The first table below looks at the demand for VSS/SourceSafe skills in IT jobs advertised for the Cambridge region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited VSS/SourceSafe over the 3 months to 18 June 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 Cambridge region.

Location
3 months to
18 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Visual SourceSafe (VSS)
Rank 115 117 95
Rank change year-on-year
+2 -22
Permanent jobs citing VSS/SourceSafe 2 12 32
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Cambridge 0.115% 0.595% 1.524%
As % of the Development Applications category 0.647% 2.941% 9.249%
Number of salaries quoted 2 12 32
Average salary £24,500 £33,500 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-26.86% -10.66%
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £37,500 £37,500
% change year-on-year
+6.66% -
All Development Applications
Cambridge
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Development Applications category
309 408 346
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Cambridge 17.80% 20.24% 16.48%
Number of salaries quoted 286 360 303
Average salary £40,000 £37,500 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+6.66% -
90% offered a salary of more than £32,500 £31,050 £31,500
10% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £47,500 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,500 £37,500 £37,500
% change year-on-year
+2.66% -
VSS/SourceSafe
Cambridgeshire

VSS/SourceSafe
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Cambridge 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 Cambridge region.

Cambridge VSS/SourceSafe Salary Trend

VSS/SourceSafe
Top 11 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT jobs across the Cambridge 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 2 (100.00%) C#
1 2 (100.00%) C++
1 2 (100.00%) SQL
1 2 (100.00%) T-SQL
1 2 (100.00%) .NET
1 2 (100.00%) SQL Server
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 2 (100.00%) XAML
1 2 (100.00%) Agile Software Development
1 2 (100.00%) Subversion
1 2 (100.00%) WPF

VSS/SourceSafe
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT jobs across the Cambridge 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 2 (100.00%) .NET
1 2 (100.00%) WPF
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (100.00%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 2 (100.00%) Subversion
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Graduate
1 2 (100.00%) Software Developer
1 2 (100.00%) Developer
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Agile Software Development
Programming Languages
1 2 (100.00%) C#
1 2 (100.00%) C++
1 2 (100.00%) SQL
1 2 (100.00%) T-SQL
1 2 (100.00%) XAML
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft
Cambridge, East Anglia
Useful additional skills•Any experience with WPF/XAML.•Knowledge and working experience of Microsoft SQL Server and Transact SQL.•Any knowledge of C++ would be an advantage, but...
ECM Selection Ltd
Salary: to £29k
Posted: 31 May 2013