Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The table below looks at the demand for Microsoft Visual SourceSafe (VSS) skills across the UK 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 18 November 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkMicrosoft Visual SourceSafe (VSS)
Location
3 months to
18 Nov 2008
Same period last year
Rank459410
Rank change on same period last yearDown-49
Matching permanent IT job ads452870
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.293 %0.388 %
As % of the category below3.164 %4.554 %
Salaries quoted407747
Average minimum salary£35,677£37,810
Average salary£38,427£40,766
% change on same period last year-5.73 %
Average maximum salary£41,176£43,721
UK excluding London average salary£35,537£34,187
% change on same period last year+3.94 %
IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
UK
Matching permanent IT job ads1428519102
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled9.246 %8.517 %
Salaries quoted1224215709
Average minimum salary£35,877£36,834
Average salary£39,162£40,041
% change on same period last year-2.19 %
Average maximum salary£42,446£43,247
UK excluding London average salary£35,150£35,947
% change on same period last year-2.21 %

VSS/SourceSafe
Demand Trend

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

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 within the UK.

VSS/SourceSafe Salary Trend

VSS/SourceSafe
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing VSS/SourceSafe over the 3 months to 18 November 2008 within the UK.

VSS/SourceSafe Salary Histogram

VSS/SourceSafe
Top 30 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 UK over the 3 months to 18 November 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
EnglandDown-79423£38,775-5.88 %
LondonDown-36194£42,637-13.59 %
South EastDown-4894£37,473+3.61 %
East of EnglandUp+1751£40,607+11.09 %
SurreyUp+2939£34,645-9.60 %
North WestUp+3334£30,057+4.65 %
HertfordshireUp+831£46,250+13.02 %
City of LondonDown-1329£43,125+8.00 %
West MidlandsUp+3528£32,317-8.70 %
HampshireDown-1819£37,625+7.27 %
BerkshireUp+3616£43,967+11.44 %
LancashireDown-116£31,059+0.84 %
YorkshireUp+1514£34,250+23.20 %
WalesUp+1514£30,250+15.60 %
South WalesUp+1313£30,250+15.60 %
ManchesterUp+4613£28,115-1.92 %
WatfordUp+1113£42,000+5.00 %
WarwickshireUp+1212£32,667-1.01 %
NuneatonNew entry-11£32,000-
MaidenheadUp+3310£44,500-1.11 %
BirminghamNew entry-10£35,150-
West YorkshireUp+210£32,800+27.79 %
ScotlandDown-110£34,000+8.62 %
East MidlandsNo change09£34,056+8.70 %
ChertseyUp+28£42,500+3.47 %
LeedsUp+108£31,438+33.96 %
HarrowUp+97£31,000-
West SussexUp+97£34,071-15.57 %
BuckinghamshireDown-177£36,786+9.90 %
OxfordshireDown-56£40,700+10.56 %

VSS/SourceSafe
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 18 November 2008, IT jobs within the UK 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.

1886 (74.64 %).NET
2718 (60.49 %)SQL Server
3644 (54.25 %)SQL
4608 (51.22 %)C#
5471 (39.68 %)XML
6466 (39.26 %)ASP.NET
7418 (35.21 %)VB.NET
8381 (32.10 %)Microsoft
9353 (29.74 %)VB
10326 (27.46 %)Visual Studio
11297 (25.02 %)Windows
12293 (24.68 %)SQL Server 2005
13291 (24.52 %)HTML
14284 (23.93 %)JavaScript
15252 (21.23 %)IIS
16251 (21.15 %)SQL Server 2000
17231 (19.46 %)WebServices
18222 (18.70 %)VB6
19213 (17.94 %)CSS
20201 (16.93 %)Oracle
21192 (16.18 %)Transact-SQL
22190 (16.01 %)XSLT
23188 (15.84 %)AJAX
24186 (15.67 %)Finance
25172 (14.49 %)ASP
26166 (13.98 %)C++
27161 (13.56 %)Degree
28151 (12.72 %).NET Framework
29150 (12.64 %)MS Excel
30143 (12.05 %)OO

VSS/SourceSafe
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 18 November 2008, IT jobs within the UK 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.

IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
1886 (74.64 %).NET
2471 (39.68 %)XML
3466 (39.26 %)ASP.NET
4291 (24.52 %)HTML
5231 (19.46 %)WebServices
6213 (17.94 %)CSS
7190 (16.01 %)XSLT
8188 (15.84 %)AJAX
9172 (14.49 %)ASP
10151 (12.72 %).NET Framework
1180 (6.740 %)COM
1275 (6.318 %)ASP.NET 2.0
1360 (5.055 %)J2EE
1454 (4.549 %)WinForms
1553 (4.465 %)ADO.NET
1650 (4.212 %)XHTML
1747 (3.960 %)DOM
1845 (3.791 %)JSP
1943 (3.623 %)MFC
2040 (3.370 %)ActiveX
IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
1252 (21.23 %)IIS
266 (5.560 %)SharePoint
353 (4.465 %)CMS
444 (3.707 %)BizTalk Server
534 (2.864 %)MS Exchange
629 (2.443 %)SharePoint Server 2007
725 (2.106 %)Apache
819 (1.601 %)Exchange Server 2000
819 (1.601 %)Tomcat
914 (1.179 %)JBoss
1013 (1.095 %)SharePoint Portal Server
1013 (1.095 %)Exchange Server 2007
119 (0.758 %)MQSeries
128 (0.674 %)WebLogic
128 (0.674 %)Exchange Server 2003
128 (0.674 %)Exchange Server 5.5
135 (0.421 %)WebLogic Portal
144 (0.337 %)Lotus Notes
144 (0.337 %)Lotus Domino
144 (0.337 %)Content Management Server
IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
1150 (12.64 %)MS Excel
238 (3.201 %)MS Office
332 (2.696 %)MS Visio
415 (1.264 %)Photoshop
55 (0.421 %)RoboHelp
55 (0.421 %)MS Project
62 (0.168 %)Fireworks
62 (0.168 %)InfoPath
71 (0.084 %)MS PowerPoint
71 (0.084 %)Adobe Illustrator
71 (0.084 %)FrameMaker
71 (0.084 %)ImageReady
71 (0.084 %)AutoCAD
IT Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
14 (0.337 %)Oracle EBS
22 (0.168 %)GoldMine
31 (0.084 %)Dynamics AX
31 (0.084 %)Microsoft CRM
31 (0.084 %)Axapta
31 (0.084 %)WebTrends
31 (0.084 %)HiPortfolio
31 (0.084 %)LongView
31 (0.084 %)Endur
IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
1117 (9.857 %)Internet
234 (2.864 %)FTP
331 (2.612 %)HTTP
430 (2.527 %)DNS
528 (2.359 %)TCP/IP
623 (1.938 %)SMTP
722 (1.853 %)Intranet
817 (1.432 %)SAN
914 (1.179 %)SNMP
1010 (0.842 %)Extranet
118 (0.674 %)Firewall
127 (0.590 %)SMS
135 (0.421 %)SSL
135 (0.421 %)DHCP
142 (0.168 %)POP3
151 (0.084 %)Wireless
151 (0.084 %)LDAP
IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
1718 (60.49 %)SQL Server
2293 (24.68 %)SQL Server 2005
3251 (21.15 %)SQL Server 2000
477 (6.487 %)Crystal Reports
562 (5.223 %)SQL Server Integration Services
658 (4.886 %)Oracle 10g
757 (4.802 %)Oracle 9i
853 (4.465 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
949 (4.128 %)DTS
1046 (3.875 %)MySQL
1135 (2.949 %)MS Access
1224 (2.022 %)RDBMS
1318 (1.516 %)Datawarehouse
1417 (1.432 %)OLAP
1417 (1.432 %)Oracle Reports
1417 (1.432 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
1515 (1.264 %)OLTP
1614 (1.179 %)Microsoft Analysis Services
177 (0.590 %)GIS
177 (0.590 %)BusinessObjects
IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
1326 (27.46 %)Visual Studio
2134 (11.29 %)Subversion
397 (8.172 %)NUnit
471 (5.981 %)PVCS
547 (3.960 %)InstallShield
547 (3.960 %)Flash
645 (3.791 %)ClearCase
743 (3.623 %)QuickTest Pro
835 (2.949 %)JIRA
931 (2.612 %)Bugzilla
1024 (2.022 %)Eclipse
1119 (1.601 %)Ant
1119 (1.601 %)ProC
1217 (1.432 %)Oracle Forms
1316 (1.348 %)Dreamweaver
1415 (1.264 %)JUnit
1510 (0.842 %)JBuilder
168 (0.674 %)MSI
168 (0.674 %)CruiseControl
175 (0.421 %)ReSharper
IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
1186 (15.67 %)Finance
275 (6.318 %)Back Office
346 (3.875 %)Pensions
445 (3.791 %)Games
539 (3.286 %)Marketing
632 (2.696 %)Banking
724 (2.022 %)Publishing
822 (1.853 %)Online Games
919 (1.601 %)Health
1018 (1.516 %)Telecoms
1018 (1.516 %)Insurance
1116 (1.348 %)Billing
1214 (1.179 %)Retail
1312 (1.011 %)Education
1410 (0.842 %)Manufacturing
1410 (0.842 %)Investment Banking
157 (0.590 %)Legal
166 (0.505 %)Online Betting
166 (0.505 %)Advertising
175 (0.421 %)Front Office
IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
1828 (69.76 %)Developer
