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This section looks at the demand for HP WinRunner skills within the Berkshire region with a comparison to our Development Applications category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited WinRunner over the 3 months to 25 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkHP WinRunner
Location
3 months to 25 Jul 2008Same period last year
Rank127147
Rank change on same period last yearUp+20
Matching contract IT job ads116
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.001 %0.016 %
As % of the category below0.258 %4.611 %
Daily rates quoted05
Average minimum daily rate-£314
Average daily rate-£333
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate-£352
UK excluding London average daily rate£297£318
% change on same period last year-6.67 %
Hourly rates quoted01
Average minimum hourly rate-£25.00
Average hourly rate-£27.50
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate-£30.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£35.00£31.57
% change on same period last year+10.85 %
Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
Berkshire
Matching contract IT job ads387347
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.516 %0.351 %
Daily rates quoted12887
Average minimum daily rate£313£323
Average daily rate£333£345
% change on same period last year-3.51 %
Average maximum daily rate£353£368
UK excluding London average daily rate£329£331
% change on same period last year-0.66 %
Hourly rates quoted3423
Average minimum hourly rate£33.35£28.77
Average hourly rate£34.77£29.97
% change on same period last year+16.01 %
Average maximum hourly rate£36.18£31.17
UK excluding London average hourly rate£32.89£34.13
% change on same period last year-3.63 %
WinRunner South EastWinRunner
South East

We calculate average IT contractor rates directly from the figures quoted and do not attempt to derive hourly rates from daily rates or vice versa.

WinRunner
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing WinRunner across the Berkshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Development Applications category.

Berkshire WinRunner Demand Trend

WinRunner
Daily Rate Trend

The 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

The 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

This section 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 25 July 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
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WinRunner South EastWinRunner
South East

WinRunner
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, 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.

113 (92.86 %)TestDirector
28 (57.14 %)UNIX
28 (57.14 %)Windows
37 (50.00 %)SQL
46 (42.86 %)LoadRunner
46 (42.86 %)J2EE
46 (42.86 %)Java
46 (42.86 %)AIX
46 (42.86 %)Finance
46 (42.86 %)WebSphere
55 (35.71 %)Windows XP
55 (35.71 %)QuickTest Pro
63 (21.43 %)Windows Server 2003
63 (21.43 %)Borland
63 (21.43 %)Solaris
63 (21.43 %)StarTeam
63 (21.43 %)Windows NT
63 (21.43 %)Test Scripting
63 (21.43 %)Security Cleared
72 (14.29 %)SC Cleared
72 (14.29 %)Performance Testing
72 (14.29 %)Government
72 (14.29 %)Degree
72 (14.29 %)Data Mining
72 (14.29 %)Oracle
72 (14.29 %)Disaster Recovery
72 (14.29 %)OpenView Configuration Management
72 (14.29 %)Configuration Management
72 (14.29 %)PVCS
81 (7.143 %)ASP

WinRunner
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, 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.

Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
16 (42.86 %)J2EE
16 (42.86 %)WebSphere
21 (7.143 %)HTML
21 (7.143 %)ASP
Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
11 (7.143 %)SharePoint Server 2007
Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
11 (7.143 %)MS Excel
Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
12 (14.29 %)Data Mining
21 (7.143 %)DB2
Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
113 (92.86 %)TestDirector
26 (42.86 %)LoadRunner
35 (35.71 %)QuickTest Pro
43 (21.43 %)StarTeam
52 (14.29 %)PVCS
61 (7.143 %)QARun
61 (7.143 %)MSI
61 (7.143 %)NUnit
Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
16 (42.86 %)Finance
22 (14.29 %)Government
Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
17 (50.00 %)Tester
25 (35.71 %)Functional Tester
33 (21.43 %)Analyst
33 (21.43 %)Test Analyst
42 (14.29 %)Test Engineer
51 (7.143 %)Senior Tester
51 (7.143 %)QA Engineer
51 (7.143 %)Functional Analyst
51 (7.143 %)Functional Test Analyst
51 (7.143 %)Systems Tester
Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
11 (7.143 %)Mainframe
11 (7.143 %)PDA
Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
18 (57.14 %)UNIX
18 (57.14 %)Windows
26 (42.86 %)AIX
35 (35.71 %)Windows XP
43 (21.43 %)Windows NT
43 (21.43 %)Windows Server 2003
43 (21.43 %)Solaris
51 (7.143 %)Windows 2000
51 (7.143 %)MVS
Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
13 (21.43 %)Test Scripting
13 (21.43 %)Security Cleared
22 (14.29 %)Performance Testing
22 (14.29 %)SC Cleared
22 (14.29 %)Configuration Management
22 (14.29 %)Disaster Recovery
31 (7.143 %)Workflow
31 (7.143 %)TDD
31 (7.143 %)Automated Testing
31 (7.143 %)Requirements Analysis
31 (7.143 %)Regression Testing
31 (7.143 %)Continuous Integration
Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
17 (50.00 %)SQL
26 (42.86 %)Java
31 (7.143 %)JavaScript
31 (7.143 %)VBScript
31 (7.143 %)VB
31 (7.143 %)C
Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
12 (14.29 %)Degree
Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
11 (7.143 %)QA
Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
12 (14.29 %)OpenView Configuration Management
Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
13 (21.43 %)Borland
22 (14.29 %)Oracle
31 (7.143 %)Progress
31 (7.143 %)Microsoft
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