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 22 May 2012 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.

Microsoft Visual SourceSafe (VSS)
Location
3 months to
22 May 2012
Same period 2011Same period 2010
Rank465445411
Rank change year-on-year
Down-20Down-34
Matching permanent IT job ads486502397
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK0.403 %0.409 %0.416 %
As % of the Development Applications category2.837 %3.193 %3.860 %
Number of salaries quoted397472371
Average salary£40,000£37,500£39,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+6.66 %-3.84 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£30,000£26,000£25,000
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£55,000£55,000£50,000
UK excluding London average salary£37,500£35,000£35,000
% change year-on-year
+7.14 %-
IT Job Market, Development Applications CategoryAll Development Applications
UK
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Development Applications category
171321572210284
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK14.21 %12.82 %10.77 %
Number of salaries quoted15031138058624
Average salary£42,500£40,000£40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+6.25 %-
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£30,000£30,000£28,500
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£62,500£65,000£65,000
UK excluding London average salary£38,000£37,449£35,500
% change year-on-year
+1.47 %+5.49 %

VSS/SourceSafe
Demand Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving total 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 22 May 2012 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 22 May 2012. 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-24466£40,000+6.66 %
LondonUp+24209£45,000-
South EastDown-8097£43,750+15.89 %
East of EnglandDown-760£37,500-
City of LondonUp+2440£52,500-14.28 %
YorkshireDown-934£35,000+12.00 %
BerkshireDown-2632£48,750+39.28 %
SurreyDown-4132£51,000+27.50 %
LeedsUp+926£33,750+31.06 %
West YorkshireDown-326£33,750+5.46 %
South WestDown-3426£32,500+0.77 %
LeatherheadDown-123£55,000+22.22 %
EssexUp+420£37,500-6.25 %
North WestDown-619£37,500+10.29 %
WokinghamUp+2116£50,000+21.95 %
HertfordshireUp+1515£48,250+13.52 %
ScotlandUp+1713£42,500-22.72 %
GloucestershireDown-1313£36,750+53.12 %
MerseysideDown-912£37,500-
CheltenhamDown-911£37,000+23.33 %
BuckinghamshireDown-1111£40,000+35.59 %
West SussexUp+1210£37,500+3.44 %
East MidlandsUp+510£28,500-17.39 %
NottinghamshireUp+249--
NottinghamUp+189--
BedfordshireDown-119£32,750-3.67 %
CambridgeDown-149£33,500-10.66 %
CambridgeshireDown-299£33,500-10.66 %
High WycombeNew entry-9£40,000-
BournemouthNo change08£32,500-

VSS/SourceSafe
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2012, 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.

1529 (59.51 %).NET
2512 (57.59 %)SQL Server
3449 (50.51 %)SQL
4444 (49.94 %)C#
5373 (41.96 %)Subversion
6371 (41.73 %)ASP.NET
7361 (40.61 %)Windows
7361 (40.61 %)JavaScript
8313 (35.21 %)HTML
9289 (32.51 %)XML
10284 (31.95 %)CSS
11281 (31.61 %)Microsoft
12268 (30.15 %)Visual Studio
13235 (26.43 %)SQL Server 2008
14232 (26.10 %)Team Foundation Server
15189 (21.26 %)Web Services
16175 (19.69 %)Ajax
17159 (17.89 %)SQL Server 2005
18155 (17.44 %).NET Framework
19153 (17.21 %)MS Excel
20152 (17.10 %)Linux
21150 (16.87 %)VB
22147 (16.54 %)VB.NET
23145 (16.31 %)Finance
24138 (15.52 %)IIS
25137 (15.41 %)QA
26130 (14.62 %)jQuery
27128 (14.40 %)Apache
28127 (14.29 %)Degree
29125 (14.06 %)Oracle

