England WinRunner Contracts

The table below looks at the demand for HP WinRunner skills within the England 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 15 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

HP WinRunner
Location Belfast Berkshire Birmingham Bristol Cambridge Cambridgeshire Canary Wharf Cardiff Channel Islands City of London County Antrim Docklands, London Dorset East Midlands East of England Edinburgh England Essex Farnborough Glasgow Hampshire Harlow Hertfordshire Leeds London M4 Corridor Manchester Midlands North West Northern Ireland Nottingham Nottinghamshire Reading Scotland Solihull South East South Lanarkshire South Wales South West Southampton Stevenage Surrey Swansea Swindon Thames Valley UK Wales Watford West Midlands West Wales West Yorkshire Wiltshire Yorkshire	3 months to 15 Oct 2008	Same period last year
Rank	412	391
Rank change on same period last year	-21
Matching contract IT job ads	132	260
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.188 %	0.269 %
As % of the category below	2.175 %	3.211 %
Daily rates quoted	65	101
Average minimum daily rate	£337	£320
Average daily rate	£366	£335
% change on same period last year	+9.36 %
Average maximum daily rate	£394	£350
UK excluding London average daily rate	£273	£301
% change on same period last year	-9.34 %
Hourly rates quoted	4	18
Average minimum hourly rate	£33.25	£32.55
Average hourly rate	£36.38	£34.77
% change on same period last year	+4.60 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£39.50	£36.99
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£34.33	£33.28
% change on same period last year	+3.16 %
Development Applications England
Matching contract IT job ads	6070	8098
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	8.651 %	8.375 %
Daily rates quoted	2001	2411
Average minimum daily rate	£337	£348
Average daily rate	£362	£369
% change on same period last year	-1.92 %
Average maximum daily rate	£387	£391
UK excluding London average daily rate	£324	£327
% change on same period last year	-0.86 %
Hourly rates quoted	441	680
Average minimum hourly rate	£29.25	£29.22
Average hourly rate	£31.18	£30.97
% change on same period last year	+0.67 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£33.10	£32.72
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£32.50	£31.18
% change on same period last year	+4.25 %
WinRunner UK

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 England region as a proportion of the total demand within the Development Applications category.

WinRunner
Daily Rate Trend

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

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Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing WinRunner across the England region over the 3 months to 15 October 2008.

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Hourly Rate Trend

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

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Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing WinRunner across the England region over the 3 months to 15 October 2008.

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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 England region over the 3 months to 15 October 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.

Location	Rank 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
London	+58	79	£402	-2.21 %
South East	+18	11	£379	+14.23 %
East of England	+6	10	£288	-4.48 %
West Midlands	-8	9	£225	-20.47 %
South West	+7	9	£300	-5.83 %
North West	+5	7	£148	-39.43 %
East Midlands	-1	3	£248	-
Midlands	+13	3	£200	-42.93 %
Yorkshire	+11	1	£300	+6.19 %

WinRunner UK

WinRunner
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 15 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the England 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.

1 149 (59.13 %) QuickTest Pro 2 121 (48.02 %) LoadRunner 3 86 (34.13 %) TestDirector 4 65 (25.79 %) Test Scripting 5 64 (25.40 %) SQL 6 59 (23.41 %) ISEB 7 55 (21.83 %) Finance 8 48 (19.05 %) QA 9 38 (15.08 %) .NET 10 35 (13.89 %) Java 11 33 (13.10 %) User Acceptance Testing 12 32 (12.70 %) FitNesse 12 32 (12.70 %) UNIX 12 32 (12.70 %) Automated Testing 13 31 (12.30 %) Performance Testing

14 29 (11.51 %) Oracle 15 28 (11.11 %) HP 16 26 (10.32 %) Agile Software Development 17 23 (9.127 %) Banking 18 21 (8.333 %) VBScript 19 20 (7.937 %) Regression Testing 20 19 (7.540 %) VB 20 19 (7.540 %) JavaScript 20 19 (7.540 %) C 20 19 (7.540 %) Security Cleared 20 19 (7.540 %) Test Management 21 18 (7.143 %) Web Testing 21 18 (7.143 %) WATIR 21 18 (7.143 %) Software Testing 22 17 (6.746 %) QARun

