The first table below looks at the demand for MSTest skills in IT jobs advertised for the South East region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited MSTest over the 3 months to 23 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 South East region.

Location
3 months to
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft MSTest
Rank 342 385 392
Rank change year-on-year
+43 +7
Permanent jobs citing MSTest 96 56 40
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the South East 0.436% 0.236% 0.172%
As % of the Development Applications category 3.273% 1.702% 1.204%
Number of salaries quoted 96 53 39
Average salary £42,500 £40,000 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+6.25% +14.28%
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £35,000 £32,500
10% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £47,500 £45,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £40,000 £32,500
% change year-on-year
-6.25% +23.07%
All Development Applications
South East
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Development Applications category
2933 3291 3322
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the South East 13.33% 13.87% 14.29%
Number of salaries quoted 2536 2935 2983
Average salary £40,000 £40,000 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +6.66%
90% offered a salary of more than £28,500 £31,000 £29,000
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £54,000 £57,500
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 South East region as a proportion of the total demand within the Development Applications category.

South East 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 South East region.

South East MSTest Salary Trend

MSTest
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing MSTest across the South East region over the 3 months to 23 May 2013.

South East 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 South East region over the 3 months to 23 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
Surrey +2 21 £27,500 -38.88%
Buckinghamshire - 18 £50,000 -
East Sussex - 13 £42,500 -
West Sussex - 13 £42,500 -
Kent - 12 £40,000 -
Hampshire - 10 £25,000 -
Berkshire -9 9 £40,000 +6.66%
MSTest
England

MSTest
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the South East 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.

1 192 (97.96%) .NET
2 189 (96.43%) NUnit
3 188 (95.92%) C#
4 185 (94.39%) TDD
5 182 (92.86%) Scrum
6 181 (92.35%) WPF
7 180 (91.84%) Kanban
7 180 (91.84%) Continuous Integration
7 180 (91.84%) Spring.NET
7 180 (91.84%) Dependency Injection
7 180 (91.84%) Inversion of Control
7 180 (91.84%) Rhino Mocks
7 180 (91.84%) Moq
7 180 (91.84%) Castle Windsor
7 180 (91.84%) Ninject
7 180 (91.84%) Unity DI Container
8 177 (90.31%) Windows
9 175 (89.29%) WinForms
9 175 (89.29%) MVVM
10 170 (86.73%) SQL Server
11 166 (84.69%) Microsoft Certification
11 166 (84.69%) MCP
11 166 (84.69%) MCAD
11 166 (84.69%) MCSD
11 166 (84.69%) MCTS
12 139 (70.92%) ASP.NET
13 138 (70.41%) MVC
14 137 (69.90%) WCF
15 136 (69.39%) ASP.NET MVC
16 130 (66.33%) Web Application Development

