The first table below looks at the demand for HP Quality Center skills in IT jobs advertised for the Manchester region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited HP Quality Center over the 3 months to 17 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 Manchester region.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
HP Quality Center (HP QC)
Rank 165 157 157
Rank change year-on-year
-8 0
Permanent jobs citing HP Quality Center 29 18 16
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Manchester 0.715% 0.496% 0.405%
As % of the Systems Management category 22.66% 14.52% 9.195%
Number of salaries quoted 23 15 14
Average salary £30,000 £45,000 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-33.33% +12.50%
90% offered a salary of more than £23,300 £26,300 £27,550
10% offered a salary of more than £45,000 £58,500 £53,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £37,500 £38,500
% change year-on-year
+6.66% -2.59%
All Systems Management
Manchester
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Systems Management category
128 124 174
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Manchester 3.154% 3.420% 4.410%
Number of salaries quoted 104 108 161
Average salary £40,000 £43,000 £47,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-6.97% -9.47%
90% offered a salary of more than £24,500 £21,500 £27,000
10% offered a salary of more than £62,500 £61,500 £95,000
UK excluding London average salary £42,000 £40,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
+5.00% -
HP Quality Center
North West

HP Quality Center
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Manchester 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 Manchester region.

Manchester 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 Manchester region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

Manchester HP Quality Center Salary Histogram

HP Quality Center
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing HP Quality Center within the Manchester region over the 3 months to 17 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Sale - 3 £45,000 -
Bolton - 2 £17,750 -
HP Quality Center
North West

HP Quality Center
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Manchester 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 48 (69.57%) HP
2 36 (52.17%) ISEB
3 24 (34.78%) ISTQB
4 23 (33.33%) Performance Testing
5 20 (28.99%) Finance
6 17 (24.64%) VB
7 16 (23.19%) Release Management
8 15 (21.74%) Test Scripting
8 15 (21.74%) Integration Testing
8 15 (21.74%) SQL Server
9 14 (20.29%) SQL
10 13 (18.84%) QA
11 11 (15.94%) Time Management
11 11 (15.94%) Banking
12 10 (14.49%) C#
12 10 (14.49%) Security Testing
12 10 (14.49%) Software Testing
12 10 (14.49%) Continuous Improvement
12 10 (14.49%) Test Strategy
12 10 (14.49%) User Acceptance Testing
13 9 (13.04%) JIRA
13 9 (13.04%) ISEB Practitioner
14 8 (11.59%) Windows
14 8 (11.59%) Statistical Analysis
14 8 (11.59%) Performance Management
15 7 (10.14%) LoadRunner
15 7 (10.14%) E-Commerce
16 6 (8.696%) C
16 6 (8.696%) ClearCase
16 6 (8.696%) .NET

HP Quality Center
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Manchester 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 (8.696%) .NET
1 6 (8.696%) Velocity
2 2 (2.899%) CGI
Application Platforms
1 6 (8.696%) Confluence
2 5 (7.246%) WebLogic Integration
2 5 (7.246%) WebLogic
2 5 (7.246%) Apache
2 5 (7.246%) Tomcat
3 2 (2.899%) CICS
Applications
1 2 (2.899%) MS Visio
2 1 (1.449%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 5 (7.246%) FTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (21.74%) SQL Server
2 5 (7.246%) MS Access
3 2 (2.899%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 9 (13.04%) JIRA
2 7 (10.14%) LoadRunner
3 6 (8.696%) Bugzilla
3 6 (8.696%) Subversion
3 6 (8.696%) Maven
3 6 (8.696%) ClearCase
3 6 (8.696%) Team Foundation Server
3 6 (8.696%) Hudson
3 6 (8.696%) Jenkins
4 3 (4.348%) QuickTest Pro
4 3 (4.348%) Selenium
5 2 (2.899%) FitNesse
General
1 20 (28.99%) Finance
2 11 (15.94%) Banking
3 6 (8.696%) Advertising
4 3 (4.348%) Games
5 2 (2.899%) Back Office
6 1 (1.449%) Retail
Job Titles
1 25 (36.23%) Tester
2 19 (27.54%) Analyst
2 19 (27.54%) Test Analyst
3 18 (26.09%) Test Manager
4 10 (14.49%) Test Leader
5 8 (11.59%) Software Tester
6 6 (8.696%) ScrumMaster
7 5 (7.246%) UAT Manager
7 5 (7.246%) UAT Test Manager
8 4 (5.797%) Non-Functional Tester
8 4 (5.797%) Performance Tester
8 4 (5.797%) Systems Tester
9 3 (4.348%) Test Engineer
9 3 (4.348%) Head of Testing
10 2 (2.899%) Lead Tester
10 2 (2.899%) Senior Test Analyst
10 2 (2.899%) Senior Tester
10 2 (2.899%) Team Leader
10 2 (2.899%) Senior Analyst
10 2 (2.899%) Test Team Leader
Miscellaneous
1 6 (8.696%) Mainframe
2 5 (7.246%) N-Tier
3 2 (2.899%) Animation
4 1 (1.449%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 8 (11.59%) Windows
2 5 (7.246%) HPUX
2 5 (7.246%) Linux
2 5 (7.246%) SUSE
3 2 (2.899%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 23 (33.33%) Performance Testing
2 16 (23.19%) Release Management
3 15 (21.74%) Integration Testing
3 15 (21.74%) Test Scripting
4 11 (15.94%) Time Management
5 10 (14.49%) Continuous Improvement
5 10 (14.49%) Test Strategy
5 10 (14.49%) Security Testing
5 10 (14.49%) User Acceptance Testing
5 10 (14.49%) Software Testing
6 8 (11.59%) Statistical Analysis
6 8 (11.59%) Performance Management
7 7 (10.14%) E-Commerce
8 6 (8.696%) Configuration Management
8 6 (8.696%) Change Management
8 6 (8.696%) Requirements Analysis
8 6 (8.696%) Scrum
8 6 (8.696%) Automated Testing
8 6 (8.696%) Test Automation
8 6 (8.696%) Continuous Integration
Programming Languages
1 17 (24.64%) VB
2 14 (20.29%) SQL
3 10 (14.49%) C#
4 6 (8.696%) C
5 5 (7.246%) FoxPro (VFP)
6 2 (2.899%) VBScript
7 1 (1.449%) PHP
Qualifications
1 36 (52.17%) ISEB
2 24 (34.78%) ISTQB
3 9 (13.04%) ISEB Practitioner
4 2 (2.899%) SC Cleared
4 2 (2.899%) Security Cleared
5 1 (1.449%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (18.84%) QA
Vendors
1 48 (69.57%) HP
2 5 (7.246%) TIBCO
2 5 (7.246%) Oracle
3 2 (2.899%) Microsoft