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

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft MSTest
Rank 60 - -
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Permanent jobs citing MSTest 3 0 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Tyne and Wear 0.539% - -
As % of the Development Applications category 4.110% - -
Number of salaries quoted 3 0 0
Average salary £22,500 - -
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £40,000 £32,500
% change year-on-year
-6.25% +23.07%
All Development Applications
Tyne and Wear
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Development Applications category
73 88 70
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Tyne and Wear 13.11% 15.09% 12.84%
Number of salaries quoted 68 60 63
Average salary £30,000 £37,500 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-20.00% -6.25%
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £31,000 £20,000
10% offered a salary of more than £42,100 £72,500 £72,500
UK excluding London average salary £38,500 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
+1.31% +1.33%
MSTest
North East

MSTest
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Tyne and Wear 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 Tyne and Wear region.

Tyne and Wear MSTest Salary Trend

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 Tyne and Wear 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
Newcastle upon Tyne - 3 £22,500 -
MSTest
North East

MSTest
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Tyne and Wear 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 10 (90.91%) C#
1 10 (90.91%) .NET
1 10 (90.91%) ASP.NET
2 9 (81.82%) Scrum
2 9 (81.82%) TDD
2 9 (81.82%) NUnit
2 9 (81.82%) WCF
3 8 (72.73%) MCTS
3 8 (72.73%) Continuous Integration
3 8 (72.73%) Kanban
3 8 (72.73%) ASP.NET MVC
3 8 (72.73%) Dependency Injection
3 8 (72.73%) Inversion of Control
3 8 (72.73%) Rhino Mocks
3 8 (72.73%) Moq
3 8 (72.73%) Castle Windsor
3 8 (72.73%) Ninject
3 8 (72.73%) Razor View Engine
3 8 (72.73%) Spring.NET
3 8 (72.73%) Web Application Development
3 8 (72.73%) ASP.NET MVC 4
3 8 (72.73%) Unity DI Container
3 8 (72.73%) MVC
3 8 (72.73%) Microsoft Certification
3 8 (72.73%) MCP
3 8 (72.73%) MCAD
3 8 (72.73%) MCSD
4 6 (54.55%) Windows
4 6 (54.55%) .NET Framework
5 5 (45.45%) Computer Science

MSTest
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Tyne and Wear 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 10 (90.91%) .NET
1 10 (90.91%) ASP.NET
2 9 (81.82%) WCF
3 8 (72.73%) ASP.NET MVC
3 8 (72.73%) Castle Windsor
3 8 (72.73%) Ninject
3 8 (72.73%) Razor View Engine
3 8 (72.73%) Spring.NET
3 8 (72.73%) ASP.NET MVC 4
3 8 (72.73%) Unity DI Container
4 6 (54.55%) .NET Framework
5 5 (45.45%) WPF
5 5 (45.45%) WinForms
6 1 (9.091%) CSS
6 1 (9.091%) XML
6 1 (9.091%) XSD
6 1 (9.091%) XSLT
Applications
1 1 (9.091%) MS Excel
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (36.36%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 9 (81.82%) NUnit
2 8 (72.73%) Rhino Mocks
2 8 (72.73%) Moq
3 2 (18.18%) Team Foundation Server
4 1 (9.091%) QuickTest Pro
4 1 (9.091%) Visual Studio
Job Titles
1 10 (90.91%) Developer
1 10 (90.91%) .NET Developer
2 5 (45.45%) Junior .NET Developer
2 5 (45.45%) Graduate Developer
2 5 (45.45%) Graduate .NET Developer
2 5 (45.45%) Graduate
2 5 (45.45%) Junior
2 5 (45.45%) Junior Developer
3 1 (9.091%) Agile .NET Developer
3 1 (9.091%) .NET Software Developer
3 1 (9.091%) .NET Software Engineer
3 1 (9.091%) .NET Programmer
3 1 (9.091%) Software Programmer
3 1 (9.091%) Senior .NET Developer
3 1 (9.091%) Software Engineer
3 1 (9.091%) Software Developer
3 1 (9.091%) Analyst
3 1 (9.091%) Test Analyst
3 1 (9.091%) Senior Developer
3 1 (9.091%) Programmer
Miscellaneous
1 8 (72.73%) Inversion of Control
2 5 (45.45%) Computer Science
2 5 (45.45%) Tandem
Operating Systems
1 6 (54.55%) Windows
2 1 (9.091%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (81.82%) Scrum
1 9 (81.82%) TDD
2 8 (72.73%) Continuous Integration
2 8 (72.73%) Kanban
2 8 (72.73%) Dependency Injection
2 8 (72.73%) Web Application Development
2 8 (72.73%) MVC
3 5 (45.45%) MVVM
4 3 (27.27%) Business Intelligence
5 1 (9.091%) Build Automation
5 1 (9.091%) Agile Software Development
5 1 (9.091%) Software Testing
5 1 (9.091%) User Acceptance Testing
5 1 (9.091%) Unit Testing
5 1 (9.091%) Test Scripting
5 1 (9.091%) OOD
Programming Languages
1 10 (90.91%) C#
2 1 (9.091%) SQL
Qualifications
1 8 (72.73%) MCTS
1 8 (72.73%) Microsoft Certification
1 8 (72.73%) MCP
1 8 (72.73%) MCAD
1 8 (72.73%) MCSD
2 1 (9.091%) ISTQB
2 1 (9.091%) ISEB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (9.091%) QA
Vendors
1 5 (45.45%) Microsoft
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