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 27 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
27 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 565 525 564
Rank change year-on-year -40 +39 +118
Contract jobs citing HP ALM 35 23 29
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.084% 0.075% 0.066%
As % of the Systems Management category 0.55% 0.48% 0.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 21 16 20
10th Percentile £313 £378 £339
25th Percentile £350 £444 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £488 £475
Median % change year-on-year -2.56% +2.63% -2.56%
75th Percentile £538 £759 £549
90th Percentile £575 £1,125 £563
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £450 £506
% change year-on-year +5.56% -11.11% +12.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 1
10th Percentile £25.13 - -
25th Percentile £25.33 - -
Median hourly rate £25.80 - £55.00
75th Percentile £26.43 - -
90th Percentile £26.72 - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £25.80 - £55.00

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 6,321 4,787 5,390
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 15.22% 15.63% 12.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,382 3,119 3,865
10th Percentile £313 £313 £262
25th Percentile £413 £419 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - -8.70%
75th Percentile £600 £638 £634
90th Percentile £688 £738 £713
UK excluding London median daily rate £492 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -1.60% - -4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 136 54 151
10th Percentile £18.38 £16.09 £14.00
25th Percentile £21.30 £21.56 £20.00
Median hourly rate £54.00 £25.50 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year +111.76% -36.25% -21.57%
75th Percentile £65.25 £56.50 £60.00
90th Percentile £79.75 £73.11 £76.53
UK excluding London median hourly rate £54.00 £24.00 £46.18
% change year-on-year +125.00% -48.03% +0.16%

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 27 February 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 13 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 27 February 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 -74 27 £450 -7.69% 6
UK excluding London -59 23 £475 +5.56% 3
London -49 11 £338 -32.45% 4
Work from Home -12 7 £388 -18.42% 2
West Midlands -43 7 £450 -2.70%
Midlands -48 7 £450 -2.70%
Northern Ireland - 6 £488 -
East of England -27 3 - -
South East - 3 £575 - 2
North West -28 2 - -
North of England -64 2 - -
Wales - 1 £280 -
South West - 1 £450 - 1

