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 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 582 457 538
Rank change year-on-year -125 +81 +53
Contract jobs citing HP ALM 27 40 10
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.062% 0.16% 0.027%
As % of the Systems Management category 0.46% 1.00% 0.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 23 8
10th Percentile £313 £425 £444
25th Percentile £406 £438 £481
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £492 £500 £519
Median % change year-on-year -1.60% -3.61% -2.58%
75th Percentile £583 £569 £563
90th Percentile £815 £815 £574
UK median daily rate £475 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.00% - -5.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 1 0
10th Percentile £25.13 - -
25th Percentile £25.33 £81.75 -
Median hourly rate £25.80 £83.50 -
Median % change year-on-year -69.10% - -
75th Percentile £26.43 £85.25 -
90th Percentile £26.72 - -
UK median hourly rate £25.80 £83.50 -
% change year-on-year -69.10% - -

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 5,832 4,002 4,670
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 13.38% 15.71% 12.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,010 2,674 3,367
10th Percentile £322 £305 £300
25th Percentile £415 £409 £414
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £514 £513 £525
Median % change year-on-year +0.29% -2.38% -8.70%
75th Percentile £600 £613 £625
90th Percentile £688 £700 £700
UK median daily rate £513 £513 £520
% change year-on-year - -1.44% -5.45%
Number of hourly rates quoted 137 40 96
10th Percentile £20.09 £21.39 £16.13
25th Percentile £31.25 £26.68 £20.50
Median hourly rate £60.00 £52.50 £31.25
Median % change year-on-year +14.29% +68.00% -41.42%
75th Percentile £70.00 £63.49 £49.06
90th Percentile £75.00 £80.30 £71.25
UK median hourly rate £55.25 £37.50 £32.50
% change year-on-year +47.33% +15.38% -43.48%

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 June 2026.

