Microsoft MSTest
Central London > City of London
The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the City of London requiring MSTest skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited MSTest over the 6 months leading up to 29 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 29 May 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | - | 125 | 170 |
| Rank change year-on-year | - | +45 | +15 |
| Contract jobs citing MSTest | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in the City of London | - | 0.046% | 0.029% |
| As % of the Development Applications category | - | 0.35% | 0.20% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 10th Percentile | - | - | - |
| 25th Percentile | - | £438 | £538 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | - | £475 | £575 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | -17.39% | -14.81% |
| 75th Percentile | - | £513 | £613 |
| 90th Percentile | - | - | - |
| Central London median daily rate | - | £475 | £575 |
| % change year-on-year | - | -17.39% | -14.81% |
All Development Application Skills
City of London
MSTest falls under the Development Applications category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring development application skills in the City of London.
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for development application skills | 239 | 284 | 504 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London | 14.27% | 13.15% | 14.57% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 143 | 193 | 332 |
| 10th Percentile | £400 | £400 | £425 |
| 25th Percentile | £428 | £455 | £504 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £550 | £550 | £605 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | -9.05% | +3.20% |
| 75th Percentile | £638 | £675 | £738 |
| 90th Percentile | £735 | £750 | £800 |
| Central London median daily rate | £550 | £550 | £600 |
| % change year-on-year | - | -8.33% | +4.35% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 10th Percentile | - | - | £38.25 |
| 25th Percentile | - | £46.75 | £43.13 |
| Median hourly rate | - | £48.50 | £52.50 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | -7.62% | -27.59% |
| 75th Percentile | - | £50.25 | £56.25 |
| 90th Percentile | - | - | £57.75 |
| Central London median hourly rate | - | £40.75 | £52.50 |
| % change year-on-year | - | -22.38% | -27.59% |
MSTest
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London
Job postings citing MSTest as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the City of London.
MSTest
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the City of London
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing MSTest in the City of London.