The first table below looks at the demand for HP Quality Center skills in IT contracts advertised for the South Yorkshire 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 20 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 Yorkshire 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
20 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
HP Quality Center (HP QC)
Rank 31 - 35
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Contract jobs citing HP Quality Center 1 0 4
As % of all contract IT jobs located in South Yorkshire 0.379% - 1.434%
As % of the Systems Management category 5.263% - 19.05%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 3
Average daily rate £400 - £251
UK excluding London average daily rate £339 £310 £325
% change year-on-year
+9.27% -4.61%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £37.25 £29.25 £32.50
% change year-on-year
+27.35% -10.00%
All Systems Management
South Yorkshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Systems Management category
19 21 21
As % of all contract IT jobs located in South Yorkshire 7.197% 8.108% 7.527%
Number of daily rates quoted 13 14 8
Average daily rate £330 £325 £251
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+1.53% +29.74%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £225 £202 £191
10% offered a daily rate of more than £375 £440 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £330 £325 £300
% change year-on-year
+1.53% +8.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 3 2
Average hourly rate £22.75 £10.33 £21.25
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+120.33% -51.41%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £22.15 £9.68 £20.25
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £23.35 £16.73 £22.25
UK excluding London average hourly rate £20.00 £17.50 £24.40
% change year-on-year
+14.28% -28.27%
HP Quality Center
Yorkshire

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 Yorkshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Systems Management category.

South Yorkshire 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 Yorkshire region.

South Yorkshire HP Quality Center Daily Rate Trend

HP Quality Center
Top 3 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South Yorkshire 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 1 (100.00%) SAP
1 1 (100.00%) LoadRunner
1 1 (100.00%) Non-Functional Testing

HP Quality Center
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South Yorkshire 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.

Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) LoadRunner
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Consultant
1 1 (100.00%) LoadRunner Consultant
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Non-Functional Testing
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) SAP