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 29 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 500 497 540
Rank change year-on-year -3 +43 +144
Contract jobs citing HP ALM 37 19 42
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.12% 0.061% 0.11%
As % of the Systems Management category 0.75% 0.43% 0.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 24 14 36
10th Percentile £279 £330 £406
25th Percentile £341 £414 £491
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year -7.50% -4.76% +4.48%
75th Percentile £509 £528 £590
90th Percentile £573 £547 £706
UK median daily rate £450 £500 £514
% change year-on-year -10.00% -2.63% +19.42%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Median hourly rate - - £55.00
UK median hourly rate - - £55.00

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 4,942 4,384 5,475
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 16.09% 14.15% 14.05%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,343 2,803 3,980
10th Percentile £310 £313 £305
25th Percentile £413 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.38% -4.55% -6.38%
75th Percentile £612 £643 £650
90th Percentile £700 £738 £744
UK median daily rate £513 £525 £545
% change year-on-year -2.38% -3.67% -5.22%
Number of hourly rates quoted 87 60 162
10th Percentile £18.87 £15.05 £17.72
25th Percentile £21.06 £23.80 £23.72
Median hourly rate £38.00 £35.08 £46.84
Median % change year-on-year +8.32% -25.10% +75.63%
75th Percentile £66.75 £60.63 £71.42
90th Percentile £81.20 £74.75 £78.00
UK median hourly rate £32.32 £27.00 £48.40
% change year-on-year +19.69% -44.21% +88.25%

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 29 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 29 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 +31 20 £420 -13.85% 1
South East +4 6 £525 - 2
West Midlands -22 4 - -
North West -22 4 £270 -
Midlands -32 4 - -
North of England -39 4 £270 -
East of England - 1 - -
South West - 1 £450 -
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 5 (13.51%) Confluence
2 1 (2.70%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (2.70%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (5.41%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (2.70%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (2.70%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 4 (10.81%) Oracle EBS
2 3 (8.11%) SAP S/4HANA
2 3 (8.11%) Workday HCM
3 2 (5.41%) PORTIA
4 1 (2.70%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
4 1 (2.70%) Sage X3
4 1 (2.70%) SAP ERP
4 1 (2.70%) SAP Oil and Gas
Cloud Services
1 9 (24.32%) Azure
2 8 (21.62%) Azure DevOps
3 3 (8.11%) OCI
4 2 (5.41%) SaaS
4 2 (5.41%) Tricentis Tosca
5 1 (2.70%) Entra ID
5 1 (2.70%) GCP
5 1 (2.70%) Microsoft 365
5 1 (2.70%) OneDrive
5 1 (2.70%) SuccessFactors
5 1 (2.70%) Veeva
5 1 (2.70%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 2 (5.41%) LAN
1 2 (5.41%) WAN
1 2 (5.41%) Wireshark
2 1 (2.70%) FTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (13.51%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (2.70%) Big Data
2 1 (2.70%) BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
2 1 (2.70%) Electronic Patient Records
2 1 (2.70%) Oracle Reports
2 1 (2.70%) Relational Database
2 1 (2.70%) SAP BW
2 1 (2.70%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 29 (78.38%) JIRA
2 10 (27.03%) TestRail
3 6 (16.22%) Selenium
4 5 (13.51%) Zephyr
