The first table below looks at the demand for WinRunner skills in IT contracts advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited WinRunner over the 3 months to 19 June 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.

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
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
HP WinRunner
Rank 525 533 524
Rank change year-on-year
+8 -9
Contract jobs citing WinRunner 16 37 77
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 0.033% 0.064% 0.124%
As % of the Development Applications category 0.303% 0.672% 1.153%
Number of daily rates quoted 12 21 36
Average daily rate £355 £400 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-11.25% +23.07%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £275 £275 £250
10% offered a daily rate of more than £430 £450 £488
UK excluding London average daily rate £360 £300 £300
% change year-on-year
+20.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 7
Average hourly rate - £35.00 £30.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- +16.66%
UK excluding London average hourly rate - £35.00 £30.00
% change year-on-year
- +16.66%
All Development Applications
UK
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Development Applications category
5287 5509 6681
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 10.99% 9.493% 10.73%
Number of daily rates quoted 3305 3239 3901
Average daily rate £375 £375 £400
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -6.25%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £275 £270 £265
10% offered a daily rate of more than £525 £550 £585
UK excluding London average daily rate £330 £325 £325
% change year-on-year
+1.53% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 149 213 289
Average hourly rate £37.50 £36.75 £35.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+2.04% +5.00%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £23.75 £22.50 £26.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £44.80 £45.00 £45.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £37.50 £36.75 £35.00
% change year-on-year
+2.04% +5.00%

WinRunner
Jobs Demand Trend

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

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 within the UK.

WinRunner Daily Rate Trend

WinRunner
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing WinRunner within the UK over the 3 months to 19 June 2013.

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 within the UK.

WinRunner Hourly Rate Trend

WinRunner
Top 21 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 UK over the 3 months to 19 June 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
Find
Job
Vacancies
England -12 12 £350 -12.50% 12
London +7 5 £350 -12.50% 5
Scotland - 3 £393 -
North West +18 2 - -
Docklands, London - 2 £313 -
South East +22 1 £375 - 7
Berkshire +14 1 £375 - 7
Cheshire - - - -
Nottinghamshire - - - -
Surrey - - - -
City of London - - - -
West Midlands - - - -
East Midlands - - - -
Nottingham - - - -
Reading - - - - 1
Walsall - - - -
County Antrim - - - -
Belfast - - - -
Crewe - - - -
Edinburgh - - - -
Northern Ireland - - - -

WinRunner
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK 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 19 (63.33%) QuickTest Pro
2 18 (60.00%) LoadRunner
3 15 (50.00%) HP Quality Center
4 13 (43.33%) HP
4 13 (43.33%) ISEB
4 13 (43.33%) Test Scripting
5 12 (40.00%) Performance Testing
5 12 (40.00%) Banking
5 12 (40.00%) TestDirector
5 12 (40.00%) Windows
6 11 (36.67%) SQL
6 11 (36.67%) Finance
7 10 (33.33%) VMware
7 10 (33.33%) Windows Server 2003
7 10 (33.33%) Test Automation
8 9 (30.00%) User Acceptance Testing
9 8 (26.67%) VMware ESX
9 8 (26.67%) Citrix
9 8 (26.67%) Windows Server 2008
9 8 (26.67%) Test Strategy
10 6 (20.00%) Retail
10 6 (20.00%) Automated Testing
10 6 (20.00%) QA
10 6 (20.00%) Selenium
10 6 (20.00%) Netcool
10 6 (20.00%) Windows 7
11 5 (16.67%) McAfee ePO
11 5 (16.67%) Security Cleared
11 5 (16.67%) VMware Infrastructure
11 5 (16.67%) Veritas

WinRunner
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK 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 (13.33%) FIX Protocol
2 1 (3.333%) HTML
2 1 (3.333%) CSS
2 1 (3.333%) Web Services
2 1 (3.333%) XML
Application Platforms
1 3 (10.00%) MS Exchange
1 3 (10.00%) Exchange Server 2003
2 2 (6.667%) SharePoint
3 1 (3.333%) WebLogic
3 1 (3.333%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 3 (10.00%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 3 (10.00%) DNS
1 3 (10.00%) Ethernet
1 3 (10.00%) TCP/IP
1 3 (10.00%) SAN
1 3 (10.00%) NetScaler
2 2 (6.667%) Network Security
2 2 (6.667%) Internet
3 1 (3.333%) HTTP
3 1 (3.333%) HTTPS
3 1 (3.333%) ATM
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (13.33%) SQL Server
2 3 (10.00%) SQL Server 2005
2 3 (10.00%) SQL Server 2008
3 1 (3.333%) TOAD
3 1 (3.333%) Oracle 10g
3 1 (3.333%) MySQL
3 1 (3.333%) Oracle 8/8i
3 1 (3.333%) MS Access
Development Applications
1 19 (63.33%) QuickTest Pro
2 18 (60.00%) LoadRunner
3 12 (40.00%) TestDirector
4 6 (20.00%) Selenium
5 3 (10.00%) MSI
5 3 (10.00%) InstallShield
5 3 (10.00%) JIRA
5 3 (10.00%) Bugzilla
6 1 (3.333%) TestComplete
General
1 12 (40.00%) Banking
2 11 (36.67%) Finance
3 6 (20.00%) Retail
4 4 (13.33%) Retail Banking
5 3 (10.00%) Investment Banking
6 1 (3.333%) Games
6 1 (3.333%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 9 (30.00%) Test Manager
2 7 (23.33%) Analyst
3 6 (20.00%) Test Analyst
4 5 (16.67%) Test Engineer
5 3 (10.00%) Citrix Administrator
5 3 (10.00%) Administrator
6 2 (6.667%) Test Coordinator
6 2 (6.667%) Tester
6 2 (6.667%) Coordinator
7 1 (3.333%) Architect
7 1 (3.333%) Automation Test Analyst
7 1 (3.333%) Software Tester
7 1 (3.333%) Technical Tester
7 1 (3.333%) Fidessa Analyst
7 1 (3.333%) Quality Analyst
7 1 (3.333%) Automation Analyst
7 1 (3.333%) Fidessa Test Analyst
7 1 (3.333%) Test Leader
7 1 (3.333%) Test Architect
Miscellaneous
1 5 (16.67%) Clustering
2 4 (13.33%) PDA
3 3 (10.00%) Derivative
4 2 (6.667%) Data Conversion
4 2 (6.667%) Ergonomics
5 1 (3.333%) Client/Server
5 1 (3.333%) Equities
5 1 (3.333%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 12 (40.00%) Windows
2 10 (33.33%) Windows Server 2003
3 8 (26.67%) Windows Server 2008
4 6 (20.00%) Windows 7
5 5 (16.67%) AIX
5 5 (16.67%) Windows XP
5 5 (16.67%) UNIX
6 4 (13.33%) Windows Vista
6 4 (13.33%) Windows 2000
7 3 (10.00%) Windows NT
8 1 (3.333%) Windows 8
8 1 (3.333%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (43.33%) Test Scripting
2 12 (40.00%) Performance Testing
3 10 (33.33%) Test Automation
4 9 (30.00%) User Acceptance Testing
5 8 (26.67%) Test Strategy
6 6 (20.00%) Automated Testing
7 5 (16.67%) Regression Testing
8 4 (13.33%) PRINCE2
9 3 (10.00%) ITIL
9 3 (10.00%) UML
9 3 (10.00%) Electronic Trading
9 3 (10.00%) System Testing
9 3 (10.00%) Integration Testing
9 3 (10.00%) Test Management
9 3 (10.00%) Stakeholder Management
9 3 (10.00%) Agile Software Development
9 3 (10.00%) Software Testing
9 3 (10.00%) V-Model
9 3 (10.00%) Waterfall
9 3 (10.00%) Software Distribution
Programming Languages
1 11 (36.67%) SQL
2 3 (10.00%) Shell Script
2 3 (10.00%) VBScript
2 3 (10.00%) VB
2 3 (10.00%) Perl
3 2 (6.667%) C++
4 1 (3.333%) JavaScript
4 1 (3.333%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 13 (43.33%) ISEB
2 5 (16.67%) Security Cleared
3 4 (13.33%) ISTQB
4 3 (10.00%) CCA
4 3 (10.00%) Citrix Certification
4 3 (10.00%) Microsoft Certification
4 3 (10.00%) MCSE
4 3 (10.00%) SC Cleared
4 3 (10.00%) ISEB Practitioner
5 1 (3.333%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (20.00%) QA
2 2 (6.667%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 8 (26.67%) VMware ESX
2 5 (16.67%) VMware Infrastructure
3 4 (13.33%) Active Directory
4 3 (10.00%) Citrix Presentation Server
4 3 (10.00%) Microsoft App-V
4 3 (10.00%) XenApp
4 3 (10.00%) XenServer
4 3 (10.00%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 15 (50.00%) HP Quality Center
2 6 (20.00%) Netcool
3 5 (16.67%) McAfee ePO
4 3 (10.00%) Tivoli
4 3 (10.00%) MOM
4 3 (10.00%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
4 3 (10.00%) SCCM
4 3 (10.00%) SCOM
5 1 (3.333%) OpenView Configuration Management
Vendors
1 13 (43.33%) HP
2 10 (33.33%) VMware
3 8 (26.67%) Citrix
4 5 (16.67%) Veritas
4 5 (16.67%) McAfee
5 4 (13.33%) Microsoft
6 3 (10.00%) Compaq
6 3 (10.00%) Dell
6 3 (10.00%) IBM
6 3 (10.00%) NetApp
6 3 (10.00%) SolarWinds
7 1 (3.333%) Fidessa
7 1 (3.333%) Oracle
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