The first table below looks at the demand for VSS/SourceSafe skills in IT contracts advertised for the Surrey region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited VSS/SourceSafe over the 3 months to 22 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 Surrey 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
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Visual SourceSafe (VSS)
Rank 76 91 93
Rank change year-on-year
+15 +2
Contract jobs citing VSS/SourceSafe 3 6 8
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Surrey 0.259% 0.365% 0.439%
As % of the Development Applications category 2.400% 2.510% 4.020%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 1 0
Average daily rate £280 £123 -
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+127.18% -
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £329 £310
% change year-on-year
-1.14% +6.04%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 5 2
Average hourly rate £47.50 £45.00 £42.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+5.55% +5.88%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £47.50 £37.50 £42.50
% change year-on-year
+26.66% -11.76%
All Development Applications
Surrey
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Development Applications category
125 239 199
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Surrey 10.80% 14.52% 10.92%
Number of daily rates quoted 55 144 111
Average daily rate £325 £350 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-7.14% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £225 £250 £255
10% offered a daily rate of more than £400 £425 £425
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £330 £325
% change year-on-year
-1.51% +1.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 17 11 9
Average hourly rate £37.50 £45.00 £42.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-16.66% +5.88%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £37.50 £35.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year
+7.14% -
VSS/SourceSafe
South East

VSS/SourceSafe
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Surrey 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 Surrey region.

Surrey 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 Surrey region.

Surrey 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 Surrey region over the 3 months to 22 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
Woking - 1 £280 -
VSS/SourceSafe
South East

VSS/SourceSafe
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Surrey 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 2 (66.67%) ClearCase
2 1 (33.33%) Eclipse
2 1 (33.33%) TCP/IP
2 1 (33.33%) Microsoft
2 1 (33.33%) Microsoft Certification
2 1 (33.33%) SQL Server 2000
2 1 (33.33%) Configuration Management
2 1 (33.33%) TickIT
2 1 (33.33%) Quality Management
2 1 (33.33%) Agile Software Development
2 1 (33.33%) Document Management
2 1 (33.33%) SQL Server Reporting Services
2 1 (33.33%) Ajax
2 1 (33.33%) SQL Server Integration Services
2 1 (33.33%) Requirements Management
2 1 (33.33%) .NET Framework
2 1 (33.33%) LINQ
2 1 (33.33%) Multithreading
2 1 (33.33%) QMS
2 1 (33.33%) SQL Server 2008
2 1 (33.33%) Git (software)
2 1 (33.33%) Team Foundation Server
2 1 (33.33%) Rational DOORS
2 1 (33.33%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
2 1 (33.33%) Embedded Systems
2 1 (33.33%) Jenkins
2 1 (33.33%) C#
2 1 (33.33%) C++
2 1 (33.33%) JavaScript
2 1 (33.33%) VB.NET

VSS/SourceSafe
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Surrey 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 1 (33.33%) Ajax
1 1 (33.33%) .NET Framework
1 1 (33.33%) LINQ
1 1 (33.33%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
1 1 (33.33%) .NET
1 1 (33.33%) ADO.NET
1 1 (33.33%) ASP.NET
1 1 (33.33%) STL
1 1 (33.33%) Web Services
1 1 (33.33%) XML
Communications & Networking
1 1 (33.33%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (33.33%) SQL Server 2000
1 1 (33.33%) SQL Server Reporting Services
1 1 (33.33%) SQL Server Integration Services
1 1 (33.33%) SQL Server 2008
1 1 (33.33%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 2 (66.67%) ClearCase
2 1 (33.33%) Eclipse
2 1 (33.33%) Git (software)
2 1 (33.33%) Team Foundation Server
2 1 (33.33%) Rational DOORS
2 1 (33.33%) Jenkins
2 1 (33.33%) Visual Studio
Job Titles
1 1 (33.33%) Software Developer
1 1 (33.33%) Software Engineer
1 1 (33.33%) Developer
1 1 (33.33%) Consultant
1 1 (33.33%) Senior Software Engineer
1 1 (33.33%) C++ Software Engineer
1 1 (33.33%) Senior C++ Software Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) Embedded Systems
Operating Systems
1 1 (33.33%) Windows
1 1 (33.33%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (33.33%) Configuration Management
1 1 (33.33%) Quality Management
1 1 (33.33%) Agile Software Development
1 1 (33.33%) Document Management
1 1 (33.33%) Requirements Management
1 1 (33.33%) Multithreading
1 1 (33.33%) QMS
1 1 (33.33%) RAD
Programming Languages
1 1 (33.33%) C#
1 1 (33.33%) C++
1 1 (33.33%) JavaScript
1 1 (33.33%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft Certification
1 1 (33.33%) MCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (33.33%) TickIT
Vendors
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft