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The table below looks at the demand for Microsoft Visual SourceSafe (VSS) skills within the London region with a comparison to our Development Applications category. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited VSS/SourceSafe over the 3 months to 13 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkMicrosoft Visual SourceSafe (VSS)
Location
3 months to
13 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank389396
Rank change on same period last yearUp+7
Matching permanent IT job ads230346
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.134 %0.149 %
As % of the category below3.634 %3.916 %
Salaries quoted224290
Average minimum salary£40,978£47,600
Average salary£43,324£50,948
% change on same period last year-14.96 %
Average maximum salary£45,670£54,297
UK excluding London average salary£35,320£35,102
% change on same period last year+0.61 %
London IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
London
Matching permanent IT job ads63298836
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled3.676 %3.803 %
Salaries quoted54447021
Average minimum salary£41,842£43,033
Average salary£45,699£46,711
% change on same period last year-2.16 %
Average maximum salary£49,555£50,390
UK excluding London average salary£35,037£35,933
% change on same period last year-2.49 %
VSS/SourceSafe EnglandVSS/SourceSafe
England

VSS/SourceSafe
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of permanent IT jobs citing VSS/SourceSafe across the London region as a proportion of the total demand within the Development Applications category.

London VSS/SourceSafe Demand Trend

VSS/SourceSafe
Salary Trend

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

London VSS/SourceSafe Salary Trend

VSS/SourceSafe
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing VSS/SourceSafe across the London region over the 3 months to 13 October 2008.

London VSS/SourceSafe Salary Histogram

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 London region over the 3 months to 13 October 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
City of LondonUp+1552£43,558+4.05 %
HarrowUp+410£31,300-22.23 %
RomfordNew entry-5£30,000-
Docklands, LondonNew entry-3£87,500-
BarnetDown-212£55,000-2.65 %
BromleyNew entry-1£44,000-
HammersmithDown-11--
VSS/SourceSafe EnglandVSS/SourceSafe
England

VSS/SourceSafe
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 13 October 2008, IT jobs across the London 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.

1443 (70.65 %).NET
2343 (54.70 %)SQL
3330 (52.63 %)SQL Server
4246 (39.23 %)XML
5242 (38.60 %)C#
6239 (38.12 %)VB.NET
7228 (36.36 %)VB
8179 (28.55 %)ASP.NET
9173 (27.59 %)JavaScript
10153 (24.40 %)HTML
11146 (23.29 %)Finance
12142 (22.65 %)VB6
13139 (22.17 %)CSS
14133 (21.21 %)Microsoft
15128 (20.41 %)Windows
16120 (19.14 %)SQL Server 2000
16120 (19.14 %)SQL Server 2005
17117 (18.66 %)Java
18114 (18.18 %)Visual Studio
18114 (18.18 %)WebServices
19112 (17.86 %)Perforce
20110 (17.54 %)Oracle
2198 (15.63 %)AJAX
2294 (14.99 %)Back Office
2294 (14.99 %)Transact-SQL
2393 (14.83 %)Degree
2488 (14.04 %)ASP
2587 (13.88 %)PVCS
2686 (13.72 %)Subversion
2781 (12.92 %)NUnit

VSS/SourceSafe
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 13 October 2008, IT jobs across the London 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.

London IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
1443 (70.65 %).NET
2246 (39.23 %)XML
3179 (28.55 %)ASP.NET
4153 (24.40 %)HTML
5139 (22.17 %)CSS
6114 (18.18 %)WebServices
798 (15.63 %)AJAX
888 (14.04 %)ASP
970 (11.16 %)XSLT
1056 (8.931 %)J2EE
1155 (8.772 %).NET Framework
1250 (7.974 %)COM
1339 (6.220 %)JSP
1437 (5.901 %)Struts
1437 (5.901 %)XHTML
1531 (4.944 %)MVC
1630 (4.785 %)Servlets
1727 (4.306 %)WinForms
1826 (4.147 %)Adobe Flex
1925 (3.987 %)JavaBeans
London IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
172 (11.48 %)IIS
228 (4.466 %)SharePoint
326 (4.147 %)MS Exchange
422 (3.509 %)CMS
521 (3.349 %)MQSeries
619 (3.030 %)Exchange Server 2000
716 (2.552 %)JBoss
716 (2.552 %)Tomcat
815 (2.392 %)Oracle Workflow
911 (1.754 %)BizTalk Server
911 (1.754 %)WorkSite
106 (0.957 %)SharePoint Server 2007
106 (0.957 %)WebLogic
106 (0.957 %)Apache
115 (0.797 %)Exchange Server 2007
124 (0.638 %)WebLogic Portal
133 (0.478 %)ColdFusion
133 (0.478 %)SharePoint Portal Server
133 (0.478 %)Commerce Server
133 (0.478 %)Content Management Server
London IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
147 (7.496 %)MS Excel
234 (5.423 %)MS Office
37 (1.116 %)MS PowerPoint
44 (0.638 %)MS Visio
51 (0.159 %)RoboHelp
51 (0.159 %)FrameMaker
51 (0.159 %)InfoPath
London IT Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
17 (1.116 %)Oracle EBS
21 (0.159 %)Eagle PACE
21 (0.159 %)Endur
London IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
157 (9.091 %)Internet
27 (1.116 %)DNS
36 (0.957 %)FTP
45 (0.797 %)DHCP
45 (0.797 %)Intranet
53 (0.478 %)HTTP
53 (0.478 %)TCP/IP
62 (0.319 %)SAN
71 (0.159 %)SSL
71 (0.159 %)SMTP
London IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
1330 (52.63 %)SQL Server
2120 (19.14 %)SQL Server 2000
2120 (19.14 %)SQL Server 2005
343 (6.858 %)Oracle 10g
425 (3.987 %)OLTP
425 (3.987 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
521 (3.349 %)Datawarehouse
620 (3.190 %)SQL Server Integration Services
715 (2.392 %)DTS
811 (1.754 %)Oracle Reports
99 (1.435 %)OLAP
99 (1.435 %)Crystal Reports
108 (1.276 %)Oracle 9i
108 (1.276 %)MySQL
117 (1.116 %)Oracle Discoverer
126 (0.957 %)RDBMS
126 (0.957 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
134 (0.638 %)BusinessObjects
143 (0.478 %)MS Access
152 (0.319 %)Oracle 8/8i
London IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
1114 (18.18 %)Visual Studio
287 (13.88 %)PVCS
386 (13.72 %)Subversion
481 (12.92 %)NUnit
542 (6.699 %)JIRA
638 (6.061 %)QuickTest Pro
728 (4.466 %)InstallShield
728 (4.466 %)Ant
826 (4.147 %)Flash
922 (3.509 %)Eclipse
1018 (2.871 %)Oracle Forms
1115 (2.392 %)JUnit
1212 (1.914 %)ClearCase
1212 (1.914 %)JBuilder
137 (1.116 %)Dreamweaver
145 (0.797 %)ReSharper
145 (0.797 %)CruiseControl
154 (0.638 %)Log4Net
162 (0.319 %)InterDev
171 (0.159 %)Bugzilla
London IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
1146 (23.29 %)Finance
294 (14.99 %)Back Office
341 (6.539 %)Games
439 (6.220 %)Banking
527 (4.306 %)Pensions
621 (3.349 %)Marketing
719 (3.030 %)Online Games
816 (2.552 %)Health
913 (2.073 %)Publishing
1012 (1.914 %)Online Betting
1111 (1.754 %)Retail
1210 (1.595 %)Law
139 (1.435 %)Insurance
148 (1.276 %)Advertising
157 (1.116 %)Investment Banking
157 (1.116 %)Legal
163 (0.478 %)Telecoms
163 (0.478 %)Education
163 (0.478 %)Online Gambling
163 (0.478 %)Music
London IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
