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

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft MSTest
Rank 57 - -
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Permanent jobs citing MSTest 10 0 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Staffordshire 1.704% - -
As % of the Development Applications category 14.93% - -
Number of salaries quoted 10 0 0
Average salary £35,000 - -
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £40,000 £32,500
% change year-on-year
-6.25% +23.07%
All Development Applications
Staffordshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Development Applications category
67 112 49
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Staffordshire 11.41% 19.28% 8.348%
Number of salaries quoted 62 85 48
Average salary £35,000 £40,000 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-12.50% +14.28%
90% offered a salary of more than £29,500 £32,500 £31,000
10% offered a salary of more than £43,250 £42,500 £55,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,500 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
+1.31% +1.33%
MSTest
West Midlands

MSTest
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Staffordshire 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 Staffordshire region.

Staffordshire MSTest Salary Trend

MSTest
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing MSTest across the Staffordshire region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

Staffordshire 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 Staffordshire region over the 3 months to 24 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
Cannock - 10 £35,000 -
MSTest
West Midlands

MSTest
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Staffordshire 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 25 (96.15%) C#
1 25 (96.15%) .NET
1 25 (96.15%) SQL Server
1 25 (96.15%) ASP.NET
1 25 (96.15%) MCP
1 25 (96.15%) MCAD
1 25 (96.15%) MCSD
1 25 (96.15%) Microsoft Certification
1 25 (96.15%) MVC
1 25 (96.15%) TDD
1 25 (96.15%) NUnit
1 25 (96.15%) MCTS
1 25 (96.15%) Scrum
1 25 (96.15%) WCF
1 25 (96.15%) Continuous Integration
1 25 (96.15%) Kanban
1 25 (96.15%) Spring.NET
1 25 (96.15%) ASP.NET MVC
1 25 (96.15%) Dependency Injection
1 25 (96.15%) Inversion of Control
1 25 (96.15%) Rhino Mocks
1 25 (96.15%) Moq
1 25 (96.15%) Castle Windsor
1 25 (96.15%) Ninject
1 25 (96.15%) Razor View Engine
1 25 (96.15%) Unity DI Container
2 24 (92.31%) Web Application Development
2 24 (92.31%) ASP.NET MVC 4
3 13 (50.00%) MVVM
3 13 (50.00%) WPF

MSTest
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Staffordshire 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 25 (96.15%) .NET
1 25 (96.15%) ASP.NET
1 25 (96.15%) WCF
1 25 (96.15%) Spring.NET
1 25 (96.15%) ASP.NET MVC
1 25 (96.15%) Castle Windsor
1 25 (96.15%) Ninject
1 25 (96.15%) Razor View Engine
1 25 (96.15%) Unity DI Container
2 24 (92.31%) ASP.NET MVC 4
3 13 (50.00%) WPF
3 13 (50.00%) WinForms
Communications & Networking
1 1 (3.846%) Broadband
Database & Business Intelligence
1 25 (96.15%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 25 (96.15%) NUnit
1 25 (96.15%) Rhino Mocks
1 25 (96.15%) Moq
General
1 12 (46.15%) Finance
2 1 (3.846%) Telecoms
2 1 (3.846%) Music
Job Titles
1 25 (96.15%) Developer
1 25 (96.15%) .NET Developer
2 1 (3.846%) Tester
2 1 (3.846%) Analyst
2 1 (3.846%) Test Analyst
2 1 (3.846%) Manual Tester
2 1 (3.846%) Manual Test Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 25 (96.15%) Inversion of Control
2 1 (3.846%) Computer Science
Operating Systems
1 13 (50.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 25 (96.15%) MVC
1 25 (96.15%) TDD
1 25 (96.15%) Scrum
1 25 (96.15%) Continuous Integration
1 25 (96.15%) Kanban
1 25 (96.15%) Dependency Injection
2 24 (92.31%) Web Application Development
3 13 (50.00%) MVVM
4 12 (46.15%) Business Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 25 (96.15%) C#
Qualifications
1 25 (96.15%) MCP
1 25 (96.15%) MCAD
1 25 (96.15%) MCSD
1 25 (96.15%) Microsoft Certification
1 25 (96.15%) MCTS
2 1 (3.846%) ISEB
2 1 (3.846%) Degree
Cannock, West Midlands
Our client can provide you with exposure to: .NET 4.5, ASP.NET MVC 4 (Razor), WCF, WPF, MVVM, Prism, continuous integration, dependency injection (Ninject / Spring.net etc),...
Noir Consulting
Salary: £30000 - £40000 per annum + Bonus + Pension + Benefits
Posted: 22 May 2013
Cannock, West Midlands
Our client can provide you with exposure to: .NET 4.5, ASP.NET MVC 4 (Razor), WCF, WPF, MVVM, Prism, continuous integration, dependency injection (Ninject / Spring.net etc),...
Noir Consulting
Salary: £30000 - £50000 per annum + Bonus + Pension + Benefits
Posted: 21 May 2013
Cannock, Staffordshire
Our client can provide you with exposure to: .NET 4.5, ASP.NET MVC 4 (Razor), WCF, WPF, MVVM, Prism, continuous integration, dependency injection (Ninject / Spring.net etc),...
Dawson & Walsh
Salary: £30000 - £50000 per annum + Bonus + Pension + Benefits
Posted: 20 May 2013