The first table below looks at the demand for VSS/SourceSafe skills in IT jobs advertised for the Surrey region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited VSS/SourceSafe over the 3 months to 21 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 Surrey region.

Location
3 months to
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Visual SourceSafe (VSS)
Rank 188 191 160
Rank change year-on-year
+3 -31
Permanent jobs citing VSS/SourceSafe 23 32 56
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Surrey 0.435% 0.533% 1.061%
As % of the Development Applications category 2.875% 3.583% 6.565%
Number of salaries quoted 20 30 54
Average salary £55,000 £51,000 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+7.84% +27.50%
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
+6.66% +7.14%
All Development Applications
Surrey
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Development Applications category
800 893 853
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Surrey 15.13% 14.86% 16.16%
Number of salaries quoted 712 816 773
Average salary £41,000 £45,000 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-8.88% +12.50%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,500 £34,500 £30,000
10% offered a salary of more than £57,500 £55,000 £65,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,500 £38,000 £37,000
% change year-on-year
+1.31% +2.70%
VSS/SourceSafe
South East

VSS/SourceSafe
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Surrey 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 Surrey region.

Surrey VSS/SourceSafe Salary Trend

VSS/SourceSafe
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing VSS/SourceSafe across the Surrey region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013.

Surrey 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 Surrey region over the 3 months to 21 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
Woking - 16 £55,000 -
Leatherhead -14 3 £55,000 -
Chertsey +13 1 - -
VSS/SourceSafe
South East

VSS/SourceSafe
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Surrey 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 49 (90.74%) .NET
2 41 (75.93%) ASP.NET
3 40 (74.07%) Agile Software Development
4 39 (72.22%) Web Services
4 39 (72.22%) C#
4 39 (72.22%) JavaScript
5 38 (70.37%) SQL Server
6 34 (62.96%) SQL Server 2008
7 31 (57.41%) .NET Framework
8 28 (51.85%) Team Foundation Server
9 26 (48.15%) WCF
9 26 (48.15%) Microsoft
10 25 (46.30%) VB.NET
11 22 (40.74%) HTML
11 22 (40.74%) XML
11 22 (40.74%) LINQ
12 21 (38.89%) Microsoft Certification
13 20 (37.04%) Windows
13 20 (37.04%) Ajax
14 19 (35.19%) HTML5
14 19 (35.19%) ADO.NET
14 19 (35.19%) MCP
15 18 (33.33%) SQL
16 17 (31.48%) Subversion
17 16 (29.63%) CSS
18 15 (27.78%) MVC
18 15 (27.78%) TDD
18 15 (27.78%) ASP.NET MVC
19 14 (25.93%) jQuery
19 14 (25.93%) Degree

