HP ALM Contract Job Trends

HP Application Lifecycle Management (HP ALM)
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs requiring HP ALM skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 4 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 598 505 573
Rank change year-on-year -93 +68 +92
Contract jobs citing HP ALM 38 25 27
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.084% 0.086% 0.061%
As % of the Systems Management category 0.59% 0.53% 0.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 20 15 17
10th Percentile £312 £360 £334
25th Percentile £341 £413 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 £475 £425
Median % change year-on-year -2.63% +11.76% -17.07%
75th Percentile £542 £888 £513
90th Percentile £576 £1,125 £548
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £450 £475
% change year-on-year +5.56% -5.26% -7.32%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 1 1
10th Percentile £25.13 - -
25th Percentile £25.33 £81.75 -
Median hourly rate £25.80 £83.50 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year -69.10% +51.82% -
75th Percentile £26.43 £85.25 -
90th Percentile £26.72 - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £25.80 £83.50 £55.00
% change year-on-year -69.10% +51.82% -

All Systems Management Skills
UK

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.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for systems management skills 6,473 4,702 5,247
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 14.33% 16.09% 11.89%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,455 3,208 3,783
10th Percentile £316 £313 £259
25th Percentile £413 £418 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £520
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +0.96% -9.57%
75th Percentile £600 £625 £625
90th Percentile £688 £738 £700
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £495
% change year-on-year - +1.01% -5.71%
Number of hourly rates quoted 155 51 132
10th Percentile £20.09 £15.22 £14.00
25th Percentile £27.59 £22.50 £17.77
Median hourly rate £55.00 £26.45 £30.00
Median % change year-on-year +107.94% -11.83% -47.83%
75th Percentile £68.75 £51.75 £54.06
90th Percentile £79.30 £70.00 £68.63
UK excluding London median hourly rate £55.00 £24.18 £30.00
% change year-on-year +127.46% -19.40% -35.90%

HP ALM
Job Vacancy Trend

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

HP ALM job vacancy trend in the UK

HP ALM
Daily Rate Trend

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

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

HP ALM
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing HP ALM over the 6 months to 4 April 2026.

Daily rate histogram for HP ALM in the UK

HP ALM
Hourly Rate Trend

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

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

HP ALM
Top 12 Contract Job Locations

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 UK over the 6 months to 4 April 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
England -94 29 £450 -5.26% 4
UK excluding London -90 20 £475 +5.56% 1
London -54 15 £338 -45.96% 3
Work from Home -39 6 £325 -31.58% 1
West Midlands -55 6 £450 -2.70% 1
Midlands -70 6 £450 -2.70% 1
Northern Ireland - 5 £475 -
East of England -30 3 - -
South East - 3 £575 -
North West -45 2 - -
North of England -74 2 - -
Wales - 1 £280 -