2375 (31.59 %).NET Developer
3144 (12.13 %)C# Developer
4129 (10.87 %)Analyst
5114 (9.604 %)Senior Developer
6113 (9.520 %)VB.NET Developer
788 (7.414 %)Software Developer
880 (6.740 %)Web Developer
880 (6.740 %)VB Developer
971 (5.981 %)ASP.NET Developer
1060 (5.055 %)Software Engineer
1156 (4.718 %)C#/ASP.NET Developer
1252 (4.381 %)Senior .NET Developer
1346 (3.875 %)VB6 Developer
1442 (3.538 %)Programmer
1539 (3.286 %)DBA
1638 (3.201 %)Java Developer
1638 (3.201 %)SQL DBA
1737 (3.117 %)Applications Developer
1737 (3.117 %)SQL Developer
IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
177 (6.487 %)Client/Server
236 (3.033 %)Computer Science
332 (2.696 %)N-Tier
430 (2.527 %)Web 2.0
528 (2.359 %)Management Information System
627 (2.275 %)RIA
723 (1.938 %)Multithreading
817 (1.432 %)EPoS
916 (1.348 %)Device Driver
1013 (1.095 %)Streaming Media
1111 (0.927 %)Replication
129 (0.758 %)CMDB
138 (0.674 %)Equities
147 (0.590 %)Data Protection Act
156 (0.505 %)Mathematics
165 (0.421 %)Artificial Intelligence
165 (0.421 %)Neural Network
165 (0.421 %)PDA
174 (0.337 %)PKI
174 (0.337 %)Derivative
IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
1297 (25.02 %)Windows
293 (7.835 %)Windows Server 2003
360 (5.055 %)Windows XP
459 (4.971 %)Linux
556 (4.718 %)UNIX
655 (4.634 %)Windows 2000
721 (1.769 %)Solaris
814 (1.179 %)Windows 2000 Server
911 (0.927 %)HPUX
911 (0.927 %)Windows Vista
1010 (0.842 %)Windows CE
118 (0.674 %)AIX
126 (0.505 %)VxWorks
135 (0.421 %)Windows NT
144 (0.337 %)Nucleus RTOS
144 (0.337 %)Windows Mobile
152 (0.168 %)pSOS
152 (0.168 %)Embedded Linux
161 (0.084 %)Palm OS
IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
1143 (12.05 %)OO
2114 (9.604 %)UML
378 (6.571 %)Automated Testing
476 (6.403 %)Web Development
570 (5.897 %)Unit Testing
652 (4.381 %)Software Engineering
750 (4.212 %)Agile Software Development
849 (4.128 %)Project Management
945 (3.791 %)Content Management
1044 (3.707 %)Scrum
1141 (3.454 %)Integration Testing
1239 (3.286 %)E-Commerce
1333 (2.780 %)Release Management
1432 (2.696 %)Configuration Management
1527 (2.275 %)Data Modelling
1625 (2.106 %)OOA/OOD
1724 (2.022 %)Migration
1823 (1.938 %)TDD
1823 (1.938 %)OOD
1920 (1.685 %)Software Testing
IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
1644 (54.25 %)SQL
2608 (51.22 %)C#
3418 (35.21 %)VB.NET
4353 (29.74 %)VB
5284 (23.93 %)JavaScript
6222 (18.70 %)VB6
7192 (16.18 %)Transact-SQL
8166 (13.98 %)C++
9129 (10.87 %)Java
1085 (7.161 %)VC++
1166 (5.560 %)C
1264 (5.392 %)PL/SQL
1361 (5.139 %)DHTML
1457 (4.802 %)PHP
1547 (3.960 %)ActionScript
1640 (3.370 %)VBScript
1729 (2.443 %)VBA
1818 (1.516 %)Python
1917 (1.432 %)Delphi
2015 (1.264 %)Ruby
IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
1161 (13.56 %)Degree
2106 (8.930 %)Microsoft Certification
317 (1.432 %)ISEB
415 (1.264 %)MCSD
59 (0.758 %)MCAD
59 (0.758 %)MCPD
65 (0.421 %)MCSE
73 (0.253 %)MCP
73 (0.253 %)HND
IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
110 (0.842 %)ISO9001
28 (0.674 %)ISO9000
35 (0.421 %)SLA
44 (0.337 %)QA
IT Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
159 (4.971 %)Active Directory
211 (0.927 %)Terminal Services
310 (0.842 %)Backup Exec
45 (0.421 %)VMware Infrastructure
53 (0.253 %)MSMQ
62 (0.168 %)VMware ESX
IT Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
110 (0.842 %)MOM
24 (0.337 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
1381 (32.10 %)Microsoft
2201 (16.93 %)Oracle
378 (6.571 %)Perforce
424 (2.022 %)telerik
521 (1.769 %)Symantec
619 (1.601 %)Infragistics
717 (1.432 %)Sybase
816 (1.348 %)Adobe
911 (0.927 %)IBM
1010 (0.842 %)Borland
119 (0.758 %)RedDot
128 (0.674 %)Compuware
128 (0.674 %)CheckPoint
137 (0.590 %)Dell
137 (0.590 %)Business Objects
146 (0.505 %)Sage
146 (0.505 %)ESRI
155 (0.421 %)Serena
155 (0.421 %)VMware
155 (0.421 %)Reuters