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

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Visual SourceSafe (VSS)
Rank 11 - -
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Permanent jobs citing VSS/SourceSafe 4 0 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in West Bromwich 11.43% - -
As % of the Development Applications category 36.36% - -
Number of salaries quoted 4 0 0
Average salary £40,000 - -
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
+6.66% +7.14%
All Development Applications
West Bromwich
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Development Applications category
11 0 2
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in West Bromwich 31.43% - 9.091%
Number of salaries quoted 11 0 2
Average salary £40,000 - £34,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,500 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
+1.31% +1.33%
VSS/SourceSafe
West Midlands

VSS/SourceSafe
Jobs Demand Trend

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

West Bromwich 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 West Bromwich region.

West Bromwich VSS/SourceSafe Salary Trend

VSS/SourceSafe
Top 14 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the West Bromwich 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 14 (100.00%) .NET
1 14 (100.00%) SQL Server
1 14 (100.00%) Visual Studio
1 14 (100.00%) OO
1 14 (100.00%) C#
2 12 (85.71%) Retail
2 12 (85.71%) VB6
2 12 (85.71%) C++
2 12 (85.71%) VB
3 11 (78.57%) BizTalk Server
4 3 (21.43%) Silverlight
5 2 (14.29%) QA
6 1 (7.143%) User Acceptance Testing
6 1 (7.143%) WinForms

VSS/SourceSafe
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the West Bromwich 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 14 (100.00%) .NET
2 3 (21.43%) Silverlight
3 1 (7.143%) WinForms
Application Platforms
1 11 (78.57%) BizTalk Server
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (100.00%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 14 (100.00%) Visual Studio
General
1 12 (85.71%) Retail
Job Titles
1 14 (100.00%) Developer
1 14 (100.00%) .NET Developer
2 13 (92.86%) C# Developer
2 13 (92.86%) C# .NET Developer
3 1 (7.143%) C# Software Developer
3 1 (7.143%) .NET Software Developer
3 1 (7.143%) Software Developer
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (100.00%) OO
2 1 (7.143%) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1 14 (100.00%) C#
2 12 (85.71%) VB6
2 12 (85.71%) C++
2 12 (85.71%) VB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (14.29%) QA