The first table below looks at the demand for HP Quality Center skills in IT jobs advertised for the Edinburgh region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited HP Quality Center over the 3 months to 24 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 Edinburgh region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
HP Quality Center (HP QC)
Rank 73 79 86
Rank change year-on-year
+6 +7
Permanent jobs citing HP Quality Center 11 11 15
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Edinburgh 1.027% 0.808% 0.956%
As % of the Systems Management category 20.75% 16.67% 18.99%
Number of salaries quoted 6 11 12
Average salary £36,000 £62,500 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-42.40% +56.25%
90% offered a salary of more than £30,000 £37,500 £27,350
10% offered a salary of more than £45,000 £77,500 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £37,500 £38,500
% change year-on-year
+6.66% -2.59%
All Systems Management
Edinburgh
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Systems Management category
53 66 79
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Edinburgh 4.949% 4.846% 5.035%
Number of salaries quoted 26 45 48
Average salary £41,500 £40,000 £47,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+3.75% -15.78%
90% offered a salary of more than £30,000 £31,500 £31,000
10% offered a salary of more than £58,000 £50,000 £65,000
UK excluding London average salary £41,500 £40,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
+3.75% -
HP Quality Center
Scotland

HP Quality Center
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Edinburgh 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 Edinburgh region.

Edinburgh 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 Edinburgh region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

Edinburgh HP Quality Center Salary Histogram

HP Quality Center
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Edinburgh 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 15 (71.43%) Finance
2 10 (47.62%) Banking
3 9 (42.86%) QA
3 9 (42.86%) Test Management
3 9 (42.86%) HP
4 8 (38.10%) Stakeholder Management
5 7 (33.33%) Project Planning
5 7 (33.33%) Software Testing
5 7 (33.33%) ISEB
5 7 (33.33%) Microsoft
5 7 (33.33%) MS Project
6 6 (28.57%) User Acceptance Testing
6 6 (28.57%) Continuous Improvement
7 5 (23.81%) SQL
8 4 (19.05%) LoadRunner
9 3 (14.29%) Reuters
9 3 (14.29%) Bloomberg
9 3 (14.29%) Oracle
9 3 (14.29%) MS Excel
9 3 (14.29%) ISTQB
9 3 (14.29%) Retail Banking
9 3 (14.29%) Selenium
9 3 (14.29%) QuickTest Pro
9 3 (14.29%) Retail
9 3 (14.29%) Agile Software Development
9 3 (14.29%) Performance Testing
9 3 (14.29%) Fund Accounting
9 3 (14.29%) Test Strategy
9 3 (14.29%) Functional Testing
10 2 (9.524%) Web Testing

HP Quality Center
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Edinburgh 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 1 (4.762%) Middleware
1 1 (4.762%) HTML
1 1 (4.762%) EJB
1 1 (4.762%) SOAP
1 1 (4.762%) XML
1 1 (4.762%) XSL
1 1 (4.762%) XSLT
1 1 (4.762%) JSF
Application Platforms
1 1 (4.762%) MQSeries
Applications
1 7 (33.33%) MS Project
2 3 (14.29%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (4.762%) Oracle Financials
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (9.524%) MS Access
1 2 (9.524%) Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 4 (19.05%) LoadRunner
2 3 (14.29%) Selenium
2 3 (14.29%) QuickTest Pro
3 2 (9.524%) TestDirector
4 1 (4.762%) WinRunner
General
1 15 (71.43%) Finance
2 10 (47.62%) Banking
3 3 (14.29%) Retail Banking
3 3 (14.29%) Retail
4 2 (9.524%) Back Office
5 1 (4.762%) Telecoms
5 1 (4.762%) Multimedia
Job Titles
1 6 (28.57%) Analyst
2 5 (23.81%) Test Leader
3 4 (19.05%) Test Manager
3 4 (19.05%) Test Analyst
4 3 (14.29%) Head of Testing
5 2 (9.524%) Test Consultant
5 2 (9.524%) Data Analyst
5 2 (9.524%) Consultant
6 1 (4.762%) UAT Test Analyst
6 1 (4.762%) UAT Test Manager
6 1 (4.762%) UAT Analyst
6 1 (4.762%) Test Team Leader
6 1 (4.762%) Team Leader
6 1 (4.762%) Lead Test Analyst
6 1 (4.762%) UAT Manager
6 1 (4.762%) Defect Manager
Miscellaneous
1 2 (9.524%) Hedge funds
1 2 (9.524%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
2 1 (4.762%) AS400
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (42.86%) Test Management
2 8 (38.10%) Stakeholder Management
3 7 (33.33%) Project Planning
3 7 (33.33%) Software Testing
4 6 (28.57%) User Acceptance Testing
4 6 (28.57%) Continuous Improvement
5 3 (14.29%) Agile Software Development
5 3 (14.29%) Performance Testing
5 3 (14.29%) Fund Accounting
5 3 (14.29%) Test Strategy
5 3 (14.29%) Functional Testing
6 2 (9.524%) Web Testing
6 2 (9.524%) Scrum
6 2 (9.524%) Validation
6 2 (9.524%) Test Scripting
6 2 (9.524%) Time Management
6 2 (9.524%) Data Validation
6 2 (9.524%) ETL
7 1 (4.762%) PRINCE
7 1 (4.762%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 5 (23.81%) SQL
2 1 (4.762%) Java
Qualifications
1 7 (33.33%) ISEB
2 3 (14.29%) ISTQB
3 1 (4.762%) PRINCE2 Certification
3 1 (4.762%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (42.86%) QA
2 2 (9.524%) GAAP
Vendors
1 9 (42.86%) HP
2 7 (33.33%) Microsoft
3 3 (14.29%) Reuters
3 3 (14.29%) Bloomberg
3 3 (14.29%) Oracle