The first part of the table below looks at the demand for WinRunner skills in IT jobs advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited WinRunner over the 3 months to 22 May 2012 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second part of the table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Development Applications category.

HP WinRunner
Location
3 months to
22 May 2012
Same period 2011Same period 2010
Rank733716578
Rank change year-on-year
Down-17Down-138
Matching permanent IT job ads142149177
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK0.118 %0.122 %0.185 %
As % of the Development Applications category0.829 %0.948 %1.721 %
Number of salaries quoted12611897
Average salary£42,500£43,000£38,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-1.16 %+11.68 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£29,000£30,000£25,000
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£75,000£58,000£65,000
UK excluding London average salary£31,000£42,500£32,250
% change year-on-year
-27.05 %+31.78 %
IT Job Market, Development Applications CategoryAll Development Applications
UK
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Development Applications category
171321572210284
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK14.21 %12.82 %10.77 %
Number of salaries quoted15031138058624
Average salary£42,500£40,000£40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+6.25 %-
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£30,000£30,000£28,500
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£62,500£65,000£65,000
UK excluding London average salary£38,000£37,449£35,500
% change year-on-year
+1.47 %+5.49 %

WinRunner
Demand Trend

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

WinRunner Demand Trend

WinRunner
Salary Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing WinRunner within the UK.

WinRunner Salary Trend

WinRunner
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing WinRunner over the 3 months to 22 May 2012 within the UK.

WinRunner Salary Histogram

WinRunner
Top 30 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 UK over the 3 months to 22 May 2012. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
EnglandDown-9133£42,500-
LondonUp+268£60,000+33.33 %
Newcastle upon TyneNew entry-17£31,000-
North EastNew entry-17£31,000-
Tyne and WearNew entry-17£31,000-
South EastDown-5313£57,500+55.40 %
East of EnglandDown-1112£27,250-36.62 %
YorkshireNew entry-12£40,000-
CambridgeshireDown-119£27,000-37.93 %
ScotlandDown-18£32,500-35.00 %
City of LondonDown-38£82,500+175.00 %
SurreyNew entry-8£65,000-
BirminghamDown-67£29,000-7.93 %
West MidlandsDown-137£29,000-7.93 %
West YorkshireNew entry-7£37,500-
PeterboroughNew entry-7£27,000-
LeedsNew entry-6£36,250-
RenfrewshireNew entry-3£30,000-
BuckinghamshireNew entry-3£43,250-
ErskineNew entry-3£30,000-
EdinburghUp+102£32,500-35.00 %
North WestDown-152£50,000+17.64 %
NorfolkDown-172£37,550-16.55 %
NorwichDown-192£37,550-16.55 %
BerkshireDown-402£42,500+25.00 %
Milton KeynesNew entry-2£43,250-
Canary WharfNew entry-2£70,000-
IpswichUp+61£27,500-45.00 %
SuffolkUp+31£27,500-45.00 %
GlasgowDown-31£35,000-25.53 %

WinRunner
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2012, IT 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 IT job ads sampled that cited WinRunner.

1164 (59.64 %)QuickTest Pro
2150 (54.55 %)LoadRunner
3116 (42.18 %)ISEB
4115 (41.82 %)QA
5114 (41.45 %)Finance
6110 (40.00 %)Test Scripting
7108 (39.27 %)Selenium
886 (31.27 %)Test Automation
982 (29.82 %)HP Quality Center
982 (29.82 %)SQL
1074 (26.91 %)Automated Testing
1158 (21.09 %)TestDirector
1256 (20.36 %)UNIX
1352 (18.91 %)Java
1449 (17.82 %)Test Strategy
1543 (15.64 %)Stakeholder Management
1642 (15.27 %)User Acceptance Testing
1642 (15.27 %)ISTQB
1738 (13.82 %)Software Testing
1836 (13.09 %)HP
1934 (12.36 %)Rational Robot
2031 (11.27 %)MS Office
2031 (11.27 %)Windows
2130 (10.91 %)Project Management
2130 (10.91 %)FitNesse
2229 (10.55 %)Integration Testing
2229 (10.55 %)Banking
2328 (10.18 %)Release Management
2328 (10.18 %)ISO 9000
2427 (9.818 %)Oracle

