The first table below looks at the demand for HP Quality Center skills in IT contracts advertised for the Peterborough 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 Peterborough 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 13 - 22
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Contract jobs citing HP Quality Center 3 0 2
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Peterborough 3.093% - 1.852%
As % of the Systems Management category 50.00% - 40.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 0 2
Average daily rate £450 - £238
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
Peterborough
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Systems Management category
6 4 5
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Peterborough 6.186% 4.651% 4.630%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 1 2
Average daily rate £450 £350 £238
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+28.57% +47.36%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £324 £350 £224
10% offered a daily rate of more than £555 £350 £252
UK excluding London average daily rate £330 £328 £300
% change year-on-year
+0.76% +9.16%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 2
Average hourly rate - - £18.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £20.00 £17.50 £24.00
% change year-on-year
+14.28% -27.08%
HP Quality Center
Cambridgeshire

HP Quality Center
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Peterborough 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 Peterborough region.

Peterborough 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 Peterborough region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

Peterborough HP Quality Center Daily Rate Histogram

HP Quality Center
Top 12 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Peterborough 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 (100.00%) Web Services
1 3 (100.00%) HP
1 3 (100.00%) Middleware
1 3 (100.00%) Back Office
1 3 (100.00%) Finance
1 3 (100.00%) User Acceptance Testing
1 3 (100.00%) Integration Testing
1 3 (100.00%) Test Management
1 3 (100.00%) System Testing
1 3 (100.00%) Time Management
1 3 (100.00%) Test Strategy
1 3 (100.00%) Non-Functional Testing

HP Quality Center
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Peterborough 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 3 (100.00%) Web Services
1 3 (100.00%) Middleware
General
1 3 (100.00%) Back Office
1 3 (100.00%) Finance
Job Titles
1 3 (100.00%) Programme Manager
1 3 (100.00%) Test Manager
1 3 (100.00%) Test Programme Manager
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) User Acceptance Testing
1 3 (100.00%) Integration Testing
1 3 (100.00%) Test Management
1 3 (100.00%) System Testing
1 3 (100.00%) Time Management
1 3 (100.00%) Test Strategy
1 3 (100.00%) Non-Functional Testing
Vendors
1 3 (100.00%) HP