The first table below looks at the demand for HP Quality Center skills in IT contracts advertised for the Brighton region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited HP Quality Center 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 Systems Management category for the Brighton 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
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
HP Quality Center (HP QC)
Rank 24 30 26
Rank change year-on-year
+6 -4
Contract jobs citing HP Quality Center 8 8 1
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Brighton 4.301% 2.759% 0.629%
As % of the Systems Management category 72.73% 36.36% 100.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 4 1
Average daily rate £325 £413 £400
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-21.21% +3.12%
UK excluding London average daily rate £335 £310 £325
% change year-on-year
+7.98% -4.61%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £32.50 £32.25 £29.00
% change year-on-year
+0.77% +11.20%
All Systems Management
Brighton
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Systems Management category
11 22 1
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Brighton 5.914% 7.586% 0.629%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 8 1
Average daily rate £365 £375 £400
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-2.66% -6.25%
UK excluding London average daily rate £340 £325 £314
% change year-on-year
+4.61% +3.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 6 0
Average hourly rate - £30.00 -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.50 £17.50 £24.00
% change year-on-year
+28.57% -27.08%
HP Quality Center
East Sussex

HP Quality Center
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing HP Quality Center across the Brighton region as a proportion of the total demand within the Systems Management category.

Brighton HP Quality Center Jobs Demand Trend

HP Quality Center
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing HP Quality Center across the Brighton region.

Brighton HP Quality Center Daily Rate Trend

HP Quality Center
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing HP Quality Center across the Brighton region over the 3 months to 19 June 2013.

Brighton HP Quality Center Daily Rate Histogram

HP Quality Center
Top 27 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Brighton region citing HP Quality Center 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 HP Quality Center.

1 7 (63.64%) SQL
2 6 (54.55%) Data Warehouse
2 6 (54.55%) Team Foundation Server
2 6 (54.55%) Test Automation
2 6 (54.55%) MSTest
3 5 (45.45%) Finance
4 4 (36.36%) SQL Server
4 4 (36.36%) Agile Software Development
4 4 (36.36%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 3 (27.27%) HP
6 2 (18.18%) Microsoft
6 2 (18.18%) Scrum
6 2 (18.18%) ISEB
6 2 (18.18%) DB2
6 2 (18.18%) Oracle
6 2 (18.18%) Regression Testing
6 2 (18.18%) Back Office
6 2 (18.18%) Data Mart
6 2 (18.18%) SQL Server 2008
6 2 (18.18%) Selenium
6 2 (18.18%) User Acceptance Testing
6 2 (18.18%) Test Management
6 2 (18.18%) Agile Testing
7 1 (9.091%) SC Cleared
7 1 (9.091%) Security Cleared
7 1 (9.091%) E-Commerce
7 1 (9.091%) ETL

HP Quality Center
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Brighton region citing HP Quality Center 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 HP Quality Center. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (54.55%) Data Warehouse
2 4 (36.36%) SQL Server
2 4 (36.36%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 2 (18.18%) DB2
3 2 (18.18%) Data Mart
3 2 (18.18%) SQL Server 2008
Development Applications
1 6 (54.55%) Team Foundation Server
1 6 (54.55%) MSTest
2 2 (18.18%) Selenium
General
1 5 (45.45%) Finance
2 2 (18.18%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 6 (54.55%) Analyst
1 6 (54.55%) Test Analyst
2 3 (27.27%) Developer
3 2 (18.18%) SQL Developer
3 2 (18.18%) Test Leader
4 1 (9.091%) Data Warehouse Test Analyst
4 1 (9.091%) Data Warehouse Analyst
4 1 (9.091%) Data Consultant
4 1 (9.091%) Lead Test Analyst
4 1 (9.091%) Oracle Data Warehouse Developer
4 1 (9.091%) Data Warehouse Consultant
4 1 (9.091%) Data Analyst
4 1 (9.091%) Data Warehouse Developer
4 1 (9.091%) Consultant
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (54.55%) Test Automation
2 4 (36.36%) Agile Software Development
3 2 (18.18%) Scrum
3 2 (18.18%) Regression Testing
3 2 (18.18%) User Acceptance Testing
3 2 (18.18%) Test Management
3 2 (18.18%) Agile Testing
4 1 (9.091%) E-Commerce
4 1 (9.091%) ETL
Programming Languages
1 7 (63.64%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (18.18%) ISEB
2 1 (9.091%) SC Cleared
2 1 (9.091%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 3 (27.27%) HP
2 2 (18.18%) Microsoft
2 2 (18.18%) Oracle
Brighton, South East
Essential skills & knowledge must include:* Excellent recent Testing background working ideally within the financial services arena writing complex SQL queries and Data warehouse Test Automation.* Strong detailed SQL...
Rate: £350 - £375 per day
Posted: 17 June 2013
Brighton, South East
Essential skills & knowledge must include:* Excellent recent data warehouse/Testing background working ideally within the financial services arena writing complex SQL queries and Data ware house Test Automation.*...
Rate: £350 - £375 per day
Posted: 14 June 2013
Brighton, East Sussex
All candidates require a comprehensive background in Datawarehousing using SQL and SSIS, advanced SQL skills for writing complex queries and extended scripts/stored procedures, Data Warehouse testing experience (...
Vivid Resourcing Ltd
Rate: £365 per day
Posted: 13 June 2013