The first table below looks at the demand for HP Quality Center skills in IT contracts advertised for the Hampshire 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 17 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 Hampshire 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
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
HP Quality Center (HP QC)
Rank 64 54 84
Rank change year-on-year
-10 +30
Contract jobs citing HP Quality Center 40 46 23
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Hampshire 2.584% 2.870% 1.243%
As % of the Systems Management category 27.03% 29.30% 18.40%
Number of daily rates quoted 29 20 2
Average daily rate £363 £338 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+7.40% -3.57%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £310 £275 £330
10% offered a daily rate of more than £430 £500 £370
UK excluding London average daily rate £339 £310 £325
% change year-on-year
+9.27% -4.61%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 1
Average hourly rate £42.50 - £32.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £37.25 £29.25 £32.50
% change year-on-year
+27.35% -10.00%
All Systems Management
Hampshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Systems Management category
148 157 125
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Hampshire 9.561% 9.794% 6.757%
Number of daily rates quoted 85 70 33
Average daily rate £344 £360 £330
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-4.51% +9.09%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £250 £230 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £425 £454 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £330 £325 £300
% change year-on-year
+1.53% +8.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 13 16
Average hourly rate £30.00 £18.75 £27.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+60.00% -31.81%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £14.27 £13.65 £20.15
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £44.75 £39.65 £35.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £20.00 £17.50 £24.40
% change year-on-year
+14.28% -28.27%
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 Hampshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Systems Management category.

Hampshire 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 Hampshire region.

Hampshire 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 Hampshire region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

Hampshire 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 Hampshire region.

Hampshire 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 Hampshire region over the 3 months to 17 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
Havant - 8 £363 -
Andover +5 5 £375 +15.38%
Southampton -1 5 £450 +44.00%
Gosport - 3 £350 -
Eastleigh +1 1 £400 -
HP Quality Center
South East

HP Quality Center
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Hampshire 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 45 (63.38%) HP
2 43 (60.56%) Oracle
3 30 (42.25%) Security Cleared
4 26 (36.62%) User Acceptance Testing
5 24 (33.80%) SC Cleared
5 24 (33.80%) ISEB
6 22 (30.99%) Windows
7 21 (29.58%) SQL
8 20 (28.17%) Test Scripting
9 19 (26.76%) Test Automation
10 18 (25.35%) Oracle EBS
11 17 (23.94%) Linux
12 16 (22.54%) Oracle 8/8i
12 16 (22.54%) Test Management
13 14 (19.72%) JavaScript
14 13 (18.31%) UNIX
14 13 (18.31%) QuickTest Pro
14 13 (18.31%) Oracle BI EE
14 13 (18.31%) ISTQB
15 12 (16.90%) LoadRunner
15 12 (16.90%) Microsoft
15 12 (16.90%) Data Warehouse
15 12 (16.90%) .NET
15 12 (16.90%) VMware
16 11 (15.49%) SQL Server
16 11 (15.49%) Oracle Reports
16 11 (15.49%) SharePoint
16 11 (15.49%) Oracle 10g
16 11 (15.49%) Active Directory
16 11 (15.49%) Windows Server 2003

