Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The first part of the table below looks at the demand for VSS/SourceSafe skills in IT jobs advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited VSS/SourceSafe over the 3 months to 19 March 2010 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second part of the table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Development Applications category.

LinkMicrosoft Visual SourceSafe (VSS)
Location
3 months to
19 Mar 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank431418399
Rank change year-on-year
Down-13Down-19
Matching permanent IT job ads259271820
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK0.301 %0.320 %0.402 %
As % of the Development Applications category3.364 %4.018 %5.279 %
Salaries quoted236224670
Average salary£35,000£37,500£37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-6.660 %-
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£24,450£28,500£25,000
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£50,000£47,500£60,000
UK excluding London average salary£35,000£35,000£32,500
% change year-on-year
-+7.690 %
IT Job Market, Development Applications CategoryAll Development Applications
UK
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Development Applications category
7700674415533
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK8.962 %7.952 %7.611 %
Salaries quoted6515566013099
Average salary£40,000£37,500£40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+6.660 %-6.250 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£27,500£27,000£27,500
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£60,000£60,000£55,000
UK excluding London average salary£35,000£35,000£35,000

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 19 March 2010 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 19 March 2010. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
EnglandDown-5241£37,000-
LondonDown-5074£45,000-2.70 %
South EastDown-943£37,500-
West MidlandsUp+5730£32,500+8.33 %
North WestUp+2130£34,000+13.33 %
South WestUp+1930£34,000+7.16 %
City of LondonDown-5222£45,000-
SurreyUp+1220£37,500+5.63 %
ManchesterUp+918£34,000+70.00 %
East of EnglandDown-418£42,500+18.05 %
WiltshireUp+813£35,000+27.27 %
CoventryNew entry-12£32,500-
CambridgeUp+311£35,000-
CambridgeshireNo change011£35,000-
SolihullNew entry-11£28,750-
DorsetNew entry-11£23,000-
PooleNew entry-10£23,000-
ScotlandUp+69£37,500-6.25 %
GlasgowDown-19£37,500-6.25 %
South WalesDown-59£32,500+14.03 %
WalesDown-59£32,500+14.03 %
HampshireUp+128£35,000-12.50 %
CardiffDown-48£32,500-
DerbyUp+217£40,000+60.00 %
HertfordshireUp+137£42,500-
DerbyshireUp+127£40,000+60.00 %
East MidlandsUp+87£40,000+23.07 %
YorkshireDown-147£35,000+16.66 %
SalisburyNew entry-7£35,000-
BradfordUp+146£35,000+9.37 %

VSS/SourceSafe
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, 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.

1364 (79.30 %).NET
2297 (64.71 %)SQL Server
3271 (59.04 %)C#
4240 (52.29 %)ASP.NET
5230 (50.11 %)SQL
6178 (38.78 %)JavaScript
7161 (35.08 %)XML
8155 (33.77 %)VB.NET
9152 (33.12 %)HTML
10145 (31.59 %)SQL Server 2005
11138 (30.07 %)Visual Studio
12124 (27.02 %)VB
13118 (25.71 %)T-SQL
13118 (25.71 %)Web Services
14116 (25.27 %)CSS
15111 (24.18 %)Windows
16104 (22.66 %)OO
17103 (22.44 %)Microsoft
1898 (21.35 %)IIS
1993 (20.26 %)AJAX
2088 (19.17 %)VB6
2180 (17.43 %)Subversion
2278 (16.99 %)C++
2371 (15.47 %)Oracle
2468 (14.81 %)Team Foundation Server
2566 (14.38 %)SQL Server 2000
2656 (12.20 %)Degree
2755 (11.98 %)ASP
2854 (11.76 %)Finance
2951 (11.11 %)XHTML

VSS/SourceSafe
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, 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 Development CategoryApplication Development
1364 (79.30 %).NET
2240 (52.29 %)ASP.NET
3161 (35.08 %)XML
4152 (33.12 %)HTML
5118 (25.71 %)Web Services
6116 (25.27 %)CSS
793 (20.26 %)AJAX
855 (11.98 %)ASP
951 (11.11 %)XHTML
1046 (10.02 %)jQuery
1142 (9.150 %)XSLT
1235 (7.625 %).NET Framework
1331 (6.754 %)WCF
1331 (6.754 %)SOAP
1427 (5.882 %)WinForms
1526 (5.664 %)Flash
1624 (5.229 %)DHTML
1722 (4.793 %)Silverlight
1820 (4.357 %)WPF
1917 (3.704 %)WSE
IT Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
198 (21.35 %)IIS
235 (7.625 %)SharePoint
317 (3.704 %)BizTalk Server
48 (1.743 %)SharePoint Server 2007
48 (1.743 %)MQSeries
57 (1.525 %)Tomcat
66 (1.307 %)CMS
75 (1.089 %)SharePoint Portal Server
83 (0.654 %)Commerce Server
83 (0.654 %)WebLogic
83 (0.654 %)Apache
83 (0.654 %)CMS400.NET
IT Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
150 (10.89 %)MS Excel
216 (3.486 %)Photoshop
216 (3.486 %)MS Office
39 (1.961 %)Adobe Illustrator
46 (1.307 %)InfoPath
53 (0.654 %)Maya
53 (0.654 %)MS Project
53 (0.654 %)MS Visio
62 (0.436 %)SketchUp
71 (0.218 %)CA Clarity
71 (0.218 %)MS PowerPoint
71 (0.218 %)Fireworks
71 (0.218 %)FrameMaker
IT Job Market, Business Applications CategoryBusiness Applications
111 (2.397 %)Dynamics AX
26 (1.307 %)Axapta
31 (0.218 %)Microsoft CRM
IT Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
16 (1.307 %)LAN
16 (1.307 %)Internet
25 (1.089 %)TCP/IP
25 (1.089 %)SSL
34 (0.871 %)DNS
43 (0.654 %)Extranet
43 (0.654 %)DSL
43 (0.654 %)WAN
43 (0.654 %)Intranet
43 (0.654 %)Wireshark
43 (0.654 %)Network Security
52 (0.436 %)Firewall
52 (0.436 %)NetScreen
52 (0.436 %)DHCP
52 (0.436 %)HTTP
52 (0.436 %)VPN
61 (0.218 %)RTP
61 (0.218 %)FTP
61 (0.218 %)POP3
61 (0.218 %)SMTP
IT Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
1297 (64.71 %)SQL Server
2145 (31.59 %)SQL Server 2005
366 (14.38 %)SQL Server 2000
439 (8.497 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
528 (6.100 %)SQL Server 2008
624 (5.229 %)Crystal Reports
721 (4.575 %)SQL Server Integration Services
814 (3.050 %)Datawarehouse
910 (2.179 %)DTS
910 (2.179 %)Oracle 10g
910 (2.179 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
108 (1.743 %)Oracle 11g
108 (1.743 %)Oracle 8/8i
117 (1.525 %)OLAP
125 (1.089 %)Oracle 9i
125 (1.089 %)ETL
125 (1.089 %)Oracle OLAP
134 (0.871 %)Oracle Reports
143 (0.654 %)Data Mining
143 (0.654 %)MySQL
IT Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
1138 (30.07 %)Visual Studio
280 (17.43 %)Subversion
368 (14.81 %)Team Foundation Server
436 (7.843 %)NUnit
521 (4.575 %)csUnit
619 (4.139 %)Dreamweaver
619 (4.139 %)NCover
718 (3.922 %)NDepend
718 (3.922 %)TeamCity
816 (3.486 %)ClearCase
915 (3.268 %)ReSharper
1011 (2.397 %)PVCS
1011 (2.397 %)Ant
1110 (2.179 %)MorphX
128 (1.743 %)Selenium
137 (1.525 %)FitNesse
137 (1.525 %)AccuRev
137 (1.525 %)WATIR
137 (1.525 %)WatiN
145 (1.089 %)Oracle Forms
IT Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
154 (11.76 %)Finance
220 (4.357 %)Banking
315 (3.268 %)Insurance
414 (3.050 %)Retail
513 (2.832 %)Pensions
513 (2.832 %)Investment Banking
612 (2.614 %)Music
711 (2.397 %)Front Office
711 (2.397 %)Government
810 (2.179 %)Marketing
97 (1.525 %)Education
106 (1.307 %)Back Office
115 (1.089 %)Health
124 (0.871 %)Manufacturing
124 (0.871 %)Music Industry
133 (0.654 %)Billing
133 (0.654 %)Telecoms
133 (0.654 %)Games
142 (0.436 %)Automotive
151 (0.218 %)Construction
IT Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
1356 (77.56 %)Developer
2159 (34.64 %).NET Developer
384 (18.30 %)Senior Developer
