The first table below looks at the demand for HP Quality Center skills in IT jobs advertised for the Birmingham region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited HP Quality Center over the 3 months to 21 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 Birmingham region.

Location
3 months to
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
HP Quality Center (HP QC)
Rank 98 82 81
Rank change year-on-year
-16 -1
Permanent jobs citing HP Quality Center 16 18 10
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Birmingham 0.949% 1.243% 0.771%
As % of the Systems Management category 10.88% 20.22% 8.772%
Number of salaries quoted 15 18 6
Average salary £42,500 £27,500 £32,250
Average salary % change year-on-year
+54.54% -14.72%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,900 £26,400 £30,000
10% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £32,250 £41,250
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £37,500 £38,500
% change year-on-year
+6.66% -2.59%
All Systems Management
Birmingham
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Systems Management category
147 89 114
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Birmingham 8.719% 6.146% 8.790%
Number of salaries quoted 123 83 105
Average salary £50,000 £40,000 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+25.00% +6.66%
90% offered a salary of more than £32,500 £27,500 £33,150
10% offered a salary of more than £60,000 £61,500 £52,500
UK excluding London average salary £41,500 £40,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
+3.75% -
HP Quality Center
West Midlands

HP Quality Center
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Birmingham HP Quality Center Jobs Demand Trend

HP Quality Center
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing HP Quality Center across the Birmingham region.

Birmingham HP Quality Center Salary Trend

HP Quality Center
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing HP Quality Center across the Birmingham region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013.

Birmingham HP Quality Center Salary Histogram

HP Quality Center
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Birmingham 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 IT job ads sampled that cited HP Quality Center.

1 23 (62.16%) HP
2 13 (35.14%) ISEB
3 12 (32.43%) Finance
4 11 (29.73%) ISTQB
5 10 (27.03%) Performance Testing
5 10 (27.03%) Integration Testing
6 9 (24.32%) Release Management
7 8 (21.62%) Scrum
8 7 (18.92%) Test Scripting
8 7 (18.92%) System Testing
9 6 (16.22%) Team Foundation Server
9 6 (16.22%) Test Automation
9 6 (16.22%) Confluence
9 6 (16.22%) Continuous Integration
9 6 (16.22%) Velocity
9 6 (16.22%) JIRA
9 6 (16.22%) Requirements Analysis
9 6 (16.22%) Hudson
9 6 (16.22%) Continuous Improvement
9 6 (16.22%) Test Strategy
9 6 (16.22%) Jenkins
9 6 (16.22%) Banking
9 6 (16.22%) Subversion
9 6 (16.22%) Maven
9 6 (16.22%) Bugzilla
9 6 (16.22%) QuickTest Pro
9 6 (16.22%) Configuration Management
9 6 (16.22%) ClearCase
10 5 (13.51%) LoadRunner
11 4 (10.81%) Mainframe

HP Quality Center
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Birmingham 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 IT job ads sampled that cited HP Quality Center. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 6 (16.22%) Velocity
2 2 (5.405%) EDI
2 2 (5.405%) CGI
2 2 (5.405%) Middleware
2 2 (5.405%) SAP ALE
Application Platforms
1 6 (16.22%) Confluence
2 2 (5.405%) MQSeries
3 1 (2.703%) WebLogic Integration
3 1 (2.703%) Apache
3 1 (2.703%) Tomcat
3 1 (2.703%) WebLogic
Business Applications
1 4 (10.81%) SAP PS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (2.703%) FTP
1 1 (2.703%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (8.108%) SQL Server
2 1 (2.703%) MS Access
2 1 (2.703%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 6 (16.22%) Team Foundation Server
1 6 (16.22%) JIRA
1 6 (16.22%) Hudson
1 6 (16.22%) Jenkins
1 6 (16.22%) Subversion
1 6 (16.22%) Maven
1 6 (16.22%) Bugzilla
1 6 (16.22%) QuickTest Pro
1 6 (16.22%) ClearCase
2 5 (13.51%) LoadRunner
3 4 (10.81%) TestDirector
3 4 (10.81%) LSMW
4 2 (5.405%) Selenium
General
1 12 (32.43%) Finance
2 6 (16.22%) Banking
3 3 (8.108%) Advertising
4 2 (5.405%) Legal
5 1 (2.703%) Front Office
5 1 (2.703%) Back Office
5 1 (2.703%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 14 (37.84%) Analyst
2 10 (27.03%) Test Analyst
3 8 (21.62%) Test Manager
3 8 (21.62%) Tester
4 6 (16.22%) ScrumMaster
5 4 (10.81%) Test Leader
6 3 (8.108%) SAP Support
6 3 (8.108%) Systems Tester
6 3 (8.108%) Senior Analyst
6 3 (8.108%) Senior Test Analyst
7 2 (5.405%) Consultant
7 2 (5.405%) Support Analyst
7 2 (5.405%) Senior Tester
7 2 (5.405%) Team Leader
7 2 (5.405%) SAP PS Consultant
7 2 (5.405%) Performance Tester
7 2 (5.405%) Manual Tester
7 2 (5.405%) Test Team Leader
7 2 (5.405%) SAP FI/CO Consultant
7 2 (5.405%) SAP Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 4 (10.81%) Mainframe
1 4 (10.81%) AS400
2 2 (5.405%) Mobile App
3 1 (2.703%) Enterprise Software
3 1 (2.703%) N-Tier
Operating Systems
1 2 (5.405%) Windows
2 1 (2.703%) SUSE
2 1 (2.703%) HPUX
2 1 (2.703%) Linux
2 1 (2.703%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (27.03%) Performance Testing
1 10 (27.03%) Integration Testing
2 9 (24.32%) Release Management
3 8 (21.62%) Scrum
4 7 (18.92%) Test Scripting
4 7 (18.92%) System Testing
5 6 (16.22%) Test Automation
5 6 (16.22%) Continuous Integration
5 6 (16.22%) Requirements Analysis
5 6 (16.22%) Continuous Improvement
5 6 (16.22%) Test Strategy
5 6 (16.22%) Configuration Management
6 4 (10.81%) Validation
6 4 (10.81%) Migration
6 4 (10.81%) Workflow
6 4 (10.81%) Test Management
6 4 (10.81%) User Acceptance Testing
6 4 (10.81%) Unit Testing
6 4 (10.81%) Data Migration
7 3 (8.108%) Security Testing
Programming Languages
1 4 (10.81%) ABAP
2 3 (8.108%) SQL
3 1 (2.703%) C
3 1 (2.703%) FoxPro (VFP)
3 1 (2.703%) VB
Qualifications
1 13 (35.14%) ISEB
2 11 (29.73%) ISTQB
3 3 (8.108%) SC Cleared
3 3 (8.108%) Security Cleared
4 2 (5.405%) CCA
4 2 (5.405%) ISEB Practitioner
4 2 (5.405%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (10.81%) QA
Vendors
1 23 (62.16%) HP
2 4 (10.81%) SAP
3 1 (2.703%) TIBCO
3 1 (2.703%) IBM
3 1 (2.703%) Oracle
Birmingham, West Midlands
Responsibilities: - Plan and prioritise work for all incoming testing - Design detailed test cases - Perform test execution on various applications - Document and publish all test results to a defined...
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Posted: 1 May 2013