Microsoft MSTest
England > South East
The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the South East 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 14 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 14 May 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | - | 201 | 214 |
| Rank change year-on-year | - | +13 | - |
| Contract jobs citing MSTest | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South East | - | 0.018% | 0.035% |
| As % of the Development Applications category | - | 0.19% | 0.28% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 10th Percentile | - | - | £468 |
| 25th Percentile | - | £525 | £475 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | - | £550 | £500 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | +10.00% | - |
| 75th Percentile | - | £575 | £525 |
| 90th Percentile | - | - | £533 |
| England median daily rate | £450 | £475 | £688 |
| % change year-on-year | -5.26% | -30.91% | +52.78% |
All Development Application Skills
South East
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 South East.
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for development application skills | 359 | 532 | 724 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East | 12.07% | 9.70% | 12.73% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 219 | 328 | 478 |
| 10th Percentile | £350 | £311 | £371 |
| 25th Percentile | £425 | £400 | £463 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £500 | £525 | £550 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -4.76% | -4.55% | +10.00% |
| 75th Percentile | £575 | £619 | £625 |
| 90th Percentile | £638 | £675 | £698 |
| England median daily rate | £500 | £533 | £550 |
| % change year-on-year | -6.10% | -3.18% | - |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 21 | 34 | 36 |
| 10th Percentile | £47.50 | £39.60 | £22.16 |
| 25th Percentile | £50.00 | £51.81 | £50.00 |
| Median hourly rate | £55.00 | £62.50 | £56.35 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -12.00% | +10.91% | +2.46% |
| 75th Percentile | £62.50 | £65.00 | £70.00 |
| 90th Percentile | £65.00 | £70.00 | £75.00 |
| England median hourly rate | £60.25 | £65.00 | £61.50 |
| % change year-on-year | -7.31% | +5.69% | +17.04% |
MSTest
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East
Job postings citing MSTest as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South East.
MSTest
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South East
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing MSTest in the South East.