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The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for MSTest skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited MSTest over the 6 months to 12 December 2019 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.
Note that daily and hourly rates are treated separately in these statistics. When calculating contractor rate percentiles, daily rates are never derived from quoted hourly rates or vice versa.
| Microsoft MSTest UK |
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6 months to
12 Dec 2019 |
Same period 2018 |
Same period 2017 |
| Rank |
696 |
589 |
681 |
| Rank change year-on-year |
-107 |
+92 |
+113 |
| Contract jobs citing MSTest |
93 |
334 |
224 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK |
0.12% |
0.32% |
0.22% |
| As % of the Development Applications category |
0.68% |
1.48% |
1.16% |
| Number of daily rates quoted |
57 |
299 |
200 |
| UK median daily rate |
£425 |
£500 |
£500 |
| Median daily rate % change year-on-year |
-15.00% |
- |
+17.65% |
| 10th Percentile |
£340 |
£398 |
£363 |
| 90th Percentile |
£605 |
£575 |
£575 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate |
£431 |
£425 |
£375 |
| % change year-on-year |
+1.29% |
+13.33% |
-6.25% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted |
2 |
1 |
1 |
| UK median hourly rate |
£55.00 |
£35.00 |
£23.14 |
| Median hourly rate % change year-on-year |
+57.14% |
+51.25% |
- |
| 10th Percentile |
£45.65 |
£35.00 |
£21.87 |
| 90th Percentile |
£63.15 |
£35.00 |
£24.42 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate |
£55.00 |
£35.00 |
£23.14 |
| % change year-on-year |
+57.14% |
+51.25% |
- |
MSTest is in the Development Applications category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with a requirement for development application skills.
| All Development Application Skills UK |
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for development application skills |
13,690 |
22,567 |
19,252 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK |
17.10% |
21.43% |
18.63% |
| Number of daily rates quoted |
8,977 |
15,523 |
13,437 |
| UK median daily rate |
£475 |
£475 |
£450 |
| Median daily rate % change year-on-year |
- |
+5.56% |
+5.88% |
| 10th Percentile |
£325 |
£325 |
£313 |
| 90th Percentile |
£638 |
£625 |
£600 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate |
£450 |
£425 |
£413 |
| % change year-on-year |
+5.88% |
+3.03% |
+3.13% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted |
243 |
228 |
270 |
| UK median hourly rate |
£44.00 |
£42.50 |
£42.50 |
| Median hourly rate % change year-on-year |
+3.53% |
- |
+3.66% |
| 10th Percentile |
£18.26 |
£30.35 |
£28.98 |
| 90th Percentile |
£67.00 |
£53.75 |
£62.18 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate |
£42.50 |
£42.50 |
£42.50 |
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MSTest
Job Vacancy Trend
Job postings citing MSTest as a percentage of all IT jobs advertised.
MSTest
Contractor Daily Rate Trend
This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in contract jobs citing MSTest.
MSTest
Contractor Daily Rate Histogram
The daily rate distribution of IT jobs citing MSTest over the 6 months to 12 December 2019.
MSTest
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend
This chart provides the 3-month moving average for contractor hourly rates quoted in IT jobs citing MSTest.
MSTest
Contractor Hourly Rate Histogram
The hourly rate distribution of IT jobs citing MSTest over the 6 months to 12 December 2019.
MSTest
Top 13 Contract Locations
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing MSTest within the UK over the 6 months to 12 December 2019. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.
For the 6 months to 12 December 2019, IT contractor jobs citing MSTest also mentioned the following skills in order of popularity.
The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads with a requirement for MSTest.
MSTest
Co-occurring IT Skills by Category
The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category.
The same job type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:
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