The first table below looks at the demand for WinRunner skills in IT contracts advertised for the Swindon 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 Swindon 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 39 39 -
Rank change year-on-year
0 -
Contract jobs citing WinRunner 1 3 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Swindon 0.333% 0.826% -
As % of the Development Applications category 2.857% 9.091% -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 3 0
Average daily rate £430 £330 -
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+30.30% -
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
Swindon
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Development Applications category
35 33 39
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Swindon 11.67% 9.091% 12.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 31 28 19
Average daily rate £425 £330 £425
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+28.78% -22.35%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £300 £240 £314
10% offered a daily rate of more than £600 £450 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £330 £325
% change year-on-year
-1.51% +1.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 3
Average hourly rate - - £37.25
UK excluding London average hourly rate £37.50 £35.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year
+7.14% -
WinRunner
Wiltshire

WinRunner
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Swindon 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 Swindon region.

Swindon 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 Swindon region.

Swindon WinRunner Hourly Rate Trend

WinRunner
Top 13 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Swindon 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 4 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 4 (100.00%) HP
1 4 (100.00%) ISEB
1 4 (100.00%) LoadRunner
1 4 (100.00%) Finance
1 4 (100.00%) Banking
1 4 (100.00%) Retail
1 4 (100.00%) Retail Banking
1 4 (100.00%) User Acceptance Testing
1 4 (100.00%) Performance Testing
1 4 (100.00%) HP Quality Center
1 4 (100.00%) PRINCE2
2 1 (25.00%) ATM

WinRunner
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Swindon 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.

Communications & Networking
1 1 (25.00%) ATM
Development Applications
1 4 (100.00%) LoadRunner
General
1 4 (100.00%) Finance
1 4 (100.00%) Banking
1 4 (100.00%) Retail
1 4 (100.00%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 4 (100.00%) Test Manager
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) User Acceptance Testing
1 4 (100.00%) Performance Testing
1 4 (100.00%) PRINCE2
Qualifications
1 4 (100.00%) ISEB
Systems Management
1 4 (100.00%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 4 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 4 (100.00%) HP