MSTest
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the South East 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
1 192 (97.96%) .NET
2 181 (92.35%) WPF
3 180 (91.84%) Spring.NET
3 180 (91.84%) Castle Windsor
3 180 (91.84%) Ninject
3 180 (91.84%) Unity DI Container
4 175 (89.29%) WinForms
5 139 (70.92%) ASP.NET
6 137 (69.90%) WCF
7 136 (69.39%) ASP.NET MVC
8 129 (65.82%) Razor View Engine
9 102 (52.04%) ASP.NET MVC 4
10 34 (17.35%) .NET Framework
11 19 (9.694%) Web Services
12 18 (9.184%) CSS
13 16 (8.163%) XML
14 14 (7.143%) Ajax
15 7 (3.571%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
16 6 (3.061%) LINQ
17 5 (2.551%) HTML
Application Platforms
1 16 (8.163%) IIS
2 5 (2.551%) SharePoint
Applications
1 3 (1.531%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 1 (0.510%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 170 (86.73%) SQL Server
2 15 (7.653%) SQL Server 2005
2 15 (7.653%) SQL Server 2008
3 8 (4.082%) SQL Server 2012
4 5 (2.551%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 5 (2.551%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 189 (96.43%) NUnit
2 180 (91.84%) Rhino Mocks
2 180 (91.84%) Moq
3 10 (5.102%) Team Foundation Server
4 6 (3.061%) Visual Studio
5 3 (1.531%) Selenium
5 3 (1.531%) MSBuild
6 2 (1.020%) FinalBuilder
7 1 (0.510%) WinRunner
7 1 (0.510%) QuickTest Pro
7 1 (0.510%) PVCS
7 1 (0.510%) SilkTest
7 1 (0.510%) Visual Studio Team System
7 1 (0.510%) TestComplete
General
1 28 (14.29%) Finance
2 2 (1.020%) Marketing
2 2 (1.020%) Banking
3 1 (0.510%) Retail
Job Titles
1 188 (95.92%) Developer
2 138 (70.41%) .NET Developer
3 45 (22.96%) C# Developer
4 43 (21.94%) C# .NET Developer
5 26 (13.27%) Junior
5 26 (13.27%) Junior Developer
5 26 (13.27%) Junior .NET Developer
5 26 (13.27%) Graduate Developer
5 26 (13.27%) Graduate
5 26 (13.27%) Graduate .NET Developer
6 13 (6.633%) .NET Applications Developer
6 13 (6.633%) Web Applications Developer
6 13 (6.633%) .NET Web Developer
6 13 (6.633%) Web Developer
6 13 (6.633%) Applications Developer
7 4 (2.041%) Senior Developer
8 3 (1.531%) Analyst
8 3 (1.531%) Programmer
8 3 (1.531%) C# Programmer
9 2 (1.020%) Development Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 180 (91.84%) Inversion of Control
2 28 (14.29%) Computer Science
3 23 (11.73%) Enterprise Software
4 5 (2.551%) N-Tier
5 3 (1.531%) Tandem
6 2 (1.020%) Mobile App
7 1 (0.510%) Mobile Banking
7 1 (0.510%) Online Banking
Operating Systems
1 177 (90.31%) Windows
2 1 (0.510%) Android
2 1 (0.510%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 185 (94.39%) TDD
2 182 (92.86%) Scrum
3 180 (91.84%) Kanban
3 180 (91.84%) Continuous Integration
3 180 (91.84%) Dependency Injection
4 175 (89.29%) MVVM
5 138 (70.41%) MVC
6 130 (66.33%) Web Application Development
7 50 (25.51%) Business Intelligence
8 48 (24.49%) Agile Software Development
9 44 (22.45%) OO
10 6 (3.061%) Data Management
11 5 (2.551%) Migration
11 5 (2.551%) Unit Testing
12 4 (2.041%) System Testing
12 4 (2.041%) Technical Architecture
12 4 (2.041%) Automated Testing
12 4 (2.041%) Refactoring
12 4 (2.041%) Data Migration
12 4 (2.041%) Pair Programming
Programming Languages
1 188 (95.92%) C#
2 56 (28.57%) VB.NET
3 36 (18.37%) VB
4 7 (3.571%) XPath
5 6 (3.061%) SQL
6 3 (1.531%) JavaScript
7 2 (1.020%) Java
7 2 (1.020%) C++
8 1 (0.510%) Delphi
8 1 (0.510%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 166 (84.69%) Microsoft Certification
1 166 (84.69%) MCP
1 166 (84.69%) MCAD
1 166 (84.69%) MCSD
1 166 (84.69%) MCTS
2 2 (1.020%) ISTQB
2 2 (1.020%) Degree
2 2 (1.020%) ISEB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (0.510%) QA
System Software
1 2 (1.020%) Hyper-V
1 2 (1.020%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 50 (25.51%) Microsoft
2 5 (2.551%) Red Gate
3 2 (1.020%) VMware
4 1 (0.510%) BT
4 1 (0.510%) MKS
4 1 (0.510%) Oracle
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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...
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Salary: £30000 - £55000 per annum + Bonus + Pension + Benefits
Posted: 20 May 2013
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Salary: £30000 - £55000 per annum + Bonus + Pension + Benefits
Posted: 22 May 2013
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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...
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Salary: £20000 - £30000 per annum + Bonus + Pension + Benefits
Posted: 22 May 2013
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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...
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Salary: £25000 - £35000 per annum + Bonus + Pension + Benefits
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Salary: £40000 - £60000 per annum + Bonus + Pension + Benefits
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Salary: £40000 - £60000 per annum + Bonus + Pension + Benefits
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Salary: £30000 - £55000 per annum + Bonus + Pension + Benefits
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Salary: £30000 - £55000 per annum + Bonus + Pension + Benefits
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Salary: £40000 - £60000 per annum + Bonus + Pension + Benefits
Posted: 20 May 2013
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Salary: £40000 - £60000 per annum + Bonus + Pension + Benefits
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Salary: £20000 - £30000 per annum + Bonus + Pension + Benefits
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Salary: £20000 - £30000 per annum + Bonus + Pension + Benefits
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Salary: £20000 - £30000 per annum + Bonus + Pension + Benefits
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Salary: £20000 - £35000 per annum + Bonus + Pension + Benefits
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Salary: £20000 - £35000 per annum + Bonus + Pension + Benefits
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Salary: £20000 - £30000 per annum + Bonus + Pension + Benefits
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Salary: £35000 - £40000 per annum + YES
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