MSTest Jobs

The first table below looks at the demand for MSTest skills in IT jobs advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited MSTest over the 3 months to 17 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.

Location

3 months to
17 May 2013

Same period 2012

Same period 2011

Microsoft MSTest

Rank

516

677

762

Rank change year-on-year

+161

+85

Permanent jobs citing MSTest

394

226

109

As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK

0.366%

0.187%

0.088%

As % of the Development Applications category

2.470%

1.312%

0.694%

Number of salaries quoted

389

214

100

Average salary

£37,500

£40,000

£37,250

Average salary % change year-on-year

-6.25%

+7.38%

90% offered a salary of more than

£27,500

£35,000

£30,000

10% offered a salary of more than

£50,000

£60,000

£65,000

UK excluding London average salary

£37,500

£40,000

£32,500

% change year-on-year

-6.25%

+23.07%

All Development Applications
UK

Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Development Applications category

15950

17226

15715

As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK

14.80%

14.24%

12.73%

Number of salaries quoted

13613

15130

13800

Average salary

£42,500

£40,000

Average salary % change year-on-year

+6.25%

90% offered a salary of more than

£30,000

10% offered a salary of more than

£62,500

£65,000

£62,500

UK excluding London average salary

£38,500

£38,000

£37,000

% change year-on-year

+1.31%

+2.70%

MSTest
Jobs Demand Trend

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

MSTest
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing MSTest within the UK.

MSTest
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing MSTest over the 3 months to 17 May 2013 within the UK.

MSTest
Top 30 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 UK over the 3 months to 17 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
England	+158	387	£37,500	-6.25%
South East	+45	92	£42,500	+9.67%
East of England	+32	87	£37,500	-6.25%
London	+45	71	£50,000	-4.76%
East Midlands	+57	66	£37,500	-6.25%
Nottingham	-	39	£37,500	-
Nottinghamshire	-	39	£37,500	-
Cambridgeshire	+17	33	£34,000	-9.33%
North West	+14	31	£35,000	-6.66%
Bedfordshire	+3	25	£42,500	+6.25%
Bedford	-	25	£42,500	-
Surrey	+3	20	£27,500	-38.88%
Buckinghamshire	-	18	£50,000	-
Leicestershire	0	17	£40,000	-
Leicester	+6	16	£40,000	-
Yorkshire	-19	16	£37,500	-
Guildford	-5	14	£27,500	-21.42%
Essex	+27	13	£40,000	-
West Midlands	-8	13	£35,000	+22.80%
Milton Keynes	-	13	£50,000	-
Horsham	-	13	£42,500	-
Brighton	-	13	£42,500	-
East Sussex	-	13	£42,500	-
West Sussex	-	13	£42,500	-
West Yorkshire	0	12	£37,500	-
Cambridge	-5	12	£37,500	-
Manchester	-8	12	£32,500	+30.00%
Kent	-	12	£40,000	-
Hertfordshire	+7	11	£35,000	-30.00%
Harpenden	-	11	£35,000	-

MSTest
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs within the UK 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	760 (93.48%)	.NET
2	757 (93.11%)	C#
3	690 (84.87%)	NUnit
4	666 (81.92%)	TDD
5	639 (78.60%)	SQL Server
6	630 (77.49%)	Scrum
7	595 (73.19%)	Moq
8	590 (72.57%)	WPF
9	585 (71.96%)	Rhino Mocks
10	581 (71.46%)	Continuous Integration
11	578 (71.09%)	Dependency Injection
12	577 (70.97%)	Ninject
13	574 (70.60%)	Unity DI Container
14	571 (70.23%)	Kanban
15	568 (69.86%)	Castle Windsor

16	566 (69.62%)	Inversion of Control
16	566 (69.62%)	Spring.NET
17	552 (67.90%)	MCTS
17	552 (67.90%)	Microsoft Certification
17	552 (67.90%)	MCP
17	552 (67.90%)	MCAD
17	552 (67.90%)	MCSD
18	550 (67.65%)	ASP.NET
19	543 (66.79%)	MVC
20	541 (66.54%)	WCF
21	535 (65.81%)	Windows
22	518 (63.71%)	WinForms
23	494 (60.76%)	ASP.NET MVC
24	487 (59.90%)	MVVM
25	450 (55.35%)	Razor View Engine

