %
Reading IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
Reading
Matching contract IT job ads15396
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.204 %0.097 %
Daily rates quoted5016
Average minimum daily rate£328£314
Average daily rate£341£335
% change on same period last year+1.90 %
Average maximum daily rate£354£356
UK excluding London average daily rate£329£331
% change on same period last year-0.66 %
Hourly rates quoted78
Average minimum hourly rate£32.63£31.25
Average hourly rate£35.44£31.67
% change on same period last year+11.90 %
Average maximum hourly rate£38.25£32.08
UK excluding London average hourly rate£32.89£34.13
% change on same period last year-3.63 %
VSS/SourceSafe BerkshireVSS/SourceSafe
Berkshire

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

Reading 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 Reading region.

Reading 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 Reading region.

Reading VSS/SourceSafe Hourly Rate Trend

VSS/SourceSafe
Top 13 Related IT Skills

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

13 (100.00 %)C#
13 (100.00 %)C++
13 (100.00 %)Perl
13 (100.00 %)Microsoft
13 (100.00 %)Configuration Management
13 (100.00 %)InstallShield
13 (100.00 %)VC++
13 (100.00 %)Python
22 (66.67 %)ISO9001
22 (66.67 %)Subversion
22 (66.67 %)Release Management
31 (33.33 %)Change Management
31 (33.33 %).NET

VSS/SourceSafe
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Reading IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
11 (33.33 %).NET
Reading IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
13 (100.00 %)InstallShield
22 (66.67 %)Subversion
Reading IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
11 (33.33 %)Software Engineer
11 (33.33 %)Analyst
11 (33.33 %)Release Manager
11 (33.33 %)Release Engineer
Reading IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
13 (100.00 %)Configuration Management
22 (66.67 %)Release Management
31 (33.33 %)Change Management
Reading IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
13 (100.00 %)C#
13 (100.00 %)C++
13 (100.00 %)Perl
13 (100.00 %)VC++
13 (100.00 %)Python
Reading IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
12 (66.67 %)ISO9001
Reading IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
13 (100.00 %)Microsoft
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