MSTest Contracts in the South West
 
Demand Trend Daily Rate Trend Daily Rate Histogram Job Locations Related Skills

The first table below looks at the demand for MSTest skills in IT contracts advertised for the South West 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 South 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
21 May 2013		 Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft MSTest
Rank 109 - -
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Contract jobs citing MSTest 8 0 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South West 0.384% - -
As % of the Development Applications category 3.774% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 6 0 0
Average daily rate £525 - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £394 £338 £280
% change year-on-year
+16.66% +20.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - -
All Development Applications
South West
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Development Applications category		 212 354 302
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South West 10.17% 10.84% 10.98%
Number of daily rates quoted 119 218 128
Average daily rate £335 £375 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-10.66% +7.14%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £265 £288 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £525 £450 £463
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £330 £325
% change year-on-year
-1.51% +1.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 25 49
Average hourly rate £40.00 £35.00 £35.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+14.28% -1.40%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £32.50 £23.88 £32.70
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £47.50 £40.50 £40.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £37.50 £35.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year
+7.14% -
MSTest
England

MSTest
Jobs Demand Trend

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

South West 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 South West region.

South West MSTest Daily Rate Trend

MSTest
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing MSTest across the South West region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013.

South West MSTest Daily Rate Histogram

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 South West region over the 3 months to 21 May 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
Somerset - 4 £315 -
Wiltshire - 4 £600 -
MSTest
England

MSTest
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South West 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 29 (96.67%) C#
2 25 (83.33%) .NET
2 25 (83.33%) Unit Testing
3 24 (80.00%) IIS
3 24 (80.00%) UML
4 22 (73.33%) Team Foundation Server
5 20 (66.67%) NUnit
5 20 (66.67%) SharePoint
5 20 (66.67%) SQL Server
6 18 (60.00%) .NET Framework
7 17 (56.67%) ASP
7 17 (56.67%) HTML
7 17 (56.67%) JavaScript
7 17 (56.67%) SQL
7 17 (56.67%) XML
8 16 (53.33%) VB
8 16 (53.33%) Subversion
8 16 (53.33%) Security Cleared
8 16 (53.33%) Jenkins
9 15 (50.00%) TeamCity
9 15 (50.00%) VB.NET
9 15 (50.00%) Java
9 15 (50.00%) C++
9 15 (50.00%) ASP.NET
9 15 (50.00%) Oracle
9 15 (50.00%) Ingres
9 15 (50.00%) UNIX
10 14 (46.67%) VSS/SourceSafe
10 14 (46.67%) CruiseControl
10 14 (46.67%) Microsoft

MSTest
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South West 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 25 (83.33%) .NET
2 18 (60.00%) .NET Framework
3 17 (56.67%) ASP
3 17 (56.67%) HTML
3 17 (56.67%) XML
4 15 (50.00%) ASP.NET
5 10 (33.33%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
5 10 (33.33%) Managed Extensibility Framework
5 10 (33.33%) WCF
5 10 (33.33%) Silverlight
6 8 (26.67%) Web Services
7 2 (6.667%) LINQ
8 1 (3.333%) XSL
8 1 (3.333%) CSS
Application Platforms
1 24 (80.00%) IIS
2 20 (66.67%) SharePoint
3 11 (36.67%) OpenROAD
4 8 (26.67%) ArcGIS
5 1 (3.333%) SharePoint 2010
Database & Business Intelligence
1 20 (66.67%) SQL Server
2 15 (50.00%) Ingres
3 8 (26.67%) SQL Server 2008
Development Applications
1 22 (73.33%) Team Foundation Server
2 20 (66.67%) NUnit
3 16 (53.33%) Subversion
3 16 (53.33%) Jenkins
4 15 (50.00%) TeamCity
5 14 (46.67%) VSS/SourceSafe
5 14 (46.67%) CruiseControl
6 10 (33.33%) Moq
7 9 (30.00%) Visual Studio
8 1 (3.333%) Rhino Mocks
8 1 (3.333%) MSBuild
Job Titles
1 29 (96.67%) Developer
2 22 (73.33%) C# Developer
3 20 (66.67%) C# .NET Developer
3 20 (66.67%) .NET Developer
4 10 (33.33%) Software Developer
5 9 (30.00%) Senior Developer
6 8 (26.67%) Senior Analyst
6 8 (26.67%) Programmer
6 8 (26.67%) Software Engineer
6 8 (26.67%) Analyst
6 8 (26.67%) Software Programmer
7 7 (23.33%) C# Programmer
8 6 (20.00%) Analyst Developer
8 6 (20.00%) Senior Analyst Developer
9 5 (16.67%) Senior .NET Developer
9 5 (16.67%) ASP.NET Developer
9 5 (16.67%) Senior C# Developer
9 5 (16.67%) .NET Programmer
9 5 (16.67%) C# ASP.NET Developer
10 4 (13.33%) Senior Support Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 10 (33.33%) Client/Server
2 8 (26.67%) RIA
3 1 (3.333%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 15 (50.00%) UNIX
2 8 (26.67%) Windows
2 8 (26.67%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 25 (83.33%) Unit Testing
2 24 (80.00%) UML
3 13 (43.33%) ITIL
3 13 (43.33%) Continuous Integration
4 12 (40.00%) Service Delivery
5 8 (26.67%) Service Management
5 8 (26.67%) ITSM
6 1 (3.333%) TDD
6 1 (3.333%) Configuration Management
6 1 (3.333%) PRINCE2
6 1 (3.333%) RAD
6 1 (3.333%) Waterfall
6 1 (3.333%) Performance Management
6 1 (3.333%) Integration Testing
6 1 (3.333%) Incident Management
6 1 (3.333%) Enterprise Architecture
6 1 (3.333%) Web Development
Programming Languages
1 29 (96.67%) C#
2 17 (56.67%) JavaScript
2 17 (56.67%) SQL
3 16 (53.33%) VB
4 15 (50.00%) VB.NET
4 15 (50.00%) Java
4 15 (50.00%) C++
5 1 (3.333%) VB6
5 1 (3.333%) C
5 1 (3.333%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 16 (53.33%) Security Cleared
2 10 (33.33%) SC Cleared
2 10 (33.33%) DV Cleared
3 9 (30.00%) Microsoft Certification
4 8 (26.67%) ISEB
4 8 (26.67%) MCP
4 8 (26.67%) MCPD
4 8 (26.67%) MCTS
5 2 (6.667%) BC Cleared
6 1 (3.333%) ISEB Practitioner
6 1 (3.333%) MCSD
6 1 (3.333%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (3.333%) TickIT
1 1 (3.333%) ISO 9000
1 1 (3.333%) ISO/IEC 27001
Vendors
1 15 (50.00%) Oracle
2 14 (46.67%) Microsoft
3 8 (26.67%) ESRI
Senior Developer
Taunton, South West
Skills/ Experience Required Essential Skills The post-holder must have: *Have demonstrable working knowledge of the following programming languages:- oC# oASP.net oSQL *Have demonstrable working knowledge of...
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Posted: 14 May 2013
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