HP ALM Contract Job Trends in the Thames Valley

HP Application Lifecycle Management (HP ALM)
South East > Thames Valley

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the Thames Valley requiring HP ALM skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 20 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 125 117 146
Rank change year-on-year -8 +29 +29
Contract jobs citing HP ALM 4 1 2
As % of all contract jobs in the Thames Valley 0.19% 0.051% 0.081%
As % of the Systems Management category 1.27% 0.37% 0.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 1 2
10th Percentile £481 - -
25th Percentile £528 £513 £563
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £566 £525 £575
Median % change year-on-year +7.86% -8.70% +91.67%
75th Percentile £575 £538 £588
90th Percentile - - -
South East median daily rate £563 £525 £514
% change year-on-year +7.14% +2.24% +41.66%

All Systems Management Skills
Thames Valley

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 Thames Valley.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for systems management skills 314 270 336
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 14.97% 13.66% 13.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 196 196 262
10th Percentile £255 £278 £164
25th Percentile £375 £375 £213
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £472 £494 £488
Median % change year-on-year -4.41% +1.28% -4.88%
75th Percentile £543 £608 £615
90th Percentile £606 £675 £688
South East median daily rate £490 £498 £525
% change year-on-year -1.51% -5.24% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 4 16
10th Percentile - £18.00 £24.00
25th Percentile £18.87 £27.00 £28.50
Median hourly rate £25.00 £35.08 £47.95
Median % change year-on-year -28.74% -26.84% -12.82%
75th Percentile £82.50 £37.06 £53.55
90th Percentile £86.00 £37.62 £68.63
South East median hourly rate £40.00 £34.00 £48.40
% change year-on-year +17.65% -29.75% +14.87%

HP ALM
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing HP ALM relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley.

HP ALM job vacancy trend in the Thames Valley

HP ALM
Daily Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing HP ALM.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing HP ALM

HP ALM
Hourly Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing HP ALM.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing HP ALM

HP ALM
Contract Job Locations in the Thames Valley

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 Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 20 December 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
Berkshire -2 3 £575 +9.52% 2
Buckinghamshire - 1 £500 -
HP ALM
South East

HP ALM
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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:

Business Applications
1 3 (75.00%) Oracle EBS
Cloud Services
1 3 (75.00%) Azure
1 3 (75.00%) Azure DevOps
1 3 (75.00%) OCI
Development Applications
1 4 (100.00%) JIRA
General
1 4 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (75.00%) Lead
1 3 (75.00%) Test Leader
2 1 (25.00%) Analyst
2 1 (25.00%) Test Analyst
2 1 (25.00%) Test Manager
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
1 4 (100.00%) Test Management
2 3 (75.00%) DevOps
2 3 (75.00%) Technology Transformation
3 2 (50.00%) Defect Management
3 2 (50.00%) System Integration Testing
4 1 (25.00%) Integration Testing
4 1 (25.00%) Test Planning
4 1 (25.00%) Test Strategy
Qualifications
1 1 (25.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (25.00%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 4 (100.00%) HP
2 3 (75.00%) Oracle
3 1 (25.00%) JDA