The first table below looks at the demand for HP Quality Center skills in IT contracts advertised for the Halifax 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 23 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 Halifax 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
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
HP Quality Center (HP QC)
Rank 15 24 21
Rank change year-on-year
+9 -3
Contract jobs citing HP Quality Center 5 7 3
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Halifax 4.386% 3.097% 2.419%
As % of the Systems Management category 41.67% 100.00% 42.86%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 7 1
Average daily rate £280 £280 £450
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -37.77%
UK excluding London average daily rate £339 £310 £325
% change year-on-year
+9.27% -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
Halifax
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Systems Management category
12 7 7
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Halifax 10.53% 3.097% 5.645%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 7 2
Average daily rate £168 £280 £450
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-40.17% -37.77%
UK excluding London average daily rate £330 £325 £300
% change year-on-year
+1.53% +8.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Average hourly rate - - £18.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £20.00 £17.50 £24.00
% change year-on-year
+14.28% -27.08%
HP Quality Center
West Yorkshire

HP Quality Center
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Halifax 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 Halifax region.

Halifax HP Quality Center Daily Rate Trend

HP Quality Center
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Halifax 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 9 (90.00%) Banking
1 9 (90.00%) User Acceptance Testing
2 7 (70.00%) Finance
2 7 (70.00%) ISEB
3 6 (60.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 6 (60.00%) Retail
3 6 (60.00%) ISTQB
3 6 (60.00%) Retail Banking
4 5 (50.00%) Software Testing
5 4 (40.00%) Test Scripting
5 4 (40.00%) FATCA
6 3 (30.00%) Test Management
6 3 (30.00%) Test Strategy
6 3 (30.00%) Project Management
7 1 (10.00%) Functional Testing
7 1 (10.00%) Business Transformation
7 1 (10.00%) Change Management
7 1 (10.00%) Regression Testing
7 1 (10.00%) Risk Management
7 1 (10.00%) SAP HR
7 1 (10.00%) MS Project
7 1 (10.00%) SAP
7 1 (10.00%) Data Warehouse
7 1 (10.00%) HP
7 1 (10.00%) Performance Testing
7 1 (10.00%) Project Planning
7 1 (10.00%) QA
7 1 (10.00%) NFC
7 1 (10.00%) Law
7 1 (10.00%) ISEB Practitioner

HP Quality Center
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Halifax 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.

Applications
1 1 (10.00%) MS Project
Business Applications
1 1 (10.00%) SAP HR
Communications & Networking
1 1 (10.00%) NFC
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (10.00%) Data Warehouse
General
1 9 (90.00%) Banking
2 7 (70.00%) Finance
3 6 (60.00%) Retail
3 6 (60.00%) Retail Banking
4 1 (10.00%) Law
Job Titles
1 6 (60.00%) Analyst
1 6 (60.00%) Test Analyst
2 2 (20.00%) Senior Analyst
2 2 (20.00%) Senior Test Analyst
2 2 (20.00%) Defect Manager
2 2 (20.00%) Test Leader
3 1 (10.00%) Test Consultant
3 1 (10.00%) Consultant
3 1 (10.00%) Senior Manager
3 1 (10.00%) Tester
3 1 (10.00%) UAT Test Analyst
3 1 (10.00%) UAT Analyst
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (90.00%) User Acceptance Testing
2 6 (60.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 5 (50.00%) Software Testing
4 4 (40.00%) Test Scripting
5 3 (30.00%) Test Management
5 3 (30.00%) Test Strategy
5 3 (30.00%) Project Management
6 1 (10.00%) Functional Testing
6 1 (10.00%) Business Transformation
6 1 (10.00%) Change Management
6 1 (10.00%) Regression Testing
6 1 (10.00%) Risk Management
6 1 (10.00%) Performance Testing
6 1 (10.00%) Project Planning
6 1 (10.00%) Critical Path Analysis
Qualifications
1 7 (70.00%) ISEB
2 6 (60.00%) ISTQB
3 1 (10.00%) ISEB Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (40.00%) FATCA
2 1 (10.00%) QA
Vendors
1 1 (10.00%) SAP
1 1 (10.00%) HP