The first table below looks at the demand for WinRunner skills in IT jobs advertised for the North West region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited WinRunner over the 3 months to 17 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 North West region.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
HP WinRunner
Rank 247 249 235
Rank change year-on-year
+2 -14
Permanent jobs citing WinRunner 1 2 6
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the North West 0.014% 0.028% 0.087%
As % of the Development Applications category 0.091% 0.179% 0.638%
Number of salaries quoted 1 1 5
Average salary £35,000 £50,000 £42,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-30.00% +17.64%
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £31,000 £43,000
% change year-on-year
+29.03% -27.90%
All Development Applications
North West
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Development Applications category
1103 1116 940
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the North West 15.47% 15.83% 13.70%
Number of salaries quoted 954 981 864
Average salary £35,000 £35,000 £35,000
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £25,000 £27,000
10% offered a salary of more than £45,000 £50,000 £45,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,500 £38,000 £37,000
% change year-on-year
+1.31% +2.70%
WinRunner
England

WinRunner
Jobs Demand Trend

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

North West WinRunner Jobs Demand Trend

WinRunner
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing WinRunner across the North West region.

North West WinRunner Salary Trend

WinRunner
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing WinRunner within the North West region over the 3 months to 17 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Cheshire +4 1 £35,000 -
WinRunner
England

WinRunner
Top 25 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the North West 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 IT job ads sampled that cited WinRunner.

1 2 (100.00%) Software Testing
1 2 (100.00%) Test Automation
2 1 (50.00%) MVVM
2 1 (50.00%) Test Strategy
2 1 (50.00%) SQL Server 2005
2 1 (50.00%) Web Development
2 1 (50.00%) QA
2 1 (50.00%) QARun
2 1 (50.00%) User Acceptance Testing
2 1 (50.00%) Performance Testing
2 1 (50.00%) SQL Server 2008
2 1 (50.00%) .NET
2 1 (50.00%) SQL Server
2 1 (50.00%) Visual Studio
2 1 (50.00%) MS Excel
2 1 (50.00%) E-Commerce
2 1 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (50.00%) ISEB
2 1 (50.00%) QuickTest Pro
2 1 (50.00%) MVC
2 1 (50.00%) Migration
2 1 (50.00%) Agile Software Development
2 1 (50.00%) TestPartner
2 1 (50.00%) Automated Testing
2 1 (50.00%) Software Engineering

WinRunner
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the North West 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 IT job ads sampled that cited WinRunner. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 1 (50.00%) .NET
Applications
1 1 (50.00%) MS Excel
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (50.00%) SQL Server
1 1 (50.00%) SQL Server 2005
1 1 (50.00%) SQL Server 2008
Development Applications
1 1 (50.00%) Visual Studio
1 1 (50.00%) QuickTest Pro
1 1 (50.00%) TestPartner
1 1 (50.00%) QARun
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Tester
1 1 (50.00%) Software Engineer
1 1 (50.00%) Test Engineer
1 1 (50.00%) Software Test Engineer
1 1 (50.00%) Web Tester
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Software Testing
1 2 (100.00%) Test Automation
2 1 (50.00%) MVVM
2 1 (50.00%) Test Strategy
2 1 (50.00%) Web Development
2 1 (50.00%) User Acceptance Testing
2 1 (50.00%) Performance Testing
2 1 (50.00%) E-Commerce
2 1 (50.00%) MVC
2 1 (50.00%) Migration
2 1 (50.00%) Agile Software Development
2 1 (50.00%) Automated Testing
2 1 (50.00%) Software Engineering
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) ISEB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (50.00%) QA
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft