The first table below looks at the demand for VSS/SourceSafe skills in IT jobs advertised for the West Midlands region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited VSS/SourceSafe over the 3 months to 17 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 Midlands region.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Visual SourceSafe (VSS)
Rank 175 181 163
Rank change year-on-year
+6 -18
Permanent jobs citing VSS/SourceSafe 32 8 7
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the West Midlands 0.645% 0.178% 0.169%
As % of the Development Applications category 5.186% 1.311% 1.667%
Number of salaries quoted 29 6 5
Average salary £40,000 £34,750 £32,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+15.10% +6.92%
90% offered a salary of more than £35,000 £26,750 £28,200
10% offered a salary of more than £45,000 £47,500 £38,000
UK excluding London average salary £39,000 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
+4.00% +7.14%
All Development Applications
West Midlands
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Development Applications category
617 610 420
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the West Midlands 12.43% 13.55% 10.12%
Number of salaries quoted 565 534 374
Average salary £37,500 £37,500 £36,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +2.73%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,500 £27,500 £25,000
10% offered a salary of more than £47,500 £50,000 £55,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,500 £38,000 £37,000
% change year-on-year
+1.31% +2.70%
VSS/SourceSafe
England

VSS/SourceSafe
Jobs Demand Trend

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

West Midlands 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 Midlands region.

West Midlands VSS/SourceSafe Salary Trend

VSS/SourceSafe
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing VSS/SourceSafe across the West Midlands region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

West Midlands 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 West Midlands region over the 3 months to 17 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
Birmingham -13 14 £40,000 +48.14%
West Bromwich - 4 £40,000 -
Warwickshire +9 2 £37,500 -
Shropshire - 2 - -
Solihull - 2 £35,000 -
VSS/SourceSafe
England

VSS/SourceSafe
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the West Midlands 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 37 (74.00%) SQL Server
2 36 (72.00%) .NET
3 33 (66.00%) C#
4 32 (64.00%) Visual Studio
5 28 (56.00%) OO
6 24 (48.00%) Retail
7 15 (30.00%) Silverlight
7 15 (30.00%) C++
8 14 (28.00%) VB
8 14 (28.00%) VB6
9 11 (22.00%) BizTalk Server
10 10 (20.00%) Telecoms
10 10 (20.00%) Cisco
11 9 (18.00%) Microsoft
12 8 (16.00%) Siemens
13 7 (14.00%) CRM
13 7 (14.00%) JavaScript
13 7 (14.00%) Analytics
14 6 (12.00%) Finance
14 6 (12.00%) HTML
14 6 (12.00%) SQL
14 6 (12.00%) XML
14 6 (12.00%) ASP.NET
15 5 (10.00%) Team Foundation Server
16 4 (8.000%) Web Development
16 4 (8.000%) WinForms
16 4 (8.000%) Subversion
16 4 (8.000%) MVC
16 4 (8.000%) CSS
16 4 (8.000%) Windows

VSS/SourceSafe
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the West Midlands 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 36 (72.00%) .NET
2 15 (30.00%) Silverlight
3 6 (12.00%) HTML
3 6 (12.00%) ASP.NET
3 6 (12.00%) XML
4 4 (8.000%) CSS
4 4 (8.000%) WinForms
5 3 (6.000%) WPF
5 3 (6.000%) ASP.NET MVC
6 2 (4.000%) WebSphere
6 2 (4.000%) JNDI
6 2 (4.000%) J2EE
6 2 (4.000%) JDBC
6 2 (4.000%) JSP
6 2 (4.000%) Servlets
6 2 (4.000%) DOM
6 2 (4.000%) XSLT
6 2 (4.000%) JMS
6 2 (4.000%) SAX
7 1 (2.000%) ASP
Application Platforms
1 11 (22.00%) BizTalk Server
2 2 (4.000%) WebLogic
2 2 (4.000%) IIS
2 2 (4.000%) Apache
2 2 (4.000%) Tomcat
2 2 (4.000%) JRun
2 2 (4.000%) SharePoint
3 1 (2.000%) SharePoint 2010
Applications
1 3 (6.000%) MS Office
2 2 (4.000%) MS Excel
2 2 (4.000%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 2 (4.000%) Agresso
1 2 (4.000%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (2.000%) Google Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 1 (2.000%) VoIP
1 1 (2.000%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 37 (74.00%) SQL Server
2 3 (6.000%) RDBMS
2 3 (6.000%) SQL Server Reporting Services
2 3 (6.000%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 2 (4.000%) GIS
3 2 (4.000%) TOAD
4 1 (2.000%) Crystal Reports
4 1 (2.000%) QlikView
4 1 (2.000%) SQL Server Analysis Services
4 1 (2.000%) PerformancePoint
Development Applications
1 32 (64.00%) Visual Studio
2 5 (10.00%) Team Foundation Server
3 4 (8.000%) Subversion
4 3 (6.000%) Git (software)
4 3 (6.000%) ClearQuest
5 2 (4.000%) Log4j
5 2 (4.000%) Eclipse
5 2 (4.000%) IntelliJ
5 2 (4.000%) WiX
5 2 (4.000%) MSBuild
5 2 (4.000%) Ant
General
1 24 (48.00%) Retail
2 10 (20.00%) Telecoms
3 6 (12.00%) Finance
4 3 (6.000%) Manufacturing
5 1 (2.000%) Law
Job Titles
1 38 (76.00%) Developer
2 25 (50.00%) .NET Developer
2 25 (50.00%) C# Developer
3 22 (44.00%) C# .NET Developer
4 5 (10.00%) Technical Leader
4 5 (10.00%) Telephony Engineer
4 5 (10.00%) Network Engineer
5 3 (6.000%) Analyst
6 2 (4.000%) Software Developer
6 2 (4.000%) Applications Developer
6 2 (4.000%) Configuration Analyst
6 2 (4.000%) Developer Analyst
6 2 (4.000%) C# Software Developer
7 1 (2.000%) Front-End Developer
7 1 (2.000%) QA Analyst
7 1 (2.000%) .NET Software Developer
7 1 (2.000%) Analyst Programmer
7 1 (2.000%) Programmer
7 1 (2.000%) Web Developer
7 1 (2.000%) Business Intelligence Developer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (4.000%) Client/Server
2 1 (2.000%) W3C
2 1 (2.000%) Computer Science
Operating Systems
1 4 (8.000%) Windows
2 1 (2.000%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 28 (56.00%) OO
2 7 (14.00%) CRM
2 7 (14.00%) Analytics
3 4 (8.000%) MVC
3 4 (8.000%) Web Development
4 3 (6.000%) Problem Management
4 3 (6.000%) Workflow
5 2 (4.000%) Configuration Management
5 2 (4.000%) Process Management
5 2 (4.000%) Unit Testing
5 2 (4.000%) Continuous Integration
5 2 (4.000%) Test Automation
5 2 (4.000%) Waterfall
5 2 (4.000%) Bug Management
6 1 (2.000%) User Acceptance Testing
6 1 (2.000%) Stakeholder Management
6 1 (2.000%) Software Testing
6 1 (2.000%) OOD
6 1 (2.000%) Business Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 33 (66.00%) C#
2 15 (30.00%) C++
3 14 (28.00%) VB
3 14 (28.00%) VB6
4 7 (14.00%) JavaScript
5 6 (12.00%) SQL
6 4 (8.000%) VB.NET
7 3 (6.000%) T-SQL
7 3 (6.000%) PHP
8 2 (4.000%) PL/SQL
8 2 (4.000%) Java
8 2 (4.000%) VC++
9 1 (2.000%) Python
9 1 (2.000%) Perl
9 1 (2.000%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 1 (2.000%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (6.000%) QA
Systems Management
1 1 (2.000%) SCCM
Vendors
1 10 (20.00%) Cisco
2 9 (18.00%) Microsoft
3 8 (16.00%) Siemens
4 2 (4.000%) BEA
4 2 (4.000%) Oracle
4 2 (4.000%) Pega
5 1 (2.000%) BT
5 1 (2.000%) Google
Birmingham, West Midlands
This is a fantastic opportunity to join a new team within this established global software focused business, a leader in their industry and expanding further- They are in...
GSA Techsource
Salary: GBP35000 to GBP40000 per annum + Benefits: plus Benefits
Posted: 10 May 2013
Birmingham, West Midlands (County)
Application / Front - end Developer - Classic ASP / HTML / XML / CSS... Exposure to HTML, XML and CSS is essential... Awareness of MS SQL / T - SQL, SQL Server, MS SharePoint and...
Harvey Nash plc
Salary: £27000 per annum
Posted: 17 May 2013
Birmingham, West Midlands
Exposure to HTML, XML and CSS is essential. Any exposure to classic ASP and Javascript would be extremely advantageous but not essential. Awareness of MS SQL / T - SQL,...
Harvey Nash plc
Salary: £27000 per annum
Posted: 18 May 2013
Solihull, West Midlands
This is a fantastic opportunity for an experienced -Net Developer to join an established global eCommerce software focused business, a leader in their industry and expanding further- They...
GSA Techsource
Salary: GBP35000 to GBP40000 per annum + Benefits: plus bonus and benefits
Posted: 17 May 2013