The first table below looks at the demand for MSTest skills in IT jobs advertised for the South West 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 South West region.

Location
3 months to
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft MSTest
Rank 206 - 203
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Permanent jobs citing MSTest 4 0 11
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the South West 0.076% - 0.186%
As % of the Development Applications category 0.513% - 1.332%
Number of salaries quoted 4 0 8
Average salary £31,750 - £29,500
90% offered a salary of more than £28,250 - £28,500
10% offered a salary of more than £41,550 - £32,450
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £40,000 £32,500
% change year-on-year
-6.25% +23.07%
All Development Applications
South West
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Development Applications category
780 1129 826
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the South West 14.76% 20.02% 13.98%
Number of salaries quoted 691 1005 743
Average salary £37,500 £36,000 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+4.16% +2.85%
90% offered a salary of more than £26,500 £26,500 £25,000
10% offered a salary of more than £47,775 £45,000 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,500 £38,000 £37,000
% change year-on-year
+1.31% +2.70%
MSTest
England

MSTest
Jobs Demand Trend

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

South 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 South West region.

South West MSTest Salary Trend

MSTest
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing MSTest across the South West region over the 3 months to 22 May 2013.

South 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 South West region over the 3 months to 22 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
Bristol - 2 £39,250 -
Cornwall - 1 £30,000 -
Wiltshire - 1 £27,500 -
MSTest
England

MSTest
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the South 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 20 (100.00%) .NET
2 19 (95.00%) C#
2 19 (95.00%) NUnit
3 18 (90.00%) TDD
3 18 (90.00%) Scrum
4 16 (80.00%) MVC
4 16 (80.00%) ASP.NET
4 16 (80.00%) ASP.NET MVC
5 14 (70.00%) SQL Server
6 12 (60.00%) Dependency Injection
6 12 (60.00%) Castle Windsor
7 10 (50.00%) Ninject
7 10 (50.00%) Rhino Mocks
7 10 (50.00%) Moq
7 10 (50.00%) Inversion of Control
7 10 (50.00%) Continuous Integration
7 10 (50.00%) Kanban
7 10 (50.00%) Spring.NET
7 10 (50.00%) MCTS
7 10 (50.00%) MCP
7 10 (50.00%) MCAD
7 10 (50.00%) MCSD
7 10 (50.00%) Microsoft Certification
7 10 (50.00%) Unity DI Container
8 9 (45.00%) SQL
9 8 (40.00%) HTML
9 8 (40.00%) Visual Studio
9 8 (40.00%) CSS
9 8 (40.00%) SOAP
9 8 (40.00%) JavaScript

MSTest
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the South 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 20 (100.00%) .NET
2 16 (80.00%) ASP.NET
2 16 (80.00%) ASP.NET MVC
3 12 (60.00%) Castle Windsor
4 10 (50.00%) Ninject
4 10 (50.00%) Spring.NET
4 10 (50.00%) Unity DI Container
5 8 (40.00%) HTML
5 8 (40.00%) CSS
5 8 (40.00%) SOAP
5 8 (40.00%) WCF
5 8 (40.00%) jQuery
5 8 (40.00%) ASP.NET MVC 3
5 8 (40.00%) Razor View Engine
5 8 (40.00%) ASP.NET MVC 4
6 7 (35.00%) WPF
6 7 (35.00%) WinForms
7 5 (25.00%) .NET Framework
8 2 (10.00%) REST
9 1 (5.000%) NHibernate
Application Platforms
1 1 (5.000%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (10.00%) MS Excel
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (70.00%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 19 (95.00%) NUnit
2 10 (50.00%) Rhino Mocks
2 10 (50.00%) Moq
3 8 (40.00%) Visual Studio
4 1 (5.000%) Subversion
4 1 (5.000%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 5 (25.00%) Finance
2 2 (10.00%) Legal
Job Titles
1 18 (90.00%) Developer
2 10 (50.00%) .NET Developer
3 5 (25.00%) Graduate
3 5 (25.00%) Junior
3 5 (25.00%) Junior Developer
3 5 (25.00%) Junior .NET Developer
3 5 (25.00%) Graduate Developer
3 5 (25.00%) Graduate .NET Developer
4 2 (10.00%) Programmer
5 1 (5.000%) Analyst
5 1 (5.000%) Test Analyst
5 1 (5.000%) Software Engineer
5 1 (5.000%) Senior Software Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 10 (50.00%) Inversion of Control
2 5 (25.00%) Enterprise Software
2 5 (25.00%) Computer Science
3 1 (5.000%) Management Information System
3 1 (5.000%) Mathematics
Operating Systems
1 7 (35.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (90.00%) TDD
1 18 (90.00%) Scrum
2 16 (80.00%) MVC
3 12 (60.00%) Dependency Injection
4 10 (50.00%) Continuous Integration
4 10 (50.00%) Kanban
5 8 (40.00%) E-Commerce
5 8 (40.00%) Agile Software Development
5 8 (40.00%) Unit Testing
5 8 (40.00%) Web Application Development
6 7 (35.00%) MVVM
7 5 (25.00%) Business Intelligence
8 2 (10.00%) Performance Management
8 2 (10.00%) Asset Management
9 1 (5.000%) UML
9 1 (5.000%) OO
9 1 (5.000%) Data Analysis
9 1 (5.000%) Software Engineering
9 1 (5.000%) Software Testing
9 1 (5.000%) Test Scripting
Programming Languages
1 19 (95.00%) C#
2 9 (45.00%) SQL
3 8 (40.00%) JavaScript
4 2 (10.00%) VB
4 2 (10.00%) VB.NET
4 2 (10.00%) Java
5 1 (5.000%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 10 (50.00%) MCTS
1 10 (50.00%) MCP
1 10 (50.00%) MCAD
1 10 (50.00%) MCSD
1 10 (50.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 1 (5.000%) Degree
Vendors
1 2 (10.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (5.000%) Cognos
2 1 (5.000%) IBM
Swindon, South West
.NET Developer, VB.NET, VB, dot NET, Desktop, Winforms, Windows Forms, Server Side, .NET 4.5, WPF, MVVM, Prism, continuous integration, dependency injection, Ninject / Spring.net, , IoC, Unity /...
Noir Consulting
Salary: £25000 - £30000 per annum + Bonus + Pension + Benefits
Posted: 18 May 2013
St. Austell, South West
.NET Developer, VB.NET, VB, dot NET, Desktop, Winforms, Windows Forms, Server Side, .NET 4.5, WPF, MVVM, Prism, continuous integration, dependency injection, Ninject / Spring.net, , IoC, Unity /...
Noir Consulting
Salary: £25000 - £35000 per annum + Bonus + Pension + Benefits
Posted: 18 May 2013
Swindon, Wiltshire
.NET Developer, VB.NET, VB, dot NET, Desktop, Winforms, Windows Forms, Server Side, .NET 4.5, WPF, MVVM, Prism, continuous integration, dependency injection, Ninject / Spring.net, , IoC, Unity /...
Dawson & Walsh
Salary: £25000 - £30000 per annum + Bonus + Pension + Benefits
Posted: 17 May 2013
St. Austell, Cornwall
.NET Developer, VB.NET, VB, dot NET, Desktop, Winforms, Windows Forms, Server Side, .NET 4.5, WPF, MVVM, Prism, continuous integration, dependency injection, Ninject / Spring.net, , IoC, Unity /...
Dawson & Walsh
Salary: £25000 - £35000 per annum + Bonus + Pension + Benefits
Posted: 17 May 2013