Microsoft MSTest
North West > Manchester
The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Manchester requiring MSTest skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 29 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 29 Dec 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | - | 158 | 146 |
| Rank change year-on-year | - | -12 | - |
| Permanent jobs citing MSTest | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| As % of all permanent jobs in Manchester | - | 0.073% | 0.044% |
| As % of the Development Applications category | - | 0.83% | 0.32% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| 10th Percentile | - | - | - |
| 25th Percentile | - | - | £45,000 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | - | £44,000 | £50,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | -12.00% | - |
| 75th Percentile | - | - | £55,000 |
| 90th Percentile | - | - | - |
| North West median annual salary | - | £44,000 | £50,000 |
| % change year-on-year | - | -12.00% | - |
All Development Application Skills
Manchester
MSTest falls under the Development Applications category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring development application skills in Manchester.
| Permanent vacancies with a requirement for development application skills | 133 | 240 | 316 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester | 4.83% | 8.71% | 13.88% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 107 | 128 | 254 |
| 10th Percentile | £28,250 | £39,250 | £42,500 |
| 25th Percentile | £41,250 | £47,500 | £46,306 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £57,500 | £59,000 | £60,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -2.54% | -1.67% | +4.35% |
| 75th Percentile | £68,750 | £70,500 | £77,500 |
| 90th Percentile | £73,850 | £80,750 | £84,056 |
| North West median annual salary | £52,500 | £52,500 | £59,526 |
| % change year-on-year | - | -11.80% | +8.23% |
MSTest
Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester
Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing MSTest relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Manchester.
MSTest
Salary Trend in Manchester
Salary distribution trend for jobs in Manchester citing MSTest.
