The first table below looks at the demand for HP Quality Center skills in IT jobs advertised for the City of London region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs 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 City of London region.

Location
3 months to
18 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
HP Quality Center (HP QC)
Rank 243 235 199
Rank change year-on-year
-8 -36
Permanent jobs citing HP Quality Center 76 81 142
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the City of London 0.625% 0.617% 0.897%
As % of the Systems Management category 9.870% 13.17% 20.49%
Number of salaries quoted 73 80 126
Average salary £52,500 £55,500 £61,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-5.40% -9.75%
90% offered a salary of more than £40,000 £34,750 £38,500
10% offered a salary of more than £68,500 £75,250 £75,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £37,500 £40,000
% change year-on-year
+1.33% -6.25%
All Systems Management
City of London
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Systems Management category
770 615 693
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the City of London 6.332% 4.682% 4.378%
Number of salaries quoted 668 586 629
Average salary £52,500 £55,000 £52,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-4.54% +4.76%
90% offered a salary of more than £42,500 £35,000 £37,500
10% offered a salary of more than £70,000 £72,500 £70,000
UK excluding London average salary £41,375 £40,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
+3.43% -
HP Quality Center
London

HP Quality Center
Jobs Demand Trend

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

City of London 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 City of London region.

City of London 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 City of London region over the 3 months to 18 June 2013.

City of London HP Quality Center Salary Histogram

HP Quality Center
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT jobs across the City of London 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 54 (48.21%) Banking
2 47 (41.96%) Finance
3 44 (39.29%) SQL
4 38 (33.93%) Agile Software Development
5 37 (33.04%) User Acceptance Testing
6 35 (31.25%) QuickTest Pro
7 32 (28.57%) ISEB
7 32 (28.57%) QA
8 30 (26.79%) HP
9 29 (25.89%) Investment Banking
10 28 (25.00%) Test Scripting
11 26 (23.21%) Java
12 22 (19.64%) XML
13 19 (16.96%) Automated Testing
14 16 (14.29%) Test Management
14 16 (14.29%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
14 16 (14.29%) Regression Testing
14 16 (14.29%) UNIX
15 15 (13.39%) VBScript
15 15 (13.39%) ISTQB
16 14 (12.50%) Team Foundation Server
16 14 (12.50%) SQL Server
17 13 (11.61%) VB
17 13 (11.61%) C#
17 13 (11.61%) Test Automation
17 13 (11.61%) Derivative
18 12 (10.71%) Waterfall
18 12 (10.71%) Integration Testing
18 12 (10.71%) JIRA
19 11 (9.821%) .NET

HP Quality Center
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT jobs across the City of London 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 22 (19.64%) XML
2 11 (9.821%) .NET
3 10 (8.929%) Web Services
3 10 (8.929%) ASP.NET
4 7 (6.250%) ASP
5 1 (0.893%) J2EE
5 1 (0.893%) EJB
5 1 (0.893%) JDBC
5 1 (0.893%) SOAP
5 1 (0.893%) XSD
5 1 (0.893%) XSLT
5 1 (0.893%) JMS
5 1 (0.893%) WSDL
5 1 (0.893%) JRules
5 1 (0.893%) JTA
5 1 (0.893%) WebSphere
5 1 (0.893%) WPF
5 1 (0.893%) EJB 3.0
5 1 (0.893%) Drools
5 1 (0.893%) ASP.NET MVC
Application Platforms
1 11 (9.821%) SharePoint
2 2 (1.786%) IBM Notes
3 1 (0.893%) SAS
3 1 (0.893%) CMS
3 1 (0.893%) ESB
3 1 (0.893%) Oracle Service Bus
Applications
1 7 (6.250%) S-PLUS
2 6 (5.357%) MS Office
3 2 (1.786%) MS Excel
4 1 (0.893%) MS PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 4 (3.571%) LatentZero
2 3 (2.679%) Sentinel
3 2 (1.786%) Minerva
4 1 (0.893%) Oracle BRM
Communications & Networking
1 3 (2.679%) HTTP
2 2 (1.786%) GSM
2 2 (1.786%) Internet
3 1 (0.893%) 3G
3 1 (0.893%) MPLS
3 1 (0.893%) Firewall
3 1 (0.893%) Frame Relay
3 1 (0.893%) 2G
3 1 (0.893%) VLAN
3 1 (0.893%) GGSN
3 1 (0.893%) SGSN
3 1 (0.893%) LTE
3 1 (0.893%) LAN
3 1 (0.893%) PSTN
3 1 (0.893%) SDH
3 1 (0.893%) SMS
3 1 (0.893%) UMTS
3 1 (0.893%) VoIP
3 1 (0.893%) WAN
3 1 (0.893%) DHCP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (12.50%) SQL Server
2 10 (8.929%) SQL Server 2008
3 9 (8.036%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 8 (7.143%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 6 (5.357%) QlikView
6 3 (2.679%) RDBMS
6 3 (2.679%) SQL Server 2005
7 2 (1.786%) SQLBase
8 1 (0.893%) Data Warehouse
8 1 (0.893%) SQL Server 2012
Development Applications
1 35 (31.25%) QuickTest Pro
2 14 (12.50%) Team Foundation Server
3 12 (10.71%) JIRA
4 7 (6.250%) TestDirector
5 6 (5.357%) Selenium
6 5 (4.464%) LoadRunner
7 2 (1.786%) FitNesse
7 2 (1.786%) Visual Studio
8 1 (0.893%) Eclipse
8 1 (0.893%) NUnit
8 1 (0.893%) Subversion
8 1 (0.893%) Maven
8 1 (0.893%) OpenSTA
8 1 (0.893%) JBehave
8 1 (0.893%) WebDriver
8 1 (0.893%) Hudson
8 1 (0.893%) MSBuild
8 1 (0.893%) Jenkins
General
1 54 (48.21%) Banking
2 47 (41.96%) Finance
3 29 (25.89%) Investment Banking
4 10 (8.929%) Front Office
5 6 (5.357%) Legal
6 5 (4.464%) Advertising
7 4 (3.571%) Back Office
7 4 (3.571%) Telecoms
8 3 (2.679%) Billing
9 1 (0.893%) Publishing
9 1 (0.893%) Law
9 1 (0.893%) Wholesale Banking
9 1 (0.893%) Marketing
9 1 (0.893%) Online Betting
Job Titles
1 63 (56.25%) Analyst
2 44 (39.29%) Test Analyst
3 22 (19.64%) Tester
4 20 (17.86%) Senior Analyst
5 18 (16.07%) Senior Test Analyst
6 14 (12.50%) Test Manager
7 11 (9.821%) Business Analyst
8 9 (8.036%) QA Analyst
9 6 (5.357%) Test Leader
10 5 (4.464%) UAT Manager
10 5 (4.464%) UAT Test Manager
11 4 (3.571%) Functional Analyst
11 4 (3.571%) Systems Analyst
11 4 (3.571%) Manual Tester
12 3 (2.679%) Test Engineer
12 3 (2.679%) Market Risk Analyst
12 3 (2.679%) Project Manager
12 3 (2.679%) Senior Systems Analyst
12 3 (2.679%) Credit Risk Business Analyst
12 3 (2.679%) Systems Test Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 16 (14.29%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
2 13 (11.61%) Derivative
3 10 (8.929%) SWIFT
4 7 (6.250%) Credit Risk
4 7 (6.250%) Fixed Income
5 6 (5.357%) Market Risk
6 5 (4.464%) Equities
7 3 (2.679%) Mathematics
8 2 (1.786%) Client/Server
9 1 (0.893%) Statistics
9 1 (0.893%) Blackberry
9 1 (0.893%) Management Information System
9 1 (0.893%) SaaS
9 1 (0.893%) Digital Media
9 1 (0.893%) Mobile App
9 1 (0.893%) Enterprise Software
