The first table below looks at the demand for HP Quality Center skills in IT contracts advertised for the Southampton 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 22 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 Southampton 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
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
HP Quality Center (HP QC)
Rank 32 28 23
Rank change year-on-year
-4 -5
Contract jobs citing HP Quality Center 5 3 5
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Southampton 1.661% 1.271% 2.717%
As % of the Systems Management category 22.73% 37.50% 55.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 2 0
Average daily rate £450 £313 -
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+44.00% -
UK excluding London average daily rate £343 £310 £325
% change year-on-year
+10.48% -4.61%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Average hourly rate - - £32.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £37.25 £29.50 £31.25
% change year-on-year
+26.27% -5.60%
All Systems Management
Southampton
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Systems Management category
22 8 9
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Southampton 7.309% 3.390% 4.891%
Number of daily rates quoted 14 2 0
Average daily rate £275 £313 -
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-12.00% -
UK excluding London average daily rate £330 £325 £300
% change year-on-year
+1.53% +8.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 5 4
Average hourly rate £14.00 £17.50 £23.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-20.00% -23.91%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £20.00 £17.50 £24.40
% change year-on-year
+14.28% -28.27%
HP Quality Center
Hampshire

HP Quality Center
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Southampton 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 Southampton region.

Southampton 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 Southampton region over the 3 months to 22 May 2013.

Southampton HP Quality Center Daily Rate Histogram

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 Southampton region.

Southampton HP Quality Center Hourly Rate Trend

HP Quality Center
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Southampton 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 5 (62.50%) SAP
1 5 (62.50%) Regression Testing
1 5 (62.50%) Retail
1 5 (62.50%) ISTQB
1 5 (62.50%) User Acceptance Testing
1 5 (62.50%) Test Strategy
2 4 (50.00%) RedPrairie
3 3 (37.50%) Stakeholder Management
4 2 (25.00%) SAP MM
4 2 (25.00%) HP
4 2 (25.00%) Project Management
4 2 (25.00%) Oracle
4 2 (25.00%) Software Testing
4 2 (25.00%) Performance Testing
4 2 (25.00%) Test Management
4 2 (25.00%) Test Automation
5 1 (12.50%) Bash shell
5 1 (12.50%) Requirements Analysis
5 1 (12.50%) Selenium
5 1 (12.50%) Change Management
5 1 (12.50%) SOAP
5 1 (12.50%) Web Services
5 1 (12.50%) XML
5 1 (12.50%) UNIX
5 1 (12.50%) Windows
5 1 (12.50%) Linux
5 1 (12.50%) Python
5 1 (12.50%) MPEG
5 1 (12.50%) HTTP
5 1 (12.50%) TCP/IP

HP Quality Center
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Southampton 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 (12.50%) SOAP
1 1 (12.50%) Web Services
1 1 (12.50%) XML
Business Applications
1 2 (25.00%) SAP MM
Communications & Networking
1 1 (12.50%) HTTP
1 1 (12.50%) TCP/IP
1 1 (12.50%) DNS
Development Applications
1 1 (12.50%) Selenium
1 1 (12.50%) QuickTest Pro
General
1 5 (62.50%) Retail
2 1 (12.50%) Telecoms
2 1 (12.50%) Finance
Job Titles
1 2 (25.00%) Project Manager
1 2 (25.00%) Tester
1 2 (25.00%) Analyst
1 2 (25.00%) Test Manager
1 2 (25.00%) Test Analyst
1 2 (25.00%) Testing Manager
1 2 (25.00%) Testing Project Manager
2 1 (12.50%) Agile Test Analyst
2 1 (12.50%) Integration Tester
2 1 (12.50%) Testing Consultant
2 1 (12.50%) Consultant
2 1 (12.50%) Test Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (12.50%) MPEG
1 1 (12.50%) DTV
Operating Systems
1 1 (12.50%) UNIX
1 1 (12.50%) Windows
1 1 (12.50%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (62.50%) Regression Testing
1 5 (62.50%) User Acceptance Testing
1 5 (62.50%) Test Strategy
2 3 (37.50%) Stakeholder Management
3 2 (25.00%) Project Management
3 2 (25.00%) Software Testing
3 2 (25.00%) Performance Testing
3 2 (25.00%) Test Management
3 2 (25.00%) Test Automation
4 1 (12.50%) Requirements Analysis
4 1 (12.50%) Change Management
4 1 (12.50%) Migration
4 1 (12.50%) Data Analysis
4 1 (12.50%) Risk Assessment
4 1 (12.50%) Agile Software Development
Programming Languages
1 1 (12.50%) Bash shell
1 1 (12.50%) Python
1 1 (12.50%) Java
1 1 (12.50%) JavaScript
1 1 (12.50%) SQL
Qualifications
1 5 (62.50%) ISTQB
2 1 (12.50%) ISEB
Vendors
1 5 (62.50%) SAP
2 4 (50.00%) RedPrairie
3 2 (25.00%) HP
3 2 (25.00%) Oracle