The first table below looks at the demand for MSTest skills in IT contracts advertised for the West Yorkshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited MSTest over the 3 months to 24 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 West Yorkshire 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft MSTest
Rank 87 - 78
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Contract jobs citing MSTest 1 0 1
As % of all contract IT jobs located in West Yorkshire 0.080% - 0.089%
As % of the Development Applications category 0.820% - 0.775%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 1
Average daily rate - - £275
UK excluding London average daily rate £450 £400 £280
% change year-on-year
+12.50% +42.85%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - -
All Development Applications
West Yorkshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Development Applications category
122 110 129
As % of all contract IT jobs located in West Yorkshire 9.721% 7.029% 11.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 70 66 54
Average daily rate £275 £325 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-15.38% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £213 £258 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £375 £375 £400
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £330 £325
% change year-on-year
-1.51% +1.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 5
Average hourly rate £38.00 - £40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £37.50 £35.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year
+7.14% -
MSTest
Yorkshire

MSTest
Jobs Demand Trend

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

West Yorkshire 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 West Yorkshire region.

West Yorkshire 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 West Yorkshire region over the 3 months to 24 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
Leeds - 1 - -
MSTest
Yorkshire

MSTest
Top 16 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the West Yorkshire 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 3 (100.00%) JavaScript
1 3 (100.00%) PL/SQL
1 3 (100.00%) SQL
1 3 (100.00%) .NET
1 3 (100.00%) Oracle
1 3 (100.00%) OOP
1 3 (100.00%) OO
1 3 (100.00%) TDD
1 3 (100.00%) NUnit
1 3 (100.00%) Business Analysis
1 3 (100.00%) NHibernate
1 3 (100.00%) Project Management
1 3 (100.00%) User Acceptance Testing
2 2 (66.67%) Business Transformation
3 1 (33.33%) ESB
3 1 (33.33%) BizTalk Server

MSTest
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the West Yorkshire 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 3 (100.00%) .NET
1 3 (100.00%) NHibernate
Application Platforms
1 1 (33.33%) ESB
1 1 (33.33%) BizTalk Server
Development Applications
1 3 (100.00%) NUnit
Job Titles
1 3 (100.00%) Architect
2 2 (66.67%) Applications Architect
3 1 (33.33%) Data Architect
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) OOP
1 3 (100.00%) OO
1 3 (100.00%) TDD
1 3 (100.00%) Business Analysis
1 3 (100.00%) Project Management
1 3 (100.00%) User Acceptance Testing
2 2 (66.67%) Business Transformation
Programming Languages
1 3 (100.00%) JavaScript
1 3 (100.00%) PL/SQL
1 3 (100.00%) SQL
Vendors
1 3 (100.00%) Oracle