5 1 (2.70%) Cypress.io
5 1 (2.70%) NUnit
5 1 (2.70%) SpecFlow
5 1 (2.70%) Team Foundation Server
5 1 (2.70%) Visual Studio
5 1 (2.70%) Visual Studio Coded UI
General
1 24 (64.86%) Social Skills
2 10 (27.03%) Finance
3 9 (24.32%) Analytical Skills
4 4 (10.81%) Public Sector
5 2 (5.41%) Legal
5 2 (5.41%) Pharmaceutical
5 2 (5.41%) Telecoms
6 1 (2.70%) Back Office
6 1 (2.70%) Banking
6 1 (2.70%) Billing
6 1 (2.70%) Front Office
6 1 (2.70%) Law
6 1 (2.70%) Manufacturing
6 1 (2.70%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 11 (29.73%) Test Manager
2 10 (27.03%) Lead
2 10 (27.03%) Test Leader
3 6 (16.22%) Analyst
3 6 (16.22%) Test Analyst
4 4 (10.81%) Senior
4 4 (10.81%) Test Engineer
4 4 (10.81%) Tester
5 3 (8.11%) UAT Tester
6 2 (5.41%) Consultant
6 2 (5.41%) Network Engineer
6 2 (5.41%) Project Manager
6 2 (5.41%) QA Consultant
6 2 (5.41%) SAP Manager
6 2 (5.41%) Senior Consultant
6 2 (5.41%) Workday Manager
7 1 (2.70%) Business Manager
7 1 (2.70%) SAP Project Manager
7 1 (2.70%) Senior Test Engineer
7 1 (2.70%) Senior Tester
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (2.70%) FHIR
1 1 (2.70%) SAP Fiori
1 1 (2.70%) Web Services
1 1 (2.70%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 3 (8.11%) Legacy Systems
2 2 (5.41%) Cloud Native
2 2 (5.41%) Product Ownership
2 2 (5.41%) Reinsurance
3 1 (2.70%) Data Structures
3 1 (2.70%) Onboarding
3 1 (2.70%) Pharmacovigilance
3 1 (2.70%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 1 (2.70%) Windows
1 1 (2.70%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 23 (62.16%) Test Management
2 21 (56.76%) User Acceptance Testing
3 20 (54.05%) Test Strategy
4 17 (45.95%) Test Automation
5 16 (43.24%) Defect Management
5 16 (43.24%) Problem-Solving
6 12 (32.43%) End-to-End Testing
7 11 (29.73%) Agile
7 11 (29.73%) DevOps
7 11 (29.73%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 10 (27.03%) Stakeholder Management
8 10 (27.03%) Test Scripting
9 9 (24.32%) Defect Tracking
9 9 (24.32%) System Integration Testing
10 8 (21.62%) Acceptance Criteria
10 8 (21.62%) Continuous Improvement
10 8 (21.62%) Integration Testing
10 8 (21.62%) Regression Testing
10 8 (21.62%) Test Planning
11 7 (18.92%) Scenario Testing
Programming Languages
1 5 (13.51%) SQL
2 2 (5.41%) JavaScript
2 2 (5.41%) PL/SQL
3 1 (2.70%) C#
3 1 (2.70%) Java
3 1 (2.70%) PowerShell
3 1 (2.70%) T-SQL
3 1 (2.70%) VB
Qualifications
1 11 (29.73%) ISTQB
2 4 (10.81%) Degree
3 2 (5.41%) Computer Science Degree
3 2 (5.41%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
3 2 (5.41%) SC Cleared
3 2 (5.41%) Security Cleared
4 1 (2.70%) HP APS
4 1 (2.70%) ISEB
4 1 (2.70%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
4 1 (2.70%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (29.73%) QA
2 1 (2.70%) Data Quality
2 1 (2.70%) HL7
2 1 (2.70%) SNOMED CT
System Software
1 1 (2.70%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 3 (8.11%) HP Quality Center
2 1 (2.70%) Kubernetes
2 1 (2.70%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (2.70%) SCCM
2 1 (2.70%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 37 (100.00%) HP
2 5 (13.51%) SAP
3 4 (10.81%) Oracle
4 3 (8.11%) Micro Focus
4 3 (8.11%) Microsoft
4 3 (8.11%) Workday
5 2 (5.41%) Charles River
5 2 (5.41%) Cisco
5 2 (5.41%) Progress
5 2 (5.41%) SimCorp
6 1 (2.70%) Alteryx
6 1 (2.70%) Cerner
6 1 (2.70%) JDA
6 1 (2.70%) MEDITECH
6 1 (2.70%) Sage
6 1 (2.70%) ServiceNow