1481 (76.71 %)Developer
2212 (33.81 %).NET Developer
3101 (16.11 %)VB.NET Developer
484 (13.40 %)VB Developer
568 (10.85 %)Analyst
652 (8.293 %)Senior Developer
744 (7.018 %)VB6 Developer
841 (6.539 %)Web Developer
931 (4.944 %)Software Developer
1029 (4.625 %)Oracle Developer
1127 (4.306 %)Java Developer
1127 (4.306 %)C# Developer
1226 (4.147 %)Senior .NET Developer
1325 (3.987 %)JavaScript Developer
1424 (3.828 %)Team Leader
1424 (3.828 %)Applications Developer
1523 (3.668 %)Analyst Programmer
1523 (3.668 %)Programmer
1523 (3.668 %)ASP.NET Developer
1617 (2.711 %)Release Manager
London IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
137 (5.901 %)Client/Server
218 (2.871 %)EPoS
313 (2.073 %)N-Tier
412 (1.914 %)Computer Science
510 (1.595 %)Replication
67 (1.116 %)RIA
74 (0.638 %)CMDB
74 (0.638 %)Equities
83 (0.478 %)Derivative
83 (0.478 %)Equity Derivative
83 (0.478 %)Statistics
83 (0.478 %)W3C
92 (0.319 %)Mainframe
92 (0.319 %)Management Information System
101 (0.159 %)Mathematics
101 (0.159 %)Semantic Web
London IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
1128 (20.41 %)Windows
247 (7.496 %)Linux
340 (6.380 %)Windows 2000
433 (5.263 %)Windows XP
529 (4.625 %)UNIX
628 (4.466 %)Solaris
714 (2.233 %)Windows Server 2003
85 (0.797 %)Windows Vista
94 (0.638 %)Windows 2000 Server
103 (0.478 %)Windows NT
London IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
166 (10.53 %)Unit Testing
261 (9.729 %)Integration Testing
261 (9.729 %)OO
353 (8.453 %)Automated Testing
444 (7.018 %)UML
540 (6.380 %)Software Engineering
639 (6.220 %)Web Development
737 (5.901 %)E-Commerce
831 (4.944 %)Agile Software Development
831 (4.944 %)Content Management
925 (3.987 %)Fund Management
1024 (3.828 %)TDD
1121 (3.349 %)Workflow
1121 (3.349 %)Data Modelling
1121 (3.349 %)Release Management
1218 (2.871 %)Asset Management
1313 (2.073 %)System Testing
1412 (1.914 %)Business Intelligence
1412 (1.914 %)Risk Management
1511 (1.754 %)PRINCE2
London IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
1343 (54.70 %)SQL
2242 (38.60 %)C#
3239 (38.12 %)VB.NET
4228 (36.36 %)VB
5173 (27.59 %)JavaScript
6142 (22.65 %)VB6
7117 (18.66 %)Java
894 (14.99 %)Transact-SQL
965 (10.37 %)C++
1060 (9.569 %)DHTML
1154 (8.612 %)PL/SQL
1250 (7.974 %)ActionScript
1326 (4.147 %)VC++
1424 (3.828 %)VBA
1513 (2.073 %)PHP
1611 (1.754 %)C
1611 (1.754 %)VBScript
175 (0.797 %)Korn
184 (0.638 %)FoxPro (VFP)
184 (0.638 %)Perl
London IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
193 (14.83 %)Degree
260 (9.569 %)Microsoft Certification
35 (0.797 %)MCSE
42 (0.319 %)MCSD
London IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
13 (0.478 %)ISO9001
13 (0.478 %)QA
London IT Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
110 (1.595 %)Backup Exec
27 (1.116 %)VMware Infrastructure
27 (1.116 %)Active Directory
33 (0.478 %)Terminal Services
33 (0.478 %)MSMQ
London IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
1133 (21.21 %)Microsoft
2112 (17.86 %)Perforce
3110 (17.54 %)Oracle
422 (3.509 %)Symantec
518 (2.871 %)IBM
615 (2.392 %)GoldenSource
714 (2.233 %)Sybase
813 (2.073 %)Adobe
99 (1.435 %)VMware
104 (0.638 %)Business Objects
113 (0.478 %)SmartStream
122 (0.319 %)HP
122 (0.319 %)Apple
122 (0.319 %)Metastorm
122 (0.319 %)telerik
131 (0.159 %)thinkFolio
131 (0.159 %)Mercator
131 (0.159 %)Reuters
131 (0.159 %)Bloomberg
131 (0.159 %)Interwoven