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Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 15 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the England 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 38 (15.08 %) .NET 2 16 (6.349 %) J2EE 3 13 (5.159 %) XML 4 8 (3.175 %) HTML 5 6 (2.381 %) CSS 5 6 (2.381 %) XSLT 5 6 (2.381 %) XHTML 5 6 (2.381 %) AJAX 6 5 (1.984 %) ASP 7 4 (1.587 %) FIX Protocol 8 3 (1.190 %) WebServices 9 1 (0.397 %) SOAP 9 1 (0.397 %) ASP.NET 9 1 (0.397 %) ODBC 9 1 (0.397 %) Ruby on Rails 9 1 (0.397 %) WebSphere 9 1 (0.397 %) .NET Framework	Application Platforms 1 4 (1.587 %) SharePoint 1 4 (1.587 %) CMS 2 3 (1.190 %) WebLogic 3 2 (0.794 %) MS Exchange 3 2 (0.794 %) ColdFusion MX 3 2 (0.794 %) ColdFusion 4 1 (0.397 %) SAS 4 1 (0.397 %) MQSeries
Applications 1 6 (2.381 %) MS Visio 2 5 (1.984 %) MS Office 2 5 (1.984 %) MS Excel 3 2 (0.794 %) MS PowerPoint 4 1 (0.397 %) Spreadsheet 4 1 (0.397 %) MS Project	Business Applications 1 3 (1.190 %) SAP FI 1 3 (1.190 %) SAP FI/CO 1 3 (1.190 %) SAP CO 2 2 (0.794 %) Oracle Financials 2 2 (0.794 %) MAXIMO 2 2 (0.794 %) Summit 3 1 (0.397 %) Oracle EBS 3 1 (0.397 %) SAP CRM 3 1 (0.397 %) Adaptiv 3 1 (0.397 %) SunGard Panorama
Communications & Networking 1 6 (2.381 %) LDAP 2 3 (1.190 %) IPCC 3 2 (0.794 %) Broadband 3 2 (0.794 %) Internet 4 1 (0.397 %) 3G 4 1 (0.397 %) DVB 4 1 (0.397 %) Wireless 4 1 (0.397 %) GSM 4 1 (0.397 %) UMTS 4 1 (0.397 %) FTP 4 1 (0.397 %) TCP/IP	Database & Business Intelligence 1 11 (4.365 %) SQL Server 2 7 (2.778 %) TOAD 3 6 (2.381 %) Datawarehouse 3 6 (2.381 %) MySQL 4 5 (1.984 %) RDBMS 5 4 (1.587 %) Oracle 10g 6 3 (1.190 %) Oracle Discoverer 6 3 (1.190 %) OLAP 7 2 (0.794 %) SQL Server 2005 7 2 (0.794 %) Oracle OLAP 8 1 (0.397 %) BusinessObjects 8 1 (0.397 %) Informix 8 1 (0.397 %) Oracle Reports 8 1 (0.397 %) ETL
Development Applications 1 149 (59.13 %) QuickTest Pro 2 121 (48.02 %) LoadRunner 3 86 (34.13 %) TestDirector 4 32 (12.70 %) FitNesse 5 18 (7.143 %) WATIR 6 17 (6.746 %) QARun 7 14 (5.556 %) NUnit 8 11 (4.365 %) SilkPerformer 8 11 (4.365 %) ClearQuest 8 11 (4.365 %) Selenium 9 9 (3.571 %) Rational Robot 10 7 (2.778 %) PVCS 10 7 (2.778 %) JIRA 11 6 (2.381 %) JMeter 12 5 (1.984 %) Bugzilla 13 3 (1.190 %) SilkTest 14 2 (0.794 %) Flash 14 2 (0.794 %) Visual Studio 14 2 (0.794 %) QALoad 15 1 (0.397 %) JUnit	General 1 55 (21.83 %) Finance 2 23 (9.127 %) Banking 3 14 (5.556 %) Government 4 13 (5.159 %) Investment Banking 5 8 (3.175 %) Telecoms 5 8 (3.175 %) Insurance 6 4 (1.587 %) Financial Institution 6 4 (1.587 %) Automotive 7 2 (0.794 %) Front Office 7 2 (0.794 %) Pharmaceutical 7 2 (0.794 %) General Ledger 7 2 (0.794 %) Legal 7 2 (0.794 %) Games 8 1 (0.397 %) Retail 8 1 (0.397 %) Multimedia 8 1 (0.397 %) Billing 8 1 (0.397 %) Health
