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

6 months to
13 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 600 476 517
Rank change year-on-year -124 +41 +52
Contract jobs citing HP ALM 27 41 19
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.058% 0.15% 0.058%
As % of the Systems Management category 0.53% 1.07% 0.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 11 26 15
10th Percentile £400 £285 £340
25th Percentile £456 £425 £478
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £534 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year +12.42% -5.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £685 £538 £538
90th Percentile £825 £638 £545
UK median daily rate £536 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +12.74% -5.00% -4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 0
Median hourly rate £60.81 - -
UK median hourly rate £60.81 - -

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 5,068 3,849 3,966
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 10.97% 13.87% 12.04%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,384 2,544 2,732
10th Percentile £309 £281 £300
25th Percentile £420 £403 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -4.55%
75th Percentile £613 £603 £625
90th Percentile £694 £688 £720
UK median daily rate £519 £500 £520
% change year-on-year +3.80% -3.85% -5.45%
Number of hourly rates quoted 173 64 52
10th Percentile £21.66 £18.87 £20.05
25th Percentile £44.86 £21.39 £24.09
Median hourly rate £67.00 £37.75 £39.25
Median % change year-on-year +77.48% -3.82% -25.24%
75th Percentile £75.00 £64.13 £63.00
90th Percentile £90.00 £78.38 £74.00
UK median hourly rate £64.24 £28.25 £38.25
% change year-on-year +127.40% -26.14% -32.00%

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 13 September 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 13 September 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 -96 11 £554 +16.53%
East of England - 5 - - 6
Midlands -45 4 £500 +17.65%
West Midlands -48 4 £500 +17.65%
South East -69 3 £450 -14.29%
North of England -71 3 - -
North East - 3 - -
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 2 (7.41%) Confluence
1 2 (7.41%) SAS
2 1 (3.70%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (7.41%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (7.41%) MS Visio
2 1 (3.70%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 2 (7.41%) Oracle Payables
1 2 (7.41%) Oracle Receivables
2 1 (3.70%) Aladdin
2 1 (3.70%) FLEXCUBE
2 1 (3.70%) Infor SunSystems
2 1 (3.70%) Oracle Assets
2 1 (3.70%) Oracle EBS
2 1 (3.70%) Oracle General Ledger
2 1 (3.70%) SAP FI-AR
2 1 (3.70%) SimCorp Dimension
Cloud Services
1 14 (51.85%) Azure
2 13 (48.15%) Azure DevOps
3 3 (11.11%) AWS
3 3 (11.11%) SaaS
4 2 (7.41%) GCP
5 1 (3.70%) Azure Data Factory
5 1 (3.70%) OCI
5 1 (3.70%) Siteimprove
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (7.41%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (3.70%) Apache Hive
2 1 (3.70%) Base SAS
2 1 (3.70%) Big Data
2 1 (3.70%) Hadoop
2 1 (3.70%) Oracle Reports
2 1 (3.70%) PowerCenter
2 1 (3.70%) SAS Data Integration Studio
2 1 (3.70%) SAS Enterprise Guide
2 1 (3.70%) SQL Server
2 1 (3.70%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 24 (88.89%) JIRA
2 7 (25.93%) Selenium
3 4 (14.81%) REST Assured
4 3 (11.11%) Bugzilla
4 3 (11.11%) Cucumber
5 2 (7.41%) MSTest
5 2 (7.41%) Ranorex
5 2 (7.41%) TestRail
5 2 (7.41%) Zephyr
6 1 (3.70%) Appium
6 1 (3.70%) Cypress.io
6 1 (3.70%) HP UFT
6 1 (3.70%) JMeter
6 1 (3.70%) LoadRunner
6 1 (3.70%) Postman
6 1 (3.70%) TestDirector
6 1 (3.70%) Toad
General
1 10 (37.04%) Finance
2 9 (33.33%) Social Skills
3 5 (18.52%) Analytical Skills
3 5 (18.52%) Banking
4 2 (7.41%) Billing
4 2 (7.41%) Documentation Skills
4 2 (7.41%) General Ledger
4 2 (7.41%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 2 (7.41%) Private Banking
5 1 (3.70%) Law
5 1 (3.70%) Organisational Skills
5 1 (3.70%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 9 (33.33%) Tester
2 6 (22.22%) Lead
2 6 (22.22%) Test Leader
3 5 (18.52%) Test Manager
4 4 (14.81%) Automation Tester
5 3 (11.11%) Business Analyst
5 3 (11.11%) Software Test Engineer
5 3 (11.11%) Test Engineer
5 3 (11.11%) UAT Manager
6 2 (7.41%) Analyst
6 2 (7.41%) Lead Test Engineer
6 2 (7.41%) Software Testing Engineer
6 2 (7.41%) Testing Engineer
7 1 (3.70%) Finance Manager
7 1 (3.70%) Hardware Test Engineer
7 1 (3.70%) Oracle HRMS Tester
7 1 (3.70%) Python Engineer
7 1 (3.70%) Test Automation Developer
7 1 (3.70%) Test Programme Manager
7 1 (3.70%) Testing Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (18.52%) Middleware
2 3 (11.11%) Node.js
2 3 (11.11%) WireMock
3 2 (7.41%) .NET
3 2 (7.41%) REST
4 1 (3.70%) Oracle Fusion
4 1 (3.70%) Playwright
4 1 (3.70%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 3 (11.11%) Onboarding
1 3 (11.11%) Product Ownership
2 2 (7.41%) Management Information System
2 2 (7.41%) SCADA
2 2 (7.41%) Virtual Team
3 1 (3.70%) Cloud Native
3 1 (3.70%) Driving Licence
3 1 (3.70%) Legacy Systems
3 1 (3.70%) Linux Command Line
Operating Systems
1 2 (7.41%) Linux
2 1 (3.70%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (51.85%) Agile
1 14 (51.85%) Defect Management
1 14 (51.85%) DevOps
1 14 (51.85%) Test Management
2 12 (44.44%) Test Automation
2 12 (44.44%) User Acceptance Testing
3 11 (40.74%) Validation
4 10 (37.04%) System Integration Testing
5 9 (33.33%) End-to-End Testing
5 9 (33.33%) Regression Testing
5 9 (33.33%) Test Strategy
6 8 (29.63%) Waterfall
7 7 (25.93%) Scrum
7 7 (25.93%) Software Testing
7 7 (25.93%) Stakeholder Management
8 6 (22.22%) Integration Testing
8 6 (22.22%) Scenario Testing
9 5 (18.52%) Functional Testing
9 5 (18.52%) Performance Testing
9 5 (18.52%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 6 (22.22%) Python
2 5 (18.52%) PowerShell
3 4 (14.81%) SQL
4 3 (11.11%) Bash
4 3 (11.11%) TypeScript
5 2 (7.41%) C#
6 1 (3.70%) Java
6 1 (3.70%) SAS Macro
6 1 (3.70%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 8 (29.63%) ISTQB
2 6 (22.22%) Degree
3 3 (11.11%) Security Cleared
4 2 (7.41%) Computer Science Degree
5 1 (3.70%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
5 1 (3.70%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (40.74%) QA
2 3 (11.11%) Data Quality
3 1 (3.70%) Accessibility
3 1 (3.70%) Software Quality Assurance
Systems Management
1 4 (14.81%) HP Quality Center
2 1 (3.70%) Control-M
Vendors
1 27 (100.00%) HP
2 9 (33.33%) Oracle
3 3 (11.11%) IBM
4 2 (7.41%) Avaloq
4 2 (7.41%) Micro Focus
4 2 (7.41%) Microsoft
4 2 (7.41%) MuleSoft
4 2 (7.41%) SAP
4 2 (7.41%) Siemens
5 1 (3.70%) Charles River
5 1 (3.70%) Guidewire
5 1 (3.70%) Informatica
5 1 (3.70%) OpenText
5 1 (3.70%) SGI
5 1 (3.70%) SimCorp