The first table below looks at the demand for VSS/SourceSafe skills in IT jobs advertised for the Bedfordshire region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited VSS/SourceSafe over the 3 months to 24 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 Bedfordshire region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Visual SourceSafe (VSS)
Rank 93 72 69
Rank change year-on-year
-21 -3
Permanent jobs citing VSS/SourceSafe 1 8 10
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Bedfordshire 0.092% 0.841% 1.139%
As % of the Development Applications category 0.725% 4.545% 8.772%
Number of salaries quoted 1 5 7
Average salary £35,000 £35,500 £34,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-1.40% +4.41%
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
+6.66% +7.14%
All Development Applications
Bedfordshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Development Applications category
138 176 114
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Bedfordshire 12.67% 18.51% 12.98%
Number of salaries quoted 130 156 110
Average salary £41,000 £40,000 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+2.50% -
90% offered a salary of more than £27,700 £29,000 £35,000
10% offered a salary of more than £53,000 £50,000 £60,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,500 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
+1.31% +1.33%
VSS/SourceSafe
East of England

VSS/SourceSafe
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Bedfordshire VSS/SourceSafe Jobs Demand Trend

VSS/SourceSafe
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing VSS/SourceSafe across the Bedfordshire region.

Bedfordshire VSS/SourceSafe Salary Trend

VSS/SourceSafe
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing VSS/SourceSafe within the Bedfordshire region over the 3 months to 24 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Dunstable - 1 £35,000 -
VSS/SourceSafe
East of England

VSS/SourceSafe
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Bedfordshire 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 IT job ads sampled that cited VSS/SourceSafe.

1 10 (100.00%) .NET
2 9 (90.00%) SQL
2 9 (90.00%) VB
3 8 (80.00%) FoxPro (VFP)
3 8 (80.00%) XAML
3 8 (80.00%) VB6
3 8 (80.00%) Unit Testing
4 4 (40.00%) Customer Engagement
4 4 (40.00%) Ruby
4 4 (40.00%) Degree
4 4 (40.00%) Silverlight
4 4 (40.00%) C#
5 3 (30.00%) VB.NET
6 2 (20.00%) SQL Server
7 1 (10.00%) jQuery
7 1 (10.00%) SQL Server 2005
7 1 (10.00%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 1 (10.00%) Web Development
7 1 (10.00%) Time Management
7 1 (10.00%) Team Foundation Server
7 1 (10.00%) MVC
7 1 (10.00%) HTTP
7 1 (10.00%) Microsoft
7 1 (10.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 1 (10.00%) MS Office
7 1 (10.00%) ASP.NET
7 1 (10.00%) XML
7 1 (10.00%) XSL
7 1 (10.00%) Windows
7 1 (10.00%) HTML

VSS/SourceSafe
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Bedfordshire 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 IT job ads sampled that cited VSS/SourceSafe. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 10 (100.00%) .NET
2 4 (40.00%) Silverlight
3 1 (10.00%) jQuery
3 1 (10.00%) ASP.NET
3 1 (10.00%) XML
3 1 (10.00%) XSL
3 1 (10.00%) HTML
Applications
1 1 (10.00%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 1 (10.00%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (20.00%) SQL Server
2 1 (10.00%) SQL Server 2005
2 1 (10.00%) SQL Server Integration Services
2 1 (10.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 1 (10.00%) Team Foundation Server
Job Titles
1 10 (100.00%) Developer
2 4 (40.00%) Software Developer
2 4 (40.00%) VB6 Developer
2 4 (40.00%) VB Developer
3 2 (20.00%) Senior Developer
3 2 (20.00%) Senior VB Developer
3 2 (20.00%) Senior VB6 Developer
4 1 (10.00%) SQL Developer
Operating Systems
1 1 (10.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (80.00%) Unit Testing
2 4 (40.00%) Customer Engagement
3 1 (10.00%) Web Development
3 1 (10.00%) Time Management
3 1 (10.00%) MVC
Programming Languages
1 9 (90.00%) SQL
1 9 (90.00%) VB
2 8 (80.00%) FoxPro (VFP)
2 8 (80.00%) XAML
2 8 (80.00%) VB6
3 4 (40.00%) Ruby
3 4 (40.00%) C#
4 3 (30.00%) VB.NET
5 1 (10.00%) Java
Qualifications
1 4 (40.00%) Degree
Vendors
1 1 (10.00%) Microsoft