Microsoft Visual SourceSafe (VSS)
UK
The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies requiring VSS/SourceSafe skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited VSS/SourceSafe over the 6 months leading up to 21 January 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 21 Jan 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 748 | - | 998 |
| Rank change year-on-year | - | - | +50 |
| Permanent jobs citing VSS/SourceSafe | 1 | 0 | 8 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK | 0.002% | - | 0.007% |
| As % of the Development Applications category | 0.015% | - | 0.046% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| 10th Percentile | - | - | £58,000 |
| 25th Percentile | - | - | £65,000 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | - | - | £70,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | - | +55.56% |
| 75th Percentile | - | - | £77,500 |
| 90th Percentile | - | - | - |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | - | - | £70,000 |
| % change year-on-year | - | - | +55.56% |
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 | 6,709 | 7,551 | 17,526 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK | 10.32% | 11.49% | 16.20% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 3,688 | 5,758 | 11,063 |
| 10th Percentile | £37,574 | £38,000 | £40,000 |
| 25th Percentile | £45,628 | £47,500 | £50,000 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £60,000 | £62,500 | £65,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -4.00% | -3.85% | +8.33% |
| 75th Percentile | £75,000 | £82,375 | £82,500 |
| 90th Percentile | £95,000 | £97,500 | £100,000 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £52,500 | £57,500 | £55,000 |
| % change year-on-year | -8.70% | +4.55% | +4.76% |
VSS/SourceSafe
Job Vacancy Trend
Job postings citing VSS/SourceSafe as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.
VSS/SourceSafe
Salary Trend
3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing VSS/SourceSafe.
VSS/SourceSafe
Top 4 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 21 January 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| North East | - | 1 | - | - | |
| England | - | 1 | - | - | 1 |
| UK excluding London | - | 1 | - | - | 1 |
| North of England | - | 1 | - | - |
VSS/SourceSafe
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities by Category
The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories: