The first table below looks at the demand for HP Quality Center skills in IT contracts advertised for the Hertfordshire 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 Hertfordshire 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 61 57 60
Rank change year-on-year
-4 +3
Contract jobs citing HP Quality Center 2 13 4
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Hertfordshire 0.314% 1.331% 0.457%
As % of the Systems Management category 5.128% 27.66% 5.882%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 8 2
Average daily rate £168 £306 £294
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-45.30% +4.25%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £118 £297 £279
10% offered a daily rate of more than £218 £575 £309
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
Hertfordshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Systems Management category
39 47 68
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Hertfordshire 6.122% 4.811% 7.763%
Number of daily rates quoted 17 18 23
Average daily rate £275 £300 £344
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-8.33% -12.72%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £178 £233 £243
10% offered a daily rate of more than £343 £515 £425
UK excluding London average daily rate £330 £328 £300
% change year-on-year
+0.76% +9.16%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 7 17
Average hourly rate £15.25 £18.50 £23.38
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-17.56% -20.85%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £10.50 £10.50 £10.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £31.50 £35.00 £35.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £20.00 £17.50 £24.00
% change year-on-year
+14.28% -27.08%
HP Quality Center
East of 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 Hertfordshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Systems Management category.

Hertfordshire 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 Hertfordshire region.

Hertfordshire HP Quality Center Daily Rate Trend

HP Quality Center
Top 18 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Hertfordshire 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 4 (80.00%) Oracle
2 3 (60.00%) Data Warehouse
2 3 (60.00%) ETL
2 3 (60.00%) Manual Testing
2 3 (60.00%) Informatica
2 3 (60.00%) SQL
3 2 (40.00%) PowerCenter
3 2 (40.00%) Pharmaceutical
3 2 (40.00%) HP
4 1 (20.00%) Android
4 1 (20.00%) iPhone
4 1 (20.00%) iPad
4 1 (20.00%) Apple iOS
4 1 (20.00%) Functional Testing
4 1 (20.00%) Oracle Payroll
4 1 (20.00%) Web Development
4 1 (20.00%) User Acceptance Testing
4 1 (20.00%) Test Scripting

HP Quality Center
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Hertfordshire 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.

Business Applications
1 1 (20.00%) Oracle Payroll
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (60.00%) Data Warehouse
2 2 (40.00%) PowerCenter
General
1 2 (40.00%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 3 (60.00%) Tester
2 2 (40.00%) Analyst
2 2 (40.00%) Test Analyst
3 1 (20.00%) Graduate
3 1 (20.00%) Functional Analyst
3 1 (20.00%) Functional Test Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 1 (20.00%) iPhone
1 1 (20.00%) iPad
Operating Systems
1 1 (20.00%) Android
1 1 (20.00%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (60.00%) ETL
1 3 (60.00%) Manual Testing
2 1 (20.00%) Functional Testing
2 1 (20.00%) Web Development
2 1 (20.00%) User Acceptance Testing
2 1 (20.00%) Test Scripting
Programming Languages
1 3 (60.00%) SQL
Vendors
1 4 (80.00%) Oracle
2 3 (60.00%) Informatica
3 2 (40.00%) HP