The first table below looks at the demand for WinRunner skills in IT contracts advertised for the Berkshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited WinRunner over the 3 months to 20 June 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Development Applications category for the Berkshire region.

Note that daily contractor rates and hourly contractor rates are treated separately. When calculating average contractor rates, daily rates are not derived from quoted hourly rates or vice versa.

Location
3 months to
20 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
HP WinRunner
Rank 120 128 121
Rank change year-on-year
+8 -7
Contract jobs citing WinRunner 1 4 9
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Berkshire 0.042% 0.129% 0.300%
As % of the Development Applications category 0.400% 2.381% 2.848%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 5
Average daily rate £375 - £250
UK excluding London average daily rate £355 £300 £300
% change year-on-year
+18.33% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - £35.00 £30.00
% change year-on-year
- +16.66%
All Development Applications
Berkshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Development Applications category
250 168 316
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Berkshire 10.50% 5.400% 10.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 105 64 117
Average daily rate £375 £325 £310
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+15.38% +4.83%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £250 £257 £210
10% offered a daily rate of more than £475 £450 £400
UK excluding London average daily rate £330 £325 £325
% change year-on-year
+1.53% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 4 15
Average hourly rate £16.00 £26.50 £45.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-39.62% -41.11%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £37.50 £37.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year
+1.35% +5.71%
WinRunner
South East

WinRunner
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing WinRunner across the Berkshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Development Applications category.

Berkshire WinRunner Jobs Demand Trend

WinRunner
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing WinRunner across the Berkshire region.

Berkshire WinRunner Daily Rate Trend

WinRunner
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing WinRunner across the Berkshire region.

Berkshire WinRunner Hourly Rate Trend

WinRunner
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing WinRunner within the Berkshire region over the 3 months to 20 June 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
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Job
Vacancies
Reading - - - - 1
WinRunner
South East

WinRunner
Top 23 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Berkshire region citing WinRunner also mentioned the following IT skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled that cited WinRunner.

1 3 (100.00%) Windows
1 3 (100.00%) Test Scripting
2 2 (66.67%) VMware Infrastructure
2 2 (66.67%) Internet
2 2 (66.67%) JIRA
2 2 (66.67%) Selenium
2 2 (66.67%) Finance
2 2 (66.67%) VMware
2 2 (66.67%) Agile Software Development
2 2 (66.67%) Automated Testing
2 2 (66.67%) Software Testing
3 1 (33.33%) SharePoint Server
3 1 (33.33%) ISTQB
3 1 (33.33%) SharePoint
3 1 (33.33%) Active Directory
3 1 (33.33%) HP
3 1 (33.33%) ISEB
3 1 (33.33%) TestDirector
3 1 (33.33%) Windows Server 2003
3 1 (33.33%) Netcool
3 1 (33.33%) OpenView Configuration Management
3 1 (33.33%) Test Automation
3 1 (33.33%) HP Quality Center

WinRunner
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Berkshire region citing WinRunner also mentioned the following IT skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled that cited WinRunner. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Platforms
1 1 (33.33%) SharePoint Server
1 1 (33.33%) SharePoint
Communications & Networking
1 2 (66.67%) Internet
Development Applications
1 2 (66.67%) JIRA
1 2 (66.67%) Selenium
2 1 (33.33%) TestDirector
General
1 2 (66.67%) Finance
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Coordinator
1 2 (66.67%) Test Coordinator
2 1 (33.33%) Analyst
2 1 (33.33%) Test Manager
2 1 (33.33%) Test Analyst
Operating Systems
1 3 (100.00%) Windows
2 1 (33.33%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Test Scripting
2 2 (66.67%) Agile Software Development
2 2 (66.67%) Automated Testing
2 2 (66.67%) Software Testing
3 1 (33.33%) Test Automation
Qualifications
1 1 (33.33%) ISTQB
1 1 (33.33%) ISEB
System Software
1 2 (66.67%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (33.33%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (33.33%) Netcool
1 1 (33.33%) OpenView Configuration Management
1 1 (33.33%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 2 (66.67%) VMware
2 1 (33.33%) HP