The first table below looks at the demand for HP Quality Center skills in IT contracts advertised for the South Wales 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 South Wales 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 38 42 45
Rank change year-on-year
+4 +3
Contract jobs citing HP Quality Center 3 1 2
As % of all contract IT jobs located in South Wales 0.915% 0.248% 0.481%
As % of the Systems Management category 13.04% 20.00% 10.53%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 1 1
Average daily rate £281 £265 £258
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+6.13% +2.71%
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
South Wales
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Systems Management category
23 5 19
As % of all contract IT jobs located in South Wales 7.012% 1.238% 4.567%
Number of daily rates quoted 13 1 7
Average daily rate £300 £265 £375
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+13.20% -29.33%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £120 £265 £300
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £265 £438
UK excluding London average daily rate £330 £328 £300
% change year-on-year
+0.76% +9.16%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 2 0
Average hourly rate £15.00 £14.00 -
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+7.14% -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £20.00 £17.50 £24.00
% change year-on-year
+14.28% -27.08%
HP Quality Center
Wales

HP Quality Center
Jobs Demand Trend

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

South Wales 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 South Wales region.

South Wales 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 South Wales region.

South Wales 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 South Wales region over the 3 months to 24 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
Cardiff +7 2 £238 -10.37%
HP Quality Center
Wales

HP Quality Center
Top 29 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South Wales 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 (50.00%) Finance
1 3 (50.00%) Test Strategy
2 2 (33.33%) Test Scripting
2 2 (33.33%) Banking
3 1 (16.67%) Quality Management
3 1 (16.67%) Manufacturing
3 1 (16.67%) Migration
3 1 (16.67%) Stakeholder Management
3 1 (16.67%) SQL
3 1 (16.67%) MS Office
3 1 (16.67%) PVCS
3 1 (16.67%) SAP
3 1 (16.67%) TOAD
3 1 (16.67%) HP
3 1 (16.67%) JDA
3 1 (16.67%) TestDirector
3 1 (16.67%) QuickTest Pro
3 1 (16.67%) LoadRunner
3 1 (16.67%) Mainframe
3 1 (16.67%) Retail
3 1 (16.67%) Automated Testing
3 1 (16.67%) Software Testing
3 1 (16.67%) Incident Management
3 1 (16.67%) Requirements Management
3 1 (16.67%) Retail Banking
3 1 (16.67%) QA
3 1 (16.67%) User Acceptance Testing
3 1 (16.67%) Test Management
3 1 (16.67%) Business Transformation

HP Quality Center
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South Wales 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.

Applications
1 1 (16.67%) MS Office
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (16.67%) TOAD
Development Applications
1 1 (16.67%) PVCS
1 1 (16.67%) TestDirector
1 1 (16.67%) QuickTest Pro
1 1 (16.67%) LoadRunner
General
1 3 (50.00%) Finance
2 2 (33.33%) Banking
3 1 (16.67%) Manufacturing
3 1 (16.67%) Retail
3 1 (16.67%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 2 (33.33%) Defect Manager
1 2 (33.33%) Analyst
1 2 (33.33%) Test Analyst
2 1 (16.67%) Test Manager
2 1 (16.67%) Tester
2 1 (16.67%) Programme Manager
2 1 (16.67%) SAP Programme Manager
2 1 (16.67%) QA Analyst
2 1 (16.67%) UAT Tester
2 1 (16.67%) SAP Manager
2 1 (16.67%) SAP Test Manager
2 1 (16.67%) Test Leader
2 1 (16.67%) Test Programme Manager
Miscellaneous
1 1 (16.67%) Mainframe
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (50.00%) Test Strategy
2 2 (33.33%) Test Scripting
3 1 (16.67%) Quality Management
3 1 (16.67%) Migration
3 1 (16.67%) Stakeholder Management
3 1 (16.67%) Automated Testing
3 1 (16.67%) Software Testing
3 1 (16.67%) Incident Management
3 1 (16.67%) Requirements Management
3 1 (16.67%) User Acceptance Testing
3 1 (16.67%) Test Management
3 1 (16.67%) Business Transformation
Programming Languages
1 1 (16.67%) SQL
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (16.67%) QA
Vendors
1 1 (16.67%) SAP
1 1 (16.67%) HP
1 1 (16.67%) JDA
South Wales
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Posted: 22 May 2013