Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs
Job Type
Source

The table below looks at the demand for Microsoft Visual SourceSafe (VSS) skills within the Southampton 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 10 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkMicrosoft Visual SourceSafe (VSS)
Location
3 months to
10 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank22-
Rank change on same period last yearNew entry-
Matching contract IT job ads30
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.004 %0.000 %
As % of the category below15.79 %0.000 %
Daily rates quoted10
Average minimum daily rate£350-
Average daily rate£388-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate£425-
UK excluding London average daily rate£331£312
% change on same period last year+5.93 %
Hourly rates quoted20
Average minimum hourly rate£30.00-
Average hourly rate£33.50-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate£37.00-
UK excluding London average hourly rate£34.67£34.69
% change on same period last year-0.07 %
Southampton IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
Southampton
Matching contract IT job ads1933
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.027 %0.033 %
Daily rates quoted614
Average minimum daily rate£346£353
Average daily rate£384£385
% change on same period last year-0.24 %
Average maximum daily rate£422£417
UK excluding London average daily rate£324£328
% change on same period last year-1.38 %
Hourly rates quoted33
Average minimum hourly rate£29.00£15.45
Average hourly rate£32.30£17.16
% change on same period last year+88.22 %
Average maximum hourly rate£35.60£18.88
UK excluding London average hourly rate£32.49£31.36
% change on same period last year+3.60 %
VSS/SourceSafe HampshireVSS/SourceSafe
Hampshire

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

Southampton 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 Southampton region.

Southampton 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 Southampton region.

Southampton 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 Southampton region over the 3 months to 10 October 2008.

Southampton VSS/SourceSafe Hourly Rate Histogram

VSS/SourceSafe
Top 28 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 10 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Southampton 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 (75.00 %)C#
13 (75.00 %)SQL
13 (75.00 %)Oracle
13 (75.00 %)SQL Server
13 (75.00 %).NET
13 (75.00 %)ASP.NET
22 (50.00 %)PL/SQL
22 (50.00 %)ASP
22 (50.00 %)Oracle 10g
22 (50.00 %)Agile Software Development
22 (50.00 %)AJAX
22 (50.00 %)Visual Studio
22 (50.00 %)VB
22 (50.00 %)Finance
22 (50.00 %)ASP.NET 2.0
31 (25.00 %)Java
31 (25.00 %)DB2
31 (25.00 %)Ant
31 (25.00 %)PVCS
31 (25.00 %)J2EE
31 (25.00 %)UNIX
31 (25.00 %)Windows
31 (25.00 %)ClearCase
31 (25.00 %)Release Management
31 (25.00 %)Atlassian Bamboo
31 (25.00 %)CruiseControl
31 (25.00 %)Subversion
31 (25.00 %)Configuration Management

VSS/SourceSafe
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 10 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Southampton 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.

Southampton IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
13 (75.00 %).NET
13 (75.00 %)ASP.NET
22 (50.00 %)AJAX
22 (50.00 %)ASP.NET 2.0
22 (50.00 %)ASP
31 (25.00 %)J2EE
Southampton IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
13 (75.00 %)SQL Server
22 (50.00 %)Oracle 10g
31 (25.00 %)DB2
Southampton IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
12 (50.00 %)Visual Studio
21 (25.00 %)PVCS
21 (25.00 %)ClearCase
21 (25.00 %)CruiseControl
21 (25.00 %)Subversion
21 (25.00 %)Atlassian Bamboo
21 (25.00 %)Ant
Southampton IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
12 (50.00 %)Finance
Southampton IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
13 (75.00 %).NET Developer
13 (75.00 %)Developer
21 (25.00 %)Configuration Manager
21 (25.00 %)C# Developer
21 (25.00 %)Software Configuration Manager
21 (25.00 %)Software Manager
Southampton IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
11 (25.00 %)UNIX
11 (25.00 %)Windows
Southampton IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
12 (50.00 %)Agile Software Development
21 (25.00 %)Release Management
21 (25.00 %)Configuration Management
Southampton IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
13 (75.00 %)C#
13 (75.00 %)SQL
22 (50.00 %)VB
22 (50.00 %)PL/SQL
31 (25.00 %)Java
Southampton IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
13 (75.00 %)Oracle