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 10 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 563 512 556
Rank change year-on-year -51 +44 +146
Contract jobs citing HP ALM 26 20 36
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.071% 0.063% 0.084%
As % of the Systems Management category 0.45% 0.42% 0.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 17 13 29
10th Percentile £269 £324 £388
25th Percentile £306 £400 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £475 £513
Median % change year-on-year -15.79% -7.44% +20.04%
75th Percentile £500 £500 £560
90th Percentile £567 £1,028 £631
UK excluding London median daily rate £365 £360 £513
% change year-on-year +1.39% -29.85% +20.74%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Median hourly rate - - £55.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate - - £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 5,778 4,735 5,669
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 15.78% 14.84% 13.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,969 3,055 4,046
10th Percentile £313 £310 £300
25th Percentile £413 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £525 £538
Median % change year-on-year -2.86% -2.33% -6.52%
75th Percentile £600 £638 £642
90th Percentile £688 £738 £726
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £488 £500
% change year-on-year +2.56% -2.50% -4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 119 65 158
10th Percentile £17.68 £15.33 £16.45
25th Percentile £20.54 £21.05 £21.44
Median hourly rate £50.00 £24.18 £46.18
Median % change year-on-year +106.78% -47.64% +31.94%
75th Percentile £63.32 £50.00 £68.63
90th Percentile £83.00 £74.26 £78.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £54.50 £24.18 £46.18
% change year-on-year +125.39% -47.64% +23.15%

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 10 January 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 10 January 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 -41 24 £400 -15.79% 4
London -10 14 £375 -24.95% 1
UK excluding London -49 11 £365 +1.39% 5
Work from Home -2 6 £388 - 2
North West -27 3 £270 -22.02% 1
North of England -40 3 £270 -22.02% 1
South East -23 2 £566 +41.56% 1
West Midlands -35 2 - - 1
Midlands -42 2 - - 1
East of England - 1 - -
Northern Ireland - 1 £500 -
Wales - 1 £280 - 1
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 (15.38%) Confluence
2 1 (3.85%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (3.85%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (3.85%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (3.85%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 3 (11.54%) Workday HCM
2 2 (7.69%) Oracle EBS
2 2 (7.69%) PORTIA
2 2 (7.69%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (3.85%) SAP Oil and Gas
Cloud Services
1 9 (34.62%) Azure
2 8 (30.77%) Azure DevOps
3 2 (7.69%) OCI
3 2 (7.69%) Tricentis Tosca
4 1 (3.85%) Entra ID
4 1 (3.85%) GCP
4 1 (3.85%) Microsoft 365
4 1 (3.85%) OneDrive
4 1 (3.85%) Veeva
4 1 (3.85%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 1 (3.85%) FTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (3.85%) Big Data
1 1 (3.85%) BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
1 1 (3.85%) Data Warehouse
1 1 (3.85%) Electronic Patient Records
1 1 (3.85%) Relational Database
1 1 (3.85%) SAP BW
1 1 (3.85%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 23 (88.46%) JIRA
2 10 (38.46%) TestRail
3 4 (15.38%) Selenium
4 1 (3.85%) Cypress.io
4 1 (3.85%) NUnit
4 1 (3.85%) SpecFlow
4 1 (3.85%) Team Foundation Server
4 1 (3.85%) Visual Studio
4 1 (3.85%) Visual Studio Coded UI
General
1 18 (69.23%) Social Skills
2 6 (23.08%) Analytical Skills
2 6 (23.08%) Finance
3 3 (11.54%) Public Sector
4 2 (7.69%) Billing
4 2 (7.69%) Pharmaceutical
5 1 (3.85%) Back Office
5 1 (3.85%) Banking
5 1 (3.85%) Front Office
5 1 (3.85%) Law
5 1 (3.85%) Legal
5 1 (3.85%) Organisational Skills
5 1 (3.85%) Retail
5 1 (3.85%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 10 (38.46%) Lead
1 10 (38.46%) Test Leader
2 7 (26.92%) Test Manager
3 4 (15.38%) Tester
4 3 (11.54%) Analyst
4 3 (11.54%) Test Analyst
4 3 (11.54%) UAT Tester
5 2 (7.69%) Senior
5 2 (7.69%) Test Engineer
5 2 (7.69%) Workday Manager
6 1 (3.85%) Applications Engineer
6 1 (3.85%) Business Manager
6 1 (3.85%) Lead Test Engineer
6 1 (3.85%) Microsoft 365 Manager
6 1 (3.85%) Migration Manager
6 1 (3.85%) Payroll Manager
6 1 (3.85%) Senior Test Engineer
6 1 (3.85%) Senior Tester
6 1 (3.85%) UAT Manager
6 1 (3.85%) UAT Test Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (3.85%) FHIR
1 1 (3.85%) SAP Fiori
1 1 (3.85%) Web Services
1 1 (3.85%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 3 (11.54%) Product Ownership
2 1 (3.85%) Data Structures
2 1 (3.85%) Onboarding
2 1 (3.85%) Operational Technology
2 1 (3.85%) Pharmacovigilance
2 1 (3.85%) SCADA
2 1 (3.85%) Smart Meter
2 1 (3.85%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 1 (3.85%) Windows
1 1 (3.85%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 20 (76.92%) Test Management
2 19 (73.08%) User Acceptance Testing
3 16 (61.54%) Test Strategy
4 14 (53.85%) Problem-Solving
5 13 (50.00%) Test Automation
6 12 (46.15%) Defect Management
7 9 (34.62%) Agile
7 9 (34.62%) End-to-End Testing
7 9 (34.62%) Stakeholder Management
8 8 (30.77%) Acceptance Criteria
8 8 (30.77%) DevOps
8 8 (30.77%) System Integration Testing
8 8 (30.77%) Test Scripting
9 7 (26.92%) Defect Tracking
9 7 (26.92%) Scenario Testing
10 6 (23.08%) Integration Testing
10 6 (23.08%) Regression Testing
10 6 (23.08%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 6 (23.08%) Waterfall
11 5 (19.23%) Continuous Improvement
Programming Languages
1 4 (15.38%) SQL
2 3 (11.54%) JavaScript
3 2 (7.69%) PL/SQL
4 1 (3.85%) C#
4 1 (3.85%) Java
4 1 (3.85%) PowerShell
4 1 (3.85%) T-SQL
4 1 (3.85%) VB
Qualifications
1 10 (38.46%) ISTQB
2 3 (11.54%) Degree
3 2 (7.69%) Computer Science Degree
3 2 (7.69%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
3 2 (7.69%) Security Cleared
4 1 (3.85%) HP APS
4 1 (3.85%) ISEB
4 1 (3.85%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
4 1 (3.85%) SAP Certification
4 1 (3.85%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (30.77%) QA
2 1 (3.85%) Data Quality
2 1 (3.85%) HL7
2 1 (3.85%) NIST
2 1 (3.85%) SNOMED CT
System Software
1 1 (3.85%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (3.85%) HP Quality Center
1 1 (3.85%) Kubernetes
1 1 (3.85%) Microsoft Intune
1 1 (3.85%) SCCM
1 1 (3.85%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 26 (100.00%) HP
2 3 (11.54%) Workday
3 2 (7.69%) Charles River
3 2 (7.69%) Microsoft
3 2 (7.69%) Oracle
3 2 (7.69%) SAP
3 2 (7.69%) ServiceNow
3 2 (7.69%) SimCorp
4 1 (3.85%) Cerner
4 1 (3.85%) MEDITECH
4 1 (3.85%) Micro Focus