The first table below looks at the demand for MSTest skills in IT contracts advertised for the Somerset 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 Somerset 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 32 - -
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Contract jobs citing MSTest 3 0 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Somerset 1.613% - -
As % of the Development Applications category 11.54% - -
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
Somerset
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Development Applications category
26 18 32
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Somerset 13.98% 10.84% 15.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 7 19
Average daily rate £360 £358 £280
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+0.69% +27.67%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £301 £305 £260
10% offered a daily rate of more than £458 £376 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £330 £325 £325
% change year-on-year
+1.53% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 3 1
Average hourly rate £40.00 £27.50 £20.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+45.45% +34.14%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £37.50 £37.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year
+1.35% +5.71%
MSTest
South West

MSTest
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Somerset 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 Somerset region.

Somerset 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 Somerset 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
Find
Job
Vacancies
Taunton - 3 - -
MSTest
South West

MSTest
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Somerset region citing MSTest also mentioned the following IT skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled that cited MSTest.

1 21 (100.00%) .NET
1 21 (100.00%) SharePoint
1 21 (100.00%) NUnit
2 19 (90.48%) C#
3 17 (80.95%) HTML
3 17 (80.95%) JavaScript
3 17 (80.95%) SQL
3 17 (80.95%) ASP
3 17 (80.95%) XML
3 17 (80.95%) Subversion
3 17 (80.95%) Unit Testing
3 17 (80.95%) Team Foundation Server
3 17 (80.95%) Jenkins
4 16 (76.19%) UML
4 16 (76.19%) IIS
4 16 (76.19%) VB
5 15 (71.43%) VB.NET
5 15 (71.43%) Java
5 15 (71.43%) C++
5 15 (71.43%) Oracle
5 15 (71.43%) ASP.NET
5 15 (71.43%) Ingres
5 15 (71.43%) UNIX
5 15 (71.43%) TeamCity
6 14 (66.67%) CruiseControl
6 14 (66.67%) Microsoft
6 14 (66.67%) VSS/SourceSafe
7 13 (61.90%) ITIL
7 13 (61.90%) .NET Framework
7 13 (61.90%) Continuous Integration

MSTest
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Somerset region citing MSTest also mentioned the following IT skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled that cited MSTest. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 21 (100.00%) .NET
2 17 (80.95%) HTML
2 17 (80.95%) ASP
2 17 (80.95%) XML
3 15 (71.43%) ASP.NET
4 13 (61.90%) .NET Framework
5 1 (4.762%) WCF
5 1 (4.762%) XSL
5 1 (4.762%) CSS
5 1 (4.762%) Web Services
Application Platforms
1 21 (100.00%) SharePoint
2 16 (76.19%) IIS
3 11 (52.38%) OpenROAD
4 1 (4.762%) SharePoint 2010
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (71.43%) Ingres
2 12 (57.14%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 21 (100.00%) NUnit
2 17 (80.95%) Subversion
2 17 (80.95%) Team Foundation Server
2 17 (80.95%) Jenkins
3 15 (71.43%) TeamCity
4 14 (66.67%) CruiseControl
4 14 (66.67%) VSS/SourceSafe
5 2 (9.524%) Rhino Mocks
5 2 (9.524%) MSBuild
6 1 (4.762%) Visual Studio
Job Titles
1 20 (95.24%) Developer
2 15 (71.43%) .NET Developer
2 15 (71.43%) C# Developer
2 15 (71.43%) C# .NET Developer
3 10 (47.62%) Senior Developer
4 8 (38.10%) Analyst
4 8 (38.10%) Senior Analyst
5 6 (28.57%) Senior Analyst Developer
5 6 (28.57%) Analyst Developer
6 5 (23.81%) ASP.NET Developer
6 5 (23.81%) Senior .NET Developer
6 5 (23.81%) Senior C# Developer
6 5 (23.81%) C# ASP.NET Developer
7 4 (19.05%) Senior Support Analyst
7 4 (19.05%) Support Analyst
8 3 (14.29%) Senior ASP.NET Developer
9 2 (9.524%) Developer Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 1 (4.762%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 15 (71.43%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (80.95%) Unit Testing
2 16 (76.19%) UML
3 13 (61.90%) ITIL
3 13 (61.90%) Continuous Integration
4 12 (57.14%) Service Delivery
5 8 (38.10%) Service Management
5 8 (38.10%) ITSM
6 1 (4.762%) TDD
6 1 (4.762%) Incident Management
6 1 (4.762%) Enterprise Architecture
6 1 (4.762%) Web Development
6 1 (4.762%) Configuration Management
6 1 (4.762%) Workflow
6 1 (4.762%) Scrum
6 1 (4.762%) PRINCE2
6 1 (4.762%) RAD
6 1 (4.762%) Waterfall
6 1 (4.762%) Integration Testing
6 1 (4.762%) Performance Management
6 1 (4.762%) Kanban
Programming Languages
1 19 (90.48%) C#
2 17 (80.95%) JavaScript
2 17 (80.95%) SQL
3 16 (76.19%) VB
4 15 (71.43%) VB.NET
4 15 (71.43%) Java
4 15 (71.43%) C++
5 1 (4.762%) VB6
5 1 (4.762%) C
5 1 (4.762%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 9 (42.86%) Microsoft Certification
2 8 (38.10%) ISEB
2 8 (38.10%) MCP
2 8 (38.10%) MCPD
2 8 (38.10%) MCTS
3 7 (33.33%) Security Cleared
3 7 (33.33%) SC Cleared
4 2 (9.524%) BC Cleared
5 1 (4.762%) ISEB Practitioner
5 1 (4.762%) MCSD
5 1 (4.762%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (4.762%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (4.762%) TickIT
1 1 (4.762%) ISO 9000
Vendors
1 15 (71.43%) Oracle
2 14 (66.67%) Microsoft
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