Microsoft Visual SourceSafe (VSS)
UK
The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies 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 2 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.
| 6 months to 2 Jun 2024 |
Same period 2023 | Same period 2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 574 | 683 | 835 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +109 | +152 | -108 |
| Contract jobs citing VSS/SourceSafe | 5 | 1 | 6 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK | 0.012% | 0.002% | 0.007% |
| As % of the Development Applications category | 0.097% | 0.012% | 0.038% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 3 | 0 | 5 |
| 10th Percentile | £483 | - | - |
| 25th Percentile | £531 | - | £525 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £625 | - | £575 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | - | +40.24% |
| 75th Percentile | £669 | - | £619 |
| 90th Percentile | £688 | - | - |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | - | - | £550 |
| % change year-on-year | - | - | +34.15% |
All Development Application Skills
UK
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 with a requirement for development application skills.
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for development application skills | 5,157 | 8,111 | 15,706 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK | 11.97% | 14.39% | 17.89% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 3,457 | 5,721 | 11,061 |
| 10th Percentile | £351 | £375 | £400 |
| 25th Percentile | £425 | £456 | £460 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £525 | £550 | £550 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -4.55% | - | +10.00% |
| 75th Percentile | £625 | £663 | £650 |
| 90th Percentile | £725 | £750 | £750 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £500 | £500 | £500 |
| % change year-on-year | - | - | +11.73% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 224 | 227 | 200 |
| 10th Percentile | £26.77 | £44.86 | £37.85 |
| 25th Percentile | £46.25 | £53.75 | £39.75 |
| Median hourly rate | £65.00 | £61.50 | £52.25 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +5.69% | +17.70% | +6.63% |
| 75th Percentile | £70.00 | £72.50 | £65.00 |
| 90th Percentile | £77.50 | £82.50 | £75.08 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £65.00 | £61.50 | £55.00 |
| % change year-on-year | +5.69% | +11.82% | +15.79% |
VSS/SourceSafe
Job Vacancy Trend
Job postings citing VSS/SourceSafe as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.
VSS/SourceSafe
Contractor Daily Rate Trend
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing VSS/SourceSafe.
VSS/SourceSafe
Daily Rate Histogram
Daily rate distribution for jobs citing VSS/SourceSafe over the 6 months to 2 June 2024.
VSS/SourceSafe
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend
3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing VSS/SourceSafe.
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Top 3 Contract Locations
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 UK over the 6 months to 2 June 2024. 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 |
Live Jobs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| London | +104 | 5 | £625 | - | |
| England | +101 | 5 | £625 | - | 1 |
| Work from Home | +112 | 3 | £625 | - | 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: