The first table below looks at the demand for HP Quality Center skills in IT contracts advertised for the Wiltshire 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 Wiltshire 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 39 39 29
Rank change year-on-year
0 -10
Contract jobs citing HP Quality Center 9 18 22
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Wiltshire 1.961% 2.871% 4.052%
As % of the Systems Management category 36.00% 41.86% 59.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 14 15
Average daily rate £375 £334 £425
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+12.35% -21.47%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £303 £269 £295
10% offered a daily rate of more than £520 £501 £451
UK excluding London average daily rate £343 £310 £325
% change year-on-year
+10.48% -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
Wiltshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Systems Management category
25 43 37
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Wiltshire 5.447% 6.858% 6.814%
Number of daily rates quoted 20 26 23
Average daily rate £465 £400 £385
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+16.25% +4.03%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £200 £243 £325
10% offered a daily rate of more than £522 £450 £449
UK excluding London average daily rate £330 £325 £300
% change year-on-year
+1.53% +8.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 1
Average hourly rate - £41.50 £20.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- +107.50%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £20.00 £17.50 £24.40
% change year-on-year
+14.28% -28.27%
HP Quality Center
South West

HP Quality Center
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Wiltshire 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 Wiltshire region.

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

Wiltshire 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 Wiltshire region.

Wiltshire 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 Wiltshire region over the 3 months to 22 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
Swindon -5 8 £388 +13.97%
HP Quality Center
South West

HP Quality Center
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Wiltshire 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 15 (60.00%) ISEB
1 15 (60.00%) Banking
1 15 (60.00%) User Acceptance Testing
2 14 (56.00%) Retail
2 14 (56.00%) HP
3 13 (52.00%) Finance
4 10 (40.00%) Retail Banking
5 8 (32.00%) Integration Testing
5 8 (32.00%) Web Services
6 7 (28.00%) SC Cleared
6 7 (28.00%) Security Cleared
7 6 (24.00%) Test Strategy
7 6 (24.00%) Microsoft
8 4 (16.00%) WinRunner
8 4 (16.00%) LoadRunner
8 4 (16.00%) PRINCE2
8 4 (16.00%) Performance Testing
9 3 (12.00%) Telecoms
9 3 (12.00%) TDD
10 2 (8.000%) Firewall
10 2 (8.000%) Stakeholder Management
10 2 (8.000%) .NET
10 2 (8.000%) SQL Server
11 1 (4.000%) IIS
11 1 (4.000%) MS Office
11 1 (4.000%) ASP.NET
11 1 (4.000%) UNIX
11 1 (4.000%) Windows
11 1 (4.000%) ETL
11 1 (4.000%) ATM

HP Quality Center
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Wiltshire 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 8 (32.00%) Web Services
2 2 (8.000%) .NET
3 1 (4.000%) ASP.NET
3 1 (4.000%) AppFabric
3 1 (4.000%) WCF
Application Platforms
1 1 (4.000%) IIS
Applications
1 1 (4.000%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 2 (8.000%) Firewall
2 1 (4.000%) ATM
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (8.000%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 4 (16.00%) WinRunner
1 4 (16.00%) LoadRunner
General
1 15 (60.00%) Banking
2 14 (56.00%) Retail
3 13 (52.00%) Finance
4 10 (40.00%) Retail Banking
5 3 (12.00%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 12 (48.00%) Test Analyst
1 12 (48.00%) Analyst
2 11 (44.00%) Test Manager
3 10 (40.00%) Tester
3 10 (40.00%) UAT Analyst
3 10 (40.00%) UAT Test Analyst
4 9 (36.00%) UAT Tester
5 4 (16.00%) Test Engineer
6 3 (12.00%) Lead Tester
6 3 (12.00%) Lead Test Analyst
7 2 (8.000%) Test Leader
7 2 (8.000%) Senior Test Analyst
7 2 (8.000%) Senior Analyst
7 2 (8.000%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 2 (8.000%) Infrastructure Manager
7 2 (8.000%) Senior Test Engineer
8 1 (4.000%) Senior Manager
8 1 (4.000%) Senior Test Manager
8 1 (4.000%) Senior Tester
Operating Systems
1 1 (4.000%) UNIX
1 1 (4.000%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (60.00%) User Acceptance Testing
2 8 (32.00%) Integration Testing
3 6 (24.00%) Test Strategy
4 4 (16.00%) PRINCE2
4 4 (16.00%) Performance Testing
5 3 (12.00%) TDD
6 2 (8.000%) Stakeholder Management
7 1 (4.000%) ETL
7 1 (4.000%) Validation
7 1 (4.000%) Agile Software Development
7 1 (4.000%) Supplier Management
7 1 (4.000%) Test Management
7 1 (4.000%) Test Scripting
7 1 (4.000%) Data Validation
7 1 (4.000%) Wealth Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (4.000%) C
1 1 (4.000%) C#
Qualifications
1 15 (60.00%) ISEB
2 7 (28.00%) SC Cleared
2 7 (28.00%) Security Cleared
3 1 (4.000%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (4.000%) QA
Vendors
1 14 (56.00%) HP
2 6 (24.00%) Microsoft
3 1 (4.000%) VMware
3 1 (4.000%) Capita