The first table below looks at the demand for MSTest skills in IT jobs advertised for the North West region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited MSTest over the 3 months to 20 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 North West region.

Location
3 months to
20 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft MSTest
Rank 229 222 -
Rank change year-on-year
-7 -
Permanent jobs citing MSTest 16 26 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the North West 0.215% 0.362% -
As % of the Development Applications category 1.415% 2.410% -
Number of salaries quoted 16 26 0
Average salary £32,500 £35,000 -
Average salary % change year-on-year
-7.14% -
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
All Development Applications
North West
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Development Applications category
1131 1079 986
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the North West 15.22% 15.01% 14.09%
Number of salaries quoted 975 966 907
Average salary £35,000 £35,000 £35,000
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £25,000 £25,000
10% offered a salary of more than £47,500 £50,000 £45,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,500 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
+1.31% +1.33%
MSTest
England

MSTest
Jobs Demand Trend

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

North West 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 North West region.

North West MSTest Salary Trend

MSTest
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing MSTest across the North West region over the 3 months to 20 June 2013.

North West 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 North West region over the 3 months to 20 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Find
Job
Vacancies
Manchester -6 9 £32,500 +30.00%
Cheshire +4 5 £25,000 -28.57% 2
Merseyside +9 1 £37,500 -
Lancashire - 1 £32,500 -
MSTest
England

MSTest
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 June 2013, IT jobs across the North West 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 70 (100.00%) .NET
2 69 (98.57%) NUnit
3 68 (97.14%) C#
4 67 (95.71%) ASP.NET
4 67 (95.71%) TDD
4 67 (95.71%) WCF
5 65 (92.86%) MVC
6 64 (91.43%) ASP.NET MVC
7 63 (90.00%) Scrum
7 63 (90.00%) Windows
8 62 (88.57%) WinForms
8 62 (88.57%) WPF
9 61 (87.14%) MCTS
9 61 (87.14%) Dependency Injection
9 61 (87.14%) Inversion of Control
9 61 (87.14%) Continuous Integration
9 61 (87.14%) Kanban
9 61 (87.14%) MCP
9 61 (87.14%) MCAD
9 61 (87.14%) MCSD
9 61 (87.14%) Microsoft Certification
9 61 (87.14%) MVVM
9 61 (87.14%) Rhino Mocks
9 61 (87.14%) Moq
9 61 (87.14%) Castle Windsor
9 61 (87.14%) Ninject
9 61 (87.14%) Razor View Engine
9 61 (87.14%) Web Application Development
9 61 (87.14%) ASP.NET MVC 4
9 61 (87.14%) Spring.NET

MSTest
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 June 2013, IT jobs across the North West 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 70 (100.00%) .NET
2 67 (95.71%) ASP.NET
2 67 (95.71%) WCF
3 64 (91.43%) ASP.NET MVC
4 62 (88.57%) WinForms
4 62 (88.57%) WPF
5 61 (87.14%) Castle Windsor
5 61 (87.14%) Ninject
5 61 (87.14%) Razor View Engine
5 61 (87.14%) ASP.NET MVC 4
5 61 (87.14%) Spring.NET
5 61 (87.14%) Unity DI Container
6 26 (37.14%) .NET Framework
7 3 (4.286%) jQuery
7 3 (4.286%) HTML
7 3 (4.286%) CSS
8 2 (2.857%) XML
8 2 (2.857%) .NET Compact Framework
9 1 (1.429%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
9 1 (1.429%) LINQ
Applications
1 7 (10.00%) MS Excel
Database & Business Intelligence
1 44 (62.86%) SQL Server
2 3 (4.286%) MySQL
3 2 (2.857%) SQL Server 2012
Development Applications
1 69 (98.57%) NUnit
2 61 (87.14%) Rhino Mocks
2 61 (87.14%) Moq
3 2 (2.857%) VSS/SourceSafe
3 2 (2.857%) CruiseControl
3 2 (2.857%) Subversion
4 1 (1.429%) Visual Studio
General
1 24 (34.29%) Finance
2 3 (4.286%) Retail
Job Titles
1 67 (95.71%) Developer
2 61 (87.14%) .NET Developer
3 23 (32.86%) Junior Developer
3 23 (32.86%) Junior
3 23 (32.86%) Junior .NET Developer
3 23 (32.86%) Graduate Developer
3 23 (32.86%) Graduate .NET Developer
3 23 (32.86%) Graduate
4 3 (4.286%) C# Analyst Programmer
4 3 (4.286%) C# Programmer
4 3 (4.286%) Developer Analyst
4 3 (4.286%) C# Developer
4 3 (4.286%) Architect
4 3 (4.286%) Analyst
4 3 (4.286%) Software Architect
4 3 (4.286%) Analyst Programmer
4 3 (4.286%) Programmer
5 2 (2.857%) Mobile Developer
6 1 (1.429%) Software Developer
Miscellaneous
1 61 (87.14%) Inversion of Control
2 23 (32.86%) Computer Science
3 20 (28.57%) Enterprise Software
4 3 (4.286%) SaaS
5 2 (2.857%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 63 (90.00%) Windows
2 2 (2.857%) Windows Mobile
Processes & Methodologies
1 67 (95.71%) TDD
2 65 (92.86%) MVC
3 63 (90.00%) Scrum
4 61 (87.14%) Dependency Injection
4 61 (87.14%) Continuous Integration
4 61 (87.14%) Kanban
4 61 (87.14%) MVVM
4 61 (87.14%) Web Application Development
5 20 (28.57%) Agile Software Development
6 7 (10.00%) OO
7 3 (4.286%) Unit Testing
8 2 (2.857%) DSDM
8 2 (2.857%) Logistics
8 2 (2.857%) Mobile Application Development
Programming Languages
1 68 (97.14%) C#
2 5 (7.143%) SQL
3 3 (4.286%) JavaScript
3 3 (4.286%) C
4 2 (2.857%) PL/SQL
4 2 (2.857%) T-SQL
4 2 (2.857%) VB
4 2 (2.857%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 61 (87.14%) MCTS
1 61 (87.14%) MCP
1 61 (87.14%) MCAD
1 61 (87.14%) MCSD
1 61 (87.14%) Microsoft Certification
2 5 (7.143%) Degree
Vendors
1 21 (30.00%) Microsoft
2 5 (7.143%) Oracle
Ellesmere Port, North West
Graduate / Junior .NET Developer (ASP.NET, C#, C#.NET, dot NET, Web Application Development, Desktop, Winforms, Windows Forms, .NET 4.5, ASP.NET MVC 4, Razor, WCF, WPF,...
Noir Consulting
Salary: £20000 - £30000 per annum + Bonus + Pension + Benefits
Posted: 17 June 2013
Ellesmere Port, Merseyside
Graduate / Junior .NET Developer (ASP.NET, C#, C#.NET, dot NET, Web Application Development, Desktop, Winforms, Windows Forms, .NET 4.5, ASP.NET MVC 4, Razor, WCF, WPF,...
Dawson & Walsh
Salary: £20000 - £30000 per annum + Bonus + Pension + Benefits
Posted: 17 June 2013
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