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

Location
3 months to
24 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 North Wales - - -
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
North Wales
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Development Applications category
5 14 11
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in North Wales 6.494% 25.93% 26.83%
Number of salaries quoted 5 11 11
Average salary £40,000 £35,000 £32,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+14.28% +7.69%
UK excluding London average salary £38,500 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
+1.31% +1.33%
MSTest
Wales

MSTest
Jobs Demand Trend

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

North Wales MSTest Jobs Demand Trend

MSTest
Top 21 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the North Wales 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%) HTML
1 2 (100.00%) JavaScript
1 2 (100.00%) .NET
1 2 (100.00%) Visual Studio
1 2 (100.00%) ASP.NET
1 2 (100.00%) CSS
1 2 (100.00%) N-Tier
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 2 (100.00%) MVC
1 2 (100.00%) Ajax
1 2 (100.00%) .NET Framework
1 2 (100.00%) Degree
1 2 (100.00%) WCF
1 2 (100.00%) jQuery
1 2 (100.00%) Unit Testing
1 2 (100.00%) Team Foundation Server
1 2 (100.00%) ASP.NET MVC
1 2 (100.00%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
1 2 (100.00%) CSS3
1 2 (100.00%) ASP.NET MVC 3

MSTest
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the North Wales 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%) HTML
1 2 (100.00%) .NET
1 2 (100.00%) ASP.NET
1 2 (100.00%) CSS
1 2 (100.00%) Ajax
1 2 (100.00%) .NET Framework
1 2 (100.00%) WCF
1 2 (100.00%) jQuery
1 2 (100.00%) ASP.NET MVC
1 2 (100.00%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
1 2 (100.00%) CSS3
1 2 (100.00%) ASP.NET MVC 3
Development Applications
1 2 (100.00%) Visual Studio
1 2 (100.00%) Team Foundation Server
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Developer
1 2 (100.00%) Senior Developer
1 2 (100.00%) C# Developer
1 2 (100.00%) Senior C# Developer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (100.00%) N-Tier
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) MVC
1 2 (100.00%) Unit Testing
Programming Languages
1 2 (100.00%) C#
1 2 (100.00%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) Degree
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft