The first table below looks at the demand for MSTest skills in IT contracts advertised for the North West region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited MSTest over the 3 months to 20 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 North West 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
20 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft MSTest
Rank - 131 118
Contract jobs citing MSTest 0 1 3
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the North West - 0.033% 0.100%
As % of the Development Applications category - 0.391% 1.266%
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
North West
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Development Applications category
269 256 237
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the North West 11.11% 8.573% 7.934%
Number of daily rates quoted 124 141 133
Average daily rate £325 £318 £300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+2.36% +5.83%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £258 £250 £185
10% offered a daily rate of more than £394 £400 £376
UK excluding London average daily rate £330 £325 £325
% change year-on-year
+1.53% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 16 9
Average hourly rate £37.50 £21.50 £30.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+74.41% -28.33%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £23.75 £17.23 £21.82
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £112.50 £35.00 £32.40
UK excluding London average hourly rate £37.50 £37.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year
+1.35% +5.71%
MSTest
England

MSTest
Jobs Demand Trend

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

North West MSTest Jobs Demand 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 North West region over the 3 months to 20 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
(Click each for more statistics)
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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Manchester - - - -
Cheshire - - - - 2
Lancashire - - - -
Merseyside - - - -
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