The first table below looks at the demand for HP Quality Center skills in IT contracts advertised for the Stirling 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 18 June 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 Stirling 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
18 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
HP Quality Center (HP QC)
Rank 13 15 19
Rank change year-on-year
+2 +4
Contract jobs citing HP Quality Center 5 1 3
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Stirling 5.155% 1.818% 3.158%
As % of the Systems Management category 55.56% 100.00% 23.08%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 0 2
Average daily rate £350 - £413
UK excluding London average daily rate £337 £308 £328
% change year-on-year
+9.41% -6.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £32.50 £32.25 £29.00
% change year-on-year
+0.77% +11.20%
All Systems Management
Stirling
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Systems Management category
9 1 13
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Stirling 9.278% 1.818% 13.68%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 0 3
Average daily rate £375 - £413
UK excluding London average daily rate £338 £325 £315
% change year-on-year
+3.84% +3.17%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.00 £17.50 £24.00
% change year-on-year
+25.71% -27.08%
HP Quality Center
Scotland

HP Quality Center
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Stirling 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 Stirling region.

Stirling HP Quality Center Daily Rate Trend

HP Quality Center
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Stirling 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 6 (66.67%) SQL
1 6 (66.67%) Banking
1 6 (66.67%) Investment Banking
1 6 (66.67%) User Acceptance Testing
2 5 (55.56%) System Testing
2 5 (55.56%) Use Case
2 5 (55.56%) Process Management
2 5 (55.56%) Workflow
2 5 (55.56%) XML
2 5 (55.56%) UML
2 5 (55.56%) MS Visio
2 5 (55.56%) TOAD
2 5 (55.56%) HP
2 5 (55.56%) Pega
3 4 (44.44%) ISEB
3 4 (44.44%) ISTQB
4 3 (33.33%) Software Testing
4 3 (33.33%) Reference Data
4 3 (33.33%) Test Management
4 3 (33.33%) ISEB Practitioner
4 3 (33.33%) Web Development
4 3 (33.33%) Degree
4 3 (33.33%) MiFID
4 3 (33.33%) Oracle
4 3 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management
4 3 (33.33%) XML Messaging
4 3 (33.33%) Management Information System
4 3 (33.33%) Back Office
4 3 (33.33%) Test Strategy
5 2 (22.22%) Agile Software Development

HP Quality Center
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Stirling 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 5 (55.56%) XML
2 3 (33.33%) XML Messaging
Applications
1 5 (55.56%) MS Visio
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (55.56%) TOAD
Development Applications
1 1 (11.11%) QuickTest Pro
General
1 6 (66.67%) Banking
1 6 (66.67%) Investment Banking
2 3 (33.33%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 6 (66.67%) Analyst
2 5 (55.56%) Business Analyst
3 3 (33.33%) Tester
3 3 (33.33%) Systems Tester
3 3 (33.33%) Technical Analyst
3 3 (33.33%) Technical Business Analyst
4 2 (22.22%) IT Business Analyst
5 1 (11.11%) Banking Business Analyst
5 1 (11.11%) Investment Banking Business Analyst
5 1 (11.11%) Test Automation Analyst
5 1 (11.11%) Automation Analyst
5 1 (11.11%) Test Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 3 (33.33%) Management Information System
1 3 (33.33%) Reference Data
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (66.67%) User Acceptance Testing
2 5 (55.56%) UML
2 5 (55.56%) Process Management
2 5 (55.56%) Workflow
2 5 (55.56%) System Testing
2 5 (55.56%) Use Case
3 3 (33.33%) Test Strategy
3 3 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management
3 3 (33.33%) Test Management
3 3 (33.33%) Software Testing
3 3 (33.33%) Web Development
4 2 (22.22%) Agile Software Development
5 1 (11.11%) Business Analysis
5 1 (11.11%) Test Scripting
5 1 (11.11%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 6 (66.67%) SQL
Qualifications
1 4 (44.44%) ISEB
1 4 (44.44%) ISTQB
2 3 (33.33%) Degree
2 3 (33.33%) ISEB Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (33.33%) MiFID
2 1 (11.11%) QA
Vendors
1 5 (55.56%) HP
1 5 (55.56%) Pega
2 3 (33.33%) Oracle
3 1 (11.11%) Cadis