Microsoft MSTest
South East > Thames Valley
The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley 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 3 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 3 Aug 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 115 | 128 | - |
| Rank change year-on-year | +13 | - | - |
| Contract jobs citing MSTest | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Thames Valley | 0.060% | 0.043% | - |
| As % of the Development Applications category | 0.53% | 0.40% | - |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £201 | £550 | - |
| Median % change year-on-year | -63.45% | - | - |
| South East median daily rate | £201 | £550 | £500 |
| % change year-on-year | -63.45% | +10.00% | - |
All Development Application Skills
Thames Valley
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 Thames Valley.
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for development application skills | 188 | 249 | 296 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley | 11.22% | 10.66% | 10.34% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 114 | 157 | 193 |
| 10th Percentile | £325 | £330 | £350 |
| 25th Percentile | £402 | £413 | £413 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £500 | £525 | £530 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -4.76% | -0.94% | +6.00% |
| 75th Percentile | £550 | £638 | £625 |
| 90th Percentile | £600 | £675 | £706 |
| South East median daily rate | £500 | £515 | £550 |
| % change year-on-year | -2.91% | -6.36% | +9.40% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 11 | 10 | 4 |
| 10th Percentile | £51.00 | £51.10 | £26.75 |
| 25th Percentile | £65.63 | £60.12 | £42.50 |
| Median hourly rate | £75.00 | £65.00 | £55.75 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +15.38% | +16.59% | -13.47% |
| 75th Percentile | £86.32 | £65.75 | £62.13 |
| 90th Percentile | £89.63 | £91.00 | £66.85 |
| South East median hourly rate | £55.00 | £65.00 | £57.50 |
| % change year-on-year | -15.38% | +13.04% | -8.00% |
MSTest
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley
Job postings citing MSTest as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley.
MSTest
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Thames Valley
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing MSTest in the Thames Valley.
MSTest
Contract Job Locations in the Thames Valley
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing MSTest within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 3 August 2025. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.
| Location | Rank Change on Same Period Last Year |
Matching Contract IT Job Ads |
Median Daily Rate Past 6 Months |
Median Daily Rate % Change on Same Period Last Year |
Live Jobs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buckinghamshire | - | 1 | £201 | - | |
| MSTest South East |
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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley by Category
The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:
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