The first part of the table below looks at the demand for HP Quality Center skills in IT jobs advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited HP Quality Center over the 3 months to 22 May 2012 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second part of the table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Systems Management category.

HP Quality Center (HP QC)
Location
3 months to
22 May 2012
Same period 2011Same period 2010
Rank332272292
Rank change year-on-year
Down-60Up+20
Matching permanent IT job ads8441031666
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK0.700 %0.841 %0.698 %
As % of the Systems Management category14.67 %18.02 %18.72 %
Number of salaries quoted732790495
Average salary£42,500£42,500£45,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
--5.55 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£28,000£30,000£27,500
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£65,000£65,000£65,000
UK excluding London average salary£37,500£38,500£37,500
% change year-on-year
-2.59 %+2.66 %
IT Job Market, Systems Management CategoryAll Systems Management
UK
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Systems Management category
575457233557
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK4.772 %4.667 %3.726 %
Number of salaries quoted478745422746
Average salary£44,000£42,500£42,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+3.52 %-
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£29,700£30,000£27,500
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£65,000£61,500£60,900
UK excluding London average salary£40,000£40,000£40,000

HP Quality Center
Demand Trend

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

HP Quality Center Demand Trend

HP Quality Center
Salary Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing HP Quality Center within the UK.

HP Quality Center Salary Trend

HP Quality Center
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing HP Quality Center over the 3 months to 22 May 2012 within the UK.

HP Quality Center Salary Histogram

HP Quality Center
Top 30 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 UK over the 3 months to 22 May 2012. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
EnglandDown-50751£42,500-
LondonDown-101292£52,500+5.00 %
South EastDown-47210£42,500+13.33 %
BerkshireUp+194£45,000+20.00 %
City of LondonDown-2392£56,250-3.01 %
SurreyDown-4558£42,500+10.38 %
ScotlandDown-1857£46,250+15.62 %
ReadingUp+954£45,000+50.00 %
South WestUp+1353£36,500+12.30 %
YorkshireUp+1148£35,000-
East of EnglandUp+946£32,500-1.51 %
East MidlandsUp+539£33,500-12.98 %
West YorkshireUp+1838£37,500+7.14 %
GlasgowDown-831£47,500+11.76 %
HampshireDown-2628£37,000-23.31 %
LeedsUp+327£37,500+7.14 %
West MidlandsDown-1527£32,000-3.03 %
North WestDown-1627£45,000+12.50 %
NorthamptonshireUp+2023£36,500-8.76 %
WiltshireUp+722£35,000-15.66 %
CambridgeshireDown-922£32,500+8.33 %
CardiffUp+1720£31,500-14.86 %
CambridgeUp+120£31,750+5.83 %
South WalesDown-820£31,500-14.86 %
WalesDown-1020£31,500-14.86 %
SwindonUp+918£29,000-
BristolUp+418£40,000+34.45 %
BirminghamDown-218£27,500-14.72 %
ManchesterDown-418£45,000+12.50 %
NorthamptonUp+1916£37,500-6.26 %

HP Quality Center
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2012, IT jobs within the UK 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.

1703 (41.65 %)HP
2669 (39.63 %)ISEB
3582 (34.48 %)Finance
4562 (33.29 %)QuickTest Pro
5485 (28.73 %)Test Scripting
6480 (28.44 %)QA
7394 (23.34 %)Test Management
8375 (22.22 %)SQL
9365 (21.62 %)LoadRunner
10346 (20.50 %)ISTQB
11334 (19.79 %)Software Testing
12287 (17.00 %)User Acceptance Testing
13282 (16.71 %)Test Automation
14278 (16.47 %)Oracle
15274 (16.23 %)Agile Software Development
16252 (14.93 %)TestDirector
17242 (14.34 %)Banking
18238 (14.10 %)Java
19229 (13.57 %)Automated Testing
20227 (13.45 %)UNIX
21223 (13.21 %)Degree
22222 (13.15 %)Test Strategy
23221 (13.09 %)Windows
24209 (12.38 %)Waterfall
25191 (11.32 %)Selenium
26186 (11.02 %)Linux
27163 (9.656 %).NET
28139 (8.235 %)Regression Testing
28139 (8.235 %)Performance Testing
29137 (8.116 %)Microsoft

HP Quality Center
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2012, IT jobs within the UK 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.

IT Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
1163 (9.656 %).NET
2113 (6.694 %)XML
386 (5.095 %)Web Services
458 (3.436 %)Spring
546 (2.725 %)J2EE
634 (2.014 %)Middleware
729 (1.718 %)MFC
826 (1.540 %)soapUI
917 (1.007 %)WebSphere
1016 (0.948 %)XML Messaging
1016 (0.948 %)SOAP
1114 (0.829 %)DOM
1213 (0.770 %)ASP.NET
1213 (0.770 %)JMS
1312 (0.711 %)JRules
1312 (0.711 %)HTML
1411 (0.652 %)FIX Protocol
1510 (0.592 %)Oracle Fusion
1510 (0.592 %)REST
1510 (0.592 %)WAP
IT Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
127 (1.600 %)Apache
225 (1.481 %)SharePoint
315 (0.889 %)WebLogic
414 (0.829 %)Tomcat
511 (0.652 %)CMS
610 (0.592 %)Oracle SOA Suite
78 (0.474 %)BizTalk Server
86 (0.355 %)IIS
95 (0.296 %)SAS
95 (0.296 %)Confluence
104 (0.237 %)FileNet
104 (0.237 %)MSMQ
104 (0.237 %)MQSeries
113 (0.178 %)SharePoint Server
122 (0.118 %)Lotus Notes
122 (0.118 %)Lotus Domino
122 (0.118 %)WebSphere Application Server
131 (0.059 %)SharePoint 2010
131 (0.059 %)Exchange Server 2010
131 (0.059 %)Exchange Server 2007
IT Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
1121 (7.168 %)MS Excel
285 (5.036 %)MS Visio
383 (4.917 %)MS Office
448 (2.844 %)MATLAB
528 (1.659 %)MS Project
68 (0.474 %)Spreadsheet
77 (0.415 %)Mingle
82 (0.118 %)MS PowerPoint
91 (0.059 %)Maya
IT Job Market, Business Applications CategoryBusiness Applications
130 (1.777 %)Oracle EBS
215 (0.889 %)Oracle EBS R12
313 (0.770 %)Temenos T24
313 (0.770 %)SAP FI
410 (0.592 %)Oracle ERP
410 (0.592 %)VisionPLUS
59 (0.533 %)SAP CO
59 (0.533 %)SAP FI/CO
68 (0.474 %)SAP CRM
77 (0.415 %)Temenos Globus
86 (0.355 %)SAP MM
95 (0.296 %)SoftGrid
95 (0.296 %)Dynamics AX
95 (0.296 %)SAP SD
95 (0.296 %)SAP IS-U
104 (0.237 %)Siebel Analytics
104 (0.237 %)RMDS
104 (0.237 %)Oracle HRMS
112 (0.118 %)SAP ERP
112 (0.118 %)SAP FS
IT Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
150 (2.962 %)Internet
222 (1.303 %)VoIP
318 (1.066 %)TCP/IP
416 (0.948 %)iSCSI
513 (0.770 %)GSM
611 (0.652 %)3G
710 (0.592 %)2.5G
710 (0.592 %)Firewall
89 (0.533 %)DNS
98 (0.474 %)ATM
106 (0.355 %)DSL
106 (0.355 %)SSH
106 (0.355 %)Wireshark
115 (0.296 %)NAS
115 (0.296 %)SMTP
124 (0.237 %)Ethernet
124 (0.237 %)FTP
124 (0.237 %)VPN
124 (0.237 %)TELNET
124 (0.237 %)Intranet
IT Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
182 (4.858 %)SQL Server
246 (2.725 %)TOAD
322 (1.303 %)ETL
417 (1.007 %)Data Warehouse
516 (0.948 %)Oracle BI EE
613 (0.770 %)MySQL
711 (0.652 %)Oracle 10g
810 (0.592 %)Oracle Reports
810 (0.592 %)Oracle 8/8i
99 (0.533 %)Oracle 11g
107 (0.415 %)DB2
107 (0.415 %)SQLPlus
115 (0.296 %)SQL Server 2005
124 (0.237 %)SAP BW
124 (0.237 %)RDBMS
133 (0.178 %)SQL Server 2008
142 (0.118 %)SQL Server 2000
142 (0.118 %)SQL Server Integration Services
151 (0.059 %)QlikView
151 (0.059 %)Microsoft Analysis Services
IT Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
1562 (33.29 %)QuickTest Pro
2365 (21.62 %)LoadRunner
3252 (14.93 %)TestDirector
4191 (11.32 %)Selenium
599 (5.865 %)JIRA
688 (5.213 %)Subversion
782 (4.858 %)Bugzilla
782 (4.858 %)WinRunner
881 (4.799 %)ClearCase
965 (3.851 %)Visual Studio
1060 (3.555 %)Team Foundation Server
1149 (2.903 %)Git (software)
1246 (2.725 %)Eclipse
1339 (2.310 %)Ant
1339 (2.310 %)FitNesse
1433 (1.955 %)Maven
1529 (1.718 %)ClearQuest
1628 (1.659 %)TestComplete
1725 (1.481 %)SilkTest
1820 (1.185 %)Rational DOORS
IT Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
1582 (34.48 %)Finance
2242 (14.34 %)Banking
3114 (6.754 %)Telecoms
4110 (6.517 %)Retail
583 (4.917 %)Investment Banking
639 (2.310 %)Front Office
735 (2.073 %)Retail Banking
834 (2.014 %)Back Office
920 (1.185 %)General Ledger
1019 (1.126 %)Legal
1115 (0.889 %)Marketing
1214 (0.829 %)Pharmaceutical
1312 (0.711 %)Manufacturing
1411 (0.652 %)Financial Institution
1510 (0.592 %)Advertising
1510 (0.592 %)Games
169 (0.533 %)Billing
178 (0.474 %)Private Banking
184 (0.237 %)Local Government
184 (0.237 %)Publishing
IT Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
1646 (38.27 %)Analyst
2575 (34.06 %)Test Analyst
3307 (18.19 %)Test Manager
4290 (17.18 %)Tester
5134 (7.938 %)Senior Analyst
6127 (7.524 %)Senior Test Analyst
7119 (7.050 %)Test Leader
873 (4.325 %)Test Engineer
965 (3.851 %)QA Analyst
1056 (3.318 %)Team Leader
1056 (3.318 %)Developer
1154 (3.199 %)Consultant
1246 (2.725 %)Software Tester
1344 (2.607 %)QA Leader
1443 (2.547 %)Architect
1540 (2.370 %)Senior Tester
1540 (2.370 %)QA Tester
1540 (2.370 %)Test Consultant
1634 (2.014 %)QA Engineer
1733 (1.955 %)Junior
IT Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
184 (4.976 %)Computer Science
271 (4.206 %)Derivative
365 (3.851 %)Client/Server
365 (3.851 %)Mathematics
448 (2.844 %)Embedded Systems
541 (2.429 %)Physics
639 (2.310 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
729 (1.718 %)Equities
729 (1.718 %)Fixed Income
819 (1.126 %)IVR
819 (1.126 %)Mainframe
918 (1.066 %)Handset
1016 (0.948 %)Management Information System
1114 (0.829 %)Credit Risk
1212 (0.711 %)Equity Derivative
1310 (0.592 %)PDA
1310 (0.592 %)EPoS
1310 (0.592 %)EFT
149 (0.533 %)AS400
149 (0.533 %)iPhone
IT Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
1227 (13.45 %)UNIX
2221 (13.09 %)Windows
3186 (11.02 %)Linux
448 (2.844 %)VxWorks
448 (2.844 %)LynxOS
523 (1.363 %)Solaris
617 (1.007 %)AIX
716 (0.948 %)Windows XP
89 (0.533 %)Android
89 (0.533 %)Windows Server 2008
98 (0.474 %)VMS
98 (0.474 %)Windows Server 2003
107 (0.415 %)Windows 7
114 (0.237 %)Red Hat Enterprise Linux
121 (0.059 %)Windows Vista
121 (0.059 %)Windows 2000
121 (0.059 %)Windows NT
IT Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
1485 (28.73 %)Test Scripting
2394 (23.34 %)Test Management
3334 (19.79 %)Software Testing
