The first table below looks at the demand for WinRunner skills in IT contracts advertised for the England region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited WinRunner over the 3 months to 21 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 England 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
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
HP WinRunner
Rank 502 534 485
Rank change year-on-year
+32 -49
Contract jobs citing WinRunner 10 23 70
As % of all contract IT jobs located in England 0.024% 0.043% 0.126%
As % of the Development Applications category 0.213% 0.457% 1.187%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 23 36
Average daily rate £350 £400 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-12.50% +14.28%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £320 £300 £231
10% offered a daily rate of more than £490 £525 £538
UK excluding London average daily rate £351 £375 £263
% change year-on-year
-6.33% +42.85%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 6
Average hourly rate - - £30.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - £30.00
All Development Applications
England
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Development Applications category
4684 5033 5895
As % of all contract IT jobs located in England 11.07% 9.407% 10.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 2996 3048 3394
Average daily rate £400 £375 £400
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+6.66% -6.25%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £275 £270 £260
10% offered a daily rate of more than £550 £550 £585
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £330 £325
% change year-on-year
-1.51% +1.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 137 204 313
Average hourly rate £37.50 £35.00 £35.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+7.14% -
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £24.50 £23.88 £24.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £47.50 £45.00 £42.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £37.50 £35.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year
+7.14% -
WinRunner
UK

WinRunner
Jobs Demand Trend

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

England 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 England region.

England WinRunner Daily Rate Trend

WinRunner
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing WinRunner across the England region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013.

England WinRunner Daily Rate Histogram

WinRunner
Hourly Rate Trend

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

England 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 England region over the 3 months to 21 May 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
London +9 5 £400 -
South West +22 3 £350 +6.06%
South East +26 2 - -
WinRunner
UK

WinRunner
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, 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 15 (65.22%) Banking
2 14 (60.87%) Finance
2 14 (60.87%) LoadRunner
3 12 (52.17%) ISEB
4 11 (47.83%) HP
5 10 (43.48%) QuickTest Pro
6 9 (39.13%) QA
6 9 (39.13%) Performance Testing
7 8 (34.78%) User Acceptance Testing
7 8 (34.78%) Test Scripting
7 8 (34.78%) HP Quality Center
8 7 (30.43%) Test Strategy
8 7 (30.43%) Retail
8 7 (30.43%) Automated Testing
9 6 (26.09%) SQL
9 6 (26.09%) UNIX
9 6 (26.09%) Windows
9 6 (26.09%) Selenium
10 5 (21.74%) Retail Banking
10 5 (21.74%) VMware Infrastructure
10 5 (21.74%) Investment Banking
10 5 (21.74%) VMware
10 5 (21.74%) PRINCE2
10 5 (21.74%) Microsoft
11 4 (17.39%) TestDirector
11 4 (17.39%) SQL Server
11 4 (17.39%) Regression Testing
11 4 (17.39%) FIX Protocol
11 4 (17.39%) Electronic Trading
12 3 (13.04%) Derivative

WinRunner
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, 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 4 (17.39%) FIX Protocol
2 1 (4.348%) WebSphere
2 1 (4.348%) Web Services
Application Platforms
1 2 (8.696%) MS Exchange
1 2 (8.696%) Exchange Server 2003
2 1 (4.348%) ESB
2 1 (4.348%) Tomcat
2 1 (4.348%) MQSeries
2 1 (4.348%) Apache
2 1 (4.348%) SharePoint
2 1 (4.348%) IIS
2 1 (4.348%) WebSphere MQ
Applications
1 2 (8.696%) MS Office
Business Applications
1 1 (4.348%) AWD
1 1 (4.348%) Remedy ITSM
Communications & Networking
1 2 (8.696%) Internet
1 2 (8.696%) Ethernet
1 2 (8.696%) TCP/IP
1 2 (8.696%) DNS
1 2 (8.696%) SAN
1 2 (8.696%) Network Security
1 2 (8.696%) NetScaler
2 1 (4.348%) LDAP
2 1 (4.348%) ATM
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (17.39%) SQL Server
2 2 (8.696%) SQL Server 2005
2 2 (8.696%) SQL Server 2008
3 1 (4.348%) DB2
Development Applications
1 14 (60.87%) LoadRunner
2 10 (43.48%) QuickTest Pro
3 6 (26.09%) Selenium
4 4 (17.39%) TestDirector
5 2 (8.696%) MSI
5 2 (8.696%) InstallShield
5 2 (8.696%) Bugzilla
5 2 (8.696%) JIRA
5 2 (8.696%) QARun
6 1 (4.348%) FitNesse
General
1 15 (65.22%) Banking
2 14 (60.87%) Finance
3 7 (30.43%) Retail
4 5 (21.74%) Retail Banking
4 5 (21.74%) Investment Banking
5 1 (4.348%) Back Office
5 1 (4.348%) Games
Job Titles
1 10 (43.48%) Test Manager
2 7 (30.43%) Test Analyst
2 7 (30.43%) Analyst
3 2 (8.696%) Coordinator
3 2 (8.696%) Test Coordinator
3 2 (8.696%) Administrator
3 2 (8.696%) Citrix Administrator
4 1 (4.348%) Test Leader
4 1 (4.348%) Automation Analyst
4 1 (4.348%) Testing Consultant
4 1 (4.348%) Fidessa Test Analyst
4 1 (4.348%) Automation Test Analyst
4 1 (4.348%) Consultant
4 1 (4.348%) Senior Analyst
4 1 (4.348%) Senior Test Analyst
4 1 (4.348%) Systems Architect
4 1 (4.348%) Fidessa Analyst
4 1 (4.348%) Architect
Miscellaneous
1 3 (13.04%) Derivative
2 2 (8.696%) Client/Server
2 2 (8.696%) Ergonomics
2 2 (8.696%) Data Conversion
3 1 (4.348%) Mobile App
3 1 (4.348%) DataPower
3 1 (4.348%) iSeries
3 1 (4.348%) Equities
3 1 (4.348%) N-Tier
3 1 (4.348%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
Operating Systems
1 6 (26.09%) UNIX
1 6 (26.09%) Windows
2 2 (8.696%) Windows Server 2003
2 2 (8.696%) Windows NT
2 2 (8.696%) Windows 2000
2 2 (8.696%) Windows Vista
2 2 (8.696%) Windows Server 2008
2 2 (8.696%) Windows 7
3 1 (4.348%) OS/400
3 1 (4.348%) Linux
3 1 (4.348%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (39.13%) Performance Testing
2 8 (34.78%) User Acceptance Testing
2 8 (34.78%) Test Scripting
3 7 (30.43%) Test Strategy
3 7 (30.43%) Automated Testing
4 5 (21.74%) PRINCE2
5 4 (17.39%) Regression Testing
5 4 (17.39%) Electronic Trading
6 3 (13.04%) Stakeholder Management
6 3 (13.04%) Software Testing
7 2 (8.696%) E-Commerce
7 2 (8.696%) ITIL
7 2 (8.696%) UML
7 2 (8.696%) RUP
7 2 (8.696%) Agile Software Development
7 2 (8.696%) Penetration Testing
7 2 (8.696%) Migration
7 2 (8.696%) Disaster Recovery
7 2 (8.696%) Quality Management
7 2 (8.696%) V-Model
Programming Languages
1 6 (26.09%) SQL
2 3 (13.04%) VBScript
2 3 (13.04%) VB
2 3 (13.04%) Perl
2 3 (13.04%) Shell Script
3 2 (8.696%) C++
4 1 (4.348%) Java
4 1 (4.348%) C#
Qualifications
1 12 (52.17%) ISEB
2 2 (8.696%) CCA
2 2 (8.696%) Citrix Certification
2 2 (8.696%) Microsoft Certification
2 2 (8.696%) MCSE
2 2 (8.696%) ISEB Practitioner
2 2 (8.696%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (39.13%) QA
2 2 (8.696%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 5 (21.74%) VMware Infrastructure
2 3 (13.04%) VMware ESX
2 3 (13.04%) Active Directory
3 2 (8.696%) Microsoft App-V
3 2 (8.696%) Citrix Presentation Server
3 2 (8.696%) XenApp
3 2 (8.696%) XenServer
3 2 (8.696%) XenDesktop
4 1 (4.348%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 8 (34.78%) HP Quality Center
2 2 (8.696%) Tivoli
2 2 (8.696%) MOM
2 2 (8.696%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
2 2 (8.696%) SCCM
2 2 (8.696%) SCOM
Vendors
1 11 (47.83%) HP
2 5 (21.74%) VMware
2 5 (21.74%) Microsoft
3 3 (13.04%) IBM
3 3 (13.04%) NetApp
4 2 (8.696%) Compaq
4 2 (8.696%) Dell
4 2 (8.696%) Citrix
4 2 (8.696%) SolarWinds
5 1 (4.348%) Ab Initio
5 1 (4.348%) SAP
5 1 (4.348%) Business Objects
5 1 (4.348%) Oracle
5 1 (4.348%) BMC
5 1 (4.348%) Fidessa
5 1 (4.348%) Remedy
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