The first table below looks at the demand for MSTest skills in IT jobs advertised for the Bedfordshire region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs 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 Bedfordshire region.

Location
3 months to
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft MSTest
Rank 72 70 -
Rank change year-on-year
-2 -
Permanent jobs citing MSTest 25 11 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Bedfordshire 2.281% 1.125% -
As % of the Development Applications category 17.73% 5.882% -
Number of salaries quoted 25 10 0
Average salary £42,500 £40,000 -
Average salary % change year-on-year
+6.25% -
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £40,000 £32,500
% change year-on-year
-6.25% +23.07%
All Development Applications
Bedfordshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Development Applications category
141 187 111
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Bedfordshire 12.86% 19.12% 13.17%
Number of salaries quoted 132 163 107
Average salary £41,000 £40,000 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+2.50% -
90% offered a salary of more than £28,500 £28,850 £34,300
10% offered a salary of more than £52,950 £50,000 £60,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,500 £38,000 £37,000
% change year-on-year
+1.31% +2.70%
MSTest
East of England

MSTest
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Bedfordshire MSTest Jobs Demand Trend

MSTest
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing MSTest across the Bedfordshire region.

Bedfordshire MSTest Salary Trend

MSTest
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing MSTest across the Bedfordshire region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013.

Bedfordshire MSTest Salary Histogram

MSTest
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing MSTest within the Bedfordshire 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Bedford - 25 £42,500 -
MSTest
East of England

MSTest
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Bedfordshire 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 IT job ads sampled that cited MSTest.

1 27 (100.00%) C#
1 27 (100.00%) .NET
1 27 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 27 (100.00%) WinForms
2 26 (96.30%) SQL
3 25 (92.59%) MVC
3 25 (92.59%) WPF
4 24 (88.89%) Silverlight
5 21 (77.78%) NUnit
6 19 (70.37%) WF
6 19 (70.37%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 19 (70.37%) T-SQL
6 19 (70.37%) Crystal Reports
6 19 (70.37%) CSS
6 19 (70.37%) Web Services
6 19 (70.37%) XML
7 17 (62.96%) MS Excel
7 17 (62.96%) Visual Studio Team System
8 15 (55.56%) HTML
8 15 (55.56%) JavaScript
9 14 (51.85%) SQL Server
9 14 (51.85%) Scrum
10 13 (48.15%) Oracle
11 12 (44.44%) Project Management
11 12 (44.44%) WCF
12 10 (37.04%) ASP.NET
12 10 (37.04%) ASP.NET MVC
13 9 (33.33%) ASP.NET MVC 3
14 8 (29.63%) PowerBuilder
15 7 (25.93%) Oracle Forms

MSTest
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Bedfordshire 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 IT job ads sampled that cited MSTest. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 27 (100.00%) .NET
1 27 (100.00%) WinForms
2 25 (92.59%) WPF
3 24 (88.89%) Silverlight
4 19 (70.37%) WF
4 19 (70.37%) CSS
4 19 (70.37%) Web Services
4 19 (70.37%) XML
5 15 (55.56%) HTML
6 12 (44.44%) WCF
7 10 (37.04%) ASP.NET
7 10 (37.04%) ASP.NET MVC
8 9 (33.33%) ASP.NET MVC 3
9 4 (14.81%) ASP
10 3 (11.11%) ASP.NET MVC 4
11 1 (3.704%) Castle Windsor
11 1 (3.704%) Ninject
11 1 (3.704%) Razor View Engine
11 1 (3.704%) Spring.NET
11 1 (3.704%) Unity DI Container
Applications
1 17 (62.96%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 4 (14.81%) Dynamics CRM
Communications & Networking
1 2 (7.407%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 19 (70.37%) SQL Server Reporting Services
1 19 (70.37%) Crystal Reports
2 14 (51.85%) SQL Server
3 6 (22.22%) Oracle Reports
3 6 (22.22%) RDBMS
4 4 (14.81%) SQL Server Analysis Services
4 4 (14.81%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 21 (77.78%) NUnit
2 17 (62.96%) Visual Studio Team System
3 8 (29.63%) PowerBuilder
4 7 (25.93%) Oracle Forms
5 4 (14.81%) Team Foundation Server
5 4 (14.81%) JIRA
5 4 (14.81%) Visual Studio
6 1 (3.704%) Rhino Mocks
6 1 (3.704%) Moq
Job Titles
1 23 (85.19%) Developer
2 17 (62.96%) C# Developer
3 15 (55.56%) C# .NET Developer
4 9 (33.33%) Senior Developer
5 8 (29.63%) Senior C# Developer
6 5 (18.52%) Team Leader
6 5 (18.52%) Development Team Leader
6 5 (18.52%) .NET Team Leader
7 4 (14.81%) Web Team Leader
7 4 (14.81%) Software Developer
8 3 (11.11%) .NET Developer
9 2 (7.407%) Junior C# .NET Developer
9 2 (7.407%) Junior
9 2 (7.407%) Junior C# Developer
9 2 (7.407%) Junior Developer
10 1 (3.704%) Architect
10 1 (3.704%) Technical Leader
10 1 (3.704%) Senior Technical Architect
10 1 (3.704%) Technical Architect
10 1 (3.704%) C# Architect
Miscellaneous
1 4 (14.81%) Wiki
2 1 (3.704%) Inversion of Control
Operating Systems
1 5 (18.52%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 25 (92.59%) MVC
2 14 (51.85%) Scrum
3 12 (44.44%) Project Management
4 5 (18.52%) TDD
4 5 (18.52%) Kanban
5 4 (14.81%) Unit Testing
5 4 (14.81%) CRM
5 4 (14.81%) SOA
5 4 (14.81%) Business Intelligence
6 2 (7.407%) Use Case
7 1 (3.704%) Continuous Integration
7 1 (3.704%) Web Application Development
7 1 (3.704%) Dependency Injection
7 1 (3.704%) MVVM
Programming Languages
1 27 (100.00%) C#
2 26 (96.30%) SQL
3 19 (70.37%) T-SQL
4 15 (55.56%) JavaScript
5 4 (14.81%) VB6
5 4 (14.81%) PL/SQL
5 4 (14.81%) VBScript
5 4 (14.81%) VB
Qualifications
1 1 (3.704%) Microsoft Certification
1 1 (3.704%) MCP
1 1 (3.704%) MCAD
1 1 (3.704%) MCSD
1 1 (3.704%) MCTS
Vendors
1 27 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 13 (48.15%) Oracle
3 4 (14.81%) Telerik
Bedford, South East
NET Developer (ASP.NET, C#, C#.NET, dot NET, Web Application Development, Desktop, Winforms, Windows, .NET 4.5, ASP.NET MVC 4, Razor, WCF, WPF, MVVM, Prism, Continuous...
Noir Consulting
Salary: £35000 - £55000 per annum + Bonus + Pension + Benefits
Posted: 20 May 2013
Bedford, Bedfordshire
NET Developer (ASP.NET, C#, C#.NET, dot NET, Web Application Development, Desktop, Winforms, Windows, .NET 4.5, ASP.NET MVC 4, Razor, WCF, WPF, MVVM, Prism, Continuous...
Dawson & Walsh
Salary: £30000 - £50000 per annum + Bonus + Pension + Benefits
Posted: 20 May 2013