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HP Quality Center Contracts in the North West
 
Demand Trend Daily Rate Trend Daily Rate Histogram Hourly Rate Trend Job Locations Related Skills

The first table below looks at the demand for HP Quality Center skills in IT contracts advertised for the North West 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 18 June 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 West 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
18 Jun 2013		 Same period 2012 Same period 2011
HP Quality Center (HP QC)
Rank 84 107 105
Rank change year-on-year
+23 -2
Contract jobs citing HP Quality Center 38 27 27
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the North West 1.577% 0.887% 0.887%
As % of the Systems Management category 18.72% 9.747% 11.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 15 12 17
Average daily rate £425 £345 £338
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+23.09% +2.29%
UK excluding London average daily rate £337 £308 £328
% change year-on-year
+9.41% -6.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £32.50 £32.25 £29.00
% change year-on-year
+0.77% +11.20%
All Systems Management
North West
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Systems Management category		 203 277 232
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the North West 8.423% 9.097% 7.622%
Number of daily rates quoted 75 102 144
Average daily rate £295 £350 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-15.71% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £225 £248 £214
10% offered a daily rate of more than £425 £488 £425
UK excluding London average daily rate £338 £325 £315
% change year-on-year
+3.84% +3.17%
Number of hourly rates quoted 16 17 6
Average hourly rate £21.50 £15.25 £20.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+40.98% -25.60%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £18.55 £14.45 £14.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £44.90 £22.50 £36.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.00 £17.50 £24.00
% change year-on-year
+25.71% -27.08%
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 West region as a proportion of the total demand within the Systems Management category.

North West 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 West region.

North West 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 North West region over the 3 months to 18 June 2013.

North West 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 North West region.

North West 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 West region over the 3 months to 18 June 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		 Find
Job
Vacancies
Cheshire +7 22 £425 +31.37%
Manchester +9 5 £338 -18.18%
Merseyside - - - -
HP Quality Center
England

HP Quality Center
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the North West 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 34 (69.39%) HP
2 25 (51.02%) Test Scripting
2 25 (51.02%) SAP
3 16 (32.65%) QuickTest Pro
4 15 (30.61%) Finance
4 15 (30.61%) Test Automation
5 14 (28.57%) SAP HR
6 13 (26.53%) Performance Management
6 13 (26.53%) SAP Implementation
7 11 (22.45%) SQL Server
7 11 (22.45%) UNIX
7 11 (22.45%) Windows
8 10 (20.41%) User Acceptance Testing
9 9 (18.37%) Validation
9 9 (18.37%) Banking
9 9 (18.37%) HTTP
9 9 (18.37%) Oracle
9 9 (18.37%) LoadRunner
9 9 (18.37%) ISEB
10 8 (16.33%) FTP
10 8 (16.33%) TCP/IP
10 8 (16.33%) SOAP
10 8 (16.33%) VMware
11 7 (14.29%) Performance Testing
12 6 (12.24%) Degree
12 6 (12.24%) Web Services
12 6 (12.24%) TOAD
13 5 (10.20%) Business Intelligence
13 5 (10.20%) Test Management
13 5 (10.20%) ISTQB

HP Quality Center
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the North West 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 8 (16.33%) SOAP
2 6 (12.24%) Web Services
3 4 (8.163%) .NET
3 4 (8.163%) ASP.NET
3 4 (8.163%) WebSphere
4 3 (6.122%) HTML
4 3 (6.122%) XML
5 2 (4.082%) ISPF
6 1 (2.041%) XML Schema
6 1 (2.041%) .NET Framework
6 1 (2.041%) ASP.NET MVC
6 1 (2.041%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
6 1 (2.041%) ASP.NET MVC 3
Application Platforms
1 4 (8.163%) WebSphere Application Server
2 2 (4.082%) CICS
3 1 (2.041%) SharePoint
Applications
1 3 (6.122%) MS Office
1 3 (6.122%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 14 (28.57%) SAP HR
2 3 (6.122%) SAP PS
3 2 (4.082%) SAP SD
3 2 (4.082%) SAP MM
4 1 (2.041%) SAP FI
4 1 (2.041%) SAP WM
4 1 (2.041%) SAP FI/CO
4 1 (2.041%) SAP CO
4 1 (2.041%) SAP FI-CA
Communications & Networking
1 9 (18.37%) HTTP
2 8 (16.33%) TCP/IP
2 8 (16.33%) FTP
3 1 (2.041%) HTTPS
3 1 (2.041%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (22.45%) SQL Server
2 6 (12.24%) TOAD
3 4 (8.163%) DB2
3 4 (8.163%) SAP BI
4 3 (6.122%) SAP BW
5 1 (2.041%) MySQL
5 1 (2.041%) RDBMS
5 1 (2.041%) BusinessObjects
Development Applications
1 16 (32.65%) QuickTest Pro
2 9 (18.37%) LoadRunner
3 4 (8.163%) Visual Studio
4 3 (6.122%) TestDirector
5 2 (4.082%) WinRunner
General
1 15 (30.61%) Finance
2 9 (18.37%) Banking
3 3 (6.122%) Retail
4 2 (4.082%) Manufacturing
5 1 (2.041%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 30 (61.22%) Analyst
2 29 (59.18%) Test Analyst
3 12 (24.49%) Automation Analyst
4 9 (18.37%) SAP Analyst
4 9 (18.37%) SAP Test Analyst
5 6 (12.24%) Automation Test Analyst
5 6 (12.24%) Test Manager
5 6 (12.24%) Tester
5 6 (12.24%) Test Automation Analyst
6 5 (10.20%) SAP Tester
7 4 (8.163%) Test Leader
7 4 (8.163%) Consultant
7 4 (8.163%) Test Consultant
8 3 (6.122%) Performance Analyst
8 3 (6.122%) Senior Test Analyst
8 3 (6.122%) Senior Analyst
8 3 (6.122%) Performance Test Analyst
8 3 (6.122%) Defect Manager
9 2 (4.082%) SAP Manager
9 2 (4.082%) SAP Test Manager
Miscellaneous
1 3 (6.122%) Mainframe
2 2 (4.082%) VSAM
3 1 (2.041%) Mathematics
3 1 (2.041%) Computer Science
3 1 (2.041%) AS400
Operating Systems
1 11 (22.45%) UNIX
1 11 (22.45%) Windows
2 3 (6.122%) Windows XP
3 2 (4.082%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 25 (51.02%) Test Scripting
2 15 (30.61%) Test Automation
3 13 (26.53%) Performance Management
3 13 (26.53%) SAP Implementation
4 10 (20.41%) User Acceptance Testing
5 9 (18.37%) Validation
6 7 (14.29%) Performance Testing
7 5 (10.20%) Test Management
7 5 (10.20%) Business Intelligence
8 3 (6.122%) Stress Testing
8 3 (6.122%) Time Management
8 3 (6.122%) Test Strategy
9 2 (4.082%) Functional Testing
9 2 (4.082%) Non-Functional Testing
9 2 (4.082%) Manual Testing
9 2 (4.082%) Load Testing
10 1 (2.041%) ITIL
10 1 (2.041%) ETL
10 1 (2.041%) RDF
10 1 (2.041%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 4 (8.163%) SQL
2 3 (6.122%) JCL
3 2 (4.082%) C#
4 1 (2.041%) COBOL
4 1 (2.041%) PL/SQL
4 1 (2.041%) C
Qualifications
1 9 (18.37%) ISEB
2 6 (12.24%) Degree
3 5 (10.20%) ISTQB
4 2 (4.082%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (4.082%) QA
System Software
1 1 (2.041%) XenApp
Vendors
1 34 (69.39%) HP
2 25 (51.02%) SAP
3 9 (18.37%) Oracle
4 8 (16.33%) VMware
5 3 (6.122%) Primavera
6 1 (2.041%) AppSense
6 1 (2.041%) Business Objects
6 1 (2.041%) IBM
6 1 (2.041%) Microsoft
6 1 (2.041%) Citrix
6 1 (2.041%) CA
6 1 (2.041%) Informatica
6 1 (2.041%) MicroStrategy
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