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

6 months to
17 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 525 457 541
Rank change year-on-year -68 +84 +94
Contract jobs citing HP ALM 29 20 18
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.085% 0.078% 0.047%
As % of the Systems Management category 0.55% 0.52% 0.39%
Number of daily rates quoted 15 15 14
10th Percentile £313 £373 £404
25th Percentile £331 £441 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £500 £521
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% -4.08% +3.22%
75th Percentile £531 £881 £560
90th Percentile £583 £1,125 £684
UK median daily rate £450 £500 £488
% change year-on-year -10.00% +2.56% +2.63%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 1
10th Percentile £25.13 - -
25th Percentile £25.33 - -
Median hourly rate £25.80 - £55.00
75th Percentile £26.43 - -
90th Percentile £26.72 - -
UK median hourly rate £25.80 - £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 5,282 3,843 4,665
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 15.40% 14.99% 12.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,654 2,504 3,394
10th Percentile £313 £313 £250
25th Percentile £413 £425 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £538 £525
Median % change year-on-year -6.98% +2.38% -9.87%
75th Percentile £600 £650 £638
90th Percentile £700 £750 £725
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -8.70%
Number of hourly rates quoted 121 42 150
10th Percentile £17.38 £15.22 £14.00
25th Percentile £20.82 £21.01 £20.31
Median hourly rate £52.50 £26.00 £42.03
Median % change year-on-year +101.92% -38.14% -16.88%
75th Percentile £63.32 £63.06 £60.00
90th Percentile £77.50 £77.19 £76.53
UK median hourly rate £52.50 £25.50 £46.18
% change year-on-year +105.88% -44.78% -3.79%

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 17 February 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 17 February 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 -32 12 £338 -39.96% 3
West Midlands -44 7 £450 -2.70% 3
Midlands -51 7 £450 -2.70% 3
East of England -21 3 - -
South East - 3 £575 - 2
North West -28 2 - - 1
North of England -60 2 - - 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 (17.24%) Confluence
2 2 (6.90%) SharePoint
3 1 (3.45%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 5 (17.24%) Microsoft Excel
1 5 (17.24%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (3.45%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 4 (13.79%) Workday HCM
2 2 (6.90%) Oracle EBS
3 1 (3.45%) PORTIA
3 1 (3.45%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 14 (48.28%) Azure
2 13 (44.83%) Azure DevOps
3 3 (10.34%) Tricentis Tosca
4 2 (6.90%) OCI
5 1 (3.45%) Entra ID
5 1 (3.45%) GCP
5 1 (3.45%) Microsoft 365
5 1 (3.45%) OneDrive
5 1 (3.45%) Veeva
5 1 (3.45%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 1 (3.45%) FTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (10.34%) Relational Database
2 1 (3.45%) Big Data
2 1 (3.45%) BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
2 1 (3.45%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (3.45%) Electronic Patient Records
2 1 (3.45%) SAP BW
2 1 (3.45%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 25 (86.21%) JIRA
2 6 (20.69%) Selenium
2 6 (20.69%) TestRail
3 3 (10.34%) JMeter
3 3 (10.34%) Team Foundation Server
4 2 (6.90%) Cypress.io
4 2 (6.90%) MSTest
4 2 (6.90%) Zephyr
5 1 (3.45%) Cucumber
5 1 (3.45%) NUnit
5 1 (3.45%) Postman
5 1 (3.45%) SpecFlow
5 1 (3.45%) Visual Studio
5 1 (3.45%) Visual Studio Coded UI
General
1 15 (51.72%) Social Skills
2 8 (27.59%) Analytical Skills
3 7 (24.14%) Finance
4 4 (13.79%) Automotive
4 4 (13.79%) Manufacturing
5 2 (6.90%) Pharmaceutical
5 2 (6.90%) Public Sector
6 1 (3.45%) Billing
6 1 (3.45%) Law
6 1 (3.45%) Legal
6 1 (3.45%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 9 (31.03%) Lead
1 9 (31.03%) Test Leader
2 8 (27.59%) Test Manager
3 7 (24.14%) Analyst
3 7 (24.14%) Test Analyst
4 4 (13.79%) Test Engineer
5 2 (6.90%) Senior
5 2 (6.90%) Software Test Engineer
5 2 (6.90%) Tester
5 2 (6.90%) Workday Manager
6 1 (3.45%) Applications Engineer
6 1 (3.45%) Lead Test Engineer
6 1 (3.45%) Microsoft 365 Manager
6 1 (3.45%) Migration Manager
6 1 (3.45%) SC Cleared Test Analyst
6 1 (3.45%) Senior Test Engineer
6 1 (3.45%) Senior Tester
6 1 (3.45%) UAT Analyst
6 1 (3.45%) UAT Manager
6 1 (3.45%) UAT Test Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (10.34%) ADO
2 1 (3.45%) FHIR
2 1 (3.45%) SAP Fiori
2 1 (3.45%) Web Services
2 1 (3.45%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 4 (13.79%) Product Ownership
2 1 (3.45%) Data Structures
2 1 (3.45%) Onboarding
2 1 (3.45%) Pharmacovigilance
2 1 (3.45%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 3 (10.34%) Windows
2 1 (3.45%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 23 (79.31%) Test Management
2 20 (68.97%) User Acceptance Testing
3 17 (58.62%) Agile
3 17 (58.62%) Test Automation
4 16 (55.17%) Test Strategy
5 14 (48.28%) Defect Management
6 13 (44.83%) DevOps
7 11 (37.93%) Problem-Solving
7 11 (37.93%) Scenario Testing
7 11 (37.93%) Test Scripting
8 10 (34.48%) Software Testing
9 9 (31.03%) Integration Testing
9 9 (31.03%) Waterfall
10 8 (27.59%) End-to-End Testing
10 8 (27.59%) Regression Testing
10 8 (27.59%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 7 (24.14%) Continuous Improvement
11 7 (24.14%) Stakeholder Management
11 7 (24.14%) System Integration Testing
12 6 (20.69%) Defect Tracking
Programming Languages
1 6 (20.69%) SQL
2 5 (17.24%) Java
2 5 (17.24%) PL/SQL
3 4 (13.79%) JavaScript
3 4 (13.79%) VB
4 3 (10.34%) C#
5 1 (3.45%) C
5 1 (3.45%) PowerShell
5 1 (3.45%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 15 (51.72%) ISTQB
2 6 (20.69%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
3 4 (13.79%) Degree
3 4 (13.79%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
4 3 (10.34%) SC Cleared
4 3 (10.34%) Security Cleared
5 2 (6.90%) ISEB
5 2 (6.90%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
6 1 (3.45%) HP APS
6 1 (3.45%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (44.83%) QA
2 2 (6.90%) SLA
3 1 (3.45%) Data Quality
3 1 (3.45%) HL7
3 1 (3.45%) SNOMED CT
System Software
1 2 (6.90%) Firmware
2 1 (3.45%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 5 (17.24%) HP Quality Center
2 1 (3.45%) Kubernetes
2 1 (3.45%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (3.45%) SCCM
2 1 (3.45%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 29 (100.00%) HP
2 7 (24.14%) Microsoft
3 4 (13.79%) Oracle
3 4 (13.79%) SAP
3 4 (13.79%) Workday
4 3 (10.34%) ServiceNow
5 2 (6.90%) Siemens
6 1 (3.45%) Cerner
6 1 (3.45%) Charles River
6 1 (3.45%) MEDITECH
6 1 (3.45%) Micro Focus
6 1 (3.45%) Remedy
6 1 (3.45%) SimCorp