The first table below looks at the demand for WinRunner skills in IT contracts advertised for the London region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited WinRunner over the 3 months to 23 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 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
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
HP WinRunner
Rank 373 399 394
Rank change year-on-year
+26 -5
Contract jobs citing WinRunner 4 11 41
As % of all contract IT jobs located in London 0.018% 0.041% 0.130%
As % of the Development Applications category 0.152% 0.428% 1.136%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 11 23
Average daily rate £400 £400 £375
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- +6.66%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £298 £350 £283
10% offered a daily rate of more than £520 £400 £570
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
London
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Development Applications category
2629 2568 3609
As % of all contract IT jobs located in London 12.15% 9.535% 11.42%
Number of daily rates quoted 1941 1739 2465
Average daily rate £413 £425 £450
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-2.94% -5.55%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £300 £283 £300
10% offered a daily rate of more than £550 £575 £600
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £330 £325
% change year-on-year
-1.51% +1.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 17 38 31
Average hourly rate £41.50 £35.75 £29.75
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+16.08% +20.16%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £33.72 £22.20 £18.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £48.40 £45.00 £49.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £37.50 £35.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year
+7.14% -
WinRunner
England

WinRunner
Jobs Demand Trend

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

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 London region.

London 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 London region over the 3 months to 23 May 2013.

London 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 London region.

London 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 London region over the 3 months to 23 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
Docklands, London - 2 £313 -
City of London +17 1 £550 +37.50%
WinRunner
England

WinRunner
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the 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 9 (81.82%) LoadRunner
2 7 (63.64%) ISEB
2 7 (63.64%) Banking
3 6 (54.55%) QuickTest Pro
3 6 (54.55%) QA
3 6 (54.55%) SQL
4 5 (45.45%) Automated Testing
4 5 (45.45%) Test Strategy
5 4 (36.36%) FIX Protocol
5 4 (36.36%) Finance
5 4 (36.36%) UNIX
6 3 (27.27%) Windows
6 3 (27.27%) SQL Server
6 3 (27.27%) Perl
6 3 (27.27%) HP
6 3 (27.27%) Shell Script
6 3 (27.27%) Selenium
6 3 (27.27%) Derivative
6 3 (27.27%) Test Scripting
6 3 (27.27%) Electronic Trading
7 2 (18.18%) Network Security
7 2 (18.18%) Investment Management
7 2 (18.18%) Data Conversion
7 2 (18.18%) VMware Infrastructure
7 2 (18.18%) Windows Server 2008
7 2 (18.18%) SQL Server 2008
7 2 (18.18%) XenApp
7 2 (18.18%) XenServer
7 2 (18.18%) XenDesktop
7 2 (18.18%) SolarWinds

WinRunner
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the 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 4 (36.36%) FIX Protocol
2 1 (9.091%) Web Services
Application Platforms
1 2 (18.18%) Exchange Server 2003
1 2 (18.18%) MS Exchange
Applications
1 2 (18.18%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 2 (18.18%) Network Security
1 2 (18.18%) NetScaler
1 2 (18.18%) SAN
1 2 (18.18%) Ethernet
1 2 (18.18%) TCP/IP
1 2 (18.18%) DNS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (27.27%) SQL Server
2 2 (18.18%) SQL Server 2008
2 2 (18.18%) SQL Server 2005
Development Applications
1 9 (81.82%) LoadRunner
2 6 (54.55%) QuickTest Pro
3 3 (27.27%) Selenium
4 2 (18.18%) QARun
4 2 (18.18%) Bugzilla
4 2 (18.18%) MSI
4 2 (18.18%) InstallShield
5 1 (9.091%) TestDirector
General
1 7 (63.64%) Banking
2 4 (36.36%) Finance
3 2 (18.18%) Investment Banking
4 1 (9.091%) Retail
4 1 (9.091%) Games
Job Titles
1 5 (45.45%) Analyst
1 5 (45.45%) Test Analyst
2 2 (18.18%) Citrix Administrator
2 2 (18.18%) Administrator
2 2 (18.18%) Test Manager
3 1 (9.091%) Consultant
3 1 (9.091%) Senior Test Analyst
3 1 (9.091%) Senior Analyst
3 1 (9.091%) Fidessa Analyst
3 1 (9.091%) Test Leader
3 1 (9.091%) Testing Consultant
3 1 (9.091%) Fidessa Test Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 3 (27.27%) Derivative
2 2 (18.18%) Data Conversion
2 2 (18.18%) Ergonomics
3 1 (9.091%) Equities
3 1 (9.091%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 4 (36.36%) UNIX
2 3 (27.27%) Windows
3 2 (18.18%) Windows Server 2008
3 2 (18.18%) Windows 7
3 2 (18.18%) Windows Vista
3 2 (18.18%) Windows Server 2003
3 2 (18.18%) Windows 2000
3 2 (18.18%) Windows NT
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (45.45%) Automated Testing
1 5 (45.45%) Test Strategy
2 3 (27.27%) Test Scripting
2 3 (27.27%) Electronic Trading
3 2 (18.18%) Investment Management
3 2 (18.18%) Performance Testing
3 2 (18.18%) Security Testing
3 2 (18.18%) Volume Testing
3 2 (18.18%) Software Distribution
3 2 (18.18%) Migration
3 2 (18.18%) Regression Testing
3 2 (18.18%) Disaster Recovery
3 2 (18.18%) Penetration Testing
3 2 (18.18%) ITIL
3 2 (18.18%) E-Commerce
4 1 (9.091%) Risk Management
4 1 (9.091%) Change Management
4 1 (9.091%) Stakeholder Management
4 1 (9.091%) User Acceptance Testing
4 1 (9.091%) Algorithmic Trading
Programming Languages
1 6 (54.55%) SQL
2 3 (27.27%) Perl
2 3 (27.27%) Shell Script
3 2 (18.18%) VBScript
3 2 (18.18%) VB
3 2 (18.18%) C++
4 1 (9.091%) C#
Qualifications
1 7 (63.64%) ISEB
2 2 (18.18%) ISTQB
2 2 (18.18%) ISEB Practitioner
2 2 (18.18%) CCA
2 2 (18.18%) Citrix Certification
2 2 (18.18%) Microsoft Certification
2 2 (18.18%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (54.55%) QA
System Software
1 2 (18.18%) VMware Infrastructure
1 2 (18.18%) XenApp
1 2 (18.18%) XenServer
1 2 (18.18%) XenDesktop
1 2 (18.18%) Citrix Presentation Server
1 2 (18.18%) VMware ESX
1 2 (18.18%) Microsoft App-V
1 2 (18.18%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (18.18%) HP Quality Center
1 2 (18.18%) SCCM
1 2 (18.18%) SCOM
1 2 (18.18%) Tivoli
1 2 (18.18%) MOM
1 2 (18.18%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
Vendors
1 3 (27.27%) HP
2 2 (18.18%) SolarWinds
2 2 (18.18%) VMware
2 2 (18.18%) Compaq
2 2 (18.18%) Dell
2 2 (18.18%) Citrix
2 2 (18.18%) NetApp
2 2 (18.18%) IBM
3 1 (9.091%) Fidessa