HP Quality Center Contracts in England
 
Demand Trend Daily Rate Trend Daily Rate Histogram Hourly Rate Trend Job Locations Related Skills

The first table below looks at the demand for HP Quality Center skills in IT contracts advertised for the England 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 22 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 England 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
22 May 2013		 Same period 2012 Same period 2011
HP Quality Center (HP QC)
Rank 186 159 156
Rank change year-on-year
-27 -3
Contract jobs citing HP Quality Center 465 664 690
As % of all contract IT jobs located in England 1.102% 1.224% 1.246%
As % of the Systems Management category 16.25% 19.90% 21.40%
Number of daily rates quoted 311 420 368
Average daily rate £370 £335 £375
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+10.44% -10.66%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £250 £250 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £513 £525 £525
UK excluding London average daily rate £343 £310 £325
% change year-on-year
+10.48% -4.61%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 3 9
Average hourly rate £41.50 £29.50 £36.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+40.67% -19.17%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £37.75 £19.50 £26.40
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £42.25 £33.90 £65.30
UK excluding London average hourly rate £37.25 £29.50 £31.25
% change year-on-year
+26.27% -5.60%
All Systems Management
England
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Systems Management category		 2861 3336 3225
As % of all contract IT jobs located in England 6.778% 6.149% 5.822%
Number of daily rates quoted 1648 1724 1580
Average daily rate £375 £350 £375
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+7.14% -6.66%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £226 £225 £210
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £488 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £330 £325 £300
% change year-on-year
+1.53% +8.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 159 160 217
Average hourly rate £20.50 £20.00 £23.38
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+2.50% -14.43%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.50 £13.83 £15.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £37.50 £45.00 £37.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £20.00 £17.50 £24.40
% change year-on-year
+14.28% -28.27%
HP Quality Center
UK

HP Quality Center
Jobs Demand Trend

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

England 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 England region.

England 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 England region over the 3 months to 22 May 2013.

England 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 England region.

England 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 England region over the 3 months to 22 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
London +22 215 £400 -
South East -18 118 £344 +10.88%
North West +17 35 £425 +21.25%
South West -15 26 £360 +12.50%
East Midlands +11 21 £300 -20.00%
Yorkshire -39 20 £285 +1.78%
East of England -12 17 £375 -3.22%
Midlands +8 4 £333 -
West Midlands -17 4 £315 +4.13%
South Coast +2 2 £453 +0.55%
North East +6 1 £375 -
HP Quality Center
UK

HP Quality Center
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the England 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.

1 379 (44.12%) HP
2 260 (30.27%) Finance
3 259 (30.15%) Test Scripting
4 244 (28.41%) User Acceptance Testing
5 237 (27.59%) SQL
6 229 (26.66%) Banking
7 211 (24.56%) ISEB
8 144 (16.76%) Test Management
9 137 (15.95%) Oracle
10 131 (15.25%) SAP
11 125 (14.55%) QuickTest Pro
12 114 (13.27%) QA
13 103 (11.99%) ISTQB
14 100 (11.64%) Microsoft
15 96 (11.18%) Windows
16 92 (10.71%) MS Excel
16 92 (10.71%) Retail
17 91 (10.59%) Test Strategy
18 89 (10.36%) Security Cleared
18 89 (10.36%) Regression Testing
19 88 (10.24%) Software Testing
19 88 (10.24%) JIRA
20 86 (10.01%) Integration Testing
21 85 (9.895%) Migration
22 84 (9.779%) UNIX
23 81 (9.430%) Investment Banking
24 78 (9.080%) Agile Software Development
25 77 (8.964%) SQL Server
26 76 (8.847%) LoadRunner
27 68 (7.916%) Test Automation