HP Quality Center
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Hampshire 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 12 (16.90%) .NET
2 9 (12.68%) ASP.NET
2 9 (12.68%) HTML
3 8 (11.27%) JSP
4 3 (4.225%) COM
5 1 (1.408%) J2EE
5 1 (1.408%) SOAP
5 1 (1.408%) Web Services
5 1 (1.408%) XML
Application Platforms
1 11 (15.49%) SharePoint
2 9 (12.68%) IIS
3 3 (4.225%) Oracle Coherence
Applications
1 10 (14.08%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 18 (25.35%) Oracle EBS
2 6 (8.451%) Oracle HRMS
2 6 (8.451%) Oracle EBS R12
3 4 (5.634%) Oracle iProcurement
3 4 (5.634%) Oracle Applications
4 3 (4.225%) SAP MM
5 2 (2.817%) Oracle Financials
5 2 (2.817%) Oracle Payroll
6 1 (1.408%) Maximo
Communications & Networking
1 5 (7.042%) TCP/IP
2 4 (5.634%) HTTPS
2 4 (5.634%) DVB
2 4 (5.634%) UPnP
3 3 (4.225%) Wireshark
3 3 (4.225%) HTTP
3 3 (4.225%) SSL
4 2 (2.817%) Internet
4 2 (2.817%) DNS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (22.54%) Oracle 8/8i
2 13 (18.31%) Oracle BI EE
3 12 (16.90%) Data Warehouse
4 11 (15.49%) SQL Server
4 11 (15.49%) Oracle Reports
4 11 (15.49%) Oracle 10g
4 11 (15.49%) SQL Server 2008
4 11 (15.49%) SQL Server 2005
4 11 (15.49%) Oracle 11g
5 7 (9.859%) Oracle OWB
6 5 (7.042%) SQL Server 2012
7 4 (5.634%) SQL Server 2000
7 4 (5.634%) Data Mining
7 4 (5.634%) Oracle Discoverer
8 1 (1.408%) SAP BW
Development Applications
1 13 (18.31%) QuickTest Pro
2 12 (16.90%) LoadRunner
3 9 (12.68%) Oracle APEX
4 5 (7.042%) JIRA
5 4 (5.634%) ClearQuest
6 1 (1.408%) TestDirector
6 1 (1.408%) Selenium
General
1 7 (9.859%) Finance
2 6 (8.451%) Telecoms
2 6 (8.451%) Retail
3 4 (5.634%) General Ledger
4 3 (4.225%) Military
5 2 (2.817%) Back Office
6 1 (1.408%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 28 (39.44%) Analyst
2 24 (33.80%) Test Analyst
3 15 (21.13%) Test Manager
4 12 (16.90%) Tester
5 11 (15.49%) Consultant
6 9 (12.68%) Test Consultant
7 6 (8.451%) Test Engineer
8 4 (5.634%) Requirements Analyst
9 3 (4.225%) Technical Analyst
9 3 (4.225%) Functional Analyst
9 3 (4.225%) Senior Tester
9 3 (4.225%) Data Warehouse Consultant
9 3 (4.225%) DBA
9 3 (4.225%) Project Manager
9 3 (4.225%) Business Analyst
9 3 (4.225%) Data Consultant
9 3 (4.225%) Functional Test Analyst
9 3 (4.225%) Siebel Analyst
9 3 (4.225%) Testing Manager
9 3 (4.225%) Testing Project Manager
Miscellaneous
1 8 (11.27%) Management Information System
2 4 (5.634%) Streaming Video
2 4 (5.634%) STB
2 4 (5.634%) Embedded Systems
3 1 (1.408%) PDA
3 1 (1.408%) SaaS
3 1 (1.408%) Clustering
3 1 (1.408%) MPEG
3 1 (1.408%) DTV
Operating Systems
1 22 (30.99%) Windows
2 17 (23.94%) Linux
3 13 (18.31%) UNIX
4 11 (15.49%) Windows Server 2003
5 10 (14.08%) Windows Server 2008
5 10 (14.08%) Windows XP
6 9 (12.68%) Windows 2000
7 4 (5.634%) Windows Server 2012
8 1 (1.408%) Windows NT
8 1 (1.408%) AIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 26 (36.62%) User Acceptance Testing
2 20 (28.17%) Test Scripting
3 19 (26.76%) Test Automation
4 16 (22.54%) Test Management
5 11 (15.49%) Performance Testing
6 9 (12.68%) Penetration Testing
6 9 (12.68%) Regression Testing
6 9 (12.68%) Migration
7 8 (11.27%) Test Strategy
8 7 (9.859%) Validation
8 7 (9.859%) Software Testing
8 7 (9.859%) Requirements Analysis
9 6 (8.451%) CRM
9 6 (8.451%) Business Intelligence
9 6 (8.451%) System Testing
10 5 (7.042%) UML
10 5 (7.042%) E-business
10 5 (7.042%) Integration Testing
11 4 (5.634%) Business Analysis
11 4 (5.634%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 21 (29.58%) SQL
2 14 (19.72%) JavaScript
3 5 (7.042%) Bash shell
4 4 (5.634%) VB
5 2 (2.817%) R
5 2 (2.817%) Java
6 1 (1.408%) C
6 1 (1.408%) C++
6 1 (1.408%) Python
Qualifications
1 30 (42.25%) Security Cleared
2 24 (33.80%) ISEB
2 24 (33.80%) SC Cleared
3 13 (18.31%) ISTQB
4 9 (12.68%) HP AIS
5 7 (9.859%) ISEB Practitioner
6 3 (4.225%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (8.451%) QA
System Software
1 11 (15.49%) Active Directory
1 11 (15.49%) Oracle RAC
2 7 (9.859%) Terminal Services
3 6 (8.451%) VMware Infrastructure
4 3 (4.225%) Nmap
5 1 (1.408%) VMware ESX
5 1 (1.408%) VMware Server
Systems Management
1 1 (1.408%) Netcool
1 1 (1.408%) Nessus
1 1 (1.408%) McAfee ePO
Vendors
1 45 (63.38%) HP
2 43 (60.56%) Oracle
3 12 (16.90%) VMware
3 12 (16.90%) Microsoft
4 6 (8.451%) SAP
5 5 (7.042%) RedPrairie
6 4 (5.634%) Siebel
6 4 (5.634%) IBM
7 2 (2.817%) Cognos
7 2 (2.817%) Hyperion
7 2 (2.817%) Pegasus
8 1 (1.408%) webMethods
8 1 (1.408%) McAfee
8 1 (1.408%) Capita
8 1 (1.408%) ArcSight
8 1 (1.408%) Veritas
8 1 (1.408%) Citrix
8 1 (1.408%) Ariba
Andover, South East
Non Functional Test AnalystAndover, HampshireContract Length: 3 months +Key Skills: NON FUNCTIONAL,TEST, ORACLE, SQL SERVER, WINDOWS, UNIX, VIRTUAL, VMWARE, SERVER, BUILD, DATA WAREHOUSE, DATAWAREHOUSE, DATAWARHOUSING, QTP, QUICK...
LA International Computer Consultants Ltd.
Posted: 29 April 2013