Job Titles 1 79 (31.35 %) Tester 2 77 (30.56 %) Analyst 3 72 (28.57 %) Test Analyst 4 31 (12.30 %) Test Manager 5 12 (4.762 %) Test Engineer 6 11 (4.365 %) Design Engineer 6 11 (4.365 %) QA Tester 7 8 (3.175 %) Automation Test Analyst 7 8 (3.175 %) Performance Tester 8 7 (2.778 %) Senior Tester 8 7 (2.778 %) Consultant 8 7 (2.778 %) Systems Tester 9 6 (2.381 %) Test Specialist 9 6 (2.381 %) Test Consultant 10 5 (1.984 %) Technical Test Analyst 10 5 (1.984 %) Software Engineer 10 5 (1.984 %) Technical Analyst 10 5 (1.984 %) Software Tester 10 5 (1.984 %) CRM Manager 11 4 (1.587 %) Applications Tester	Miscellaneous 1 14 (5.556 %) Derivative 2 5 (1.984 %) Foreign Exchange (FX) 2 5 (1.984 %) Web 2.0 3 4 (1.587 %) IBM Mainframe 3 4 (1.587 %) Mainframe 3 4 (1.587 %) Interest Rate Derivative 3 4 (1.587 %) Streaming Media 4 2 (0.794 %) Equities 4 2 (0.794 %) Equity Derivative 4 2 (0.794 %) AS400 4 2 (0.794 %) Client/Server 4 2 (0.794 %) N-Tier 4 2 (0.794 %) Data Integration 4 2 (0.794 %) Credit Derivative 5 1 (0.397 %) MPEG 5 1 (0.397 %) Fixed Income 5 1 (0.397 %) EPoS 5 1 (0.397 %) Blackberry 5 1 (0.397 %) DTV 5 1 (0.397 %) Computer Science
Operating Systems 1 32 (12.70 %) UNIX 2 12 (4.762 %) Windows 3 4 (1.587 %) Solaris 3 4 (1.587 %) Linux 4 2 (0.794 %) Windows XP 5 1 (0.397 %) Windows Server 2003 5 1 (0.397 %) Windows Server 2008	Processes & Methodologies 1 65 (25.79 %) Test Scripting 2 33 (13.10 %) User Acceptance Testing 3 32 (12.70 %) Automated Testing 4 31 (12.30 %) Performance Testing 5 26 (10.32 %) Agile Software Development 6 20 (7.937 %) Regression Testing 7 19 (7.540 %) Test Management 7 19 (7.540 %) Security Cleared 8 18 (7.143 %) Web Testing 8 18 (7.143 %) Software Testing 9 16 (6.349 %) Migration 10 15 (5.952 %) Manual Testing 11 14 (5.556 %) Project Management 12 13 (5.159 %) SC Cleared 13 12 (4.762 %) System Testing 14 11 (4.365 %) V-Model 15 10 (3.968 %) Integration Testing 15 10 (3.968 %) Scrum 16 8 (3.175 %) Workflow 16 8 (3.175 %) Load Testing
Programming Languages 1 64 (25.40 %) SQL 2 35 (13.89 %) Java 3 21 (8.333 %) VBScript 4 19 (7.540 %) VB 4 19 (7.540 %) JavaScript 4 19 (7.540 %) C 5 12 (4.762 %) C# 6 11 (4.365 %) Perl 7 6 (2.381 %) C++ 7 6 (2.381 %) Shell Script 8 5 (1.984 %) VBA 9 4 (1.587 %) PL/SQL 10 1 (0.397 %) Ruby	Qualifications 1 59 (23.41 %) ISEB 2 9 (3.571 %) ISTQB 3 6 (2.381 %) Degree 4 3 (1.190 %) ISEB Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance 1 48 (19.05 %) QA 2 1 (0.397 %) PCI DSS 2 1 (0.397 %) SLA 2 1 (0.397 %) Basel II 2 1 (0.397 %) ISO8583	System Software 1 1 (0.397 %) Active Directory 1 1 (0.397 %) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management 1 1 (0.397 %) Netcool 1 1 (0.397 %) OpenView Configuration Management 1 1 (0.397 %) Netcool/Proviso	Vendors 1 29 (11.51 %) Oracle 2 28 (11.11 %) HP 3 8 (3.175 %) IBM 4 7 (2.778 %) Microsoft 4 7 (2.778 %) VMware 5 6 (2.381 %) SAP 6 4 (1.587 %) Empirix 7 3 (1.190 %) Compuware 7 3 (1.190 %) Actuate 7 3 (1.190 %) Borland 8 2 (0.794 %) Citrix 8 2 (0.794 %) BEA 8 2 (0.794 %) SunGard 8 2 (0.794 %) Sybase 8 2 (0.794 %) Nokia 9 1 (0.397 %) Segue 9 1 (0.397 %) Business Objects 9 1 (0.397 %) Symbian 9 1 (0.397 %) Sun 9 1 (0.397 %) BMC