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 June 2026. 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 -71 11 £534 +6.80%
Midlands -59 8 £450 -
West Midlands -61 8 £450 -
East of England -24 3 - -
South East -64 3 £575 +12.20%
North West -43 2 - -
North of England -70 2 - - 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 (11.11%) Confluence
2 1 (3.70%) SAS
2 1 (3.70%) SharePoint
Applications
1 5 (18.52%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (14.81%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (3.70%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (3.70%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (3.70%) Infor SunSystems
1 1 (3.70%) Oracle EBS
1 1 (3.70%) Oracle General Ledger
1 1 (3.70%) Oracle Payables
1 1 (3.70%) Oracle Receivables
1 1 (3.70%) SAP FI-AR
1 1 (3.70%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 17 (62.96%) Azure
2 16 (59.26%) Azure DevOps
3 4 (14.81%) AWS
4 1 (3.70%) Azure Data Factory
4 1 (3.70%) GCP
4 1 (3.70%) OCI
4 1 (3.70%) Tricentis Tosca
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (7.41%) Relational Database
2 1 (3.70%) Apache Hive
2 1 (3.70%) Base SAS
2 1 (3.70%) Big Data
2 1 (3.70%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (3.70%) Hadoop
2 1 (3.70%) Oracle Reports
2 1 (3.70%) SAS Data Integration Studio
2 1 (3.70%) SAS Enterprise Guide
Development Applications
1 23 (85.19%) JIRA
2 7 (25.93%) Selenium
3 5 (18.52%) Zephyr
4 4 (14.81%) JMeter
5 3 (11.11%) MSTest
5 3 (11.11%) TestRail
6 2 (7.41%) Cypress.io
6 2 (7.41%) Postman
6 2 (7.41%) Team Foundation Server
7 1 (3.70%) Appium
7 1 (3.70%) Cucumber
7 1 (3.70%) HP UFT
7 1 (3.70%) LoadRunner
7 1 (3.70%) Ranorex
7 1 (3.70%) REST Assured
7 1 (3.70%) TestDirector
General
1 12 (44.44%) Analytical Skills
1 12 (44.44%) Social Skills
2 9 (33.33%) Finance
3 4 (14.81%) Automotive
3 4 (14.81%) Banking
3 4 (14.81%) Manufacturing
4 2 (7.41%) Billing
4 2 (7.41%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 2 (7.41%) Private Banking
5 1 (3.70%) General Ledger
5 1 (3.70%) Organisational Skills
5 1 (3.70%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 7 (25.93%) Analyst
1 7 (25.93%) Test Manager
2 6 (22.22%) Tester
3 5 (18.52%) Test Analyst
4 3 (11.11%) Business Analyst
4 3 (11.11%) Lead
4 3 (11.11%) Software Test Engineer
4 3 (11.11%) Test Engineer
4 3 (11.11%) Test Leader
4 3 (11.11%) UAT Manager
5 1 (3.70%) Automation Tester
5 1 (3.70%) Developer
5 1 (3.70%) Lead Test Engineer
5 1 (3.70%) Oracle HRMS Tester
5 1 (3.70%) SAS Developer
5 1 (3.70%) SC Cleared Test Analyst
5 1 (3.70%) Technical Leader
5 1 (3.70%) Test Automation Developer
5 1 (3.70%) Testing Analyst
5 1 (3.70%) UAT Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (11.11%) ADO
1 3 (11.11%) Middleware
2 1 (3.70%) .NET
2 1 (3.70%) Oracle Fusion
2 1 (3.70%) Playwright
2 1 (3.70%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 4 (14.81%) Management Information System
2 3 (11.11%) Legacy Systems
2 3 (11.11%) Onboarding
3 2 (7.41%) Product Ownership
4 1 (3.70%) Cloud Native
4 1 (3.70%) Driving Licence
4 1 (3.70%) Linux Command Line
4 1 (3.70%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 2 (7.41%) Windows
2 1 (3.70%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 20 (74.07%) Test Management
1 20 (74.07%) User Acceptance Testing
2 18 (66.67%) Agile
3 17 (62.96%) DevOps
4 15 (55.56%) Test Automation
5 13 (48.15%) Defect Management
6 12 (44.44%) Waterfall
7 11 (40.74%) Regression Testing
7 11 (40.74%) Scenario Testing
7 11 (40.74%) Software Testing
7 11 (40.74%) Test Strategy
8 10 (37.04%) Integration Testing
9 9 (33.33%) End-to-End Testing
9 9 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
9 9 (33.33%) System Integration Testing
9 9 (33.33%) Test Scripting
10 8 (29.63%) Stakeholder Management
10 8 (29.63%) Test Planning
11 7 (25.93%) Continuous Improvement
12 6 (22.22%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 5 (18.52%) Java
1 5 (18.52%) SQL
2 3 (11.11%) C#
2 3 (11.11%) PL/SQL
2 3 (11.11%) VB
3 2 (7.41%) JavaScript
4 1 (3.70%) C
4 1 (3.70%) PowerShell
4 1 (3.70%) SAS Macro
Qualifications
1 14 (51.85%) ISTQB
2 9 (33.33%) Degree
3 4 (14.81%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
4 3 (11.11%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
5 2 (7.41%) Computer Science Degree
5 2 (7.41%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
5 2 (7.41%) SC Cleared
5 2 (7.41%) Security Cleared
6 1 (3.70%) ISEB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (51.85%) QA
2 4 (14.81%) Data Quality
3 2 (7.41%) SLA
System Software
1 2 (7.41%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 7 (25.93%) HP Quality Center
2 1 (3.70%) Control-M
Vendors
1 27 (100.00%) HP
2 7 (25.93%) Oracle
3 5 (18.52%) Microsoft
4 4 (14.81%) SAP
5 3 (11.11%) Siemens
6 2 (7.41%) Avaloq
6 2 (7.41%) ServiceNow
7 1 (3.70%) Guidewire
7 1 (3.70%) Micro Focus
7 1 (3.70%) OpenText
7 1 (3.70%) Remedy
7 1 (3.70%) Workday