The first table below looks at the demand for HP Quality Center skills in IT contracts advertised for the Merseyside 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 Merseyside 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 29 - 24
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Contract jobs citing HP Quality Center 1 0 7
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Merseyside 0.478% - 2.724%
As % of the Systems Management category 12.50% - 33.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 6
Average daily rate £450 - £180
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
Merseyside
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Systems Management category
8 27 21
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Merseyside 3.828% 10.38% 8.171%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 11 12
Average daily rate £363 £300 £288
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+20.83% +4.34%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £293 £254 £180
10% offered a daily rate of more than £433 £321 £478
UK excluding London average daily rate £330 £325 £300
% change year-on-year
+1.53% +8.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 0
Average hourly rate - £17.41 -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £20.00 £17.50 £24.40
% change year-on-year
+14.28% -28.27%
HP Quality Center
North West

HP Quality Center
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Merseyside 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 Merseyside region.

Merseyside HP Quality Center Daily 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 Merseyside 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
Liverpool - 1 £450 -
HP Quality Center
North West

HP Quality Center
Top 5 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Merseyside 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 2 (100.00%) ISEB
2 1 (50.00%) ISTQB
2 1 (50.00%) Requirements Management
2 1 (50.00%) User Acceptance Testing
2 1 (50.00%) HP

HP Quality Center
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Analyst
1 1 (50.00%) Test Manager
1 1 (50.00%) Test Analyst
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) Requirements Management
1 1 (50.00%) User Acceptance Testing
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) ISEB
2 1 (50.00%) ISTQB
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) HP