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 12 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 638 514 542
Rank change year-on-year -124 +28 +62
Contract jobs citing HP ALM 33 48 25
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.060% 0.15% 0.065%
As % of the Systems Management category 0.55% 1.04% 0.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 16 29 17
10th Percentile £341 £294 £330
25th Percentile £450 £425 £456
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £536 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year +12.74% -5.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £625 £550 £538
90th Percentile £813 £660 £570
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £475 £513
% change year-on-year - -7.32% -0.10%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 0
Median hourly rate £60.81 - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £60.81 - -

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 6,008 4,600 4,605
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 11.01% 13.93% 11.94%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,985 2,989 3,130
10th Percentile £313 £281 £298
25th Percentile £420 £405 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £519 £500 £520
Median % change year-on-year +3.80% -3.85% -5.45%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £620
90th Percentile £688 £685 £700
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £483 £500
% change year-on-year +3.63% -3.50% -2.77%
Number of hourly rates quoted 206 86 60
10th Percentile £18.25 £13.75 £19.99
25th Percentile £31.25 £18.87 £24.09
Median hourly rate £64.24 £29.25 £38.25
Median % change year-on-year +119.62% -23.53% -30.45%
75th Percentile £74.00 £63.40 £60.63
90th Percentile £88.98 £78.10 £74.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £63.48 £30.39 £38.50
% change year-on-year +108.92% -21.08% -16.63%

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 12 September 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 10 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 12 September 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 -141 28 £534 +12.42% 7
UK excluding London -114 15 £475 - 6
London -81 12 £554 +16.53%
Work from Home -72 9 £537 +7.40% 2
East of England - 5 - - 6
West Midlands -51 4 £500 +17.65%
Midlands -52 4 £500 +17.65%
South East -65 3 £450 -14.29%
North of England -74 3 - -
North East - 3 - -

