The first table below looks at the demand for HP Quality Center skills in IT contracts advertised for the Ipswich 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 Ipswich 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 16 17 -
Rank change year-on-year
+1 -
Contract jobs citing HP Quality Center 2 7 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Ipswich 2.740% 5.738% -
As % of the Systems Management category 25.00% 50.00% -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 7 0
Average daily rate £380 £375 -
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+1.33% -
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 £29.25 £32.50
% change year-on-year
+27.35% -10.00%
All Systems Management
Ipswich
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Systems Management category
8 14 1
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Ipswich 10.96% 11.48% 0.926%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 10 0
Average daily rate £250 £350 -
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-28.57% -
UK excluding London average daily rate £330 £325 £300
% change year-on-year
+1.53% +8.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 3 0
Average hourly rate £11.50 £22.88 -
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-49.72% -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £20.00 £17.50 £24.40
% change year-on-year
+14.28% -28.27%
HP Quality Center
Suffolk

HP Quality Center
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Ipswich 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 Ipswich region.

Ipswich HP Quality Center Daily Rate Trend

HP Quality Center
Top 13 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Ipswich 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 5 (100.00%) HP
1 5 (100.00%) User Acceptance Testing
2 4 (80.00%) QA
3 3 (60.00%) Integration Testing
3 3 (60.00%) Test Scripting
3 3 (60.00%) Finance
4 2 (40.00%) ISEB
5 1 (20.00%) Business Intelligence
5 1 (20.00%) Sun
5 1 (20.00%) Validation
5 1 (20.00%) Migration
5 1 (20.00%) System Testing
5 1 (20.00%) Data Migration

HP Quality Center
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Ipswich 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.

General
1 3 (60.00%) Finance
Job Titles
1 4 (80.00%) Analyst
1 4 (80.00%) QA Analyst
2 2 (40.00%) Tester
3 1 (20.00%) Coordinator
3 1 (20.00%) Test Analyst
3 1 (20.00%) QA Tester
3 1 (20.00%) QA Test Analyst
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (100.00%) User Acceptance Testing
2 3 (60.00%) Integration Testing
2 3 (60.00%) Test Scripting
3 1 (20.00%) System Testing
3 1 (20.00%) Data Migration
3 1 (20.00%) Business Intelligence
3 1 (20.00%) Validation
3 1 (20.00%) Migration
Qualifications
1 2 (40.00%) ISEB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (80.00%) QA
Vendors
1 5 (100.00%) HP
2 1 (20.00%) Sun