The first table below looks at the demand for VSS/SourceSafe skills in IT contracts advertised for the Somerset region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited VSS/SourceSafe over the 3 months to 17 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 Somerset 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
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Visual SourceSafe (VSS)
Rank 29 - 28
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Contract jobs citing VSS/SourceSafe 3 0 5
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Somerset 1.639% - 3.165%
As % of the Development Applications category 11.11% - 41.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 0 1
Average daily rate £320 - £360
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £305 £310
% change year-on-year
+6.55% -1.61%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £38.73 £37.50 £42.50
% change year-on-year
+3.28% -11.76%
All Development Applications
Somerset
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Development Applications category
27 17 12
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Somerset 14.75% 9.942% 7.595%
Number of daily rates quoted 12 8 6
Average daily rate £320 £365 £260
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-12.32% +40.38%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £301 £300 £166
10% offered a daily rate of more than £458 £381 £331
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £330 £325
% change year-on-year
-1.51% +1.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Average hourly rate £40.00 - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £37.50 £35.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year
+7.14% -
VSS/SourceSafe
South West

VSS/SourceSafe
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing VSS/SourceSafe across the Somerset region as a proportion of the total demand within the Development Applications category.

Somerset 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 Somerset region.

Somerset 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 Somerset region.

Somerset VSS/SourceSafe Hourly Rate Trend

VSS/SourceSafe
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing VSS/SourceSafe within the Somerset region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Bath - 1 £335 -
Taunton - 1 £320 -
VSS/SourceSafe
South West

VSS/SourceSafe
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Somerset 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 15 (100.00%) .NET
2 14 (93.33%) SharePoint
2 14 (93.33%) C#
2 14 (93.33%) Subversion
2 14 (93.33%) NUnit
2 14 (93.33%) CruiseControl
2 14 (93.33%) TeamCity
2 14 (93.33%) Team Foundation Server
2 14 (93.33%) MSTest
2 14 (93.33%) Jenkins
3 13 (86.67%) SQL
4 12 (80.00%) VB
4 12 (80.00%) VB.NET
4 12 (80.00%) C++
4 12 (80.00%) HTML
4 12 (80.00%) Java
4 12 (80.00%) JavaScript
4 12 (80.00%) Oracle
4 12 (80.00%) UNIX
4 12 (80.00%) UML
4 12 (80.00%) IIS
4 12 (80.00%) ASP
4 12 (80.00%) ASP.NET
4 12 (80.00%) XML
4 12 (80.00%) Ingres
4 12 (80.00%) Unit Testing
4 12 (80.00%) Continuous Integration
5 10 (66.67%) Microsoft
5 10 (66.67%) SQL Server
6 9 (60.00%) ITIL

VSS/SourceSafe
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Somerset 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
1 15 (100.00%) .NET
2 12 (80.00%) ASP
2 12 (80.00%) ASP.NET
2 12 (80.00%) XML
2 12 (80.00%) HTML
3 9 (60.00%) .NET Framework
4 1 (6.667%) MDX
4 1 (6.667%) EDI
Application Platforms
1 14 (93.33%) SharePoint
2 12 (80.00%) IIS
3 8 (53.33%) OpenROAD
Applications
1 1 (6.667%) MS Excel
1 1 (6.667%) MS Visio
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (80.00%) Ingres
2 10 (66.67%) SQL Server
3 1 (6.667%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 1 (6.667%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 1 (6.667%) SQL Server 2008
3 1 (6.667%) Business Intelligence Development Studio
Development Applications
1 14 (93.33%) NUnit
1 14 (93.33%) CruiseControl
1 14 (93.33%) Subversion
1 14 (93.33%) TeamCity
1 14 (93.33%) Team Foundation Server
1 14 (93.33%) MSTest
1 14 (93.33%) Jenkins
Job Titles
1 15 (100.00%) Developer
2 14 (93.33%) .NET Developer
2 14 (93.33%) C# Developer
2 14 (93.33%) C# .NET Developer
3 6 (40.00%) Analyst Developer
3 6 (40.00%) Analyst
4 5 (33.33%) Senior Developer
4 5 (33.33%) ASP.NET Developer
4 5 (33.33%) Senior Analyst
4 5 (33.33%) C# ASP.NET Developer
4 5 (33.33%) Senior C# Developer
4 5 (33.33%) Senior .NET Developer
4 5 (33.33%) Senior Analyst Developer
5 3 (20.00%) Senior ASP.NET Developer
5 3 (20.00%) Senior Support Analyst
5 3 (20.00%) Support Analyst
6 1 (6.667%) SQL Developer
6 1 (6.667%) Microsoft Developer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (6.667%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 12 (80.00%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (80.00%) UML
1 12 (80.00%) Unit Testing
1 12 (80.00%) Continuous Integration
2 9 (60.00%) ITIL
2 9 (60.00%) Service Delivery
3 7 (46.67%) ITSM
3 7 (46.67%) Service Management
4 1 (6.667%) TDD
4 1 (6.667%) Data Management
4 1 (6.667%) Performance Testing
4 1 (6.667%) ERP
4 1 (6.667%) Data Modelling
4 1 (6.667%) Business Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 14 (93.33%) C#
2 13 (86.67%) SQL
3 12 (80.00%) VB
3 12 (80.00%) VB.NET
3 12 (80.00%) C++
3 12 (80.00%) Java
3 12 (80.00%) JavaScript
4 1 (6.667%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 7 (46.67%) MCP
1 7 (46.67%) ISEB
1 7 (46.67%) Microsoft Certification
1 7 (46.67%) MCTS
1 7 (46.67%) MCPD
2 1 (6.667%) SC Cleared
2 1 (6.667%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 12 (80.00%) Oracle
2 10 (66.67%) Microsoft