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 5 (15.15%) SAS
2 2 (6.06%) Confluence
3 1 (3.03%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (6.06%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (6.06%) MS Visio
2 1 (3.03%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 2 (6.06%) Oracle Payables
1 2 (6.06%) Oracle Receivables
2 1 (3.03%) Aladdin
2 1 (3.03%) FLEXCUBE
2 1 (3.03%) Infor SunSystems
2 1 (3.03%) Oracle Assets
2 1 (3.03%) Oracle EBS
2 1 (3.03%) Oracle General Ledger
2 1 (3.03%) SAP FI-AR
2 1 (3.03%) SimCorp Dimension
Cloud Services
1 16 (48.48%) Azure
2 15 (45.45%) Azure DevOps
3 4 (12.12%) AWS
4 3 (9.09%) SaaS
5 2 (6.06%) GCP
5 2 (6.06%) OCI
6 1 (3.03%) Azure Data Factory
6 1 (3.03%) Siteimprove
6 1 (3.03%) Tricentis Tosca
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (15.15%) Data Warehouse
2 4 (12.12%) Oracle Reports
2 4 (12.12%) PowerCenter
2 4 (12.12%) Star Schema
3 1 (3.03%) Apache Hive
3 1 (3.03%) Base SAS
3 1 (3.03%) Big Data
3 1 (3.03%) Hadoop
3 1 (3.03%) SAS Data Integration Studio
3 1 (3.03%) SAS Enterprise Guide
3 1 (3.03%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 29 (87.88%) JIRA
2 9 (27.27%) Selenium
3 4 (12.12%) REST Assured
4 3 (9.09%) Bugzilla
4 3 (9.09%) Cucumber
4 3 (9.09%) TestRail
4 3 (9.09%) Zephyr
5 2 (6.06%) Cypress.io
5 2 (6.06%) MSTest
5 2 (6.06%) Ranorex
6 1 (3.03%) Appium
6 1 (3.03%) HP UFT
6 1 (3.03%) JMeter
6 1 (3.03%) LoadRunner
6 1 (3.03%) Postman
6 1 (3.03%) TestDirector
6 1 (3.03%) Toad
General
1 11 (33.33%) Finance
2 10 (30.30%) Social Skills
3 7 (21.21%) Analytical Skills
4 5 (15.15%) Banking
5 2 (6.06%) Billing
5 2 (6.06%) Documentation Skills
5 2 (6.06%) General Ledger
5 2 (6.06%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 2 (6.06%) Private Banking
5 2 (6.06%) Public Sector
6 1 (3.03%) Law
6 1 (3.03%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 12 (36.36%) Tester
2 6 (18.18%) Lead
2 6 (18.18%) Test Leader
2 6 (18.18%) Test Manager
3 4 (12.12%) Analyst
3 4 (12.12%) Automation Tester
4 3 (9.09%) Business Analyst
4 3 (9.09%) Software Test Engineer
4 3 (9.09%) Test Engineer
4 3 (9.09%) UAT Manager
5 2 (6.06%) Lead Test Engineer
5 2 (6.06%) Software Testing Engineer
5 2 (6.06%) Testing Engineer
6 1 (3.03%) Hardware Test Engineer
6 1 (3.03%) Oracle HRMS Tester
6 1 (3.03%) Senior
6 1 (3.03%) Test Automation Developer
6 1 (3.03%) Test Programme Manager
6 1 (3.03%) Testing Analyst
6 1 (3.03%) Validation Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (15.15%) Middleware
2 3 (9.09%) Node.js
2 3 (9.09%) WireMock
3 2 (6.06%) .NET
3 2 (6.06%) Oracle Fusion
3 2 (6.06%) Playwright
3 2 (6.06%) REST
4 1 (3.03%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 4 (12.12%) Onboarding
2 3 (9.09%) Management Information System
2 3 (9.09%) Product Ownership
3 2 (6.06%) Legacy Systems
3 2 (6.06%) SCADA
3 2 (6.06%) Virtual Team
4 1 (3.03%) Cloud Native
4 1 (3.03%) Driving Licence
4 1 (3.03%) Life Science
4 1 (3.03%) LIMS
4 1 (3.03%) Linux Command Line
Operating Systems
1 5 (15.15%) Linux
2 4 (12.12%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (54.55%) Test Management
2 16 (48.48%) Defect Management
2 16 (48.48%) DevOps
2 16 (48.48%) Test Automation
2 16 (48.48%) User Acceptance Testing
3 15 (45.45%) Agile
3 15 (45.45%) Validation
4 14 (42.42%) System Integration Testing
5 13 (39.39%) End-to-End Testing
5 13 (39.39%) Regression Testing
5 13 (39.39%) Test Strategy
6 9 (27.27%) Integration Testing
6 9 (27.27%) Scenario Testing
6 9 (27.27%) Waterfall
7 8 (24.24%) Migration
7 8 (24.24%) Software Testing
7 8 (24.24%) Stakeholder Management
7 8 (24.24%) Test Scripting
8 7 (21.21%) Data Migration
8 7 (21.21%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 7 (21.21%) SQL
2 6 (18.18%) Python
3 5 (15.15%) PowerShell
4 4 (12.12%) Shell Script
5 3 (9.09%) Bash
5 3 (9.09%) TypeScript
6 2 (6.06%) C#
7 1 (3.03%) Java
7 1 (3.03%) SAS Macro
Qualifications
1 9 (27.27%) ISTQB
2 8 (24.24%) Degree
3 6 (18.18%) Security Cleared
4 4 (12.12%) SC Cleared
5 2 (6.06%) Computer Science Degree
6 1 (3.03%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (39.39%) QA
2 7 (21.21%) Data Quality
3 1 (3.03%) 21 CFR Part 11
3 1 (3.03%) Accessibility
3 1 (3.03%) GAMP
3 1 (3.03%) GxP
3 1 (3.03%) Software Quality Assurance
Systems Management
1 4 (12.12%) HP Quality Center
2 1 (3.03%) Control-M
Vendors
1 33 (100.00%) HP
2 14 (42.42%) Oracle
3 4 (12.12%) Informatica
4 3 (9.09%) IBM
5 2 (6.06%) Avaloq
5 2 (6.06%) Micro Focus
5 2 (6.06%) Microsoft
5 2 (6.06%) MuleSoft
5 2 (6.06%) SAP
5 2 (6.06%) Siemens
6 1 (3.03%) Agilent
6 1 (3.03%) Charles River
6 1 (3.03%) Guidewire
6 1 (3.03%) LabVantage
6 1 (3.03%) OpenText
6 1 (3.03%) SGI
6 1 (3.03%) SimCorp