The first table below looks at the demand for WinRunner skills in IT contracts advertised for the City of London region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited WinRunner over the 3 months to 24 May 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 City of London 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
HP WinRunner
Rank 202 214 238
Rank change year-on-year
+12 +24
Contract jobs citing WinRunner 1 4 7
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the City of London 0.016% 0.051% 0.071%
As % of the Development Applications category 0.127% 0.613% 0.697%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 4 6
Average daily rate £550 £400 £488
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+37.50% -17.94%
UK excluding London average daily rate £351 £375 £275
% change year-on-year
-6.33% +36.36%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - £30.00
All Development Applications
City of London
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Development Applications category
785 652 1005
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the City of London 12.31% 8.290% 10.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 602 489 757
Average daily rate £405 £438 £475
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-7.42% -7.89%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £325 £275 £300
10% offered a daily rate of more than £550 £600 £650
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £330 £325
% change year-on-year
-1.51% +1.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 11 7
Average hourly rate £42.00 £37.00 £25.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+13.51% +48.00%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £41.50 £16.20 £13.70
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £51.50 £39.70 £75.30
UK excluding London average hourly rate £37.50 £35.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year
+7.14% -
WinRunner
London

WinRunner
Jobs Demand Trend

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

City of London 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 City of London region.

City of London 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 City of London region.

City of London WinRunner Hourly Rate Trend

WinRunner
Top 29 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the City of London 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%) Finance
2 2 (66.67%) Migration
2 2 (66.67%) Regression Testing
2 2 (66.67%) Disaster Recovery
2 2 (66.67%) VBScript
2 2 (66.67%) VB
2 2 (66.67%) C++
2 2 (66.67%) LoadRunner
2 2 (66.67%) Ergonomics
2 2 (66.67%) Performance Testing
2 2 (66.67%) Security Testing
2 2 (66.67%) Volume Testing
2 2 (66.67%) Test Scripting
2 2 (66.67%) Network Security
2 2 (66.67%) Investment Management
2 2 (66.67%) Data Conversion
2 2 (66.67%) Banking
2 2 (66.67%) Penetration Testing
3 1 (33.33%) Investment Banking
3 1 (33.33%) C#
3 1 (33.33%) QA
3 1 (33.33%) QARun
3 1 (33.33%) Selenium
3 1 (33.33%) SQL
3 1 (33.33%) SQL Server
3 1 (33.33%) Web Services
3 1 (33.33%) Windows
3 1 (33.33%) E-Commerce
3 1 (33.33%) Change Management

WinRunner
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the City of London 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 Development
1 1 (33.33%) Web Services
Communications & Networking
1 2 (66.67%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (33.33%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 2 (66.67%) LoadRunner
2 1 (33.33%) QARun
2 1 (33.33%) Selenium
General
1 3 (100.00%) Finance
2 2 (66.67%) Banking
3 1 (33.33%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Test Manager
2 1 (33.33%) Analyst
2 1 (33.33%) Test Analyst
2 1 (33.33%) Senior Analyst
2 1 (33.33%) Senior Test Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 2 (66.67%) Ergonomics
1 2 (66.67%) Data Conversion
Operating Systems
1 1 (33.33%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Migration
1 2 (66.67%) Regression Testing
1 2 (66.67%) Disaster Recovery
1 2 (66.67%) Performance Testing
1 2 (66.67%) Security Testing
1 2 (66.67%) Volume Testing
1 2 (66.67%) Test Scripting
1 2 (66.67%) Investment Management
1 2 (66.67%) Penetration Testing
2 1 (33.33%) E-Commerce
2 1 (33.33%) Change Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (66.67%) VBScript
1 2 (66.67%) VB
1 2 (66.67%) C++
2 1 (33.33%) C#
2 1 (33.33%) SQL
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (33.33%) QA