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

6 months to
29 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 512 473 516
Rank change year-on-year -39 +43 +165
Contract jobs citing HP ALM 28 22 33
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.089% 0.078% 0.090%
As % of the Systems Management category 0.56% 0.54% 0.66%
Number of daily rates quoted 18 18 29
10th Percentile £269 £311 £413
25th Percentile £322 £400 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £435 £500 £514
Median % change year-on-year -13.00% -2.63% +14.12%
75th Percentile £558 £538 £588
90th Percentile £575 £784 £678
UK median daily rate £420 £500 £513
% change year-on-year -16.00% -2.60% +20.79%
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 4,982 4,086 4,973
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 15.79% 14.47% 13.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,420 2,651 3,603
10th Percentile £310 £313 £275
25th Percentile £413 £413 £420
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £525 £545
Median % change year-on-year -2.38% -3.67% -7.00%
75th Percentile £607 £638 £650
90th Percentile £700 £738 £738
UK median daily rate £510 £525 £538
% change year-on-year -2.86% -2.33% -6.52%
Number of hourly rates quoted 115 51 153
10th Percentile £18.87 £15.22 £16.63
25th Percentile £21.29 £21.02 £21.25
Median hourly rate £48.72 £26.50 £46.18
Median % change year-on-year +83.85% -42.62% +31.94%
75th Percentile £64.88 £61.25 £67.00
90th Percentile £79.60 £77.50 £78.00
UK median hourly rate £47.50 £24.18 £46.18
% change year-on-year +96.44% -47.64% +37.85%

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 December 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 December 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 -8 14 £400 -20.00% 4
South East -5 6 £563 +7.14% 11
North West -19 3 £270 -22.02% 3
North of England -45 3 £270 -22.02% 7
West Midlands -28 2 - - 6
Midlands -44 2 - - 11
South West - 1 £450 - 7
East of England - 1 - - 5
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 (10.71%) Confluence
2 1 (3.57%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (3.57%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (3.57%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (3.57%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 6 (21.43%) Oracle EBS
2 3 (10.71%) Workday HCM
3 2 (7.14%) PORTIA
3 2 (7.14%) SAP S/4HANA
4 1 (3.57%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
4 1 (3.57%) SAP ERP
4 1 (3.57%) SAP Oil and Gas
Cloud Services
1 11 (39.29%) Azure
2 10 (35.71%) Azure DevOps
3 5 (17.86%) OCI
4 2 (7.14%) SaaS
4 2 (7.14%) Tricentis Tosca
5 1 (3.57%) Entra ID
5 1 (3.57%) GCP
5 1 (3.57%) Microsoft 365
5 1 (3.57%) OneDrive
5 1 (3.57%) Veeva
5 1 (3.57%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 1 (3.57%) FTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (3.57%) Big Data
1 1 (3.57%) BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
1 1 (3.57%) Data Warehouse
1 1 (3.57%) Electronic Patient Records
1 1 (3.57%) Oracle Reports
1 1 (3.57%) Relational Database
1 1 (3.57%) SAP BW
1 1 (3.57%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 25 (89.29%) JIRA
2 8 (28.57%) TestRail
3 4 (14.29%) Selenium
4 1 (3.57%) Cypress.io
4 1 (3.57%) NUnit
4 1 (3.57%) SpecFlow
4 1 (3.57%) Team Foundation Server
4 1 (3.57%) Visual Studio
4 1 (3.57%) Visual Studio Coded UI
4 1 (3.57%) Zephyr
General
1 20 (71.43%) Social Skills
2 7 (25.00%) Finance
3 6 (21.43%) Analytical Skills
4 3 (10.71%) Public Sector
5 2 (7.14%) Pharmaceutical
6 1 (3.57%) Back Office
6 1 (3.57%) Banking
6 1 (3.57%) Billing
6 1 (3.57%) Front Office
6 1 (3.57%) Law
6 1 (3.57%) Legal
6 1 (3.57%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 12 (42.86%) Lead
1 12 (42.86%) Test Leader
2 8 (28.57%) Test Manager
3 4 (14.29%) Tester
4 3 (10.71%) Analyst
4 3 (10.71%) Test Analyst
4 3 (10.71%) UAT Tester
5 2 (7.14%) Senior
5 2 (7.14%) Test Engineer
5 2 (7.14%) Workday Manager
6 1 (3.57%) Applications Engineer
6 1 (3.57%) Business Manager
6 1 (3.57%) Lead Test Engineer
6 1 (3.57%) Microsoft 365 Manager
6 1 (3.57%) Payroll Manager
6 1 (3.57%) Project Manager
6 1 (3.57%) Senior Test Engineer
6 1 (3.57%) Senior Tester
6 1 (3.57%) UAT Manager
6 1 (3.57%) UAT Test Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (3.57%) FHIR
1 1 (3.57%) SAP Fiori
1 1 (3.57%) Web Services
1 1 (3.57%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 2 (7.14%) Product Ownership
2 1 (3.57%) Data Structures
2 1 (3.57%) Onboarding
2 1 (3.57%) Pharmacovigilance
2 1 (3.57%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 1 (3.57%) Windows
1 1 (3.57%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 22 (78.57%) Test Management
2 17 (60.71%) User Acceptance Testing
3 16 (57.14%) Defect Management
3 16 (57.14%) Test Strategy
4 14 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
5 11 (39.29%) Test Automation
6 10 (35.71%) DevOps
6 10 (35.71%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 10 (35.71%) System Integration Testing
7 8 (28.57%) Acceptance Criteria
7 8 (28.57%) Integration Testing
7 8 (28.57%) Test Scripting
8 7 (25.00%) Agile
8 7 (25.00%) Defect Tracking
8 7 (25.00%) End-to-End Testing
8 7 (25.00%) Scenario Testing
8 7 (25.00%) Stakeholder Management
9 6 (21.43%) Regression Testing
10 5 (17.86%) Test Planning
10 5 (17.86%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 5 (17.86%) SQL
2 2 (7.14%) JavaScript
2 2 (7.14%) PL/SQL
3 1 (3.57%) C#
3 1 (3.57%) Java
3 1 (3.57%) PowerShell
3 1 (3.57%) T-SQL
3 1 (3.57%) VB
Qualifications
1 8 (28.57%) ISTQB
2 3 (10.71%) Degree
3 2 (7.14%) Computer Science Degree
3 2 (7.14%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
3 2 (7.14%) SC Cleared
3 2 (7.14%) Security Cleared
4 1 (3.57%) HP APS
4 1 (3.57%) ISEB
4 1 (3.57%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
4 1 (3.57%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (28.57%) QA
2 1 (3.57%) Data Quality
2 1 (3.57%) HL7
2 1 (3.57%) SNOMED CT
System Software
1 1 (3.57%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (3.57%) HP Quality Center
1 1 (3.57%) Kubernetes
1 1 (3.57%) Microsoft Intune
1 1 (3.57%) SCCM
1 1 (3.57%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 28 (100.00%) HP
2 6 (21.43%) Oracle
3 3 (10.71%) SAP
3 3 (10.71%) Workday
4 2 (7.14%) Charles River
4 2 (7.14%) Microsoft
4 2 (7.14%) SimCorp
5 1 (3.57%) Cerner
5 1 (3.57%) JDA
5 1 (3.57%) MEDITECH
5 1 (3.57%) Micro Focus
5 1 (3.57%) ServiceNow