The first table below looks at the demand for VSS/SourceSafe skills in IT jobs advertised for the Scotland 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 Scotland region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Visual SourceSafe (VSS)
Rank 148 143 155
Rank change year-on-year
-5 +12
Permanent jobs citing VSS/SourceSafe 5 12 4
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Scotland 0.159% 0.347% 0.115%
As % of the Development Applications category 0.975% 2.956% 1.140%
Number of salaries quoted 3 11 3
Average salary £40,000 £45,000 £55,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-11.11% -18.18%
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
+6.66% +7.14%
All Development Applications
Scotland
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Development Applications category
513 406 351
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Scotland 16.30% 11.75% 10.07%
Number of salaries quoted 289 293 278
Average salary £40,000 £37,500 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+6.66% -6.25%
90% offered a salary of more than £30,000 £30,000 £30,000
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £50,700 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,500 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
+1.31% +1.33%
VSS/SourceSafe
UK

VSS/SourceSafe
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Scotland 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 Scotland region.

Scotland 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 Scotland 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
Glasgow -25 3 £40,000 -11.11%
Edinburgh +5 1 - -
Fife - 1 - -
VSS/SourceSafe
UK

VSS/SourceSafe
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Scotland 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 6 (66.67%) .NET
1 6 (66.67%) SQL Server
1 6 (66.67%) Microsoft
1 6 (66.67%) Subversion
2 5 (55.56%) Windows
3 4 (44.44%) MS Excel
4 3 (33.33%) UNIX
4 3 (33.33%) ERP
4 3 (33.33%) ASP
4 3 (33.33%) CSS
4 3 (33.33%) VB
4 3 (33.33%) C#
4 3 (33.33%) C++
4 3 (33.33%) HTML
4 3 (33.33%) Java
4 3 (33.33%) JavaScript
4 3 (33.33%) SQL
4 3 (33.33%) Citrix
4 3 (33.33%) Dynamics AX
4 3 (33.33%) Unit Testing
4 3 (33.33%) Team Foundation Server
5 2 (22.22%) jQuery
5 2 (22.22%) MSBuild
5 2 (22.22%) Mobile App
5 2 (22.22%) Automation Testing
5 2 (22.22%) Web Testing
5 2 (22.22%) Selenium
5 2 (22.22%) Regression Testing
5 2 (22.22%) InstallShield
5 2 (22.22%) Bugzilla

VSS/SourceSafe
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Scotland 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 6 (66.67%) .NET
2 3 (33.33%) ASP
2 3 (33.33%) CSS
2 3 (33.33%) HTML
3 2 (22.22%) jQuery
3 2 (22.22%) WinForms
3 2 (22.22%) XML
4 1 (11.11%) ASP.NET
4 1 (11.11%) .NET Framework
4 1 (11.11%) WCF
4 1 (11.11%) WPF
4 1 (11.11%) Silverlight
4 1 (11.11%) LINQ
4 1 (11.11%) ASP.NET MVC
4 1 (11.11%) LINQ to SQL
Application Platforms
1 1 (11.11%) SharePoint
Applications
1 4 (44.44%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 3 (33.33%) Dynamics AX
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (66.67%) SQL Server
2 1 (11.11%) SQL Server Reporting Services
2 1 (11.11%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 6 (66.67%) Subversion
2 3 (33.33%) Team Foundation Server
3 2 (22.22%) MSBuild
3 2 (22.22%) Selenium
3 2 (22.22%) InstallShield
3 2 (22.22%) Bugzilla
3 2 (22.22%) Visual Studio
Job Titles
1 3 (33.33%) Systems Administrator
1 3 (33.33%) Administrator
2 2 (22.22%) Developer
2 2 (22.22%) Technical Leader
2 2 (22.22%) Test Engineer
3 1 (11.11%) Software Test Engineer
3 1 (11.11%) .NET Developer
3 1 (11.11%) Software Engineer
3 1 (11.11%) Microsoft Developer
3 1 (11.11%) Dynamics AX Developer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (22.22%) Mobile App
2 1 (11.11%) Blackberry
2 1 (11.11%) iPhone
Operating Systems
1 5 (55.56%) Windows
2 3 (33.33%) UNIX
3 1 (11.11%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (33.33%) ERP
1 3 (33.33%) Unit Testing
2 2 (22.22%) Automation Testing
2 2 (22.22%) Web Testing
2 2 (22.22%) Regression Testing
2 2 (22.22%) Agile Software Development
2 2 (22.22%) TDD
3 1 (11.11%) MVC
3 1 (11.11%) Migration
3 1 (11.11%) Load Balancing
3 1 (11.11%) Data Migration
Programming Languages
1 3 (33.33%) VB
1 3 (33.33%) C#
1 3 (33.33%) C++
1 3 (33.33%) Java
1 3 (33.33%) JavaScript
1 3 (33.33%) SQL
2 2 (22.22%) T-SQL
2 2 (22.22%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 1 (11.11%) Microsoft Certification
1 1 (11.11%) Degree
Vendors
1 6 (66.67%) Microsoft
2 3 (33.33%) Citrix