The first table below looks at the demand for HP Quality Center skills in IT jobs advertised for the West Midlands region. 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 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 West Midlands region.

Location
3 months to
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
HP Quality Center (HP QC)
Rank 176 162 146
Rank change year-on-year
-14 -16
Permanent jobs citing HP Quality Center 23 28 25
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the West Midlands 0.457% 0.607% 0.614%
As % of the Systems Management category 6.928% 14.00% 11.21%
Number of salaries quoted 20 26 11
Average salary £43,750 £32,000 £33,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+36.71% -3.03%
90% offered a salary of more than £29,650 £27,250 £26,500
10% offered a salary of more than £56,000 £43,750 £42,500
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £37,500 £38,500
% change year-on-year
+6.66% -2.59%
All Systems Management
West Midlands
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Systems Management category
332 200 223
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the West Midlands 6.600% 4.334% 5.475%
Number of salaries quoted 267 161 189
Average salary £42,500 £40,000 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+6.25% +6.66%
90% offered a salary of more than £32,500 £30,100 £27,500
10% offered a salary of more than £57,500 £61,200 £52,500
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 West Midlands region as a proportion of the total demand within the Systems Management category.

West Midlands 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 West Midlands region.

West Midlands 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 West Midlands region over the 3 months to 22 May 2013.

West Midlands 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 West Midlands region over the 3 months to 22 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
Birmingham -14 16 £42,500 +54.54%
Coventry -11 4 £55,000 +46.66%
Staffordshire -1 2 £30,000 -7.69%
Warwickshire +2 1 - -
HP Quality Center
England

HP Quality Center
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the West Midlands 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 32 (61.54%) HP
2 21 (40.38%) ISEB
3 17 (32.69%) Test Scripting
4 16 (30.77%) Finance
5 14 (26.92%) ISTQB
6 12 (23.08%) QA
7 11 (21.15%) Performance Testing
7 11 (21.15%) Integration Testing
8 10 (19.23%) JIRA
9 9 (17.31%) Release Management
9 9 (17.31%) Scrum
10 8 (15.38%) SQL Server
10 8 (15.38%) Banking
10 8 (15.38%) User Acceptance Testing
10 8 (15.38%) System Testing
10 8 (15.38%) Test Automation
10 8 (15.38%) Test Strategy
11 7 (13.46%) SQL
12 6 (11.54%) ClearCase
12 6 (11.54%) QuickTest Pro
12 6 (11.54%) LoadRunner
12 6 (11.54%) Configuration Management
12 6 (11.54%) Continuous Integration
12 6 (11.54%) Velocity
12 6 (11.54%) Requirements Analysis
12 6 (11.54%) Subversion
12 6 (11.54%) Maven
12 6 (11.54%) Bugzilla
12 6 (11.54%) V-Model
12 6 (11.54%) Team Foundation Server

HP Quality Center
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the West Midlands 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 (11.54%) Velocity
2 4 (7.692%) XML
3 3 (5.769%) Middleware
4 2 (3.846%) EDI
4 2 (3.846%) CSS
4 2 (3.846%) CGI
4 2 (3.846%) SAP ALE
5 1 (1.923%) Web Services
Application Platforms
1 6 (11.54%) Confluence
2 3 (5.769%) MQSeries
3 1 (1.923%) WebLogic Integration
3 1 (1.923%) WebLogic
3 1 (1.923%) Apache
3 1 (1.923%) Tomcat
Applications
1 2 (3.846%) MS Excel
1 2 (3.846%) MS Office
Business Applications
1 4 (7.692%) SAP PS
2 1 (1.923%) SAP CRM
2 1 (1.923%) Oracle EBS
Communications & Networking
1 3 (5.769%) Internet
2 1 (1.923%) FTP
2 1 (1.923%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (15.38%) SQL Server
2 3 (5.769%) SQL Server Analysis Services
3 2 (3.846%) RDBMS
4 1 (1.923%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 1 (1.923%) Microsoft Analysis Services
4 1 (1.923%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 1 (1.923%) MS Access
4 1 (1.923%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 10 (19.23%) JIRA
2 6 (11.54%) ClearCase
2 6 (11.54%) QuickTest Pro
2 6 (11.54%) LoadRunner
2 6 (11.54%) Subversion
2 6 (11.54%) Maven
2 6 (11.54%) Bugzilla
2 6 (11.54%) Team Foundation Server
2 6 (11.54%) Hudson
2 6 (11.54%) Jenkins
3 5 (9.615%) TestDirector
4 4 (7.692%) LSMW
5 2 (3.846%) Selenium
General
1 16 (30.77%) Finance
2 8 (15.38%) Banking
3 3 (5.769%) Advertising
4 2 (3.846%) Legal
5 1 (1.923%) Retail Banking
5 1 (1.923%) Retail
5 1 (1.923%) Front Office
5 1 (1.923%) Back Office
5 1 (1.923%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 23 (44.23%) Analyst
2 17 (32.69%) Test Analyst
3 9 (17.31%) Test Manager
4 8 (15.38%) Tester
5 6 (11.54%) ScrumMaster
5 6 (11.54%) Test Leader
6 4 (7.692%) Senior Analyst
6 4 (7.692%) Senior Test Analyst
7 3 (5.769%) SAP Support
7 3 (5.769%) Systems Tester
8 2 (3.846%) Consultant
8 2 (3.846%) Support Analyst
8 2 (3.846%) Manual Tester
8 2 (3.846%) Test Team Leader
8 2 (3.846%) Senior Tester
8 2 (3.846%) SAP FI/CO Consultant
8 2 (3.846%) SAP Consultant
8 2 (3.846%) SAP Support Analyst
8 2 (3.846%) QA Analyst
8 2 (3.846%) Team Leader
Miscellaneous
1 5 (9.615%) AS400
2 4 (7.692%) Mainframe
3 2 (3.846%) NHS
3 2 (3.846%) Mobile App
4 1 (1.923%) Enterprise Software
4 1 (1.923%) E-Learning
4 1 (1.923%) N-Tier
4 1 (1.923%) Client/Server
Operating Systems
1 3 (5.769%) Windows
2 1 (1.923%) Windows 7
2 1 (1.923%) Windows Vista
2 1 (1.923%) SUSE
2 1 (1.923%) UNIX
2 1 (1.923%) Windows XP
2 1 (1.923%) HPUX
2 1 (1.923%) Linux
2 1 (1.923%) Windows 2000
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (32.69%) Test Scripting
2 11 (21.15%) Performance Testing
2 11 (21.15%) Integration Testing
3 9 (17.31%) Release Management
3 9 (17.31%) Scrum
4 8 (15.38%) User Acceptance Testing
4 8 (15.38%) System Testing
4 8 (15.38%) Test Automation
4 8 (15.38%) Test Strategy
5 6 (11.54%) Configuration Management
5 6 (11.54%) Continuous Integration
5 6 (11.54%) Requirements Analysis
5 6 (11.54%) V-Model
5 6 (11.54%) Continuous Improvement
6 5 (9.615%) Waterfall
6 5 (9.615%) Validation
7 4 (7.692%) Workflow
7 4 (7.692%) Migration
7 4 (7.692%) Automated Testing
7 4 (7.692%) Software Testing
Programming Languages
1 7 (13.46%) SQL
2 4 (7.692%) ABAP
3 2 (3.846%) VBScript
3 2 (3.846%) Java
3 2 (3.846%) JavaScript
3 2 (3.846%) Perl
3 2 (3.846%) PHP
3 2 (3.846%) Python
4 1 (1.923%) VB
4 1 (1.923%) C
4 1 (1.923%) FoxPro (VFP)
Qualifications
1 21 (40.38%) ISEB
2 14 (26.92%) ISTQB
3 3 (5.769%) SC Cleared
3 3 (5.769%) Security Cleared
4 2 (3.846%) CCA
4 2 (3.846%) ISEB Practitioner
4 2 (3.846%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (23.08%) QA
Vendors
1 32 (61.54%) HP
2 5 (9.615%) Oracle
2 5 (9.615%) SAP
3 3 (5.769%) Microsoft
4 1 (1.923%) TIBCO
4 1 (1.923%) IBM
Birmingham, West Midlands
Responsibilities: - Plan and prioritise work for all incoming testing - Design detailed test cases - Perform test execution on various applications - Document and publish all test results to a defined...
Sand Resources
Salary: £24000 - £28000 per annum + Excellent Benefits
Posted: 1 May 2013
Walsgrave, Coventry, West Midlands
As the single point of contact for Load and Performance QA projects, you'll ensure adherence to our framework, manage any deviations and drive continuous improvement including reduced...
Sainsburys
Salary: attractive
Posted: 22 May 2013
Coventry, West Midlands (County)
With in-depth technical knowledge and capability, particularly around Java and Oracle based solutions, you will challenge test partner decisions and define strategies that encompass the full testing...
Sainsburys
Salary: £attractive
Posted: 14 May 2013
Stafford, Staffordshire
Quality Assurance Engineer - Software tester - QA Analyst - ISEB... Experience across QA - functional testing, automation, manual testing. ISEB Foundation. Desirable: Experience with SQL Server Analysis Services, SQL Server Reporting...
Deanslist Limited
Salary: From £25,000 to £32,000 per annum + bonus + benefits
Posted: 20 May 2013