The first table below looks at the demand for HP Quality Center skills in IT contracts advertised for the Buckinghamshire 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 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 Systems Management category for the Buckinghamshire 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 Quality Center (HP QC)
Rank 53 55 66
Rank change year-on-year
+2 +11
Contract jobs citing HP Quality Center 15 20 12
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Buckinghamshire 1.852% 2.049% 1.124%
As % of the Systems Management category 19.23% 19.80% 25.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 16 2
Average daily rate £238 £300 £340
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-20.83% -11.76%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £213 £256 £328
10% offered a daily rate of more than £323 £325 £352
UK excluding London average daily rate £338 £310 £325
% change year-on-year
+8.87% -4.61%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £37.25 £29.50 £31.25
% change year-on-year
+26.27% -5.60%
All Systems Management
Buckinghamshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Systems Management category
78 101 48
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Buckinghamshire 9.630% 10.35% 4.494%
Number of daily rates quoted 33 43 17
Average daily rate £275 £300 £215
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-8.33% +39.53%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £210 £168 £142
10% offered a daily rate of more than £400 £325 £350
UK excluding London average daily rate £330 £328 £300
% change year-on-year
+0.76% +9.16%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 4 1
Average hourly rate £27.00 £47.50 £21.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-43.15% +126.19%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £20.00 £17.50 £24.00
% change year-on-year
+14.28% -27.08%
HP Quality Center
South East

HP Quality Center
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Buckinghamshire 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 Buckinghamshire region.

Buckinghamshire 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 Buckinghamshire region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

Buckinghamshire HP Quality Center Daily Rate Histogram

HP Quality Center
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing HP Quality Center across the Buckinghamshire region.

Buckinghamshire HP Quality Center Hourly Rate Trend

HP Quality Center
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing HP Quality Center within the Buckinghamshire region over the 3 months to 24 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Milton Keynes +9 13 £225 -25.00%
Iver - 1 £300 -
HP Quality Center
South East

HP Quality Center
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Buckinghamshire 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 12 (60.00%) Finance
1 12 (60.00%) QuickTest Pro
2 10 (50.00%) Automation Testing
3 9 (45.00%) Banking
4 6 (30.00%) Retail
4 6 (30.00%) Retail Banking
5 4 (20.00%) ATM
6 3 (15.00%) HP
6 3 (15.00%) ISEB
6 3 (15.00%) ISTQB
7 2 (10.00%) XML
7 2 (10.00%) Spanish Language
7 2 (10.00%) QA
7 2 (10.00%) SQL
7 2 (10.00%) Remedy
7 2 (10.00%) User Acceptance Testing
7 2 (10.00%) Test Management
7 2 (10.00%) Test Scripting
7 2 (10.00%) Manual Testing
7 2 (10.00%) Security Cleared
8 1 (5.000%) V-Model
8 1 (5.000%) Team Foundation Server
8 1 (5.000%) WebDriver
8 1 (5.000%) Waterfall
8 1 (5.000%) System Testing
8 1 (5.000%) SC Cleared
8 1 (5.000%) soapUI
8 1 (5.000%) Test Strategy
8 1 (5.000%) Integration Testing
8 1 (5.000%) Web Testing

HP Quality Center
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Application Development
1 2 (10.00%) XML
2 1 (5.000%) soapUI
2 1 (5.000%) SOAP
2 1 (5.000%) WCF
Business Applications
1 1 (5.000%) ResourceLink
Communications & Networking
1 4 (20.00%) ATM
Development Applications
1 12 (60.00%) QuickTest Pro
2 1 (5.000%) Team Foundation Server
2 1 (5.000%) WebDriver
2 1 (5.000%) Selenium
General
1 12 (60.00%) Finance
2 9 (45.00%) Banking
3 6 (30.00%) Retail
3 6 (30.00%) Retail Banking
4 2 (10.00%) Spanish Language
5 1 (5.000%) Telecoms
5 1 (5.000%) Welsh Language
Job Titles
1 13 (65.00%) Analyst
1 13 (65.00%) Test Analyst
2 4 (20.00%) Tester
3 2 (10.00%) Junior Tester
3 2 (10.00%) Automation Test Analyst
3 2 (10.00%) Junior
3 2 (10.00%) Test Manager
3 2 (10.00%) Automation Analyst
4 1 (5.000%) Senior Analyst
4 1 (5.000%) Technical Analyst
4 1 (5.000%) Senior Test Analyst
4 1 (5.000%) Test Specialist
4 1 (5.000%) Integration Analyst
4 1 (5.000%) Functional Tester
4 1 (5.000%) Manual Test Analyst
4 1 (5.000%) Integration Test Analyst
4 1 (5.000%) Technical Test Analyst
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (50.00%) Automation Testing
2 2 (10.00%) User Acceptance Testing
2 2 (10.00%) Test Management
2 2 (10.00%) Test Scripting
2 2 (10.00%) Manual Testing
3 1 (5.000%) V-Model
3 1 (5.000%) Waterfall
3 1 (5.000%) System Testing
3 1 (5.000%) Test Strategy
3 1 (5.000%) Integration Testing
3 1 (5.000%) Web Testing
3 1 (5.000%) Agile Software Development
3 1 (5.000%) Software Testing
3 1 (5.000%) Incident Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (10.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 3 (15.00%) ISEB
1 3 (15.00%) ISTQB
2 2 (10.00%) Security Cleared
3 1 (5.000%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (10.00%) QA
2 1 (5.000%) ISO 8583
Vendors
1 3 (15.00%) HP
2 2 (10.00%) Remedy
3 1 (5.000%) Oracle
3 1 (5.000%) Capita
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