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This section looks at the demand for Microsoft Visual SourceSafe (VSS) skills within the Scotland region with a comparison to our Development Applications category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT job ads that have cited VSS/SourceSafe over the 3 months to 4 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkMicrosoft Visual SourceSafe (VSS)
Location
3 months to 4 Jul 2008Same period last year
Rank100130
Rank change on same period last yearUp+30
Matching contract IT job ads32
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.004 %0.002 %
As % of the category below1.087 %0.633 %
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£367£351
% change on same period last year+4.41 %
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£33.60£32.44
% change on same period last year+3.58 %
Development Applications ScotlandDevelopment Applications
Scotland
Matching contract IT job ads276316
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.364 %0.335 %
Daily rates quoted6691
Average minimum daily rate£291£300
Average daily rate£304£315
% change on same period last year-3.53 %
Average maximum daily rate£317£330
UK excluding London average daily rate£335£329
% change on same period last year+1.79 %
Hourly rates quoted33
Average minimum hourly rate£16.33£12.75
Average hourly rate£18.33£13.69
% change on same period last year+33.94 %
Average maximum hourly rate£20.33£14.63
UK excluding London average hourly rate£33.57£34.00
% change on same period last year-1.26 %
VSS/SourceSafe UKVSS/SourceSafe
UK

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

Scotland 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 Scotland region.

Scotland 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 Scotland region.

Scotland 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 job ads citing VSS/SourceSafe within the Scotland region over the 3 months to 4 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
GlasgowNew entry-3--
VSS/SourceSafe UKVSS/SourceSafe
UK

VSS/SourceSafe
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 4 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Scotland 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 (40.00 %).NET
14 (40.00 %)Marketing
23 (30.00 %)MCITP
23 (30.00 %)SQL Server Integration Services
23 (30.00 %)Management Information System
23 (30.00 %)Finance
23 (30.00 %)Subversion
23 (30.00 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
23 (30.00 %)Banking
23 (30.00 %)ETL
23 (30.00 %)SQL Server
23 (30.00 %)Business Intelligence
23 (30.00 %)Microsoft
23 (30.00 %)Microsoft Certification
23 (30.00 %)SQL
23 (30.00 %)Transact-SQL
23 (30.00 %)Java
23 (30.00 %)Visual Studio
32 (20.00 %)PVCS
32 (20.00 %)XML
32 (20.00 %)Perl
32 (20.00 %)C
32 (20.00 %)VB
32 (20.00 %)VC++
32 (20.00 %)ClearQuest
32 (20.00 %)Configuration Management
32 (20.00 %)C++
32 (20.00 %)Statistics
32 (20.00 %)Degree
32 (20.00 %)Mathematics

VSS/SourceSafe
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 4 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Scotland 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
14 (40.00 %).NET
22 (20.00 %)XML
31 (10.00 %)XSLT
31 (10.00 %)Middleware
31 (10.00 %)WebSphere
31 (10.00 %)ASP.NET 2.0
31 (10.00 %)ASP.NET
31 (10.00 %)WebServices
Application Platforms
11 (10.00 %)Apache
11 (10.00 %)WebSphere MQ
11 (10.00 %)CMS
11 (10.00 %)WebSphere Message Broker
11 (10.00 %)Umbraco
Communications & Networking
11 (10.00 %)HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
13 (30.00 %)SQL Server
13 (30.00 %)ETL
13 (30.00 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
13 (30.00 %)SQL Server Integration Services
21 (10.00 %)SQL Server 2005
21 (10.00 %)SQL Server 2000
Development Applications
13 (30.00 %)Visual Studio
13 (30.00 %)Subversion
22 (20.00 %)ClearQuest
22 (20.00 %)PVCS
31 (10.00 %)ClearCase
31 (10.00 %)Eclipse
31 (10.00 %)CruiseControl
31 (10.00 %)JIRA
31 (10.00 %)Ant
General
14 (40.00 %)Marketing
23 (30.00 %)Finance
23 (30.00 %)Banking
Job Titles
14 (40.00 %)Software Engineer
14 (40.00 %)Developer
23 (30.00 %)SQL Developer
32 (20.00 %)Quality Engineer
32 (20.00 %)Analyst
32 (20.00 %)Process Engineer
32 (20.00 %)C++ Software Engineer
32 (20.00 %)C Software Engineer
41 (10.00 %).NET Programmer
41 (10.00 %)Programmer
41 (10.00 %)Process Analyst
41 (10.00 %).NET Developer
41 (10.00 %)C# Developer
41 (10.00 %)WebSphere Specialist
41 (10.00 %)Developer Analyst
Miscellaneous
13 (30.00 %)Management Information System
22 (20.00 %)Statistics
22 (20.00 %)Mathematics
31 (10.00 %)Web 2.0
Operating Systems
11 (10.00 %)Unix
11 (10.00 %)Windows
11 (10.00 %)Solaris
11 (10.00 %)Linux
Processes & Methodologies
13 (30.00 %)Business Intelligence
22 (20.00 %)Configuration Management
31 (10.00 %)Project Management
31 (10.00 %)Release Management
31 (10.00 %)Internet Marketing
31 (10.00 %)RAD
Programming Languages
13 (30.00 %)Java
13 (30.00 %)SQL
13 (30.00 %)Transact-SQL
22 (20.00 %)VB
22 (20.00 %)VC++
22 (20.00 %)Perl
22 (20.00 %)C
22 (20.00 %)C++
31 (10.00 %)C#
Qualifications
13 (30.00 %)Microsoft Certification
13 (30.00 %)MCITP
22 (20.00 %)Degree
22 (20.00 %)CSQA
Vendors
13 (30.00 %)Microsoft
21 (10.00 %)Red Hat
21 (10.00 %)Oracle
21 (10.00 %)Sybase
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