HP ALM Contract Job Trends in England

HP Application Lifecycle Management (HP ALM)
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in England requiring HP ALM skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 1 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 496 496 542
Rank change year-on-year 0 +46 +170
Contract jobs citing HP ALM 40 19 47
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.14% 0.061% 0.12%
As % of the Systems Management category 0.84% 0.43% 0.81%
Number of daily rates quoted 27 14 39
10th Percentile £288 £330 £410
25th Percentile £425 £414 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% -4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £544 £528 £593
90th Percentile £640 £547 £695
UK median daily rate £475 £500 £514
% change year-on-year -5.00% -2.63% +19.42%

All Systems Management Skills
England

HP ALM falls under the Systems Management category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring systems management skills in England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for systems management skills 4,755 4,407 5,822
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 16.30% 14.15% 14.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,154 2,879 4,241
10th Percentile £301 £313 £313
25th Percentile £410 £420 £445
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.86% -4.55% -5.17%
75th Percentile £600 £638 £673
90th Percentile £688 £725 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -4.76% -4.55% -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 92 50 155
10th Percentile £18.87 £19.50 £18.50
25th Percentile £20.66 £23.80 £25.73
Median hourly rate £35.00 £36.83 £49.00
Median % change year-on-year -4.98% -24.83% +96.00%
75th Percentile £64.69 £61.88 £75.00
90th Percentile £79.88 £75.25 £78.45
UK median hourly rate £30.00 £35.08 £49.73
% change year-on-year -14.49% -29.45% +98.92%

HP ALM
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing HP ALM relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in England.

HP ALM job vacancy trend in England

HP ALM
Daily Rate Trend in England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing HP ALM.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing HP ALM

HP ALM
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing HP ALM in England over the 6 months to 1 November 2025.

Daily rate histogram for HP ALM in England

HP ALM
Hourly Rate Trend in England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing HP ALM.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing HP ALM

HP ALM
Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing HP ALM within the England region over the 6 months to 1 November 2025. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
London +18 16 £488 - 4
South East +10 8 £525 - 1
Midlands -15 8 £425 +6.25%
West Midlands -19 8 £425 +41.67%
North West -18 5 £270 -
North of England -37 5 £270 -
East of England - 1 - -
South West - 1 £450 - 1
HP ALM
UK

HP ALM
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 3 (7.50%) Confluence
2 1 (2.50%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (2.50%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (5.00%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (2.50%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (2.50%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 4 (10.00%) Oracle EBS
2 3 (7.50%) SAP S/4HANA
2 3 (7.50%) Workday HCM
3 1 (2.50%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
3 1 (2.50%) PORTIA
3 1 (2.50%) Sage X3
3 1 (2.50%) SAP ERP
3 1 (2.50%) SAP Oil and Gas
Cloud Services
1 9 (22.50%) Azure
1 9 (22.50%) Azure DevOps
2 4 (10.00%) Microsoft 365
3 3 (7.50%) OCI
3 3 (7.50%) Power Platform
3 3 (7.50%) PowerApps
4 2 (5.00%) Power Automate
4 2 (5.00%) SaaS
4 2 (5.00%) SuccessFactors
5 1 (2.50%) Entra ID
5 1 (2.50%) OneDrive
5 1 (2.50%) Tricentis Tosca
5 1 (2.50%) Veeva
Communications & Networking
1 5 (12.50%) LAN
1 5 (12.50%) WAN
2 4 (10.00%) Wireshark
3 1 (2.50%) Modbus
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (10.00%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (2.50%) Electronic Patient Records
2 1 (2.50%) Oracle Reports
2 1 (2.50%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 27 (67.50%) JIRA
2 8 (20.00%) TestRail
3 5 (12.50%) Zephyr
4 4 (10.00%) Selenium
General
1 24 (60.00%) Social Skills
2 10 (25.00%) Finance
3 7 (17.50%) Analytical Skills
4 5 (12.50%) Public Sector
4 5 (12.50%) Telecoms
5 2 (5.00%) Banking
5 2 (5.00%) Pharmaceutical
6 1 (2.50%) Back Office
6 1 (2.50%) Front Office
6 1 (2.50%) Legal
6 1 (2.50%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 13 (32.50%) Test Manager
2 8 (20.00%) Lead
2 8 (20.00%) Test Leader
3 7 (17.50%) Test Engineer
4 5 (12.50%) Analyst
4 5 (12.50%) Network Engineer
4 5 (12.50%) Senior
5 4 (10.00%) Consultant
5 4 (10.00%) QA Consultant
5 4 (10.00%) Senior Consultant
5 4 (10.00%) Test Analyst
6 3 (7.50%) SAP Manager
6 3 (7.50%) Tester
6 3 (7.50%) UAT Tester
7 2 (5.00%) Microsoft 365 Manager
7 2 (5.00%) Project Manager
7 2 (5.00%) SAP Test Manager
7 2 (5.00%) Transformation Manager
7 2 (5.00%) Workday Manager
8 1 (2.50%) OAT Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (2.50%) FHIR
Miscellaneous
1 5 (12.50%) Cloud Native
2 4 (10.00%) Legacy Systems
3 2 (5.00%) Low-Code
3 2 (5.00%) Product Ownership
3 2 (5.00%) Reinsurance
4 1 (2.50%) Data Protection Act
4 1 (2.50%) Pharmacovigilance
4 1 (2.50%) SCADA
4 1 (2.50%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 4 (10.00%) Windows
2 1 (2.50%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 23 (57.50%) Test Management
2 22 (55.00%) Test Strategy
3 19 (47.50%) Test Automation
3 19 (47.50%) User Acceptance Testing
4 16 (40.00%) Defect Management
5 15 (37.50%) DevOps
6 13 (32.50%) End-to-End Testing
7 12 (30.00%) Agile
7 12 (30.00%) Problem-Solving
7 12 (30.00%) Test Planning
8 11 (27.50%) Continuous Improvement
9 10 (25.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 10 (25.00%) Stakeholder Management
9 10 (25.00%) Test Scripting
10 8 (20.00%) Defect Tracking
10 8 (20.00%) Regression Testing
11 7 (17.50%) ITIL
11 7 (17.50%) System Integration Testing
12 6 (15.00%) Integration Testing
12 6 (15.00%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 3 (7.50%) SQL
2 1 (2.50%) Java
2 1 (2.50%) PL/SQL
2 1 (2.50%) VB
Qualifications
1 9 (22.50%) ISTQB
2 4 (10.00%) Degree
3 3 (7.50%) SC Cleared
3 3 (7.50%) Security Cleared
4 2 (5.00%) Computer Science Degree
5 1 (2.50%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
5 1 (2.50%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (22.50%) QA
2 1 (2.50%) HL7
2 1 (2.50%) SNOMED CT
System Software
1 1 (2.50%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 5 (12.50%) HP Quality Center
2 1 (2.50%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (2.50%) SCCM
2 1 (2.50%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 40 (100.00%) HP
2 6 (15.00%) Micro Focus
3 5 (12.50%) Cisco
3 5 (12.50%) Progress
3 5 (12.50%) SAP
4 4 (10.00%) Oracle
5 3 (7.50%) Microsoft
5 3 (7.50%) Workday
6 1 (2.50%) Alteryx
6 1 (2.50%) Cerner
6 1 (2.50%) Charles River
6 1 (2.50%) JDA
6 1 (2.50%) MEDITECH
6 1 (2.50%) Sage
6 1 (2.50%) SimCorp