Microsoft MSTest
England > North of England
The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the North of England 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 12 June 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 12 Jun 2024 |
Same period 2023 | Same period 2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | - | 201 | 246 |
| Rank change year-on-year | - | +45 | -52 |
| Contract jobs citing MSTest | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North of England | - | 0.018% | 0.070% |
| As % of the Development Applications category | - | 0.15% | 0.46% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 10th Percentile | - | - | £394 |
| 25th Percentile | - | - | £404 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | - | - | £408 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | - | -9.94% |
| 75th Percentile | - | - | £411 |
| 90th Percentile | - | - | £412 |
| England median daily rate | £481 | £663 | £450 |
| % change year-on-year | -27.36% | +47.22% | +12.50% |
All Development Application Skills
North of England
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 North of England.
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for development application skills | 541 | 669 | 1,076 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North of England | 11.17% | 12.29% | 15.13% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 377 | 501 | 814 |
| 10th Percentile | £372 | £326 | £350 |
| 25th Percentile | £413 | £425 | £425 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £489 | £525 | £500 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -6.86% | +5.00% | +11.11% |
| 75th Percentile | £575 | £625 | £588 |
| 90th Percentile | £641 | £700 | £650 |
| England median daily rate | £525 | £550 | £550 |
| % change year-on-year | -4.55% | - | +10.00% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 16 | 11 | 28 |
| 10th Percentile | £37.55 | £37.80 | £38.68 |
| 25th Percentile | £43.80 | £38.70 | £52.34 |
| Median hourly rate | £46.84 | £52.13 | £70.00 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -10.15% | -25.53% | +133.33% |
| 75th Percentile | £65.94 | £56.19 | £77.50 |
| 90th Percentile | £80.09 | £56.38 | £81.00 |
| England median hourly rate | £65.00 | £61.50 | £50.00 |
| % change year-on-year | +5.69% | +23.00% | - |
MSTest
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England
Job postings citing MSTest as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the North of England.
MSTest
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the North of England
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing MSTest in the North of England.