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 vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 19 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 479 508 562
Rank change year-on-year +29 +54 +156
Contract jobs citing HP ALM 40 18 41
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.14% 0.055% 0.097%
As % of the Systems Management category 0.91% 0.40% 0.65%
Number of daily rates quoted 26 14 33
10th Percentile £285 £330 £428
25th Percentile £425 £467 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% -4.76% +10.53%
75th Percentile £538 £533 £620
90th Percentile £638 £547 £718
UK median daily rate £475 £500 £519
% change year-on-year -5.00% -3.71% +15.39%

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 4,375 4,512 6,277
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 15.73% 13.69% 14.86%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,900 3,076 4,476
10th Percentile £300 £310 £325
25th Percentile £408 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £501 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.67% -4.55% -4.35%
75th Percentile £600 £625 £675
90th Percentile £688 £713 £760
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -4.76% -4.55% -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 72 53 160
10th Percentile £18.87 £20.10 £18.48
25th Percentile £21.37 £24.18 £26.69
Median hourly rate £36.75 £40.00 £49.87
Median % change year-on-year -8.13% -19.78% +108.55%
75th Percentile £63.49 £62.50 £75.13
90th Percentile £76.48 £74.00 £78.79
UK median hourly rate £28.25 £38.50 £55.00
% change year-on-year -26.62% -30.00% +130.03%

HP ALM
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing HP ALM as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for HP ALM 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 19 September 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 19 September 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 +15 17 £475 -5.00% 2
South East +23 10 £525 - 16
West Midlands -3 6 £425 +41.67%
Midlands -12 6 £425 +6.25%
North West -4 5 £270 -
North of England -22 5 £270 -
South West - 1 £450 - 2
HP ALM
UK

HP ALM
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 3 (7.50%) Confluence
2 1 (2.50%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (2.50%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (2.50%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (2.50%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 4 (10.00%) Oracle EBS
2 3 (7.50%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (2.50%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
3 1 (2.50%) PORTIA
3 1 (2.50%) Sage X3
3 1 (2.50%) SAP ERP
3 1 (2.50%) SAP Oil and Gas
Cloud Services
1 10 (25.00%) Azure
1 10 (25.00%) Azure DevOps
2 7 (17.50%) Microsoft 365
3 6 (15.00%) Power Platform
3 6 (15.00%) PowerApps
4 4 (10.00%) Power Automate
5 3 (7.50%) OCI
6 2 (5.00%) SaaS
6 2 (5.00%) SuccessFactors
7 1 (2.50%) Entra ID
7 1 (2.50%) OneDrive
7 1 (2.50%) Veeva
Communications & Networking
1 5 (12.50%) LAN
1 5 (12.50%) WAN
2 4 (10.00%) Wireshark
3 2 (5.00%) Firewall
4 1 (2.50%) Modbus
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (10.00%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (2.50%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 26 (65.00%) JIRA
2 7 (17.50%) TestRail
3 5 (12.50%) Zephyr
4 2 (5.00%) Selenium
General
1 22 (55.00%) Social Skills
2 8 (20.00%) Finance
3 6 (15.00%) Analytical Skills
4 5 (12.50%) Telecoms
5 3 (7.50%) Banking
5 3 (7.50%) Public Sector
6 1 (2.50%) Back Office
6 1 (2.50%) Front Office
6 1 (2.50%) Legal
6 1 (2.50%) Manufacturing
6 1 (2.50%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 14 (35.00%) Test Manager
2 7 (17.50%) Analyst
3 6 (15.00%) Lead
3 6 (15.00%) Test Analyst
3 6 (15.00%) Test Leader
4 5 (12.50%) Network Engineer
4 5 (12.50%) Test Engineer
5 4 (10.00%) Consultant
5 4 (10.00%) Microsoft 365 Manager
5 4 (10.00%) QA Consultant
5 4 (10.00%) Senior
5 4 (10.00%) Senior Consultant
5 4 (10.00%) Transformation Manager
6 3 (7.50%) SAP Manager
6 3 (7.50%) Tester
6 3 (7.50%) UAT Tester
7 2 (5.00%) Desktop Manager
7 2 (5.00%) Network Infrastructure Analyst
7 2 (5.00%) Project Manager
7 2 (5.00%) SAP Test Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (5.00%) RFC 2544
Miscellaneous
1 5 (12.50%) Cloud Native
2 4 (10.00%) Legacy Systems
2 4 (10.00%) Low-Code
3 2 (5.00%) Data Centre
3 2 (5.00%) Data Protection Act
3 2 (5.00%) Fibre Optics
3 2 (5.00%) Product Ownership
3 2 (5.00%) Reinsurance
4 1 (2.50%) Pharmacovigilance
4 1 (2.50%) SCADA
4 1 (2.50%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 7 (17.50%) Windows
2 1 (2.50%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 25 (62.50%) Test Management
2 21 (52.50%) Test Strategy
3 17 (42.50%) Test Automation
3 17 (42.50%) User Acceptance Testing
4 16 (40.00%) DevOps
5 15 (37.50%) Defect Management
6 14 (35.00%) Agile
6 14 (35.00%) Test Planning
7 12 (30.00%) End-to-End Testing
8 10 (25.00%) ITIL
8 10 (25.00%) Stakeholder Management
9 9 (22.50%) Continuous Improvement
9 9 (22.50%) Problem-Solving
9 9 (22.50%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 8 (20.00%) Test Scripting
11 7 (17.50%) Validation
12 6 (15.00%) Defect Tracking
13 5 (12.50%) Remote Testing
13 5 (12.50%) SDLC
13 5 (12.50%) System Integration Testing
Programming Languages
1 2 (5.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 6 (15.00%) ISTQB
2 4 (10.00%) SC Cleared
2 4 (10.00%) Security Cleared
3 3 (7.50%) Degree
4 2 (5.00%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (15.00%) QA
System Software
1 1 (2.50%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 4 (10.00%) HP Quality Center
2 1 (2.50%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (2.50%) SCCM
2 1 (2.50%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 40 (100.00%) HP
2 7 (17.50%) Cisco
3 6 (15.00%) Micro Focus
4 5 (12.50%) Progress
4 5 (12.50%) SAP
5 4 (10.00%) Oracle
6 3 (7.50%) Microsoft
7 1 (2.50%) Alteryx
7 1 (2.50%) Charles River
7 1 (2.50%) JDA
7 1 (2.50%) Sage
7 1 (2.50%) SimCorp