The first table below looks at the demand for MSTest skills in IT contracts advertised for the Wiltshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited MSTest over the 3 months to 18 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 Wiltshire 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
18 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft MSTest
Rank 47 - -
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Contract jobs citing MSTest 5 0 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Wiltshire 0.971% - -
As % of the Development Applications category 13.16% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 5 0 0
Average daily rate £600 - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £381 £425 £280
% change year-on-year
-10.29% +51.78%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - -
All Development Applications
Wiltshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Development Applications category
38 52 52
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Wiltshire 7.379% 8.950% 8.652%
Number of daily rates quoted 30 32 27
Average daily rate £500 £315 £425
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+58.73% -25.88%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £275 £244 £300
10% offered a daily rate of more than £600 £425 £463
UK excluding London average daily rate £330 £330 £325
% change year-on-year
- +1.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 6 3
Average hourly rate £35.00 £23.88 £37.25
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+46.59% -35.90%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £37.50 £36.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year
+4.16% +2.85%
MSTest
South West

MSTest
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Wiltshire 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 Wiltshire region.

Wiltshire 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 Wiltshire region over the 3 months to 18 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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Vacancies
Swindon - 5 £600 -
MSTest
South West

MSTest
Top 26 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Wiltshire 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 12 (100.00%) C#
1 12 (100.00%) Client/Server
1 12 (100.00%) WCF
1 12 (100.00%) Silverlight
1 12 (100.00%) DV Cleared
1 12 (100.00%) Security Cleared
1 12 (100.00%) Moq
1 12 (100.00%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
1 12 (100.00%) Managed Extensibility Framework
2 10 (83.33%) Unit Testing
2 10 (83.33%) Windows 7
2 10 (83.33%) SQL Server 2008
2 10 (83.33%) RIA
2 10 (83.33%) ESRI
2 10 (83.33%) ArcGIS
2 10 (83.33%) SQL Server
2 10 (83.33%) IIS
2 10 (83.33%) Visual Studio
2 10 (83.33%) Web Services
2 10 (83.33%) Windows
2 10 (83.33%) UML
3 8 (66.67%) Team Foundation Server
4 7 (58.33%) .NET Framework
4 7 (58.33%) .NET
5 6 (50.00%) SC Cleared
6 2 (16.67%) LINQ

MSTest
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Wiltshire 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 12 (100.00%) WCF
1 12 (100.00%) Silverlight
1 12 (100.00%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
1 12 (100.00%) Managed Extensibility Framework
2 10 (83.33%) Web Services
3 7 (58.33%) .NET Framework
3 7 (58.33%) .NET
4 2 (16.67%) LINQ
Application Platforms
1 10 (83.33%) IIS
1 10 (83.33%) ArcGIS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (83.33%) SQL Server
1 10 (83.33%) SQL Server 2008
Development Applications
1 12 (100.00%) Moq
2 10 (83.33%) Visual Studio
3 8 (66.67%) Team Foundation Server
Job Titles
1 12 (100.00%) Software Developer
1 12 (100.00%) Developer
2 10 (83.33%) Programmer
2 10 (83.33%) Software Engineer
2 10 (83.33%) Software Programmer
3 9 (75.00%) C# Developer
3 9 (75.00%) C# Programmer
4 7 (58.33%) C# .NET Developer
4 7 (58.33%) .NET Programmer
4 7 (58.33%) .NET Developer
5 4 (33.33%) C# Software Engineer
5 4 (33.33%) .NET Software Engineer
5 4 (33.33%) C# Software Developer
5 4 (33.33%) .NET Software Developer
6 2 (16.67%) Silverlight Developer
Miscellaneous
1 12 (100.00%) Client/Server
2 10 (83.33%) RIA
Operating Systems
1 10 (83.33%) Windows
1 10 (83.33%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (83.33%) UML
1 10 (83.33%) Unit Testing
Programming Languages
1 12 (100.00%) C#
Qualifications
1 12 (100.00%) DV Cleared
1 12 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 6 (50.00%) SC Cleared
Vendors
1 10 (83.33%) ESRI
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