Microsoft Visual SourceSafe (VSS)
UK
The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for VSS/SourceSafe skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited VSS/SourceSafe over the 6 months to 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.
| 6 months to 27 Apr 2024 |
Same period 2023 | Same period 2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 593 | 716 | 842 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +123 | +126 | -161 |
| Contract jobs citing VSS/SourceSafe | 5 | 3 | 7 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK | 0.012% | 0.005% | 0.008% |
| As % of the Development Applications category | 0.098% | 0.033% | 0.044% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| 10th Percentile | £483 | - | £510 |
| 25th Percentile | £531 | - | £525 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £625 | £600 | £575 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +4.17% | +4.35% | +40.24% |
| 75th Percentile | £669 | - | £619 |
| 90th Percentile | £688 | - | - |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | - | - | £550 |
| % change year-on-year | - | - | +34.15% |
All Development Application Skills
UK
VSS/SourceSafe is in the Development Applications category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with a requirement for development application skills.
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for development application skills | 5,120 | 9,058 | 15,913 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK | 11.82% | 15.15% | 17.91% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 3,445 | 6,374 | 11,232 |
| 10th Percentile | £356 | £385 | £400 |
| 25th Percentile | £425 | £460 | £457 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £525 | £550 | £550 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -4.55% | - | +12.24% |
| 75th Percentile | £625 | £663 | £650 |
| 90th Percentile | £725 | £750 | £740 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £500 | £500 | £500 |
| % change year-on-year | - | - | +16.28% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 190 | 250 | 212 |
| 10th Percentile | £31.71 | £45.00 | £37.25 |
| 25th Percentile | £46.20 | £53.75 | £39.75 |
| Median hourly rate | £62.50 | £61.50 | £50.50 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +1.63% | +21.78% | +11.60% |
| 75th Percentile | £70.00 | £70.00 | £62.15 |
| 90th Percentile | £82.75 | £78.00 | £75.00 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £65.00 | £61.50 | £54.50 |
| % change year-on-year | +5.69% | +12.84% | +21.11% |
VSS/SourceSafe
Job Vacancy Trend
Job postings citing VSS/SourceSafe as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.
VSS/SourceSafe
Contractor Daily Rate Trend
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing VSS/SourceSafe.
VSS/SourceSafe
Daily Rate Histogram
Daily rate distribution for jobs citing VSS/SourceSafe over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.
VSS/SourceSafe
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend
3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing VSS/SourceSafe.
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Top 3 Contract Locations
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing VSS/SourceSafe within the UK over the 6 months to 27 April 2024. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.
| Location | Rank Change on Same Period Last Year |
Matching Contract IT Job Ads |
Median Daily Rate Past 6 Months |
Median Daily Rate % Change on Same Period Last Year |
Live Jobs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| England | +130 | 5 | £625 | +4.17% | 5 |
| London | +103 | 5 | £625 | +4.17% | 2 |
| Work from Home | +133 | 3 | £625 | - | 3 |
VSS/SourceSafe
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities by Category
The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories: