The first table below looks at the demand for HP Quality Center skills in IT contracts advertised for the Cheshire 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 Cheshire 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 42 52 61
Rank change year-on-year
+10 +9
Contract jobs citing HP Quality Center 21 11 11
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cheshire 2.901% 1.377% 1.135%
As % of the Systems Management category 26.58% 9.483% 9.910%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 3 7
Average daily rate £425 £325 £363
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+30.76% -10.34%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £313 £305 £315
10% offered a daily rate of more than £430 £385 £408
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
Cheshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Systems Management category
79 116 111
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cheshire 10.91% 14.52% 11.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 27 55 66
Average daily rate £325 £363 £360
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-10.34% +0.69%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £220 £293 £255
10% offered a daily rate of more than £465 £488 £425
UK excluding London average daily rate £330 £328 £300
% change year-on-year
+0.76% +9.16%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 0 1
Average hourly rate £44.90 - £30.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £20.00 £17.50 £24.00
% change year-on-year
+14.28% -27.08%
HP Quality Center
North West

HP Quality Center
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Cheshire 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 Cheshire region.

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

Cheshire 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 Cheshire region.

Cheshire 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 Cheshire 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
Warrington 0 5 £425 +6.25%
Chester -4 1 £350 -
Knutsford -6 1 £275 -15.38%
HP Quality Center
North West

HP Quality Center
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Cheshire 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 19 (70.37%) SAP
1 19 (70.37%) HP
1 19 (70.37%) Test Scripting
2 12 (44.44%) QuickTest Pro
2 12 (44.44%) SAP HR
3 11 (40.74%) Performance Management
3 11 (40.74%) SAP Implementation
3 11 (40.74%) Test Automation
4 8 (29.63%) User Acceptance Testing
5 6 (22.22%) ISEB
6 5 (18.52%) Business Intelligence
6 5 (18.52%) Finance
7 4 (14.81%) SAP BI
7 4 (14.81%) Banking
7 4 (14.81%) SQL
7 4 (14.81%) Test Management
8 3 (11.11%) Test Strategy
8 3 (11.11%) .NET
8 3 (11.11%) SQL Server
8 3 (11.11%) HTML
8 3 (11.11%) ASP.NET
8 3 (11.11%) XML
8 3 (11.11%) UNIX
8 3 (11.11%) Windows
8 3 (11.11%) Windows XP
8 3 (11.11%) Visual Studio
8 3 (11.11%) Degree
8 3 (11.11%) ISTQB
8 3 (11.11%) SAP BW
9 2 (7.407%) SAP PS

HP Quality Center
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Cheshire 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 3 (11.11%) .NET
1 3 (11.11%) HTML
1 3 (11.11%) ASP.NET
1 3 (11.11%) XML
2 1 (3.704%) XML Schema
Applications
1 2 (7.407%) MS Office
1 2 (7.407%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 12 (44.44%) SAP HR
2 2 (7.407%) SAP PS
3 1 (3.704%) SAP FI-CA
3 1 (3.704%) SAP SD
3 1 (3.704%) SAP FI
3 1 (3.704%) SAP FI/CO
3 1 (3.704%) SAP CO
Communications & Networking
1 1 (3.704%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (14.81%) SAP BI
2 3 (11.11%) SQL Server
2 3 (11.11%) SAP BW
3 1 (3.704%) TOAD
3 1 (3.704%) DB2
3 1 (3.704%) BusinessObjects
3 1 (3.704%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 12 (44.44%) QuickTest Pro
2 3 (11.11%) Visual Studio
3 1 (3.704%) LoadRunner
General
1 5 (18.52%) Finance
2 4 (14.81%) Banking
Job Titles
1 19 (70.37%) Analyst
1 19 (70.37%) Test Analyst
2 10 (37.04%) Automation Analyst
3 9 (33.33%) SAP Analyst
3 9 (33.33%) SAP Test Analyst
4 6 (22.22%) Automation Test Analyst
5 4 (14.81%) Tester
5 4 (14.81%) SAP Tester
5 4 (14.81%) Test Automation Analyst
6 3 (11.11%) Test Manager
7 1 (3.704%) SAP HR Analyst
7 1 (3.704%) Defect Manager
7 1 (3.704%) Automation Specialist
7 1 (3.704%) Automated Test Analyst
7 1 (3.704%) Test Leader
7 1 (3.704%) SAP Test Manager
7 1 (3.704%) SAP Manager
7 1 (3.704%) Data Consultant
7 1 (3.704%) Consultant
7 1 (3.704%) Senior Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 1 (3.704%) AS400
Operating Systems
1 3 (11.11%) UNIX
1 3 (11.11%) Windows
1 3 (11.11%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (70.37%) Test Scripting
2 11 (40.74%) Performance Management
2 11 (40.74%) SAP Implementation
2 11 (40.74%) Test Automation
3 8 (29.63%) User Acceptance Testing
4 5 (18.52%) Business Intelligence
5 4 (14.81%) Test Management
6 3 (11.11%) Test Strategy
7 2 (7.407%) Manual Testing
7 2 (7.407%) Time Management
8 1 (3.704%) Agile Testing
8 1 (3.704%) ETL
8 1 (3.704%) RDF
8 1 (3.704%) Data Management
8 1 (3.704%) Automated Testing
8 1 (3.704%) Software Testing
8 1 (3.704%) Regression Testing
8 1 (3.704%) Project Management
8 1 (3.704%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 4 (14.81%) SQL
2 1 (3.704%) PL/SQL
2 1 (3.704%) C
2 1 (3.704%) C#
Qualifications
1 6 (22.22%) ISEB
2 3 (11.11%) Degree
2 3 (11.11%) ISTQB
3 1 (3.704%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (7.407%) QA
Vendors
1 19 (70.37%) SAP
1 19 (70.37%) HP
2 2 (7.407%) Primavera
3 1 (3.704%) Business Objects
3 1 (3.704%) Oracle
3 1 (3.704%) IBM
3 1 (3.704%) Microsoft
3 1 (3.704%) CA
3 1 (3.704%) Informatica
3 1 (3.704%) MicroStrategy