The first table below looks at the demand for MSTest skills in IT contracts advertised for the Hampshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited MSTest over the 3 months to 19 June 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 Hampshire region.

Note that daily contractor rates and hourly contractor rates are treated separately. When calculating average contractor rates, daily rates are not derived from quoted hourly rates or vice versa.

Location
3 months to
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft MSTest
Rank - 95 -
Contract jobs citing MSTest 0 3 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Hampshire - 0.193% -
As % of the Development Applications category - 1.563% -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Average daily rate - - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £381 £500 £280
% change year-on-year
-23.75% +78.57%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - -
All Development Applications
Hampshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Development Applications category
222 192 264
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Hampshire 13.86% 12.35% 14.03%
Number of daily rates quoted 105 86 77
Average daily rate £338 £350 £380
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-3.57% -7.89%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £288 £263 £275
10% offered a daily rate of more than £401 £410 £438
UK excluding London average daily rate £330 £325 £325
% change year-on-year
+1.53% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 18 31 63
Average hourly rate £39.50 £40.00 £35.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-1.25% +14.28%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £28.15 £31.00 £32.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £50.00 £46.00 £40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £37.50 £36.75 £35.00
% change year-on-year
+2.04% +5.00%
MSTest
South East

MSTest
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing MSTest across the Hampshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Development Applications category.

Hampshire MSTest Jobs Demand Trend

MSTest
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing MSTest across the Hampshire region.

Hampshire MSTest Daily Rate Trend

MSTest
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing MSTest within the Hampshire region over the 3 months to 19 June 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
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Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
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Basingstoke - - - - 2
Southampton - - - - 1
MSTest
South East