The first table below looks at the demand for HP Quality Center skills in IT contracts advertised for the East Midlands 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 East Midlands 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 63 70 73
Rank change year-on-year
+7 +3
Contract jobs citing HP Quality Center 20 10 11
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the East Midlands 1.595% 0.729% 0.789%
As % of the Systems Management category 22.22% 13.51% 17.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 11 7 6
Average daily rate £300 £375 £375
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-20.00% -
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
East Midlands
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Systems Management category
90 74 63
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the East Midlands 7.177% 5.398% 4.519%
Number of daily rates quoted 26 36 16
Average daily rate £314 £325 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-3.38% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £227 £125 £128
10% offered a daily rate of more than £410 £450 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £330 £328 £300
% change year-on-year
+0.76% +9.16%
Number of hourly rates quoted 14 9 6
Average hourly rate £27.50 £55.00 £20.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-50.00% +175.00%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.50 £12.73 £17.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £30.00 £57.50 £68.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £20.00 £17.50 £24.00
% change year-on-year
+14.28% -27.08%
HP Quality Center
England

HP Quality Center
Jobs Demand Trend

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

East Midlands 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 East Midlands region.

East Midlands 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 East Midlands region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

East Midlands 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 East Midlands region.

East Midlands 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 East Midlands 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
Nottinghamshire - 7 £300 -
Northamptonshire +11 5 £314 -16.26%
Derbyshire - 4 £300 -
HP Quality Center
England

HP Quality Center
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the East Midlands 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 18 (69.23%) User Acceptance Testing
2 16 (61.54%) HP
3 12 (46.15%) Retail
4 9 (34.62%) Test Scripting
4 9 (34.62%) Banking
5 8 (30.77%) SAP
6 7 (26.92%) Finance
7 6 (23.08%) Retail Banking
8 4 (15.38%) ISEB
8 4 (15.38%) Software Testing
9 3 (11.54%) QA
9 3 (11.54%) Integration Testing
9 3 (11.54%) System Testing
9 3 (11.54%) SAP ECC
9 3 (11.54%) Citrix
9 3 (11.54%) ERP
9 3 (11.54%) Migration
10 2 (7.692%) Stakeholder Management
10 2 (7.692%) Scrum
10 2 (7.692%) TDD
10 2 (7.692%) SQL
10 2 (7.692%) Windows
10 2 (7.692%) ISTQB
10 2 (7.692%) Incident Management
10 2 (7.692%) WebSphere
11 1 (3.846%) Test Strategy
11 1 (3.846%) Functional Testing
11 1 (3.846%) SAP HCM
11 1 (3.846%) Test Management
11 1 (3.846%) Performance Testing

HP Quality Center
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the East Midlands 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 (7.692%) WebSphere
2 1 (3.846%) SAP PI
2 1 (3.846%) XML
Applications
1 1 (3.846%) MS Excel
1 1 (3.846%) MS Office
Business Applications
1 3 (11.54%) SAP ECC
2 1 (3.846%) SAP HCM
2 1 (3.846%) SAP Retail
2 1 (3.846%) VisionPLUS
2 1 (3.846%) SAP FI
2 1 (3.846%) SAP MM
2 1 (3.846%) SAP FI/CO
2 1 (3.846%) SAP CO
Communications & Networking
1 1 (3.846%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (3.846%) SAP BW
Development Applications
1 1 (3.846%) QuickTest Pro
General
1 12 (46.15%) Retail
2 9 (34.62%) Banking
3 7 (26.92%) Finance
4 6 (23.08%) Retail Banking
5 1 (3.846%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 13 (50.00%) Analyst
1 13 (50.00%) Test Analyst
2 5 (19.23%) Tester
2 5 (19.23%) Test Manager
3 4 (15.38%) UAT Tester
3 4 (15.38%) SAP Analyst
3 4 (15.38%) SAP Test Analyst
4 3 (11.54%) UAT Test Analyst
4 3 (11.54%) Test Leader
4 3 (11.54%) UAT Analyst
5 2 (7.692%) Lead Test Analyst
5 2 (7.692%) Incident Manager
5 2 (7.692%) Defect Manager
5 2 (7.692%) Lead Tester
6 1 (3.846%) Testing Consultant
6 1 (3.846%) Functional Analyst
6 1 (3.846%) Functional Test Analyst
6 1 (3.846%) Consultant
6 1 (3.846%) Senior Analyst
6 1 (3.846%) Test Team Leader
Miscellaneous
1 1 (3.846%) Client/Server
1 1 (3.846%) Mainframe
1 1 (3.846%) IVR
Operating Systems
1 2 (7.692%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (69.23%) User Acceptance Testing
2 9 (34.62%) Test Scripting
3 4 (15.38%) Software Testing
4 3 (11.54%) Integration Testing
4 3 (11.54%) System Testing
4 3 (11.54%) ERP
4 3 (11.54%) Migration
5 2 (7.692%) Stakeholder Management
5 2 (7.692%) Scrum
5 2 (7.692%) TDD
5 2 (7.692%) Incident Management
6 1 (3.846%) Test Strategy
6 1 (3.846%) Functional Testing
6 1 (3.846%) Test Management
6 1 (3.846%) Performance Testing
6 1 (3.846%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 1 (3.846%) Test Automation
6 1 (3.846%) Data Migration
6 1 (3.846%) Logistics
6 1 (3.846%) Automated Testing
Programming Languages
1 2 (7.692%) SQL
2 1 (3.846%) ABAP
Qualifications
1 4 (15.38%) ISEB
2 2 (7.692%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (11.54%) QA
Vendors
1 16 (61.54%) HP
2 8 (30.77%) SAP
3 3 (11.54%) Citrix
4 1 (3.846%) ICL
4 1 (3.846%) Capita
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