WinRunner
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2012, IT 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 IT job ads sampled that cited WinRunner. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

IT Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
120 (7.273 %).NET
213 (4.727 %)XML
35 (1.818 %)Web Services
35 (1.818 %)J2EE
44 (1.455 %)HTML
44 (1.455 %)XML Messaging
44 (1.455 %)FpML
44 (1.455 %)WebSphere
44 (1.455 %)FIX Protocol
44 (1.455 %)Apache Flex
51 (0.364 %)jQuery
51 (0.364 %)soapUI
51 (0.364 %).NET Framework
51 (0.364 %)LAMP
51 (0.364 %)Spring
51 (0.364 %)JSF
51 (0.364 %)Ajax
51 (0.364 %)XSL
51 (0.364 %)XHTML
51 (0.364 %)ASP.NET
IT Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
15 (1.818 %)Apache
15 (1.818 %)MSMQ
15 (1.818 %)MQSeries
23 (1.091 %)IBM HTTP Server
23 (1.091 %)SharePoint Server
23 (1.091 %)WebSphere Portal
32 (0.727 %)WebSphere Application Server
32 (0.727 %)WebLogic
41 (0.364 %)Documentum
41 (0.364 %)FileNet
IT Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
131 (11.27 %)MS Office
226 (9.455 %)MS Visio
310 (3.636 %)MS Excel
41 (0.364 %)RoboHelp
IT Job Market, Business Applications CategoryBusiness Applications
14 (1.455 %)RMDS
21 (0.364 %)Oracle HRMS
IT Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
13 (1.091 %)HTTP
13 (1.091 %)SSL
13 (1.091 %)SAN
13 (1.091 %)VLAN
13 (1.091 %)NAS
21 (0.364 %)Internet
IT Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
117 (6.182 %)SQL Server
26 (2.182 %)MySQL
33 (1.091 %)TOAD
42 (0.727 %)RDBMS
51 (0.364 %)QlikView
51 (0.364 %)DB2
51 (0.364 %)Data Warehouse
IT Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
1164 (59.64 %)QuickTest Pro
2150 (54.55 %)LoadRunner
3108 (39.27 %)Selenium
458 (21.09 %)TestDirector
534 (12.36 %)Rational Robot
630 (10.91 %)FitNesse
715 (5.455 %)JIRA
813 (4.727 %)Cucumber
912 (4.364 %)TestPartner
1011 (4.000 %)QARun
1110 (3.636 %)WATIR
129 (3.273 %)ClearQuest
138 (2.909 %)SilkTest
138 (2.909 %)SpecFlow
138 (2.909 %)WebDriver
138 (2.909 %)TestComplete
147 (2.545 %)VSS/SourceSafe
155 (1.818 %)PVCS
164 (1.455 %)RIATest
173 (1.091 %)Rational Performance Tester
IT Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
1114 (41.45 %)Finance
229 (10.55 %)Banking
312 (4.364 %)Retail
411 (4.000 %)Investment Banking
54 (1.455 %)Telecoms
63 (1.091 %)Front Office
63 (1.091 %)Manufacturing
63 (1.091 %)Online Betting
63 (1.091 %)Games
72 (0.727 %)Publishing
72 (0.727 %)Automotive
72 (0.727 %)Back Office
72 (0.727 %)Financial Institution
81 (0.364 %)Advertising
IT Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
1118 (42.91 %)Analyst
288 (32.00 %)Test Analyst
365 (23.64 %)Test Manager
453 (19.27 %)Tester
532 (11.64 %)QA Analyst
622 (8.000 %)Test Automation Manager
717 (6.182 %)Automated Test Analyst
816 (5.818 %)Test Engineer
914 (5.091 %)Consultant
1013 (4.727 %)Senior Analyst
1013 (4.727 %)Test Leader
1112 (4.364 %)Performance Tester
1112 (4.364 %)Senior Test Analyst
1211 (4.000 %)Senior Tester
1211 (4.000 %)Test Consultant
1310 (3.636 %)Performance Analyst
1310 (3.636 %)Performance Test Analyst
1310 (3.636 %)QA Leader
149 (3.273 %)Systems Test Analyst