4287 (17.00 %)User Acceptance Testing
5282 (16.71 %)Test Automation
6274 (16.23 %)Agile Software Development
7229 (13.57 %)Automated Testing
8222 (13.15 %)Test Strategy
9209 (12.38 %)Waterfall
10139 (8.235 %)Performance Testing
10139 (8.235 %)Regression Testing
11134 (7.938 %)System Testing
12129 (7.642 %)Scrum
13124 (7.346 %)Manual Testing
14113 (6.694 %)Integration Testing
15108 (6.398 %)V-Model
15108 (6.398 %)Stakeholder Management
16101 (5.983 %)Project Management
1797 (5.746 %)PRINCE2
1890 (5.332 %)ITIL
IT Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
1375 (22.22 %)SQL
2238 (14.10 %)Java
3105 (6.220 %)C#
475 (4.443 %)Perl
572 (4.265 %)C++
671 (4.206 %)Python
671 (4.206 %)VBScript
765 (3.851 %)C
848 (2.844 %)VB
938 (2.251 %)JavaScript
1033 (1.955 %)PL/SQL
1118 (1.066 %)XPath
1217 (1.007 %)Bash shell
1316 (0.948 %)VBA
1413 (0.770 %)T-SQL
159 (0.533 %)Ruby
168 (0.474 %)Shell Script
168 (0.474 %)VB6
175 (0.296 %)VB.NET
183 (0.178 %)PHP
IT Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
1669 (39.63 %)ISEB
2346 (20.50 %)ISTQB
3223 (13.21 %)Degree
498 (5.806 %)Security Cleared
595 (5.628 %)ISEB Practitioner
673 (4.325 %)SC Cleared
726 (1.540 %)DV Cleared
88 (0.474 %)SAP Certification
88 (0.474 %)HND
96 (0.355 %)PMI Certification
104 (0.237 %)CEH
104 (0.237 %)PRINCE2 Certification
104 (0.237 %)CISSP
104 (0.237 %)OSCP
104 (0.237 %)PRINCE2 Practitioner
113 (0.178 %)PhD
113 (0.178 %)CSQA
122 (0.118 %)MCSE
122 (0.118 %)Microsoft Certification
131 (0.059 %)MCP
IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
1480 (28.44 %)QA
242 (2.488 %)DO-178B
330 (1.777 %)ISO 9000
411 (0.652 %)WAI
53 (0.178 %)GLP
53 (0.178 %)SLA
62 (0.118 %)Solvency II
62 (0.118 %)ISO 8583
71 (0.059 %)ISO/IEC 27001
71 (0.059 %)COBIT
71 (0.059 %)BS7799
71 (0.059 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
71 (0.059 %)TickIT
71 (0.059 %)GxP
71 (0.059 %)21 CFR Part 11
71 (0.059 %)GAMP
IT Job Market, System Software CategorySystem Software
16 (0.355 %)NFS
24 (0.237 %)Nmap
32 (0.118 %)VMware Infrastructure
41 (0.059 %)VMware ESXi
41 (0.059 %)VMware ESX
IT Job Market, Systems Management CategorySystems Management
117 (1.007 %)OpenView
27 (0.415 %)WebInspect
34 (0.237 %)Nessus
34 (0.237 %)CORE IMPACT
43 (0.178 %)McAfee ePO
43 (0.178 %)Netcool
43 (0.178 %)OpenView Configuration Management
52 (0.118 %)Tivoli
61 (0.059 %)SCCM
61 (0.059 %)SCOM
61 (0.059 %)NetBackup
61 (0.059 %)Legato
IT Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
1703 (41.65 %)HP
2278 (16.47 %)Oracle
3137 (8.116 %)Microsoft
480 (4.739 %)SAP
525 (1.481 %)IBM
622 (1.303 %)Siebel
622 (1.303 %)Borland
716 (0.948 %)Sun
812 (0.711 %)Hyperion
812 (0.711 %)ILOG
910 (0.592 %)Citrix
107 (0.415 %)Hitachi
107 (0.415 %)Temenos
116 (0.355 %)JBoss
116 (0.355 %)BMC
116 (0.355 %)Reuters
116 (0.355 %)Bloomberg
116 (0.355 %)CQG
116 (0.355 %)Patsystems
116 (0.355 %)GL TRADE