The first table below looks at the demand for HP Quality Center skills in IT contracts advertised for the North East 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 North East 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 33 38 29
Rank change year-on-year
+5 -9
Contract jobs citing HP Quality Center 1 10 17
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the North East 0.379% 2.092% 3.812%
As % of the Systems Management category 10.00% 21.28% 38.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 6 5
Average daily rate £375 £325 £275
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+15.38% +18.18%
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
North East
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Systems Management category
10 47 44
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the North East 3.788% 9.833% 9.865%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 25 14
Average daily rate £300 £263 £275
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+14.28% -4.54%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £232 £199 £145
10% offered a daily rate of more than £330 £533 £304
UK excluding London average daily rate £330 £325 £300
% change year-on-year
+1.53% +8.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Average hourly rate £11.00 - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £20.00 £17.50 £24.40
% change year-on-year
+14.28% -28.27%
HP Quality Center
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 North East region as a proportion of the total demand within the Systems Management category.

North East 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 North East region.

North East HP Quality Center Daily Rate Trend

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 North East region.

North East 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 North East 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
Tyne and Wear +3 1 £375 -
HP Quality Center
England

HP Quality Center
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the North East 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%) SQL
1 4 (80.00%) Agile Software Development
2 3 (60.00%) Banking
2 3 (60.00%) Wealth Management
2 3 (60.00%) Integration Testing
3 1 (20.00%) System Testing
3 1 (20.00%) Data Migration
3 1 (20.00%) User Acceptance Testing
3 1 (20.00%) Java
3 1 (20.00%) JavaScript
3 1 (20.00%) PL/SQL
3 1 (20.00%) Data Analysis
3 1 (20.00%) Spring
3 1 (20.00%) Maven
3 1 (20.00%) Software Testing
3 1 (20.00%) QADirector
3 1 (20.00%) Regression Testing
3 1 (20.00%) Finance
3 1 (20.00%) Migration
3 1 (20.00%) Hibernate
3 1 (20.00%) J2EE
3 1 (20.00%) Oracle
3 1 (20.00%) JUnit
3 1 (20.00%) WebLogic
3 1 (20.00%) JSP
3 1 (20.00%) Struts
3 1 (20.00%) Web Services
3 1 (20.00%) XML
3 1 (20.00%) UNIX
3 1 (20.00%) RAD

HP Quality Center
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the North East 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 1 (20.00%) J2EE
1 1 (20.00%) JSP
1 1 (20.00%) Struts
1 1 (20.00%) Web Services
1 1 (20.00%) XML
1 1 (20.00%) Hibernate
1 1 (20.00%) Spring
Application Platforms
1 1 (20.00%) WebLogic
1 1 (20.00%) Apache
Applications
1 1 (20.00%) MS Excel
Development Applications
1 1 (20.00%) JUnit
1 1 (20.00%) Maven
1 1 (20.00%) QADirector
General
1 3 (60.00%) Banking
2 1 (20.00%) Finance
Job Titles
1 4 (80.00%) Analyst
1 4 (80.00%) Test Analyst
2 1 (20.00%) Consultant
2 1 (20.00%) Technical Consultant
2 1 (20.00%) Java Developer
2 1 (20.00%) Technical Developer
2 1 (20.00%) Developer
Operating Systems
1 1 (20.00%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (80.00%) Agile Software Development
2 3 (60.00%) Wealth Management
2 3 (60.00%) Integration Testing
3 1 (20.00%) System Testing
3 1 (20.00%) Data Migration
3 1 (20.00%) User Acceptance Testing
3 1 (20.00%) Data Analysis
3 1 (20.00%) Software Testing
3 1 (20.00%) RAD
3 1 (20.00%) Regression Testing
3 1 (20.00%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 4 (80.00%) SQL
2 1 (20.00%) Java
2 1 (20.00%) JavaScript
2 1 (20.00%) PL/SQL
Vendors
1 1 (20.00%) Oracle
1 1 (20.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (20.00%) HP
1 1 (20.00%) Micro Focus