The first table below looks at the demand for WinRunner skills in IT contracts advertised for the South East 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 South East 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 218 244 234
Rank change year-on-year
+26 -10
Contract jobs citing WinRunner 2 1 19
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South East 0.025% 0.010% 0.185%
As % of the Development Applications category 0.236% 0.110% 1.801%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 1 6
Average daily rate - £375 £275
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- +36.36%
UK excluding London average daily rate £351 £375 £263
% change year-on-year
-6.33% +42.85%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 5
Average hourly rate - - £30.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - £30.00
All Development Applications
South East
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Development Applications category
847 910 1055
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South East 10.69% 8.958% 10.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 447 469 425
Average daily rate £350 £325 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+7.69% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £270 £250 £213
10% offered a daily rate of more than £425 £425 £413
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £330 £325
% change year-on-year
-1.51% +1.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 56 54 116
Average hourly rate £37.50 £40.00 £36.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-6.25% +11.11%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £17.20 £31.00 £30.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £45.00 £50.00 £45.00
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 South East region as a proportion of the total demand within the Development Applications category.

South East 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 South East region.

South East 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 South East region.

South East 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 South East 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
Berkshire - 2 - -
WinRunner
England

WinRunner
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South East 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%) Windows
1 3 (100.00%) VMware
1 3 (100.00%) VMware Infrastructure
2 2 (66.67%) Selenium
2 2 (66.67%) Test Scripting
2 2 (66.67%) Agile Software Development
2 2 (66.67%) Automated Testing
2 2 (66.67%) Software Testing
2 2 (66.67%) JIRA
2 2 (66.67%) Finance
2 2 (66.67%) Internet
3 1 (33.33%) WebSphere MQ
3 1 (33.33%) Remedy
3 1 (33.33%) Project Management
3 1 (33.33%) Oracle
3 1 (33.33%) SQL Server
3 1 (33.33%) DB2
3 1 (33.33%) Business Objects
3 1 (33.33%) IIS
3 1 (33.33%) UNIX
3 1 (33.33%) Service Delivery
3 1 (33.33%) Ab Initio
3 1 (33.33%) VMware ESX
3 1 (33.33%) Linux
3 1 (33.33%) Apache
3 1 (33.33%) Tomcat
3 1 (33.33%) MQSeries
3 1 (33.33%) LDAP
3 1 (33.33%) SharePoint
3 1 (33.33%) Client/Server

WinRunner
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South East 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%) WebSphere
Application Platforms
1 1 (33.33%) WebSphere MQ
1 1 (33.33%) IIS
1 1 (33.33%) Apache
1 1 (33.33%) Tomcat
1 1 (33.33%) MQSeries
1 1 (33.33%) SharePoint
1 1 (33.33%) ESB
Business Applications
1 1 (33.33%) AWD
1 1 (33.33%) Remedy ITSM
Communications & Networking
1 2 (66.67%) Internet
2 1 (33.33%) LDAP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (33.33%) SQL Server
1 1 (33.33%) DB2
Development Applications
1 2 (66.67%) Selenium
1 2 (66.67%) JIRA
2 1 (33.33%) TestDirector
General
1 2 (66.67%) Finance
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Test Coordinator
1 2 (66.67%) Coordinator
2 1 (33.33%) Architect
2 1 (33.33%) Test Manager
2 1 (33.33%) Systems Architect
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) Client/Server
1 1 (33.33%) N-Tier
1 1 (33.33%) DataPower
1 1 (33.33%) iSeries
Operating Systems
1 3 (100.00%) Windows
2 1 (33.33%) UNIX
2 1 (33.33%) Linux
2 1 (33.33%) OS/400
2 1 (33.33%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Test Scripting
1 2 (66.67%) Agile Software Development
1 2 (66.67%) Automated Testing
1 2 (66.67%) Software Testing
2 1 (33.33%) Project Management
2 1 (33.33%) Service Delivery
2 1 (33.33%) SOA
2 1 (33.33%) Software Architecture
2 1 (33.33%) High Availability
2 1 (33.33%) Root Cause Analysis
System Software
1 3 (100.00%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (33.33%) VMware ESX
2 1 (33.33%) Active Directory
2 1 (33.33%) vSphere
Vendors
1 3 (100.00%) VMware
2 1 (33.33%) Remedy
2 1 (33.33%) Oracle
2 1 (33.33%) Business Objects
2 1 (33.33%) Ab Initio
2 1 (33.33%) IBM
2 1 (33.33%) BMC
2 1 (33.33%) NetApp