The first table below looks at the demand for HP Quality Center skills in IT contracts advertised for the Oxfordshire 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 Oxfordshire 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 50 53 42
Rank change year-on-year
+3 -11
Contract jobs citing HP Quality Center 1 4 6
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Oxfordshire 0.219% 0.646% 1.296%
As % of the Systems Management category 1.695% 21.05% 15.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 2 5
Average daily rate £325 £575 £180
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-43.47% +219.44%
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
Oxfordshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Systems Management category
59 19 38
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Oxfordshire 12.94% 3.069% 8.207%
Number of daily rates quoted 49 7 12
Average daily rate £320 £350 £200
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-8.57% +75.00%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £250 £163 £180
10% offered a daily rate of more than £380 £575 £275
UK excluding London average daily rate £330 £328 £300
% change year-on-year
+0.76% +9.16%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 5 8
Average hourly rate £20.00 £16.50 £16.25
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+21.21% +1.53%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £14.00 £13.50 £15.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £26.00 £20.40 £25.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £20.00 £17.50 £24.00
% change year-on-year
+14.28% -27.08%
HP Quality Center
South East

HP Quality Center
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Oxfordshire 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 Oxfordshire region.

Oxfordshire 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 Oxfordshire region.

Oxfordshire HP Quality Center Hourly Rate Trend

HP Quality Center
Top 18 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Oxfordshire 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 3 (75.00%) User Acceptance Testing
2 2 (50.00%) Performance Testing
2 2 (50.00%) Integration Testing
2 2 (50.00%) Test Scripting
2 2 (50.00%) Finance
2 2 (50.00%) ISEB
2 2 (50.00%) Automated Testing
3 1 (25.00%) Business Analysis
3 1 (25.00%) ISTQB
3 1 (25.00%) QA
3 1 (25.00%) Risk Analysis
3 1 (25.00%) SQL
3 1 (25.00%) XML
3 1 (25.00%) Data Modelling
3 1 (25.00%) Migration
3 1 (25.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 1 (25.00%) Test Strategy
3 1 (25.00%) Test Management

HP Quality Center
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Oxfordshire 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 (25.00%) XML
General
1 2 (50.00%) Finance
Job Titles
1 3 (75.00%) Analyst
2 2 (50.00%) Test Analyst
3 1 (25.00%) Business Analyst
3 1 (25.00%) Tester
3 1 (25.00%) Senior Analyst
3 1 (25.00%) Systems Tester
3 1 (25.00%) Senior Test Analyst
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (75.00%) User Acceptance Testing
2 2 (50.00%) Performance Testing
2 2 (50.00%) Integration Testing
2 2 (50.00%) Test Scripting
2 2 (50.00%) Automated Testing
3 1 (25.00%) Business Analysis
3 1 (25.00%) Risk Analysis
3 1 (25.00%) Data Modelling
3 1 (25.00%) Migration
3 1 (25.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 1 (25.00%) Test Strategy
3 1 (25.00%) Test Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (25.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (50.00%) ISEB
2 1 (25.00%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (25.00%) QA