The first table below looks at the demand for MSTest skills in IT jobs advertised for the Chester region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited MSTest over the 3 months to 22 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 Chester region.

Location
3 months to
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft MSTest
Rank - - -
Permanent jobs citing MSTest 0 0 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Chester - - -
As % of the Development Applications category - - -
Number of salaries quoted 0 0 0
Average salary - - -
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £40,000 £32,500
% change year-on-year
-6.25% +23.07%
All Development Applications
Chester
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Development Applications category
51 43 57
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Chester 14.61% 27.39% 23.55%
Number of salaries quoted 28 43 57
Average salary £40,000 £37,500 £37,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+6.66% +1.35%
90% offered a salary of more than £35,000 £25,000 £22,500
10% offered a salary of more than £42,500 £45,000 £40,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,500 £38,000 £37,000
% change year-on-year
+1.31% +2.70%
MSTest
Cheshire

MSTest
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Chester 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 Chester region.

Chester MSTest Salary Trend

MSTest
Top 24 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Chester 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 2 (100.00%) C#
1 2 (100.00%) .NET
1 2 (100.00%) SQL Server
1 2 (100.00%) Visual Studio
1 2 (100.00%) ASP.NET
1 2 (100.00%) Web Services
1 2 (100.00%) Windows
1 2 (100.00%) OO
1 2 (100.00%) MS Excel
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 2 (100.00%) Back Office
1 2 (100.00%) MVC
1 2 (100.00%) WinForms
1 2 (100.00%) Retail
1 2 (100.00%) Business Analysis
1 2 (100.00%) SQL Server 2005
1 2 (100.00%) .NET Framework
1 2 (100.00%) Degree
1 2 (100.00%) Computer Science
1 2 (100.00%) WCF
1 2 (100.00%) WPF
1 2 (100.00%) LINQ
1 2 (100.00%) SQL Server 2008
1 2 (100.00%) ADO.NET Entity Framework

MSTest
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Chester 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 2 (100.00%) .NET
1 2 (100.00%) ASP.NET
1 2 (100.00%) Web Services
1 2 (100.00%) WinForms
1 2 (100.00%) .NET Framework
1 2 (100.00%) WCF
1 2 (100.00%) WPF
1 2 (100.00%) LINQ
1 2 (100.00%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
Applications
1 2 (100.00%) MS Excel
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (100.00%) SQL Server
1 2 (100.00%) SQL Server 2005
1 2 (100.00%) SQL Server 2008
Development Applications
1 2 (100.00%) Visual Studio
General
1 2 (100.00%) Back Office
1 2 (100.00%) Retail
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Developer
1 2 (100.00%) .NET Developer
1 2 (100.00%) C# Developer
1 2 (100.00%) C# .NET Developer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (100.00%) Computer Science
Operating Systems
1 2 (100.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) OO
1 2 (100.00%) MVC
1 2 (100.00%) Business Analysis
Programming Languages
1 2 (100.00%) C#
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) Degree
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft