The first table below looks at the demand for HP Quality Center skills in IT contracts advertised for the Solihull 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 21 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 Solihull 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
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
HP Quality Center (HP QC)
Rank - - 10
Contract jobs citing HP Quality Center 0 0 4
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Solihull - - 5.714%
As % of the Systems Management category - - 26.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Average daily rate - - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £340 £310 £325
% change year-on-year
+9.67% -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
Solihull
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Systems Management category
0 2 15
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Solihull - 2.469% 21.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 1 4
Average daily rate - £165 £210
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -21.42%
UK excluding London average daily rate £330 £325 £300
% change year-on-year
+1.53% +8.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Average hourly rate - £17.50 -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £20.00 £17.50 £24.40
% change year-on-year
+14.28% -28.27%
HP Quality Center
West Midlands

HP Quality Center
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Solihull 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 Solihull region.

Solihull 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 Solihull region.

Solihull HP Quality Center Hourly Rate Trend

HP Quality Center
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Solihull 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%) HP
2 2 (66.67%) Telecoms
2 2 (66.67%) ISEB
2 2 (66.67%) CRM
2 2 (66.67%) Finance
3 1 (33.33%) Validation
3 1 (33.33%) Migration
3 1 (33.33%) Retail
3 1 (33.33%) Billing
3 1 (33.33%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (33.33%) ISTQB
3 1 (33.33%) WebSphere
3 1 (33.33%) ESB
3 1 (33.33%) LLU
3 1 (33.33%) WebSphere Message Broker
3 1 (33.33%) User Acceptance Testing
3 1 (33.33%) Stress Testing
3 1 (33.33%) Test Management
3 1 (33.33%) Time Management
3 1 (33.33%) SC Cleared
3 1 (33.33%) Security Cleared
3 1 (33.33%) Zimbra
3 1 (33.33%) Waterfall
3 1 (33.33%) SAP Data Services
3 1 (33.33%) Functional Testing
3 1 (33.33%) MS Visio
3 1 (33.33%) Broadband
3 1 (33.33%) BusinessObjects
3 1 (33.33%) Business Objects
3 1 (33.33%) MS Project

HP Quality Center
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Solihull 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 (33.33%) WebSphere
Application Platforms
1 1 (33.33%) ESB
1 1 (33.33%) WebSphere Message Broker
1 1 (33.33%) Zimbra
Applications
1 1 (33.33%) MS Visio
1 1 (33.33%) MS Project
1 1 (33.33%) MS Office
Business Applications
1 1 (33.33%) Dynamics CRM
Communications & Networking
1 1 (33.33%) LLU
1 1 (33.33%) Broadband
1 1 (33.33%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (33.33%) SAP Data Services
1 1 (33.33%) BusinessObjects
General
1 2 (66.67%) Telecoms
1 2 (66.67%) Finance
2 1 (33.33%) Retail
2 1 (33.33%) Billing
Job Titles
1 3 (100.00%) Analyst
2 2 (66.67%) Test Analyst
3 1 (33.33%) Integration Analyst
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) CRM
2 1 (33.33%) Validation
2 1 (33.33%) Migration
2 1 (33.33%) User Acceptance Testing
2 1 (33.33%) Stress Testing
2 1 (33.33%) Test Management
2 1 (33.33%) Time Management
2 1 (33.33%) Waterfall
2 1 (33.33%) Functional Testing
2 1 (33.33%) Workflow
2 1 (33.33%) GAP Analysis
Qualifications
1 2 (66.67%) ISEB
2 1 (33.33%) ISTQB
2 1 (33.33%) SC Cleared
2 1 (33.33%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 3 (100.00%) HP
2 1 (33.33%) Business Objects
2 1 (33.33%) SAP