HP Quality Center
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the England 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 61 (7.101%) .NET
2 57 (6.636%) XML
3 42 (4.889%) Web Services
4 31 (3.609%) HTML
5 27 (3.143%) ASP.NET
6 24 (2.794%) SOAP
7 16 (1.863%) soapUI
8 15 (1.746%) Middleware
8 15 (1.746%) WebSphere
9 14 (1.630%) J2EE
9 14 (1.630%) WCF
10 11 (1.281%) JSP
11 9 (1.048%) jQuery
11 9 (1.048%) SAP XI
12 6 (0.698%) WPF
12 6 (0.698%) REST
13 5 (0.582%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
13 5 (0.582%) XML Messaging
13 5 (0.582%) .NET Framework
14 4 (0.466%) Spring
Application Platforms
1 32 (3.725%) SharePoint
2 29 (3.376%) IIS
3 19 (2.212%) Tomcat
4 10 (1.164%) Apache
4 10 (1.164%) Confluence
5 9 (1.048%) Lotus Notes
6 8 (0.931%) WebSphere Application Server
6 8 (0.931%) WebLogic
7 7 (0.815%) MS Exchange
8 6 (0.698%) TeamSite
9 4 (0.466%) MQSeries
9 4 (0.466%) Adobe CQ
10 3 (0.349%) Oracle Coherence
10 3 (0.349%) NetWeaver
11 2 (0.233%) ESB
11 2 (0.233%) CMS
11 2 (0.233%) CICS
11 2 (0.233%) WebSphere Message Broker
12 1 (0.116%) Lync
12 1 (0.116%) Zimbra
Applications
1 92 (10.71%) MS Excel
2 54 (6.286%) MS Visio
3 38 (4.424%) MS Office
4 33 (3.842%) MS Project
5 17 (1.979%) MS PowerPoint
6 2 (0.233%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 21 (2.445%) SAP HR
1 21 (2.445%) Oracle EBS
2 12 (1.397%) Dynamics CRM
3 9 (1.048%) SAP MM
3 9 (1.048%) SAP CRM
4 8 (0.931%) LatentZero
5 7 (0.815%) SAP FI
5 7 (0.815%) SAP CO
5 7 (0.815%) SAP FI/CO
5 7 (0.815%) Oracle HRMS
5 7 (0.815%) Oracle Applications
6 6 (0.698%) Algo Collateral
6 6 (0.698%) Oracle EBS R12
7 5 (0.582%) Tesseract
7 5 (0.582%) Minerva
7 5 (0.582%) Sentinel
8 4 (0.466%) Sophis RISQUE
8 4 (0.466%) Capstone
8 4 (0.466%) SAP SD
8 4 (0.466%) Oracle Financials
Communications & Networking
1 20 (2.328%) HTTP
2 16 (1.863%) TCP/IP
3 14 (1.630%) Internet
3 14 (1.630%) Firewall
4 12 (1.397%) LAN
4 12 (1.397%) WAN
5 11 (1.281%) CTI
6 9 (1.048%) FTP
7 7 (0.815%) HTTPS
8 5 (0.582%) ATM
8 5 (0.582%) GPRS
9 4 (0.466%) Wireshark
9 4 (0.466%) UPnP
9 4 (0.466%) DVB
9 4 (0.466%) GSM
9 4 (0.466%) SSL
9 4 (0.466%) DNS
10 3 (0.349%) NAS
10 3 (0.349%) UMTS
10 3 (0.349%) 3G
Database & Business Intelligence
1 77 (8.964%) SQL Server
2 48 (5.588%) Data Warehouse
3 37 (4.307%) Oracle BI EE
4 27 (3.143%) Oracle 8/8i
5 23 (2.678%) TOAD
6 19 (2.212%) Oracle Reports
7 18 (2.095%) SQL Server 2008
8 17 (1.979%) SQL Server 2012
9 16 (1.863%) Oracle 10g
9 16 (1.863%) Oracle 11g
10 14 (1.630%) BusinessObjects
11 13 (1.513%) SAP BW
11 13 (1.513%) SQL Server 2005
12 9 (1.048%) BusinessObjects XI
12 9 (1.048%) ReportNet
13 7 (0.815%) Data Mining
13 7 (0.815%) Oracle OWB
14 5 (0.582%) QlikView
14 5 (0.582%) SQL Server Reporting Services
15 4 (0.466%) SAP BI
Development Applications
1 125 (14.55%) QuickTest Pro
2 88 (10.24%) JIRA
3 76 (8.847%) LoadRunner
4 55 (6.403%) Selenium
5 36 (4.191%) TestDirector
6 22 (2.561%) Team Foundation Server
7 16 (1.863%) WebDriver
8 11 (1.281%) Visual Studio
9 10 (1.164%) Subversion
9 10 (1.164%) ClearQuest
10 9 (1.048%) Oracle APEX
10 9 (1.048%) JUnit
11 6 (0.698%) WinRunner
11 6 (0.698%) Eclipse
11 6 (0.698%) Ant
11 6 (0.698%) MSTest
12 5 (0.582%) TestNG
12 5 (0.582%) Rational Rose
13 4 (0.466%) StarTeam
13 4 (0.466%) Maven
General
1 260 (30.27%) Finance
2 229 (26.66%) Banking
3 92 (10.71%) Retail
4 81 (9.430%) Investment Banking
5 56 (6.519%) Retail Banking
6 41 (4.773%) Telecoms
7 21 (2.445%) Financial Institution
7 21 (2.445%) Front Office
8 19 (2.212%) Back Office
9 15 (1.746%) Marketing
10 12 (1.397%) Pharmaceutical
11 11 (1.281%) Manufacturing
12 7 (0.815%) General Ledger
13 4 (0.466%) Billing
13 4 (0.466%) Legal
13 4 (0.466%) Spanish Language
14 3 (0.349%) French Language
14 3 (0.349%) Military
14 3 (0.349%) Advertising
14 3 (0.349%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 434 (50.52%) Analyst
2 339 (39.46%) Test Analyst
3 139 (16.18%) Test Manager
4 121 (14.09%) Tester
5 66 (7.683%) Business Analyst
6 63 (7.334%) Test Leader
7 53 (6.170%) Senior Analyst
8 46 (5.355%) Senior Test Analyst
9 42 (4.889%) Consultant
10 33 (3.842%) SAP Test Analyst
10 33 (3.842%) SAP Analyst
11 31 (3.609%) Test Engineer
12 23 (2.678%) Test Consultant
13 21 (2.445%) Developer
14 20 (2.328%) QA Analyst
15 19 (2.212%) UAT Test Analyst
15 19 (2.212%) Investment Banking Business Analyst
15 19 (2.212%) UAT Analyst
15 19 (2.212%) Technical Analyst
16 18 (2.095%) Automation Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 37 (4.307%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
2 35 (4.075%) Equities
3 27 (3.143%) Derivative
3 27 (3.143%) Fixed Income
4 20 (2.328%) PMI
5 17 (1.979%) Computer Science
5 17 (1.979%) Management Information System
6 13 (1.513%) Credit Risk
6 13 (1.513%) Reference Data
7 11 (1.281%) STB
8 10 (1.164%) Mainframe
9 9 (1.048%) Market Risk
10 8 (0.931%) Mobile App
11 7 (0.815%) FMCG
11 7 (0.815%) Equity Derivative
12 6 (0.698%) Online Banking
12 6 (0.698%) DTV
12 6 (0.698%) SWIFT
13 5 (0.582%) Wiki
13 5 (0.582%) Client/Server
Operating Systems
1 96 (11.18%) Windows
2 84 (9.779%) UNIX
3 32 (3.725%) Windows XP
4 30 (3.492%) Linux
5 23 (2.678%) Windows Server 2003
6 22 (2.561%) Windows Server 2008
7 16 (1.863%) Windows 7
8 9 (1.048%) Windows 2000
9 6 (0.698%) Android
10 4 (0.466%) Apple iOS
10 4 (0.466%) Windows Server 2012
11 3 (0.349%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 3 (0.349%) Solaris
12 2 (0.233%) zOS
13 1 (0.116%) Mac OS
13 1 (0.116%) AIX
13 1 (0.116%) Windows NT
13 1 (0.116%) VMS
13 1 (0.116%) Ubuntu
13 1 (0.116%) Windows Vista
Processes & Methodologies
1 259 (30.15%) Test Scripting
