HP ALM Contract Job Trends in the South West

HP Application Lifecycle Management (HP ALM)
England > South West

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the South West requiring HP ALM skills. It covers vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 13 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 113 - 155
Rank change year-on-year - - +13
Contract jobs citing HP ALM 1 0 3
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South West 0.051% - 0.091%
As % of the Systems Management category 0.33% - 0.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 3
10th Percentile - - £369
25th Percentile - - £385
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 - £425
75th Percentile - - £447
90th Percentile - - £453
England median daily rate £475 £500 £525
% change year-on-year -5.00% -4.76% +13.51%

All Systems Management Skills
South West

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 the South West.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for systems management skills 305 391 474
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South West 15.50% 14.68% 14.38%
Number of daily rates quoted 226 274 361
10th Percentile £235 £220 £375
25th Percentile £413 £431 £464
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £534 £536 £550
Median % change year-on-year -0.47% -2.50% +4.76%
75th Percentile £623 £613 £675
90th Percentile £694 £671 £725
England median daily rate £506 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -3.62% -4.55% -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 7 21
10th Percentile £16.47 £14.30 £19.25
25th Percentile £18.33 £35.75 £70.50
Median hourly rate £36.00 £74.00 £78.00
Median % change year-on-year -51.35% -5.13% +194.34%
75th Percentile £68.75 - -
90th Percentile £78.50 £74.18 £85.00
England median hourly rate £39.00 £40.00 £52.50
% change year-on-year -2.50% -23.81% +119.57%

HP ALM
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

Job postings citing HP ALM as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South West.

Job vacancy trend for HP ALM in the South West

HP ALM
Daily Rate Trend in the South West

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the South West citing HP ALM.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the South West citing HP ALM

HP ALM
Hourly Rate Trend in the South West

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the South West citing HP ALM.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the South West citing HP ALM

HP ALM
Contract Job Locations in the South West

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 South West region over the 6 months to 13 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
Somerset - 1 £450 - 2
HP ALM
England

HP ALM
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South West 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 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (100.00%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Azure DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) Entra ID
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
1 1 (100.00%) OneDrive
Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) JIRA
General
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft 365 Manager
1 1 (100.00%) Migration Manager
1 1 (100.00%) Test Manager
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
1 1 (100.00%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Compatibility Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Data Migration
1 1 (100.00%) Defect Management
1 1 (100.00%) DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) Migration
1 1 (100.00%) Operational Stability
1 1 (100.00%) Scenario Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
1 1 (100.00%) Test Management
1 1 (100.00%) Test Strategy
1 1 (100.00%) User Acceptance Testing
1 1 (100.00%) User Experience
1 1 (100.00%) Validation
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Intune
1 1 (100.00%) SCCM
1 1 (100.00%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) HP
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft