The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for VSS/SourceSafe skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited VSS/SourceSafe over the 6 months to 14 August 2020 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.
Note that daily and hourly rates are treated separately in these statistics. When calculating contractor rate percentiles, daily rates are never derived from quoted hourly rates or vice versa.
VSS/SourceSafe is in the Development Applications category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for development application skills.
Contract vacancies with a requirement for development application skills
5,577
15,711
19,200
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England
18.48%
18.99%
20.54%
Number of daily rates quoted
3,638
10,363
13,297
Median daily rate
£500
£475
£475
Median daily rate % change year-on-year
+5.26%
-
+5.56%
10th Percentile
£331
£338
£325
90th Percentile
£675
£638
£625
UK median daily rate
£500
£475
£470
% change year-on-year
+5.26%
+1.06%
+4.91%
Number of hourly rates quoted
115
225
204
Median hourly rate
£43.00
£45.00
£42.50
Median hourly rate % change year-on-year
-4.44%
+5.88%
+3.66%
10th Percentile
£25.80
£23.25
£26.33
90th Percentile
£57.50
£56.10
£53.75
Median hourly rate
£42.50
£44.00
£42.50
% change year-on-year
-3.41%
+3.53%
+1.80%
VSS/SourceSafe Job Vacancy Trend in England
Job postings citing VSS/SourceSafe as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.
VSS/SourceSafe Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing VSS/SourceSafe in England.
VSS/SourceSafe Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England
3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing VSS/SourceSafe in England.
VSS/SourceSafe Contract Job Locations in England
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing VSS/SourceSafe within the England region over the 6 months to 14 August 2020. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.
Location
Rank Change on Same Period Last Year
Matching Contract IT Job Ads
Median Daily Rate Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate % Change on Same Period Last Year
VSS/SourceSafe Top 30 Co-occurring IT Skills in England
For the 6 months to 14 August 2020, IT contractor jobs citing VSS/SourceSafe also mentioned the following skills in order of popularity.
The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the England region with a requirement for VSS/SourceSafe.
VSS/SourceSafe Co-occurring IT Skills in England by Category
The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category.
The same job type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:
