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

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft MSTest
Rank 197 196 185
Rank change year-on-year
-1 -11
Permanent jobs citing MSTest 16 20 14
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Yorkshire 0.293% 0.385% 0.277%
As % of the Development Applications category 1.869% 2.639% 1.997%
Number of salaries quoted 16 19 14
Average salary £37,500 £37,500 £31,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +19.04%
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £40,000 £32,500
% change year-on-year
-6.25% +23.07%
All Development Applications
Yorkshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Development Applications category
856 758 701
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Yorkshire 15.69% 14.60% 13.86%
Number of salaries quoted 687 676 618
Average salary £35,000 £35,000 £32,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +7.69%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,500 £26,000 £26,250
10% offered a salary of more than £47,500 £45,000 £44,050
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 Yorkshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Development Applications category.

Yorkshire 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 Yorkshire region.

Yorkshire 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 Yorkshire 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
West Yorkshire -4 12 £37,500 -
South Yorkshire +11 4 £37,500 +7.14%
MSTest
England

MSTest
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Yorkshire 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 35 (100.00%) .NET
2 34 (97.14%) C#
3 31 (88.57%) NUnit
4 26 (74.29%) ASP.NET
5 24 (68.57%) Agile Software Development
6 23 (65.71%) TDD
7 22 (62.86%) MVC
7 22 (62.86%) Scrum
7 22 (62.86%) WinForms
7 22 (62.86%) Microsoft Certification
7 22 (62.86%) SQL Server
7 22 (62.86%) MCP
7 22 (62.86%) MCAD
7 22 (62.86%) MCSD
7 22 (62.86%) Windows
7 22 (62.86%) MCTS
7 22 (62.86%) WCF
7 22 (62.86%) WPF
7 22 (62.86%) ASP.NET MVC
7 22 (62.86%) Dependency Injection
7 22 (62.86%) Inversion of Control
7 22 (62.86%) MVVM
7 22 (62.86%) Rhino Mocks
7 22 (62.86%) Moq
7 22 (62.86%) Continuous Integration
7 22 (62.86%) Kanban
7 22 (62.86%) Spring.NET
7 22 (62.86%) Castle Windsor
7 22 (62.86%) Ninject
7 22 (62.86%) Razor View Engine

MSTest
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Yorkshire 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 35 (100.00%) .NET
2 26 (74.29%) ASP.NET
3 22 (62.86%) WinForms
3 22 (62.86%) WCF
3 22 (62.86%) WPF
3 22 (62.86%) ASP.NET MVC
3 22 (62.86%) Spring.NET
3 22 (62.86%) Castle Windsor
3 22 (62.86%) Ninject
3 22 (62.86%) Razor View Engine
3 22 (62.86%) ASP.NET MVC 4
3 22 (62.86%) Unity DI Container
4 11 (31.43%) XML
5 1 (2.857%) NHibernate
Applications
1 7 (20.00%) MS Excel
Database & Business Intelligence
1 22 (62.86%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 31 (88.57%) NUnit
2 22 (62.86%) Rhino Mocks
2 22 (62.86%) Moq
3 4 (11.43%) Visual Studio
3 4 (11.43%) QuickTest Pro
3 4 (11.43%) Selenium
3 4 (11.43%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 1 (2.857%) Finance
Job Titles
1 23 (65.71%) .NET Developer
1 23 (65.71%) Developer
2 7 (20.00%) Software Engineer
3 4 (11.43%) Tester
3 4 (11.43%) Analyst
3 4 (11.43%) Test Analyst
3 4 (11.43%) Automation Tester
4 2 (5.714%) Automation Analyst
4 2 (5.714%) Automation Test Analyst
5 1 (2.857%) C# Developer
5 1 (2.857%) Applications Architect
5 1 (2.857%) C# .NET Developer
5 1 (2.857%) Architect
Miscellaneous
1 22 (62.86%) Inversion of Control
Operating Systems
1 22 (62.86%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 24 (68.57%) Agile Software Development
2 23 (65.71%) TDD
3 22 (62.86%) MVC
3 22 (62.86%) Scrum
3 22 (62.86%) Dependency Injection
3 22 (62.86%) MVVM
3 22 (62.86%) Continuous Integration
3 22 (62.86%) Kanban
3 22 (62.86%) Web Application Development
4 8 (22.86%) OO
5 7 (20.00%) Service Delivery
6 4 (11.43%) Web Testing
6 4 (11.43%) Test Management
6 4 (11.43%) Automation Testing
7 1 (2.857%) User Acceptance Testing
7 1 (2.857%) Business Analysis
7 1 (2.857%) Business Transformation
7 1 (2.857%) Project Management
7 1 (2.857%) OOP
Programming Languages
1 34 (97.14%) C#
2 12 (34.29%) SQL
3 7 (20.00%) C++
3 7 (20.00%) Java
4 6 (17.14%) VB
4 6 (17.14%) VB.NET
5 1 (2.857%) JavaScript
5 1 (2.857%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 22 (62.86%) Microsoft Certification
1 22 (62.86%) MCP
1 22 (62.86%) MCAD
1 22 (62.86%) MCSD
1 22 (62.86%) MCTS
2 4 (11.43%) ISEB
2 4 (11.43%) ISTQB
Systems Management
1 4 (11.43%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 10 (28.57%) Microsoft
2 4 (11.43%) HP
3 1 (2.857%) Oracle
Bradford, West Yorkshire
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 - £45000 per annum + Bonus + Pension + Benefits
Posted: 20 May 2013
Bradford, Yorkshire
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 - £45000 per annum + Bonus + Pension + Benefits
Posted: 22 May 2013