2 244 (28.41%) User Acceptance Testing
3 144 (16.76%) Test Management
4 91 (10.59%) Test Strategy
5 89 (10.36%) Regression Testing
6 88 (10.24%) Software Testing
7 86 (10.01%) Integration Testing
8 85 (9.895%) Migration
9 78 (9.080%) Agile Software Development
10 68 (7.916%) Test Automation
11 61 (7.101%) Automated Testing
12 59 (6.868%) Project Management
13 57 (6.636%) Scrum
14 55 (6.403%) Stakeholder Management
15 53 (6.170%) CRM
15 53 (6.170%) Risk Management
16 52 (6.054%) Performance Testing
17 48 (5.588%) UML
18 47 (5.471%) ITIL
18 47 (5.471%) System Testing
Programming Languages
1 237 (27.59%) SQL
2 45 (5.239%) Java
3 32 (3.725%) C#
4 17 (1.979%) VB
5 16 (1.863%) JavaScript
6 12 (1.397%) Perl
6 12 (1.397%) C
6 12 (1.397%) PL/SQL
7 10 (1.164%) Shell Script
7 10 (1.164%) VBA
8 8 (0.931%) C++
9 7 (0.815%) Bash shell
10 6 (0.698%) T-SQL
11 5 (0.582%) Python
11 5 (0.582%) VB6
12 4 (0.466%) Groovy
13 3 (0.349%) VBScript
13 3 (0.349%) ABAP
13 3 (0.349%) JCL
13 3 (0.349%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 211 (24.56%) ISEB
2 103 (11.99%) ISTQB
3 89 (10.36%) Security Cleared
4 65 (7.567%) SC Cleared
5 49 (5.704%) Degree
6 20 (2.328%) PMI Certification
6 20 (2.328%) Six Sigma Black Belt
7 19 (2.212%) ISEB Practitioner
8 15 (1.746%) DV Cleared
9 9 (1.048%) HP AIS
10 4 (0.466%) CCA
11 3 (0.349%) ITIL Certification
11 3 (0.349%) PRINCE2 Certification
12 2 (0.233%) SAP Certification
12 2 (0.233%) ACCA
13 1 (0.116%) Cisco Certification
13 1 (0.116%) Sun Certification
13 1 (0.116%) SCJP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 114 (13.27%) QA
2 20 (2.328%) COBIT
3 5 (0.582%) FATCA
3 5 (0.582%) Sarbanes-Oxley
3 5 (0.582%) MiFID
4 3 (0.349%) Data Quality
5 2 (0.233%) ISO 8583
5 2 (0.233%) ISO 9001
5 2 (0.233%) GxP
6 1 (0.116%) Basel III
System Software
1 24 (2.794%) Active Directory
2 21 (2.445%) VMware Infrastructure
3 13 (1.513%) Oracle RAC
4 12 (1.397%) VMware ESX
5 7 (0.815%) Terminal Services
6 4 (0.466%) VMware Workstation
7 3 (0.349%) NFS
7 3 (0.349%) Nmap
8 2 (0.233%) Microsoft App-V
9 1 (0.116%) XenApp
9 1 (0.116%) VMware Server
Systems Management
1 5 (0.582%) OpenView
2 3 (0.349%) Legato
3 2 (0.233%) Unicenter
3 2 (0.233%) SCCM
3 2 (0.233%) HP SiteScope
4 1 (0.116%) McAfee ePO
4 1 (0.116%) CA Wily
4 1 (0.116%) Netcool
4 1 (0.116%) Nessus
Vendors
1 379 (44.12%) HP
2 137 (15.95%) Oracle
3 131 (15.25%) SAP
4 100 (11.64%) Microsoft
5 41 (4.773%) VMware
6 31 (3.609%) Siebel
7 20 (2.328%) Business Objects
8 15 (1.746%) IBM
9 14 (1.630%) Cognos
10 10 (1.164%) Niku
11 9 (1.048%) Citrix
11 9 (1.048%) Lotus
11 9 (1.048%) Informatica
11 9 (1.048%) Capita
12 8 (0.931%) Ab Initio
12 8 (0.931%) CheckPoint
12 8 (0.931%) Sybase
12 8 (0.931%) Pega
13 7 (0.815%) Teradata
14 6 (0.698%) Hyperion
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