Microsoft MSTest
UK > Scotland
The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Scotland with a requirement for MSTest skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited MSTest over the 6 months to 8 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.
| 6 months to 8 May 2024 |
Same period 2023 | Same period 2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | - | 157 | 170 |
| Rank change year-on-year | - | +13 | -10 |
| Contract jobs citing MSTest | 0 | 11 | 2 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in Scotland | - | 0.40% | 0.058% |
| As % of the Development Applications category | - | 2.04% | 0.32% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 0 | 8 | 2 |
| 10th Percentile | - | - | - |
| 25th Percentile | - | £406 | £463 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | - | £413 | £475 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | -13.16% | +5.56% |
| 75th Percentile | - | £478 | £488 |
| 90th Percentile | - | £488 | - |
| UK median daily rate | £475 | £588 | £450 |
| % change year-on-year | -19.15% | +30.56% | +12.50% |
All Development Application Skills
Scotland
MSTest is in the Development Applications category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in Scotland with a requirement for development application skills.
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for development application skills | 400 | 539 | 625 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Scotland | 18.34% | 19.49% | 17.99% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 254 | 418 | 443 |
| 10th Percentile | £363 | £394 | £363 |
| 25th Percentile | £420 | £415 | £414 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £498 | £475 | £475 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +4.74% | - | +11.76% |
| 75th Percentile | £586 | £538 | £553 |
| 90th Percentile | £636 | £629 | £623 |
| UK median daily rate | £525 | £550 | £550 |
| % change year-on-year | -4.55% | - | +11.11% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 10 | 5 | 9 |
| 10th Percentile | £34.10 | £54.36 | £35.45 |
| 25th Percentile | - | £59.03 | £42.50 |
| Median hourly rate | £40.94 | £60.55 | £52.50 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -32.39% | +15.33% | +31.25% |
| 75th Percentile | - | £66.56 | £55.75 |
| 90th Percentile | - | £67.88 | £57.50 |
| UK median hourly rate | £65.00 | £61.50 | £50.50 |
| % change year-on-year | +5.69% | +21.78% | +12.22% |
MSTest
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland
Job postings citing MSTest as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Scotland.
MSTest
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Scotland
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing MSTest in Scotland.