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

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
HP Quality Center (HP QC)
Rank 150 131 142
Rank change year-on-year
-19 +11
Permanent jobs citing HP Quality Center 24 40 12
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in West Yorkshire 0.660% 1.255% 0.400%
As % of the Systems Management category 10.96% 20.51% 9.836%
Number of salaries quoted 21 39 7
Average salary £34,000 £37,500 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-9.33% +7.14%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,500 £26,400 £30,200
10% offered a salary of more than £35,000 £41,800 £35,750
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £37,500 £38,500
% change year-on-year
+6.66% -2.59%
All Systems Management
West Yorkshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Systems Management category
219 195 122
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in West Yorkshire 6.023% 6.119% 4.071%
Number of salaries quoted 167 170 107
Average salary £32,500 £36,000 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-9.72% -10.00%
90% offered a salary of more than £23,925 £27,000 £24,550
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £45,000 £52,500
UK excluding London average salary £41,500 £40,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
+3.75% -
HP Quality Center
Yorkshire

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 Yorkshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Systems Management category.

West Yorkshire 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 Yorkshire region.

West Yorkshire 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 Yorkshire region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

West Yorkshire 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 Yorkshire region over the 3 months to 24 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
Leeds -20 23 £33,500 -10.66%
HP Quality Center
Yorkshire

HP Quality Center
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the West Yorkshire 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 54 (67.50%) SQL
2 45 (56.25%) JIRA
3 38 (47.50%) Bugzilla
4 36 (45.00%) Automated Testing
5 35 (43.75%) QA
6 33 (41.25%) Test Management
6 33 (41.25%) Microsoft
7 31 (38.75%) Test Strategy
8 28 (35.00%) Selenium
8 28 (35.00%) HP
8 28 (35.00%) XML
9 26 (32.50%) SOAP
10 25 (31.25%) E-Commerce
10 25 (31.25%) Agile Software Development
10 25 (31.25%) Team Foundation Server
11 24 (30.00%) Games
12 23 (28.75%) ISTQB
13 22 (27.50%) Degree
14 21 (26.25%) .NET
15 20 (25.00%) Finance
15 20 (25.00%) Test Automation
16 19 (23.75%) FitNesse
17 18 (22.50%) Web Services
18 17 (21.25%) ISEB
18 17 (21.25%) QuickTest Pro
18 17 (21.25%) Cucumber
19 16 (20.00%) SpecFlow
19 16 (20.00%) User Stories
19 16 (20.00%) Test Scripting
19 16 (20.00%) MS Excel

HP Quality Center
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the West Yorkshire 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 28 (35.00%) XML
2 26 (32.50%) SOAP
3 21 (26.25%) .NET
4 18 (22.50%) Web Services
5 12 (15.00%) XSD
6 11 (13.75%) WSDL
7 10 (12.50%) soapUI
8 8 (10.00%) ASP.NET
9 4 (5.000%) HTML
9 4 (5.000%) XML Schema
Applications
1 16 (20.00%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 3 (3.750%) Dynamics AX
Communications & Networking
1 5 (6.250%) FTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (13.75%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 45 (56.25%) JIRA
2 38 (47.50%) Bugzilla
3 28 (35.00%) Selenium
4 25 (31.25%) Team Foundation Server
5 19 (23.75%) FitNesse
6 17 (21.25%) QuickTest Pro
6 17 (21.25%) Cucumber
7 16 (20.00%) SpecFlow
8 12 (15.00%) Visual Studio
9 7 (8.750%) LoadRunner
10 4 (5.000%) MSTest
11 2 (2.500%) Maven
11 2 (2.500%) Subversion
11 2 (2.500%) JUnit
11 2 (2.500%) ClearCase
11 2 (2.500%) Hudson
11 2 (2.500%) Jenkins
11 2 (2.500%) DbUnit
12 1 (1.250%) TestDirector
General
1 24 (30.00%) Games
2 20 (25.00%) Finance
3 5 (6.250%) Legal
4 2 (2.500%) Retail
Job Titles
1 75 (93.75%) Analyst
2 73 (91.25%) Test Analyst
3 23 (28.75%) Technical Analyst
3 23 (28.75%) Technical Test Analyst
4 15 (18.75%) Statistical Analyst
5 10 (12.50%) Senior Test Analyst
5 10 (12.50%) Senior Analyst
6 7 (8.750%) Agile Test Analyst
7 6 (7.500%) Tester
8 5 (6.250%) QA Engineer
8 5 (6.250%) QA Analyst
9 4 (5.000%) Automation Tester
9 4 (5.000%) Senior QA Engineer
10 3 (3.750%) Test Engineer
11 2 (2.500%) Senior Test Engineer
11 2 (2.500%) QA Test Analyst
11 2 (2.500%) Automation Test Analyst
11 2 (2.500%) Automation Analyst
11 2 (2.500%) ScrumMaster
12 1 (1.250%) Test Leader
Miscellaneous
1 15 (18.75%) Statistics
2 12 (15.00%) Online Games
Operating Systems
1 5 (6.250%) UNIX
2 4 (5.000%) Linux
3 1 (1.250%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 36 (45.00%) Automated Testing
2 33 (41.25%) Test Management
3 31 (38.75%) Test Strategy
4 25 (31.25%) E-Commerce
4 25 (31.25%) Agile Software Development
5 20 (25.00%) Test Automation
6 16 (20.00%) User Stories
6 16 (20.00%) Test Scripting
7 13 (16.25%) Usability Testing
8 10 (12.50%) Software Testing
9 9 (11.25%) Web Testing
10 8 (10.00%) Scrum
11 7 (8.750%) ATDD
11 7 (8.750%) BDD
12 6 (7.500%) Waterfall
12 6 (7.500%) V-Model
12 6 (7.500%) DSDM
13 5 (6.250%) User Acceptance Testing
14 4 (5.000%) Automation Testing
14 4 (5.000%) RAD
Programming Languages
1 54 (67.50%) SQL
2 13 (16.25%) VBA
3 8 (10.00%) C#
4 7 (8.750%) VBScript
4 7 (8.750%) VB
5 3 (3.750%) Java
Qualifications
1 23 (28.75%) ISTQB
2 22 (27.50%) Degree
3 17 (21.25%) ISEB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 35 (43.75%) QA
Vendors
1 33 (41.25%) Microsoft
2 28 (35.00%) HP
Leeds, West Yorkshire
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