VSS/SourceSafe
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2012, 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
1529 (59.51 %).NET
2371 (41.73 %)ASP.NET
3313 (35.21 %)HTML
4289 (32.51 %)XML
5284 (31.95 %)CSS
6189 (21.26 %)Web Services
7175 (19.69 %)Ajax
8155 (17.44 %).NET Framework
9130 (14.62 %)jQuery
1094 (10.57 %)XSLT
1190 (10.12 %)WCF
1288 (9.899 %)JSON
1374 (8.324 %)ASP
1469 (7.762 %)Flash
1560 (6.749 %)SOAP
1560 (6.749 %)LINQ
1659 (6.637 %)CPAN
1757 (6.412 %)ASP.NET MVC
1849 (5.512 %)JDBC
1948 (5.399 %)J2EE
IT Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
1138 (15.52 %)IIS
2128 (14.40 %)Apache
388 (9.899 %)SharePoint
470 (7.874 %)ActiveMQ
562 (6.974 %)WebLogic
649 (5.512 %)CMS
743 (4.837 %)Tomcat
842 (4.724 %)ESB
937 (4.162 %)GlassFish
1023 (2.587 %)Jetty
1023 (2.587 %)SharePoint 2010
1122 (2.475 %)SharePoint Server
1221 (2.362 %)BizTalk Server
1317 (1.912 %)Amazon EC2
1413 (1.462 %)WebSphere Message Broker
1413 (1.462 %)Lotus Notes
1511 (1.237 %)MSMQ
166 (0.675 %)MTS
166 (0.675 %)Content Management Server
166 (0.675 %)Exchange Server 2003
IT Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
1153 (17.21 %)MS Excel
234 (3.825 %)MS Office
322 (2.475 %)MS Visio
410 (1.125 %)Windchill
58 (0.900 %)Photoshop
67 (0.787 %)InfoPath
75 (0.562 %)MS Project
82 (0.225 %)Spreadsheet
91 (0.112 %)Doxygen
IT Job Market, Business Applications CategoryBusiness Applications
124 (2.700 %)Dynamics CRM
25 (0.562 %)Oracle BRM
34 (0.450 %)Prophet
34 (0.450 %)SAP Business One
34 (0.450 %)Siebel Analytics
42 (0.225 %)AWD
51 (0.112 %)Google Analytics
51 (0.112 %)WebTrends
51 (0.112 %)Oracle ERP
IT Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
131 (3.487 %)Internet
226 (2.925 %)Firewall
323 (2.587 %)CTI
417 (1.912 %)Unified Communications
513 (1.462 %)TCP/IP
612 (1.350 %)VoIP
710 (1.125 %)HTTP
86 (0.675 %)SSH
95 (0.562 %)iSCSI
95 (0.562 %)Intranet
95 (0.562 %)SAN
104 (0.450 %)FTP
104 (0.450 %)Extranet
104 (0.450 %)OSPF
104 (0.450 %)VRRP
104 (0.450 %)WAN
104 (0.450 %)LAN
104 (0.450 %)Wireless
104 (0.450 %)VLAN
112 (0.225 %)Ethernet
IT Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
1512 (57.59 %)SQL Server
2235 (26.43 %)SQL Server 2008
3159 (17.89 %)SQL Server 2005
487 (9.786 %)MySQL
572 (8.099 %)SQL Server Integration Services
664 (7.199 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
763 (7.087 %)SQL Server 2000
853 (5.962 %)RDBMS
928 (3.150 %)DTS
1025 (2.812 %)ETL
1124 (2.700 %)Data Warehouse
1223 (2.587 %)Crystal Reports
1318 (2.025 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
1416 (1.800 %)OLAP
1513 (1.462 %)MS Access
1610 (1.125 %)SQL Server 7
178 (0.900 %)GIS
186 (0.675 %)Oracle BI EE
193 (0.337 %)Oracle 10g
193 (0.337 %)Oracle Reports
IT Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
1373 (41.96 %)Subversion
2268 (30.15 %)Visual Studio
3232 (26.10 %)Team Foundation Server
499 (11.14 %)NUnit
598 (11.02 %)Git (software)
669 (7.762 %)Ant
755 (6.187 %)Eclipse
832 (3.600 %)ClearCase
930 (3.375 %)PVCS
1025 (2.812 %)Maven
1120 (2.250 %)MSBuild
1219 (2.137 %)TeamCity
1219 (2.137 %)Oracle Forms
1316 (1.800 %)Bugzilla
1413 (1.462 %)TortoiseSVN
1512 (1.350 %)Hudson
1611 (1.237 %)QuickTest Pro
1611 (1.237 %)NetBeans
1710 (1.125 %)JIRA
1710 (1.125 %)MSI
IT Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
1145 (16.31 %)Finance
2103 (11.59 %)Retail
331 (3.487 %)Back Office
421 (2.362 %)Marketing
519 (2.137 %)German Language
519 (2.137 %)Italian Language
519 (2.137 %)Spanish Language
615 (1.687 %)Russian Language
615 (1.687 %)Arabic Language
714 (1.575 %)Telecoms
813 (1.462 %)Electronics
911 (1.237 %)Banking
1010 (1.125 %)Military
118 (0.900 %)Games
127 (0.787 %)Front Office
127 (0.787 %)French Language
135 (0.562 %)Advertising
135 (0.562 %)Publishing
144 (0.450 %)Legal
153 (0.337 %)Aerospace
IT Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
1635 (71.43 %)Developer
2222 (24.97 %).NET Developer
3157 (17.66 %)Senior Developer
4129 (14.51 %)C# Developer
5108 (12.15 %)Software Developer
691 (10.24 %)Analyst
790 (10.12 %)C# .NET Developer
879 (8.886 %)Perl Developer
955 (6.187 %)Senior .NET Developer
