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This section looks at the demand for Microsoft Visual SourceSafe (VSS) skills within the South Yorkshire 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
Rank42-
Rank change on same period last yearNew entry-
Matching contract IT job ads10
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.001 %0.000 %
As % of the category below1.887 %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 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 South YorkshireDevelopment Applications
South Yorkshire
Matching contract IT job ads5347
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.070 %0.050 %
Daily rates quoted196
Average minimum daily rate£289£256
Average daily rate£298£257
% change on same period last year+15.70 %
Average maximum daily rate£306£259
UK excluding London average daily rate£335£329
% change on same period last year+1.79 %
Hourly rates quoted76
Average minimum hourly rate£31.88£24.75
Average hourly rate£34.25£26.25
% change on same period last year+30.47 %
Average maximum hourly rate£36.63£27.75
UK excluding London average hourly rate£33.57£34.00
% change on same period last year-1.26 %
VSS/SourceSafe YorkshireVSS/SourceSafe
Yorkshire

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

South Yorkshire 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 South Yorkshire region.

South Yorkshire 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 South Yorkshire region.

South Yorkshire 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 South Yorkshire 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
SheffieldNew entry-1--
VSS/SourceSafe YorkshireVSS/SourceSafe
Yorkshire

VSS/SourceSafe
Top 28 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 4 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the South Yorkshire 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 %).NET
14 (100.00 %)ASP.NET
14 (100.00 %)SQL Server
23 (75.00 %)Crystal Reports
23 (75.00 %)IIS
23 (75.00 %)Visual Studio
23 (75.00 %)VB6
23 (75.00 %)Finance
23 (75.00 %)SQL Server 2005
23 (75.00 %)SOAP
23 (75.00 %)XML
23 (75.00 %)Unix
23 (75.00 %)Client/Server
23 (75.00 %)Microsoft
23 (75.00 %)Sage
23 (75.00 %)VB
23 (75.00 %)VB.NET
32 (50.00 %)SQL
41 (25.00 %)Wiki
41 (25.00 %)Knowledge Management
41 (25.00 %)AJAX
41 (25.00 %)ASP
41 (25.00 %)VBScript
41 (25.00 %)C#
41 (25.00 %)HTML
41 (25.00 %)JavaScript
41 (25.00 %)MySQL
41 (25.00 %)Project Management

VSS/SourceSafe
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 4 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the South Yorkshire 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 (100.00 %)ASP.NET
14 (100.00 %).NET
23 (75.00 %)SOAP
23 (75.00 %)XML
31 (25.00 %)AJAX
31 (25.00 %)ASP
31 (25.00 %)HTML
Application Platforms
13 (75.00 %)IIS
Database & Business Intelligence
14 (100.00 %)SQL Server
23 (75.00 %)Crystal Reports
23 (75.00 %)SQL Server 2005
31 (25.00 %)MySQL
Development Applications
13 (75.00 %)Visual Studio
General
13 (75.00 %)Finance
Job Titles
12 (50.00 %)Programmer
12 (50.00 %)Software Programmer
21 (25.00 %)Software Developer
21 (25.00 %)Developer
21 (25.00 %).NET Developer
21 (25.00 %)Technical Lead
21 (25.00 %).NET Programmer
Miscellaneous
13 (75.00 %)Client/Server
21 (25.00 %)Wiki
Operating Systems
13 (75.00 %)Unix
Processes & Methodologies
11 (25.00 %)Project Management
11 (25.00 %)Knowledge Management
Programming Languages
13 (75.00 %)VB
13 (75.00 %)VB.NET
13 (75.00 %)VB6
22 (50.00 %)SQL
31 (25.00 %)VBScript
31 (25.00 %)C#
31 (25.00 %)JavaScript
Vendors
13 (75.00 %)Microsoft
13 (75.00 %)Sage
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