482 (17.86 %)C# Developer
559 (12.85 %)VB.NET Developer
655 (11.98 %)Software Developer
749 (10.68 %)Web Developer
847 (10.24 %)ASP.NET Developer
945 (9.804 %)Senior .NET Developer
1039 (8.497 %)C# ASP.NET Developer
1132 (6.972 %)Analyst
1228 (6.100 %)Applications Developer
1325 (5.447 %)Software Engineer
1423 (5.011 %)Senior VB.NET Developer
1423 (5.011 %)Junior VB.NET Developer
1519 (4.139 %)Programmer
1519 (4.139 %)Web Designer
1519 (4.139 %)Designer
1618 (3.922 %)Senior C# Developer
1716 (3.486 %)Senior ASP.NET Developer
IT Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
126 (5.664 %)N-Tier
225 (5.447 %)Computer Science
318 (3.922 %)W3C
414 (3.050 %)Web 2.0
57 (1.525 %)Client/Server
66 (1.307 %)Equities
73 (0.654 %)MPEG
73 (0.654 %)Mainframe
73 (0.654 %)AS400
73 (0.654 %)Replication
73 (0.654 %)Mathematics
82 (0.436 %)PKI
82 (0.436 %)Credit Risk
91 (0.218 %)NHS
91 (0.218 %)CMDB
91 (0.218 %)Pocket PC
91 (0.218 %)PDA
91 (0.218 %)Derivative
91 (0.218 %)Equity Derivative
IT Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
1111 (24.18 %)Windows
216 (3.486 %)UNIX
314 (3.050 %)Windows Server 2003
412 (2.614 %)Linux
58 (1.743 %)Windows 2000
58 (1.743 %)Windows Server 2008
66 (1.307 %)Solaris
74 (0.871 %)Windows XP
74 (0.871 %)Windows Vista
83 (0.654 %)AIX
92 (0.436 %)Windows 2000 Server
IT Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
1104 (22.66 %)OO
247 (10.24 %)UML
342 (9.150 %)Agile Software Development
438 (8.279 %)SOA
535 (7.625 %)Project Management
627 (5.882 %)Requirements Analysis
726 (5.664 %)OOD
825 (5.447 %)Release Management
922 (4.793 %)Unit Testing
922 (4.793 %)Web Development
1021 (4.575 %)Continuous Integration
1021 (4.575 %)TDD
1021 (4.575 %)Change Management
1120 (4.357 %)OOP
1219 (4.139 %)MVC
1318 (3.922 %)Refactoring
1417 (3.704 %)RAD
1515 (3.268 %)Migration
1515 (3.268 %)Pair Programming
1612 (2.614 %)SEO
IT Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
1271 (59.04 %)C#
2230 (50.11 %)SQL
3178 (38.78 %)JavaScript
4155 (33.77 %)VB.NET
5124 (27.02 %)VB
6118 (25.71 %)T-SQL
788 (19.17 %)VB6
878 (16.99 %)C++
942 (9.150 %)Java
1037 (8.061 %)VBScript
1130 (6.536 %)VC++
1229 (6.318 %)C
1326 (5.664 %)PHP
1425 (5.447 %)PL/SQL
1511 (2.397 %)XPath
1610 (2.179 %)X++
1610 (2.179 %)VBA
177 (1.525 %)Perl
184 (0.871 %)Ruby
193 (0.654 %)Haskell
IT Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
156 (12.20 %)Degree
29 (1.961 %)SC Cleared
29 (1.961 %)Security Cleared
29 (1.961 %)Microsoft Certification
33 (0.654 %)ISEB
42 (0.436 %)Cisco Certification
42 (0.436 %)MCSD
42 (0.436 %)MCSE
42 (0.436 %)MCDBA
42 (0.436 %)CCSP
42 (0.436 %)CCNP
42 (0.436 %)PRINCE2 Certification
42 (0.436 %)CCSA
42 (0.436 %)CCSE
42 (0.436 %)MCTS
51 (0.218 %)Postgraduate
IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
118 (3.922 %)QA
24 (0.871 %)SLA
31 (0.218 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
31 (0.218 %)HL7
31 (0.218 %)GAMP
IT Job Market, System Software CategorySystem Software
117 (3.704 %)Active Directory
23 (0.654 %)Oracle RAC
IT Job Market, Systems Management CategorySystems Management
18 (1.743 %)MSI
26 (1.307 %)Data Guard
32 (0.436 %)MOM
41 (0.218 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
IT Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
1103 (22.44 %)Microsoft
271 (15.47 %)Oracle
312 (2.614 %)Adobe
410 (2.179 %)Reuters
410 (2.179 %)Bloomberg
59 (1.961 %)Sybase
64 (0.871 %)Informatica
64 (0.871 %)Perforce
64 (0.871 %)Serena
73 (0.654 %)Alterian
73 (0.654 %)Meridio
73 (0.654 %)Ektron
73 (0.654 %)JD Edwards
73 (0.654 %)HP
73 (0.654 %)Cognos
73 (0.654 %)Cisco
73 (0.654 %)IBM
82 (0.436 %)Juniper
82 (0.436 %)Nokia
82 (0.436 %)Google