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This section looks at the demand for Microsoft Visual SourceSafe (VSS) skills within the Slough 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
Rank30-
Rank change on same period last yearNew entry-
Matching contract IT job ads50
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.007 %0.000 %
As % of the category below12.50 %0.000 %
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 quoted40
Average minimum hourly rate£35.00-
Average hourly rate£35.00-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate£35.00-
UK excluding London average hourly rate£33.60£32.44
% change on same period last year+3.58 %
Development Applications SloughDevelopment Applications
Slough
Matching contract IT job ads4020
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.053 %0.021 %
Daily rates quoted94
Average minimum daily rate£254£304
Average daily rate£267£314
% change on same period last year-14.83 %
Average maximum daily rate£280£324
UK excluding London average daily rate£335£329
% change on same period last year+1.79 %
Hourly rates quoted145
Average minimum hourly rate£36.36£74.83
Average hourly rate£36.82£75.25
% change on same period last year-51.07 %
Average maximum hourly rate£37.27£75.67
UK excluding London average hourly rate£33.57£34.00
% change on same period last year-1.26 %
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 Slough region as a proportion of the total demand within the Development Applications category.

Slough 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 Slough region.

Slough 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 Slough region.

Slough VSS/SourceSafe Hourly Rate Trend

VSS/SourceSafe
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing VSS/SourceSafe across the Slough region over the 3 months to 4 July 2008.

Slough VSS/SourceSafe Hourly Rate Histogram

VSS/SourceSafe
Top 27 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 4 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Slough 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.

113 (100.00 %)HTML
113 (100.00 %)Java
113 (100.00 %)JavaScript
113 (100.00 %)DB2
113 (100.00 %)Photoshop
113 (100.00 %)IIS
113 (100.00 %)ASP
113 (100.00 %)CSS
113 (100.00 %)JSP
113 (100.00 %)Dreamweaver
113 (100.00 %)IBM
113 (100.00 %)Windows Server 2003
113 (100.00 %)Flash
113 (100.00 %)DB2 UDB
211 (84.62 %)Extranet
211 (84.62 %)ActionScript
310 (76.92 %).NET
310 (76.92 %)ASP.NET
48 (61.54 %)Windows
48 (61.54 %)Internet
48 (61.54 %)Release Management
48 (61.54 %)Multimedia
57 (53.85 %)SQL Server 2000
57 (53.85 %)SQL Server
66 (46.15 %)SQL
73 (23.08 %)VB.NET
73 (23.08 %)XHTML

VSS/SourceSafe
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 4 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Slough 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
113 (100.00 %)HTML
113 (100.00 %)ASP
113 (100.00 %)CSS
113 (100.00 %)JSP
210 (76.92 %)ASP.NET
210 (76.92 %).NET
33 (23.08 %)XHTML
Application Platforms
113 (100.00 %)IIS
Applications
113 (100.00 %)Photoshop
Communications & Networking
111 (84.62 %)Extranet
28 (61.54 %)Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
113 (100.00 %)DB2
113 (100.00 %)DB2 UDB
27 (53.85 %)SQL Server
27 (53.85 %)SQL Server 2000
Development Applications
113 (100.00 %)Flash
113 (100.00 %)Dreamweaver
General
18 (61.54 %)Multimedia
Job Titles
113 (100.00 %)Developer
212 (92.31 %)Web Developer
33 (23.08 %)HTML Developer
42 (15.38 %)Internet Developer
51 (7.692 %)Flash Developer
51 (7.692 %)ActionScript Developer
Operating Systems
113 (100.00 %)Windows Server 2003
28 (61.54 %)Windows
Processes & Methodologies
18 (61.54 %)Release Management
Programming Languages
113 (100.00 %)Java
113 (100.00 %)JavaScript
211 (84.62 %)ActionScript
36 (46.15 %)SQL
43 (23.08 %)VB.NET
Vendors
113 (100.00 %)IBM
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