9 1 (0.893%) Mobile Banking
Operating Systems
1 16 (14.29%) UNIX
2 7 (6.250%) Windows
3 4 (3.571%) Linux
4 1 (0.893%) Android
4 1 (0.893%) Apple iOS
4 1 (0.893%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 38 (33.93%) Agile Software Development
2 37 (33.04%) User Acceptance Testing
3 28 (25.00%) Test Scripting
4 19 (16.96%) Automated Testing
5 16 (14.29%) Regression Testing
5 16 (14.29%) Test Management
6 13 (11.61%) Test Automation
7 12 (10.71%) Waterfall
7 12 (10.71%) Integration Testing
8 10 (8.929%) Manual Testing
8 10 (8.929%) V-Model
9 8 (7.143%) Continuous Integration
9 8 (7.143%) ITIL
9 8 (7.143%) Project Management
9 8 (7.143%) Business Analysis
9 8 (7.143%) TDD
9 8 (7.143%) Asset Management
10 7 (6.250%) Performance Testing
10 7 (6.250%) PRINCE2
10 7 (6.250%) Change Management
Programming Languages
1 44 (39.29%) SQL
2 26 (23.21%) Java
3 15 (13.39%) VBScript
4 13 (11.61%) VB
4 13 (11.61%) C#
5 8 (7.143%) C
6 7 (6.250%) MATLAB
6 7 (6.250%) C++
7 6 (5.357%) R
8 4 (3.571%) VBA
9 3 (2.679%) Shell Script
10 1 (0.893%) T-SQL
10 1 (0.893%) PowerShell
10 1 (0.893%) XQuery
10 1 (0.893%) Perl
Qualifications
1 32 (28.57%) ISEB
2 15 (13.39%) ISTQB
3 8 (7.143%) Degree
4 4 (3.571%) CIPD
5 3 (2.679%) ISEB Practitioner
6 2 (1.786%) PRINCE2 Certification
6 2 (1.786%) Security Cleared
7 1 (0.893%) PMP
7 1 (0.893%) PMI Certification
7 1 (0.893%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 32 (28.57%) QA
2 11 (9.821%) ISO 9001
3 1 (0.893%) Basel II
Vendors
1 30 (26.79%) HP
2 10 (8.929%) Oracle
2 10 (8.929%) Cadis
3 9 (8.036%) Hyperion
4 5 (4.464%) Murex
5 4 (3.571%) thinkFolio
6 3 (2.679%) Microsoft
6 3 (2.679%) Salesforce.com
6 3 (2.679%) webMethods
6 3 (2.679%) StatPro
7 2 (1.786%) Lotus
7 2 (1.786%) CA
8 1 (0.893%) Apple
8 1 (0.893%) Informatica
8 1 (0.893%) ILOG
8 1 (0.893%) Perforce
8 1 (0.893%) Huawei
8 1 (0.893%) Alcatel-Lucent
8 1 (0.893%) Business Objects
8 1 (0.893%) JBoss
City, London
Strong Structured Query Language (SQL) with Oracle or SQL Server. Experience with HP Quality Centre and JIRA, Test reporting and Defect Management. ISEB Software Testing Foundation / Practitioners Certificate...
Nicoll Curtin
Salary: £70000 - £80000 per annum + benefits & bonus
Posted: 14 June 2013
City, London
Key words: QTP, Test Development, Java, C#, Python, HP Quality Centre, System/ Regression Testing, SQL, VB Script, Shell Spripting... You will have a solid degree in a computing,...
Aston Carter
Salary: £40000 - £55000 per annum + Bonus and Benefits
Posted: 12 June 2013
City, London
An exciting position from my client has given you the opportunity to work as a Fixed Income Rates Test Lead for an established investment bank... This stimulating new...
Aston Carter
Salary: £65000 - £75000 per annum + bonus + benefits
Posted: 16 June 2013
City of London
FX BA / Functional Test Analyst - London - Investment Banking - c. £65k base + good bonus + good benefitsKey skills: Testing, foreign exchange, FX, Waterfall /Agile methodologies, ISTQB-BCS, Quality Centre software. (...
Deerfoot IT Resources Ltd
Salary: £60000 - £65000 per annum + + good bonus + good benefits
Posted: 5 June 2013
City, London
Protocols for Loadrunner; HTTP/HTTPS, ODBC/JDBC. Operating Systems; Unix (Linux and/or Solaris), Windows. Middleware Products; MQ, WebLogic... Database; SQL, OEM, TOAD... Programming; C/C++, Java, VB,...
Nicoll Curtin
Salary: £45000 - £55000 per annum + benefits & bonus
Posted: 14 June 2013
City of London
Sovereign Business Resource
Salary: £60000 - £75000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 25 May 2013