149 (3.273 %)Systems Analyst
IT Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
125 (9.091 %)Client/Server
222 (8.000 %)Hedge funds
315 (5.455 %)Derivative
315 (5.455 %)AS400
315 (5.455 %)Fixed Income
414 (5.091 %)Equities
414 (5.091 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
512 (4.364 %)Open Source
610 (3.636 %)Computer Science
78 (2.909 %)Mathematics
78 (2.909 %)N-Tier
83 (1.091 %)Clustering
83 (1.091 %)iSeries
92 (0.727 %)Mainframe
101 (0.364 %)PDA
101 (0.364 %)New Media
IT Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
156 (20.36 %)UNIX
231 (11.27 %)Windows
314 (5.091 %)Linux
44 (1.455 %)Windows XP
44 (1.455 %)Windows Server 2003
53 (1.091 %)Red Hat Enterprise Linux
53 (1.091 %)AIX
62 (0.727 %)Solaris
IT Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
1110 (40.00 %)Test Scripting
286 (31.27 %)Test Automation
374 (26.91 %)Automated Testing
449 (17.82 %)Test Strategy
543 (15.64 %)Stakeholder Management
642 (15.27 %)User Acceptance Testing
738 (13.82 %)Software Testing
830 (10.91 %)Project Management
929 (10.55 %)Integration Testing
1028 (10.18 %)Release Management
1127 (9.818 %)Business Analysis
1224 (8.727 %)Unit Testing
1323 (8.364 %)Agile Software Development
1422 (8.000 %)System Testing
1521 (7.636 %)Knowledge Management
1617 (6.182 %)Manual Testing
1716 (5.818 %)Scrum
1815 (5.455 %)Regression Testing
1914 (5.091 %)Performance Testing
2011 (4.000 %)Web Testing
IT Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
182 (29.82 %)SQL
252 (18.91 %)Java
325 (9.091 %)VB
325 (9.091 %)Bash shell
424 (8.727 %)VBScript
522 (8.000 %)Korn
620 (7.273 %)Perl
717 (6.182 %)C++
812 (4.364 %)C
812 (4.364 %)C#
812 (4.364 %)Python
910 (3.636 %)JavaScript
109 (3.273 %)Ruby
118 (2.909 %)VBA
125 (1.818 %)Tcl
125 (1.818 %)Delphi
125 (1.818 %)PL/SQL
134 (1.455 %)Shell Script
143 (1.091 %)Jython
143 (1.091 %)VB.NET
IT Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
1116 (42.18 %)ISEB
242 (15.27 %)ISTQB
318 (6.545 %)Degree
412 (4.364 %)Security Cleared
53 (1.091 %)ISEB Practitioner
53 (1.091 %)SC Cleared
61 (0.364 %)BC Cleared
61 (0.364 %)Microsoft Certification
61 (0.364 %)MCSE
61 (0.364 %)MCSA
61 (0.364 %)MCTS
61 (0.364 %)MCITP
IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
1115 (41.82 %)QA
228 (10.18 %)ISO 9000
33 (1.091 %)Solvency II
IT Job Market, System Software CategorySystem Software
14 (1.455 %)VMware Infrastructure
23 (1.091 %)Tivoli Directory Server
31 (0.364 %)Active Directory
31 (0.364 %)Hyper-V
IT Job Market, Systems Management CategorySystems Management
182 (29.82 %)HP Quality Center
23 (1.091 %)McAfee ePO
23 (1.091 %)Tivoli
23 (1.091 %)Netcool
23 (1.091 %)OpenView Configuration Management
IT Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
136 (13.09 %)HP
227 (9.818 %)Oracle
318 (6.545 %)IBM
49 (3.273 %)TIBCO
58 (2.909 %)Citrix
58 (2.909 %)Microsoft
67 (2.545 %)SAP
75 (1.818 %)Siebel
84 (1.455 %)Adobe
84 (1.455 %)VMware
93 (1.091 %)McAfee
93 (1.091 %)Veritas
93 (1.091 %)Red Hat
101 (0.364 %)NYFIX
101 (0.364 %)EasyScreen
101 (0.364 %)Micro Focus
101 (0.364 %)EccoWare
101 (0.364 %)Patsystems
101 (0.364 %)GL TRADE
101 (0.364 %)EMC