The first table below looks at the demand for HP Quality Center skills in IT jobs advertised for the North West region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited HP Quality Center over the 3 months to 20 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 North West region.

Location
3 months to
20 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
HP Quality Center (HP QC)
Rank 199 218 206
Rank change year-on-year
+19 -12
Permanent jobs citing HP Quality Center 42 27 30
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the North West 0.591% 0.381% 0.443%
As % of the Systems Management category 15.97% 10.55% 8.746%
Number of salaries quoted 26 21 21
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 £18,750 £27,500 £27,500
10% offered a salary of more than £45,000 £58,500 £45,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £37,500 £38,500
% change year-on-year
+6.66% -2.59%
All Systems Management
North West
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Systems Management category
263 256 343
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the North West 3.701% 3.611% 5.066%
Number of salaries quoted 183 217 304
Average salary £40,000 £39,000 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+2.56% -2.50%
90% offered a salary of more than £26,500 £25,900 £30,000
10% offered a salary of more than £62,500 £60,000 £55,000
UK excluding London average salary £41,500 £40,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
+3.75% -
HP Quality Center
England

HP Quality Center
Jobs Demand Trend

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

North West 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 North West region.

North West 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 North West region over the 3 months to 20 May 2013.

North West 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 North West region over the 3 months to 20 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
Manchester -4 28 £30,000 -33.33%
Cheshire +3 6 - -
Merseyside - 3 £27,500 -
Lancashire +5 1 £18,500 -64.76%
HP Quality Center
England

HP Quality Center
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT jobs across the North West 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 65 (73.03%) HP
2 52 (58.43%) ISEB
3 31 (34.83%) ISTQB
4 28 (31.46%) Finance
5 24 (26.97%) Performance Testing
6 19 (21.35%) SQL
7 17 (19.10%) VB
7 17 (19.10%) Test Scripting
8 16 (17.98%) Release Management
9 15 (16.85%) Integration Testing
9 15 (16.85%) SQL Server
10 14 (15.73%) QA
11 13 (14.61%) User Acceptance Testing
12 12 (13.48%) Manual Testing
12 12 (13.48%) Banking
13 11 (12.36%) Software Testing
13 11 (12.36%) Time Management
14 10 (11.24%) Continuous Improvement
14 10 (11.24%) Test Strategy
14 10 (11.24%) Security Testing
14 10 (11.24%) JIRA
14 10 (11.24%) C#
15 9 (10.11%) Mainframe
15 9 (10.11%) LoadRunner
15 9 (10.11%) Selenium
15 9 (10.11%) ISEB Practitioner
15 9 (10.11%) Agile Software Development
16 8 (8.989%) Statistical Analysis
16 8 (8.989%) Performance Management
16 8 (8.989%) Windows

HP Quality Center
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT jobs across the North West 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 (6.742%) .NET
1 6 (6.742%) Velocity
2 2 (2.247%) CGI
Application Platforms
1 6 (6.742%) SAS
1 6 (6.742%) Confluence
2 5 (5.618%) WebLogic Integration
2 5 (5.618%) WebLogic
2 5 (5.618%) Apache
2 5 (5.618%) Tomcat
Applications
1 3 (3.371%) MS Excel
1 3 (3.371%) MS Visio
2 2 (2.247%) MS Project
3 1 (1.124%) MS Office
3 1 (1.124%) MS PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 5 (5.618%) VisionPLUS
Communications & Networking
1 5 (5.618%) FTP
2 2 (2.247%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (16.85%) SQL Server
2 7 (7.865%) MS Access
3 2 (2.247%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 10 (11.24%) JIRA
2 9 (10.11%) Selenium
2 9 (10.11%) LoadRunner
3 6 (6.742%) Bugzilla
3 6 (6.742%) Subversion
3 6 (6.742%) Maven
3 6 (6.742%) ClearCase
3 6 (6.742%) Team Foundation Server
3 6 (6.742%) Hudson
3 6 (6.742%) Jenkins
4 5 (5.618%) QuickTest Pro
5 2 (2.247%) FitNesse
5 2 (2.247%) Balsamiq Mockups
General
1 28 (31.46%) Finance
2 12 (13.48%) Banking
3 6 (6.742%) Advertising
4 4 (4.494%) Games
5 2 (2.247%) Retail
6 1 (1.124%) Financial Institution
6 1 (1.124%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 36 (40.45%) Analyst
2 33 (37.08%) Tester
2 33 (37.08%) Test Analyst
3 19 (21.35%) Test Manager
4 11 (12.36%) Test Leader
5 9 (10.11%) Software Tester
6 7 (7.865%) Test Engineer
7 6 (6.742%) Systems Tester
7 6 (6.742%) ScrumMaster
8 5 (5.618%) UAT Test Manager
8 5 (5.618%) UAT Manager
9 4 (4.494%) Functional Analyst
9 4 (4.494%) Functional Test Analyst
9 4 (4.494%) Non-Functional Tester
9 4 (4.494%) Performance Tester
10 3 (3.371%) Senior Analyst
10 3 (3.371%) Senior Test Analyst
10 3 (3.371%) Head of Testing
11 2 (2.247%) Lead Tester
11 2 (2.247%) Financial Business Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 9 (10.11%) Mainframe
2 5 (5.618%) N-Tier
3 2 (2.247%) Animation
3 2 (2.247%) Mobile App
4 1 (1.124%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 8 (8.989%) Windows
2 5 (5.618%) HPUX
2 5 (5.618%) Linux
2 5 (5.618%) SUSE
3 2 (2.247%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 24 (26.97%) Performance Testing
2 17 (19.10%) Test Scripting
3 16 (17.98%) Release Management
4 15 (16.85%) Integration Testing
5 13 (14.61%) User Acceptance Testing
6 12 (13.48%) Manual Testing
7 11 (12.36%) Time Management
7 11 (12.36%) Software Testing
8 10 (11.24%) Security Testing
8 10 (11.24%) Continuous Improvement
8 10 (11.24%) Test Strategy
9 9 (10.11%) Agile Software Development
10 8 (8.989%) E-Commerce
10 8 (8.989%) Statistical Analysis
10 8 (8.989%) Performance Management
11 7 (7.865%) ETL
12 6 (6.742%) Configuration Management
12 6 (6.742%) Automated Testing
12 6 (6.742%) Scrum
12 6 (6.742%) Change Management
Programming Languages
1 19 (21.35%) SQL
2 17 (19.10%) VB
3 10 (11.24%) C#
4 6 (6.742%) C
5 5 (5.618%) FoxPro (VFP)
6 2 (2.247%) VBScript
7 1 (1.124%) PHP
Qualifications
1 52 (58.43%) ISEB
2 31 (34.83%) ISTQB
3 9 (10.11%) ISEB Practitioner
4 3 (3.371%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (15.73%) QA
Vendors
1 65 (73.03%) HP
2 6 (6.742%) Oracle
3 5 (5.618%) TIBCO
4 4 (4.494%) Microsoft
5 2 (2.247%) SAP
6 1 (1.124%) Siebel
6 1 (1.124%) JDA