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 (11.43%) Confluence
2 2 (5.71%) SharePoint
3 1 (2.86%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 5 (14.29%) Microsoft Excel
1 5 (14.29%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (2.86%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 4 (11.43%) Workday HCM
2 2 (5.71%) Oracle EBS
2 2 (5.71%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (2.86%) PORTIA
3 1 (2.86%) SAP Oil and Gas
3 1 (2.86%) SAP PM
Cloud Services
1 19 (54.29%) Azure
2 18 (51.43%) Azure DevOps
3 3 (8.57%) Tricentis Tosca
4 2 (5.71%) OCI
5 1 (2.86%) Entra ID
5 1 (2.86%) GCP
5 1 (2.86%) Microsoft 365
5 1 (2.86%) OneDrive
5 1 (2.86%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 1 (2.86%) FTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (8.57%) Relational Database
2 1 (2.86%) Big Data
2 1 (2.86%) BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
2 1 (2.86%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (2.86%) Electronic Patient Records
2 1 (2.86%) SAP BW
2 1 (2.86%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 30 (85.71%) JIRA
2 6 (17.14%) Selenium
2 6 (17.14%) TestRail
3 3 (8.57%) JMeter
3 3 (8.57%) Team Foundation Server
4 2 (5.71%) Cypress.io
4 2 (5.71%) MSTest
4 2 (5.71%) Zephyr
5 1 (2.86%) Cucumber
5 1 (2.86%) NUnit
5 1 (2.86%) Postman
5 1 (2.86%) SpecFlow
5 1 (2.86%) Visual Studio
5 1 (2.86%) Visual Studio Coded UI
General
1 20 (57.14%) Social Skills
2 12 (34.29%) Finance
3 9 (25.71%) Manufacturing
4 8 (22.86%) Analytical Skills
5 4 (11.43%) Automotive
6 3 (8.57%) Public Sector
7 2 (5.71%) Billing
8 1 (2.86%) Aerospace
8 1 (2.86%) Law
8 1 (2.86%) Legal
8 1 (2.86%) Organisational Skills
8 1 (2.86%) Pharmaceutical
8 1 (2.86%) Retail
8 1 (2.86%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 13 (37.14%) Test Manager
2 10 (28.57%) Lead
2 10 (28.57%) Test Leader
3 7 (20.00%) Analyst
3 7 (20.00%) Test Analyst
4 5 (14.29%) ERP Manager
5 4 (11.43%) ERP Implementation Manager
5 4 (11.43%) Implementation Manager
5 4 (11.43%) Programme Manager
5 4 (11.43%) Programme Test Manager
5 4 (11.43%) Test Engineer
5 4 (11.43%) Test Programme Manager
6 2 (5.71%) Senior
6 2 (5.71%) Software Test Engineer
6 2 (5.71%) Tester
6 2 (5.71%) Workday Manager
7 1 (2.86%) Contracts Manager
7 1 (2.86%) Lead Test Engineer
7 1 (2.86%) Senior Test Engineer
7 1 (2.86%) UAT Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (8.57%) ADO
2 1 (2.86%) FHIR
2 1 (2.86%) SAP Fiori
2 1 (2.86%) Web Services
2 1 (2.86%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 3 (8.57%) Product Ownership
2 1 (2.86%) Data Structures
2 1 (2.86%) Onboarding
2 1 (2.86%) Operational Technology
2 1 (2.86%) SCADA
2 1 (2.86%) Smart Meter
Operating Systems
1 3 (8.57%) Windows
2 1 (2.86%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 29 (82.86%) Test Management
2 26 (74.29%) User Acceptance Testing
3 23 (65.71%) Test Strategy
4 22 (62.86%) Test Automation
5 21 (60.00%) Agile
6 18 (51.43%) Defect Management
6 18 (51.43%) DevOps
7 14 (40.00%) End-to-End Testing
7 14 (40.00%) Integration Testing
8 13 (37.14%) Regression Testing
8 13 (37.14%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 13 (37.14%) System Integration Testing
8 13 (37.14%) Waterfall
9 11 (31.43%) Scenario Testing
9 11 (31.43%) Test Scripting
10 9 (25.71%) Continuous Improvement
10 9 (25.71%) Problem-Solving
10 9 (25.71%) Software Testing
11 8 (22.86%) Stakeholder Management
12 7 (20.00%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 6 (17.14%) SQL
2 5 (14.29%) Java
2 5 (14.29%) PL/SQL
3 4 (11.43%) JavaScript
3 4 (11.43%) VB
4 3 (8.57%) C#
5 1 (2.86%) C
5 1 (2.86%) PowerShell
5 1 (2.86%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 16 (45.71%) ISTQB
2 6 (17.14%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
3 4 (11.43%) Degree
3 4 (11.43%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
3 4 (11.43%) Security Cleared
4 3 (8.57%) SC Cleared
5 2 (5.71%) ISEB
5 2 (5.71%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
6 1 (2.86%) HP APS
6 1 (2.86%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (48.57%) QA
2 2 (5.71%) SLA
3 1 (2.86%) Data Quality
3 1 (2.86%) HL7
3 1 (2.86%) NIST
3 1 (2.86%) SNOMED CT
System Software
1 2 (5.71%) Firmware
2 1 (2.86%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 5 (14.29%) HP Quality Center
2 1 (2.86%) Kubernetes
2 1 (2.86%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (2.86%) SCCM
2 1 (2.86%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 35 (100.00%) HP
2 7 (20.00%) Microsoft
3 6 (17.14%) SAP
4 5 (14.29%) Infor
4 5 (14.29%) Oracle
5 4 (11.43%) Workday
6 3 (8.57%) ServiceNow
7 2 (5.71%) Siemens
8 1 (2.86%) Ariba
8 1 (2.86%) Cerner
8 1 (2.86%) Charles River
8 1 (2.86%) IFS
8 1 (2.86%) JD Edwards
8 1 (2.86%) MEDITECH
8 1 (2.86%) Remedy
8 1 (2.86%) SimCorp