The first table below looks at the demand for HP Quality Center skills in IT contracts advertised for the 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 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 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
20 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
HP Quality Center (HP QC)
Rank 36 44 55
Rank change year-on-year
+8 +11
Contract jobs citing HP Quality Center 7 5 3
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Wales 1.699% 0.894% 0.467%
As % of the Systems Management category 21.21% 25.00% 4.688%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 3 1
Average daily rate £281 £415 £258
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-32.22% +60.85%
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
Wales
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Systems Management category
33 20 64
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Wales 8.010% 3.578% 9.953%
Number of daily rates quoted 15 6 19
Average daily rate £320 £316 £419
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+1.18% -24.47%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £122 £123 £315
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £415 £503
UK excluding London average daily rate £330 £325 £300
% change year-on-year
+1.53% +8.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 2 3
Average hourly rate £15.50 £14.00 £19.25
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+10.71% -27.27%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £15.00 £14.00 £10.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £22.00 £14.00 £29.25
UK excluding London average hourly rate £20.00 £17.50 £24.40
% change year-on-year
+14.28% -28.27%
HP Quality Center
UK

HP Quality Center
Jobs Demand Trend

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

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 Wales region.

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 Wales region.

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 Wales region over the 3 months to 20 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
West Wales - 4 - -
South Wales +6 3 £281 +6.13%
HP Quality Center
UK

HP Quality Center
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the 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 6 (60.00%) Test Scripting
2 5 (50.00%) Test Management
2 5 (50.00%) SQL
2 5 (50.00%) TestDirector
2 5 (50.00%) LoadRunner
3 4 (40.00%) SQLPlus
3 4 (40.00%) C
3 4 (40.00%) SC Cleared
3 4 (40.00%) Security Cleared
4 3 (30.00%) Finance
4 3 (30.00%) Test Strategy
5 2 (20.00%) Banking
6 1 (10.00%) Quality Management
6 1 (10.00%) Retail
6 1 (10.00%) Automated Testing
6 1 (10.00%) Software Testing
6 1 (10.00%) Incident Management
6 1 (10.00%) Requirements Management
6 1 (10.00%) Retail Banking
6 1 (10.00%) QA
6 1 (10.00%) User Acceptance Testing
6 1 (10.00%) Manufacturing
6 1 (10.00%) Migration
6 1 (10.00%) Stakeholder Management
6 1 (10.00%) Mainframe
6 1 (10.00%) QuickTest Pro
6 1 (10.00%) MS Office
6 1 (10.00%) PVCS
6 1 (10.00%) SAP
6 1 (10.00%) TOAD

HP Quality Center
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the 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 (10.00%) MS Office
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (40.00%) SQLPlus
2 1 (10.00%) TOAD
Development Applications
1 5 (50.00%) TestDirector
1 5 (50.00%) LoadRunner
2 1 (10.00%) PVCS
2 1 (10.00%) QuickTest Pro
General
1 3 (30.00%) Finance
2 2 (20.00%) Banking
3 1 (10.00%) Retail
3 1 (10.00%) Retail Banking
3 1 (10.00%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 5 (50.00%) Tester
2 4 (40.00%) Performance Tester
3 2 (20.00%) Analyst
3 2 (20.00%) Test Analyst
3 2 (20.00%) Defect Manager
4 1 (10.00%) Test Manager
4 1 (10.00%) Programme Manager
4 1 (10.00%) SAP Programme Manager
4 1 (10.00%) QA Analyst
4 1 (10.00%) UAT Tester
4 1 (10.00%) SAP Manager
4 1 (10.00%) SAP Test Manager
4 1 (10.00%) Test Leader
4 1 (10.00%) Test Programme Manager
Miscellaneous
1 1 (10.00%) Mainframe
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (60.00%) Test Scripting
2 5 (50.00%) Test Management
3 3 (30.00%) Test Strategy
4 1 (10.00%) Business Transformation
4 1 (10.00%) Quality Management
4 1 (10.00%) Migration
4 1 (10.00%) Stakeholder Management
4 1 (10.00%) Automated Testing
4 1 (10.00%) Software Testing
4 1 (10.00%) Incident Management
4 1 (10.00%) Requirements Management
4 1 (10.00%) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1 5 (50.00%) SQL
2 4 (40.00%) C
Qualifications
1 4 (40.00%) SC Cleared
1 4 (40.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (10.00%) QA
Vendors
1 1 (10.00%) SAP
1 1 (10.00%) HP
1 1 (10.00%) JDA
Cardiff, South Glamorgan
To be responsible for defining the test strategy and approach for each phase of the programme and also be responsible for ensuring the correct toolsets are in place...
Austin Fraser
Rate: £0.00 per day
Posted: 14 May 2013
South Wales
My client is looking to recruit a solid Test Lead for an exciting new contract role in South Wales. You will be working on a new billing system...
Redrock Consulting Ltd
Posted: 14 May 2013