1053 (5.962 %)ASP.NET Developer
1152 (5.849 %)Junior
1152 (5.849 %)Junior Developer
1251 (5.737 %)Web Developer
1348 (5.399 %)C# Software Developer
1444 (4.949 %).NET Software Developer
1542 (4.724 %)Applications Developer
1639 (4.387 %)Java Developer
1734 (3.825 %)Graduate
1734 (3.825 %)Deployment Analyst
1833 (3.712 %)Software Engineer
IT Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
148 (5.399 %)Computer Science
227 (3.037 %)Mathematics
326 (2.925 %)Replication
424 (2.700 %)Visualisation
523 (2.587 %)Speech Recognition
619 (2.137 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
718 (2.025 %)Management Information System
718 (2.025 %)Blog
817 (1.912 %)N-Tier
916 (1.800 %)IVR
916 (1.800 %)Inversion of Control
916 (1.800 %)iSeries
1014 (1.575 %)AS400
1014 (1.575 %)Biometrics
1113 (1.462 %)Client/Server
1211 (1.237 %)Celerra
138 (0.900 %)Online Games
138 (0.900 %)NHS
147 (0.787 %)Clustering
156 (0.675 %)Graphic Design
IT Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
1361 (40.61 %)Windows
2152 (17.10 %)Linux
361 (6.862 %)Windows Server 2003
452 (5.849 %)Windows Server 2008
546 (5.174 %)UNIX
625 (2.812 %)Windows 7
715 (1.687 %)Red Hat Enterprise Linux
814 (1.575 %)Windows XP
911 (1.237 %)Solaris
911 (1.237 %)Windows Mobile
109 (1.012 %)Android
117 (0.787 %)Embedded Linux
125 (0.562 %)Windows Vista
125 (0.562 %)Windows CE
134 (0.450 %)Apple iOS
141 (0.112 %)CentOS
141 (0.112 %)Ubuntu
141 (0.112 %)VMS
IT Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
1115 (12.94 %)Agile Software Development
2109 (12.26 %)Project Management
390 (10.12 %)OO
489 (10.01 %)Business Analysis
584 (9.449 %)Web Development
683 (9.336 %)Refactoring
770 (7.874 %)TDD
868 (7.649 %)ITIL
868 (7.649 %)Configuration Management
961 (6.862 %)OOP
1055 (6.187 %)Unit Testing
1150 (5.624 %)MVC
1246 (5.174 %)Scrum
1344 (4.949 %)Time Management
1443 (4.837 %)Change Management
1542 (4.724 %)CRM
1641 (4.612 %)Content Management
1740 (4.499 %)Workflow
1839 (4.387 %)Migration
1839 (4.387 %)Release Management
IT Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
1449 (50.51 %)SQL
2444 (49.94 %)C#
3361 (40.61 %)JavaScript
4150 (16.87 %)VB
5147 (16.54 %)VB.NET
6119 (13.39 %)T-SQL
7113 (12.71 %)Java
894 (10.57 %)Perl
981 (9.111 %)C++
1074 (8.324 %)VB6
1140 (4.499 %)C
1239 (4.387 %)PHP
1337 (4.162 %)Python
1434 (3.825 %)ActionScript
1530 (3.375 %)ActionScript 3.0
1622 (2.475 %)Ruby
1720 (2.250 %)PL/SQL
1816 (1.800 %)VBScript
1912 (1.350 %)VBA
1912 (1.350 %)PowerShell
IT Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
1127 (14.29 %)Degree
234 (3.825 %)Microsoft Certification
317 (1.912 %)Security Cleared
414 (1.575 %)SC Cleared
512 (1.350 %)MCP
610 (1.125 %)MCTS
79 (1.012 %)MCAD
79 (1.012 %)MCSD
86 (0.675 %)ISEB
95 (0.562 %)Cisco Certification
95 (0.562 %)MCITP
95 (0.562 %)ITIL Certification
104 (0.450 %)MCPD
104 (0.450 %)CCNP
113 (0.337 %)PhD
113 (0.337 %)ISTQB
121 (0.112 %)CCSA
121 (0.112 %)CCNA
121 (0.112 %)HNC
121 (0.112 %)HND
IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
1137 (15.41 %)QA
216 (1.800 %)GAMP
38 (0.900 %)ISO 9001
38 (0.900 %)SLA
38 (0.900 %)WCAG
44 (0.450 %)TickIT
51 (0.112 %)WAI
51 (0.112 %)Solvency II
IT Job Market, System Software CategorySystem Software
120 (2.250 %)VMware Infrastructure
216 (1.800 %)Active Directory
315 (1.687 %)Xen
315 (1.687 %)Hyper-V
46 (0.675 %)vSphere
54 (0.450 %)UAG
61 (0.112 %)VMware Server
IT Job Market, Systems Management CategorySystems Management
125 (2.812 %)Legato
125 (2.812 %)ARCserve
219 (2.137 %)HP Quality Center
312 (1.350 %)NetBackup
44 (0.450 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
51 (0.112 %)Data Guard
IT Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
1281 (31.61 %)Microsoft
2125 (14.06 %)Oracle
342 (4.724 %)MKS
434 (3.825 %)IBM
531 (3.487 %)Adobe
628 (3.150 %)HP
726 (2.925 %)NetApp
726 (2.925 %)Veritas
824 (2.700 %)EMC
920 (2.250 %)Avaya
920 (2.250 %)JBoss
920 (2.250 %)VMware
1016 (1.800 %)webMethods
1115 (1.687 %)Red Hat
1115 (1.687 %)SAP
1213 (1.462 %)Lotus
1213 (1.462 %)Perforce
1213 (1.462 %)CollabNet
1312 (1.350 %)Facebook
149 (1.012 %)CheckPoint