VSS/SourceSafe
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Surrey 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 49 (90.74%) .NET
2 41 (75.93%) ASP.NET
3 39 (72.22%) Web Services
4 31 (57.41%) .NET Framework
5 26 (48.15%) WCF
6 22 (40.74%) HTML
6 22 (40.74%) XML
6 22 (40.74%) LINQ
7 20 (37.04%) Ajax
8 19 (35.19%) HTML5
8 19 (35.19%) ADO.NET
9 16 (29.63%) CSS
10 15 (27.78%) ASP.NET MVC
11 14 (25.93%) jQuery
12 11 (20.37%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
12 11 (20.37%) KnockoutJS
13 10 (18.52%) WF
14 8 (14.81%) ASP.NET MVC 3
15 5 (9.259%) XHTML
15 5 (9.259%) CSS3
Application Platforms
1 13 (24.07%) IIS
2 11 (20.37%) Amazon EC2
2 11 (20.37%) Windows Azure
2 11 (20.37%) MSMQ
3 3 (5.556%) WordPress
4 2 (3.704%) SharePoint
Applications
1 8 (14.81%) Photoshop
2 4 (7.407%) MS Excel
2 4 (7.407%) MS Office
2 4 (7.407%) MS Visio
Database & Business Intelligence
1 38 (70.37%) SQL Server
2 34 (62.96%) SQL Server 2008
3 14 (25.93%) SQL Server 2000
4 4 (7.407%) SQL Server Analysis Services
4 4 (7.407%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 4 (7.407%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 4 (7.407%) Oracle 9i
5 2 (3.704%) Data Warehouse
5 2 (3.704%) OLAP
5 2 (3.704%) SQL Server 2012
Development Applications
1 28 (51.85%) Team Foundation Server
2 17 (31.48%) Subversion
3 12 (22.22%) Git (software)
4 9 (16.67%) Visual Studio
5 5 (9.259%) NUnit
5 5 (9.259%) Visual Studio Team System
6 3 (5.556%) FitNesse
7 2 (3.704%) ClearCase
8 1 (1.852%) Jenkins
8 1 (1.852%) QuickTest Pro
8 1 (1.852%) SilkTest
8 1 (1.852%) Expression Blend
8 1 (1.852%) TestComplete
General
1 14 (25.93%) Finance
2 1 (1.852%) Front Office
2 1 (1.852%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 44 (81.48%) Developer
2 19 (35.19%) Software Developer
3 15 (27.78%) .NET Developer
4 13 (24.07%) Senior Developer
5 11 (20.37%) C# .NET Developer
5 11 (20.37%) C# Developer
6 6 (11.11%) Team Leader
6 6 (11.11%) .NET Team Leader
6 6 (11.11%) Web Team Leader
7 5 (9.259%) Senior Software Developer
7 5 (9.259%) UI Developer
7 5 (9.259%) UI Programmer
8 4 (7.407%) .NET Software Developer
8 4 (7.407%) Applications Developer
9 3 (5.556%) Web Developer
9 3 (5.556%) Senior C# Developer
9 3 (5.556%) Senior .NET Developer
9 3 (5.556%) Senior Applications Developer
9 3 (5.556%) Front-End Developer
9 3 (5.556%) Front-End Web Developer
Miscellaneous
1 11 (20.37%) Blog
2 3 (5.556%) W3C
3 2 (3.704%) NHS
4 1 (1.852%) Mathematics
4 1 (1.852%) Computer Science
4 1 (1.852%) Inversion of Control
Operating Systems
1 20 (37.04%) Windows
2 2 (3.704%) Windows Server 2008
2 2 (3.704%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 40 (74.07%) Agile Software Development
2 15 (27.78%) MVC
2 15 (27.78%) TDD
3 14 (25.93%) Project Management
4 11 (20.37%) Unit Testing
4 11 (20.37%) Workflow
4 11 (20.37%) Agile Project Management
5 8 (14.81%) Progressive Enhancement
5 8 (14.81%) Infrastructure Management
6 4 (7.407%) Software Engineering
6 4 (7.407%) UML
6 4 (7.407%) OOA/OOD
6 4 (7.407%) SOA
6 4 (7.407%) Scrum
7 3 (5.556%) SEO
7 3 (5.556%) OO
7 3 (5.556%) Web Development
7 3 (5.556%) Content Management
8 2 (3.704%) Continuous Integration
8 2 (3.704%) Automated Testing
Programming Languages
1 39 (72.22%) C#
1 39 (72.22%) JavaScript
2 25 (46.30%) VB.NET
3 18 (33.33%) SQL
4 6 (11.11%) T-SQL
5 4 (7.407%) VB6
5 4 (7.407%) VB
5 4 (7.407%) PL/SQL
5 4 (7.407%) XAML
Qualifications
1 21 (38.89%) Microsoft Certification
2 19 (35.19%) MCP
3 14 (25.93%) Degree
4 1 (1.852%) ISEB
4 1 (1.852%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (16.67%) ISO 9001
2 3 (5.556%) QA
System Software
1 3 (5.556%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (1.852%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 26 (48.15%) Microsoft
2 8 (14.81%) Adobe
3 4 (7.407%) Oracle
4 3 (5.556%) VMware
5 1 (1.852%) SunGard
Woking, Surrey
3 years or more C# or VB.Net 3-5 years ASP.Net, Web services, Ajax and JavaScript Agile environment. Good understanding XML, ADO.NET. SQL Server 2000-...
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Salary: From £38,000 to £45,000 per annum Plus benefits
Posted: 17 May 2013
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Net framework 4.0 ASP.Net Web services, Ajax, JavaScript, jQuery. XML, ADO.NET, LINQ. SQL Server 2008. Visual Source Safe, TFS. Desired skills Good relevant degree Microsoft...
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Salary: From £50,000 to £60,000 per annum Plus excellent benefits
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