Microsoft Visual SourceSafe (VSS)
UK
The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs requiring VSS/SourceSafe skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 17 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 17 Oct 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 674 | 757 | 743 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +83 | -14 | +408 |
| Permanent jobs citing VSS/SourceSafe | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| As % of all permanent jobs in the UK | 0.004% | 0.003% | 0.007% |
| As % of the Development Applications category | 0.053% | 0.033% | 0.054% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 10th Percentile | - | - | - |
| 25th Percentile | - | - | £36,250 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | - | - | £43,750 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | - | -41.67% |
| 75th Percentile | - | - | £62,500 |
| 90th Percentile | - | - | £80,500 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | - | - | £43,750 |
| % change year-on-year | - | - | -41.67% |
All Development Application Skills
UK
VSS/SourceSafe falls under the Development Applications category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring development application skills.
| Permanent vacancies with a requirement for development application skills | 3,739 | 6,028 | 7,361 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK | 7.65% | 8.63% | 13.05% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 2,208 | 3,392 | 5,951 |
| 10th Percentile | £33,750 | £38,025 | £42,399 |
| 25th Percentile | £47,500 | £46,306 | £50,000 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £62,500 | £60,000 | £65,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +4.17% | -7.69% | +4.00% |
| 75th Percentile | £80,000 | £77,500 | £82,500 |
| 90th Percentile | £95,000 | £95,000 | £97,290 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £55,000 | £55,000 | £58,000 |
| % change year-on-year | - | -5.17% | +5.45% |
VSS/SourceSafe
Job Vacancy Trend
Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing VSS/SourceSafe relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.
VSS/SourceSafe
Salary Trend
Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing VSS/SourceSafe.
VSS/SourceSafe
Top 2 Job Locations
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing VSS/SourceSafe within the UK over the 6 months to 17 October 2025. 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 Permanent IT Job Ads |
Median Salary Past 6 Months |
Median Salary % Change on Same Period Last Year |
Live Jobs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| England | +94 | 2 | - | - | |
| London | - | 2 | - | - |
VSS/SourceSafe
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities by Category
The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:
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