HP ALM
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities 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 4 (10.53%) Confluence
2 1 (2.63%) SAS
2 1 (2.63%) SharePoint
Applications
1 4 (10.53%) Microsoft Excel
1 4 (10.53%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (2.63%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 3 (7.89%) Workday HCM
2 2 (5.26%) Oracle EBS
2 2 (5.26%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (2.63%) PORTIA
3 1 (2.63%) SAP Oil and Gas
3 1 (2.63%) SAP PM
Cloud Services
1 22 (57.89%) Azure
2 20 (52.63%) Azure DevOps
3 4 (10.53%) AWS
4 3 (7.89%) Tricentis Tosca
5 2 (5.26%) GCP
5 2 (5.26%) OCI
6 1 (2.63%) GitHub
6 1 (2.63%) GitHub Actions
6 1 (2.63%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 1 (2.63%) FTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (5.26%) Big Data
1 2 (5.26%) Data Warehouse
1 2 (5.26%) Relational Database
2 1 (2.63%) Apache Hive
2 1 (2.63%) Base SAS
2 1 (2.63%) BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
2 1 (2.63%) Electronic Patient Records
2 1 (2.63%) Hadoop
2 1 (2.63%) Oracle Reports
2 1 (2.63%) SAP BW
2 1 (2.63%) SAS Data Integration Studio
2 1 (2.63%) SAS Enterprise Guide
2 1 (2.63%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 32 (84.21%) JIRA
2 11 (28.95%) Selenium
3 6 (15.79%) TestRail
3 6 (15.79%) Zephyr
4 4 (10.53%) Cypress.io
4 4 (10.53%) JMeter
5 3 (7.89%) Postman
5 3 (7.89%) Team Foundation Server
6 2 (5.26%) MSTest
6 2 (5.26%) REST Assured
7 1 (2.63%) Appium
7 1 (2.63%) Cucumber
7 1 (2.63%) Jenkins
7 1 (2.63%) LoadRunner
7 1 (2.63%) NUnit
7 1 (2.63%) SoapUI
7 1 (2.63%) SpecFlow
7 1 (2.63%) TestDirector
7 1 (2.63%) Visual Studio
7 1 (2.63%) Visual Studio Coded UI
General
1 21 (55.26%) Social Skills
2 13 (34.21%) Analytical Skills
3 12 (31.58%) Finance
4 9 (23.68%) Manufacturing
5 4 (10.53%) Automotive
6 2 (5.26%) Billing
7 1 (2.63%) Aerospace
7 1 (2.63%) Banking
7 1 (2.63%) Law
7 1 (2.63%) Legal
7 1 (2.63%) Organisational Skills
7 1 (2.63%) Pharmaceutical
7 1 (2.63%) Public Sector
7 1 (2.63%) Retail
Job Titles
1 13 (34.21%) Test Manager
2 9 (23.68%) Lead
2 9 (23.68%) Test Leader
3 8 (21.05%) Analyst
4 7 (18.42%) Test Analyst
5 5 (13.16%) ERP Manager
5 5 (13.16%) Test Engineer
6 4 (10.53%) ERP Implementation Manager
6 4 (10.53%) Implementation Manager
6 4 (10.53%) Programme Manager
6 4 (10.53%) Programme Test Manager
6 4 (10.53%) Test Programme Manager
7 3 (7.89%) Software Test Engineer
7 3 (7.89%) Tester
8 2 (5.26%) Senior
9 1 (2.63%) SC Cleared Test Analyst
9 1 (2.63%) Test Automation Developer
9 1 (2.63%) Test Automation Engineer
9 1 (2.63%) Validation Analyst
9 1 (2.63%) Workday Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (7.89%) ADO
2 2 (5.26%) Playwright
2 2 (5.26%) REST
3 1 (2.63%) FHIR
3 1 (2.63%) OAuth
3 1 (2.63%) OAuth2
3 1 (2.63%) SAP Fiori
3 1 (2.63%) Web Services
3 1 (2.63%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 3 (7.89%) Legacy Systems
1 3 (7.89%) Management Information System
1 3 (7.89%) Product Ownership
2 1 (2.63%) Cloud Native
2 1 (2.63%) Data Structures
2 1 (2.63%) Life Science
2 1 (2.63%) LIMS
2 1 (2.63%) Linux Command Line
2 1 (2.63%) Onboarding
2 1 (2.63%) Smart Meter
Operating Systems
1 2 (5.26%) Windows
2 1 (2.63%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 30 (78.95%) Test Management
2 27 (71.05%) User Acceptance Testing
3 25 (65.79%) Test Automation
4 24 (63.16%) Agile
5 22 (57.89%) Test Strategy
6 21 (55.26%) DevOps
7 19 (50.00%) Defect Management
8 18 (47.37%) End-to-End Testing
9 16 (42.11%) Integration Testing
9 16 (42.11%) Waterfall
10 15 (39.47%) Regression Testing
10 15 (39.47%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 15 (39.47%) System Integration Testing
11 12 (31.58%) Problem-Solving
11 12 (31.58%) Scenario Testing
11 12 (31.58%) Software Testing
12 10 (26.32%) Continuous Improvement
12 10 (26.32%) Stakeholder Management
13 9 (23.68%) Migration
13 9 (23.68%) Test Scripting
Programming Languages
1 6 (15.79%) SQL
2 5 (13.16%) Java
3 4 (10.53%) JavaScript
3 4 (10.53%) PL/SQL
4 3 (7.89%) C#
4 3 (7.89%) VB
5 1 (2.63%) C
5 1 (2.63%) PowerShell
5 1 (2.63%) SAS Macro
5 1 (2.63%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 18 (47.37%) ISTQB
2 8 (21.05%) Degree
3 5 (13.16%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
4 4 (10.53%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
5 2 (5.26%) ISEB
5 2 (5.26%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
5 2 (5.26%) SC Cleared
5 2 (5.26%) Security Cleared
6 1 (2.63%) Computer Science Degree
6 1 (2.63%) HP APS
6 1 (2.63%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 21 (55.26%) QA
2 5 (13.16%) Data Quality
3 2 (5.26%) SLA
4 1 (2.63%) 21 CFR Part 11
4 1 (2.63%) GAMP
4 1 (2.63%) GxP
4 1 (2.63%) HL7
4 1 (2.63%) SNOMED CT
System Software
1 2 (5.26%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 4 (10.53%) HP Quality Center
2 1 (2.63%) Control-M
2 1 (2.63%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 38 (100.00%) HP
2 8 (21.05%) Oracle
3 6 (15.79%) Microsoft
3 6 (15.79%) SAP
4 5 (13.16%) Infor
5 3 (7.89%) ServiceNow
5 3 (7.89%) Workday
6 2 (5.26%) Siemens
7 1 (2.63%) Agilent
7 1 (2.63%) Ariba
7 1 (2.63%) Cerner
7 1 (2.63%) Charles River
7 1 (2.63%) IFS
7 1 (2.63%) JD Edwards
7 1 (2.63%) LabVantage
7 1 (2.63%) MEDITECH
7 1 (2.63%) Micro Focus
7 1 (2.63%) OpenText
7 1 (2.63%) Remedy
7 1 (2.63%) SimCorp