MSTest
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs within the UK 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	760 (93.48%)	.NET
2	590 (72.57%)	WPF
3	577 (70.97%)	Ninject
4	574 (70.60%)	Unity DI Container
5	568 (69.86%)	Castle Windsor
6	566 (69.62%)	Spring.NET
7	550 (67.65%)	ASP.NET
8	541 (66.54%)	WCF
9	518 (63.71%)	WinForms
10	494 (60.76%)	ASP.NET MVC
11	450 (55.35%)	Razor View Engine
12	388 (47.72%)	ASP.NET MVC 4
13	163 (20.05%)	.NET Framework
14	96 (11.81%)	HTML
15	94 (11.56%)	CSS
16	93 (11.44%)	Web Services
17	90 (11.07%)	XML
18	74 (9.102%)	jQuery
19	60 (7.380%)	Silverlight
20	57 (7.011%)	ASP.NET MVC 3

Application Platforms
1	23 (2.829%)	IIS
2	15 (1.845%)	Windows Azure
3	9 (1.107%)	CMS
4	5 (0.615%)	SharePoint
5	3 (0.369%)	BizTalk Server

Applications
1	75 (9.225%)	MS Excel

Business Applications
1	4 (0.492%)	Dynamics CRM
2	2 (0.246%)	Endur

Communications & Networking
1	16 (1.968%)	Broadband
2	12 (1.476%)	HTTP
3	9 (1.107%)	Intranet
3	9 (1.107%)	Wireshark
4	5 (0.615%)	Internet

Database & Business Intelligence
1	639 (78.60%)	SQL Server
2	42 (5.166%)	SQL Server 2008
3	27 (3.321%)	SQL Server Reporting Services
4	19 (2.337%)	Crystal Reports
5	18 (2.214%)	MySQL
5	18 (2.214%)	SQL Server 2005
6	15 (1.845%)	DB2
7	10 (1.230%)	SQL Server 2012
8	9 (1.107%)	SQL Server Integration Services
9	6 (0.738%)	RDBMS
9	6 (0.738%)	Oracle Reports
10	4 (0.492%)	Informix
10	4 (0.492%)	SQL Server Analysis Services
11	3 (0.369%)	Business Intelligence Development Studio
12	1 (0.123%)	Oracle 8/8i

Development Applications
1	690 (84.87%)	NUnit
2	595 (73.19%)	Moq
3	585 (71.96%)	Rhino Mocks
4	116 (14.27%)	Team Foundation Server
5	78 (9.594%)	Visual Studio
6	36 (4.428%)	Selenium
7	23 (2.829%)	MSBuild
8	20 (2.460%)	Subversion
9	19 (2.337%)	Visual Studio Team System
9	19 (2.337%)	WebDriver
10	18 (2.214%)	Git (software)
11	14 (1.722%)	Jasmine
12	13 (1.599%)	Cucumber
13	11 (1.353%)	VSS/SourceSafe
14	9 (1.107%)	QuickTest Pro
14	9 (1.107%)	Fiddler
14	9 (1.107%)	Jenkins
15	8 (0.984%)	PowerBuilder
16	7 (0.861%)	Oracle Forms
17	6 (0.738%)	CruiseControl

General
1	230 (28.29%)	Finance
2	68 (8.364%)	Banking
3	32 (3.936%)	Investment Banking
4	19 (2.337%)	Telecoms
5	16 (1.968%)	Music
6	10 (1.230%)	Retail
7	3 (0.369%)	Retail Banking
7	3 (0.369%)	Marketing
8	2 (0.246%)	Legal
8	2 (0.246%)	Back Office
9	1 (0.123%)	Front Office
9	1 (0.123%)	Games

Job Titles
1	706 (86.84%)	Developer
2	541 (66.54%)	.NET Developer
3	136 (16.73%)	C# Developer
4	117 (14.39%)	C# .NET Developer
5	104 (12.79%)	Graduate
5	104 (12.79%)	Graduate Developer
5	104 (12.79%)	Graduate .NET Developer
6	85 (10.46%)	Junior Developer
6	85 (10.46%)	Junior
7	83 (10.21%)	Junior .NET Developer
8	29 (3.567%)	Senior Developer
9	27 (3.321%)	Analyst
9	27 (3.321%)	Team Leader
10	26 (3.198%)	Software Engineer
11	25 (3.075%)	Software Developer
12	23 (2.829%)	Tester
13	22 (2.706%)	.NET Team Leader
14	20 (2.460%)	Web Developer
15	16 (1.968%)	Software Tester
15	16 (1.968%)	Senior C# Developer

Miscellaneous
1	566 (69.62%)	Inversion of Control
2	110 (13.53%)	Computer Science
3	88 (10.82%)	Enterprise Software
4	51 (6.273%)	Tandem
5	27 (3.321%)	Client/Server
6	24 (2.952%)	Mathematics
7	14 (1.722%)	SaaS
8	13 (1.599%)	Streaming Video
9	12 (1.476%)	Mobile App
10	9 (1.107%)	Replication
10	9 (1.107%)	Social Network
10	9 (1.107%)	N-Tier
11	5 (0.615%)	Web 2.0
12	4 (0.492%)	Wiki
13	3 (0.369%)	iPad
14	2 (0.246%)	Foreign Exchange (FX)
15	1 (0.123%)	Management Information System
15	1 (0.123%)	Online Banking
15	1 (0.123%)	Contract for Difference
15	1 (0.123%)	Spread Betting

Operating Systems
1	535 (65.81%)	Windows
2	4 (0.492%)	Apple iOS
3	2 (0.246%)	Windows Mobile
4	1 (0.123%)	Android
4	1 (0.123%)	Windows Server 2008

Processes & Methodologies
1	666 (81.92%)	TDD
2	630 (77.49%)	Scrum
3	581 (71.46%)	Continuous Integration
4	578 (71.09%)	Dependency Injection
5	571 (70.23%)	Kanban
6	543 (66.79%)	MVC
7	487 (59.90%)	MVVM
8	418 (51.41%)	Web Application Development
9	189 (23.25%)	Agile Software Development
10	177 (21.77%)	OO
11	110 (13.53%)	Business Intelligence
12	55 (6.765%)	Unit Testing
13	51 (6.273%)	OOP
13	51 (6.273%)	OOD
14	40 (4.920%)	E-Commerce
15	30 (3.690%)	OOA/OOD
16	29 (3.567%)	Multithreading
17	26 (3.198%)	Web Development
18	24 (2.952%)	Web Testing
19	23 (2.829%)	Software Testing

Programming Languages
1	757 (93.11%)	C#
2	134 (16.48%)	SQL
3	104 (12.79%)	VB.NET
4	87 (10.70%)	VB
5	84 (10.33%)	JavaScript
6	43 (5.289%)	T-SQL
7	28 (3.444%)	Java
8	27 (3.321%)	C++
9	13 (1.599%)	XAML
10	10 (1.230%)	PL/SQL
11	6 (0.738%)	XPath
12	4 (0.492%)	VB6
12	4 (0.492%)	VBScript
13	3 (0.369%)	C
14	2 (0.246%)	Delphi
14	2 (0.246%)	Python
14	2 (0.246%)	PowerShell
15	1 (0.123%)	C++/CLI

Qualifications
1	552 (67.90%)	MCP
1	552 (67.90%)	MCAD
1	552 (67.90%)	MCSD
1	552 (67.90%)	Microsoft Certification
1	552 (67.90%)	MCTS
2	52 (6.396%)	Degree
3	13 (1.599%)	ISEB
4	11 (1.353%)	ISTQB
5	10 (1.230%)	Security Cleared
6	5 (0.615%)	SC Cleared

Quality Assurance & Compliance
1	39 (4.797%)	QA

System Software
1	3 (0.369%)	VMware Infrastructure
2	2 (0.246%)	Hyper-V

Systems Management
1	5 (0.615%)	HP Quality Center

Vendors
1	273 (33.58%)	Microsoft
2	43 (5.289%)	Oracle
3	10 (1.230%)	Telerik
4	5 (0.615%)	HP
5	4 (0.492%)	Reuters
5	4 (0.492%)	Bloomberg
5	4 (0.492%)	Red Gate
6	3 (0.369%)	VMware
7	2 (0.246%)	MKS
8	1 (0.123%)	Cognos
8	1 (0.123%)	IBM
8	1 (0.123%)	BT

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