The first table below looks at the demand for MSTest skills in IT contracts advertised for the Merseyside region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited MSTest over the 3 months to 21 May 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 Merseyside 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.
|
3 months to
21 May 2013 |
Same period 2012 |
Same period 2011 |
| Microsoft MSTest |
| Rank |
- |
30 |
26 |
| Contract jobs citing MSTest |
0 |
4 |
6 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs located in Merseyside |
- |
1.550% |
2.419% |
| As % of the Development Applications category |
- |
13.79% |
25.00% |
| Number of daily rates quoted |
0 |
2 |
0 |
| Average daily rate |
- |
£400 |
- |
| UK excluding London average daily rate |
£394 |
£338 |
£280 |
| % change year-on-year |
|
| Number of hourly rates quoted |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Average hourly rate |
- |
- |
- |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate |
- |
- |
- |
All Development Applications
Merseyside |
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Development Applications category |
29 |
29 |
24 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs located in Merseyside |
13.36% |
11.24% |
9.677% |
| Number of daily rates quoted |
13 |
21 |
10 |
| Average daily rate |
£356 |
£325 |
£292 |
| Average daily rate % change year-on-year |
|
| 90% offered a daily rate of more than |
£321 |
£300 |
£189 |
| 10% offered a daily rate of more than |
£433 |
£400 |
£348 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate |
£325 |
£330 |
£325 |
| % change year-on-year |
|
| Number of hourly rates quoted |
0 |
2 |
0 |
| Average hourly rate |
- |
£19.69 |
- |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate |
£37.50 |
£35.00 |
£35.00 |
| % change year-on-year |
|
MSTest
North West |
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